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AT  HARVARD  OOLLBaB. 
Vol.  XXI. 


THE  NORTH  AMERICAN 


CRINOIDEA    CAMERATA. 


By  CHARLES  WACH8MUTH  and  FRANK  SPRINGER. 


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IN  TWO  VOLUMES  WITH  SIOHTY-THREE  PLATEa 


Vol.  II. 


CAMBRIDGE,  U.S.A.: 

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Mat,  1897. 


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VOL.   XXI. 


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PRINTED    FOR    THE    MUSEUM. 

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CONTENTS. 


THE    NORTH    AMERICAN    CRINOIDEA    CAMERATA.      Uy   Ciiahles   Waciismitii    and 
Fbank  Si-RlNOiiB.     Chapter  X.     Page  301  to  end. 


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Bltmous  of  tbc  gluscum  of  (Comparatibc  ^oblogg 

AT   HARVARD   COLLEUE. 
Vol..  XXI. 


THE  NORTH   AMKIUCAxX 


ClUNOlDExV    CAMEUATA. 


Uy  CHARLES  WACIISMCTII  and  FRANK   Sl'RIN(ii:R. 


IN   TWO  VOLUMES  WITH   EIOHTY-THREE  PLATES 


Vol.  II. 


CAMBrnDOE,  U.S.A.: 

iDvtntrti  for  Ujc  Iflusrum. 

M,\Y,  1897. 


TAHLE  OF  CONTKNTS. 


SYHTKMATIC 

Vv.K 
Il,\TiirlMNI|).\K ilOI-rill) 

Aimh-His  (if  tlie  (Iciu'ni 3(il 

Jiroldnuiil  iiiul  Googinpliii'iil   Distil- 

liiiUon a<!.1 

IliitQcrliiiti's acn 

lliitoi'i'lnns acC) 

Kii'tmuciimis ;)n;) 

AlliJ|ii(isiill(K'riiiiiH lofi 

KlllrOclKKTlllll.S |(IS 

Dizyfjciciiiiiw .113 

Loliocrliiiis .i;!| 

MncrocrliHis i  ic 

Doiyciimis i;,t 

Aor  .ilium |7o 

Iliiminilcocriiiiis .|h| 

AgiirlcociiiiiiH iHij 

Aciieuuiiiiiis 515 

Coinpsocrlmis 51  fi 

l'eiici:linriiiiiti's riiy 

IVi'ii'clinciiiiiis .iio 

Mej,'isl(X'iiiiii.i 532 

(ieiiniTOfrliiiis 517 

AcTINlPCIilNlliAK o.JO-CIl 

Annlvsis  ofllic  Cii'iicin 550 

Gc'olojjiciil  and  (u'(ij;iniiliicnl  Diatri- 

1)111  ion ,     .     .  5,')1 

iVctinocriiiiia .•j.io 

Stc^iinocrimis 57,s 

Aiiipliornciliiiis 586 


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t'llftuCl'MIIW 

'I'l'li'lociiiiiig 

Stiotocilmw 

I'l.ATYl  lllMiiAi.; (;(o. 

Analysis  of  tlie  Gi'iiem 

(•c'ol(>j,'l('iil  and  (iioginplikal  DUlii- 
liiitlon 

I'laUfriiiiH 

iMIthllloCTillllS 

.MMI'Sll|lillc|l||UH 

Ciii-ilyloi'iiiiiis 7;;5 

Cofcocrlniis 7;),s 

IIf.xachimiiak 7I1-K(i2 

Analysis  of  tlio  (irniTu 7|i 

(Ic'olo^^k'al  anil  (icoy:iniiliical  Dislrl- 

biitloii 7|-_) 

Ilcxiicilmis 711 

Aitlirncaiitlia  717 

Dicliocriiiiis  7,-,;j 

CiunptocriiMis 77;i 

Talai'oui'iiius 7,s| 

rti'iotocrlniis 701 

AciiormxiiiAK k03-,h1() 

(U'olofjifal  ami  Gt'ograpliical   l)l>lii- 

liiition ■    803 

Acrocriniis hii,-) 

Ini'Ex       813 


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BATOCEINIDyE  W.  and  Sp. 

MoNocYLic.    The  lower  nnAciiiALs  with  well  defined  interbraciiials  between  them 

FORMING  AN  IMPORTANT  PART  OP  THE  DORSAL  CUP.  RaDIALS  IN  CONTACT  EXCEPT 
AT  THE  POSTERIOR  SIDE,  WHERE  THEY  ARE  SEPARATED  BY  A  IlEPTAGONAL  ANAL  PLATE, 
WHICH   IS   FOLLOWED   BY  A  SECOND   ANAL  BETWEEN  TWO   INTERBBACHtALS. 

Analysis  of  the   Genera. 


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I. 

Ventral  disk  hiohly  differentiated  :  the  plates  large  and 

HEAVY,  FORMING  A  niGM)  INTEGUMENT.       AkMS  NOT  BRAXCII- 

INO  BEYOND  THE  CALYX BaTOCRINITES. 

A.     Arms  iilserial  ;  iiasals  three. 

1.   Anus  at  the  end  of  a  tube. 

a.  Interbraclnah  ne/xinitedfroii)  interambulacrals  by 

an  arr/i  ofbrnchinh. 
Calyx  bitiirbinato. 
Arms   sliort,  cquiilistant ;   anal  tube  very 
long     and    central;     respiratory    pores 

twenty,   well  defined B(tt(ier!nii.*. 

Anns  long,  paddle-shaped ;  anal  tube  exccn- 
tric;  respiratory  pores  twenty      .     .     .  Kivtmocrhiiis 

Calyx  conical,  dorsal  cup  almost  flat,  ventral 
disk  greatly  predominating  in  height; 
anal  tube  central  ;  respiratory  pores 
twenty Uloprosallocrlmis. 

b.  Interbrni'hUds  ronnerfeil  trith  interomhulaerah. 

Arms  arranged   in  groups,  the  openings  di- 
rected upward ;  anal  tube  large,  central. 
Calyx    pyriform    to   wheel-shaped  ;    arms 

twenty;  respiratory  pores  not  visible      .  LoborriiiKn. 

Calyx  elongate,  biturbinato  r  subovoid; 
arms  twelve  to  sixteen  ;  respiratory  pores 

ten •  Macrocritius. 

e.   Interhrachiah  in  contact  with  interambulacrals  at 
anal  side  only. 

Calyx  wheel-shaped ;  anal  tube  very  large, 
central ;  arms  short,  single  or  paired ;  re- 
spiratory poies  twenty Eutrochocriniin, 

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THE   CRINOIDEA   CAMERATA  OF  NORTH  AMERICA. 


Calyx  rotundato  ;  anal  tube  moderately 
small,  about  central ;  arm  openings  twelve 
to  twenty ;  arms  long,  single  or  paired, 
often  in  the   same   species ;    respiratory 

jiores  n(5t  visible Dlxi/gocrimis, 

2.  Anus  witiioi't  a  ti'iik. 

a.  Ctdyx  lolled;  arms  arranged  in  groups, 

Caiyx  more  or  less  elongate. 

Arms  heavy,  one  from  eaeh  opening. 

Arms  ten,  recumbent  on  the  dorsal  cup ;  pin- 
nules infolding Jiarrandeocrinnn. 

Arms  one  only  from   each  opening,  erect, 

rather  heavy Aorocriniis. 

Arms  slender,  paired  ;  upper  arm  joints 
spiniferous  ;  posterior  oral  and  proximal 
radial  dome  plates  extended  into  spines  .  Dorycrinus, 

b.  Calyx  hi'misphcrk  or  pyramidal , 

Dorsal  cup  from  very  slightly  convex  to 
concave ;  arms  heavy.     Orals  and  radial 

dome  plates  prominent Agaricocrinus, 

B.     Arms   uniserial. 

1.     BasALS  THliKK.     IxrEnliUArillALS  NOT  NUMEROUS.     COL- 
UMN   ROUND. 

a.  Arms  delicate,  joints  ouneate,  alternately  arranged, 

only  interlocking  at  the  tips Acacocrinus. 

b.  Arms  hcaryfjuintx  ijiMdrangiilar. 

Arms  ten Ilabrocrinns. 

Arms  more  than  ten (?)  Desinidocriniis. 

2.   Basals  four  ;  column  quadrangular. 

Arms  slender,  joints  cuneate ;  plates  deli- 
cate .and  highly  ornamented.  Interbrach- 
ials  and  interdistichals  verj    uimei-ous    .  Compsocrinus. 

II. 
Ventral  disk  composed  of  small,  irreoularly  arraxgrd  plates, 

WITH    or    without    ORALS.        ArMS    GENERALLY    BRANCHING 

beyond  the  calyx Perieciiocrinites. 

A.     Arms  biserial  from  the  calyx  up. 
1.    Basals  three  ;  anal  area  wide. 

Calyx  elongate,  urn-shaped  ;  plates  thin  and 
elong.ate;  arms  grouped  Orals  indistin- 
guishable. The  column  with  large  cen- 
tral canal Perieciiocrinns, 

Calyx  depressed  globose,  plates  short  and 
heavy.  Arms  branching,  given  off  in 
pairs,  their  facets  contiguous  ;  or.als  gen- 
erally represented ;   central  canal  large   .  Megistocrinns. 

Calyx  low,  strongly  lobed  at  the  arm  regions, 
plates  thin,  highly  ornamented.  Arms 
arranged  in  clusters.  Central  canal  of 
moderate  size Gennmocrinus, 


BATOCRINID^, 


2.   BasaU/our. 


Dorsal  cup  similar  to  that  of  MegistocrinuK  ; 
arms  heavy,  tlatteued  on  the  bacii.    .    . 


Geological  and  Geographical  Distribution, 
Number  of  known  species. 

(Open  figures  indicate  Aineriean ;  those  marked  (  ),  European.) 


363 


Abacocrinus 


BATOCHIMIDd. 

FORHATIOlf 

Batocriuites. 

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Approximate 

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Hudson  River. 

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liemarks. — The  Batocrinidne  and  Actinocrinidne  differ  from  the  two 
preceding  monocyclic  families,  Melocrinida)  and  Cnlyptocrinidte,  in  having  a 
large  anal  plate  separating  the  two  posterior  radials  and  resting  upon  the 
basals ;  and  as  a  consequence  of  this  a  hexagonal  base,  which  is  composed 


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iittcrhracliials. 


in  all  but  two  of  the  known  genera  in  both  families  of  three  equal  plates. 
The  orientation  of  these  plates  is  uniform  throughout  both  families,  viz. : 
the  interbasal  sutures  are  directed  toward  the  anal  plate  and  the  two 
antero-lateral   radials.     The  anal  plate  in    the    Hatocrinidio   is  heptagonal, 

and  is  followed  by  three  plates  in  the  first 
interbrachial  row,  viz. :  a  second  anal  and  two 
interbrachials ;  whereas  in  the  Actinocrinidon 
the  anal  plate  is  hexagonal,  and  is  followed 
only  by  the  two  interbrachials,  —  there  being 
no  second  anal.  AVe  regard  the  pre.'^once  of 
a  second  anal  within  the  first  row  of  inter- 
brachials as  of  considerable  morphological  im- 
portance. It  is  represented  without  exception 
from  the  Lower  Silurian  to  the  close  of  the 
Devonian  in  all  monocyclic  Camerata  in  which 
anal  plates  occur;  in  the  Kinderhook,  for 
the  first  time,  we  find  both  forms  together : 
the  Actinocrinoid  with  but  two  plates  above 
the  first  anal,  and  the  Batocriuoid  with  three. 

When  there  are  three  basals,  the  superior  edge  of  the  basal  cup  is  nine- 
angleil,  six  of  the  angles  being  salient,  the  others  retreating,  and  the  suture 
lines  are  directed  to  the  middle  of  the  two  antero-lateral  radials  and  the 
anal  plate.  By  this  arrangement  two  of  the  radials  are  heptagonal.  and  the 
three  others  hexagonal.  In  Cunqjisocrimis  with  four  basals,  the  posterior  and 
anterior  basals  are  pentangular,  the  two  others  quadrangular,  the  anterior 
radial  hexangular,  all  others  heptangular. 

Tlie  alternate  bifurcation  of  the  arms  from  the  two  main  branches  of 
the  rays,  which  is  characteristic  of  the  Actinocrinida?,  forms  another  well, 
marked  distinction  between  the  two  families,  and  is  also  very  constant. 
Among  the  Batocrinidic  this  mode  of  bifurcation  occurs  only  in  Gainwo- 
crintts  from  the  Upper  Devonian,  but  there  it  goes  along  with  a  second 
anal ;  and  we  must  regard  this  genus  as  a  transition  form  toward  the 
Actinocrinidce.  The  paired  arm  structure  also,  although  not  a  constant 
character,  occurs  only  among  the  Batocrinidfc ;  never  among  the  Actino- 
crinida;. Another  significant  fact,  tending  to  confirm  the  separation  of  the 
two  groups  as  distinct  families,  is  that  ,so  far  as  known  the  Batocrinidaj 
disappear  in  Europe  with  the  dawn  of  the  Carboniferous  —  except  perhaps 


■4M 


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Mcijintocriiius,  of  which  a  species  may  possibly  exist  in  the  Mountain  Lime- 
stone of  Enghmil  —  iind  are  replaced  by  the  Actinociinida).  This  is  also 
the  case  in  the  western  territories  of  the  United  States.  At  Lake  Valley, 
New  Mexico,  anionic  many  iiundred  Camerate  Crinoids  collected  I'rom  the 
horizon  of  the  Burlington  group,  we  found  only  one  or  two  straggling 
Batocrinoids. 

The  genera  for  which  this  family  is  proposed,  with  the  exception  of 
Compsacrimis,  have  been  heretofore  ix'ferred  by  us  antl  others  to  the 
Actinocrinida3,  and  most  of  the  species  were  originally  described  under 
Aclimcrlnm.  Even  the  genus  liatucrinus  was  not  accepted  by  the  earlier 
writers.  This  was  no  doubt  largely  due  to  the  fact  that  Casseday  in 
describing  the  genus  overlooked  the  arrangement  of  the  plates  of  the  anal 
area,  which,  as  we  think,  forms  the  principal  distinction  between  the  two 
groups.  lie  only  alluded  to  the  meeting  of  the  distichals  and  palmars  over 
the  interbrachials,  and  the  separation  of  the  latter  from  the  plates  of  the 
ventral  disk.  Tiie  importance  of  the  structure  of  the  anal  area  was  pointed 
out  by  us  in  tiie  Revision,  Part  II.,  p.  lot),  when  we  recognized  the  genus 
liatommta,  but  at  that  time  we  only  made  it  the  type  of  a  subgroup  under 
the  Actinocrinida). 

As  now  defined,  the  Batocrinidaj  are  by  far  the  largest  family  of  the 
Camerata,  and  tiiey  have  a  greater  stratigraphic  range  than  any  except 
the  Rhodocrinida-,  —  ap|)enring  first  in  the  Hudson  River  group  of  the 
Lower  Silurian,  and  continuing  into  the  War.saw.  The  family  consists  of 
eighteen  genera,  of  which  twelve,  so  far  as  known,  are  restricted  to  America, 
and  six  to  Europe ; '  while  Perurhocriims  and  M<-(jlsfocr!inis  occur  on  both 
sides  of  the  Atlantic.  Of  these  genera  two  hundred  and  three  good  species 
have  been  recognized,  —  fifty  of  tlicm  coming  from  Europe  and  one  hundred 
and  fifty-three  from  North  America. 

There  are  in  Kurope  two  other  genera  which  probably  ought  to  be 
placed  in  this  family,  —  Poli/peltes  Angelin,  and  Sp>/ridmri/ni.s  Oehlert ;  but 
as  the  arrangement  of  the  two  or  three  proximal  rings  of  plates  in  the  calyx 
cannot  be  made  out  in  the  specimens,  they  may  possibly  belong  to  the 
Melocrinidoa. 

We  have  subdivided  the  genera  of  this  family  into  two  sections,  which 
will  considerably  facilitate  identification,  viz. :  — 


1 1 


J 


:  1 


*. 


T 


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THE  CRINOIDEA  CAMERATA  OK  NOUTU  AMERICA. 


A. 

Those  in  wliich  the  ventral  disk  is  hiylily  difFcrentiated,  thn 
plates  being  large  and  heavy,  and  in  which  tlie  arms  <!(> 
not  branch  beyond  a  minute  axillary  at  the  arm  opening    . 


BATOCKINITES. 


B. 

Those  in  which  the  ventral  disk  is  composed  of  small,  irregu- 
larly arranged  plates,  and  the  arms  generally  branch  after 
becoming  free I'EIUECIIOCRINIXES. 


A.  BATOCRINITES. 


BATOCRINUS  Casskdav. 

1S51.     Casskdav;  Zcitsclir.  dor  Dculsch.  Grol.  OcscUsch.,  Vol.  VI.,  p.  237. 

1857-     PliTKT  ;  Traill-  ilc  I'liluciiil.,  Viil.  IV.,  p.  321. 

1S02.     DiJARDiN  mill  Uri'E  ;  llisl.  niitiiri'lle  ilcs  Zimplijtes  Ecliiuod.,  p.  142. 

18()5.     Mkkk  ami  ^VouTll^:^•  (Subgenus  of  Aeliimervius) ;  Proceed.  Acail.  Nnt.  Sci.  Phila.,  p.  153. 

ISCiO.     Mt;t:K  ami  WoiiriiKX  (Suligonus  of  Acliiioeriiiun);  Gcol.  Rep.  Illinois,  Vol.  II.,  p.  150. 

ISfl!).     Mekk  and  Wuktiikn  j  rioci-eil.  Acnd.  Nat.  Sci.  I'liiln.,  p.  350. 

1S73.     Mf.ek  and  Wiiktiien  ;  Geol.  Hep.  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  p.  301. 

1S78.     W.  and  Sp. ;  Proeced.  Acad.  Nat.  Sei.  Pliilii.,  p.  329. 

1879.     ZlTTKi, ;  llandb.  dcr  Palirontologie,  Vol.  I.,  p.  370. 

18SI.     W.  anil  Sr. ;  llevision  Palieocr.,  Part  II.,  )).  102  (Proceed.  Acad.  Nnt.  Sci.  Pbila.,  p.  33G). 

1885.     Stkixmann  ;  Elcmentc  der  Pahvontologie,  Part  I.,  p.  157. 

1890.     S.  A.  M11.1.KK  ;  North  Anier.  Geol.  and  Palicont.,  p.  227. 

1892.     S.  A.  JIii.i.EU ;  Adv.  Sheets  of  the  18lh  Geol.  Hep.  Indiana,  p.  23. 

Sfn.  Aciiiinrriiiiis  (in  part)  Siu;maiii),  Hall,  White,  McCiiesxey,  and  Meek  and  Wortiien  prior 
to  1805,  Qi-ESSIEDT  as  late  as  18>5. 

Syn.  Uperocriiiiis  (in  pari)  Meek  and  WonTiiEX,  1S05;  Proceed.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Pbiln.,  p.  153. 

Calyx  biturbinate  to  subglobo.<e  ;  the  rays  not  lobed.  Plates  heavy,  the 
surface  more  or  less  convex  and  frequently  nodo.se,  but  otherwise  not  orna- 
mented. Basals  three,  proportionally  large,  forming  a  hexagonal  cup 
thickened  at  the  lower  margin,  and  generally  projecting  laterally.  Eadials 
very  large.  Co.stals  two,  small,  quite  frequently  anchylosed ;  the  first  qua- 
drangular, almost  linear;  the  second  pentangular.  Distichals  and  palmars 
as  large  as,  or  larger  than  the  cost.als.  Palmars  are  always  represented, 
except  occasionally  in  the  anterior  ray.  The  posterior  rays  frequently  have 
post-palmars,  which  do  not  occur  in  the  other  r.ays.  Arm  openings  equidis- 
tant,  directed  horizontally.  Respiratory  pores  twent}-,  two  above  each 
interradius,  and  two  to  each  interdistichal  space ;  placed  at  a  somewhat 
higher  level  than  the  arm  openings.  Arms  twenty  to  twenty-six;  in  species 
with  more  than  twenty  arms  the  extra  number  is  divided  between  the  two 


«iP 


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BATOCRINID^K. 


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posterior  rnys.  The  nrms  are  simple,  very  short,  slightly  incurving,  nntl 
rounilud  on  the  buck  (never  spatulate) ;  the  pinnules  stout,  deep,  closely 
packed,  and  fattened  at  their  lateral  faces.  Iiiterbrachials  separated  from 
the  interainbulacral  pieces  by  the  overarching  palinars,  which  form  a  con- 
tinuous series  around  the  calyx  ;  the  four  regular  sides  have  rarely  more 
than  three,  of  which  the  first  is  very  large,  those  of  the  second  row  being 
small,  while  some  species  have  but  one.  The  anal  plate  is  succeeded  by 
three  large  pieces,  and  these  variously  by  one,  two,  or  three  interbrachial 
plates.  There  are  neither  intcrdi.stichals  nor  interpalmars.  Ventral  disk 
convex ;  the  plates  of  nearly  uniform  size,  except  the  posterior  oral,  which 
is  larger,  more  convex,  and  forms  the  base  of  the  anal  tube  on  the  anterior 
side.  Anal  tube  central,  heavy  and  long,  often  reaching  twice  the  length  of 
the  arms.     Column  stout,  round  ;  the  axial  canal  small  and  pentangular. 

Dlntrihitlon.  —  Batocrhms  ranges  from  the  Kinderhook  to  the  lower  part 
of  the  St.  Louis  group,  and,  so  far  as  known,  is  restricted  to  America. 

Type  of  the  genus :  Batocrhms  icomhwtyhis  Cass. 

JhiiKirks.  —  The  genus  Batocrinus  was  not  accepted  by  Hall,  White,  or 
McChesney,  who  referred  the  respective  species  to  Actinocrlnm.  Meek  and 
Worthen  were  at  first  inclined  to  give  it  only  subgeneric  rank,  but  in  1873 
recognized  it  as  a  full  genus,  in  which  they  were  followed  by  us  in  1881. 
As  the  best  distinction  between  Batocrlmis  and  Actimcrinm,  Casseday  pointed 
out  the  closure  of  the  fixed  upper  brachials  over  the  interbrachial  plates,  and 
no  doubt  this  is  a  most  excellent  character,  and  holds  good  in  the  typical 
species  of  Casseday.  But  unfortunately,  among  the  species  w  hich  Meek  ond 
Worthen  afterwards  referred  to  the  genus,  there  are  quite  a  number  in 
which  this  rule  does  not  apply,  and  these  species,  which  have  good  generic 
characters  of  their  own,  have  been  eliminated  by  u.s,  and  made  the  types  of 
independent  genera.  Batocnnus,  as  now  restricted,  differs  from  ErctmO' 
criniis  in  having  short  cylindrical  arms  in  place  of  paddle-shaped  ones,  and 
in  the  greater  length  of  the  anal  tube.  Eutrochocrinus  and  Dkygorrinm  differ 
from  both  of  them  in  the  tendency  of  the  arms  to  double  from  the  same 
opening.  Macrocriniis  and  Lohocrimis  have  the  rays  lobed  and  the  arms 
arranged  in  groups ;  in  the  former  the  anal  tube  is  large  and  central,  in 
the  latter  short  and  excentric.  The  arms  of  Batocrinus  are  sometimes 
slightly  flattened  towards  the  tips,  but  never  paddle-shaped  like  those  of 
Erctmoeriims. 


♦    II 


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THE  CRINOIDEA   CAMKRATA  OF  NORTH   AMERICA. 


BatoorinuB  ioosidaotylus  CAssKnAv. 
Plate  XXVII.  Figs.  3a,  b,  c. 


-Casskdav;  Kuilsclir.  il.  DcuUcli.  Gcol.  GescIUcb.,  Vol.  VI.,  p.  238,  Pktc 


1861.    Biilorriiitt)  irosiifar/ylm  - 

i,  Fift*.  1,  la-c. 

1957.    B,ilo,-ntiiiii  i,'o,iiA/,7y«.i  —  PiCTET i  Trnlli!  dc  Piiliioiil.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  Mi,  Plate  101,  Fig.  6. 
1S67.     Adiiiiifiiiiiis  (Hiil(irriiiii')  ironidiicli/lim  —  M.  nml  W, ;  (Jcol.  Ucp.  Illinoin,  Vol.  V.,  ]).  367. 
1S81.     Jln/ui-rinm  imiiliirt^lm  —  \V.  mid  Sp. ;   Itcvisioii  I'lilimcr.,  I'url  11.,  p.  1(10 
lS8j.    Arliiinfriiiui  ieoiidaetj/liu  —  Quensteht  j    lluiidl).  dcr  I't'trefnctciikunde   (:!lo  Aiillngc),  Plate  77. 

KiK.  3. 
1892.     KnlocriHU!  irotii/nr/f/iii  —  S.  A.  MiMElli  Adr.  Shcols  (Icol.  Hep.  Iiidliinn,  p.  21,  PInle  4,  Figs,  l-.'i. 

Calyx  nearly  ii.s  wido  as  liigh.  Dorsal  cup  rnrely  more  than  half  the 
height  of  ventral  disk,  low  saucer-shaped,  with  a  protuberant  hose ;  plates 
heavy,  slightly  convex,  their  .surface  smooth  or  ob.scurely  granular. 

Basal  cup  projecting  conspicuously  beyond  the  level  of  surrounding  plates, 
almost  circular  in  outline ;  the  median  part  deeply  depressed  for  the  recep- 
tion of  the  column ;  central  perforation  subpentangular.  Eadials  ."hort, 
partly  hidden  from  view  by  the  overhanging  rim  of  the  basals.  First  costals 
quadrangular,  three  times  as  wide  as  long,  narrower  than  the  second.  Disti- 
chals  two,  a  little  larger  than  the  costnls.  Palmars  three,  increasing  in  width 
upward  and  placed  in  longitudinal  series,  which  are  separated  by  well  defined 
grooves.  Arm  openings  facing  laterally,  forming  a  continuous  row  around 
the  calyx.  Arms  four  to  each  ray ;  their  structure  not  known.  Inter- 
brachials  three  (rarely  foin*)  to  the  intcrradius;  the  first  much  larger  than 
the  other  two.  The  anal  plate,  which  resembles  the  radials,  is  followed  by 
three  plates,  and  these  by  one  or  two.  Interbrachials  not  connected  with 
the  plates  of  the  tegmen,  the  higher  brachials  being  in  lateral  contact. 
Ventral  di.^k  conical,  passing  gradually  into  a  strong,  almost  central  tube. 
The  larger  plates,  as  a  rule,  are  extended  into  thorn-like  projections,  and 
are  surrounded  by  smaller,  slightly  convex  pieces.  Orals  quite  excentric, 
four  of  them  spinous,  the  posterior  one  merely  convex.  The  radial  dome 
plates,  which  are  represented  by  plates  of  a  first,  second  and  third  order, 
are  .ilso  spiniferous.  Anal  tube  long,  heavy,  and  composed  of  convex  pieces, 
among  which  larger  thorn-like  plates  are  scattered  at  intervals.  Column 
round. 


Horizon  ami  Locality.  ■ 
Barren  Co.,  Ky. 


Warsaw  limestone ;   Spergen   Hills,  Ind.,  and 


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IlATOCRIXID.i:. 


360 


Batoorlnua  Irregularis  Carnruay. 
riiUc  XXriI.  Figs.  4(1,  /'-,  nnd  c. 

1851.  Cassedav  1  Deiilsclic  Ouol.  Ocscllscli.,  Iliiiid  VI.,  p.  2 10,  I'liito  J,  I'igs.  2a,  i,  e. 

1807.  Mkkk  Hiul  WoiiTiiKX  ;  (Icol.  Hip.  llliinils,  Vol.  V.,  p.  3117. 

1881.  W.  nnd  Sp.  ;  llivi'.iim  I'iiIiukt.,  I'lirl  11..  p.  Hid. 

Wii.  S.  A.  MiLLKii;  Adv.  Shtcis  ISlli  Hep.  Gml.  Siirv.  liidiiiiin,  p.  20,  I'lutu  I,  Y\i;f.  0-9. 

Resembling  the  preceding  species,  but  rendily  (liHtingui.«)iod  by  it.s  smaller 
size,  more  elongate  form,  much  greater  depth  ol'  dor.sal  cup,  by  having  a  less 
number  of  arms,  and  the  absence  of  spiniferoiis  plates  in  the  togmen.  Sin'- 
faco  of  plates  smooth  or  slightly  wrinkled,  the  radial  ones  transversely 
ridged  ;   suture  lines  distinct. 

Basal  cup  projecting,  circular  in  outline,  deeply  excavated  for  the  attach- 
ment of  the  column.  Hadials  short,  considerably  wider  than  the  costids. 
Costals  small,  quadrangular,  twice  as  wide  as  long ;  succeeded  in  four  of  the 
rays  by  2  X  2  distichals,  which  resemble  the  costals  in  form  and  size,  aiul 
support  2X2X2  fixed  palmar.s.  In  the  anterior  ray  there  are  two  rows  of 
three  successive  distichals  followed  by  the  free  arms.  Arms  eighteen,  the 
aml)ulacral  openings  directed  horizontal!}'.  Interbrachial  plates  three ;  the 
first  larger,  supporting  two  plates  in  the  second  range.  The  anal  piece  is 
succeeded  by  three  plates,  and  one  above.  Tegmen  high-conical,  higher 
than  the  dorsal  cup;  composed  of  comparatively  few,  large,  tumid  plates. 
Anal  tube  stout,  almost  central ;  constructed  of  strongly  nodose  pieces. 
Arms  and  colunm  unknown. 

Horizon  and  Locality.  —  Same  as  last. 


f   I 


Batocrinus  subcequalis  (ArcCnEsxEv). 
Plate  XX17II.  Fiys.  7a,  b;  Sa,  h,  and  9. 

18B0.    Arlinoerin«>  mbirqualia  —  McCiiesney,  Dcspr.  Pnl.  Fnss.,  p.  17. 

1S70.     Arliiiorriiim  siibitqunlin  —  McCiiksxky;  Chicngo  Acnd.  Xiil.  Sci.,  p.  13,  Plftto  5,  Fig.  7. 
1873.    JIu/ucriiiiis  siiliirqiialia  —  Mekk  nnd  Wobtiiex;  Cinil.  H(^p.  Illinois,  Viil.  V.,  p.  307. 
1881.     Biilocriiim  lubitjmlis  —  AV.  and  Sr. ;  (S\tt.  o!  JlutocriiiKs  (/ixroidriiii),  \lc\\iion  I'alicocr.,  Tart  II., 
p.  160. 
Syn.  .if/iiioi-riniit  r/(.(CoiV/««  —  IIam.;  1S58,  Geol.  Hep.  lonn.Vnl.  I.,  Part  IT.,  p.  501. 
Syn.  Jia/oeriniii  discoic/eus  —  Meek  and  WniiTiiEx;  Gcol.  Hep.  lllinnis,  Vol.  V.,  p.  367,  and  Vihh- 

field;  Mem.  Amcr.  Mns.  Nat.  Hist.,  lS93j  Vol.  I.,  p.  U,  Plate  1,  Figs.  19,  20. 
Syn.  AcliHocriiiHt formoaua  —\Iki.\.,  1S60;  Suppl.  Gcol.  Hep.  Iowa,  p.  30. 
Syn.  7)i/fo(Ti/;Hs/un»ojw  —  Meek  and  Worthen;  1873;  Geol.  Ilrp.  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  p.  .W. 
8yu.  Bntocriiius  ifjiiaiilu  —  S.  A.  MiiLEB,  1S91 J  Geol.  Surv,  Missouri,  Bull.  3,  p.  25,  Plate  5,  Figs. 
13,  U,  15. 

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370 


THK  CIIINOIDKA   CAMKRATA  OF  NORTH  AMKRK'A. 


Calyx  somewhat  bituiliiiiato,  ns  wiilc  as  Iii^li.  Tlie  dorsal  cup  larger 
tliaii  tlie  ventral  di.'-k;  Hides  eximnding  gradually  to  tlie  arm  bases  and 
forming  nearly  a  straight  line.  I'hites  nodose,  except  the  first  costals  wiiieh 
arc  generally  Ihit. 

Base  more  tlian  twice  as  wide  as  high,  hcxangular  ns  seen  from  the 
bottom;  the  interbasal  suture  lines  distincily  grooved ;  column  facet  deeply 
<lepressed.  liadiiils  wider  than  long,  widest  at  two  thirds  their  height,  exca- 
vated at  the  upper  edges.  Costals  small,  both  together  very  little  nioro 
than  half  the  si/o  of  the  radials ;  the  first  linear ;  the  second  a  little  longer 
and  wider  in  the  (ijjper  part.  Distiehals  two,  except  in  the  divisions  facing 
the  anal  side,  in  which  there  is  hut  one,  which  is  axillary.  Palmars  2  X  20; 
but  while  those  approaching  the  posterior  side  l)ifurciite  again,  the  others 
are  followed  directly  by  the  free  arms.  Arm  facets  concave,  arranged  in 
a  contiuiums  row  around  the  calyx.  Arms  twenty-two,  short,  almost  of 
e(|ual  width  to  their  tips.  Pinnules  closely  packed  together,  long,  deep,  and 
flattened  at  the  sides.  Regular  iiiterbrachials  consisting  of  one  largo  plate, 
sometimes  followed  by  one  or  two  smaller  ones;  the  former  extending  to 
the  top  of  tho  first  distiehals  and  even  to  the  pnlmars.  Anal  plate  consider- 
ably hijrher  than  the  radials  and  succeeded  by  three  large  plates,  and  these 
by  a  single  one.  Ventral  disk  subconical,  plates  tubcrculose,  pointed  at  the 
top.  Orals  and  first  radial  dome  plates  larger  than  tho  intervening  supple- 
mentary pieces,  which  are  quite  irregular  in  form  and  size.  Anal  tube  very 
long,  sometimes  extending  .several  inches  be^'ond  the  tips  of  the  arms;  com- 
posed of  tumid  plates.  Colunm  constructed  of  rather  large  joints  with 
rounded  edges ;  the  internodals  somewhat  tho  narrowest. 

Horizon  and  LocuViti/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone ;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
nnd  in  rock  of  tho  same  age  in  Southern  Missouri. 

Tiipc  in  tho  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

linnarh.  —  There  is  not  the  least  doubt  ilmt  Actliiocrhuis  disroukus  nnd 
A.formoms,  both  described  by  Ilall,  are  identical  with  this  species.  The 
former  name  has  priority,  but,  being  described  from  a  crushed  specimen,  nnd 
neither  the  name  nor  the  description  giving  a  correct  idea  of  the  species,  wo 
are  compelled  to  adopt  McChcsney's  name.  The  form  described  as  AclbiO' 
crinus  formostis  differs  only  in  the  less  convexity  of  the  plates. 


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IIATOCUINID.K.  U7l 

Batoorinus  ooqualla  (IIm.i.). 
I'kk  XXVIII.  Fijx.  -,,(',. 

IS.'iS,     .lrliiin<-rliiH>  ,i'/ioi/ii  —  Hai.i.',  ftcol.  Iti-p.  lown,  Vol.  I.,  I'lirl  II,,  p.  .'flj,  I'liitc  11,  Vif^tt.  I,/,  li. 
lS7;t.     /lii/,j(Vinuii  in/«ii/i.i  —  M.  niiA  \\.;  (lc<il,  I(i|i,  Illiiioi<i,  Veil.  V.,  p.  ati?. 
ISSl.     Hiitm-riiiuii  (tiiuidii  —  \V.  aiul  !S|'.  i  Ui'ii^inri  I'liliincr,,  I'liU  II.,  p.  105. 

Svii,  .li-liiiiicriiiiii  iliirit —  IJAI.r.,  Illll  ;   I)(■^'(•r.  New  Spec.  Ciiii.,  p,  13. 

Sjii.  Ilii/uiviiiui  iliirit  —  XI.  mill  \V.  I  Ciuiil.  Hep.  Illiuiii»,  \'<il.  V.,  p.  ;i(17. 

Closely  nllii-'il  to  tlio  prt'ct'ding  HpceicH,  but  (lilTorinj.'  in  tlio  grcntor 
niiniltcr  of  nrinx.  Cnly.x  bitiiibinato,  tnmcnlo  iit  the  bottom ;  the  iloMil 
cup  a  littlo  liij^lier  tlinn  the  vcntriil  disk  ;  tlic  niiles  abruptly  spreading  to 
the  arm  bases,  wliicli  are  directed  horizontally ;  the  plates  smooth,  hi;,'hly 
convex. 

Huso  short,  excavated  for  tlio  reception  of  the  Cfduuin,  the  intcrbasal 
Hiitnres  deeply  grooved,  giving  to  the  lower  end  a  trilobate  outline.  Itadials 
smaller  thiin  the  basals,  from  once  and  a  half  to  twice  as  wide  as  long,  First 
costaLs  less  convex  than  the  surroiniding  plates,  (piadrangular,  variable  in 
size,  sometimes  but  half  the  width  of  tliL  rndials  and  very  short.  Second 
costals  wider  and  longer  than  the  first.  Distichals  2  X  f2 ;  supporting  in 
four  of  the  rays  two  rows  of  three  plates,  and  these  four  arms  to  the  ra^'s. 
In  the  two  posterior  raj's,  which  have  from  six  to  ."'even  arms,  liolh  outer 
distichals  of  the  rays  support  an  axillary  palmar,  which  is  followed  by  2  X  2 
post-palmars  ;  while  the  two  inner  distichals  support  but  2  palmars.  When 
there  are  seven  arms,  one  of  the  post-palmars  is  nlso  axillary  and  gives  off 
two  arms  instea<l  of  one.  Anns  .short,  cylindrical,  biserial  from  their  bases  ; 
the  plates  short.  Pinnules  long.  Regvdar  intci  brachials  two  or  three,  the 
first  verj'  large.  The  anal  area  consists  of  five  plates  ;  the  anal  plate,  which 
is  larger  than  the  radials,  is  succeeded  by  three  ]>]ates  hi  the  second  row.  and 
a  small  piece  above.  At  nil  sides  the  interbiiicliial  plates  are  .separated  froMi 
the  dome  plates  l)y  the  ])ahnars,  and  post-palmars  respectively,  wiiieii  form 
together  with  adjoining  distichals  and  costals  around  the  plates  of  tlie  anal 
area  a  well  defined  semicircle.  Ventral  disk  conical,  gradually  passing  into 
the  anal  tube ;  the  plates  strong  and  convex.  The  orals  and  ambulncral 
plates  are  much  larger  than  the  intervening  ones,  which  latter  are  com- 
paratively small  and  numerous  at  the  posterior  side.  Anal  tube  central, 
its  plates  slightly  tumid.     Column  similar  to  that  of  the  preceding  species. 

