ON THE INDUSTRY OF BEETROOT SUGAR. 
199 
The genus Plagionotus appears to be scarcely distinct 
from Eupatagus. 
Eocene, S. Barts. 
24. Eupatagus antillarum, Cotteau. 
Cotteau, Echinid. tert., p. 43, pi. vii., f. 7 —11. 
Eocene, S. Barts. 
25. Eupatagus clevei, Cotteau. 
Cotteau, Echinid. tert., p. 44, pi. viii. , f. 1 — 4. 
Under this name I must also include E. grandiflorus 
(Cotteau, p. 45, pi. viii., f. 5, 6). 
Eocene, S. Barts. 
26. Asterostoma cubense, Cotteau. 
Cotteau, Echinid. tert., p. 46. 
For the names of the Westindian Fossil Echinodermata, 
not mentioned in the above list, see Geol. Mag. 1874, p. 444, 
and Proc. Scientific Assoc. Trinidad, vol. i., p. 165. For a 
reference to the paleozoic species, see Proc. Scient, Assoc. 
Trinidad, vol. ii., p. 108 (Dec. 1877). 
27 tli October , 1880. 
On the Industry of Beetroot Sugar. By Adolf 
Urich, Ph.D. 
The industry of beet-sugar in Europe has grown to such 
an extent lately, that not only cane-sugar is nearly expelled 
from beet-producing countries, but that the rapidly increasing 
export of beet-sugar threatens the very existence of cane- 
sugar industry. 
The production of beet-sugar in Europe was 1,574,000 
