THE 
AMERICAN GEOLOGIST 
Vol. XIII. FEBRUARY, 1894. No. 2. 
[Paleontological Notes From Buohtel College.— No. 6.] 
A NEW SPECIES OF CARCINOSOMA. 
By E. W. Claypole, Akron, O. 
In the American Geologist for October. 1890, I described 
and figured a new genus and species of crustacean from the 
Water-lime quarries at JKokomo, Indiana. Thatfossil differed 
in some characters from all known forms of its class. These 
characters are well shown even in the crushed and flattened 
condition in which the specimen occurred. It is merely a 
black film on the surface <>f the slab, in this respect resem- 
bling those from the same horizon at Buffalo and elsewhere. 
A few weeks ago Mr. Charles Smith, of Akron, O., obtained 
from his brother, residing at Kokomo, a slab of the Water- 
lime rock, showing an excellent outline of a crustacean evi- 
dently closely allied to the above, but of much larger size. 
Through his kindness I have been allowed to make a drawing 
of the specimen and to describe it tor the American Geolo- 
gist. 
The former specimen was described under the generic name 
of Eurysoma, but after the paper containing it had appeared 
I learned from a friend that this word had been preoccupied 
in Europe. Hence it became necessary to change it. and in 
the December number of the magazine I substituted the name 
Carcinosoma (p. 400). 
Carcinosoma ingens, sp. n. 
The generic description remains unchanged in every impor- 
tant point, but the present specimen being preserved with die 