Ilorhon  and  Locality.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington.  Town, 
and  Southern  Missouri. 

I'ljpc  in  the  (Worthcn)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 


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872  rilK  CIUNOIDK.V  CAMKUAIA   ok  NOKIII   A.MKUKA. 

Bttoorinui  quailllui  (MrKK  mi<i  Wnidii.). 
l'tal>  XXVlll.  Fl>/».4a,b. 

ISIlB.     /((/A)rY/«i/»  7ii«.i///««  —  MK>k  mill  WiiHTiiKNi  I'liii'nd.  Acnd    Nut.  8ci.  I'liilii.,  p.  liSii  nUu  (liul, 

lli'p.  Illiuni>,  Vi.l.  V  ,  |>.  :iljtl,  I'lair  5,  V\)f.  1. 
1881.     ll,iim-nnu>  i/«iiiillin  -  W.  mill  M'.  j  KLUaimi  ruliciicr.,  I'liil  11.,  p.  107  (I'lornil.  Aciiil.  Niil.  M. 

I'lilU.,  p.  :itl). 

Height  of  tlio  cnlyx  oqiiiil  to  its  width  j  tlio  ventral  (HhU  ocoupying  fully 
one  liiiir.  Doisiil  cun  wiilu  at  tlie  liottom,  riinidly  Hproiuliiig  lu-iir  the  iiiiu 
hnses,  ho  iih  to  plncj  the  upper  i'oum  of  hrnchialM  in  a  horizontal  poxition. 
Plates  extremely  heavy  ami   evenly  convex, 

Dasal  cup  tiireu  tiuiex  as  wiilo  ns  high,  hexagonal,  thickened  at  tlio  lower 
end  ;  the  interliacal  sutures  slightly  indented ;  the  bottom  deeply  depressed 
for  the  reception  of  the  column.  Ihidials  nearly  twice  as  wiile  as  long,  the 
upper  face  concave.  First  costal  very  small  ;  the  second  more  than  twice 
ns  long  as  the  lirst.  Distichals  two;  followed  by  two  rows  of  two  palmara 
each,  except  in  the  division's  fiu'ing  the  anal  side,  where  the  first  disticlial  is 
axillary  and  supports  an  axillary  palmar,  and  this  2X2  post-palinars.  Arms 
twent3-two  to  twenty-four,  arranged  at  ecpial  distances,  openings  directed 
horizontally.  Interbrachials  two,  the  up])er  very  small,  arched  over  by  tiio 
palmars.  Anal  plate  a  little  narrower  and  longer  tlian  the  radials,  succeeded 
by  throe  good-sizeil  pl:ites,  and  tlice  by  ii  single  one.  Ventral  disk  highly 
convex,  inllated  near  the  periphery  so  that  its  siden  project  sometimes  be- 
yond those  of  the  dorsal  cup.  Orals  and  radial  dome  plates  somewhat  tu- 
berculous, and  twice  as  largo  as  the  surrounding  pieces  which  arc  merely 
convex.  Anal  tube  very  strong,  composed  of  thick  plates ;  its  length  not 
known, 

Jlorizon  and  Loraltf;/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Ti/j/c  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 

Batoorinus  lepidus  (TIam.). 
P/ate  XXVIII.  Figs.  2  and  3. 

ITjO.     Aftinoi'riiim  Ifpiilu.f  —  IIai.i,;   Suppl.  Geo).  Rep.  Inwn,  p.  .13. 

ISSl.     Bi/m-n/iiia  hiiiilun—  \\\  niiil  Sh.  ;  Hcvisimi  Paln-iwr.,  Purl  II.,  p.  Ifi7. 

1893.    Biilurrinus h'liiilun  —  \\ \mym.n  :  Mom.  Anirr.  Miis.  Xnt.  Hist.,  Vol.  I.,  p.  10,  Plnlc  1,  Figs.  17,  If. 

A  little  larger  than  the  two  preceding  species.  Calyx  wheel-shaped, 
abruptly  spreading  beneath  the  arm  bases ;  ventral  disk  depressed  convex, 
with  a  central  anal  tube  rising  abruptly  from  the  summit.     Plates  smooth, 


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convex ;  tlio  mitiiro  liiiux  i^rnovud.  nuMulH  ftlioit,  tlilfkoruMl  nruiind  their 
lowt-r  rimrKiii'*,  iiml  Hli),'litly  fxciiviitt'd  for  tin*  iittiiclmu'iit  (if  the  coliiinii. 
UudiiilM  II  litlh'  widor  than  lon^,  ('oiiciivu  itt  thu  u[i|it'r  t'acc,  ContiilM  corn* 
|)iiriitivi'ly  hirgci'  thiiii  ill  tliu  proci-diiig  npcciivM ;  iiiiiidi'iingiihir  mid  iiiMitiin^iu 
liir;  thu  ML'coiid  widur  thnii  tho  (ii'Mt.  DiNtiehiiU  two  (t>xcc>|)t  towfird  tlio  iitinl 
Hide);  thu  iippur  wider  thiiii  thu  coNtid  iixilhiry  ;  fullowud  \>y  two  pidiiiiii-N,  of 
which  thv  Hi'coiid  is  thu  hirj^ur.  Towiiril  tht?  anal  Hide  thcrt'  i.-*  hut  oiiu  di". 
tichitl,  and  thu  Nucoiid  pahiiar  at  thu  outer  (hvinions  of  tliu  iii^'s  HUpportH  two 
post-pniiuarx,  but  only  one  lU  thu  innur  HJdu,  making  five  iirniH  to  oncli  of  tho 
posterior  myn.  Ann  opuningn  urraiigcil  at  ii<'aily  u(|ual  distanous ;  directed 
liori/ontally.  Respiratory  pores  large,  phiced  a  iiltie  nhovo  the  arm  bases. 
Anns  heavy,  short,  slijfjitiy  llatteiicil  on  the  baeit  ;  roiiiposcd  of  two  serii'S 
of  short  joints.  Interbrachials  two;  tiie  llrst  exteiidiiij{  to  the  lower  sloping 
faces  of  thu  first  distichais.  Thu  palniars  in  lateral  contact  except  at  tho 
posterior  side,  where  only  the  post-palinars  connect  laterally,  Anal  piato 
loMj(er  than  the  railials;  followed  by  three  and  two  plates.  The  plates  of  tho 
ventral  disk  vary  in  m.o  ;  thu  oralH  and  radial  dome  plates  bein^r  nioru  than 
twicu  ns  large  as  thu  intervening  piuces,  which  nre  quitu  niimurous.  Length 
of  anal  tiibu  not  known. 

JIiin'~'iii  mill  f.iini/if//.  —  fAJWcr  Burlington  limestone ;  Burlington,  lowii 
and  Southern  Missouri. 

Ti/jie  in  thu  (Worthen)  Illinois  Statu  collection. 

Batoorinua  Calvini  l!n\vi.i:v. 

r/iiti:  XLVI.  Fl'js.  Su,  h. 

ison.     Itinvr.Kv;   Aiiicr.  (i.dln^ist,  Vul.  V.,  |i.  1  Irt. 

Calyx  greatly  deprt»ssod,  almost  twice  as  wide  as  high,  with  n  sharp  edge 
around  tho  margin.  Dorsal  cup  low  bowl-shaped,  a  little  higher  than  llio 
ventral  disk.  Plates  very  slightly  convex  ;  the  .suture  line.s  distinct,  but  not 
actually  grooved. 

Basals  quite  small,  forming  a  pentagon  without  ru-unturing  angles ;  tho 
columnar  concavity  narrow  but  rather  deep.  Radials  as  largo  as  both  cos- 
ta!s  together,  wider  than  high.  First  costals  quadrangular,  twice  ns  wide  as 
high ;  tho  second  pentangular,  wider  than  the  first,  but  narrower  than  tho 
radials;  tho  upper  angle  quite  obtn.se.  Distichais  larger  than  tho  costals ; 
represented  in  four  of  thu  rays  by  two  scries  of  two  plates,  the  upper  ones, 


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wliicli  are  lanoli  wider  than  tlie  first,  siipporling  2x2  palmnrs.  Tlie  pos- 
terior ray  iia.s  three  disticiials  anil  no  palnmrsi.  Avni  facets  .slightly  concave, 
tlirected  obliquely  upward  ;  the  anibulacral  openings  small  and  equidistant, 
except  the  one  between  tlie  posterior  rays,  whicli  is  not  only  wider  but 
a  little  indented.  Structure  of  arms  unknown.  Regular  interbrachials  one 
or  two,  the  first  large,  the  second,  if  present,  quite  small ;  roofed  by  the 
palniars,  except  at  the  anterior  side  by  the  upper  distichals.  The  anal  plat? 
supports  two  rows  of  three  plates,  of  which  tiie  middle  ones  are  larger  than 
those  at  the  sides;  the  upper  one  rising  to  the  height  of  the  first  pahnars, 
and  arched  over  only  by  the  arm  bearing  plates.  Disk  rising  but  little 
above  the  upper  margin  of  the  cup;  composed  of  highly  convex,  somewhat 
tumid  plates.  The  orals  and  radial  dome  plates  —  the  latter  of  a  first, 
.second,  and  third  order  —  larger  tlian  the  interandjulacral  plates.  Anal 
tube  almost  central,  rather  large  at  the  base. 

Hiirizon  and  Ldculitij.  —  Lower  part  of  the  Lower  Burlington  limestone; 
Louisiana,  Mo. 

Tjiiic  in  tlie  collection  of  Prof.  Rowley,  at  Fort  Smith,  Ark. 

licmarJi'ii.  —  This  species  departs  from  the  typical  JJatucriiiiis  in  having 
but  eighteen  arms,  and  in  the  position  of  the  respiratory  pores,  which  are 
placed  so  closely  to  the  andndacral  openings  as  to  appear  always  contluent 
with  them  in  the  specimens.  It  approaches  Dizi/gocrinus  in  its  general  form 
and  the  small  size  of  tlie  base. 


EatocriDus  rotadentatus  Kowi.kv  ami  iIauk. 
rhilr  XL  VI.  Fill.  7. 

IStH,     RnwLKY  iiiul  IIakk;   Kiins;is  City  Scicut.,  \\.  Wi.  V\\\U-  2,  I'igs,  17  iiml  18. 

Calyx  wider  than  high,  wheel-shaped,  the  base  surrounded  by  a  small  rim. 
Dorsal  cup  a  little  constricted  above  the  basal.s,  then  curving  rapidly  outward 
ti)  the  arm  bases.     Surface  of  plates  smooth,  slightly  convex. 

Basals  large,  erect,  rounded  at  the  lower  end.  and  forming  a  profound 
concavity,  which  is  completely  filled  by  the  upper  stem  joints ;  the  suture 
lines  deeply  grooved.  Radials  nearly  twice  as  wide  as  long,  about  half  the 
size  of  the  basals,  but  as  large  as  both  costals  together ;  the  latter  quad- 
rangular and  pentangular,  respectively.  Distichals  two,  short,  the  second 
larger  than  the  first  and  axillary,  except  in  the  anterior  ray,  which  has  three 
disticiials  and  no  palmars.    The  other  rays  have  four  arms  each,  and  the  axil- 


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lary  distielml  supports  2  X  t  pnlmars.  The  arm-bcai'iiig  plates  are  very 
prominent,  being  separated  by  tleep  notelies,  whieh  give  to  tiie  rim,  as  seen 
in  a  dorsal  or  ventral  aspect,  a  strongly  dentate  outline.  Ann  openings 
almost  equidistant,  directed  upward.  Arms  eighteen,  their  structure  not 
known.  Interbrachials  three ;  the  first  largo,  a  little  wider  than  long,  the 
two  upper  ones  small.  Anal  plate  somewliiit  narrower  than  the  radials,  fol- 
lowed by  three  plates,  of  whieh  the  middle  one  is  considerably  the  largest, 
and  these  apparently  by  three  smaller  ones.  Disk  nearly  as  high  as  the 
dorsal  cup,  the  sides  but  very  slightly  convex ;  composed  of  moderately 
large,  conical  plates,  among  which  the  orals  arc  readily  recognized  by  their 
larger  size.     Anal  tube  almost  central  and  of  moderate  size. 

IforirMn  and  Localif//.  —  Base  of  the  Lower  Burlington  limestone  ; 
Louisiana,  Mo. 

I}j2>cii  in  the  collection  of  Prof  Rowley. 

licmarlcs.  —  We  regard  this  species  as  representing  a  transition  toward 
Ldhocn'nus  and  Erctnuicriniis,  and  we  should  not  be  surprised  if  it  had  paddle- 
shaped  arms.  It  resembles  in  general  form  Luhocfbius  ceqmhmclmtus,  espe- 
cially the  larger  specimens,  in  which  the  arms  show  a  tendency  to  grouping 
into  pairs  ;  but  the  interbrachials  are  arched  by  the  palmars  —  or  distichals  at 
the  anterior  side  —  and  consist  of  but  three  plates.  The  species  should  also 
bo  compared  with  Erctmocrintis  clio  Ilall. 


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BatoorinuB  turbinatus  (Hall). 
Plate  XXVII.  Fhjs.  oa,  b,  c. 

1S5S,     .■Ic/liioiviiiu.i  liii-hiiKilim  —  Il.ai, ;  Ocol.  Rep.  Town,  Vol.  T.,  Tm-t  II.,  p.  5><7,  Tliitc  11,  Fig.  1. 
lS7't.     liiiliirriiiiis  lurhiiiiilw  —  Mkkk  anil  WiiimiKN  ;   (icul.  Hop.  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  ji.  307. 
1881.     lidlofrimis  liirbiiiiilii.i  —  W.  (ind  Si'.;    licvisiou  I'lilirorr.,  I'lirt  II.,  p.  IfiS. 

S.vn.  lUheniiiis  Ulim  Millku  and  Giulkv,  IbOt;  Cifol  Suiv.  Illinois,  Bull.  3,  p.  21,  I'hitc  5,  Fitrs 
10,  11,  12. 

Calyx  to  the  base  of  the  anal  tube  generally  as  wide  as  high ;  the  dorsal 
cup  one  third  higher  than  the  ventral  di.'<k.  Sides  but  very  little  concave, 
straight  from  the  bottom  of  the  basiils  to  the  plates  supporting  the  free 
arms  ;  the  latter  plates  projecting.  Plates  throughout  the  dors.al  cup  almost 
flat,  their  surfaces  smooth  ;  the  suture  lines  indistinctly  grooved. 

Basal  cup  somewhat  obconical,  sometimes  slightly  thickened  ;  lower  face 
concave  and  projecting  over  the  column.  Radials  large,  once  and  a  h.alf  as 
wide  as  long,  the  upper  face  distinctly  concave.     First  costals  transversely 


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linear,  siaaller  than  the  secoml,  quadrangular  with  convex  upper  and  lower 
fixces  ;  tiie  .«ueond  pentangular,  very  little  wider  and  longer  than  the  first.  Dis- 
tichals  two ;  the  upper  one  wider  than  the  costal  axillary ;  followed  by  two 
palniars  in  two  series  except  in  the  division  lacing  the  anal  side,  in  which 
there  is  but  one  palmar  which  is  axillary  and  gives  oil  two  post-palinars. 
At  four  sides  the  pahnars'meet  with  their  fellows  of  adjoining  rays,  but  at 
the  anal  side  only  the  post-pahnars.  Arm  openings  equidistant,  directed 
liorizontally.  Anns  twenty-two,  short,  rounded  on  the  back ;  composed  of 
two  series  of  moderately  long  joints,  distinctly  interlocking.  Interradials 
from  one  to  three ;  the  first  very  large,  slightly  elongate ;  the  upper  ones, 
if  present,  quite  small.  Anal  plate  longer  than  the  radials,  supporting  three 
and  two  plates.  Ventral  disk  low  hemispherical,  the  plates  convex.  The 
orals  and  radial  dome  plates,  which  arc  more  or  le.ss  tumid,  are  separated 
by  numerous  small  supplementary  pieces.  Anal  tube  long,  subcentral,  con- 
structed of  convex  pieces. 

llirhon  and  Locality. — Same  as  last. 

Tiji)e  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

Batoorinus  turbinatus,  vnr.  elegans  Hall. 
riatc  XXVI I.  F/<jK  Gil,  b. 

1858.     Aflhiorriiiiix  liirbiiiiiliis,  vnr.  ehyuns  —  Hall;  Gcol.  Rep.  Iowa,  Vol.  I.,  Tart  II ,  p.  5S8,  Plate  11  , 

FiK'.  5. 
1S81.    liidwriiim  turbiiiatm,  var.  tl'giim  —  W,  mill  Sp. ;  Hcvibioii  I'alitocr.,  Pai't  II.,  p.  108. 

More  elongate  than  the  typical  form ;  the  dorsal  cup  nearly  twice  as  high 
as  the  ventral  disk ;  sides  convex  from  the  top  of  the  basals  to  the  arm 
facets.  Basal  disk  short,  distinctly  lobed  and  spreading  outward.  Eadials, 
costals,  distichals,  and  palmars  arranged  as  in  the  typical  form,  but  there 
are  quite  frequently  twenty  arms  (four  to  each  my)  in  place  of  twenty-two; 
and  the  plates  forming  the  arm  bases  are  less  projecting. 

Ihtrhon  and  LociiHt//.  —  Same  as  last. 

Type  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection. 


Batocrinus  Macbridei  W.  and  Sp. 
Plate  XXX.  Figs.  1,  2,  3. 

18S7.     IV.  niul  Sp.  ;  Gool.  Kep.  Illinois,  Vol.  VIII.,  p.  172,  Plate  15,  Fig.  i,  and  Plate  17,  Figs.  11 

and  12. 
1890.     S.  A.  Heller  j   North  Amer.  Geol.  and  Palicont.,  p.  228,  F.'g.  253. 


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The  smallest  known  species  of  Batocrinus.  Height  of  crown  not  excell- 
ing 3  cm.  Calyx  nboiit  as  wide  as  high,  the  arm  bases  projecting.  Dorsal 
cup  obconical ;  sides  straight  from  the  bottom  to  the  top  of  tiie  distichals, 
thence  curving  more  abruptly  outward  ;  base  broadly  truncate.  Plates 
slightly  convex,  without  ornamentation :  suture  lini's  depressed.  Color  of 
specimen.s  lighter  than  that  of  Iihodociiiius  lurhyi  and  DicJiocrmis  inormtus 
from  the  same  locality. 

Basals  short,  forming  a  broad  hexagonal  disk,  which  is  but  very  little 
excavated  at  the  bottom.  Ifadials  considerably  wider  than  long  ;  their  upper 
faces  concave.  Costals  small,  quadrangular  and  pentangular  ;  the  first  con- 
vex below,  more  tlian  twice  ns  wide  as  long ;  the  second  not  longer  than  the 
first  but  wider.  Distichals  2X10;  followed  by  f.vo  rows  of  cuneate  palmars, 
which  support  the  free  arms.  Arms  twenty,  comparatively  heavy,  rounded 
on  the  back,  :he  tips  slightly  incurved  and  somewhat  flattened.  Inter- 
brachials  three,  sometimes  with  a  small  one  on  top ;  the  first  extending 
to  the  full  length  of  the  first  distichals,  those  of  the  second  range  arched 
over  by  the  palmars,  except  at  the  posterior  side  where  a  narrow  piece 
intervenes  between  them.  The  anal  plate  is  followec!  by  three  rather 
largo  pieces,  and  these  by  two  and  one.  The  ventral  ;hsk  is  a  little  lower 
than  the  dorsal  cup,  highly  convex,  and  slightly  depre-s-^ed  at  the  interradial 
and  interdistichal  spaces ;  the  ambulacra  elevated,  and  covered  by  several 
nodose  plates  of  a  first  and  second  order.  The  interambulacral  spaces  are 
paved  by  numerous  very  small,  convex  pieces.  Orals  comparatively  small. 
Anal  tube  slender,  shorter  than  usual  in  this  genus,  extending  but  little 
above  the  tips  of  the  arms.  Column  short,  the  nodal  joints  in  the  upper 
part  large,  rounded  at  their  edges ;  the  intervening  joints  comparatively 
short  and  narrow,  contrasting  strongly  with  the  nodal  ones.  Toward  the 
lower  end  the  joints  are  more  luiiform.  The  column  has  been  observed  by 
us  to  its  full  length  in  several  specimens,  in  none  of  which  it  measures 
more  than  six  inches.  It  generally  tapers  to  its  distid  end,  where  it  termi- 
nates in  a  sharp  point.  Tiie  lower  part,  to  about  one  third  of  its  whole 
length,  bears  short  lateral  cirri,  which  are  arranged  singly  —  not  in  whorls. 

Ifvrizun  and  Loeitlttij.  —  Kinderhook  group;  Le  Grand,  Marshall  Co., 
Iowa. 

Types  in  the  collection  of  Wachsniuth  and  Spi'inger. 

48 


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m 


n_4-JU!HgJ 


mwrnKi^* 


378 


THE   CKINOIDEA   CAMEKATA  OF   NORTH   AMERICA. 


BatOCrinus  POOUIVUU  Milt.ek  and  GuRLEv. 
Flate  XXX.  Fi</.  6. 

1890.     Descr.  New  S|)cc.  anil  Gum.  of  Kcliiiioil.,  p.  34,  I'liilc  0,  Figs.  0,  7. 

Somewhat  laryer  thiiu  tlie  prccuiliiig  spceiu.s.  Dorsal  cup  bulging  out- 
ward, spreading  but  little  above  tlio  costals;  the  base  not  projecting;  platen 
nearly  flat;  suture  lines  obscurely  grooved. 

Basals  short,  forming  a  rounded  shallow  cup,  of  which  the  upper  margin 
is  deeply  excavated  for  the  reception  of  the  radial.s.  Radials  once  and  a 
half  as  wide  as  long,  the  suture  lines  toward  the  costals  concave.  Co.stals 
largo  for  the  genus ;  the  first  generally  larger  than  the  second.  Distichals 
and  palmars  two,  as  large  as  the  co.stals.  Arm  openings  at  right  angles  to 
the  axis  of  the  calyx.  Anns  twenty,  arranged  at  equal  distances ;  short, 
incurving,  the  tips  .slightly  flattened.  Interbrachials  three  to  four,  those  of 
the  second  row  comparatively  large.  Anal  plate  followed  by  three  or  four 
plates,  and  these  by  three  others.  Palmars  in  lateral  contact  apparently  at 
all  sides.  Ventral  disk  .shorter  than  the  dorsal  cup,  depressed  convex ;  com- 
posed of  tumid  plates.  Anal  tube  long  and  heavy.  Of  the  column  only  the 
upper  part  is  known,  which  is  similar  to  that  in  the  preceding  species. 

Iloruon  and  Loccditi/.  —  Same  as  last. 

T//pe  in  the  collection  of  W.  L.  E.  Giu-ley. 

Ecmarks.  —  This  form  is  clo.sely  allied  to  our  Batocrinus  Muchridci,  from 
which  it  differs  in  the  more  globular  form  of  the  calyx,  in  the  more  flattened 
and  less  spreading  ventral  disk,  and  in  the  greater  length  of  the  ventral  tube. 


Batocrinus  pistillus  (M.  ami  w.). 
Plate  XXXI.  Flijs.  4(1,  b. 

1SG5.     Aflinorriiius pistillus  —  1Ii;kk  nnil  WiiuTliFN  ;  rrnrped.  Aonil.  Nnl.  Sci.  Pliila.,  ]i.  l.')2. 

1S03.     A,-linuerinus  {ll(ilocriiiiis)  pislillKs — Mkkk  niul  Woktiien;  Gcol.  Rep.  Illinois,  Vol.  III.,  p.  ili, 

riale  1(>,  Fii-s.  ic,  h. 
18S1.     Balommis  pisdlliis—  V! .  .ami  Sr. ;  novisinn  Pnlfpocr.,  Pari  II.,  p.  107. 

Calyx  subpyriform ;  the  sides  of  the  dorsal  cup  rising  nearly  vertically 
from  the  base  to  the  summit  of  the  radials,  then  expanding  at  first  gradually 
to  the  distichals,  and  thence  rapidly  so  as  to  place  the  upper  palmars  and 
post-palmars  in  a  horizontal  position.  Plates  highly  convex ;  especially  the 
radials,  the  anal  plate,  and  the  first  interbrachial  pieces,  which  are  trans- 
versely nodose. 


BATOCRINID^E. 


379 


Basal  cup  trilobate,  more  than  twice  as  wide  as  long,  flat  at  tlio  bottom,  a 
little  contraeted  at  the  upper  end.  liadials  more  tiian  four  times  as  large  as 
the  costals,  a  little  wider  than  long.  Costals  two,  all  of  nearly  ecjual  size, 
but  the  first  quadrangular,  the  second  pentangular;  wider  than  long.  Pal- 
mars  in  two  ranges  ;  the  upper  supporting  the  free  arms,  except  those  next 
to  tiie  anal  side,  which  are  axillary  and  sustain  two  postpalniars ;  there 
being  five  aruM  to  each  posterior  ray,  and  twenty-two  to  the  species.  The 
anal  plate  is  Ibllowed  by  two  rows  of  three  plates  each,  above  which  the 
post-pahnars  meet  in  lateral  contact.  At  the  other  interradii  the  first  inter, 
brachials,  which  are  almost  as  largo  as  the  radials,  are  fijllowed  by  one  or  two 
small  pieces  arched  over  by  the  palmars.  Arm  openings  directed  horizon- 
tally, arranged  at  equal  distances  around  the  calyx,  with  a  .slight  depression  at 
the  posterior  side.  Arm  structure  not  known.  Ventral  disk  hemispherical, 
a  little  shorter  than  the  dorsal  cup ;  composed  of  rather  large,  tuberculous 
plates  of  nearly  the  same  size.  Anal  tube  almost  central,  wide  at  the  base ; 
its  length  not  known. 

Horizon  and  Locality. — Upper  Burlington  limestone;   Burlington,  Iowa. 
(A  rare  species.) 

T//pe  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 


Batocrinus  tuberculatus  W.  ami  Si>.  (nov.  spec). 

Phttc  XXVIII.  Figs.  10a,  h. 

A  very  graceful  .species,  rather  below  medium  size.  Calyx  liigher  than 
wide,  gradually  expanding  from  the  basals  to  the  top  of  the  distichals,  and 
thence  more  rapidly  to  the  arm  bases.  Tlates  of  the  dorsal  cup  tuberculous, 
with  well  defined  .sharp  nodes  in  the  centre,  those  of  the  brachials  forming  a 
sort  of  interrupted  obscure  ridge. 

Basal  cup  distinctly  trilobate,  deeply  depressed  at  the  interbasal  sutures, 
flanging  outward  at  the  lower  end,  and  depressed  at  the  bottom.  Radials 
about  as  wide  as  long,  with  a  large  transverse  node.  Costals  small,  both 
together  very  little  more  than  one  third  the  size  of  the  radials ;  the  first 
smaller  than  the  second,  quadrangular ;  the  upper  pentangular.  Distichals 
two,  followed  by  three  palmars,  which  support  the  free  arms.  Arm  bases 
directed  horizontally,  forming  an  uninterrupted  line  around  the  calyx.  Arms 
twenty,  equidistant,  short,  rather  delicate,  flattening  at  their  upper  ends,  and 
curving  inward;  their  lateral  margins  indented,  and  their  backs  lined  by  two 


MWI 


380 


THE  CKINOIDKA   CA.MKRATA  OF   NORTH   AMKRICA. 


rows  ofobuciire  nodes,  Interbracliiiil  plates  throe,  con.si.sting  of  a  large  tiiiuid 
plate,  followed  by  two  sniiill,  nliglitly  convex  pieces,  above  which  the  three 
rows  of  palmars  meet  those  from  adjoining  rays,  except  at  the  posterior  side, 
where  oidy  the  plates  of  the  npper  row  are  in  contact.  Anal  plate  longer 
than  the  radials ;  followed  by  three  and  three  plates.  Ventral  disk  de- 
pressed, greatly  inflated  above  the  arm  bases;  composed  almost  exclusively 
of  the  orals  and  radial  dome  plates,  which  are  nodose.  Anal  tube  compara- 
tively slender  at  the  bottom,  formed  of  convex,  elongate  pieces ;  its  length 
not  known. 

llurizon  and  Locidity.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone  ;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Tiipcs  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

llemarks.  —  This  species  in  the  construction  of  the  calyx  is  closely  allied 
to  Balocrimis  pislilhis,  and  in  the  arm  structure  resembles  some  species  of 
Erchnocrims. 

Batocrinus  clypeatus  (Ham). 

riate  XXVII.  Figs.  8a-c. 

ISnO.     Artinormiiif  rf'/prn/iis  —  Mw.!, ;  Suppl.  Gool.  Ui'p.  lowu,  p.  12,  I'l.ilc  3,  Fig.  12. 

l^^)7.     Ai-liiKifriniis  (Ihilorr.)  r/y/mi/iis  — ilKtK  niul  'WoUTiiKX  ;  (iciil.  Kup.  Illinois,  Vol.  II.,  p.  150. 

1831.     lliilocriiiiK  eli/imitiis—  \S .  iiml  Si-. ;  Upvisioii  ralii'ocr.,  Tart  II.,  \\  100. 

Si'ii.  Aclbiorriiius  pii)iill,itiis  —  Hall;  Suppl.  Geol.  lU'p.  lowii,  \i.  21),  I'liologr.  plates  (1S72),  Plate 

3^,  l'if,'s.  10  ami  11. 
Syii.  Ilalocrinim  papilln/ii^  —  Mekk  mid  Wohtmen  ;  Geol.  Hop.  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  p.  307. 
Syn.  Ai'fi/wrri/Hi-^  i/iorin:ftis —  II.\LL;  Suppl.  Gi'ol.  I{('p.  Iowa,  jv  21. 
Sj-n.  Jiii/orriniis  iiioniii/us  —  Meek  ami  Wobtiikn;    Geol.    Hep.  lllimiis,  Vol.  V.,  p.  307;  and 

AVliilficld,  Mem.  Auut  Mus.  Nat.  Hist.,  1S93,  Vol.  I.,  p.  15,  I'late  2,  Fi-s.  1-3. 
Syn.  Bdlorrinim  compnri/i) —  S.  A.  Mn.LKii,  1SU2;  Adv.  Sheets  iMli  Hep.  ticol.  Surv.  Iiid.,  p.  32, 

riatc  5,  Fiss.  is  to  20. 
Syn.  lliilorriiiiis  dxiirulilis  Millek  and  GuKLEY,  1S91 ;  Geol.  Surv.  Illinois,  li\ill.  3,  I'late  5,  Fiirs. 
4,  5,  6. 

A  very  variable  species.  Calyx  a  little  wider  than  long ;  the  dorsal  cup 
higher  than  the  ventral  di.sk,  convex  at  the  ba.se,  the  sides  conctive.  Plates 
from  almost  flat  to  moderately  convex. 

Basals  very  small,  in  some  cases  invisible  in  a  side  view.  Radials  more 
prominent  than  any  of  the  other  plates,  their  median  portions  more  or  less 
tumid;  they  are  wider  than  long  and  concave  at  the  upper  face.  Costals 
quadrangidar  and  pent.angular.  both  together  smaller  than  the  radials ;  the 
first  smaller  than  the  second.  Distichal.ri  two,  as  large  as  the  costals,  each  one 
supporting  2X2  palmars,  which  are  in  contact  laterally  and  support  the  free 
arms.  Arm  openings  twenty,  arranged  at  almost  equal  distances,  the  inter- 
spaces slightly  gi'ooved.     Arms  very  short,  compo.sed  of  two  series  of  short 


It 


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381 


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trniisverse  pieces  with  serrated  lateral  margins ;  the  tips  infoklinjr.  Tiie 
anal  plate  is  a  little  longer  than  tlio  radials,  and  followed  by  three  and  two 
plates.  The  regular  sides  have  two  or  three  interhrachials,  of  which  the  first 
is  largo.  Ventral  disk  low  hemispherical,  the  plates  more  convex  thim  those 
of  the  dorsal  cup,  and  almost  of  uniform  size.  Anal  tube  extremely  long, 
attaining  in  one  of  our  specimens  a  length  of  five  inches,  which  is  nearly 
four  inches  beyond  the  tips  of  the  arms;  it  is  stout  at  the  base,  hut  very 
thin  at  the  upper  end.  Column  of  less  than  medium  size;  the  nodal  joints 
a  little  wider  than  the  others;  near  the  calyx  they  are  short  and  rounded  at 
•.lie  edges,  but  they  gradually  grow  longer  and  cylindrical ;  at  four  inches 
from  the  calyx  all  the  joints  are  of  equal  size  and  of  nearly  the  same  height. 

Jlorkon  (iiul  Lociillfi/.  —  Same  as  last. 

T//2)es  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection. 

Remarh.  —  We  have  found  it  utterly  impossible  to  separate  Hall's 
"  Adinocrbim "  jxipillatus  and  "  Actinocrliius "  inornatiis  from  this  species, 
although  we  took  the  utmost  pains  to  do  so,  and  had  the  types  for  com- 
parison. We  have  before  us  over  one  hundred  specimens,  which  agree  in 
all  essential  points,  but  dififer  more  or  less  in  the  convexity  of  the  plates  and 
the  form  of  the  calyx.  Tiie  plates  in  some  of  them  are  entirely  smooth,  in 
others  distinctly  convex,  and  while  in  some  the  cal^'x  is  much  wider  than 
high,  width  and  height  are  almost  alike  in  others.  Miller's  B.  comjxtrilis  is 
identical  with  the  typical  form. 


f 


Batociinus  grandis  (T.von). 
Plate  XXVII.  Figs,  la,  h,  and  2cu  b. 

1859.     AeHnomnm graii'lin  —  Lvnx  ;  Amcr.  .Tourii.  Sol,  Vol.  XXVIII.,  p.  240. 

1S33.     Ilatocrinm griiiiilis —  W.  iiuil  Si'.;  Ucvisiou  I'lilicocr.  I'lirt  IH.,  p.  113. 

Syn.  Adiiiorriiiiis  Wuchiiiidhi — White,  18S0;  12th  Aim.  Ki^ji.  Terr.  Iiy  ITnydcn  (Aiillior's  Kilit., 
p.  l(k').  I'liile  ■*".  l''!!?"-  1".  *.  ■'""1  £■''«!■  Ht-  l"ili"»i»  for  IS'O-SO,  p.  Ii2,  I'liii.'  7>  I'ii;.  fi  {""t 
Afliiiorriiiiis  Wdchxiiiiitlii  White,  '\SC>-1  =  Ac/inoeriiiiis  sci/ii/ui ;  nor  Jiii/ocriiiii.i  ll'in-hxinullii, 
lievisidii  I'lilicncr.,  Part  IT.,  p.  IBS). 

Larger  than  the  preceding  species,  and  proportionally  higher.  Dorsal 
cup  gradually  expanding  from  the  top  of  the  basals  to  the  top  of  the  dis- 
tichals,  thence  abruptly  to  the  bases  of  the  free  arms.  Plates  convex. 
Radials  and  distichals  covered  by  transverse  nodes,  the  interbrachial  pl.;tes 
by  round  ones,  which  grow  shorter  as  they  approach  the  arm  regions. 

Base  broad,  decidedly  lobed  ;  the  plates  thickened  at  the  lower  end,  and 
slightly  projecting  laterally ;  the  interbasal  sutures  deeply  grooved.     Radials 


1 1    • 


;     VI 


Jk 


\\ 


I  » 


882 


Till-;   C'UIXOIDKA   CAMKUATA   OK   NOUTH   AMKUICA, 


wiiU'i'  tliiiii  long,  InrgiT  timii  botli  CDstals  togotlier.  Costalu  nearly  equal  in 
size;  lliu  (iist  quiulniiigular,  wider  tlmn  long;  tlic  second  lieptagoniil,  a  little 
wider  tlian  the  first.  Distielmls  two,  transversely  arranged;  those  of  the 
three  anterior  rays  followed  Iiy  four  to  five  short  pahnars,  whieh  ,sn|)|iort  the 
free  arms.  The  pahnars  of  tiie  two  lower  rows  are  as  large  as  the  distiehals 
and  resL'nihle  fheni  in  form,  the  upper  ones  curved  like  arm  plates  and 
smaller.  The  two  posterior  rays  have  five  to  si.v  arms,  —  exceptionally 
seven, —  ihe  other  rays  invariably  four.  In  the  two  former,  either  both  outer 
palmars  of  the  seeond  row  are  axillary,  or  only  the  one  faeing  the  anal  side. 
Arms  long,  but  comparatively  thin  ;  rounded  at  the  proximal  end,  slightly 
llattened  at  the  distal  one,  and  composed  of  two  scries  of  transverse  pieces 
united  by  a  zigzag  snture,  each  plate  covered  with  two  delicate  nodes 
arranged  into  longitudinal  rows. .  Interbrachial  plates :  1,2,1.  Anal  piece 
narrower  and  longer  than  the  radials;  followed  by  three  or  four  plates,  and 
these  by  four  to  (Ive  others  of  irregular  arrangement.  Ventral  disk  hemi- 
spheric;  tiie  jilates  tuberculous  and  of  similar  size,  except  those  at  the  pos- 
terior >iile  which  are  .xomewliat  smaller.  Anal  tube  very  long  and  stout, 
extending  far  above  the  tips  of  the  arms;  the  plates  rather  large,  pentagonal 
or  irregularly  hexagonal,  and  each  one  covered  with  a  sharp  central  node. 
Column  large,  the  nodal  joints  angular  at  their  edges,  and  considerably 
wider  than  the  intervening  ones,  which,  however,  increase  in  width  as  they 
pass  downwards. 

Horizon  and  LocaVdy.  —  Keokuk  group ;  Crawfordsville,  Ind. 

Ti/pcs  in  the  Lyon  collection. 

Remarks.  —  This  species  is  labeled  in  several  collections  Erctinncrhuis 
mngnificns.  which  is  a  totally  difTerent  species.  AYhite's  Adinocrinus  Wachs- 
vuit/il  is  identical  with  this  species. 


BatoorinuB  mundulus  (TIali,). 
Phte  XXX.  Figs.  4a,  h,  and  5. 

