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T REFACE 
The Second Part of the Monograph of the Carboniferous and Permo- 
Carhoniferons Invertehrata of Noav South Wales includes the Echinodermata, 
Annelida, and Crustacea known to the Writer. 
The whole of the specimens figured, with the exception of live, are 
contained in the cabinets of the Mining and Geological Museum. Eor an 
opportunity of illustrating the first of the exceptions {Phialocrinus nodosus, 
Eth. fil., PI. XIV, Pigs. 4 and 5) thanks arc due to the Trustees of the 
Australian Museum ; similarly for the second {Trihrachiocrmus corrugatus, 
Eatte — PI. XVI, Pigs. 5-10) ; and for the third, the magnificent subject of 
PI. XVIII, Eig. 1 {Phialocrinus princejjs, Eth. fil.), to the Council of the 
Maitland Scientific Society ; for the fourth (Radial plate, PI. XX, Eig. 9), 
again to the Trustees of the Australian Museum ; and for the fifth ( Phillipsia 
grandis, Eth. fil., p. 128, Eig. 5), to Mr. D. A. Porter, Inspector of School 
Buildings, Tamworth. 
Mr. John Waterhouse, M.A., Inspector of Schools, has, with his usual 
liberality, presented several specimens of Echinodermata to the Collection, 
and so has Mr. B. G. Engelhardt, of the Public School, Jamheroo, which have 
materially assisted in the elucidation of difficult problems. Two of the 
beautiful Star-fish {Palceasler ClarJcei and P. giganteus) have been j)resentcd 
by Mr. T. Browne, of Ravensfield, West Maitland, and for the presentation 
of the peculiar Crinoid, Phialocrinus f Stephensi, Eth. fil., we are indebted 
to the Executors of the late Mr. David Berry, of Cooloumgatta. The Ptev. 
"W. II. Yarringtou, M.A., has also lent an example of P. Clarkei for com- 
parison. The remainder of the specimens were obtained under the direction 
of the late Mr. C. S. IVilkinson, Geological Surveyor-in-Charge, by the 
Collector, Mr. C. Cullen, or, under the superintendence of Prof. T. AV. E. 
David, B.A., Avhen surveying the Maitland District. The fine example of 
Phialocrinus Konincki, Clarke (PI. XVI, Eig. 1), tvas collected by Mr. E. E. 
Pittman, Government Geologist. 
I am indebted for cordial services to my Assistant, Mr. IV. S. Dun ; 
for his accustomed skill in depicting the fossils to Mr. G. II. Barrow, of 
the Australian Museum ; and for the Photo-lithographs to Mr. P. T. 
Hammond. As in Part I, the Plates have been reproduced by the 
Heliotype Process, at the Government Printing Office, by Mr. A. E. Dyer, 
under the direction of the Government Printer. 
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