Mesozoic and Cenozoic Geology and Paleontology. 9 
Wm. M. Gabb described, from the Eocene at Wheelock, and in Cald- 
well county, Texas, Belosepia ungula, Odontopolys compsorhytis, 
Fusus mortontopsts, Neptunea enterogramma, Turris mooret, T. kel- 
loggi, now Surcula kelloggi, T. nodocarinata, now Surcula nodocari- 
nata, T.retifera, T. texana, Hucheilodon reticulatum, Scobinella crassi- 
plicata, S. leviplicata, Distortio septemdentata, Phos texanus, Agaro- 
nia punctulifera, now Olivula punctulifera, Fasciolaria polita, F. 
mooret, now Cordiera moorei, Cymbiola texana, Mitra exilis, M. 
mooreana, now Lapparia mooreana, Hrato semenoides, now Mar- 
ginella semenoides, Neverita arata, Lunatia mooret, Architectonica 
meekana, A. texana, A. vespertina, Spirorbis leptostoma, Turritella 
nasuta, Hulima exilis, FE. tenua, Dentalium minutistriatum, Ditrupa 
subcoarctata, now Gadus subcoarctatus, Bulla kelloggi, Volvula 
conradana, V. minutissima, Helcion leanus, Corbula texana, Tellina 
mooreana, Leda compsa, now Nuculana compsa, Noetia pulchra, 
Crassatella antestriata, Anomia aphippioides, Serpula texana; from 
Alabama, Cirsotrema megaptera, Leiorhinus crassilabris, Axinea 
intercostata, and Pecten spillmani, 
He described, from the Miocene, near Shiloh, New Jersey, Cantharus 
cumberlandana, Fasciolaria woodi, Natica hemicrypta, Mercenaria 
cancellata, and from Maurice river, New Jersey, Ostrea mauricensts. 
Gabb and Horn described, from the Eocene, in Caidwell county, 
Texas, Flabellum pachyphyllum and Trochosmilia mortont. 
Prof. Leo Lesquereux* described, from the lower Eocene or lgnitic 
Tertiary of Tennessee and Mississippi, Magnolia hilgardana and 
Rhamnus marginatus. 
Meek and Haydent described, from the Miovene of the Bad Lands 
of White river, Planorbis letdyi and P. vetulus. 
Prof. J. W. Dawson described, from the Pliocene of Labrador, the 
foraminifer, Nonionina labradorica. 
In 1861, Prof. C. H. Hitchcock§ said that there is not a mountain in 
Maine, fragments of which will not be found scattered over the coun- 
try to the south or southeast. The granite of the Katahdin region is 
scattered over the southern part of Penobscot county, and the rocks of 
Mt. Abraham and Mt, Blue may be recognized among the bowldersi n 
Kennebec county. One of the effects of the drift action is the smooth- 
* Geo. of Ark., vol. ii. 
t Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
C n. Nat. and Geo., vol. v. 
2 Rep. Geo. Maine. 