1850.     Arfinofriiiiif  mniir/ii/iif  —  TlM.t. i  Siipjil.  ficnl.  'Rc|i.  Town,  p.  .30. 

ISSl.     liiilDcriimx  miiinliihis  —  AV.  and  Sp. ;  Hcvisirm  I'iilimpr.,  Part  II.,  p.  107. 

Syii.  Ai'Hiiocriiiiin  .liiiiili^  —  ll\i.i.,  T^.'O;  Siip|)l.  fii'iil.  Rep.  Town,  p,  10. 

Syn.  Ild/oiTiiiiis  simil'm  —  M.  nnd  W.  j  Gcnl.  l?c'p.  llliiuiis,  Vol.  V.,  p.  '^(^%. 

A  small  species.  Calyx  higher  than  wide ;  the  dor.sal  cup  gradually 
spreading;  its  base  broadly  truncate;  the  sides  straight  or  a  little  convex. 
Radials  and   brachials  marked  by  transversely  arranged,  ob.scure   angular 


IlATOCRINIDvK. 


883 


ritlgos ;  the  iniirgins  of  the  plates  beveled,  so  an  to  make  the  isiitiUL'  linoH 
quite  distinct. 

Udsala  "liort,  thickened  around  the  lower  niiirginM  and  I'orniiui,'  ii  hexa- 
gon;  the  ver  faco  exeavated.  Radials  widur  tiian  long.  Fir,>t  rostaln 
quadrangidar,  their  length  ecjual  to  hall'  their  width;  the  second  jn'Mtan- 
guhir,  often  smaller  than  the  iir.it.  Distiehals  ii  X  2 ;  tliu.-ie  o!  tlie  ui)in'r 
row  wider  and  axillary,  supporting  2  X  li  palniars.  Arms  L'ighteL'u  to  twenty. 
Sometimes  the  anterior  ray  has  hut  two  arms,  and  in  place  of  pahuars  an 
additional  row  of  distichals.  Arm  openings  e(|uidistant  or  nearly  .so.  Arms 
of  medium  length,  cylindrieal,  deeidedly  tapering  at  their  tip.s.  Anal  plate 
a  little  narrower  but  longer  than  the  radials,  sustaining  three  and  three 
plates.  The  first  plate  of  the  regular  sides  quite  large,  followed  hy  two  or 
three  smaller  ones,  which  are  arched  hy  the  palmars.  Ventral  di-U  high, 
conical;  composed  of  irregular,  convex  pieces,  whicli  pass  gradually  into 
the  anal  tube.  The  latter  is  central,  stout  at  the  base,  but  not  very  long. 
Column  tapering  downward,  the  nodal  joints  projecting. 

Jl/n'zon  and  LoaiJilij. —  Keokuk  group  ;  Keokuk,  Iowa  and  Nauvoo,  Ills. 

TijpK  in  the  Illinois  State  collection  at  Springfield. 

liemarkt.  —  Ac/iiiocrinus  siiiillis  Hall  is  identical  with  this  species,  except 
that  it  has  only  two  arms  in  the  anterior  ray. 


'I 


IH    I 


Batocrinus  cantonensis  ^r.  and  Ci. 

Plate  XXVII.  Figs.  7«,  h. 
1S90.    Miller  nnil  GuiiLEy;  Jourii.  Cinciii.  S«p.  N':it.  Hist.,  Vol.  XIH.  (.Iiiiic),  Vhte  n,  Tii;.  !), 

A  rather  small  species.  Calyx  about  one  third  higher  tlian  wide ;  the 
dorsal  cup  higher  than  the  ventral  disk,  broadly  truncate  at  the  bottom,  and 
straight  or  slightly  convex  at  the  sides.  Radials  and  brachials  extended  into 
well  defined  transverse  angular  nodes;  the  interradial  plates  eveidy  convex  ; 
the  plates  of  the  tegmcn  and  anal  tube  distinctly  nodose. 

Base  broad  but  short,  the  lower  edge  .sharply  angular  and  indented  at 
the  suture ;  the  bottom  flat,  except  the  middle  part,  which  is  slightly  exca- 
vated. Radials  considerably  wider  than  long,  their  ridges  directed  obliquely 
downward.  First  costals  very  short,  linear.  Second  costals  pentangular, 
longer  and  wider  than  the  first.  Distichals  2X2;  the  npper  ones  axillary, 
giving  off  a  palmar  from  each  side,  ''^b  j  anterior  ray  generally  has  no  pal- 
mars, and  in  place  of  them  an  additional  distichal.     The  palmars  are  in 


u 


384 


Tlir,   CKINOIDK.V   CAMEUATA   OK   .NOKTII    AMKIMC'A. 


cuiitiict  with  (iiie  iiiiotliur  uiid  with  tliu  tliicil  disticimls  ui'  tliu  iintoiioi'  ray. 
Arm  bases  not  projet'tiny ;  tlio  iiriii  opuniiigM  ccjuidi.Htant.  Anns  eighlfi'ii, 
of  niudiuni  lengtli,  rather  utoiit,  and  griuUudly  tapering;  coniponod  of  nitlicr 
long  joints,  wliic'h  on  thu  l)iick  aro  niarivod  l)_y  ii  whort  ronndud  node.  I'in- 
nidos  long.  Veiitiid  disjt  constructed  of  irregularly  arranged  nodose  [dates; 
and  similar  i)late<  form  the  walls  of  the  anal  tube,  which  is  comparatively 
strong  and  cxtend.s  beyond  the  tips  of  the  arms.  Column  tapering  down- 
ward;  the  nodal  joint.s  with  creiudiited  edges,  and  rather  long;  the  inter- 
nodal  joints  (juite  narrow. 

7/'/ /■•,•//  itiiil  Liini/i/ij. — Keokuk  group;  Canton,  Ind. 

TijjM  in  the  collection  of  W.  F.  E.  Gurley. 

liiiimrks  —  Miller  and  Gurley  describe  this  species  as  having  four  arms 
in  the  anterior  ray.  This  must  be  exceptional,  for  seven  of  our  specimens 
whow  distinctly  but  two  arms  in  that  ray,  and  eighteen  to  the  specimen. 

Batocrinus  laura  (irAi.i.). 
Plate  XXIX.  Fi<jH.  on,  b,  r.   L 

fftl.     Ai-lhmi-riiiii^  tniira — n\I.I.',  TVcliin.  llrsor.  Ni'W  Criiiimls,  ;i.  I'l. 
1S31.     Jlii/o''riiiiia  lauru  —  W.  luiil  Si'.;  Id'visinii  I'liln'iicr.,  I'art  it,  p.  107. 

lS'j;t.     /;,//.,-,■//»«,» /,(««(— WiiiTKlKI.L);   .\lc)ii.  .\iiuT.   Mil-.  N;a.  Ili'tl.,    ISOIl,  Vol.  T.,  p.  17,  rialol,  Fi,!,'s, 
15.  10. 
Svii.   Ihilui-riiiiiH  fri/jiliKs  .Mii.i.tK  iiiul  (iriiLEV,   1^'Jl;  Gc'iil.  Surv.  llIiiKiis,  Hull.  ;j,  p.  iX  riiili'  5, 
Fi-s  7,  H,  0. 

Caly.x  gen-rally  higher  than  wide,  biturbinato.  Dor.sal  cup  gradually 
and  uniformly  exi)anding  to  the  arm  bases,  its  sides  straigbt  or  slightly  ton- 
cave  ;  the  plates  Hat  and  smooth.  I'asals  not  projecting  laterally,  forming 
a  short  conical  cup,  rounded  at  ihe  l(j',ver  edge.  Radials  a  little  wider  than 
long,  their  upper  faces  concave.  First  costals  less  than  half  the  size  of  the 
radials,  (juadrangular,  once  and  a  half  as  wide  as  long,  the  lower  face  convex. 
The  second  smaller  than  the  first,  pentangular.  Distichals  2x2,  larger  than 
the  costals;  the  second  larger  than  the  first  and  twice  ns  wide  as  long.  The 
upper  su[iports  2x2  palmars,  of  which  the  second  is  deeply  excavated,  and 
forms  a  horse-shoe-shaped  facet  for  the  reception  of  the  arms.  Arm  openings 
large,  directed  obliquely  upwards;  equidistant.  Arms  rather  stout,  of  moder- 
ate length,  rounded  on  the  b.ack.  Interbrachials :  1,  2,  and  1.  The  anal 
plate  is  followed  by  3,  3,  and  1  plate,  arched  by  the  palmars.  Ventral  disk 
lower  than  the  dorsal  cup,  more  or  less  conical;  plates  almost  flat,  except 
the    posterior   oral,   which    is    somewhat    convex.      Anal   tube   central,    of 


l>^ 


1^ 


•^ATOf  RlXin  T.. 


885 


nietliiim  size,  extending  hp^'opml,  (lio  tliwi  '^     no  nnn«,     Sfrueluic  of  colmnn 
unknown. 

Jforhvn  (111(1  Locdlltij.  —  tJiit-fT  BurliHjrton  limoMone  ;  Burlington.  Town. 

BatoorinuB  laura,  var.  sinuosus  (Ham). 

ISflO.     Arlinnrriiiuf  jmkowj— IIai.I,;  Siipiil.  (icul.   Uc|i,   \m\i\,  \\.  -27.     l'linlii(.'r.  jiliilc  (l<i*i)  3  ,<,  Figs. 

H  mill  <). 
ISr.'l.     lififijfn'niit  tliiiinfin—  Mkkk  nnd  U'liiiTilKS',  fi.'iil.  Itc|i    Illiimii,  Vul.  V.,  |).  'lOS. 
ISSl.     Jld/iirriiiui  siniiiifiif  —  W.:ml  Si',;  ItciMciii  I'lilii-ici'.,  I'lirl  II.,  |i.  IfiS. 

Thin  fornj  is  no  closely  allied  to  Bd/nrriiins  tiiifn(  tlmt  wo  rojjnri)  it 
a  variety  of  tliat  .species.  It  is  said  to  dilTer  in  liavinj;  a  more  pointed  liase. 
a  deeper  groove  between  tlio  two  |)osteri<)i'  rays,  and  tliat  tlie  intevln'acliials 
of  tlio  anal  side  pa.ss  into  tlie  interainhnlarral  idntcs.  tlicreliy  approncliing 
Lohorriiiiis.     Tlie  anal  tube  is  moderately  largo  and  almost  central. 

Ilurizon  and  Lncalili/.  —  Same  ns  last. 

Type  in  the  Illinois  State  collection  at  Springfield. 

ERETM00RINU8  T.vr.v  .in,]  Cas.s. 
lil'l.     TiVoN  nnil  CissEriY;  .\iiirr.  ,T;!uni  Sri.  aw\  .\rls,  V..1,  XXVIH,  (scr,  3),  p,  2H. 

IStiU,      SlIUMAIin  (llll)l{PUUS  of -/(•/l/(«.'/-|««.)  ;    ('alillcil,'!!!'   I'lllll'dZ.  l''cl^^^.    I'llll    I,,  p.  Ilfill. 

ISfi'J,  .Mkkk  tiiiil  U'diiTIIK.s  (»iil)j,'ciiiis  iif  lliilo<-riii(i-) ;  I'ldcri'd.  Acad.  Nat,  Sci,  I'liih  ,  p.  ,'?.',0. 

IS'li.  Mkf.k  iiiul  WdliTIIKN  (siil>,'i'iius  of  nulorriiiiit) ;  Ocnl.  Urp.  Illiiiiiis,  Vul.  V.,  p.  Hfi8, 

1S7S.  \V.  and  Sr, ;  I'rcicml.  Aciid.  Nat.  Sci,  I'hda.,  p.  iX>. 

1S7'J,  ZlTTKi,  (Mclifjiniw  (if  .tcliiiiu;-iiiii.<)  j   llaiidli,  drr  l'alii'nnt(dii!,'ii',  Vcd.  I.,  p.  .1*1. 

ISSl.  W.  and  Si'.;   Itcvisi.iii  I'ala'ncr.,  I'ai'l  11..  p.  1711  (I'rnc  ,\™l.  Nal.  Sri.  I'liila  ,  p.  :U1). 

18S3.  W.  and  Si'. ;  U.'visinu  I'liln'oor.,  I'arl  111  ,  p    111!  (I'luc  Acad.  Xat.  Sci,  I'liila.,  p.  IW,')). 

1890.  S.  A.  MlI.i.KU;   N'lirlli  Aincr.  (;clllll^7  and  I'alicmit.,  p.  Hi. 
Syn.  .IrliiioiTiiiiii  (ill  pari),  Ham,  ISnOniid  ISdl. 

Caly.v  more  or  less  depressed,  broadly  truncate  at  tlic  base  ;  plates  (Int 
or  nodose,  the  surface  sometimes  granulated,  but  generally  smooth .  Basal- 
short,  forming  a  broad  rim,  wdiich  projects  conspicnou.«ly  outward.  Radial.'^ 
ns  large  as  or  larger  than  both  costals  together.  Costals  two,  short,  wider 
than  long;  the  first  quadrangular;  the  second  pentangular  or  except inuidly 
lioptangular.  The  higher  brachials  in  contact  laterally,  and  forming  a 
continuous  ring  around  the  calyx.  Arm  facets  directed  horizontally ;  the 
ambulacral  openings  arranged  in  groups;  respiratory  pores  well  defined. 
Arms  from  twelve  to  twenty-six.  When  there  arc  more  than  twenty',  llio 
addition  is  made  in  the  posterior  rnys,  the  other  rays  having  four  each.  In 
species  with  less  than  twenty  arms,  the  anterior  ray  has  the  least  nunil)er. 
Species  with  sixteen  arms  always  have  three  in  the  posterior  rays.  The 
arms  are  paddle-shaped,  narrow  and  rounded  in  the  lower  parts,  broad  and 

49 


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Till".  CKrN(»n>KA   C.VMKUATA   OK  NuUTM    AMKUK'A. 


llatlfiii'd  iiIkivc  ;  they  nro  l)if<criiil,  Imii,',  im<l  iiuMirvint;,  —  tlicir  lips  Honio- 
times  (Icscciiiliiig  to  tlio  toii  of  the  ciilyx,  —  ami  ai'u  coiniio-'cd  ut  tlicir  Iiii.xch 
of  Nlioi't  traiiHVi'i'Mu  piocoH,  ^vliicli  grailiiully  iiioruaHu  in  leiigtli  uiul  wiillli 
upward.  Iiitoii'adialrt  nut  nuiiieroUH,  (licrc  boin^  IVoiii  oiio  to  tlirci'  |ilal(<M 
at  lliu  rojjniar  nidi's,  and  from  four  to  k'M'U  at  tlu'  anal  side  includinjf  tlic 
anaN.  Ventral  ilisk  ilistinctl^'  a.xymmetrical,  xomewliat  bulj,'iug  aud  luj,'lier 
toward  the  anterior  Hide,  rather  flattt-ned  ponteriorly.  Posterior  oral  eon- 
HpieuouH,  large,  and  central  in  position;  tho  nnul  tiibu  oxccntrie  and  ol'leii 
curviu);  oulwiwd.     Colinnn  roumi  ;  tin?  axial  eanal  snudl  rud  peutMn>,ndar, 

Dislriliiiliiiii.  —  lieslrieted  to  the  Iturliuglon  limestone  aud  Keokuk  group, 
and,  HO  far  as  known,  eonlined  to  Auu-riea. 

Ti/i'C  of  tho  genus  :   KnlnKinliiim  iiiiiijiil/iriiit  Lyon  and  CawH. 

Ji'iiii(td.i.  —  Meek  ami  Worthen  treated  KnlnuwruiiiH  ns  a  subgenus  of 
Biifiiirniiin,  and  added  several  forms  wlii»:h  do  not  lioloug  to  it.  It  dilTi'rH 
from  Iliitixrl/iiiK  in  tho  broad,  triuicated,  aud  projecting  basals,  tho  long,  paddlo- 
shaped,  and  iueurving  arms,  their  arrangement,  tho  nsynnnotry  of  the  ventral 
disk,  and  in  tlie  e.xeentric  position  of  the  uiuil  tube,  —  nil  of  which  are  good 
disliuetivo  characterH. 

ErottnocrtmiB  magniflcua  t.vun  and  Cass. 
J'Mc  A'A'A'T'y/.  !)■>/.  J. 

18:i!)     T.ynv  mill  Cassfiiw;  Aiiirr.  Jiiiirii.  Sii.,  Vol.  XXVllf.,  y.  '2H. 
ISSl.     \V.  mill  .Sr.  j   Hivisidii  I'liliiMicr,  I'mt  II.,  p.  liH. 

(\iit  K:-''luiorri,iiii  mii;iiiijieiii  (JlKKsTKUTi  HiiuiUi.  ilir  I'liliiunl    (AiiflnftP  3),  PMo  77.  Fig.  11  = 

JiiitiifriHm  fjriinfli*), 
S^'ii.  KrrliiiiH-riiiiin  li/tiiiiiiiH.i  S.  A.  Mli.l.tli;  Ailv.  Sliocts   I7lli  (ii'iil.  licp.  Iiiilimiii,  IS'.M,  p.  .V.t,  I'l.-ilii 
10,  Fi(,-<.  ;t  mill  \. 

Caly.x  higlier  than  wide,  biturbinate  ;  the  dorsal  cup  fre(|uontly  .sliortcr 
than  the  ventral  disk  ;  bro.'uliy  truncate  at  tiie  i)aso  ;  the  sides  concave, 
spreading  abruptly  near  tho  arm  bases.  Tho  rndials  and  brachials  in  well- 
marked  specimens  are  koel-shapod,  with  a  promiuenco  or  node  in  the  centre 
ol'  each  plate,  in  others  they  are  simply  convex  ;  the  intcrbraehial  plates,  in 
most  of  the  siiccimous,  are  perfectly  flat. 

Hasc  short,  extended  into  a  broad  rim,  wdiicli  project.s  considerably 
beyond  tho  radials ;  it  has  a  shallow  depression  at  the  bottotn,  nnd  a  some- 
what deeper  one  for  the  reception  of  tho  column,  which  occupies  less  than 
half  tho  diameter  of  tho  lower  face.  Radials  tnorc  than  twice  as  wide  as 
long.     First  costals  quadrangular,  about  half  the  size  of  the  radials ;    tho 


M' 


UAKKIUXID.K. 


387 


H ml  |H'iitniif.'iiliir.  tlicir  Klopiii^  niipiT  faOL's  jiliiroil  at  rij(lit  imnlff*.     Dif- 

tii'lmlM  l\\(i,  tlic  iixilliir)'  I'oiixiiloriil)!}'  wiilcr.  I'lilniiii.i  tlii'i'(>,Mli(ii'ti<i'  tliiiii  lln' 
(1iMti(!liiilN,  in  ciintiict  lnti'mlly,  iiinl  hd  iinini^^i'il  tlmt  (lie  wilicrit  im);li'  of  <iiii' 
pliito  rcxtH  witliin  llic  rclrciitiii;^  ntijflc  I'dnin'il  liy  tl(t>  two  mljoiiiiiig  pii'CL'». 
Arm  o[)t'iiiiigi  (liiiKMuil  lioriziiiiliilly,  aiiiinj,aMl  in  gi(Mi|)s,  (Ik!  iiiti'i>*iiiico'< 
hotwoi'ii  tlio  I'ayH  beinj^  wider  than  tin'  oliicrs.  Arms  Iwi'iity,  uxcoptinniilly 
twoiity-two,  wlion  tlii-ro  aro  (ivo  in  tlio  two  poMterior  rnyn,  Acconlinn  to 
liVon  and  (.'asuoday,  tlic  arms  aro  four  incluw  lonjr.  siilicylindrical  to  ono 
tliird  tlu'ir  lrni;lli,  when  tlicy  llattcn  ami  cvpiniil  upwanls.  rcacliinj^  at 
iniilway  ii  wiiltli  ot'  lialf  an  inch,  am!  a  il('[iih  of  ono  fixtoontli,  hut  higher 
up  thoir  width  i-i  roducocl  to  ono  half,  and  thoy  end  in  a  ronnih'd  odgo. 
Tiio  armx  ai'o  hiscrial  al)i>vo  llu!  (ir.Mt  or  hocoikI  IVoo  pinto  'I'ho  plates  aro 
Khort  near  the  calyx,  l»nt  incroaso  in  ionglli  upward.  Inlerradiais  two  to 
threo ;  tlio  first  rining  to  «iio  half  tho  height  of  the  first  dintiohals.  Tlio 
anal  intorradius  has  six  platen  nhovo  the  anal,  nrrnnged  in  two  rows. 
Vi-ntral  ili-k  high-coniral,  surmounted  hy  a  unuill,  almost  central  anal  tuho; 
the  plate.s  large  and  tumid. 

Ilni'lxoii  mill  Lnnilitif,  —  Keokuk  group;  Clear  Creek,  Hardin  Co.,  Ky.; 
New  HosH,  Montgomery  Co.,  Ind. ;  Pilot  Knoh,  near  Louisville,  Ky. ;  and 
White's  (,'rook  >>|,iii)gs,  near  Naslivillo,  Tonn. 

Tijiic  in  ili'o  collection  of  tho  late  S.  A.  Cassoday. 

ErotmocrinuB  ramulosuB  (HAi.t.). 
/'/(//('  XXXVII,,  F'kju.  4<i>  '')  mill  '^  ">  ^>  ".  '/• 

1S.')S.     .I'lhinfriiiiit  ruiiiuln'iif —  1!  M,I, ;  (Irnl.  lli'p.  IdWn,  Viil    I.,  I''irl  II.,  p  111,'),  Vlnlo  15,  l"\g,  7. 
1^81.     llri'tniarriiiti*  tiimiil't^ft^  -    \V.  mill  .Si*.  ;   Itcvisioii  I'.'ilii'ncr.,  l*Mrt  II.,  p.  I71i. 

Nut  Kniuiiifriiiiii  nii/iiilH'iit  W.  ami  Sf.  j  1S73,  Tructr;!.  Aeail.  Nat.  Sci.  I'liila.,  p.  •^.'tl']=:  Kifhiiocrijiin 
rfiiti/jnii'/iiiifit-^t  viir.  rxjui/isus. 

The  largest  species  of  thi.i  genus.  Tn  its  general  aspect  closely  rc.«cni- 
Wing  /v.  iinii/iiifiriis,  hut  more  rugose;  the  ridges  and  nodes  more  prominent ; 
the  liaso  narrower;  the  ventral  disk  larger,  and  hemispherical  instead  of 
conical  ;  tho  anal  tuho  mui'li  smaller,  being  reduced  to  tho  mininuuu. 
Dorsal  cup  short,  rajjidly  spreading,  truncate  at  the  base.  Plates  elevated 
and  covered  with  sharp  central  tubercles;  those  upon  the  radials  and 
brachials  coullucnt,  forming  undulating  angular  ridges,  which  branch  upon 
the  axillaries  and  pass  into  the  arms,  producing  deep  depressions  between 
the  various  divisions  of  tho  raya.     The  radials  and  brachials  have  two  addi- 


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THE   CIMNOIDKA   C.UIKIJATA  OK   NOinil   AMKKK'A. 


tiuniil  luidi's,  one  to  each  side,  of  wliicli  tlioso  upon  the  nuliiils  are  coiuiocteil 
witli  the  centiiil  node  by  ii  fnmsverse  ridge. 

UmsuI  ring  slightly  innjeeiing  laterally,  more  or  less  notclied  at  tiie 
sutures,  and  moderately  excavated  at  the  bottom.  Kadial.s  twice  as  wide  as 
long;  tiieir  transverse  ridges  pointing  downward,  sometimes  reaching  as  low 
as  the  truncated  lower  end  of  the  basals.  First  costals  one  third  smaller 
than  the  radials;  (|i'adrangular.  Second  eostals  generally  a  little  wider 
tiian  the  first,  and  of  about  the  same  length.  Distichals  two,  shorter  than 
the  costals.  Palmars  short,  in  rows  of  three,  except  in  the  posteiior  rays, 
in  .vhicli  the  subdivision  next  to  the  anal  interradius,  and  in  large  si)ecimens 
freciuenti}-  also  that  next  to  the  antero-lateral  rays,  has  two  palmars  followed 
i)y  three  post-palmars.  Anns  twenty  to  twenty-four;  they  are  at  the 
proximal  end  narrow  and  subcylindrioal,  biserial  from  the  first  free  plate, 
and  ('onipt)sed  of  moderatidy  long  pieces.  The  arms  have  not  been  found 
in  (losition;  there  are  found,  however,  along  with  the  calyces,  deliu'hed 
pieces  of  Erctnwcriiiu^  arms,  which  probabI\'  belong  to  this  species.  They 
are  more  robust  than  those  of  the  preceding  species,  not  as  wide,  and  their 
increase  in  width  is  more  gradual;  their  cros.s-sectioii  is  .semi-oval,  the  dorsal 
lace  flat  and  covered  with  four  rows  of  nodes,  of  which  two  are  close  to  the 
suture  Hue,  and  one  to  each  outer  border.  Interbracliials  three;  the  first 
large,  reaching  to  nearly  the  full  height  of  the  first  distichals;  the  two 
olluMs  smaller  and  roofed  by  the  palmars.  The  anal  plate  is  followed  by 
tlirre  large  plates,  and  these  by  three  smaller  ones,  which  are  arched  by  the 
post-palmars.  Ventral  disk  bulging,  lai'ger  than  the  dorsal  cup;  the  olates 
large,  of  abnost  uniform  si/.e,  and  tumid.  Amis  oxcentric,  very  sj.iall,  some 
times  scarcely  projecting  over  the  general  surface.     Column  unknown. 

ILn-lviin   (111(1  Ldcali///. — Keokidi    group;    Keokuk  and  Augusta,  Iowa; 
Nauvoo,  Ills.,  and  White's  Creek  Springs,  near  Nashville,  Tenn. 

2}//ic  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection. 


Eretmocrinus  remibrachiatus  (U.u.i.). 

riiite  XXX  vir,  fijs.  ■?«,  f>. 

ISi'il.     Arliiiorriiiiis  ri'iiiilir,irlii,(liix — IImi.;  I'lvliin.  .Niilioi'iif  Ninv  S|ii'('iis  of  Crinniils,  p.  11. 

lSr;>.     Itil;.-r.  {ICn'/mn-ri/nif)  /■.■/,«/i/v/,7//.//«,v— ll.u.I,;   Hull.  I.,  N.  V.  S(i,U-  .Mu-i'inii  Nal.  lli.-l,,  I'liitp  -t, 

Ki^'s,  s,  n, 
ISSl.     Ei-'-liiHii-riiiiis  n'l.iihnirliialua  —  W.  hiul  Si'. ;  Ucvisidii  I'aln'iirr.,  I'liil  II.,  |i.  17'f. 

Calyx  bitnrbinate,  about  as  wide  as  high.     Dorsal  cup  obconical,  truncate 
at  the  ba.so;  the  sides  slightly  concave,  spreading  uniformly  to  the  top  of  the 


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costiiln,  niul  thence  abruptly  to  the  arm  bases,  whicli  stand  out  horizontally, 
forming  a  projecting  rim.  The  railial  plates  are  somewhat  elevated  or 
ronndcd,  wliilc  the  oilier  plates  oi'  the  dorsal  cup  are  Hat  and  without  oi  na- 
nientation.     Suture  lines  indistinct. 

IJasal  cup  short,  e_)lin(Iricid,  wider  than  the  column,  and  very  little  con- 
cave at  the  bottom.  Kadials  twice  as  lar^e  as  both  costals  together,  their 
upper  laces  concave.  Costals  of  about  eijual  size,  transversel\-  arranged  ; 
tlie  first  quadrangular;  the  second  pentangular.  Distichals  2x10.  resem- 
bling the  costals  in  Ibrm  and  size.  I'alniars  2X-J0  in  the  cal^'x  ;  sul)(iuad- 
rangular,  ami  in  contact  laterally.  Arm  liicets  lunate,  directed  outward, 
the  respiratory  pores  small,  and  placed  at  the  siiles  of  the  ambulacral 
()[)enings.  Arms  four  to  the  ray,  e.\ee[)lionally  two  in  the  anterior  one  ; 
they  are  very  long,  broadly  paddle-shai)ed,  and  biserial  from  the  second 
free  plate.  To  nearly  two  inches  from  the  caly.\,  they  are  rather  thin  and 
cylindrical,  whence  they  grow  perfectly  Hat,  and  increase  rapidly  to  the 
width  of  eight  to  nine  mm.,  which  is  slightly  reduced  toward  the  extremities. 
The  Hat  portions  are  thickest  along  the  median  line,  tiie  sides  being  knife- 
like  witii  serrated  edges,  which  turn  .slightly  outward.  At  (wo-tliirds  ilieir 
height,  the  arms  generally  curve  inward  until  their  tips  touch  the  calyx. 
The  proxinud  arm  [ilates  are  (piite  siiort,  but  the  plates  increase  (o  twice 
their  former  length  as  they  widen.  I'innules  h)ng,  composed  of  long.  Hat 
joints.  Int.-rradials,  1.  'J,  1  ;  the  first  very  large,  reaching  the  to[)  of  the 
distichals.  T'he  anal  plate  is  followed  by  three  and  two  plates.  \'eutral 
disk  conical,  somewhat  bulging,  often  iiigher  than  the  dorsal  cup.  Tiie 
plates  are  highly  convex  or  conical,  and  of  nearly  uniform  size.  Anal  tube 
.slightly  e.Ncentric,  rather  short  and  slender.     Colmmi  small. 

Iliirhon  (tint  Liicdilli/.  —  I'liper  Burlington  limestone,  Murlington,  Iowa. 

Ti/pcs  in  the  University  Museum  at  Ann  Arbor.  Mich. 

liniiKi-fts.  —  Professor  Hall's  description  of  this  species  is  so  indefinite 
that  little  can  be  made  out  of  it,  and  if  it  were  not  for  his  (igures,  which  he 
distriijuted  privately  among  some  of  his  colaborers  eleven  years  later,  the 
species  could  not  be  distinguished  from  several  others  which  occur  in  tiie 
same  locality.  lie  give.s  the  inind>cr  of  arms  as  sixteen;  stating,  however, 
that  there  were  imperfections  in  his  specimen.  Either  ITall  described  one 
species  and  iigured  another,  or  the  number  of  arms  given  is  erroneous. 


i 


390 


TIIK   CKIXUIUKA   CAMKRATA  OF   NOUTII   AMERICA. 


Eretmocrinus  remibrachiatus,  var.  expansus  ^v.  ana  Sr.  (nov.  vav.). 
Plate  XXX VI.  Fiij.  1 ;  riale  XXXVII.  Fi(js.  la,  h,  and  FlaU  XLIV.  Fij.  0. 

Baloeriiiiin  {Errlmocfiniix)  reniibruehiiiliia  {\n  |iMri)  —  Mkkk  ami  AVouiiien  ;  Geol.  Kcp.  Illinois,  Vul.  V., 

p.  3711,  i'liitL'  10,  I'ii,'.  5. 
Erchiioeriiiiis  niMalusiis  (in  part)  —  W.  nuj  Sr.  ;   1S7S,  rrooccd.  Aciul.  Xiit.  Sci.  I'liila.,  p.  230,  nnil  ISSl, 
Itcvisiim  I'alii'ocr.,  I'liit  11.,  ]).  173. 

Svii.  ErcliiioiTiiiiis  casscJiiyanus  Millcii  and  GuuLtv,  IbOi;  Illinois  Geol.  Surv.,  UuU.  3,  ]).  17, 
I'liUo  3,  Fig.  1. 

Larger  than  the  typical  form;  the  ventral  disk  more  bulging  and  com- 
paratively higher;  tiie  plates  more  tumid;  the  anal  tube  shorter  and  more 
slender ;  the  costals  proportionally  larger,  the  second  frequently  hexagonal 
or  hcptagonal  owing  to  the  comparatively  small  size  of  the  fir.st  interbrachial. 
The  palmars  of  the  two  posterior  rays  in  the  subdivision  next  to  the  anal 
interradius  consist  of  but  one  plate,  which  is  axillary  and  supports  two  post- 
palmar.s,  thus  giving  to  those  rays  five  arms  in  place  of  four.  The  arms  at 
their  widest  parts  .sometimes  reach  a  width  of  from  18  to  20  mm. ;  they  ai'e 
in  the  majority  of  specimens  spread  out  horizontally  to  one  half  their  lengtii, 
when  they  curve  abruptly  upward  and  inward,  and  fold  b;;ck  in  a  straight 
line  to  the  calyx,  forming  a  flat,  circular  disk,  in  which  the  serrated  edges  of 
the  arms  frequently  interlock  with  tlio.se  of  adjoining  arms. 

Ilorr.on  and  Loadttij. — Burlington  and  Keokuk  Transition  bed;  near 
Burlington,  Iowa,  and  Henderson  Co.,  Ills. 

T(jjics  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 


Eretmocrinus  granuliferus  w.  and  Sr.  (nov.  spec). 
Fhdt  XXXIV.  F!cp.  .5a,  h,  c. 

This  species  has  its  closest  affinities  with  E.  nmlhruchhdm,  from  which, 
as  well  as  from  all  other  species  of  this  genus,  it  differs  in  its  unique  orna- 
mentation. While  in  that  species  the  plates  are  flat  and  perfectly  smooth, 
they  are  here  slightly  convex,  and  the  whole  dorsal  cup  is  covered  by  irregu- 
lar but  distinct  granules  or  small  nodes,  densely  crowding  the  surface.  There 
are  no  ridges  or  stria}  either  on  the  radial  or  interradial  plates.  Dorsal  cup 
wider  than  high,  rapidly  spreading  from  the  top  of  the  basals  to  the  arm 
regions. 

Base  broadly  truncated,  expanding  laterally  into  a  broad  trilobate  rim, 
flat  at  the  bottom  except  in  the  middle,  which  to  one  third  the  width  of  the 


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891 


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lower  face  is  slightly  excavated  for  the  reception  of  the  column.  Radials 
largo,  twice  as  wide  as  long.  First  costals  by  one  half  narrower  and  shorter 
than  the  radiala,  quadrangular ;  the  second  pentangular,  wider  than  the 
first.  Distichals  two  ;  the  upper  one  axillary,  giving  oft"  from  each  .side  two 
large  palmars,  which  support  the  arms.  Arms  twenty,  four  to  each  ra}'; 
long,  incurving  and  biserial ;  at  their  bases  they  are  somewhat  angular  on 
the  back,  but  at  an  inch  from  the  calyx  they  gradually  llatten  and  increase 
in  width,  reaching  at  half  length  their  greatest  diameter — 8  to  9  nmi. — 
which  they  retain  a  short  distance,  and  become  reduced  to  5  or  C  nun. 
at  tho  tips.  The  sides  of  the  arms  are  knife-like,  with  dentate  edges,  the 
median  portions  considerably  thickest.  Tiie  arm  plates  increase  in  length 
upward  from  1  to  3  nnn.  Interradials  three,  in  two  rows ;  the  anal  plate  is 
succeeded  by  three  and  two  pieces.  Ventral  disk  high,  conical,  passing  grad- 
nally  into  the  ventral  tul)e,  which  is  rather  long  and  stout.  The  plates  of 
the  tegmen,  including  those  of  the  ventral  tube,  are  strongly  tuberculous. 

Horizon  (iihJ  Lnculi/i/. — Keokuk  group;  Indian  creek,  Montgomery  Co., 
Ind.,  and  Canton,  Ind. 

7'ujic^  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

Eretmocrinus  minor  w.  .ami  Sr.  (nov.  spec). 
r/<i/r  XXX  VI.  Fhi.%  10(1.  h. 

Calyx  subpyriform,  higher  than  wide.  Dorsal  cup  constricted  at  tho  basi- 
radial  sutures,  tiicnce  ex[)auding  moderately  with  straight  sides  to  the  arm 
bases.  Ventral  disk  scmiovoid,  slightly  iiitlated  at  the  anterior  side,  the  jios- 
terior  side  somewhat  depressed.  Tiie  plates  of  the  dorsal  cup  perfectly  Hat 
and  smooth,  those  of  the  tegmen  a  little  convex. 

Base  broadly  truncate,  moderately  high,  slightly  expanding  downward, 
tlie  lower  edges  sharply  angular,  the  bottom  flat  and  hexangular.  l»adials 
nearly  twice  as  wide  as  long,  the  npper  face  concave.  Costals  comparatively 
large  ;  the  first  quadrangular,  a  little  shorter  and  considerably  narrower  than 
the  ra<lials,  their  upper  and  lower  faces  convex  ;  the  second  wider  than  tho 
first  and  heptangular,  the  sides  abutting  against  the  second  row  of  inter- 
brachials.  Distichals  three  in  the  anterior  rny,  supporting  two  arms;  in  tho 
other  rays  one  division  has  three  distichals,  the  other  Init  two,  of  which  tiie 
upper  one  is  axillary,  giving  off  a  palmar  from  each  side.  Occasiomilly  one 
or  both  antero-lateral  rays  have  four  arms  in  place  of  three.     Arm  facets 


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302 


TIIK   (  UINOIDKA   CAMKIIATA   Ol'   NOIiTII    AMKUICA. 


riitlicr  (l.-i'iily  coiiciivc,  <lii<'(\tc'(1  oiihviiri],  Aniliiiliiri'iil  opcniiifiM  iirniiij^fcil  in 
^r()ii|)s,  tlio  NiiaccH  l)L't\vc'('ii  tliu  posterior  ray.s  widci'  tliiiii  tliusc  IjL'twi'cn  tiu; 
odior  riiyH.  liesjtinitory  porow  largo,  iirriingiMl  in  fivu  pairs  intorradiiil  in 
position.  Arni.s  tw(dv(;  to  I'onrteen,  incnrvin;,'',  cxtrtiinoly  licavy  for  (Ik;  sizo 
of  iIk;  Hpccios  ;  llicy  an.'  Ijiscrial  (Voni  tiiu  H('(;on<l  free  plato,  ronmlcil  on  tlic 
hack  in  tlii!  lowi'r  portions,  hut  liat  and  sjialnlate  aliovc,  rcacliinjr  a  widtli  of 
lln'i!0  tiin(!s  tlio  diameter  at  the  base.  In  the  roumled  part,  the  haol\  of  eaeli 
allcrnnic  plM((!  in  hoth  scries  is  covered  hy  a  small  iioije,  whicdi  doi^s  not 
extend  lo  th(!  Iliittened  portions;  (lie  arms  ar(!  I<eel-shap('d,  heavy  ahmj^  the 
median  line,  and  knife-like  at  the  edj^es.  Interhrachials  three  to  four  in  (lie 
(our  rej.'nlar  rays;  the  first  large  and  \vidt;r  tlian  high;  the  upper  smaller 
and  anhed  hy  the  arm-hearing  hrachials.  At  the  posterior  sid(i  the  anal  is 
lc)llo\veil  hy  three  and  two  ])ie(u;H.  1'he  ventral  di>k  consists  of  hut  few 
jilatcs,  of  which  the  posterior  oral  is  (he  largest;  it  is  slightly  convex, 
central  in  position,  and  hends  \ipwaril,  forming  a  part  of  the  ventral  tuhe ; 
the  other  orals  and  radial  donu!  jilates  are  somewhat  n.iilose.  Anal  tube 
excentrie,  larg(!  at  (ho  hnse,  and  curving  to  one  side. 

