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THE SCIENTIST. 
Palseoniology. 
The specimen figured above was found in 
the Upper Coal Measure Rocks near Kan- 
sas City, Mo., and is now in my collection. 
It corresponds very nearly to the description 
of Myalina Icansasensis of Schumard, de- 
scribed in the procedings of the St. Louis 
Academy of Science, Vol. I, p, 213, (no 
figure) and may be a fine specimen of the 
same, the surface markings being well pre- 
served in this specimen. Prof.Shumard says, 
in his description of M. kansasensis "the 
surface is marked with strong imbricating 
sub-equadistant concentric lamellae whose 
free edges are often irregularly crenate. In 
this specimen, as will be seen by the figure, 
are decidedly crenate and sub-recurvate thus 
giving each notch a crescent shape. "-S. J. H. 
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