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nately the dorsal valve is not present in the only specimen 
yet discovered. Length of shell /',;, width J-g of an inch. 
In honor of Prof. C. E. Beecher, of Yale college, New Haven, 
who lately published a review of the American species of 
Strophalosia, this unique specimen is named specifically. 
Type specimen from the Louisiana (Lithographic) limestone at Lou- 
isiana, Mo., and in the author's collection. 
Louisiana, Mo., Sept., IS'.).;. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIV. 
Melocrinus grkoeri (n. sp.). 
Pig. 1. Side view of the body, natural size. 
Taxocrinus concavus (n. sp.). 
Fig. 2. Side view of the body, natural size. 
Batocrinus shepardi (n. sp.). 
Pig. 3. Side view of the body, natural size. 
Granatocrinus mutabilts (n. sp.). 
Pig. 1. Side view of a large specimen, enlarged two diameters. Fig. 5. 
An elongate specimen, natural size. Fig G. Specimen with 
prominent base, natural size. Fig. 7. Base of same specimen, 
enlarged two diameters. Fig. 8. Top of another specimen, 
enlarged two diameters. Fig. 9. A small individual, natural 
size. 
Spirifera mundula (n. sp.). 
Figs. 10, 11 and 12. Dorsal and cardinal views and cross section, natu- 
ral size. 
Spiriferina aciculifera (n. sp.). 
Figs. 13 and 14. Cardinal and ventral views, enlarged two diameters. 
Cyrtina burlingtonensis (n. sp.). 
Figs. 15 and 16. Cardinal and dorsal views, natural size. 
Fig. 17. Profile of a larger specimen, natural size. 
Strophalosia beecheri (n. sp.). 
Figs. 18 and 19. Ventral and cardinal views, natural size. 
THE KENT SECTION AND GRYPH/EA TUCUM- 
CARII MARCOU. 
By E. T. Dumble and W. F. Cummins, Texas Geological Survey. 
Kent, a station on the Texas and Pacific railroad, four 
hundred and fifty miles west of Fort Worth, and one hundred 
and sixty-three miles easl of El Paso, is situated on the north- 
east slope of the Davis mountains, which rise in gradually 
ascending- peaks and ridges to the south and southwest. The 
railroad here follows a valley eroded in the Cretaceous foot- 