Jfiirizmi  iiikI  f/irnlili/. — Upper  IJurlington  limestone;  IJmlington,  Towa. 

Ti/jiiti  in  the  C(jlleetion  of  Wachsmuth  and  Sjniiiger. 

Erotmocrinus  deprossus  w.  ,iim1  Si.  Oiov.  sjn o). 
/'A//,  A'A'A'fV.  /Vyv.  Jl<,,h. 

Near  Kriiiiiorriinis  riinihrni'liidh's,  hut  the  proportions  of  the  calyx  fpiite 
dilTci'ent  :  the  ventral  disk  comparatively  shorter  ami  less  bulging;  the  bot- 
tom of  the  dorsal  cup  considerably  broader,  and  (he  arm  ojienings  directed 
obli(piely  upwards  in  place  of  hori/ontally.  1"he  dorsal  cup  spreads  nioder- 
atel\'  from  the  top  of  the  hasals  to  the  top  of  the  distichals,  thence  abru|)tly 
to  the  arms  ;  its  height  is  ecpial  (o  ono  (bird  its  width  nt  the  arm  bases  ;  the 
rays  are  indistinctly  lobed.  The  ])lates  var}'  fiom  almost  flat  (o  distinctly 
convex  ;  they  are  without  ornamentation,  and  the  suture  linos  ait!  obscure. 

Rase  extended  outward,  forming  a  broad,  projecting  rim  with  a  sharj) 
edg(!  at  tlie  lower  border;  its  lower  face;  almost  flat,  and  only  oiu;  (hiid 
of  its  width  is  occupied  by  the  colunni.  iJadials  com)iarativeIy  small,  a  little 
wider  and  somewhat  longer  (han  (he  costals;  tin;  latttn' quadrangular  and 
pen(angiilar.  Disdehals  two,  the  npper  one  axillarv",  giving  off  from  each 
side  (wo  short  i)almars  supporting  four  arms;    the  anterior  ray  exceptionally 


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llATOCUIMD.i:. 


'M-i 


^•\   ^  I 


hiis  but  two  arms,  iiiid  an  nilditioiKil  (li.sticliiil  in  plaoo  oPiIk;  iialiiiars.  Ann 
o|tcning.s  alniust  equidistant;  lln!  .spaci^  l)utu(M'n  tlio  two  iio.stcrior  iii_)s  .■■oino 
wliat  wider  and  nioro  dunply  groovt'd  than  tiiosu  hotwudn  tliu  utliur  lay.s ; 
Htructuro  of  the  arinn  ludiUinvn.  Inteiitracliials  one  and  two,  iiielicd  ]>y  llie 
palinar.s.  Anal  plate  higher  than  the  ladials ;  it  Mipporl.s  three;  plates,  (jf 
whieh  tiio  middle  one  i«  the  longest,  and  i«  I'oIIowcmI  \iy  an  elongal'  |)iece, 
whicli  restH  between  the  palniars.  Ventral  dink  Mhorler  than  tiie  d(jr,-ai  enp, 
depre.sHciI  conical ;  the  plates  (.'onvex.  Posterior  oral  central,  three  or  lour 
times  us  large  us  any  other  plate  of  the  legmen,  and  strongly  nodose.  Anal 
tube  excentric  and  snuill. 

llnrh.iin  mid  /."culil^.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone,  JJurlington,  Iowa. 

T>/i)iii  in  the  collection  of  Waclismutb  and  Sj)ring(;r. 


Eretmocrinus  clio  (IImi). 
J '/air  XXXVf.  Flijx.  2a,  h,  and  Vlali:  XXXVU.  Fl:,>i.  f)a,  h. 

ISCi.     A''liii'irriiiiif  rifj  —  IIm.i,;  I'lcliru.   l)i-.or.  Ni-w  f.'riimiils,  p.  1,  ainl   lio".!!!!!  .luurri.  Niil.   IIi~t  ,  V'/l. 

VII.,  p.  iiVi,  riiOl.,i,'r.  I'liitc;  \,  V\K.  7  (1-7^,  .V.  V»ik  ,M-itc  Hull.  \„.  I;. 
ISSl.     Ktrtimcriiimclin  —  W.  luiil  Hr.  ;  r.nisiciii  l'.ilii"irr.,  Tail  II.,  |>.  \'i. 

Consiflerably  below  mediiun  si/e.  Caly.x  a  little  higher  than  wide,  grad- 
ually and  unilonnly  expanding  from  the  ba.se  to  the  top  of  the  distichals, 
thence  spreailing  somewhat  more  rapidly  to  the  arm  bases;  \eiitral  disk 
depressed  hemis[)herical,  aI)out  one  (iltb  shorter  than  the  dor.sd  cup.  Plates 
from  almost  flat  to  moderately  convex  ;  the  first  radials  and  iinal  plate  a 
little  nod(jsc. 

Base  higher  and  narrower  tlian  usual  in  this  genus;  slightly  thickened  at 
the  lower  margins,  and  prodiiceil  into  a  rim,  which  is  rather  dee[)ly  e.\- 
cavated  at  the  bottom,  and  extends  beyond  the  upper  limits  of  the  cobnnn. 
h'adials  proportionally  large,  almost  as  long  as  wide,  the  lateral  faces  longer 
than  any  of  the  others.  First  costals  small,  (juadrangiilar,  a  little  wider  than 
long.  Second  costals  wider  but  not  longer.  Distichals  one,  large,  axillary; 
supporting  two  ranges  of  palmars  with  four  arms,  except  in  the  anterior  ray 
which  has  but  two  arms  supported  by  two  series  of  three  distiedials.  Palmars 
ill  contact  laterally  with  one  another  and  with  tin;  upp(;r  distichals  of  the 
anterior  ray,  so  .as  to  form  with  them  a  contiinious  ring  ;  the  arm-bearing 
nlates  i)rotruding,  and  rounded  on  the  back.  Ambulacral  openings  facing 
outward,  equidistant,  except  on  the  posterior  side,  where  the  interspace  is 
larger  an<l  slightly  depressed.   Arms  long  and  incurving,  slen<ler  and  roumled 


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in  the  lower  portioiii',  flattened  and  broader  above,  increasing  gradually  to 
three  times  their  width  at  tlic  base.  Tl.ey  are  composed  of  a  double  scries 
of  short  pieces,  and  are  provided  along  their  outer  sides  with  small  nodes, 
which  in  the  flattened  portions  turn  into  short  si)incs.  Near  the  calyx  every 
plate  is  spine-bearing,  but  higher  up  only  each  second  or  third.  Ee^iiiar 
interbrachials  from  two  to  four,  arranged  in  the  usual  way,  the  anal  side  has 
three  in  the  first,  and  two  or  three  in  the  second  row  ;  the  anal  plate  gen- 
erally a  little  smaller  t'  an  the  radials.  The  ventral  disk  is  composed  of 
slightly  nodose  plates,  its  anterior  side  higher  than  the  posterior,  the  pos- 
terior oral  prominent.  Anal  tube  subccntral  and  slender.  Column  rather 
stout,  the  nodal  joints  considerably  wider  and  longer  than  the  intervennig 
ones,  and  angular  at  their  edges. 

Ifirizoii  and  Lnonliti/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone  ;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Tfjpc^  in  the  University  Museum  at  Ann  Arbor,  and  in  the  collection  of 
AVachsmuth  and  Springer. 

Eretmocrinus  neglectus  ^Iekk  and  WoRTnESf. 
riule  XXXVI.  Fiij.  3. 

ISCiS.     li(ilofrin«>  {'Erelmorrimis)  iifr/livliis  —  Mekk  and  WoiiTiiEN  ;  rrnc.  Acad.  Nnl.  Sci.  riiila.,  p.  335. 
lSr3.     liiilDrriiiiis  (Kn'tmoeriiiiix .')  my/t'ClHS  —  M.  ami  W. ;  Guol.   Ucji.  Illinois,  Vui.  V.,  p.   377,  t'lnte  3, 

Fiiis.  3,1,  Ij. 
1S77.     Biifoi'fiiiHS  iH'i/lfC'ii^  —  S.  A.  XIiUERi  Amor.  Piiliroz,  Fuss.,  ]i.  72. 
IS'^1.     Errfmocriiiia  iii'/ilrvtiis—  \\.  ami  Sr. ;  Kovision  I'nk'Dcr.,  I'lirt  II.,  \i.  173. 
1S90.     Eretiii'jcriiiiis  ii,ylfc/ii<  —  S.  A.  Milieu;  North  Aiiier.  Gcol.  and  I'alitont.,  p.  243. 

Of  the  type  of  E.  clh.  Calyx  higher  than  wide ;  the  dorsal  cup  inversely 
campanulate ;  the  sides  expanding  gradually  from  the  base  to  the  distichals, 
thence  curving  more  rapidly  to  the  upper  edges  of  the  arm-bearing  plates, 
whicli  are  slightly  grooved  but  in  contact  all  around ;  the  plates  regularly 
convex,  especially  the  radials,  first  interbrachials,  and  the  anal  plate. 

Radials  comparatively  large,  almost  as  long  as  wide.  First  costals  quad- 
rangular, a  little  wider  than  long;  the  second  frequently  heptangular,  wider 
than  the  first  but  not  longer.  Distichals  one,  large,  axillary ;  supporting  two 
short  palmars  and  four  arms  in  each  ray,  unless  the  anterior  ray,  which  is 
quite  often  the  case,  has  but  two  arms,  when  the  largo  distichal  is  followed 
by  two  smaller.  Arm  facets  small,  facing  outward.  Respiratory  pores  almost 
as  large  as  the  ambulacral  openings  ;  they  occupy  the  lower  end  of  narrow, 
well  defined  longitudinal  grooves,  which  extend  up  into  the  tegmen  for  quite 
a  distance.    Arm  structure  unknown.    Interbrachials  generally  three,  except 


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at  the  powtorior  side,  wliere  there  nre  three  in  the  first  row,  nnd  two  or  three 
in  tlie  second.  Ventral  disk  never  as  iiigh  as  tiie  dorsal  cup,  and  in  mmo 
Bpecimens  fully  one  fourth  smaller.  Posterior  oral  and  radial  dome  plates 
more  prominent  and  larger  than  the  surrounding  plates.  Anal  tube  moder- 
ately large  and  suhcentral. 

Ilorkon  and  LocuUf>/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone ;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Ti/pcs  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 


a    rl 


ErotmoorinuB  calyculoides  (Hall). 
riute  XXXIV.  Figs,  la,  h,  2,  3,  4- 

I860.    Aeliiiomnin  ciili/ciiloides  —  Hall;  Supiil.  Cleol.  Rrji.  Town,  p.  17  ;  Pholngr.  rititc  3rr,  Figs.  2,  3.  \ 

(N.  Y.M-k  s'l.ite  Bull.  Xo.  1.). 
1873.     Hiilofriiiu.t  (Eri'lmoi-riiiim)  i-ii/j/i-iilui'k:!  —  Mkkk  irnd  'WoiiTilKN  ;  fiuiil.  lii'p.  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  ]i.  3GS. 
ISSI.     Kretiiiofriiiiis  cul;/euloiilfs  —  W.  luitl  Sr. ;  Kcvibioii  Fala'ncr.,  Vint  II.,  p.  172. 

Calyx  below  medium  size,  depressed  subpyriform,  as  wide  as  high. 
Dorsal  cup  obconical,  truncate  at  the  base,  the  sides  gradually  expanding 
from  the  top  of  the  basals  to  the  height  of  tiie  first  palmars,  whence  it 
spreads  abruptly  outward  so  as  to  place  the  arm  bases  at  right  angles  to 
the  diameter  of  the  calyx.  Plates  flat,  the  surface  devoid  of  ornamentation, 
and  the  suture  lines  ob.scure. 

Base  short,  slightly  lobed ;  the  lower  end  somewhat  projecting  and  form- 
ing a  sharp  edge ;  the  lower  face  flat,  except  the  median  part  which  is  mod- 
erately excavated  for  the  reception  of  the  column.  Radials  almost  twice 
as  large  as  both  costals  together,  nearly  as  long  as  wide ;  the  upper  face 
concave.  Disfichals  3X2  in  the  anterior  ray,  and  two  arms ;  the  other 
rays  have  2X2  distichals,  followed  by  two  palmars  and  four  arms.  Palmars 
in  contact  laterally,  very  short,  and  curved  like  free  arm  plates,  having  a 
deep  sulcus  at  each  side.  Arni  facets  proportionally  largo,  lunate,  directed 
outward,  and  arranged  in  groups,  there  being  wider  interspaces  between  the 
rays  than  between  their  subdivisions.  Arms  long,  incurving,  and  biserial 
from  their  bases  up.  To  the  height  of  about  3  cm.  they  are  subcylindrical, 
when  they  grow  flat  and  widen  gradually,  reaching  at  two  thirds  their 
height  a  width  of  about  G  to  7  mm.,  which  in  the  upper  portions  is  reduced 
again  to  3  mm.  The  arms  in  the  flattened  parts,  up  to  their  tips,  are 
knife-like,  .sharp  at  both  sides,  and  serrated  along  the  edges ;  the  plates  are 
short  near  the  calyx,  but  increase  to  more  than  twice  their  length  as  the 
arms  flatten  out.    Interradials  three,  in  two  rows,  except  at  the  posterior 


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TIIK   (  UINOIIIKA   CAMKHATA   OK   NORTH   AMKHICA. 


m\v,  where  tlio  aniil  pliito  is  followcil  hy  tliiTC  nnd  two  piocos.  Ventral  disk 
higlior  thiiu  tliu  dorsiil  cup,  (lixtiiu'lly  bulging  nt  tiic  anterior  side,  nnd  lienee 
shorter  at  the  posterior.  The  plates  flat  and  smooth,  except  the  posterior 
oral  which  is  sometimes  slightly  convex,  nnd  is  strictly  central  in  position. 
Tlie  ventral  tube  is  exoentric,  bending  obliquely  upwards,  so  as  to  pass  out 
frequently  from  between  the  arms.  It  is  composed  of  thick,  tumid  pieces, 
heavy  throughout,  stoutest  nt  midway,  and  obtusely  pointed  nt  tlio  upper 
end,  where  there  is  a  small  aperture.  Colunni  small,  the  upper  joint  occu- 
jiying  but  one  third  the  width  of  the  basal  disk. 

Jliirhtii  ami  Luculih/.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone ;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
Henderson  Co.,  Ills.,  and  Sedalia,  Mo. 

Ti/pcK  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  and  in  the  Museum  of 
Comparative  Zoiilogy. 

liiinarlcK.  —  This  species  is  readily  distinguished  by  the  bulging  and 
asymmetrical  form  of  the  ventral  disk,  the  stout,  hiflatcd  and  curving  annl 
tube,  and  by  the  lorm  of  the  arms,  which  widen  more  gradually  than  in 
any  of  the  preceding  species. 


Eretmocrinus  calyculoides,  var.  nodosus  ^v.  and  Si>.  (no v.  var.). 
riiUc  XXXIV.  Fi<js.  G,  7,  8. 

The  specimens  for  which  we  propose  this  variety  differ  from  Eretmocrinns 
calyenlouks  in  having  transverse  angular  nodes  on  all  radial  plates,  nnd 
rounded  nodes  upon  the  intcrradial  ones.  Its  general  form  is  somewhat 
more  elongate,  less  spreading  near  the  arm  bases,  the  radials  are  propor- 
tionally smaller,  the  ventral  disk  less  bulging ;  it  generally  has  twenty  arms, 
and  these  do  not  attain  the  same  width  in  the  flattened  portions.  In  all 
other  re.spects  it  agrees  with  the  typical  form. 

Horizon  ami hmtlifi/.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone;  Plensant  Grove,  Iowa. 

Types  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmufh  and  Springer. 

Eretmocrinus  matuta  (Hall). 
Plate  XX XVI I.  Figs.  6a,  i,  c. 

ISfil.     Acllmrriiiiif  mnliitn  —  IIai.i.  ;  Prelim.  Boscr.  New  Spec.  Crin.,  p.  14. 

1873.     Biitoeriiiiis  (Kn/iiiorriinis)  naliiln  —  Mkkk  ami  WimTiiKN  ;  Geol.  Rep.  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  p.  SOS. 

1831.     Eretmoerinm  maliila —  W.  niul  Sh.  ;  llevision  Talirocr.,  Part  II.,  p.  173. 

Calyx  small,  subclavate,  longer  than  wide.  Dorsal  cup  once  and  n  hnlf 
as  high  as  the  ventral  disk,  expanding  but  little  from  the  top  of  the  bnsals 


n.VTOCIMNID.E. 


807 


to  the  foot  of  tlic  imliiiiirs ;  tlic  liitlcr  slij,'!)!)}-  projecting  outward.  Snrfnco 
of  pliitoM  I'luvated  ;  the  riuliiils  niised  into  conspiciioiis  trnnsverMc  nodes;  tiie 
brnchiiiis  keel-shiiped,  forming  angular  ridges,  wiiieli  I)raneh  to  tlie  haxoM  of 
tho  arniH  ;  the  firi^t  interbraeiiials  tumid,  the  succeeding  ones  nlniost  flat. 

Ba.sc  moderately  high,  notched  at  the  sutures ;  the  lower  edges  project- 
ing laterally,  and  forming  a  well  defined  rim  ;  the  bottom  rather  deeply 
excavated  for  the  reception  of  the  ecdumn.  Kadials  very  large,  three  times 
as  wide  as  the  first  costals;  the  latter  luuisually  small  and  quadrangular; 
the  second  costals  somewhat  larger  and  pentangular.  Distiehals  2X2,  of 
tlu!  size  of  the  costals.  Palmars  2X1,  in  contact  laterally,  except  at  the 
posterior  side  where  they  are  generally  separated  by  a  small  interbrachiid 
piece.  Ann  openings  nearly  ef[uidistant,  onl}'  the  space  between  the  two 
posterior  rays  being  a  little  the  widest  and  slightly  depressed.  Ai'ms  long, 
slender,  inem-ving,  subcylindrieal  to  one  third  their  length,  tlien  gradually 
flattening  and  expanding  to  once  and  a  half  their  lower  width;  their  sides 
knife-like  and  serrated  along  tho  edges.  Interradial  spaces  somewhat 
depressed ;  the  first  interbrachial  very  large,  supporting  two  small  plates 
in  the  second  row.  Anal  plate  a  little  higher  than  the  radials.  and  formed 
into  a,  circular  node  instead  of  a  transverse  one  ;  followed  bv  three,  two,  and 
one  plate.  Ventral  disk  hemispherical,  somewhat  bulging  toward  ihe  sides. 
Plates  large  and  slightly  convex.  Between  the  plates  at  the  periphery  there 
are  upon  the  surface  narrow  but  deep  vertical  grooves,  whieii  lead  to  the 
respiratory  pores.  Tho  pores  are  large  and  arranged  in  the  usual  manner. 
Anal  tube  excentric,  very  long,  stout,  retaining  the  same  width  to  near  its 
upper  end,  where  it  tapers  rapidly  and  is  pierced  by  a  minute  opening.  At 
about  half  its  length,  it  curves  abruptly  at  right  angles,  and  pas.sos  out 
laterally  between  the  sides  of  tho  arms.  CoUnnn  moderately  large,  com- 
posed near  the  calyx  alternately  of  thicker  and  thinner  joints. 

Ilorison  an''  Locality.  —  Lower  part  of  the  Upper  Burlington  limestone, 
Burlington,  Iowa. 

Typcx  in  tho  University  Museum  at  Ann  Arbor,  and  in  tlie  Museum  of 
Comparative  Zoology. 

Remarks.  —  The  peculiar  structure  of  the  anal  tube,  to  which  we  allude 
in  the  description,  occurs  in  all  our  specimens,  and  has  been  ob.served  also  in 
a  fine  specimen  in  the  Museum  at  Cambridge. 

Hall,  in  his  Preliminary  Descriptions  of  New  Crinoids,  p.  14,  mentions 
a  form  to  which  he  applied  the  name  Act'i'.ourinus  matuta,  var.  attenuata  ;  but 


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TIIK   (  IIINOIDKA  CAMKUAIA   UK   NOIIIII   A.MI'.UK'A. 


ns  no  flifiiiv  iM  given,  nml  tlio  (loscription  is  insnllicicnt  for  iik'ntilication,  wo 
lire  c(iiii|)iHi'il  to  iynoro  it  lor  tiu'  prcsi-nt.  Kvi-u  tiiu  figure  given  liy  Wliit- 
flold  (Muni.  Aiiur.  Mus.  Nat.  Hint.  N.  Yorlt,  Plate  1,  Figs.  2;i  and  21),  inudo 
from  a  wculliured  fpuciiucii,  dues  nut  aid  ua  in  di.xtingui:4hing  thu  form. 


X 


Erotmocrinus  cloolia  h.m.l. 
/'/((/(•  A'A'A'  17.  Fi(j!).  4a,  b. 

ISni.     J,-l!iiii,','iiiH'  i'IitUii  —  lUi.i.  J    Prelim.  IK'sor.  of  Xi'W  Spoc.  of  Crin.,  p.  1,  «iul  nnst.  .Tnurn.  \:it. 

Hist.,  v.,1.  VII.,  p  im. 

I*r3.     Hdtoeriiiui  ^liir/iiim-r.)  rhi/ia  —  Mkkk  nml  WoliTilKN  ;  ficcil.  lli'p.  Illinois,  V<il.  V.,  p.  M3. 
ISSl,     Ere/immnHt  e/ucliii —W'.iwui  Hr. ;  Itovisicjii  raluorr,  I'lirt  11.,  p    '.7'i. 

A  little  larger  than  the  preceding  Hpcciea.  Calyx  about  ns  liigli  a.t  wide, 
broadly  truncated  at  the  bottom,  (ho  .sides  of  the  dor.^al  cup  gently  expand- 
ing to  the  arm  bases.  Plates  .spinou.s,  subspinous  or  nodose ;  the  suture  lines 
slightly  depressed. 

J5a.se  short ;  the  plates  distinctly  angular  nt  their  upper  faces ;  the  bottom 
broadly  truncate  and  perfectly  Hat,  except  the  central  part  whic!;  is  slightly 
excavated  for  the  reception  of  the  coliunn  ;  the  suture  lines  deeply  grooved. 
In  some  specimeii.i  there  is  a  longitudinal  groove  following  the  median  lino 
of  tho  ba.sals,  which  nuikcs  the  base  appear  hexapartite,  especially  if  the 
respective  parts,  as  in  .some  cases,  are  extended  outward  into  spines.  Radials 
of  moderate  size,  wider  than  long,  the  nppt'r  face  concave,  the  surface  cov- 
ered with  a  transverse  spine  or  node.  Costals  rather  large;  the  first  (puid- 
rangular,  convex  at  the  upper  and  lower  faces;  the  second  a  little  wider  and 
pentangular.  Distichals  two  or  three.  The  anterior  raj',  when  with  but 
two  arms,  ha.s  three  distichals,  tho  two  anterolateral  rays  —  .sometimes  also 
one  or  both  posterior  rays  —  only  two,  and  the  upper  plate  supports  two 
short  palmars.  In  the  majority  of  specimens,  both  posterior  rays  have  but 
tiuee  arm.s,  and  only  the  distichals  next  to  tho  anal  side  bear  palmar.s.  The 
briu'hials  throughout  the  calyx  are  provided  with  a  sharp  node  or  .short 
spine ;  the  plates  of  the  two  upper  rows  are  in  contact  laterally.  Arm 
facets  large,  lunate,  and  directed  laterally;  the  audjulacral  openings  arranged 
in  groups,  the  interspaces  between  tho  rays  being  larger  than  those  between 
their  subui\!sions.  Respiratory  pores  large.  Arms  sixteen  to  eighteen, 
.stout,  rather  long,  and  incurving.  Near  tho  calyx  they  are  rounded  on  tho 
back,  bu.  gradually  increase  as  they  flatten  to  twice  tho  diameter  at  tho 
lower  end,  and  tho  plates  to  twice  their  length.     Each  alternate  plate  at 


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;iii'.) 


bofli  «i(li'>4  of  tlio  nrm  is  i)rniimentt»(l  witli  n  xmnll  uplno,  nnd  those  BpiiiuH, 
wliicli  arc  iilaceil  iiloiig  tlio  cidcH  of  tlio  nrin»,  iiicroaMo  in  leiij^tli  nnd  tliick. 
ncsM  u[t\vanl,  Iiitorhniciiiul-t  tliruo  ;  tlie  first  very  larj,'i'  nnd  sj)in<ni.s,  tiiu 
two  nppor  ones  merely  convex.  Anal  plate  liiyher  timn  tiie  radials,  nnd 
covered  with  ft  short  central  spine;  the  three  succeeding  plntes  are  niniply 
nodoso,  while  the  tln-eo  or  four  small  pieces  above  are  scarcidy  convex, 
Ventral  disk  shorter  than  the  dorsal  cup,  depressed  hemispherical  ;  the  ornls 
ami  radial  dome  plates  spiniforous;  the  interamhulacral  plates  nodose.  Pos- 
terior oral  very  large  and  central ;  nnal  tube  exccntric  and  quite  slender. 

Column  large,  the  plates  short.  The  older  joints  are  twice  as  wide  ns  the 
intervening  ones;  the  younger  joints  extremely  short  nnd  flat  at  (heir  sides. 
At  4  cm.  from  the  cnlyx  there  nrc  in  one  of  our  specimens  seven  joints  to 
the  internodo,  nnd  these  occupy  only  1  mm.  in  length. 

I/iiriznii  ami  Lacaliti/.  —  Lower  part  of  the  Upper  Burlington  limestone, 
Burlington,  Town. 

Ty2>e  in  the  White  collection  in  the  University  Museum  at  Ann  Arbor. 


ErotmocriQUB  corbulis  (Hai.l). 
Plate  XXXVI.  Fifjs.  Sa,  h,  c,  ami  0. 

18(11.     Aflini>eri»m  enrliiilif — IIaii,  j  rrclini.  Ui'scr.  of  New  Criuniils,  p.  1,  nml  Boslon  Jniiriml  of  Nnt. 

llisl.,  Vi.l.  Vll,  p.  263. 
1573.     llilnfriiiin  (l\i;tiii<ii-i-iiim)  rnrhiili:)  —  'S\f.yjk  nml  WoiiTIIK.V;  Oi'dl.  Rep,  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  p.  SfiS. 
ISSl,     ICri'/iii'irriiiii.t  rui-iit/it — W.  niul  Si'.;  Ucrlslim  I'lilrencr.,  I'nrt  II.,  p.  I'll. 

Cnlyx  subglobo.so,  wider  thnn  high ;  the  dorsal  cup  from  one  third  to  one 
hidf  higher  than  the  ventral  disk,  broadly  truncate  at  the  lower  mnrgin.  the 
width  at  the  bnso  cqiml  to  one  hnlf  the  dinmeter  nt  the  nrm  bases,  the  sides 
gently  spreading  nnd  slightly  convex.  Plntes  nodose ;  the  nodes  upon  the 
radials  anil  brachials  transversely  nrrnnged,  those  upon  the  interbrachinl 
plates  subcirculnr ;  the  surface  smooth  or  obscurely  granulated. 

Base  short,  the  upper  mnrgin  deeply  notched  nlong  the  sutures ;  expand- 
ing outwnrd  nnd  downward,  projecting  conspicuously  beyond  the  top  of  the 
column,  overhanging  it,  nnd  forming  n  broad,  .shallow  inverted  basin.  In 
some  specimens  the  basals  are  so  deeply  notched  thnt  the  lower  angles  of  the 
rndinls,  nnd  that  of  the  nnnl  plate,  constitute  n  pnrt  of  the  projecting  rim, 
nnd  sometimes  even  enter  the  lower  concnvity.  Radials  short,  nearly  twice 
as  wide  ns  long,  their  nodes  directed  downward.  First  cost.als  not  more  than 
half  the  width  of  the  radials,  short,  quadrangular,  twice  ns  wide  ns  long,  their 


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IIIK   •  IIINolliKA   CAMl.liAIA    (»I'    MilMII    AMI.IIKA. 


Idwlt  faces  convex,  Si-cond  cilsIuN  |ii'iitiiii):;iiliii'.  in  width  iiinl  Iriigtii  rt'^om* 
Miii;^  till'  (lr.«if.  DixliclmlH  VMijiiij^  liiKii  two  tu  llnrc.  owinj,'  to  tlii.'  iikiiiImt  of 
iiniis  in  tlio  .t|MM'inu  II ;  hiiiiiIIci'  tliiin  tlic  custiil^,  Wlicii  llicif  arc  rniir  iiniir* 
ti)  ciicli  iiiy,  wliicli  prolmlily  i-*  ll"'  iiDrmiil  iiiiiiilicr.  llicv  ron^ist  of  'J  X  '2 
pliitL"*,  ami  tli(-o  lilt'  fullowfd  liy  U  X  li  paliiuiiH;  when,  liuweviT,  wliiili  in 
'|iiilu  fi'e(|iiciiily  the  ea^ii',  llie  aiitci'iiir  ray  han  only  two  iuiiim,  il  lia'<  three 
Hiicce.Msivo  di>ti('liiilM  in  liolli  divisions,  Spi'eiiiieii.M  with  three  iiiiiim  in  the 
iiiilcrioi' iiiy  ari!  eoiiiparatively  rare,  in  this  case  the  oiie  di\isiiin  has  tliri'e 
disiichals,  the  other  two,  I'alinaiM  hhuit,  in  contact  laterally,  and  iiniiided 
like  arm  plate.s,  leaviiij^  loiij^itiidinal  de|ire><,«iioiiH  at  their  sirles.  Ann  ('acet,>i 
lai'jfe,  iliii'cled  outward  ;  the  aiiihiiliiciiil  o|ieiiin},'i  elonj^iite,  iilniost  eijiiidlH- 
taiit,  the  iiitersiiace  hetweeii  the  two  |i()<ti'rii)r  rays  \ifh\y;  a  little  the  widest, 
Itesjiiratory  pores  large,  separated  i'loin  the  ainhiilacriil  juissnges  liy  thin  par- 
titions, which  I'reipieiitly  are  not  preserved,  Anns  eijj;hteen  to  twenty,  stout, 
loiijr.  ineiirviiijr  and  hiserial.  The  lower  portions  of  the  plates  are  roiiinled, 
mid  every  third  plate  of  hoth  serieH  is  e.xtended  lo  roriii  a  short  lateni!  spine; 
till.'  upper  portions  f,'radiiiilly  j^row  Hat,  and  increase  in  wiilili  to  twici?  that 
at  the  hottoin.  Init  do  not  attain  that  .>-liarp  Unil'e  like  ed;,'e  oliserxed  in  some 
species  of  this  jrciiiiH,  liiterhraidiials  rr<iiii  one  to  three;  the  (irst  very  larjie 
ri-iiijr  to  the  top  of  liie  first  disticlials;  the  njiper  plates,  wlnn  present,  \ery 
iniiHite.  Anal  piec(!  hi^'her  than  thoradials;  succeeded  liy  three  larjre  jilates, 
and  tli''se  soiueliliies  hy  one  or  two  small  ones.  \'eiitriil  dl>U  depressed 
leiuispheiical  ;  llie  plates  highly  r(Mive\  or  nodose.  I'o-leiior  oi'al  strictly 
central,  fully  twice  ,is  large  as  any  of  the  other  plates,  and  surniouiitcd  liy 
a  high  node,  'I'la^  four  other  lU'als  and  the  radial  dome  jiliiles  are  c(uisiilei'- 
alily  larger  and  nuui'  prouiiiieiil  than  the  inlerjiiiiluilacral  |iieces,  some  of 
which  are  (piite  small.  Anal  tube  excentrie  anil  very  slender;  it.s  length  not 
known.  Coliiinn  near  the  calyx  composed  of  high  joints,  nngiilar  along  their 
edges. 

/f(irir:on  kikJ  Ijimfih/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  Ijiirliiigton.  Town, 
and  Lak(>  Vallo}',  New  Me.xico. 

7}/jtrs  in  the  INInsenin  of  Comparative  Zoiilogy,  and  in  the  University 
Museum  at  Ann  Arlior. 

ficmarhx.  —  This  species  was  dcscrihed  by  Hall  as  having  twenty  arms. 
Among  twenty-one  sjiecimcns  in  onr  collection,  which  all  undoubtedly  be- 
long to  it,  there  are  ten  with  twenty  arms;  five  liavo  nineteen,  and  .six  but 
eighteen.     The  deficiency  alway.s  occurs  in  the  anterior  ray. 


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ErotmoorinuH  louooMla  (IIai.i), 

I'l.ilc  AAA  17.  /'V.  In,  h,r. 

nil.    ,/c/M»cci'»»»  t'liiWu  — llu.i.;  rnliiii.  Dimi.  cif  .Ni\*  C'liu  ,  |i.  I,  iiuil  ll'iiinii  Juiirii.  uf  Niil.  !|i-i , 

VmI   VII,  |..  ii\\. 
1S77.     //.(/..•(•i»,i /,•«,•„.(,/       S   .\,  Mii.i.m;  Aniir.  I'hIiim/.,  K':"'.,  p.  07. 

|S'(I,     Unliiiiii-riiKU  Inifmi'i  —  \\ ■  iiihl  .^l'.  i   llcih I'iiImiici.,  I'lirl  II.,  |i.  I7'l. 

|si:t.     liifliMfritiHt  lf¥:iiuii  —  i*.  .\.  Mii.l.Ht;  Aimr.  riiliin/.,  Kn-".  (Nc.md  Kilil  ),  p.  8SJ. 

Sjrii.  /'"  ■^'•riHin  fiiHj'tiiiiiiniiy  S.  .\  Mil.r  KH,  hUl )  (ic'dl.  Niirv.  Minvmrl,  Hull    I.,  p.  Ill,  I'liiti'  S,  Fiir*. 

Uiiiull:). 
B^ii.  IMuetimit  Miii-i  S.  ,\.   Mii.lKli,   W'M,  Adv.  Hlicrl,   iMli   lie  p.  fiml.  Siiiv,    IriiliMiiii,  p.  .TJ, 
I'liilii  t),  Fiu'<  7   Ml. 

Of  the  Ivpc  llf  h'.ri  liiliiii'iiiitx  ri'ihnli.-t,  lillt  ll  liir;,'!'!'  H|)f'ci('H.  f^':il)'X  i\»  lii^rli 
ns  wiilc,  ill  liirj,'!'  Mpt'cinicn.s  HoiiKnvliiit,  wider;  llic  riiys  sii;ilitly  lolicd  at,  tlio 
ni'iii  I'cj^ioiiH,  mill  groovi'il  nt.  tlio  iiiiiil  side.  DorMiil  cu])  lirondiy  Iniiii'iilcd  iil 
till' liiisc ;  llic  NidcM  iinironiily  ."prcudiiij^  from  tlii'  top  of  llic  Iiii-!i1,h,  I'orming 
a  Mliiiijj:lit  or  very  .'»lij^litly  (miiiciivi!  lini!  to  llii'  Im.^cs  of  tliK  iirriiM.  I'liitc.M 
iiiodL'iiitrly  (!oiivi'.\,  witlioiil  oriiiiiiiciidition,  tlio  .'iiitiiri'  lines  grooved  mid 
qiiii"  disliiiet, 

ilii.>(('  .hIioi'I,  projectiiij^  oiitwiii'il,  ;iiid  roniiiiig  a  sidieiit,  trilolmti'  rim  wiili 
HJimp  lower  eijjriM  ;  iliu  lower  I'liee  perfectly  Hat  CNcept  in  the  iiiediaii  pail, 
wliii'li  to  one  third  the  ilimneter  at  tins  liottoin  i.s  ,'ili;,dilly  excaviited  ;  tlii! 
axial  iMiial  lai'^'i*  lor  thi.-*  <renii.-i,  mid  pentangular.  liadials  liir^r(i,  once  and 
a  half  a.s  wiile  as  loiii^,  the  upper  face  concavo.  First  co.slals  i|nadraii^ii1ar, 
and  small  as  coiiipared  with  tliu  radiuls;  tho  second  wider  and  |)enlaii;(n!ar, 
unless  they  are  touched  hy  iho  second  row  of  inferliracliials.  which  is  e\<'ip- 
tionally  the  case.  Dislichais  two,  short;  lollowuil  in  four  of  the  rays  hy  two 
exceedingly  short,  transverse  palnmrs,  which  sn|)port  tho  arms ;  in  the  ante- 
rior ray,  which  has  no  palinars.  directly  hy  the  arms.  Ann  facets  very  large, 
directed  .-lijrhlly  upwards,  and  arranged  in  groups.  The  iiiters])aces  lietween 
the  rays  coii.-^idei'uMy  wider  than  tho.se  hetween  their  .siihi]i\i«ions.  and 
Homewhat  grooved,  especially  at  the  anal  wide.  Arms  eighteen.  iiia.«.'^ive. 
long,  incurving,  and  hiserial  from  the  cal^'xiip;  they  are  given  olf  in  pairs, 
and  the  two  ariiis  of  eaidi  pair  are  siitiirally  connected  to  the  height  of  the 
third  arm  jilate.  For  (piite  n  distance  from  tlie  calyx,  the  arms  are  evenly 
rounded  at  the  hack,  hiit  they  grow  flatter  toward  the  tips,  and  increase 
Home  little  in  width.  Tho  arm  plates  are  moderately  short,  and  every  fiflli 
piece  in  Itolh  scries  i.s  provided  with  a  lateral  spine.  The  spines  near  the 
calyx  are  quite  ."liort,  hut  those  in  the  up[)cr  regions  attain  a  length  of  4  mm. 


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Tlir,   (  KINOIDKA   CAMKItATA   01'    NOliTII    A.MKUICA. 


