weeks.] PALEONTOLOGY, PETROLOGY, AND MINERALOGY, 1896. 57 
400 Keyes (Charles Rolliu). Ueber das Carbon ties Mississippithales. 
Neues Jahr. fur Min., etc., 1896, Band 1, pp. 96-110, 1896. 
Gives the classification of the Carboniferous beds of the Mississippi 
Valley and describes their characters and distribution. 
401 Iowa gypsum. 
Mineral Industry, 1895, pp. 379-396, 2 pis., 1896. 
Describes the gypsum deposits and discusses the age of the strata. 
402 Missouri building and ornamental stones. 
Stone, vol. xii, pp. 432-436, 546-557; vol. xiii, pp. 30-32, pis. 2-14; Eng. 
and Mg. Jour., vol. lxii, pp. 199-201, 1896. 
Describes the distribution and petrographic characters of granite, 
syenite, and porphyry suitable for building stones. 
403 Central Maryland granites. 
Stone, vol. xiii, pp. 421-428, 527-531 ; vol. xiv, pp. 20-24, pis. 1-2, 1896. 
See Bibliography and Index for 1895, No. 251. 
404 Killebrew (J. B.). The phosphate deposits in Maury County, 
Tennessee. 
Eng. and Mg. Jour., vol. lxii, pp. 462-463, 1896. 
Describes the character and occurrence of phosphate in this county. 
405 Kindle (Edward M.). The whetstone and grindstone rocks of 
Indiana. 
Ind. Dept. of Geol. aud Nat. Res., 20th Ann. Rept., pp. 329-368, with 
geologic map, 1896. 
Gives a historical sketch of the whetstone area, describes its topog- 
raphy and geologic features aud the character and distribution of the 
beds. Includes a paper on the "Fossil plants of the Hindostan whet- 
stone beds " by David White. 
400 The relation of the fauna of the Ithaca group to the faunas 
of the Portage and Chemung. 
Am. Pal., Bull., vol. ii, No. 6, 54 pp., 1 pi., 1896. 
Reviews the previous work on the upper Devonian of New York, and 
describes sections in the viciuity of Ithaca, giving lists of fossils col- 
lected. Gives a list of fossils occurring in the Portage and Ithaca faunas 
and a list of important papers consulted, and describes two new species. 
407 On some Paleozoic fossils from Baffinland. 
Am. Jour. Sci., 4th ser., vol. ii, pp. 455-456 (communicated), 1896. 
Remarks on the occurrence of Silurian fossils in erratics. 
408 Kirk (M. Z.). A geologic section along the Neosho and Cotton- 
wood rivers [Kansas]. 
Univ. Geol. Surv. of Kans., vol. i, pp. 72-85, pi. iii, 1896. 
Describes the lithologic character and the succession of the Carbonif- 
erous rocks of the region. 
408a The sands of the Kansas River valley. 
Kans. Univ. Quart., vol. iv, pp. 125-128, 1896. 
Describes the character and distribution of the sainls of this valley 
and discusses their origin. 