Iiifoi'lit'acliials  oik;  iiiiil  two,  tlio  first  iilriiosl  t\n  lar^^c  iis  tlic  riuliiils,  tlio  two 
U|i|)('r  oiui.s  fillicr  iirclicd  l)_v  the  |iiiliiiiirs,  uv  I'dllowi'd  \>y  an  udditional  cloii- 
gatt;  pircc,  wlii'li  is  iiit('r|i<is('(l  liclwccii  ihu  paliiiars  ami  (•(iiim'<'ls  w  illi  llii' 
intenniibulacral  jilalcs.  Anal  |ilato  iianowci'  ami  liij^licr  than  llic  radials, 
hii('('('<mIc(1  ]>y  tliri'i!  laij^c,  soiiicwiiat  I'loiijralc  platen,  wliicli  wiipport  two  or 
tliri'(!  .smaller  ones,  and  these  another  which  rests  hc'twcen  the  arm  liases. 
N'entral  disk  a  little  lower  than  (Ik;  dorsal  i-iip,  irrejrularly  hemispherical; 
plates  eon\ex,  th(!  orals  and  radial  dome  plat<'s  ol' the  tegnien  larger  and 
more  piolidierant  than  the  intervening  plates,  the  posterior  oral  nearly 
Central  and  twice  as  larg<'  as  the  I'onr  others.  'I'he  radial  dome  plates  ai'e 
jilaceil  near  tin-  periphery,  there  heing  three  large  pieces  over  each  lay,  one 
aliiive  each  arm  p.'ur.  e.M'ept  in  tlu!  anterior  ray,  in  which  there  is  lint  oiii' 
piei'c.  An;d  tnlii'  large,  snhcentral,  compfiseil  of  nodose  ]ilates.  Strneture 
ol  arms  n<it  known. 

//('linn  iiiiil  Liiiiirilij, —  Ijower  IJnilington  limeslone  j  lUnlington,  lown, 
ond  Sedalia,  Mo. 

Ti)i)i  in  the  University  .Mnsenm  at  Aim  Arhor. 


ErotmocrinuB  rugosus  W.  ami  Si.  (nov.  .spec). 
/'I„U  AAA  17.  /■Vys-.  /y,^  \,.  r. 

A  small,  well  marked  species  of  the  type  of  /'.n  Inuifrliiiis  /inciiKin.  Calyx 
wider  than  high,  distinctly  loliid  at  tin;  arm  regions.  Dorsal  (uip  depressed, 
broadly  trnncal('  at  the  hase  ;  the  sides,  whiidi  at  their  lower  end  spread 
lint  very  little,  espanil  ahrnptly  from  the  top  of  the  costals.  and  form  a 
rim,  whicii  is  alnuisl  at  right  angles  to  (he  liiise.  i'lates  highly  elevated; 
the  radial  ones  I'ormed  into  conspicnons  ronnded  riilges.  which  extend  to 
the  entire  width  ol  the  plates;  the  interr.adia!  ones  into  ronmleil  nodes,  'i'hi! 
snrfacre  of  th(!  ridges  is  covered  hy  small,  elongate  prominences,  forming 
longitudinal  rows;  the  top  of  the  interiadial  nodes  hy  similar  excresci.'nces 
which  have  a  radiating  tendency. 

Hasals  extretimly  large,  spreailing  outward  anil  riownward,  and  forming 
a  liroad  rim,  of  which  tiiesntnre  lines  are  di'cply  indenti'd  at  the  sides  and 
distinctly  grooved  at  the  lower  face;  th<'  snrfaci;  of  (hi!  plates  np  to  the 
column  facet  is  <■  ivcrcd  hy  line,  rugose  stria'.  Iladials  short,  mor(^  than  twici; 
as  wide  as  long,  (.'ostals  narrower  and  shorter  than  the  radials;  tin;  first 
(piadrangiilar,   the  second   pentangnlar.     Distichals  2X2,  smaller  tlnni  the 


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co.stals;  followed  by  2x1  ])iiliniirs,  except,  in  llio  nnteiior  my,  wliieli  lias 
three  tli.sli<'liii],s  uiid  no  piiiiiiai'.s.  Arm  I'acelH  large!,  projeetiii;^,  (lireeli^l  out- 
ward. Ann  o|)eningH  arranged  in  j^ronp.s;  the  inlcMspact^s  helwccn  the  rays 
twice  as  wide  u.s  tiie  olhern,  and  Hli;,(ht,ly  dcprcsscMJ.  Ainm  ei;(litcen  ;  their 
Htrueture  in  not  luiown,  hnt  they  were  evidently  large.  Interradial.s  one;  or 
two,  very  .small,  and  archeil  hy  the  palmar.s.  Anal  plale  shorter  and  nar- 
rower than  the  I'adials;  it  i.s  followed  hy  three;  and  one  plate  of  nearly  ei|ii(d 
Hize,  and  hy  a  narrow  elongate  piece  at  the  arm  regions.  Ventral  disk  ahont 
as  high  as  the  dorsal  cnp,  hemisph(>rical,  .slirhtly  linlging  along  the  siiies,  the 
principal  plates  sharply  nodose.  Posterior  (ii;ii  strictly  c(tntial,  more  spinons 
;md  larg(M' than  the  I'onr  others  ;  the  radial  dome  plates  arrang(;d  in  groiij).s 
of  three  over  eacli  ray.     Anal  tnho  exeentrie  and  very  nmall. 

I[iin::iin  niu/  /jui'dli/i/.  —  Lowt'r  Itnrlington  limestone,  liiirlington,  Iowa. 

'J'^jii/i  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 


Erotmocrinus  coronatus  (Ham). 

I'/tllr  XXX  I'll.  F;,js.  7'I,  h,r. 

l>^(i(|,     .ti'/iiiiirriniit  roroiiiitiix — llAr.i,;   Sii|i|il.  (Iinl.    Ili'|i.   Ihhii,   |i.  '2s,   riic]li}i;r,  I'liilc   I-,  Kip.  1  aiiil  i 

(h(2,  N.  V.  Sliilr  Hull.  I.), 
llfil.     l\rihiiiiiTiiim   ri)riiniitu.i — .Mkkk    .■iniI    Wuhtmks  ;    (irul.    lli|i.    Illiiiiji'.,    Vul.    V.,    I'liilc    10,   Fiu's. 

S,(,  h,  e. 
1S77.     /trtiitinTiints  fiirinmtiix  —  S.  ;\,  Mri.r.Kit;  Aiiht.  I'iiIji'm/.,  t'nss.,  p.  (W,, 
ISSl.      I'.rilainriiiim  riiiniiiilin-     \\.  Mini  Si'.,    Ili'liviuii  l','ilii'i.iT.,  I';irl   II  ,  |i    XIW. 
|S'.)(I.     ilirliiiiii'riimn  rtii-niiiiliiH    -  S.  A.  .Mm.i.ku;   Nurlli  Aiiirr.  (Jicil,  ,'iiiil  I'lilircml  ,  p.  isi. 

A  sonu'wliat,  aberrant  form,  in  its  general  hahitns  appicdiching  P(ii]'/rr!iiiis, 
Caly.x  about  as  high  as  wiile.  Dors.al  cnp  a  little  slKnler  than  the  ventral 
disk,  broadly  truncate  at,  the  lower  end,  wlieri!  its  diiimeter  is  e(|u;d  to  one 
half  the  width  at  the  top;  a  little  lobcd  at  the  arm  regions.  The  |)lates  are 
highly  convex  or  nodose,  the  sutm-e  lines  disi'ncl. 

ISasals  .stretched  out  hori/.onlally,  and  sometimes  hidden  almost  entirely 
by  the  overhanging  nodes  of  the  radials;  they  iire  deeply  no(<'hed  .'il  the 
suture  lines,  forming  a  sort  of  Irilobeil  plane,  which  in  the  ceiilral  part  is 
.slightly  excava(e(l  for  the  reception  of  a  very  small  <'olunm.  Ilaclials  modc!- 
iitely  largo,  the  two  he|)tagonal  om-s  with  sharp  salient  angles,  which  (it  in 
and  rest  within  the  lobes  of  the  basal  disk,  and  form  a  part  of  the  lower 
•surfac^e.  First  costals  (juadrangidar,  twice  as  widi;  as  long,  nai'rowcr  than 
till!  radials;  the  upper  ami  lower  faces  Htraighl.  Second  costals  pentanguliir, 
generally  a  little  longer  than  the  first,  and  somewhat  wi<ler.    Dislicluil.s  two; 


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THE  CKINOIDEA  CAMERATA  OF  NORTH  AMERICA. 


tlio  upper  one  very  short,  loaf-like,  aiid  supporting  the  arms,  except  in  the 
two  posterior  rays,  in  which  the  distichal  next  to  the  anal  side  is  axillary, 
and  supports  on  each  side  a  single  palmar,  thus  making  the  number  of  arms 
in  these  rays  three,  against  two  in  the  three  others.  Arm  facets  very  large, 
directed  obliquely  upwards.  Ambulacral  openings  elongate,  arranged  in 
groups,  the  interspaces  between  the  rays  twice  as  wide  as  those  between 
their  subdivisions,  and  at  the  posterior  side  almost  three  times  as  wide,  and 
somewhat  depressed.  Structure  of  arms  not  known,  but,  to  judge  from  the 
size  of  the  facets,  they  were  unusually  stout,  and  were  biserial  from  their 
origin.  luterhrachials  one,  elongate,  very  large,  arched  by  the  arm-bearing 
brachials.  Anal  plate  longer  than  the  radials,  the  lower  angle  sharp  and 
extending  far  down  into  the  basal  disk  ;  it  is  followed  by  three  large  plates, 
and  there  is  a  smaller  one  between  the  palmars,  which  connects  with  the 
interambulacral  pieces  above.  A  similar  small  plate  occurs  exceptionally 
between  tlie  distichals  at  the  other  sides.  Ventral  disk  depressed  hemi- 
spherical. Tiio  orals  are  raised  into  short  spines  or  sharp  nodes ;  the  posterior 
one  central  in  position,  a  little  larger,  and  less  spinous.  The  radial  dome 
]ilates,  which  are  fully  as  large  as  the  orals,  and  are  also  extended  into 
spinous  nodes,  are  placed  around  the  periphery;  there  is  one  of  these  plates 
over  the  anterior  and  each  antero-lateral  ray,  and  three  over  the  two  poste- 
rior ones;  the  spines  are  directed  slightly  outward,  and  give  to  the  tegnien 
tiiat  peculiar  coronate  aspect  which  is  so  characteristic  of  this  species.  Inter- 
ambulacral plates  PiUiill,  and  merely  convex.  Anal  tube  subcentral,  very 
small  at  the  base,  its  length  not  known. 

Jldfi-jiin  ami  LufdlH'/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Ti/pe  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  .State  collection. 

Eretmocrinus  intermedius  AV.  and  Sp. 

Plate  XXXIII.  Fi</s.  2a,  h,  r. 

1S81.     W.  and  Sp,  ;  Revision  Piilirocr.,  P.irt  II.,  |i.  174. 

A  small  species.  Dorsal  cup  broadly  truncate  at  the  bottom,  the  sides 
straight  or  slightly  convex.  Pliites  almost  flat ;  the  radial  ones  marked  by 
indistinct  ridges,  which  pass  into  the  arms;  the  interradial  plates  covered 
with  a  small  central  node,  and  all  obscurely  (luted  toward  their  margins. 

Ba-'e  sliort,  broad,  slightly  projecting  laterally,  rounded  along  the  margin, 
indistinctly  grooved  at  the  sutures,  the  lower  surface  excavated,  and  to  one 


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1 


half  its  diameter  occupiecl  by  the  coliimn.  Radials  large,  a  little  wider  tiiau 
long,  the  upper  lace  concavo.  First  costals  narrower  and  whorter  than  the 
radials,  twiee  as  wide  as  long,  upper  and  lower  laces  convex.  Seconil  costals 
generally  a  little  longer  than  the  first.  Distichals  2X2;  followed  in  the 
three  anterior  rays  by  two  rows  ol  two  palniars,  which  support  four  arms; 
in  the  two  posterior  rays,  in  one  or  both  divisions,  at  one  side  by  one  palmar 
and  two  post-palmars,  at  the  other  by  two  palmars,  a  structure  which  gives 
to  these  rays  live  to  six  arms,  or  twenty-two  to  twenty-four  to  the  species. 
Arms  stout,  long,  incurving,  and  biserial  from  the  second  free  plate ;  they 
gradually  increase  in  width,  being  at  two  thirds  their  length  more  than  twice 
as  wide  as  at  the  base,  and  perfectly  Hat.  Also  the  plates  increase  upwards 
in  length,  and  their  outer  faces  become  transversely  angular.  Interbrachials 
two;  the  first  very  large,  the  other  quite  small.  Anal  plate  followed  by 
three  and  two  pieces.  The  upper  row  at  all  five  sides  is  arched  by  the 
palmars  and  post-palmars.     Structure  of  ventral  disk  not  known. 

Ilorium  and  Lomlili/.  —  Upper  part  of  Keokuk  group;  IJono,  Lawrence 
Co..  Ind. 

Ti/pcs  in  the  collection  of  Wachsnuith  and  .Springer. 

Eretmocrinus  praegravis  s.  A.  Mn.i.m. 
rhde  XXXIV.  Fi,/s.  9,  10. 

1S9J.     S.  A.  MlIXKH;  Ailv.  Slurls  ISlh  li.p.  Cc.il.  Suit.  Imliiuia,  p.  .V,  Thilc  fi,  riir*.  5  nnd  fi 

A  large,  very  knobby  an<l  roliust  species,  in  its  ornamentation  resembling 
Jjihdi'riiiiis  Vitiii/i/Zi ;  but  the  calyx  more  globular,  less  distinctly  lobcd.  and 
with  a  dill'ercnt  arm  formula.  Dorsal  cup  sauccr-sha])ed.  abruptlj'  spreading 
from  the  base  up,  the  plates  heavy  and  covered  with  largo  angidar  knob.s, 
some  of  which  are  arranged  horizontally,  others  longitudinally. 

IJasals  short,  forming  a  hexagon  with  acute  jMigles ;  the  lower  surface 
slightly  excavated  for  the  reception  of  the  coliunn,  and  pierced  by  a  com- 
paratively large  axial  camd.  I^iidials  twice  as  wide  as  long,  covered  with 
prominent  transverse  no(l(>s.  whose  tips  reach  to  the  level  of  the  lower 
margins  of  ilio  basals.  The  node  of  the  intervening  anal  is  round,  and  the 
plate  itself  longer  than  the  radials.  First  costals  linear,  less  nodo<e  than  any 
of  the  other  caly.v  plates,  and  sometimes  completely  flat.  Secoivl  costals 
smaller  than  the  first,  depressed  pentangidar  ;  their  nodes  subtriangnlar. 
The  posterior  and  anterolateral  rays  have  but  one  distichal  in  their  posterior 


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TIIK   C'lUNOIDEA   C'AMKRATA   OF   NOKTII   AMKUICA. 


divisions,  whicli  is  followed  by  2  X  2  iialinar.s  and  two  arms ;  but  in  the 
antoiior  divisions  by  2  suecessivo  distichai.s  and  a  single  arm.  The  anterior 
ray,  wiiieh  has  but  one  arm  in  both  divisions,  has  2X2  distielials.  Arm 
facets  Eubcircular,  conrave,  very  large,  and  the  surface  covered  with  radiating 
striiv.  Ambulacral  openings  cjuite  small.  Intcrbrachials:  1,  2,  1,  2  at  the 
regular  sides,  and  l»,  .'!.  2,  2  on  the  anal  .side ;  the  upper  row  on  a  level  with 
the  arm  bases.  Ventral  disk  inllated,  considerably  higher  than  the  dorsal 
cup,  the  conical  upper  end  passing  gradually  into  the  anal  tube.  The  plates 
of  the  tegmen  decrease  slightly  in  size  toward  the  peripher}-,  and  arc  covered 
with  sharp  nodes  as  large  as  tho.se  of  the  dorsal  cup.  Orals  excentric ;  the 
l)osterior  one  quite  large.  Anal  tube  stout  and  composed  of  large  ])lates 
with  sliarp  elongate  nodes;  it  is  almost  central  at  the  base,  but  curves  a  little 
to  one  side.     Structure  of  arms  and  column  unknown. 

Jfiirizwi  and  L'lcn/i///.  —  Keokuk  group;  White's  creek  Springs,  near 
Nashville,  Tenn.,  Pilot  Knob,  near  Louisville,  Ky. ;  Barren  Co.,  Ky.,  and  New 
Koss,  Montgomery  Co.,  hid. 


^ 


ALLOPROSALLOCRINUS  Cass,  and  Lvojf. 

1800.     Casskhvv  ami  Lvos;  I'rocoi'd.  .\iiiit.  Acad.  Ails  ami  Soi.,  p.  29. 

isrif).     SinMAiiii;  C.ilal.  I'aln'nz,  Fuss,  Nmlli  Aiiut.,  Part  I.,  p.  HjH. 

Isra.     -MttK  and  WoRTiiKX  (in  part);  GcmI.  liuji.  liliuuis,  Vol.  V.,  p.  3(JS  (not  .M.  ami  W.,  1S65,  rrocccd. 

Acad.  Nai.  .S'i.  I'liila.,  p.  llit). 
1^7'.l.     ZiTT>:i.;  Ilamlli.  dcr  ralii'niilcilni^ic.  Veil.  I,,  p.  ;i70. 

l^^l.     \V.  and  8r. ;  l{c\i>ion  l'alnMin-.,  I'art  II  ,  p.  U'i  (I'rcironl.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Thila.,  p.  2S7). 
1^'JIJ.     S.  A.  Mii.i.i  u;  Xnrtli  .Vnnr.  (iciil.  ami  I'aliront.,  p.  Hi. 

Svn.  Oiii'H-riiiiix  TJlllll^T;  List  uf  Criii.  of  Tciin.  (iKil  defined). 

Calyx  conical,  almost  flat  below  the  iirm  bases.  Basals  three,  equal. 
Costals  two,  but  generally  so  closely  anchylosed  that  the  lino  of  luiion  is 
invisible,  and  there  is  virtually  but  one  j)late.  Distielials  one  or  more, 
either  followed  by  palmars,  or  directly  supporting  the  arms.  The  arm-bear- 
ing plates  in  contact  laterally,  except  upon  the  anal  .side,  where  they  are 
sep:irated  by  the  second  anal.  Arms  few  to  the  ray,  arranged  in  groups; 
their  facets  very  largo,  siilicircidar  and  deep!}-  notched  at  the  upper  end  for 
the  receiition  of  the  ambulacra.  The  interbracliials,  so  far  as  observed, 
consist  of  one  large  plate,  excejit  at  the  anal  side,  where  the  first  amil  is 
followed  by  a  second,  which  at  each  side  has  two  short  interbrachial  pieces. 
A'entral  disk  conical,  its  upper  end  gradually  passing  into  the  anal  tube, 
which  is  stout  and  almost  central.  The  ambulacra  subtegminal,  their  main 
trunks  covered  by  superimposed  interambulacral  pieces,  whicli  arc  followed 


IE. 

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nATOf'RINIDJE. 


407 


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by  a  large  mJiiil  plate  at  each  bifurcation.  TIio  orals  pushed  anteriorly. 
Respiratory  pores  arranged  in  ten  pairs,  live  of  them  placed  between  tiie 
rnys,  the  live  others  between  their  main  divisions;  they  are  well  dediied, 
and  occnpy  the  margin  of  the  ventral  disk,  a  little  to  one  side  ol"  the  ambu- 
lacral  openings. 

DUlnliutidii.  —  The  only  known  species  occurs  in  the  Keokuk  group  of 
the  Mississippi  \'allev. 

Juimirhs.  —  The  genus  AffaprosadDoriiiKs  is  most  remarkable  for  the  short- 
ness of  tlie  dorsal  cup  contrasted  with  tlie  great  height  of  the  ventral  disk,  in 
which  it  resembles  Ai/drinirriiiiis.  The  form  of  the  arm  facets  in  the  two 
genera  is  also  quite  similar,  and  they  probaijiy  had  the  same  kind  of  arms  ; 
but  in  Arjiiricocriiuiii  the  anus  ojiens  out  laterally,  directly  through  the  disk. 
while  in  AlloprusdUocriniis  it  is  placed  at  the  end  of  a  tube,  and  besides,  the 
former  having  two  well  defined  costals. 

Meek  and  Worthen's  J/Ai/^/vasy^/A/c/'/jk^s  ciicmiun  is  a  Dizj/gnrrliuix;  it  resem- 
bles the  former  somewhat  in  its  form,  but  it  has  two  costals,  the  arms  are 
comparatively  thin,  and  become  paired  in  mature  specimens. 

Casseday  and  Lyon's  Alldprnsdlhirrmus  drprcKsiis  is  probably  an  Ai/an'ro- 
crinits ;  the  type  specimen  is  too  much  distorted  to  admit  a  correct  t'.iiignosis. 

AUoprOSallOCrinuS  COnicUS  Cass,  and  Lvov. 
PUitv  XLII.  Fiip.  J4u,  h,  r. 

ISfin.     Casskd.vy  anil  IiYon;  rrocccil.  Amor.  Acad,  of  Arts  and  Sci.,  Veil.  V.,  p.  ifl. 

180C.     Siil'SI.\itIi  (SuligLMiiis  111'  Jrliiiocrinii') ;  Calal.  I'alii'ua.  I'oss.  (Trans.  Acad.  Sci.  Si.  I.iiui«,  Veil,  II., 

p.  lioli). 
18S1.     W.  and  Siv;  UovUinn  Tahvncr.,  Part  II..  p.  1 1 1  (I'lMcci-d.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  I'liila..  p.  -.'S"-) 

All'ii>rusiitliirriiiii!i  Ciiririii  S.   A.   .Mii.i.ivK',   Is'Jl,  Adv.  Slarli  1  Till  l(c|i.  (icul.  Siiiv.    Indiana, 

p.  ,J8,  rialc  in,  I'igs.  1  and  2. 

Calyx  pyramidal ;  the  dorsal  cup  so  flat  that  it  is  filniost  invisible  from 
a  side  view ;  the  ventral  disk  high  and  distinctly  conical.  Plates  thick  and 
devoid  of  oriiamentiition  ;  those  of  the  dursid  cup  ver}'  slightly  convex;  the 
plates  of  the  tegm?n  varying  fnun  convex  to  nodose. 

Basals  small,  forming  iin  inverted  hexagonal  biisin.  Radials  wider  than 
high,  the  lower  portions  bending  inward,  and  forming  a  part  of  the  basal 
concavity.  Costals  generally  so  closely  anchylosed  that  a  suture  line  ciiunot 
be  traced,  both  together  are  pentangular,  a  little  wider  than  the  radijils,  and 
wider  than  long.  Distichals  2X2.  except  in  the  posterior  rays,  of  which  the 
divisions  next  to  the  anal  interradius  have  but  one,  which  is  axilhiry  iiud 


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408 


TIIK   CinXOIDK.V   CAMKRATA   OK   NOUTH   AMKIMCA. 


supports  2x2  fixed  pnliunrw,  and  these  tlic  arms.     The  anii-boariny  i)lntef< 
are  onee  and  a  half  as  wide  as  those  below  or  above,  and  in  contact  laterally. 
Their  facets  arc  irregnlarly  crescent-shaped,  and  directed  slightly  upward  '. 
they  do  not  occupy  the  middle  of  the  plates,  but  lean  to  the  inner  sides  of 
the  rays,  and  leave  large  interspaces  between  adjoining  rays.     By  means 
of  this  structure  the  arms  are  i'ornied  into  groups  as  effectually  as  in  other 
species  by  the  interposition  of  interbi'achial  plates.     The  arms,  which  have 
not  been  observed  in  tlii.s  species,  were  evidently  quite  ponderous  to  judge 
from  the  large  size  of  their  facet.s,  and  comj)0.«ed  of  two  rows  of  short,  leaf- 
like pieces,  similar  to  thofQ  o{  A(/arir(icriiiiis.     Interbracliials  one  ;  the  i)lato 
large,  higher  than   wide,  and  arched   by  the  arm-bearing  brachials.      First 
anal  plate  followed  by  a  very  long  second,  which  rises  to  above  tlie  level  of 
tho  arm  bases,  and  rests  between  two  .short  interbrnchial  pieces.     Ventral 
disk  more  than  tliree  times  as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup;  the  plates  largo  and 
of  about  uniform  size ;    the  anal   tube  occupying  the  central  part.     The 
posterior  oral  is  the  largest  plate  of  the  tegmen,  and,  like  the  other  orals,  is 
pushed  over  to  the  anterior  side.     The  andjulacra  are  subtegminal,  their 
upper  portions  being  covered  with  superimposed  iuterambulacral  pieces,  but 
on  approaching  the  arms  by  large  radial  plates  of  a  first  and  second  order. 
The  respiratory  pores  are  large,  and  placed  at  some  distance  from  the  ambu- 
lacral  openings. 

Ifirir-iiH  (tnd  Lnonfifi/, —  Keokuk  group;  Pilot  Knob,  near  Louisville,  Ky. ; 
White's  creek,  near  Xashville,  Tenn.,  and  New  Itoss,  Moutgonu'ry  Co..  Tnd. 

lionar/is.  —  Miller's   AUnpromlhiorhiU!^    (iiirh;/i   is   a    small   example   of 
.^1.  cunicus,  in  which  one  of  the  posterior  rays  has  but  two  arms. 


EUTROCHOCRINUS  W.  and  Si-.  (nov.  gpn.). 

(Kt  well,  Tpo^ds  a  wheel,  Kptvov  a  lily). 

Cal^'x  largo,  wheel-shaped,  narrow  to  the  top  of  the  radial.*,  thonoo 
.spreading  abruptly  until  the  sides  of  the  dorsal  cup  are  at  right  angles 
to  the  axis  of  the  calyx.  Ventral  disk  almost  (lat  to  near  the  base  of  the 
anal  tube.  Basal  cup  deep,  subcylindrical,  compo-ed  of  three  equal  plates. 
Kadials  larger  than  both  eostals  together;  the  first  costal  transversely  linear, 
the  second  depressed  pentangular.  Distichals  and  palmars  increasing  in 
width  upward.  Ambulacral  or  arm  openings  equidistant  or  nearly  so  ; 
directed  sidewise.     Arms  single  or  in  pairs,  bi.serial,  loimded,  very  short  and 


nATOCRINin.E. 


•10',1 


■•Kiji 


incurving ;  piniiiiloa  closely  packed.  Interbrncliiiils  variable  in  ninnber, 
cither  arched  over  by  the  higher  brachials,  or  in  contact  with  tiie  inter- 
ninbulacral  pieces.  Interdisticlials  frecinently  represented,  and  occasionally 
interpalinars.  Anal  tube  stout,  central  and  extremely  long.  Orals  e.xcen- 
tric  ;  the  posterior  one  much  larger  than  the  others  and  erect,  forming  the 
base  of  the  anal  tube  at  tiie  anterior  side.  Column  round,  with  a  small 
pL'iitanguhir  canal. 

lUsirihiilion.  —  Restricted  to  the  Upper  Burlington  limestone  and  Keokuk 
group  of  America. 

Type  of  the  genus.  —  Kiifriirlincriiiiis  Chrhtiji  (Shumard). 

Jiiinnrh.  —  Kiilrovltucrninx  approaches  J)i:y/ijocniiiis  in  its  arm  structure, 
i)ut  difTera  fii-'n  it  es.sentiall}-  in  other  respects.  In  Birji/ijucrliiiis  the  calyx 
is  .sul)globose,  lie  tegmen  high,  the  arms  rather  long,  the  anal  tuljc  short 
and  slender.  In  Kiitrochocrinm  the  calyx  is  decidedly  whcel-.shaped,  the 
ventral  disk  almost  flat,  the  arms  very  short,  and  the  anal  tube  extremely 
long. 

EutrocrinuB  Christyi  (i^iu  mai!i>). 

riak  XXIX.  Fkj.  0,  awl  Fltitc  XXXIJ.  Fins.  ]u,  h,  c. 

ISi''.     Ji-tiiini-i-iiiilfs  —  riinisTv's  Irllors  on  (iL'(ilcif.'v,  I'liile  I.,  Tijjs.  1  mid  2. 

1S55.      li-liiiufriiiiii  Cliii'li/i  —  i>iirMAiiii;    (iudl.   Idp.  Missouii  Ijv  Swiillow,  rnrt  II.,  p.  101,  rinte  ./, 

Y-.  -A. 
IS'S.      'iii/m-riiiiis  Cliri>li/i  —  JIfek  niid  WdiniiiN  ;  firnl.  lie]).  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  I'liitc  5,  Viijs.  •!(',  b. 
1S7S.     Itidm-i-iiiiis  Clii-isli/i—\S.  ami  i^w;  rnicTcil.  Acail.  Nat.  8ci.  I'liilii.,  f.  231. 

]S><.').     .Ir/iiiorriiiii.i  Clii-ixli/i  —  QrKN.sTHlii ;  llaiulli.  del'  I'clRfactcukuiidc  (.\ii(liigc  .1),  rintc  77,  l'"i(,'.  l- 
lb»l.     .'Iii/ocriiiiis  (7iri.tf//i  —  \V.  and  Sr. ;  Uevisidu  Valu'cici-.,  I'arl  II.,  i).  106. 
(lot  Jcfiini'Viiiw  C/irix/i/i —  lI.M.i,,  IvfiH  r  =  Prriecliucriiius  liliilfiildi). 
ISjii.  lUitnri-iiiM  hisl,r(ii-lii<ilii»  AViUTFUiLi)  1  -Mciii.  AiutT.  Mils.  Nat.  Ilist.,  1S93,  Vol.  I.,  ji,  IS,  Plate 

2,  I'iu's.  \,  .'i. 
Syii.  ll.Jy.-riiiis  ,i//('axcu!iii  Millkr  niid  Gluley,  1S91 ;  Geol.  Surv.  Missouii,  Bull.  3,  p.  20,  Mate  3, 
Figs.  1,  •.>,  i. 

Ciilyx  large,  wheel-shaped ;    plates   thick   and  without   ornamentation. 

Dorsal  cup  almost  twice  as  high  rs  the  ventral  disk;  sides  concave,  grad- 
ually spreading  to  the  top  of  the  raliiils,  and  more  abruptly  thence  to  the 
arm  bases  ;  plates  nearly  flat. 

IJa.sal  cup  large,  somewhat  wider  than  high,  a  little  thickened  near  the 
lower  end,  and  projecting  laterally  beyond  the  sides  of  the  column ;  the 
bottom  deeply  excavated.  Eailials  quite  variable  in  form,  but  generally 
longer  than  wide;  the  upper  face  concave.  Costals  small,  both  together  not 
more  than  liaif  the  size  of  the  radials ;  quadrangular  and  pentangular.  Dis- 
tichals  and  palmara  in  two  rows;  the  latter  larger  than  any  of  the  other 


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410 


TIIK  CKINOIDKA   CAMKKAT  i   OF   NOIITII  AMKRICA. 


bracliiiils.  The  upper  row  of  pnlinnrs  tlocply  excavated  for  tlic  reception  of 
the  free  nrtns,  niul  tlie  I'licet  occupied  by  a  iliininutivc  axillary,  and  two  small 
arm  I  ates,  which  support  an  arm  each.  There  arc  twenty  arm  openiugn, 
arrn.iged  at  nearly  equal  distances,  an.l  directed  horizontally.  Anna  forty, 
two  to  each  opening ;  they  arc  short,  infolding,  comparatively  thin,  and 
composed  from  their  bases  up  of  two  rows  of  short  transverse  pieces.  Pin- 
nules llattened  at  their  si<le~i  and  contiguous.  Intcrbrachials  three  to  five  in 
three  rows,  the  lower  one  la;ge,  about  as  wide  as  high,  the  others  snuill  and 
arched  over  by  the  palmars,  which  meet  laterally,  forming  a  continuous  ring. 
Anal  plate  elongate,  followed  by  three,  three  and  two  jjlates.  Ventral  disk 
depressed  near  the  periphery,  the  niedian  portions  gradually  rising  to  sup- 
port the  anal  tube.  Plates  convex ;  the  orals  and  radial  dome  plates 
considerably  larger  than  the  interambulacral  pieces.  The  orals  placed  ante- 
riorly ;  the  posterior  one  twice  the  size  of  the  otlier  four,  directed  upwards, 
and  forming  at  the  anterior  side  the  ba.se  of  the  anal  tube.  Anal  tube 
extremely  long,  sometimes  arising  to  a  height  of  four  inches  ;  thick  nt  the 
base,  but  gradually  tapering  until  it  is  quite  slender  at  the  upper  end. 
Column  of  moderate  size,  round ;  the  nodal  joints  rather  high,  cylindrical ; 
the  internodal  ones  increasing  to  four  at  three  inches  from  the  calyx. 

lliirir.im  iiikI  Londif//.  —  A  characteristic  fossil  of  the  I'pper  Burling- 
ton limestone  ;  Burlington.  Iowa,  and  several  other  places  in  Illinois  and 
Missouri. 

Jtt)iif(r^:s.  —  Ei(/rof:Ji"crliiiis  Cnxtj/i  is  very  closel}'  allied  to  E.  Lovct,  and 
unless  the  arms  are  preserved  or  the  arm  openings  ver\'  perfect,  it  is 
diflicult  to  separate  them.  That  the  two  are  evolved  from  a  common 
type  is  well  .shown  by  the  fact  that  in  young  specimens  of  E.  Clirktyi. 
one  or  two  arms  are  frequently*  simple ;  while  the  larger  ones  invariably 
have  two  arms  to  each  arm  opening. 

Eutrochocrinus  Christyi,  v.n.  trochiscus  (Meek  ami  Wokthex). 
Plate  XXXII.  Eiff.  3. 

ISrtS.     Tliilnivlims  froelihfii>  —  Mkvk  mid  'WnnTlir.x  ;  rrnrred.  Aond.  Xnt.  Sci.  Pliiln,,  p.  354. 
Is73.     Udtncriiiu'  Irodii^ftts  —  Mkkk  and  Wdiitiikx;  (icdi.  Hep,  Illinois,  A'ol.  V.,  p.  .'(72,  Phtc  5,  Fiff.  B. 
1^78.     Viir.  cif  lliiln,-r.  Clirisli/i—W.  imd  Sr. ;  rrocml.  Acad.  Kal.  Sci.  Thila.,  p.  iM,  njid  18S1,  Kcvision 
I'alicocr.,  I'art  II.,  p.  IfiS. 

Larger,  and  throughout  more  extravagantly  developed  than  the  typical 
form.     Calyx  more  spreading  and  comparatively  shorter,  narrower  nt  the 


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411 


base;  tlic  upper  piiliunrs  abruptly  curving  upwiirils,  aiul  tluuply  cxciiviitt'cl 
to  form  the  arm  facets.  Ventral  dii^k  near  its  periphery  Hat  or  even  concave, 
the  plates  nearest  the  tnar},'in  highly  tuberculous,  projecting  outwaril  anil 
upward.  Anal  tube  stout,  composed  of  heavy  plates,  whiv'h  are  surmounted 
by  a  short  central  spine.  Interbrachials  numerous,  consistin;;  of  from  six  to 
eight  pieces  at  the  regular  sides,  and  of  about  eleven  to  thirteen  at  the 
posterior  one.  There  are  freciuently  also  from  one  to  two  interdistichals. 
Column  conii)osLMl  of  large,  rather  high  joints  with  distinctly  convex  edges. 

Huriiun  and  LucnUtij.  —  Burlington  anil  Keokuk  Transition  bed,  Des 
^loines  Co.,  luwn,  and  Nauvoo,  Ills. 

T'lpc  in  the  Museum  ofComjiarative  Zoiilogy. 

Ilcnwrlcs.  —  This  variety  forms  a  transition  between  EHtrudiwr'tnus  Clirisitiji 
and  E.  j)lanuiliiiciis, 

Eutrochocrinus  planodiscus  (IIam.\ 
I'/ale  A'A'A'//.  Fii/.s.  4a,  />. 

ISfiO.  Jc/iiioi-niiiif  I'liiiio'litrii.i  —  Hai.i.  ;  Siippl.  ficul.  \W\t.  l(i\v;i,  |i.  45. 

1^73.  Jlti/iivri/1113  jiliiihH/i.<i-ii.<  ~  Mkkk  iukI  WniiriMX  ;  (ioil,  Hep.  llliiinis,  Viil.  v.,  p.  .'tlir. 

ls7S.  /Ifi/otvi/iiis  ji/iinui/ivHt —  W.  mill  Si\,  rnirnil.  Acvul.  \:il    Sci.  I'liil,.  pp.  2:11  iiiiil  i'i'i. 

ISSl.  llii/ucriiiiiii  ii/,iiioili"'ii.i  —  W.  iiml  Siv  j  llivisioii  I'lilinicr.,  I'liil  II.,  p.  1117. 

Of  the  typo  of  E.  Cliristi/I,  but  more  closoly  approaching  its  variety 
E.  trac/ilsriis,  with  ft  greater  expansion  of  the  calyx  than  even  in  that  form  ; 
conical  in  the  lower  portions.  From  the  first  costals  to  the  third  pahnars 
the  plates  arc  arranged  almost  hori/ontally,  the  post-jjalmars  decidedly  curve 
upwards.     Plates  slightly  convex,  their  surfaces  smooth. 

Basals  as  in  E.  Chrktiji  The  radials  comparatively  smaller  than  in  that 
species ;  the  costals  larger,  especially  the  second.  Distichids  in  two  ranges, 
as  large  as,  or  larger  than,  the  costals.  Palmars  three,  sujiportiiig  tv.'o  rows 
of  largo  post-palmar.",  .separated  by  interbrachials,  interdistichals,  and  fre- 
quently by  interpalmars.  Arm  openings  forty,  eight  to  each  ra^- ;  sujiport- 
ing  forty  apparently'  delicate  arms.  According  to  Hall,  the  species  has 
fifteen  intcilirachials  in  nine  ranges,  nine  to  eleven  interdistichals,  and  five 
to  six  interpalmars.  A  specimen  in  our  collection  has  only  from  six  to 
seven  interdistichals,  four  interpalmars.  and  about  eighteen  plates  above  the 
anal  piece.  Ventral  di.sk  depressed  deeply  concave,  except  the  median 
portions,  which  support  the  anal  t\ibe  and  are  conical.  The  radial  dome 
plates  are  more  convex  and  larger  than  the  intcrambulacral  pieces.    Posterior 


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412 


TIIK   CIMNOIDKA   CAMKKATA   OF   N'lRTII   AMI.IUCA. 


ural  luoje'ctiiig  niul  tlirec  tii)iC8  no  largo  as  tho  fuur  uthura,  funning  tlio  bnso 
of  till*  iinul  tube  nt  itH  nntcriui-  Mo. 

Horizon  and  LomJilij.  —  Ktokuk  group;  Krokuk,  Town,  nnd  Nniivoo,  TIIk. 

T'/iic  in  the  (W(iitlii'n)  Illinois  Stiito  collection,  Springfield. 

litiiifirlcH.  —  Tiiis  fpi'c'ies  iigrees  fumlanientiill}'  with  L'.  Chmfi/I,  but  Ims  a 
much  linger  luuiiber  of  interlmichinld,  nnd  numerous  interdistiehnlsnnd  intcr- 
pnlnmr.x.  which  nro  unrepre.iented  in  7v'.  C/iris/ffl,  nnd  n  much  grentcr  expan- 
sion of  the  rim.  It  ill^o  dilTors  in  having  a  huge  axillary  palmar,  nnd  forty 
well  defined  arm  openings  around  the  calyx ;  while  J'J.  CJtrislyt  with  tho 
snme  number  of  nrn)s  Ims  but  twenty  openings,  n  minute  axillary,  nnd  two 
arms  from  each  opening,  riiylogoneticnily  £.  j>/fmo</l.sriis  is  n  more  ndidt 
form  of/,'.  Chi'iKti/i,  but  from  n  clnsKifioatory  standpoint  must  be  regarded  as 
specilically  di-tinet.  The  development  of  the  rim  from  K  Clirlxti/i  with  its 
twenty  arm  openings  nnd  double  arms,  through  £.  iror/iiscits  to  J'',  phmo' 
(liscits,  with  its  forty  independent  nrm  openings,  wns  coincident  with  tlm 
geological  succession  of  the  three  forms. 


T 


EutrocbocrinuB  Lovei  W.  mul  Sp. 

r/uir  XXIX.  Ftr,.  7,  ami  Plate  XXXII.  Fir/s.  2u,  h. 

ISSl.     Jliitorriiiim  f.ni%!  —  W.  nnil  Sr.,  Hovisidii  riilivcior.,  Pni't  II.,  |ip.  I"  nnd  ICiS. 
18'JO.     liiilwriiiits  lMi;i  —  S.  A.  MlLLtUj  North  Anicr.  Gi'ol.  mid  riila'oiit.,  p,  228. 

In  its  general  habitus  very  closely  resembling  Eulrochncrimis  Chmli/i,  but 
n  smaller  species  and  differing  es.«ontially  in  tho  arm  structure.  Cal^'x  wider 
than  high,  tapering  abruptly  to  the  poles,  the  sides  convex.  IMates  without 
ornnmentatiou,  flat  in  the  dorsal  cup,  convex  on  the  ventral  disk. 

Bnsnls  forming  n  large  conicnl  cup,  of  which  the  lower  face  is  occupied 
completely  by  the  column.  Radinls  larger  than  both  costnis  together,  about 
as  long  as  wide,  a  little  widest  nt  the  top.  First  costals  small,  quadrnngular, 
twice  as  wide  as  long;  tho  second  somewhat  liigher;  their  sloping  upper 
faces  forming  n  right  nngle.  Distichnis  nnd  palmnrs  in  two  rows  of  two 
plates  each ;  the  latter  larger  than  the  former,  nnd  the  nrm-benring  second 
palmnrs  wider  than  any  of  tho  other  brachials.  Arm  openings  eighteen 
to  twent}-,  narrow,  directed  slightly  upwards,  and  nrrnnged  in  groups  of 
four  —  two  in  the  nnterior  rny  —  with  a  shallow  depression  between  the 
rays.  Arms  eighteen  to  twenty,  single,  .short  but  somewhat  larger  than  in 
E.  Clirix/i/i ;  composed  from  their  bnses  up  of  two  rows  of  very  short  pieces. 


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Pinmilus  proportioniill}  Inrgo.  ItiterbiKi'liials  two  to  tliree ;  tlic  first  i[\\\Ui 
Jnrgo,  riniii^'  to  the  top  of  the  firnt  distii'IiiilH,  First  niml  pIiUu  imnowci' 
tliiin  till!  rmliiilM  ;  followed  hy  two  rows  of  tliroc  plates,  wliicli  uro  arelieil  li)- 
the  piiliiiarH.  W'litral  disk  depressed  convex,  tliu  iiiteraiiibidacral  spaces 
wliglitly  depressed  ;  the  orals  and  radial  dome  plates  ((insidcralil}'  larger 
and  more  convex  tiian  flie  intervening  plates.  Anal  tubo  composed  of 
almost  flat  pieces;  central,  rising  considerably  beyond  tlie  tips  of  the  arms. 

I/iiri'znn  riml  Lumlitij. —  Lower  portion  of  the  I'pper  Burlington  linie- 
Mtone ;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Ti/jHH  ii)  tlie  collection  of  AVnclismutli  and  Springer. 

DIZTaOCRINUS  W.  nn.l  Sp.  (nov.  gm.). 
(Ai'fi'yn?  two  nlircast,  Kfiivnv  a  lily). 

Calyx  dopressed-subglobose,  biturbinato  or  snbconical ;  (be  ventral  disk 
generally  as  liigb  as  tlie  dorsal  cup,  and  sometimes  considerably  higher. 
Plates  smooth,  granular,  or  obscurely  striated.  Basals  very  short,  forming 
n  slightly  projecting  circular  rim  or  shallow  basin.  IJailials  proportionally 
smaller  than  in  Hutdrnims ;  the  first  costals  quadrangular,  the  second  pen. 
tnnguhir  or  rarely  heptangular.  The  npper  brachials  either  form  a  con- 
tinuous ring  around  the  calyx,  or  arc  separated  (rarely)  between  the  ra3'.s 
by  a  narrow  inti'ibrachial  piece;  the  faces  supporting  the  arms  are  excavated 
into  subcireular  or  lunate  facets,  which  are  directed  outward.  Arms  long 
niid  bi.serial,  given  off  froni  the  calyx  eithi'r  singly  or  in  pairs.  When  the 
arms  are  paired,  they  start  from  a  diminutive  axillary,  and  the  proximal  arm 
plates  and  this  axillary  rest  upon  the  same  facet ;  when  simple,  a  largo 
cuneate  jdate  takes  the  place  of  the  three  .small  pieces,  llegular  interra- 
dials  from  two  to  four,  at  the  anal  side  five  to  eight.  Anal  tube  almost 
central,  .slender,  and  rarely  rising  above  the  tips  of  the  arms.  Respiratory 
openings  small. 

JJislriJiiifwn.  —  This  genus,  so  far  as  known,  is  restricted  to  the  Subcar- 
boniferous  of  America;  it  is  represented  in  the  Upper  Burlington  limestone 
by  four  species,  reached  its  climax  in  the  Keokuk  group,  and  disappeared  in 
the  Warsaw  limestone. 

I'/jpf  of  the  genus.  — Dkyij'icrinm  tiuliaiiensls  (Lyon  and  Casscday). 

Hcmarks.  —  Most  of  the  species  for  wdiich  we  propose  this  genus  wore 
described  originally  by  Hall  under  Acllnocriiitis,  whence  they  were  removed 
by  Meek  and  AVorthen,  and  placed  under  Butocrinus.    Dizygomnus  cucomm 


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Tin:  ('l!iSolI)|;.V  CAMr.lfATA   OF   NttlMll    AMF.KICA. 


wax  lU'sciiltiMl  ]>\  Mi'ck  ami  Woillu'ii  as  an  Al/i>j>roiiitliocrint(ii,  iiiul  D.  I'l'njl- 
Hiin'iis  ail  ■  />.  iiilii/ti(s,  wliii'li  liiivo  «liglitl_)'  n|ialuliito  aiiii!',  ])y  uh  iiiiilcr 
/Jfiliiitirrliiiin. 

Tho  iiidKt  noli'woitliy  fiat  mo  of  J)iy/i/i>criinis  in  pioni'iitcil  hy  tlie  Ktnic- 
tui'c  (if  tlio  anii.M  ill  llu'ir  toiidoncy  to  iiiuitiplicatiuii,  a  [» ciiliaiit}'  in  uliioh  it 
tlin'fr.><  fiom  all  itllicr  known  j^ciu'ia  cxci'iit  Kiili'nhocriiim  ami  Jhiii/iiiinin. 

It  \inH  hooii  sii|)|ius('(l  tliul  llio  nuiiihci'  of  aniiH,  ami  tlii'ir  (li.stiilnitiun 
Minoiii^  till-  ray.x,  alToidod  cxci'llrnt  cliaiactors  for  cpvcific  Hi'jiaration,  u  riik' 
wliicli  ('ciiiiinly  lines  n<it  apply  to  this  gi'iiiiM.  Among  tiic  fpft-ics  Mhicli  wo 
rcfi'i'  to  it,  >onu'  spcoiiiioiix  Imvo  twitu-  as  many  arms  as  others,  nnd  wo  finil 
any  intuiinuiliato  miinlior  iR'twfcn  llu'  two  oxtivmos.  If  it  woro  tnio  that 
all  thoso  variations  wi'io  of  spocilic  impoilniicc,  tho  nninbor  of  species  in 
this  genus  would  liavo  to  ho  iiuMeased  to  tho  niimlicr  of  permutations  and 
comliinalions  lliat  would  ho  mathemnticiilly  i)()ssilile  out  of  tho  fourteen 
single  and  douhlo  numhors  into  which  those  arms  may  ho  urranged.  In 
Dhiiifin'liiiia  iiiiilii/i!lis  every  speciini'ii  in  our  collection  —  seven  in  all  — 
would  constitute  a  dilToront  species,  as  shown  by  tho  following  formnkt' : 


1.  2.  1,  1  Z 

1,1. :',  1  1'. 

,  1. 
.1, 

1'.  1. 

•  >     O     <»      I    O     •)     o 

I*   •»    t»    I  •»   *i   *>' 
ZLZLT*  I  *'  «>  "I 


2^1.  1,  I  1,  l.'J, 
2.  2.  I,  11',  1,2. 


2.  1.  1.  I  1.  1^, 

STTTl;.  I  I. "I.  2. 

1.  2. 


2JI^1,  I  1.  I.^ 

1^.2.1    ■-•^ 

2.  2. 


2,  2^1.  I  1,2,1, 

2,  1    2,  12,  2, 

2,T. 


I,  .,  -,  I  .,  I,  «, 

1,  I.  1.  I    272. 

2,  i: 


A  careful  study  of  these  specimens  shows  that  they  nil  must  helong  to  tho 
Slime  species.  They  have  fourteen  arm  openings  (exceptionally  thirteen), 
and  an  ocjiial  nunilu'r  of  arm  facets  ;  hut  while  some  of  them  have  paired 
arms,  others  have  single  ones.  In  ."ome  species  of  this  gi^nus,  tho  arms  are 
more  fre(|ucntly  either  all  .single  or  all  paired,  but  ninoiig  them  also  transi- 
tion forms  occur;  sometimes  one  or  two  arms  only  being  single  or  double, 
and  again  one  half  of  them.  As  a  rule,  the  .■'pecimons  with  single  arms  arc 
smaller,  tho  arms  .stouter ;  but  in  other  respects  they  I'osomhlo  those  with 
paired  arm.s  so  closely,  that  they  cannot  be  recognized  from  the  calyx  alone. 
This  has  induced  us  in  some  cases  to  refer  both  forms  to  tho  same  species,  but 
to  distinguish  them  by  nn  appropriate  variety  name. 


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Dlsygoorinua  indiaooniU  (r.v<>y  uiwl  v,\->* ). 

rink  XXX nr.  njn.  cu,  />,  un,i  rtui,  xxxv.,  Fi,j.  ,i. 

Ji'liDofrimii  imliimemii  —  Iaom  •ml  Cahu  i  Aiiirr.  Jourii.  Si'i.,  Veil.  XXIX  ,  |i   *.V 
.<i7i((wYi'/<((i  i/«/(i/».'/i,<ii  — Mkkk  unil  WiiiiiiitNj  (ii'i)l.  l(c|i.  Illiiiiii'-,  Vi.l.  v.,  |i.  ;IM> 
HiiliirrinHf  iHili,iHeii»i<  —  \V.  iiiiil  Hi.;   llin-inii  I'lilirmr ,  I'liit  1 1  ,  |>    I'Wl. 


I 


ItSl.     Jl,i/u<riii».<  (Wii/».//.t/i  — (Ji  t.>>ti'lii  1  lliiuilli.  ilcr  ritrilliclc  iikiimli',  I'liilc  7",  Kitfi.  Hi'.  *. 

Ciilyx  bi'low  iiu'ilimii  si/,".  l)itiirl>iii;ito  to  mu1i;;1(»I)()>('.  iilioiit  iim  wide  ns 
liij^h  ;  llu!  (Iiiriiil  cup  ii  little  liij^licr  tliiiii  tlif  vciilnil  ili.xk.  'I'iu'  f-iilc?"  i>l'  tin* 
(Mi|)  cliglitly  ciiiivfx,  c'X|)imiliiii;  nlmost  imiftirinly  from  the  Ihimc  to  tlic  nrtu 
regions  ;  the  nxya  well  ileliiUMl  liy  uinliiliiteil  aiif^uiiir  ridges  lollowliig  tlio 
iiicdiiiii  ]i()rti<inH  of  tlie  pliites.  In  iidilitimi  to  tlieso  ridges,  the  snrfiieo 
ol'idl  riidiiil  MS  we"  us  iiiterriidiiil  plates  is  covered  liy  a  variety  of  |iromi- 
neiicos  and  depress'  >ns,  wiiieli  givo  to  tlio  oriiamentalioii  a  hieroglyphic 
appeuraiipo. 

Hiisals  sluiit,  slightly  projecting,  hexagonal  in  outline  ;  interhasal  tuiture 
lines  i:  .pres.-  i!.  Hadials  twice  as  wide  as  long,  covered  with  three  stidlate 
■p'oininonc  ■  ,  which,  h'Mig  c<  I'lnent,  f(uin  a  transverse  ridge.  First  costals 
f|nailrnngiilar,  shorte  Mid  nai rower  than  the  radials,  the  sides  ennvcx.  the 
median  ridgo  cro.--.  1  iilier  hy  a  transverse  node,  or  liy  a  row  of  small  tnher- 
rles  transversely  ncriingiMl.  S  .  ond  costals  gciierally  heptngonal  and  a  little 
wider  t'  in  'he  first,  their  .•••  dian  portions  raised  into  small  tuhereles. 
Disticha  i  raiiicr  large,  nearly  as  long  as  wi<le  ;  they  consist  in  the  an- 
terior ray  of  4  X  2  plates,  in  the  four  t  ;'i"f  <  of  2  X  2,  which  are  followed 
hy  3X2  fi.  <d  pahnars.  Anns  thirty-six  (exceptionally  forty),  two  from 
each  arm  opening  ;  long,  slightly  llattened  and  infolding  at  their  tips ;  they 
arc  biscrial  from  their  bases  np,  niul  the  plates  connected  vertically  hy  wav- 
ing sntmi.'s.  The  npper  horder  of  each  nrn>  plate  is  covered  hy  two  or  more 
small  tubercles,  which  project  over  tlio  lower  end  of  the  succeeding  iilafe, 
giving  to  the  surface  a  lile-like  npponrnnce.  Pinnules  long,  cylindrical,  com- 
posed of  about  thirteen  elongate  joints.  Interbrachials :  1,  2,  1,  and  one  or 
two  ailditional  pieces  between  the  i\rm  bases.  The  first  plate  is  considerably 
larger  than  the  others,  wider  than  high;  it  is  covered  by  a  central,  irregu- 
larly stellate  node,  siu'ronnded  by  numerous  small  granules ;  the  upjicr  plates 
elongate  and  similarly  ornamented.  Anal  plate  a  little  narrower  than  the 
ra<lials;  followed  by  i\,  .3,  2,  and  2  pieces,  which  interlock  with  the  inter- 
ambvdacral  plntes  above.     Ventral  disk  depressed  conical;  the  plates  small 


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rilK   CRINOIDKA   CAMKRATA   OF   XOUIll   AMKHICA. 


nml  liiberciiloiw  ;  tlie  uials  aiul  iiidiiil  iloinu  idiites  ii  little  iiioie  pi'oiuiiient, 
but  not  niiieli  Iiirgui'  than  the  others.  Anal  tube  almost  ceiitial,  c'oui|iara- 
tively  narrow,  and  risniij  but  little  above  the  tijw  of  the  arms.  Column 
rather  stout,  the  joints  rounded  at  their  edges;  the  nodal  joints  (^uito 
prominent. 

Horizon  (ind  J/iiu/i/^.  —  Keokuk  group  ;  Crawfordsvillc,  Ind. 
Ti//wf!  in  the  Ii\on  collection  at  Jefl'ersonville,  Ind. 

IxttnKi'l'^.  —  Specimens  in  which  single  arms  are  placed  between  tlio 
paired  ones  are  very  rare  in  this  species.  Among  over  forty  spccinicn.s 
in  our  collection  we  found  but  two.  One  of  them  lins  seventeen  paired 
arms  and  one  single  one,  the  other  twelve  single  and  six  paired  ones.  The 
latter  specimen  is  so  interesting  that  it  deserves  special  description,  and  wo 
give  an  illustration  of  its  posterior  side  (Plate  XX.W.,  Fig.  5).  AVlmt  is 
most  remarkable  is  that  the  arms  dilTer  greatly  in  width  nnd  length  ;  seven 
of  the  single  ones  are  twice  as  strong  as  the  three  others,  and  one  fourth 
longer;  the  latter  three  having  the  same  dimensions  a.s  the  paired  ones. 
The  arrangeuient   is  shown  by  the  following  formula: 

PvsUrlor  rm/s  :  1  large,  2,  2,  2  ;  —  1  small,  1  largo,  1  small,  2. 
Aiifiru-hdinil  r(ii/.<! :   1   small,  1   large,  \    large,  1  large;  —  1  small,   2,  1 
.small,  2. 

Aiihrior  rtiji :  1  large,  1  large. 

It  is  po.s.sible  that  this  specimen  originally  bad  single  arms,  and  that  some 
of  them  were  accidentally  broken  and  reiilaced  by  paired  ones. 


Dizygocrinus  indianensis,  var.  simplex  W-  and  si.  (imv.  v.ir.). 
J'/.ifr  XXXIII.  Fhj.  7. 

.Somewhat  smaller  than  the  typical  form.  In  the  proportions  of  the 
calyx,  the  ornamentalion,  and  in  the  arrangement  of  the  plates  to  the 
top  of  the  distichals,  tiie  two  forms  arc  almost  identical ;  but  in  the  form 
imder  consideration  oidy  two  rows  of  the  jialmars  are  incorporated  into  the 
calyx,  against  three  in  the  typical  form;  the  third  is  a  iree  arm  plate;  the 
fourth,  in  place  of  being  a  diminutive  axillary,  is  largo  and  cuneate,  and  suj)- 
por'.s  but  one  arm.  Tliere  are  eighteen  single  arms,  distributed  among  the 
rays  in  exactly  the  same  way  as  the  double  arms  in  the  other.  The  arms 
have  the  same  fde-like  appearance,  but  are  proportionally  a  little  stouter. 

Ildi-lsiin  ami  Luciilifi/.  —  Same  as  last.  Extremely  rare;  we  have  only 
seen  a  single  specimen,  which  is  in  our  collection. 


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lUTOClUXlD.E.  417 

DizygoorinuB  crawfordsTillensis  h.  a.  kiiller.* 

1S91.     Biilucriiiua  cruirjorilsfilliiiais,  S.  A.  Mii.i.Kii-,  Ailv.  Slifels  17lli  Hoi-  Geol,  Siirv.   Imliuim,  p  fil, 

riale  10,  Fif;.  11. 

A  ratliLT  Hinall  species.  Dorsal  cup  oheouical,  truncated  at  the  base, 
nearly  one  iialf  wider  than  liigii,  the  sides  almost  straight ;  the  radials  and 
braciiials  marked  by  well  defined  angular  ridges,  following  the  median  line 
of  the  plate.s  and  proceeding  to  the  arm  bases;  the  intorbrachials  convex, 
co\ered  with  obsciu'o  radiating  ridge.s. 

Hasids  short,  extended  outward  and  forming  n  small  rim  ;  columnar  con- 
cavity deep,  occupying  one  half  tiu;  diameter  of  the  lowi^'r  face.  Kadial.s 
considerably  wider  than  long.  First  costals  quadrangular,  the  length  equal 
to  one  half  their  width  ;  tiie  second  pentangular,  of  nearly  the  same  propor- 
tions as  the  first.  Distichals  two  in  the  nntero-lateral  rays,  followed  b\'  five 
palmar."!,  which  support  the  arms.  Tiie  anterior  ray  has  five  distichals  and 
no  palmar.s ;  while  in  the  posterior  ray.s  the  division  adjoining  the  anal  side 
lias  two  distichals  and  five  palmars,  and  the  o|)])osito  <1ivision  five  distichals, 
making  sixteen  arm  openings  with  two  arms  from  each  opening,  or  tiiirty-two 
to  the  species  (not  twenty-four,  a.s  stated  by  Miller).  The  arms  are  incurv- 
ing, very  delicate,  and  .so  short  that  when  recurved  tliey  reach  i)ut  little 
above  the  summit  of  the  disk.  Regular  inlerbrachials  three,  the  first  largo, 
the  others  ((uitc  small.  The  anal  inlorradius  consists  of  six  plates  including 
the  anal ;  three  in  the  first  row,  and  two  in  the  second.  A'entral  disk  con- 
vex, as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup,  the  plates  large  and  tumid.  Anal  tube  nearly 
central. 

Horizon  and  Load!///.  —  Keokuk  limestone  ;  near  Crawfordsville,  Mont- 
gomery Co.,  Ind. 

7)ipe  in  the  collection  of  Professor  Corby. 

licniarh.  —  This  species  resen\l)los  Dizi/r/ocrimifi  iiiiludioisit,  from  which  it 
dilTers  in  the  number  of  brachials,  and  in  the  more  delicate  and  much 
shorter  arms. 

•  We  (jive  110  I'lRiirc  of  this  species,  ns  we  were  unable  to  obUiiii  the  type,  nnil  our  doseiiptimi  is  mode 
after  Miller's. 


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418  TIIK  CKINOIDKA   CAJIKHATA   OF   NOKTII  AMKUICA. 

Dizygocrinus  faoetus  (>riLi.Kn  and  Guklev). 

I'hitc  XXXIII.  Fiy.  12. 

l^'.W.     ]l,iloeriiiiis  fiicfliis  —  Mii.i.Kit  ami  Cii:iii.nv;  Jnurii.  Cini'iii.  Sue.  Nal.  llisl.,  Vul.  XIII.  (Authors' 

cupv,  |i.  ;ij),  ri;iti'  0,  I'ij,'.  8. 

C'iilyx  below  inediiiiii  size,  widor  tlmn  liigli ;  in  unininentiitiun  iind  gen- 
enil  appeiinmco  re.seiiiljling  D.  im/lanen>!is,\nil  liaviiig  les.s  tliaii  hull'  I  lie  iiuui- 
l)i'r  of  arms.  Dorsal  cup  seinigloboso  ;  tlio  niilial  plates  marked  by  narrow 
ridges,  wliieli  follow  the  median  portions  of  the  plates.  Plates  convex, 
covered  with  irregular  striiu  and  small  nodes.  Suture  lines  grooved  and 
rather  distinct. 

liaso  very  short,  circular,  almost  resembling  a  stem  joint.  Kadials  short, 
nearly  twice  as  wide  as  long  ;  the  upper  face  concave.  Fir.st  costals  com- 
paratively large,  (piadrangular,  as  long  as  the  radials  but  con.siderably  nar- 
rower; tlieir  upper  and  lower  faces  convex.  Second  costals  a  little  wider 
but  not  longer  than  the  first ;  lieptagonal  ;  the  upper  faces  obtusely  angular. 
Distichals  varying  in  niunl)cr;  the  anterior  ray  having  three  rows,  which 
support  the  arms  ;  the  antero-lateral  ones  but  two.  followed  by  two  fixed 
palinars.  in  the  two  posterior  rays,  the  axillary  costal  supports  upon  the 
side  lacing  the  anal  intrrradiiis  two  rows  of  di-lichals  followed  by  2  X  'J  pal- 
niars,  upon  the  opposite  >ide  three  distichals.  Arm  foi'iiuila :  1,1.  Arm  bases 
projecting,  directed  obli(|Ucly  u[)ward.  and  se]iarated  iuterradially  by  small 
iutfibnichial  pieces,  which  connect  with  the  plates  of  the  ventral  di>k. 
Arms  single,  long,  decidedly  tapering  until  (|iiite  slender  at  the  tips;  com- 
posed from  the  third  joint  up  of  two  series  of  rather  long  joints.  Pin- 
nules extremely  long,  stout,  cylindrical,  formed  of  ten  to  twelve  joints, 
which  are  about  four  limes  as  long  as  wide.  Inlerradials ;  I,  2,  1,  and 
one  or  two  irregular  pieces  in  the  arm  regions.  Anal  plate  as  large  as  the 
railials.  supporting  .'i.  .').  L',  anil  1  plate.  \'entral  disk  depressed  conical, 
the  platis  tumid  and  of  regular  size;  anal  tube  sleiidi'r  but  comparatively 
long.  conipo<ed  of  nearly  llal  pieces,  among  which  at  intervals  others  are 
interposed  bearing  sharp  tubercles,  ('(dumn  round;  the  nodal  joints  with 
rounded,  str.)ngly   projecting  edges. 

Iltirhiiii  mid  Liirtil'ihi.  —  Keokuk  group  ;  Canton.  Ind. 

IiiiiKtr/.s. — 'l'lii«  species  was  described  as  having  seventeen  arms,  which 
is  abnormal,  the  regular  number  being  sixteen.  Neither  has  it  '•  eleven  anal 
;ilates."     The  authors  evidently  mistook  the  lateral  ends  of  the  arm-bearing 


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brachials,  wliicli  arc  covered  with  small  tuborcles,  for  (llstinct  plates.    Whether 
any  multiplication  of  uniis  took  place  in  this  species  is  not  known. 

Dizygocrinus  Whitei  W.  and  Sp. 

riatc  XXXIII.  Fhjs.  10a,  h,  uml  Fij.  11. 

1S31.     Jiiilorrhwf  jr/iiM—W.  mid  Si'. ;  Ui'visioii  ralicocr.,  I'lirt  11.,  p.  lO'.l. 

Sju.  lliitwriiius  n/u'i'i/fiiamii  b.  A.  AllLLI^U,  Ib'Jl,  Adv.  Shccls,  l/lli  iii'|i.  tit'cil.  Suiv.  Iriiliuim,  ]i.  TjO, 
Male  It),  I'i^'s.  5  and  d. 

Calyx  small,  depressed  globose;  the  dor.sd  cup  ccnial  to,  or  biu  little 
higher  than,  the  ventral  disk;  the  arm  regions  slightly  projecting.  Siufaco 
of  plates  ornamented.  The  radials  and  brachials  have  along  their  median 
lines  a  well  delined  ridge,  and  at  each  side  of  this  ridge,  toward  the  sides  of 
tlie  plates,  an  angular  node,  which  ajjpears  in  the  specimens  as  ii"  forming  an 
independent  plate.  Ridges  or  rows  of  small  tubercles  occur  also  on  the 
interbrachials,  some  of  them  proceeding  from  the  centre  of  the  lirst  plate 
to  the  radials,  others  to  the  higher  interbrachials. 

Basals  short,  forming  a  projecting  circular  rim,  with  a  ,>ihallow  striated 
depression  for  the  recei)lion  of  the  cohnnn.  Radials  twice  as  wide  as  long; 
the  .sloping  upper  sides  shorter  than  the  corresponding  lower  ones.  C'ostals 
considerably  shorter  and  narrower  than  the  radials;  the  first  (luadrangular, 
the  second  pentangular.  Distichals  2  X  2,  of  similar  form,  but  smaller  than 
llie  costals ;  in  the  anterior  ray  supporting  the  arms  ;  in  the  other  rays 
followed  by  two  rows  of  palmars.  The  upper  faces  of  all  arm-bearing  plates 
are  directed  outward,  and  formed  into  circular,  rather  large  facets  with 
a  notch  at  the  up|ier  end.  The  surface  of  those  facets  is  slightly  concave, 
and  grooved  at  the  inner  margin.  Arms  eig(:leen,  single,  infolding,  gradu- 
ally tapering,  and  constructed  from  the  .«ocon<l  free  plate  of  two  series  of 
moderately  long  pieces.  Pinnules  very  long,  composed  of  joints  three  times 
lunger  than  wide.  Interbrachials :  1.  2,  1,  .sometinies  with  an  iulditional 
narrow  piece  between  the  arms.  Anal  plate  somewhat  higher  tlian  the 
radials,  and  followed  variously  b}'  3,  3,  and  2  plates  or  by  3,  2,  and  1  ;  the 
latter  being  genoriilly  the  case  in  specimens  from  the  Keokuk  group, 
the  former  in  those  from  the  Warsaw  limestone.  Plates  of  the  ventral  disk 
of  nearly  erpial  size,  all  covered  with  a  sharp  central  tubercle.  Anal  tube 
long,  extended  beyond  the  tips  of  the  arms,  constructed  of  convex  plates 
interspersed  with  slightl}' nodose  or  spinous  pieces.  Column  slender;  com- 
posed of  large  and  smaller  joints,  the  larger  ones  with  convex  edges. 


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THE  CUINOIDEA  CAMERATA  OF  NOUTII  AMERICA. 


Ilurkiin  and  hnnHtii.  —  In  the  Kuokuk  group  at  IJoiio,  Iiuliaua,  anil  at 
Keokuk,  Iowa.  Also  in  tlio  Warsaw  liuicstono  at  Sporyon  Hill,  hid.,  and  at 
CJlas^ow,  Barren  Co.,  Ky.,  and  Booiiville,  Mo. 

7//y)(,s  in  the  collection  of  Waclisniutli  and  Springer. 

Jiiiiiiir/,-s. —  Miller'.s  Jlnlorrinttn  KjtinjiinHsiti  wixn  described  from  a  speci- 
men of  J)iy/</tivn'iiiis  W/tllii  in  which  tiie  surface  markings  were  eliminated 
by  weathering.  Specimens  of  this  kind  occur  frequently  at  Spergeu  Ildl, 
while  well  preserved  specimens  are  rare. 

Dizygocrinus  Whitoi,  var.  didactylus  w.  ami  Sp. 
PMe  XXX  V.  Fiys.  J  J,  LI 

About  the  same  size  as  the  typical  form,  but  the  arms  considerably 
thiinier,  ami  there  are  two  arms  to  each  opening  when  perfectly  developed, 
which,  however,  is  rarely  the  case.  The  radials  and  fi.xed  brachials  are  trav- 
ersfd  longitudinally  by  a  strong,  angidar  ridge.  The  arms  are  given  oil 
from  a  minute  axillary  in  the  usual  way,  and  are  .slender,  long,  and  infolding, 

//•'/■iuiii  ami  lAnalifi/.  —  Uppermost  part  of  the  Keokuk  grouj) ;  Hamil- 
ton, Ills. 

7}/jiis  in  the  collection  of  Waclisiuuth  and  Springer. 

Dizygocrinus  decoris  (s.  A.  Mh-lkk). 

rhile  XXX  V.  FUj.  a. 

1S91,     Piiforriiiii.f  </--™ri.  — S.  A,  .Mli.l.Kii;  Ailv.  Slicvls  17lli  Uip.  Cirul.  Siirv    Iiiiliniin,  p.  fil,  I'InIc  in, 
I'lirs.  7  anil  "*. 

Calyx  of  medium  si/.e,  a  liltlf  wider  than  high.  Dorsal  cup  low  saucer- 
shaped,  less  than  half  the  height  of  the  ventral  disk.  I'lates  of  the  dor.sal 
cup  li;iri'ly  convex,  their  surfaces  covered  with  numerous  minute  irregular 
pustules,  and  the  radials  and  costals  marked  by  small  angul.ir  ridges,  which 
from  the  basals  pass  up  to  the  arm  bases.    The  sutures  very  slightly  grooved. 

I5;isids  ipiite  short,  anchylo.scd.  and  no  suture  lines  visible;  they  merely 
consist  01  a  thickened  circular  rim.  which  projects  slightly  over  the  top  of 
the  rohunu.  IJadials  iind  costaN  verv  short,  both  fully  throe  times  as  wide  ns 
long.  The  costals  support  2  <  'J  distichals,  and  these  throe  row.s  of  palmars, 
of  wiiich  the  upper  supports  the  arms,  exce])t  .sometimes  in  tiie  anterior 
ray.  which  occasicmally  only  has  two  arms  given  ofl'  from  fom*  successive 
distichals.  All  distichals  iincl  palmars  are  comparatively  wide  and  very 
short,  the  latter  in  contact  laterally.     Arm  facets  nearly  equidistant,  large. 


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421 


•subciivular  with  a  small  notcli  at  tlic  upper  end,  nnd  provided  with  a  tnms- 
verse,  iiiiperlbrate  ridge.  Anns  single,  so  far  as  eaii  be  ascertained  from  tho 
facets;  tlieir  structnre  not  known.  Ivegidar  interljracliials:  1,  2,  2;  the  first 
large  and  considerably  wider  than  high;  the  upper  range,  wiiich  sometimes 
consists  of  but  one  plate,  arched  by  the  palmar.s.  Anal  plate  short,  followed 
by  seven  or  eight  plates.  Ventral  disk  conical,  surmounted  by  a  large, 
nearly  central  anal  tube.  Plates  of  the  disk  comparalivil}'  large  and  tumid  ; 
the  orals  somewhat  larger  and  in  contact ;  the  posterior  one  erect,  and 
forming  a  part  of  the  tube.  Ambulacral  plates  represented  by  three  sharply 
nodose  plates  of  a  first  and  second  order. 

Jf'irii"ii  and  Lacalili/.  —  Warsaw  limestone ;  Spcrgen  Hill,  Ind..  and 
Barren  Co.,  Ky. 

Ill  iiKtrfiS.  —  This  species  lias  its  closest  allinilies  with  D.  H'A/Vi /  W.  and 
Sp.,  but  the  cup  is  less  deep,  and  the  tegmeii  in  proportion  much  higher. 


Dizygocrinus  origiDarius  w,  ami  Sr, 

J'latr  XXA'/II.  F,]/k  h,  b. 

l^Sl.     Kirfmnrri'iiii'  orli/iiiiii-iiis — \V.  and  Sr.  ;  licvisinii  I'lilircn'r,,  TmiI  II.,  \\  171. 

iSvii.      ErrliiiM-riims  r.(c.<(>c(V/(w  —  WullTlIBN  ;  lS8i,  Cieol.  Ucp.  llliuoU,  \ CI.  VI 1.,  ]i.  .'iOii,  I'li.li- iS, 
fiS.   11. 

A  small  species  of  the  type  of  l)iz>/(jocniiiis  Wtild.  C'mIv.x  biturbinate,  as 
high  as  wide  ;  the  dorsal  cup  a  little  higher  than  the  ventral  disk,  with  almost 
straight  aides  and  broadly  truncated  ba.se ;  arm  regions  projecting,  and  some- 
what indented  at  the  iv  erradial  spaces.  Plates  slightly  convex,  covered 
with  obscure  granules,  and  the  radials  and  brachials  marked  by  a  faint  longi- 
tudinal ridge,  which  bifurcates  and  sends  branches  to  tlie  arms. 

UmsmIs  a  little  larger  than  in  any  of  the  jirecediiig  species;  forming 
a  short,  broadly  truncated  cup,  with  a  shallow  columnar  depression,  the 
sides  somewhat  projecting  and  slightly  grooved  at  the  sutures.  Kadials  aa 
lai'no  as  iioth  costals  together,  wider  thiiii  long.  First  costals  (luadiangular, 
twice  us  wide  as  long;  the  <ecoud  a  little  wider  and  ]>entangiilar.  Distichals 
two  ov  three;  the  iiiiterior  ray  has  three,  followed  by  arm  plates;  the  antero- 
lateral rays  two,  followcil  by  two  rows  of  small  palmais;  the  ]Kisterior  rays 
have  two  at  one  side,  followed  by  '2X2  palmars.  and  at  the  opposite  one 
three  successive  distichals.  Anna  sixteen,  simple,  stout  in  proportion  to  the 
small  si/e  of  the  species,  rather  short,  and  somewhat  flattened  at  the  tips; 
they  are  composed  from  the  second  plate  up  of  two  series  of  pieces,  which 


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422  TIIK   CRIXOIDKA   CAMKKATA   Ol'   NUIMIl   A.MKlUfA. 

grow  iiioro  convex  upwind.  Interbrncliial.s  two;  the  first  nlmost  ns  liirgc  ns 
tlie  nuliuls ;  the  secoiul  iiuicli  .smaller  iiiul  nrcheil  over  by  the  two  upper 
braehials.  Anal  plate  considerably  longer  than  therailials;  followed  by  3, 
2,  and  1  plate;  the  latter  generally  in  contact  with  the  interanibulacral 
piece-i.  Ventral  disk  a  little  shorter  than  the  dorsal  cup,  hemispherical, 
surmounted  by  a  short  .slender  anal  tube;  the  plates  convex.  Column  .stout, 
the  older  joints  rounded  at  their  edges  and  projecting. 

ll'irizoii  and  Liciiliti/.  —  Upper  part  of  the  Keokuk  group  at  Bono  and 
Canton,  Ind. ;  also  in  the  Lower  part  of  the  "Warsaw  limestone  at  IJoon- 
ville.  Mo. 

TuiKs  in  the  collection  of  Wachsnuith  and  Springer. 

Dizygocrinus  Gurleyi  (s.  A.  :\Iillki!). 
riuk  XXXIV.  Fig.  in. 

IMM.     ll,it',rri„,<x  ','«,7._;/i  — Mai.KR;  .\ilv.  Sliids  (mlI.  Siirv.  Iml.  (17lli  lie  p.),  \\  fifi,  Plnlc  11,  Figs. 
'.I  aii.l  III. 
(Not  ll.il.H-riims  (liirhi/i  Kdwi.kv  iiii.l  IIaue,  .\\ii;.  isyi). 

Of  the  type  of  Diy/f/oeriiuifi  onijinnrlits  W.  and  Sp..  and  so  closely  reseni- 
liling  it  thiit  there  is  much  doubt  if  it  is  a  good  species.  The  specimens  from 
JJono,  described  by  us  as  ••  TJi\tm(irrhiiis  "  Ofii/imiriiis,  oidy  dill'er  from  the 
IJoonville  ones,  which  Miller  ha.s  relerred  to  Jldlorriiiiis  (,'iirh>/i,  in  having  at 
the  regular  sides  three  interbrachials  in  place  of  two,  and  .si.\  pieces  in  i)lace 
of  live  above  the  anal  plate.  The  arms  are  a  little  longer  and  more  slender 
at  their  tips,  the  angular  ridges  along  the  rays  somewhat  higher,  and  the 
surface  markings  upon  the  plates  a  little  more  distinct.  The  sides  of  the 
dorsal  cup  i  i  one  of  Miller's  types  are  concave,  in  the  other  convex;  while 
thi'v  are  nearly  straight  in  the  Bono  specimens.  Wc  give  a  figure  of  one  of 
Miller's  types  for  comparison. 

IL»h<in  and  Lomlllij.  —  Lower  part  of  Warsaw  limestone,  Boonville,  Mo. 

2'j2)e  in  the  collection  of  F.  A.  Sampson,  Esq. 

Dizygocrinus  originarius,  var.  adultus  (W.  and  Sp.). 
rintc  XXXV.  Figs.  14  and  Jo. 

1S81.     Er<->i)iofi-iiiiif  arlulfiii  —  W.  nud  Sr. ;  Revision  Paliroor.,  I'lirl  II.,  p.  173. 

Syii.  /ltifofriiin.i  Mfdiorris  —  ^.  \.  M11.1.KII;  Ailv.  Sluils  l"ili   Hep.  fii'iil.  Siirv,  Iiul  ,  p.  fi-2,  Plate 

10.  Fie.  9. 
Stii.  ISiiliji-riiiii.i  iuo/irillfiisis  S.  A.  MlLLtli;  ibiil.,  p.  C5,  I'latc  10,  Flu'.  13. 


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In  the  form  of  tlic  calyx,  nnanyenicnt  of  tho  plates,  miiiiber  of  anu 
opoiiings,  und  tlic  ornamentation,  iilmost  ulfiitical  with  tho  preceding  form ; 
the  specimens,  however,  are  larger,  tho  arms  paired  and  somewhat  more 
slender.  The  two  arms  are  given  oil'  from  a  diminutive  axillary,  whicii  occu- 
pies the  same  facet  with  tiie  proximal  arm  plates.  Occasionally  one  or  more 
of  the  arms  are  .single,  and  in  a  very  interesting  specimen  of  D.  oriijin'irinH 
(typical  form),  whieii  had  evidently  lost  two  of  its  single  arms  dm'ing  life, 
these  were  replaced  hy  two  pairs,  wiiich  are  developed  to  oidy  one  hall'  the 
length  of  the  others. 

J/iiri:iiH  iiiitl  Ldialili/.  —  I'pper  part  of  Keokuk  group  at  Bonn.  T.awrcnce 
Co.,  Ind.,  and  in  the  lower  part  of  the  Warsaw  limestone  at  Boonville,  JIo. 

Ti/pcti  in  tho  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

Jt'i  iin(rl,s. —  In  the  sjiecimens  which  Miller  described  imder  ItHlncriiiiirt 
liiiiiiirillriisi.i  an<l  11.  iiicdiiKri.i,  the  doid)le  arm  structure  is  only  partly 
develoi)ed  ;  some  of  tho  arms  being  single,  others  paired.  The  modifications 
thereby  prodiicoil  in  the  arm  formula  probably  led  Miller  to  regard  them  as 
speeilically  distinct. 

Dizygocrinus  cantonensis  w.  and  Sp.  (nov.  sikt.). 

r/<i/c  xxx//r.  Fi.js.  s,i.  h. 

Calyx  depressed ;  the  dor.sal  cup  ver}-  .>-hort,  rapidly  and  nniforndy 
spreading  to  the  bases  of  the  free  arms;  its  sides  straight  or  .slightly  convex, 
the  plates  Hat  and  apparently  without  ornamentation. 

liMsals  short  and  narrow,  forming  a  circidar  ridge  aromid  tho  colunm. 
Padials  com|)arativi'ly  small,  once  and  a  half  as  wide  as  long.  First  costals 
a  little  narrower  than  the  radials,  twice  as  wide  as  long,  rpiadrangular.  tbeir 
lateral  faces  convex.  Second  costals  ])entangular,  somewhat  wider  'u! 
longer  than  the  (irst.  That  of  the  anterior  ray  supports  two  rows  of  two 
distichals,  whicli  are  as  large  as  the  radials  and  support  tlie  arms.  Tho 
costals  of  tlu'  four  other  rays  have  at  one  side  an  axillary  distichal,  followed 
by  2  X  -  pahuars,  at  the  other  two  large  distichals,  thus  making  the  arm 
fornuila  3,  3,  2.  Tho  arm-bearing  plates  support  at  their  upper  facet  a  small 
trigonal  axillary,  and  at  each  side  of  it  an  arm  plate.  Arms  far  a])art.  paired, 
rather  long,  incurving,  roimded  in  the  lower  portions,  but  distinctly  llaltened 
and  almost  twice  as  wide  in  tho  upper.  Pimudes  rather  stoui  and  long. 
Interbrachials  four  to  live,  joining  the  interambulacral  pieces ;    the  anal 


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iiiterrii  ^  <  ists  of  1.3,  2,  nnd  2  platos.  Tlio  ventral  disk  in  hidden  by 
tiie  ai'tii  our  speciineiis.     Anal  tube  coinpoMod  o{  Hat  pieces;  it  i^ 

vatiier  hU  and  lonj,',  reaching  to  nearly  an  inch  beyonil  tiie  tips  of  the 
arms,  and  evidently  was  still  longer.  Column  snuill,  composed  of  thicker  and 
thinner  joints  with  roinuied  edges. 

Ilnri-.iiii  (iiiil  l.iiriiViti/.  —  Keokuk  group,  Canton  and  Edwardsville,  Ind. 

7//y/(.«(  in  the  eollection  of  Waclisnuith  and  Sjiringer. 

Ill iiiiirl.s.  —  This  species  has  its  closest  athnilies  with  the  preceding  form, 
but  is  readily  distinguished  by  it.i  larger  Hi/e,  the  more  abrupt  spreading  of 
the  dorsal  cup,  the  greater  length  of  the  anal  tube,  its  spatulate  arms,  and 
by  having  fourteen  pairs  of  arin.s  instead  of  sixteen. 


Dizygocrinus  unionensis  (WCiitiiix). 
Plole  XXX  V.  Fi'i/x.  m,  J7,  JS,  JO,  20. 

l'*'<t.     Ihilni-i-iiiin  «///(///(■//</.<  — Willi rilt;N  ;   Itiill.  II.  (if  llliiinis  Sliili-  jriisniin.  p.  iCt. 

I'-W.     J!iilui'i-iiitt.<  iiiiioiirii.iin — \Viiliriii:x  ;  (iciil.   |{r|i.    Illiiiiii-,   Viil,    VIII,  |i.  v|,  rialc  12,  Fi(.'*.  5,  3.;, 
mill  I'l.ilc  l.'t,  Kiu'.  :i. 
S^Vii.  /Iiifurriiiii.^  /iii/r/i,'//,is  —  S.  A.  Mil.l.lli;  IS'.ll.  Adv.  S^lircl^  17lli  ('n"\.  l{i'|i.  Iiiiliiiiiii,  p.  I','*,  I'blc 

II,  I•■i^'s.  1,1  im.l  H. 
Svii.  IliltifrliiM  Diirisi — UinrT.rv  unci  IIaHF.  ;  l*-!)!,  Kiin«ii'  Cilj-  SriiiilisI,  p.  110,  I'liilr  li,  VIl'.  9. 
Sii.  (:)  Ai-diiocriiiiis  O/z-iy/i  — Hall.  ISfil),  Siippl.  (jcul.  1!  p.  lown,  p.  6t. 

Of  moderate  size.  Calyx  depressed ;  the  dorsal  cup  shorter  than  the 
ventral  disk,  almost  saucer-shaped  ;  the  nppor  brachials  placed  nearly  at 
right  angles  to  the  axis  of  the  calyx.  Plates  slightly  convex,  covered  with 
oljscurc  granules,  the  median  portion.s  of  the  radials  and  costals  marked  by 
.small  transversely  arranged  nodes,  which  arc  confluent  and  form  ridges. 
Sutnre  lines  more  or  less  grooved. 

Basals  short,  annular,  slightly  projecting  bcj'ond  the  column.  Kadials 
twice  or  three  times  as  wide  as  long,  their  upper  f.ices  concave.  Costids  as 
long  as  the  radials  but  narrower ;  the  hrst  (|uadrangular,  the  second  pentan- 
gular or  hcptangular.  Distichals  2x2,  followed  by  two  rows  of  ])ahnars, 
except  in  the  anterior  ray  which  has  three  successive  distichals.  Pal- 
mars  and  disticlials  of  similar  form,  and  as  large  as  the  costals.  Arms 
single,  generally  eighteen,  arranged  at  ecjual  distances  around  thccal3x; 
of  moderate  length,  rounded  on  the  back,  and  biserial  from  the  second 
free  plate.  The  two  proximal  arm  jdates  quadrangular,  somewhat  wedge- 
shaped,  and  as  large  as  the  first  palinars.     Pinnules  stout ;    their  joints 


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twice  as  long  ns  wide.  Intcrbrnchials  two  or  tlirco  on  tlio  regular  .siilcs, 
tliroo  to  six  on  the  posterior;  nrched  by  tiio  piilnmrs.  Anal  plalo  a  little 
liiglier  than  the  radialM,  occasionally  I'oUowoil  by  two  plates  in  the  second 
range  in  place  of  three ;  the  second  anal,  although  present,  not  in  contact 
with  the  first.  Ventral  disk  highly  convex,  slightly  conical,  the  plates 
nodose  and  of  irregular  arrangement.  Anal  tube  slentler,  almost  central. 
Cohinin  thin ;  composed  of  larger  nnd  smaller  joints. 

llinizon  und  Lumlili/.  —  War.saw  limestone,  near  Iluntsville,  Ala.,  Tate- 
ville,  Pulaski  Co.,  Ky.,  Boonville,  Mo.,  and  Lee  Co.,  Va. 

The  tyiie  speeimei  ,  which  is  from  Union  Co.,  Ills.,  is  in  the  (Worthen) 
Illinois  State  lollection. 

liiiititr/c.i.  —  Tiiis  species  is  very  interesting  ns  having  sometimes  in  the 
posterior  interradius  but  two  plates  above  the  anal  piece,  in  which  it  shows 
a  tendency  toward  the  Actinocriniihe.  It  also  has  a  wide  geographical 
range,  and  mil}'  be  regarded  as  one  of  the  leading  forms  of  the  lower  part  of 
the  Warsaw  limestone,  but  occurs  already  in  the  Upper  Keokuk  beds. 

ArtiwirriiiiDi  Corii/i  Hall  is  very  possibly  identical  with  this  specii  s,  but 
the  type  in  the  Illinois  State  collection  at  Springfield  is  too  imperfect  for 
accurate  definition. 

DizygoorinuB  unionensis,  v.ir.  divalis  (S.  A.  Mimkh). 
P/ate  XXXV.  Figs.  21,  22,  23,  24- 

1S03.    Biiloeriiiio  dinitis  —  S.  A.  MiLLeii;  Adv.  Sheets  ISlh  liip.  Ocol.  Siirv.  llibsouri,  p.  22,  Tliitc  III., 
Fi;."*.  li  iiiul  7. 

A  little  larger  than  the  typical  form ;  the  dorsal  cup  more  expanded,  the 
ventral  disk  somew  hat  more  conical,  but  so  clo.sely  resembling  it  in  its  general 
habitus,  in  the  form  and  arrangement  of  the  plates  and  their  ornamentation, 
that  the  two  cannot  be  distinguished  nnless  the  arms  are  preserved.  Arms 
double  from  their  origin,  thirt^'-six  in  fully  developed  specimens,  rather  stout 
and  densely  crowded.  Arm  joints  of  more  than  medium  length.  At  the 
four  regular  sides,  the  intorbrachials  consist  of  three  to  four  pieces,  at  the 
anal  side  of  from  six  to  eight. 

Horizon  ami  LvcalUy.  —  Associated  with  the  preceding  form  at  Boonville, 
Mo.,  and  at  Iluntsville,  Ala. 

'j.ypes  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  S.  A.  Miller. 

Remarks.  —  That  we  have  here  a  mere  variety  of  Dizyfjocrinus  umonciisis, 


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ami  not  a  distinct  Hpcciou,  is  clearly  sliown  by  the  fm-t  that  one  of  our  fpcci- 
nirns  lius  but  a  wiii^'le  iiaiiod  arm;  in  another  all  the  arnw  are  paired  except 
one,  and  tiiat  \vc  find  all  variations  between  these  extremes. 


(■')  Dizygocrinus  Gorbyi  s.  A.  Mimkh. 

H91.     liiihu-rinini  Cor/jyi  —  S.  A.  Milieu  i  Ail.  Sliirts  17th  1((|>.  Cunl.  Surv.  Indiaim,  p  63,  Tlntc  10, 

KiK.  10. 

Of  medium  Av.o.  Calyx  globo.se,  height  and  width  a.s  eight  to  eleven ; 
the  arm  bases  projecting,  the  and)ulacral  openings  direcUd  npwards.  Sur- 
face of  plates  convex,  the  radiais  and  brachials  transversidy  angular;  the 
suture  lines  beveled. 

llasals  formiiij:  a  hexagonal  disk,  two  thirds  wider  than  the  diameter 
of  till'  column,  the  plates  upright,  exposing  a  height  about  ecpial  to  the 
distance  from  the  colwnni  to  the  upper  margin.  Kadials  very  little  longer 
than  wide,  the  upper  face  slightly  arcuate.  First  cosfals  rpiatlrangular,  about 
one  fourth  wider  than  long;  the  second  wider  and  longer  than  the  first, 
two  of  them  pentangular,  the  others  hexangnlar.  Disticlials  2  X  10,  gener- 
ally wider  than  long,  the  upper  ones  larger;  nine  of  them  bear  a  palmar; 
the  one  of  the  anterior  ray  siijiporting  directly  an  arm.  Arms  nineteen, 
simple,  long,  rounded  on  the  back.  Pinnules  composed  of  ten  to  twelve 
Imig  joints.  Regular  interbrachial.'*  three;  the  first  large,  nine-sided ;  the 
two  upper  smaller.  Anal  side  composed  of  nine  plates;  the  onal  plate  the 
largest  of  the  eup;  followed  by  .1.  3.  and  2  plates,  which  decrease  in  .'*i/o 
npward.  Ventral  disk  conoidal,  covered  with  convex  plates.  Anal  tube 
almost  central,  .small,  cylindrical  ;  composed  of  rather  large,  slightly  convex 
plates.     Column  round,  of  medium  .«ize. 

Jl'r!.~'iH  (iml  Liicullli/.  —  Lower  part  of  the  Warsaw  limestone ;  Boon- 
ville,  .Mo. 

Tiijif  in  the  collection  of  Prof.  S.  S.  Gorby  at  Indianapolis. 

l{iii((irl;s.  —  This  .«pecie8  needs  to  be  compared  with  the  t^'po,  as  Miller's 
description,  from  which  we  give  an  extract  above,  docs  not  agree  with  lii.'J 
figure.  This  is  especially  the  case  with  regard  to  the  proportions  of  the 
ba.sals,  radiais,  and  costals.  The  "upright"  basals  are  not  seen  at  all  in  the 
figure;  the  r.adials.  and  costal.s,  which  wore  said  to  bo  but  very  little  wider 
than  long,  appear  extremely  .short,  the  disticlials  are  nnusually  large,  and 
are  followed  by  two  palmars  in  the  calyx,  not  by  one  as  described. 


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DiaygoorinuB  biturbinatus (IIai.i). 
PMe  XXXI II.  Fiij.  0. 

1S5S.     .I'llHo.-niiiii  ii/iidiMlin—\l\u.;  licol.  Ilcii,  hi»a,  Vul,  I  ,  I'ail  II  ,  p.  Clft,  pliili^  Irt,  Fi(?s.  5  njicl 

(W,  //,  I'. 
1H73.     lldhrriiiHf  hihi:l,iiiiiliit —  Mkkk  nnil  Wmutiikm;  (Ivol,  Itcp,  llliiKiiH,  Vol.  v.,  y.  'Mu. 
18S1,     //(//wrM«< '///i(/7///ii//«i  —  W   iukI  Si'. ;   llcvcsiiiii  I'liliicici      Tart  11,  p.  Klj. 

Bjfii.  lluluffiHiii  l^iiiiuHii)  Mii.Ltu  iind  (ji  ULKV)  l^UI ;  lnol.  Siirv,  llliiiuii>,  Hull.  3,  p.  18,  Plate  3, 
Fiffn.  \  mill  j. 

Ciilyx  bitiirliinuto,  nl)uiit  ns  wiilu  nn  liigli,  tliu  vontral  disk  mm  high  hh  thu 
dorsal  eiip.  I'lati's  hi'lovv  tlie  aiiii  rt'>(ion.s  Hut,  alwvo  uliylill}'  toiivux,  thfir 
siii't'aco  pi'ifeutiy  smootii ;  sutiiro  iiiius  inilistiiift, 

Basals  small,  Ibrmiiijf  a  lie.xaiixnlar.  shallow  hasin,  with  a  .-lightly  pro- 
juetiii^  rim  at  tlu'ir  lo\Ner  margins.  Hailials  oiu'c  and  a  hall'  as  wide  as  long, 
thu  upper  facu  straight.  First  costals  quadrangular,  co  isideralily  narrower 
and  shorter  than  the  radials;  the  second  a  litll  j  longer  than  the  llrsl  and 
pentangular,  their  sloping  n|)per  fai'cs  at  ri^lit  angles.  Distirhals  three  ill 
the  anterior  ray,  two  oidy  in  the  antero-lateral  ones.  In  the  po'^lerior  rays, 
the  divisions  next  to  the  anal  interradius  have  two  distichals,  the  others 
throe.  All  division.s  with  two  distiehal.s  are  followed  hy  2  X  13  palmars,  thoso 
having  three  directly  by  free  arm  plates.  Arms  si.xleeii  (exceptionally  .seven- 
teen, there  being  sometimes  an  additional  one  in  the  anterior  ray )  ;  simple, 
slender,  pointed  nt  their  ends,  and  incurving;  they  are  biscrial  from  tho 
second  free  plate,  and  provided  with  slender,  long-jointed  pinnides.  Inter- 
radial  s|)aces  slightly  depressed  at  the  ar:n  regions,  licgular  interbrachials 
three  to  four;  the  fust  very  large,  as  wide  as  high.  The  anal  interradiuf. 
contains  from  seven  to  nine  pieces,  the  anal  jdafe  being  succeeded  by  three 
plates,  nnd  these  l)y  three  and  two;  occasionally  there  is  another  small  plate 
above,  separating  the  palmars,  and  a  similar  plate  sometimes  occurs  at  the 
other  sides.  Ventral  disk  subconical.  and  extended  into  a  central  anal  tube. 
The  plates  are  but  slightly  convex  and  of  almo-^t  uniform  size,  except  that 
the  posterior  oral  is  twice  as  large  as  any  of  the  four  others.  Column 
decidedly  tapering;  the  joints  nearest  the  calyx  nearly  twice  as  wide  a.s 
those  two  inches  farther  down,  the  former  with  convex  edges,  the  others 
almost  cylindrical,  and  there  are  six  joints  to  the  last  internode  that  is  pre- 
.sorved  in  the  specimen. 

Horizon  ami  L<'CiiIiti/. —  Keokuk  group,  near  Keokuk,  Town. 

Ti/2)cs  in  the  (Wortiien)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 


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Tin:  CULNUIDKA  C'VMKK.VTA   Ol'   M>!ril    A.MhlilC.V. 


Itcmiiikt.  —  Piofi'Mfioi'  Hall  iIchcHIjoiI  llii-  h,  i'  •■  j  m  Jiiiviii|^  Init  Svo  pliilcn 
above  llie  una!  \\Wvv,  uliioh  in  curtuinly  iiljuon."::!  '..i  war  Biiociiuciiu  clondy 
Amw  tlio  pruHuiico  ul'  tlii'fu  (iluti'!). 


DlzygocrlniiB  montgotneryonais  Wortukv. 
Plata  XXX/ll.  Fi'ju.  ,i,  and 4,  and  I'latr  XL  17.  F!;/.  JO. 

ISSl.    y/.i/"  vi««<  wf«/yOT/i-/t'.//.(t  — M'oitTiiKS  1  Hull,  ii,  Illiiiiiin  Sliilc  Mus.  Xiil.  Hut.,  p.  35,  kiitl  Ot'ol. 
Hr|.,  Illilini'*.  Vnl.  VIII  ,  |i.  i:l,  riair  \i.  I'il.'«.  i.  Sir/. 
Svii.  Ii'ln,',i,iii»  Oiifh'ii  ~  lliiHiKV  iiii.l  ll\ut  (lint  S.  .\.  Millt'i),  I'^Ol,  Kniiin*  CIt;  Scifiit,,  Vul. 

v.,  p.  113,  1'l.iti.  ;i,  Kiir.  7. 
8vii.  /(,(/.../('«»i  Sifi-rti—  l(ij«i  KV  iiijil  lIuiB,  l'<ill,  iliiil.,  |i.  lin,  riiitr  :),  Fijr  S. 

f'alvx  of  nu'ditiiii  sizi'.  Dorsal  cup  KiiiUH'r-.xhapfd,  lower  lium  tlie  vt'ii- 
tral  ili.>'k.  roimdcil  at  the  Hides;  tlio  arm-la'iirin^,'  plates  piodiieed  (tiitwanl  in 
loiin  (>r  looililike  i>roJeetioii«  around  the  calyx.  I'liites  from  perfuell}'  Hat  to 
slightly  elevated,  anil  without  ornatiieiitation. 

Basiils  .small  and  short.  I'ormiiijr  a  liasin-shaped  depre.ssion,  which  is  com- 
pletely (illed  liy  the  upper  stem  Joint.  Hadiids  twice  as  wide  as  lonj.',  the 
upper  face  concave.  First  coslals  a  little  shorter  and  coiisiileriildy  narrower 
than  the  radials;  the  second  slijr|illy  lonf;er  ami  somewhat  wider.  Distichals. 
ns  a  rule,  loiijrer  than  the  costiils.  They  coinist  in  the  anterior  ray  of  two 
series  of  lour  plates,  whitdi  sti|)port  the  arms,  the  aniei'o  lateral  rays  have 
2x2  distichals  followed  l>y  three  successivi'  palmars  in  the  calyx  ;  while  the 
two  posterior  riiys  in  one  ilivisioii  have  four  distichals  ami  no  piilmars.  in  the 
other — that  adjoining,' the  anal  interrtulius  —  two  distichals  tmil  three  pal- 
mars. The  brachials  of  the  two  upper  rows  project  outward,  anil  are 
roiiniled  and  grooved  laterally  at  the  suture  lines.  Arm  opeuinjrs  sixteen, 
the  interspaces  between  the  rays  sli<;htly  widest ;  the  nrm  facet  semi-circular, 
and  directed  obliipiely  upward.  Arms  in  pairs,  given  olT  in  the  usuid  wiiy  ; 
they  are  long,  very  slender,  tapering,  and  somewhat  angular  on  the  back  ; 
the  joints  of  medium  height,  ami  their  upper  tmu'giiis  projecting  over  the 
lower  ones  of  succeeding  pieces.  Piniudes  long.  Anal  pl.tle  not  quite  as 
wide  as  the  radials  but  higher,  and  followed  by  eight  to  nine  iuterbrntdiiids, 
against  three  or  four  at  the  other  sides,  those  of  the  anal  side  being  alwitys, 
and  those  of  the  rcgtdar  sides  .soinetimos.  connected  with  the  plates  of  the 
disk.  Ventral  disk  tumid,  the  centre  of  the  plates  covered  with  a  very  small 
tubercle.     Anal  tube  slender,  the  plates  smooth  or  slightly  convex.     Column 


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rittlier  liirgu  fur  tlit>  xpucicM,  tliu  nudal  joiitt.s  projecting  niul  romiduit  at  tli> 
I'dgcf). 

Jl'iflv'in  mill  Liii'iil'il;!.  —  U|)|K'r  piirl  of  Koukiik  gioiip,  t'ruwl'ord^villc. 
Iiiil.,  Keokuk,  Iowa,  uml  I'ike  L'u.,  Mo. 

7'7/<f  ill  tiie  Illinois  Sdite  eolleetion,  Siiriiigliflil.  (The  npeeiiiicn  figureil 
on  I'lalo  XliVI.  is  tin;  \\\h'  of  ••  IhUmrinus  (Jurlnji"  1!   iiih!  II.). 

Dizygocriniu  montgomeryoDBis,  v n.  unibrachlatuB  W,  aii<i  kc,  (mov,  var.). 

/'/,(/,   XXXIII.  Fiijs.  .;.  ii.  h,  r. 

Till)  iiliove  imiiie  is  proposed  lor  a  Ibrin  veiv  similar  to  I),  iiiiiiil'/iniii  ri/nixis, 
liiif  having  ningle  arms  in  phino  of  donldc  ones.  It  also  clostdy  ri'seiiilik'M 
I).  Iilhirhiiiithin  ;  liiit  the  spepimeiiH  are  linger,  the  dorsal  enp  is  pioporlinnally 
shorter,  till!  arms  are  loiijrer,  less  tapering,  and  placed  liirlher  apart. 

Ilni.iiii  mill  ///«■'//////.  —  As.soeiated  with  I),  ni'ni/ij'iiin n/uisl.i  in  tho  L'pper 
Keokuk  lieds,  iriir  Kenkiik,  Iowa. 

T'//iin  in  the  eolleelioii  of  Fiishon  A.  Cox.  and  \Vacli.sniiitli  and  Springer. 

DizygocrinuB  mutabilis  w.  ami  si.  (n.iv.  nyw.y 
Phi,'  XXX  r.  Fiij^.  S,  !>.  10,  II. 

Calyx  hitiirhinnto  to  siihglohose  ;  the  dorsal  cup  a  little  higher  than  the 
ventral  disk  ;  the  plates  of  the  lornuT  Hat,  and  the  siirfaee  without  ornamen- 
tation or  other  iiiarkiiigs  ;  suture  lines  slightly  grooved. 

Hasals  rorining  a  low  hasin.  hexangular  in  outline.  Itadials  fully  twice  as 
largo  as  hotli  rostals  together  ;  the  upper  face  concave.  First  costals  very 
nliort,  linear,  the  sides  convex  ;  the  second  pentangular  villi  obtn.so  ujipcr 
angle.  Dislielials  larger  than  the  costals,  increa.sing  in  width  upward.  They 
are  represented  hy  two  ranges  of  three  plates  in  the  anterior  ray,  and  also  in 
one  of  the  divisions  in  the  other  four  rays;  while  in  the  opposite  division 
the  second  piece  is  axillary,  and  supports  2  X  'J  pnlmars.  thus  giving  rise  to 
fourteen  arm  openings,  which  hear  either  single  or  doiilile  arms.  Among 
our  seven  specimens  there  is  hut  one  in  whicdi  all  the  arms  are  paired.  In 
the  six  others  the  paireil  arms  are  indiscriminately  intermingled  with  single 
ones,  and  in  three  of  these  specimens  the  right  anterrvlaferal  ray  consists  uf 
two  pairs,  of  wliicli  one  pair  rests  over  the  suture  line  of  two  adjoining  jml- 
mars  and  not  upon  a  distichal,  Arms  rounded,  long,  incurving,  and  com- 
posed of  rather  long  transverse  pieces.  Pinnules  Hat  at  the  surface,  their 
joints  rather  short,     llegidar  interhracliials  three.     The  anal  plate  is  consid- 


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TIIK   C  KINOIDKA   t'A.MKKAT.V  OF    XOlMIl    AMKKKA. 


oral)ly  liiylier  lliiiii  tlie  nuliiils,  ami  Minporls  .'5,  'J,  niul  I  iilali-,  llic  latter 
ivsliiig  l)etwi.'c'ii  till'  ann-lieariiij^  palmar.s.  l'lal^'^^  of  llu"  ti'j^miii  iiodosi'  ami 
of  imil'oi'iii  fize  ;  the  anal  tube  ratiier  stont,  ami  foiii|io>e(l  of  slij^lillv  convex 
pieces,  wliich  at  intervals  iire  inlers|)ei'se(l  with  tiibeieulons  pieces,  ('oiuuin 
ilecieasing  in  size  downwanl,  the  joints  iony, 

IIiin.V'11  (iicl  L'^id/ity.  —  Keokuk  group ;  Indian  '.-leek,  Montgoinerv  Co., 
Ind. 

T//JX''  in  ilio  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  .Spiinger. 

lioiini/cs, — This  species  reseinl>les  JJi'.i/i/nrriiiii.s  hiliirhiiniliis  Hall,  ficnn 
which  it  diliv  IS  in  the  arm  foiniuhi.  Specimens  in  which  llie  arms  all  aie 
single  liave  not  as  yet  been  discovoi'ed. 

Dizygocrinus  ouconua  (Mki-k  .ami  Whiiiimn). 
riiilc  XXXV.  Fi.js.  7<i.  h. 

Til'.j.     .l-H,i,.^n„i'<  {.lll..i„;,s,il!n,-riiia')  ,i(r„uil!i—\\.  liuil  \\  \   I'miv.il.  .\c:ul.  N;il.  Sii.  riiilii.,  p.  Irtl. 

\^i''l.       lliltn-iillHS  (_.l//':/lf,fill/n,;-iuil.')  rll,-i,/lilf  —  M.  Mu\   W ,  ;    ticni.    l(r|i.    jlllll'ils,    Vlll.    V.,  |i.   IKW. 

l"''-!.    ilil'irriiiin  ein'uiiiit  —  \V.  ami  Si'.  1  l(i'vi>iipn  I'lilii'cicr.,  I'nrl  II  ,  p.  Mill. 

Svn.  /.'//.„vi«/«..«/„v.«/.v«— Wi.iiriii.N  ;  (Itul.  !tf|>  llliii..i>,  \„l,  VIII,,  p  VI,  |'|,.,i,.  1.1,  Kii-s    i,,,,,!  i^. 

In  gener.il  lorm  resembling  .\l/"iir'ixiiH<'i'riiiiix.  Dois.al  cup  mmv  slightly 
ciiuves.  the  sidt's  spreailiiig  alinipll^-  from  the  top  of  the  basals  to  the  arms. 
Base  .small,  projecting,  circular  in  oi'tline.  with  a  shallow  depression  for  the 
reception  of  the  column.  Surface  of  jdales  smooth,  without  ridges  or  other 
elevations.  Suture  lines  indistinct.  Ivadials  hexagonal,  aliout  twice  as  wide 
as  higli.  First  costals  ipiadrangnlar,  smaller  than  the  second.  Distichalu 
two.  I'oliowed  in  the  two  antL'ro-lateral  rays  by  two  rows  of  two  iialmars.  ami 
four  single  irms;  while  the  anterior  ray.  which  has  an  additional  distichal  at 
each  side,  and  no  palmars.  lias  two  arms.  The  posterior  rays  lia\e  imlmars 
ill  thedi\i>ion  ne\t  to  the  anal  >iile  and  three  arms,  there  being  sixteen  arms 
to  the  species.  Slrucliire  of  the  arms  unknown.  Iiiterliiacliials  iluee  at  the 
iigular  sides,  and  six  above  the  anal  plate,  the  upper  row  at  all  sides  aiclnd 
by  llie  ariii-beari-ig  lirachials.  Ventral  di-^k  regularly  conical,  twice  as  high 
as  llie  dorsal  cup,  composed  of  rather  large,  slightly  convex  pieces;  the  pos- 
terior oral  erect,  and  forming  the  base  of  the  anal  tiilie.  The  tube  stout  at 
tlie  base  iinJ  u'-'arly  central. 

U«n:iiii  iukI  Lifiil'ili/,  —  Warsaw  limestone  ;  Spergen  Iliil.  Ind..  I'nion  (.'o  . 
UN,,  and  Taylor  Co..  Ky. 

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lii'mnrls. —  Meek  and  Worllicn  in  ISGo  (Proceed.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Pliila., 
p.  IGi),  intiinateil  tliat  probalily  this  Hpecies  was  genericnily.  nnd  perliaps 
speeilically,  identical  witii  AZ/'ijifusfi/ZoiriiiKs  roiiiciis ;  but  ncitlier  the  one  nor 
tlie  other  is  tiie  case.  Tiiat  ,-pecies  has  twelve  arms,  and  tiiese  obviously 
were  given  olT  from  tlie  cnlyx  in  a  very  similar  manner  as  tlio  arms  of 
.\;/(irii'iicri'iiii.f  ;  wiiile  tlioso  of  ]H:i/(jiicriiii>s  (iirnuKx,  to  judge  from  tiie  size  of 
the  arm  facets,  were  (piite  slender  at  their  bases. 


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Dizygocrinus  euconus  var.  abscissus  (Kowi.kv  and  llviti). 
Plate  XLVf.  Fnj.t). 

I»91.      llifwi-iiiiit  iilisnu'in  —  UoMI.HV  anil  II  ilit: ;   Kaiivis  (,'il>-  t>cinit.,  ]i.  115,  I'latn  .'!.  Tii;.  It. 

Svii.  Iliil<a'ii,iu.i  rriiii'hif  S.  A.  Mll.l.Ku;  Ailv.  Shirls  lilli   Kc|i.  (iiiil.  iS'irv.  Iinliaii.'i,  l>iUl,  p.  fi7, 
I'liilc  II,  Kitjs.  11  Mii.l  \i. 

This  form  agrees  es>enlially  with  the  jn-cceding  one.  Tt  is,  however, 
somewhat  larger,  lias  twice  tlu'  number  of  arms,  and  the  third  palmars  arc 
incorporated  into  the  cnlyx,  while  they  are  free  in  the  other.  There  are 
tiiirty-two  arms  in  the  normal  state,  «hich  are  rather  short  and  slender, 
and  decrease  in  si/e  upwards.  The  arm  plates  are  short.  A'entral  disk 
decidedly  conical,  the  plates  slightly  convex. 

Iforami  ami  hicalll;/.  —  l'p[)i'r  part  of  the  Keokuk  gi'oup.  and  lower  part 
of  the  Warsaw  limestone  ;  Taylor  Co.,  Ky..  and  at  ISoonville  and  L'uiry- 
ville,  Mo. 

7//y/i  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  \\.  R.  Rowley,  Fort  Smith.  Ark. 

liiiiiiirh!<.  —  Rowley  and  Hare's  name  Jiiitmrinm  alitnusfiin  was  published  n 
month  in  advance  of  Miller's  //.  raiiintiis. 


I IVI 


Dizygocrinus  rotundus  (Vwd.  ami  Sm  m). 
i '/<(/(  XX JX.  Fiij'*.  oa-r/,  (Dill  4- 

ism.     ./<'/mi,,w///'.<  — ClirUtv's  liili'r>4  nil  C'nluijy  ;  I'lalf   1,  l''ii:s.  H  , -11111  t. 

I'i.'ij.     .{'■liiiiirriiinx  r.</«»(/«,t -- VisiiKI.l.  .■iiul  IniI'M.  ;    (iiul.  I(('|>.  .\li--iiuii  hv  Sniiilnw,  Piirt  11.,  |i.  101, 

I'hili'  A,  KiRs  ill,  6. 
l^r;!.      Ilif'icriiiHH  riiliiii'lH^  —  Mh:k  :mA  WuUTiiKN  ;  (icnl.  Idp.  llliniii«,  Vnl,  V  ,  p.  .'iil7. 
1->>1.      Iiit:rriiiiii  riifiiii'hit—W.  anil  Siv  ;   llrvi~i.iii  riilavicr.,  Part  II.,  p.  |lis. 

!<vii.  .l,'H/inrriiii4.<  <iU,i/ii.i  IIai.i  ;   |M"iii,  Siippl.  (ii'ul.  lii-p.  l.iwa,  p.  '.\S. 

Smi.   IU,i,-riiiHK  M,i/iiii~  Wimiltl.u;  Mciu.  Aimr.  .\lus.  Nat.  Ili^l  ,  l^l^'t,  Vnl.  I  ,  p.  \i,  VhW  I, 

Form  of  calyx  varying  from  ovate  to  depressed  globose.  Plates  flat,  the 
surface  perfectly  smooth,  and  tl'  suture  lines  indistinct. 

Ilasals  small,  forming  a  saucer-shajied  disk,  hexagonal  in  outline,  slightly 

exciiViUed  at  the  bottom.     First  costals  twice  their  width,  much  narrower 


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than  the  railials ;  (juaih'angiihir.  Secoiul  cof^tals  a  little  larger;  Irregularly 
pentangular.  Distlchal.s  in  two  rows,  the  upper  wider  and  obtusely  axillary. 
I'alniara  two,  the  plates  of  the  upper  row  snuillest,  constituting  (jiiile  fre- 
(luently  a  part  of  the  free  anus.  Arm  ojienings  (ihu'eil  at  eiiual  distances, 
except  tile  two  I'auing  the  anal  interiadius,  which  are  souiewhat  farther  apart. 
Arms  normally  twenty,  but  varying  from  eighteen  to  twenty-two  ;  rather 
short,  slightly  llattent'd  at  the  tips.  Interbrachials  from  three  to  five,  in  two 
or  three  rows;  those  of  the  second  row  varying  in  height.  The  nnal  inler- 
radius  gciR-raily  has  lour  ranges;  3.  3,  3,  2,  arched  over  by  the  pahnars. 
W'Mtral  disk  a  little  shorter  than  the  dorsal  cup,  hemispherical ;  the  plates 
rather  large  and  of  nearly  imiform  size.  Anal  tube  subcentral  and  com- 
paratively short. 

Jfiifir.'Mi  and  Lura/lt//.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone;  Ijurliugton.  Iowa, 
Ilender.son  Co.,  Ills.,  Palmyra,  Mo.,  and  at  all  localities  where  rocks  of  that 
fmiiiation  are  oxpo.sed,  tiiis  species  being  one  of  its  most  abundant  and 
characteristic  lossil.s. 

7u//('(/•/.^■.  —  J)i:i/t/i>rriiiHS  riilniiiJiis  is  the  most  connuon  species  of  the 
l^urlington  group;  it  occurs  uujst  al)undaully  in  the  white  crystalline  layers 
of  tiie  middle  part.  The  number  of  arm-^  is  ([uite  variable,  wo  liave  .«|ieci- 
mens  with  18,  10,  20.  '21,  atid  22  arm  ojienings.  1"he  arms,  which  are  rarely 
preserved  in  this  species,  ar:  simple,  there  being  but  one  arm  to  each  open- 
ing ill  all  our  specimens  except  one,  which  has  a  single  paired  arm  in  one  of 
its  rays. 

ll.iH's  ••  Ar/liiocriiiiiti"  iihladis  is  a  depressed  D!^i/i/"criiii(S  ri'/inuhis  with 
tweiil\-two  ariu.s. 


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Dizygocrimis  dodecadactylus  (>rKKK  ami  Woiitim-n). 
FMr  XX JX.  Fli/s.  1,1,  h,  c. 

l-'iil.     .l,-/i,i:,r,-i,iiis  'h.hi-nihirfi/li).'  —  .\Ifi:k  (iikI  W  ;  Prciowt.  Aofiil.  N:it.  Sri   Pliil.'i  ,  p.  IHI. 

I'-r.ri.     Ji'liii,iiriiiin{llal'.,-,iiiiis)ili,ilmitl,irlj/lii!<—'S\.nw\\\.\    dc"!.  Kep.  Illiii(ii>,  Viil.  II  ,  p   i?0."i,  Tbte 

13,  Figs,  'ill,  h.  c. 
l^r.'t.     Itiiliii-ri,iiix  ili,il,f(iil,ii-/'ih(»  —  Mkkk  mill  WimTiifx;  iliiil..  Vnl.  V.,  p.  liOs, 
1^^I.     ll,ih,'riiia.<  •Iwl.vinlinli/hn  —  W.  and  Sr. ;  Hovisi.iii  I'lilirorr.,  I'nrI  II  ,  p.  Ififi. 

Probably  an  early  jihaso  of  Dhi/f/ocrhiiis  rotuwhix  in  a  persistent  form. 
It  is  a  ciMsiderably  smaller  species,  and  has  twelve  instead  of  twenty  arms. 
Calyx  globular,  the  ventral  di.sk  as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup.  Plates  smooth, 
suture  lines  moderately  distinct. 

Paso  .>ihort,  rounded,  excavated  at  the  bottom.  Radials  laige,  wider  th.in 
long.     Costal.s  small,  tw'ice  as  wide  as  long,  the  upper  oi. ;  axillary,  aipport- 


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iiig  a  single  row  of  largo  ilisticlids,  nnd  tiiese  tlifi  froj  nrms,  except  in  the 
posterior  rays,  in  which  the  plates  facing  tlie  anal  side  are  axilliiry,  and  give 
olT  two  arms,  or  three  to  tliose  rays.  Arms  <lt'licate ;  composed  of  two  rows 
of  rather  long  joints  alternately  arranged.  Anal  ]>late  a  little  hjngcr  than 
wide,  contrary  to  the  radials,  which  are  wider  than  long;  it  is  followeil  iiy 
three  and  one  i)late.  Thu  other  interradii  have  hut  one  interhriichial.  ahuve 
which  the  distichals  meet.  Ventral  disiv  highly  convex,  composed  of  hut 
few  large  plates,  of  whicli  the  orals  occupy  almost  one  half  of  the  wiiole 
sm'face.  Thry  are  surrounded  hy  live  large  I'adial  plates,  hetween  wliieh 
are  interposed  two  »r  three  smaller  interamhulacral  pieces.  Anal  tuhe 
nearly  central,  very  thin  and  short. 

Iliirirjin  iinil  J^dik/I/i/.  —  r|)per  Burlington  limestone  ;  Builington.  Iowa. 

T//jir  in  the  Illinois  State  collection. 

Dizygoorinus  andrewsianus  (M(  Chksxkv). 
J'/<(f,'  XX fX.  ri</s.  J„.  h.  r,  ,1. 

ISfiO.     Ai-liiiorriniit  aiiih''irs!ii,iiis — M(riiisNi;v;    Niw  P,-ilii'uz.  fuss.,  p  27. 
Isii7.     Aeliii'ii-riiiiit  (iii'Irrir'iKiiii'i —  M(  CiiKsSKT  i  Cliitviiid  .\c.iil.  Niil.  Sci.,  |i.  iO,  Phitr  .'i,  I'ii;  5. 
l^Sl.     lldtwi-iiiin  iiiii/rriruiiiii/.< — \V.  iind  Si'.;  I(('\isi<jji   IViluiicr.,   I'liit   II.,  |i.   li'p.'i  (rrncrid    .\c:iil.  N;it 
S<-i.  I'll:!!!.,  |).   WJI. 

A  small  species.  Calyx  ohconical  below  the  arms,  the  plates  snu)oth  and 
almost  Hal  ;  ahove  the  arms  conicid.  and  the  plates  convex.  .~omelimes 
tuherculous. 

I?as;d  cup  low  saucer-shaped,  the  sides  not  jirojectiiig  ;  the  colunin  facet 
small,  interhasal  sutures  inilistinct.  Hadials  of  niedinm  size,  wiiler  than  long. 
First  costals  small,  quadrangular;  the  second  generally  he]itani:ular.  a  little 
wider  than  the  (Irst,  hut  not  (juite  as  long.  Distichals  two  in  all  the  r.ays  : 
hut  in  four  of  them  the  n])per  is  axillary,  and  followed  hy  a  row  of  ]ialmiirs. 
In  the  anteri(M'  ra\',  in  which  tliere  are  no  palmars.  th(>  disticiials  are  some- 
what larger,  and  the  socoml  su]ipor*s  the  arms.  Arm-hearing  plates  slightly 
projecting,  ill  contact  laterally  except  at  the  anal  side.  Arm  o])i'nings 
directed  oiilwai'il.  Arms  long,  infolding,  rather  thin,  not  touching  each 
other  laterally  :  they  are  sulicylindrical  at  their  bases,  souu'what  llatteueil 
anil  widi-r  at  the  top.  The  anal  plate,  which  i-  as  large  ns  the  radials  ami 
of  a  similar  form,  is  followed  liy  rows  of  ,T,  .".  and  2  plates,  sonu'times 
with  an  additional  piece  in  the  arm  regions.  The  interbrachials  of  the  four 
other  .fides  consist  of  four  plates  in  three  rows.  The  jilates  of  the  ventral 
disk  are  moderately  large  and  of  nearly  the  .«aine  si/e ;  the  anal  tube  is  .snb- 
central,  rather  thin  an<I  short,  not  extending  beyond  the  tips  of  the  arms. 


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THK  CIUXOIDKA   CAMKUAT.V   OK   XOKTII   AMKIMCA. 


Ilorlr.iin  awl  Linilllij.  — Upper  llmliiigton  limestone  ;  IJurlingtoii.  Iowa. 

JiaiiiifLi. — This  species  wiis  ilesciibeil  by  McCliesiiey  as  liaviiig  i)iil  t'oiir 
plates  ill  the  anal  intenailiiis,  and  three  at  tlie  other  sides.  In  tliat  case  the 
type  specinien  was  a  very  yoiii);,''  example,  in  whieii  the  up|ifr  plates  hetween 
the  ray.-)  were  as  yet  undevelojied. 


LOBOCRINUS  W.  and  fip.  (n.iv.  gpi,.). 
(.\"/Jus  a  lul'i' ;  K/ji'ior,  .1  lily.) 

Form  of  the  caly.v  from  ]iyrit'orni  to  wheel-sliapcd  ;  the  rnys  inore  or 
les-f  (Mstinctiy  loheil.  and  the  arms  arranged  in  groups;  the  ventral  disk 
high,  conical  or  liiilging.  I'lates  convex,  Kinooth,  or  ornamented,  liasals 
tiiree.  rather  large,  forming  a  snitcylindrical  cup,  wiiicii  is  thickeneil  at  th<' 
lower  end.  Hadials  larger  than  iioth  costals  togetiier;  the  second  coslals 
iVei|iientIy  smaller  than  tiio  lirst.  Arm  I'acet.s  siihcircidar,  concave,  and  in 
some  species  provideil  with  a  transverse  imperforate  ridge.  Arm  oixMiings 
large,  directed  iip'ward.  There  are  no  trai'i's  oi'  respiratory  pori's,  lint  they 
may  have  been  located  close  to  the  etiges  of  the  amlmlacral  openings,  some 
of  which  are  a  little  excavated  at  one  Hide.  Arms  one  t(t  each  opening; 
short,  cylindrical,  and  biserial  from  the  base  up.  I'innules  long.  Inter- 
brjchi.ds  nnmerons,  ami  in  cnnlact  with  the  inteiambid.icrals.  ."^onie  species 
have  interdistiehals.  Anal  plate  sncceeded  by  two  intcibrachials  with  a  sec- 
ond anal  between  them,  and  two  or  three  additional  rows  of  frmn  two  to 
tlin/e  pieces.  The  ventral  disk  is  generally  large,  the  anal  tid)e  centr;\l, 
stout  and  ver}'  haig.  Orals  well  delliU'd.  being  larger  and  more  nodo-e  than 
the  ■surrounding  plates,  e~]i('cially  the  ))(>slerior  one,  which  is  erect,  and  forms 
the  base  uf  the  anal  tidie  at  the  anterior  side  of  the  teginen.  The  radial 
dome  plates  are  large  and  ipiite  prominent.  Column  stout,  round,  and  coin- 
p:iraiivcly  long;  ;i.\ial  canal  small  and  ]icnfangnlar. 

J)i-<iri/iii/''iii.  —  Lnliucrldii^,  so  far  .as  known,  occnrs  tinly  in  America,  and 
is  resiiicted  to  the  nurlington  and  Ki'okuk  groups. 

'I'lifii'  of  the  genus:    hi/incriiin.i  Xiis/ii-i//,i>  (Troost). 

H,  iiiiii-hs.  —  M()<t  species  (if  this  genus  were  origimtll}' described  nn<ler 
Ai'/iii"i'riiiu.<,  but  were  afterwards  refcrrcMl  by  Meek  and  Wort  hen  to  Jtii/n- 
rrimi-1,  aivl  one  of  them  to  r/nrdri'iiinn.  U'lie  latter  mime  had  been  |)rop().sed 
n.'f  a  subgenus  of  Arlliwrriiim  with  "  Ar/ihnrriniis  {fjii'riirrinti.-i]  fii/n/nniiix"  ns 
typo,  ]^y  placing  these  .species  nnder  Jli/'icruini',  we  slioidd  have  to  ignore 
the  principal  character   npun  whicb.  that  genus  was  founded.  I'm    in  ali  <( 


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tliL'iii  tlie  inteilH'uuliinls  aiu  coiitiiiiioiis  with  (Iio  ititcrninbiil'U'ral  pliitos. 
Ayaiii  BtUiivrinus  liiis  woll  dcliiicd,  laiyo  ivspinitory  pores,  wliicli  aie  ap- 
parently iimei)res(.'iitod  in  /^'■b^rtiiiim. 

Lobocriaua  Nashvillae  (Tiihost). 
J'/<iic  XXX/.  Fi./.  1. 

ISiy.     Ai'tiini<'riinii  Xtuffirill'f  —  Tuuij.sr;  (,';U;tl.  of  L'liiiniilcu  (I'mcut'il.  Aiiicr.  Assop    fur  Atlv   Sci  ,  \^V.\ 

V  ''■"). 
ISJS.     ./.7/«..,v,««.  A'//./ir,7/,p— Hull;  (in,l.   li,|..    l.iwa,  Vol,   I.,    I'.-.rl    II.,  |i.   OiW,   I'hili'    15,  li^'.  1,  .tinl 

I'l.itc!  Hi.  V\'i-.  y.  I,. 
1S7:1.      /I il,„;;;„a  \„.</in//,r—  M.  ,'ill(l  W.  ;   fl.-<il.  U,.|).   lllill.iiH,  V.,1.  V  ,  |i.  lir.S. 
ISSl.     Iliil'ifriiiiit  ,\',i}i/iri//,r —  W.  uiiil  Sr.;   Ki'\isiiju  I'iiIii'mci.,  I'.irt   II.,  p    HiT  (rnircnl.  Aciul    Niil.  Sci. 

riiilu.,  p.  :iU). 

I'S.'l.       .l,-li,l;,-,i,lii»   A'./>//n7/,f  —  (JlKNSTKIir  ;    ll.Cliilll.   llll-    r.  llif:irll'llklMI(lc.    I'lalc  77,   I'll.'-   2- 

18'Jil,     ll„/w;u,i,(»  A,/../-o7Ar—  WiiiiriiKN  i  (icil.  I(,.p.  |llii..ii»,  V,,!.  \  III.,  p.  s.-i,  I'Lilr  111,  I'li;  .-.. 

CmIvx  liiLrliiT  lliim  wide,  iini-sliaped,  InmcattMl  at  tlio  haso,  llic  lower 
edf^o  s(>in;'wli;it  project inif  laterally  and  rounded  olT.  Dorsal  onp  liijrljer 
than  tlic  ventral  ilisk,  distinctly  lolied  at  the  arm  re}:ioiis,  contracted  at  the 
basi-radial  suture,  wlieiiee  it  spreails  at  lir.st  iri'adiially,  and  then  ra|ii(lly.  to 
the  arm  hase.s,  which  torni  a  projectinf^  riui  aroinid  the  calyx,  i'lates  luoder. 
iitely  convex,  without  ornamentation  ;  the  suture  lines  distinct. 

ii.is.ils  lai'i^e,  foriniiii,'  a  sulicylindrical  cup  almost  twice  as  wide  as  hij,di  ; 
the  inlerl);i-al  .^utnres  .•ilij.rlitly  indented,  liailials  larj^e.  jfenerally  wider  than 
Ioult.  their  median  portions  rai-ed  into  a  transverse  tuherde.  Costals  one 
third  the  si/e  of  the  radials,  a  little  widei-  than  loiij^  ;  the  (Irst  (|nadran).'ular, 
the  second  ptM)tan,i,ndar.  DistichaU  2^111;  t'ollowcd  hy  1x2(1  palniar.s 
which  projcci  upward  and  outward,  and  su]iport  the  arms.  Ann  facets 
directeil  upwards.  .\rms  twenty;  arranged  in  pairs,  with  deep  depression.-^ 
hetween  the  rays,  and  smaller  ones  hetween  their  main  divisions.  Inter- 
braidiiaN :  1.  2,  'J.  L'.  the  last  two  resting  hetween  the  arm  hases.  Anal  plate. 
(IS  a  rule,  a  little  higher  than  the  raili.ils  ;  succeeded  hy  three  rows  of  thiee 
j)hites  each.  Interdistichals  one,  resting  hetween  the  second  distichals. 
Orals  and  r.idial  dome  ])lates  —  the  latter  of  a  (irst  and  second  order  — 
more  or  less  highlv  convex,  contrasting  considerahly  with  the  small  snp|de- 
mentary  pieces  surrounding  them,  which  are  ipnte  numerous  near  the  arm 
bases.  Anal  (ul)(>  strong,  almost  central  ;  composed  of  large  tumid  jdates, 
which  gr.adually  decrease  in  size  upwards.  At  a  height  of  an  inch  and  a  halt 
from  till-  hast',  the  tube  has  a  ring  of  live  spiniferotis  plates,  the  spines  .sonu'- 
tii.ies  nearly  an  inch  long,  and  directed  horizontally.     Column  stout,  and.  s(» 


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TIIK   CHINOIDK.V   CA.MKRATA   OK    NOKTII    AMKUK  A. 


far  as  oIj.^uivlmI.  of  imili  n  size.  To  n  Icn^lli  of  (il)oiit  two  int'lioH  llio  joints 
art'  ot't'(|iuil  It'iij^tli.  and  ilit'ic  aii'  mo  inicinoilal  joints,  liut  wla-n  tlie  latter 
make  tlifir  aiipciinuu'e,  ihvy  inoroasc  lapiilly  to  seven  to  tlie  inturnode,  wliirli 
ceeins  to  liave  been  the  niaxiiniiiii  lunnber.  'I'lie  upper  joints,  ami  tlie  nodal 
ones  lielow,  are  rounded  at  tlieir  edges,  and  project  cunspieiionsly  lieyond  the 
sidi's  of  the  inlciveninLT  ones. 

Il''il:jiii  11(1,1  l.iindll'/.  —  Keokuk  limestone  ;  While's  (.'reek  Spriui:s.  near 
Nasliville.  Teun. ;  IJulton  .Mould  Knol).  Ky. ;  Keokuk,  Itnva,  anil  Warsaw 
and   Nau\(io.   Ills. 

T'/jii.i  in  the  (\Vorlhenl  Illinois  State  coUeelion.  Springfield. 

Lobocrinus  Xasbvilloo  vn.  Hubtraotus  <\Viiiri). 
ri.ttr  XSSI.  J):/s.   Ja.  I:. 

Wr2.     .l,'ll,m,-riiiH^  SiinhvUl.f  viir.  uMi-m-liif—  Wiint: ;  rroccid.  lt^l«^  Sdc.  Xiil.  IlUt  ,  Ynt   IX  ,  p.  in. 
|S>1        /!,!/■,•  ,;,i,i<  X.islintlil,  \:ir.  .iil>ifrili-liin  —  \\  .  unci  Sr.  ;    l(r\Mnl.  I'iilil i  ,  I'ail   li  ,  \\.  \lu. 

This  variety  dill'ers  from  the  ly|iical  I'orni  in  lieing  less  stronyly  lolied  at 
the  arm  regions,  and  in  having,'  no  sjiue^  upon  the  ,inal  tulie.  'I'he  plates  of 
the  tulie  are  Imt  slighlly  eonve-.,  an<l  eaeli  one  is  surmounted  liy  a  small 
I'onieal  proiuiieranee  in  the  centre.  It  also  ilillers  in  the  structure  ol'  the 
slem.  lu  specimens  from  ihe  JJurlington  limestone,  and  ISin'lington  and 
Keii]\iik  'i'ran-ilion  hed.  ihi'  proximal  stem  joints  are  shm'ter  than  the  snc- 
ceediui:'  one-,  and  11  have  an  angular  edge  ;  while  in  the  speeimeus  from 
the  Keokuk  liiU'  -tone  proper  tiie  e<lge  is  rounded.  At  thri'e  inehe.s  Crom 
tile  c:d_\.\.  all  'lem  joints  are  nearly  oT  uniform  si/e. 

Il'ir'c.iiii  tiii'l  Lki'iI'iI'i. —  I'pper  ]iart  of  I'pper  Hurlington  limestone  and 
nmlington  ami  !\eokuk  Tran>itioa  lied  ;  Di's  Moines  Co.,  Iowa;  Henderson 
Co..  and  Nauvoo,  Ills. 

I,'- niKi-k.i.  —  I  )r.  White  gives  the  ahsi'uce  of  the  intenlislichal  ])iece  as  the 
piincipai  disiiuction  lietweiii  the  two  forms  ;  this,  however,  is  not  a  |h  rsislent 
eharacti-r.  We  have  a  nimiher  of  s|iecimens  from  the  true  IJurlington  lieils 
in  which  that  plate  is  re|)resented  in  one  lU'  more  rays. 

Lobocrinus  robxistus  w,  ami  Sr.  (iu'v.  s|icp.). 

P'li,'  XXX.   J'\'/s.  ,V-/.  /y, 

,\  l.irgi'  species.  Calyx  aliout  as  high  as  wide,  deeply  iind  hroailly  do- 
pre-'i  (1  helweiu  the  rays.  Ijorsal  cup  hut  little  higher  than  the  ventral  disk, 
the  si'les  >liyhlly  convex,  constricled  at  the  hasi-railial  suliu'es.  Plates  almost 
lla!  u;!(l  w.ti'.iiul  ornimeniaiiou  or  other  markings;  sutuie  lines  somewhat 
trro'ived. 


IIATOCUIXID.K. 


487 


IJiisnln  uluirt.  projcotiii}?  ;  fonniiij?  n  lioxitgoii ;  cxcnvntcil  at  the  Ijoltom. 
Railiitlx  largo,  wider  tlian  long.  i'a|)iilly  »<pri'a(liiig  tu  two  thirds  their  height, 
their  miper  faceH  deeply  excavated  in  a  foinewiiat  siiiiiliir  niiiiuier  as  the 
I'aeetH  (if  tho  railial  in  the  IMatycriiddiu.  First  costals  more  than  twiee  as 
wide  as  long.  "ulKiuadrangular ;  lower  and  lateral  fact's  eoiivex  ;  tho  njiper 
ones  straight.  Second  costals  longer  than  tho  lu'st,  their  sloping  upper  faces 
forming  an  ol)tuse  angle.  Disliehals  2  x  2  ;  tiio  first  one  largest;  the  sec- 
ond, although  an  axillary,  scarcely  angular  aliove.  I'almars  2  X  2,  short, 
smaller  than  those  succeeding  them  ;  the  outer  ones  of  the  seconcl  row 
separated  l>y  iu'.erlirachial  plate".  Arm  openings  directed  upwards,  arranged 
in  pairs.  Interhrachials  three,  of  wlii(di  the  lower  one  extends  almost  to  the 
level  of  the  arm  hases;  it  is  extremely  large,  hroad  at  tho  bottom,  taper- 
ing upwanls.  There  are  three  ]ilates  in  the  second  row,  of  which  the 
middle  one  rests  upon  th(^  truneate(l  upper  lace  of  the  first,  the  two  others 
against  tho  adjoining  sloping  faces.  Anal  plate  considerahly  narrower  than 
the  radials  ;  (bllowed  hy  .'I,  2,  and  1  plate.  \'entral  disk  pyramidal,  sup- 
liorliug  a  nearly  central  anal  tuhe  of  moderate  width.  I'lates  convex.  nodo<(> ; 
the  orals  very  large,  especially  the  posterior  one.  Structnro  of  arms  and 
colnnni  unknown. 

Il''ir:iiii   Kiel    L'lntlilii. —  Keokuk    group;    White's   creek    .'springs,    near 

Nadiville,  Tenn. 

y.Vyd'  in  the  collection  of  Waclisuiuth  !ind  ,'»pringer. 


S 


Lobocrinus  pyriformis  (Sm  m.i. 

Vial,-  XXXI.  /•■;,/,*. ,;,/-,'. 


!'<.■).">.      .l-ll'ni-riuHH  iiyrifiriilif  —  SiiiMvlil);   (JimI.    |{i  |i.    Missmiri   liv  Svviillnw,   \\x\    II.  ]i.   I'l-.?.   ri:ite  .\, 

\Sfu>      .lfi,i:i,;-i,iiit  (rfr^ii'riiiiK)  /i'/,-i/'ii;iii<  —  Una   nuil   WoiiTiiiv;   I'mcci'd.   .\c:i.l.    X.il,    Sci.    IMiil:!., 

|v   l.-|.'l;   :iK..(i('Ml    l<.'|>.  jlliiM.ls,  Vnl.  II.. p.  l.-,(l. 
Is;:)      Il,il;,-i-ii<i'<  iiyrifn,-i.ih  —  \Ikik  .■iiiil  WiiltTiihN;  (ii'oj.  H,'|i   Uliiuiis,  Viil   V.,  |>.  ;t7.'i,  I'l.ilr  .V  rii;.  5. 
I'-il.     Il.i/'i:'riiiiiii  /ii/ii/'iriiih — W.  niid  Sr  ;   Ucvisinti  I'lihinci' ,  I'.irl  II  ,  |>.  U\7. 
Iss'.l.      ll,i/„.-riii,i.' /iifri/ui;,n'ii —  Nil  M.WIl  i    |lii'  SfnniMir  (1.  'riiirnciilick.  |i.   IIU.  Iml'.  l.'U, 

if\».  .h-fiiiiiri-iiiiK  pyri/arnih,  \:\r.  ri4'/if  —  Mkkk  mill   WouiUKv;   ISi'iii,  I'lucciil.  Acml,    Nut.   Scl. 

I'hilii,  |>.  i:il.' 
Syn.  .l:-li,ii,.;-i,iiit  (rii,'rni-riiiti<)  iiitlilli/'iiniiii — M  iiml  \V.  ;  (!im|   Id  p.  (if  Itlmois,  Vol    II.,  (ilJl, 

I'l   1 1,  tU'  ■-. 
.Syii.  ISiilii.-riiiif  pI'NIIi/oniih  —  \\.  and  W  :  iliiil.  V..1.  V..  p,  ;W7. 

.\  riillier  kuye  ntid  v;n'inl)le  species,  f'.ilyx  higher  than  wide,  more  or 
le-s  pyiiform.  and  lint  slightly  depressed  hetween  the  rays.  Dors.il  cup  n;ir- 
row.  iiU'l  almiisi  cylindrical  to  the  top  of  the  radials  —  sometimes  to  llie   top 


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488 


TIIK   tHlX(HI>i;A    C'A.MKHAIA   (»K    Ndliril    A.MKKKA. 


of  tlio  coslals  —  wIk'Iicc  it  Hpri'iids  aliniptly  to  tliu  arm  hasi's.  I'latu,-!  licnvv, 
tliuir  iiiidillo  [iDilions  gcneially  iJioiniiU'iit,  tlioir  .surlacfs  .siiiuoili,  and  llic 
siiltiru  liiiurt  nut  iniproMsoil. 

llasi'  onco  and  a  half  as  wiilo  ns  lonj;.  tniiit'atcd  at  tlic  liottom.  and  cli^dilly 
Hjx'L'ailing  out'.varil  from  tliu  lower  edge;  colmnn  I'ai'i't  dci'iily  inipro.swcd. 
Kailials  large,  gonuniily  longer  than  wuU-,  olU'ii  iKcidrdly  sci;  rising  vuiti- 
cally.  Cnstals  small  ;  the  (irst  (inadiangular,  mH  niuic  than  one  I'Durlh  the 
si/.o  of  the  radials  ;  tho  sucond  a  little  ^^id^'l•  lint  not  longiT  than  tho  lir-t. 
Di-^lichals  '2  X  1(1,  of  tho  same  si/.e  a.s  tho  oostals.  Kadi  one  is  I'ollowed  \>y 
two  jialniai's,  which  eilhor  form  a  conliniious  Keiii's  around  tho  calyx,  or  arc 
scpariitud  hutwccn  the  rays  hy  a  small  intordislichal  plate.  Arm  bases  pro. 
jecting  ;  the  arm  ojicnings  directed  ohliijiiely  upwards.  Arms  four  to  the 
ray.  sliorl.  rather  llat  and  heavy.  They  are  composeil  of  two  rows  of  short 
pieces  alternately  arranged,  which  are  produced  laterally  into  slender,  sharply 
pointed  spines  extending  out  from  the  sides  of  the  arms.  Interbrachial  plates 
1,  -,  -,  followed  sometimes  l)y  another  narrow  plate.  Anal  plate  as  large 
us  the  radials  ;  supporting  three  smaller  plates  in  the  lirst  range,  and  three 
in  tho  second,  which  are  IVeiincntly  lollowed  liy  one  or  two  other  jjlates. 
Tegmen  conical,  slightly  hulging  ;  composed  of  lar.i;(^  convex  or  nodose 
pieces,  which  are  continued  to  the  anal  tidn'.  Orals  excentric,  and  a  little 
larger  than  the  surroumling  plates,  especially  the  posterior  one.  The  radial 
dome  jilales  arc  nNo  readily  distinguished  l»\-  their  larger  si/e  ami  greater 
convexiiy.  Anal  tu!)e  almost  central,  very  long  and  heavy,  often  rising  to 
three  times  tlie  length  of  the  arms;  it  gradually  tapers,  and  has  at  the  ujiper 
end  a  minute  o|)ening.  Column  long,  rather  stont.  It  has  liecn  ohserve<l  to 
the  length  of  twenty  inches,  to  which  it  neither  increases  nor  decreases 
in  size,  anil  tin,-  length  of  the  joints  remains  unaltered;  hut  the  edges  of 
the  upper  ones  are  slightly  convex,  while  the  lower  Joints  are  strictly 
cylindrical. 

//"/•/■."/(  iiii'!  T.iii'iililii.  —  One  of  the  leading  fossils  of  the  I'ppcr  Huiiing- 
ton  limestone,  and  I'uinid  wherever  that  is  exposed  throughout  Iowa,  Illinois, 
anil  Missouri. 

liiimirl.t. — .1.  j\>irll'iintii/i,  var.  ri'illt.  is  in  our  o])inion  idiMitieal  with  this 
fspecies.  The  original  specin\on  was  said  to  come  from  the  Kinderhook  group 
of  Marion  Co.,  Ills.;  but  we  doubt  it,  for  it  is  a  true  I'ppcr  Burlington  type. 


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IIATOCIUXID.i:. 


480 


LobOCrinUS   SpiniforUS  W.  ami  Sr.  (mn-.  gpcp.), 
I'hile  A' A' A'.  /'->.  JI  (tn.l  IJ. 

Of  tlio  type  of  A.  X<iKltn7/tf,  but  ii  miuiUit  s|)t'cic.'<.  Dorsiil  cup  (^I'licnilly 
n  litlli;  widi'i"  tliaii  IiIl^Ii  ;  I'loiii  tlic  tc)[)  of  llif  Imsiils  ;j:iu(luiilly  fxpiiiidinj:  to 
till;  anil  biiscM ;  .Niilcs  t'oiiuaM-.  I'latcs  very  sliylitly  couvl'X,  tlic  radinl.s  .«ur- 
iiiuiiuted  liy  u  siniill  cuiitral  nudu. 

Ha.sal  Clip  twice  as  wide  as  liigli.  narrower  at  tlic  iip|ier  end,  tlie  iiilcr- 
l)asal  sutures  j;ioovcd,  iiii|iai'tiiij^  to  the  linsv,  as  ^een  iVoiii  tlic  liotluiii,  ii 
trilobate  outliiu'.  Itadials  louder  than  l»)tli  eo.-tals  toj,'ctlici',  and  also  liidadci'. 
The  (Irst  coslals  ahout  oiiee  and  ii  hall'  as  wide  ns  Uuiji; ;  the  secoml  wider 
aliovc  than  lidow.  Distichals  two,  of  the  same  propoitioiis  as  the  two  coslid- ; 
followeil  Ity  a  siii;,de  ran^'i?  of  paliiiars,  which  are  laij^er  than  any  of  the  ]pic- 
cediii;,'  hrachials,  and  support  the  free  arms.  Ann  facets  directed  obHi|uely 
upwards.  Arms  arran;:i'(l  in  jiairs  ;  those  of  dill'ereut  riiys  si'parated  at  their 
liases  liy  one  or  two  inlerhrachiaN,  those  lictweeii  their  main  divisions  hy  a 
siiij,'lc  interdislichal.  Arms  short,  cylindrical,  very  little  taperinj;,  and  ourv- 
iiij,'  inward  ;  tlic^-  are  composed  of  two  rows  of  transverse  jiieces,  alternately 
arranu;cd  and  slij:hlly  iiiteiiockin!;.  I'innules  very  lon;^',  in  close  contact; 
composed  of  elon_:^ate  Hat  joints.  Interhrachials:  1,  'J.  Ii.  1  ;  the  first  lart;er 
timii  any  two  of  the  others,  the  upper  placed  at  the  arm  re^imis.  Anal  plato 
somewhat  tidier  hut  narrower  thuii  the  radials  ;  followed  hy  3,  o.  2.  and  2 
jiiates.  The  coii-itruclioii  of  the  (li>U  not  visilil  '  in  any  of  the  specimens. 
Anal  tiihe  loiijr,  observed  to  an  inch  above  the  \'i\><  of  the  arms,  but  evi- 
dently loni,'er.  It  is  composed  of  convex,  slightly  nodoso  plates,  but  at  ii 
lieii,dit  nearly  correspondini^  to  the  lips  of  the  arms  theie  are  from  seven  to 
eight  plates  with  sharp,  ^lender  spines,  o  to  0  mm.  long,  which  stand  out 
iiori/ontully  from  the  sides. 

//"/•(';■"«  (//('/  I. <  nil  I'll  I/.  —  Keokuk  groii|) ;  Indian  creek.  Jlontgomcry 
Co.,  Ind. 

7.Vy"'s'  in  the  collection  of  Waidisiniitli  aii<l  Springer. 

/tiiiiiiif,-^.  —  There  is  a  slight  possibility  that  liulnrnmn^  nmrhiiiK  Miller  and 
Gurley  is  iiliuti<'al  with  this  species.  We  were  imalde  to  make  tiutisliictory 
comparison  either  with  the  description  or  figure. 


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11(1  TIIK   (UINOIDKA   CAMKUATA   OK   NOUIII    A.MKWU  A. 

LobocrinuB  eoquibraohlatui  (M<('iiki<nkv). 

jv^ik  .VA7.V.  /V'/N  .V".  /', <i',./  I'lui.  xi.\  I.  r,j^.  (;„.  h. 

IWO.  A''lillui-fiiill!i  •riHlliriiikiitlllt  —  Mc('llt»N>ri   Niw   1'iiIh'o/.    t'lmi.,  |i    i'.i. 

I*il7i  A'liiiiii'riHHi  it'l'lilii'lhiiiiliit  —  MiChihmi  i  Trini'..  (  hii'.  Ai.ul.  Ni  ,  |i   I'",  I'liilc  4,  Ki(!».  8  unci  5 

l*?'!.  /*.//■«•/•/«».  ./7'i'/<-//.'*/.(^«<  —  Ml  I  K  and  WnuniKN;  <;■■.!, Urp   llliuiiii,  V..I,  V.,  |).  3llt. 

l>Sl,  lliilurrinai  ft'i'i'jriii-ii:i>at  —  \V.  anil  M.  ;   llitiMiin  I';iIiimii     i'ml  II  ,  |i.  1(1.'), 

lliti'i'inciliiilo  lii'lwi'i'ii  l\iil,-'irlii'rri,(iix  I.iirii  iiiiil  l.ifhni'rlniis  i»irlfiin)ilf>  : 
<1ilYi>i'iii^  IKiiii  tlu>  rui'iiii'i'  in  the  iiiiiili  lirmiilcr  \n\>n\  iinil  in  liiiviiiL'  lln' 
nnii  liiiMi'M  (liivctoil  npwiinls  ami  iirningcd  in  jrrim|)» ;  IViini  I..  /i>/ri/"niiin 
in  till'  li'SM  c'longiilc  calvx,  in  the  iIcpri-.M.^cd  Inrni  of  (lit-  vcniriil  (li>U.  tlio 
fiiinpar.'itisi'Iv  liinLTrr  arms,  (Hill  in  llic  f^linrlcc  anil  luoii'  Klrnilcr  aiiiil  liilic ; 
am!  iVoin  liolli  in  liciiij;  ili'riilcijiy  lolicil  liclwccii  llic  ravs.  Calyx  as  lii^li  as 
wiilc  ;  till!  (lofsiil  cup  "iif  lliinl  liijjlicr  tlian  tin- vcniriil  disk,  liroadly  Inni- 
oatfd  at  llio  liaso.  liic  sidrs  ciini'avr,  gcadnally  widtiiinj.'  In  tlif  lop  of  lin' 
liist  I'D-lals,  tlnMicc  rapidly  sprcadiiij.'  to  llic  ann  fact'ls,  vliicli  aic  diicclcd 
iipwaid.  I'lati's  of  tlio  dorsal  cup  pcrfi  cily  llat  and  cniootli,  tlioM'  of  (lie 
vi'iilial  disk   more  or  less  cnnvi'X. 

li.i-als  lorminjf  a  nearly  cylindrical  cup,  more  tliaii  twice  as  wide  a>.  Idj;li ; 
iiiliiliMsal  siiliiii's  indistinct,  Itadials  iieiirly  a>  Ioiilt  as  wide,  the  upper  end 
a  lillle  wider.  First  costals  (|nadriinfrnlar,  oiire  and  a  lialf  as  wide  as  lon,i! ; 
till-  second  Ciilly  twice  as  wide  as  long,  lirplangnlar  ;  tlieir  upper  aiiijles 
olituse.  Di-iiclials  'J  X  'J,  tliu  second  a.villary  and  laiirer  ilian  tlie  oiln c 
l)railiials  ;  I'olloweil  liy  (V  single  row  of  ])almars.  wliidi  support  tlie  arms. 
Ann  openiiivrs  arrangeil  in  groups  of  two,  tlio  interspaces  larger  Ix'tween  the 
Kiain  rays  than  iietween  their  sulnlivisions.  Arms  twenty,  of  modciale  si/e 
(iiid  length,  freipiently  infolding  at  the  top,  whjch  makes  them  appear 
shorter  than  they  really  are.  Interhnu-hiids  from  (ivo  to  nine,  geneiidly 
continuous  with  the  iiitenunliulacral  plates  at  nil  sides,  hut  always  at  the  pos- 
terior sidi-.  Anal  inlerradius  composed  of  ten  to  fourteen  piiMcs  ;  the  amd 
plate  higler  tli.m  tliu  radials  ;  followed  hy  three  ranges  of  three  ]>lates  each, 
and  ft  few  narrow  ])ieces  interposed  lietwecn  the  arm  h.ises.  A'entral  disk 
depressed  conical,  the  plates  rather  large  and  of  almost  eijiiiil  si/.e.  Anal 
tuhe  nearly  ceiitrid,  composed  of  tiiinid  plates, 

Jf'ii\ii)i  iiiiil  L'liidliij. — L(jwer  part  of  the  Upper  Burlington  limestone, 
llurlington,  lowii. 


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hatochinid.k.  -m 

ZiOboorlDui  nqulbraohiatui  ^.n.  aatoriioui  (Mkkk  and  Wuhtiicn). 
J'hik'  A'A7A'.  /Vyx.  !/u,  h. 

ISAO      .f'/mui'/iiiiM  iix. 'Mi-iii  —  Mruk  mill  Wiiiimikn)  I'ihc,  AcimI.  NuI   S'i,  I'liilii.,  p  .tSJ 
ISOO.     Ji'liHoerimii  mltriieai  —  Mktk  Hud  WiiliTlltli )  Ui'iil.  Ut'|i,  llliiuih,  Vol.   1 1.,  |i  id'!.  I'luto  U,  KIgt. 
H,(,  *,  ^ 

I87S.       fliltilrriHMI  IH/l-rUl'UI —  MlKK  Ullll    UllHIIItM    Ullll.,    Vlll.    V  ,  p    llflS 

ISSI.     Hjii,  .<f  lliilufi-tHni  iniuiiriiitiiiliK  —  \V.  iiml  Sr  ;   Idiiiniiii  riiliinci.,  I'nrl  II  ,  |i   IfiS. 

8;ril.  A:'liii"-riiiHii  irnHilini'kiiilui,  viir  ii/i</ii<  IIaM.  ;  ltii>liiii  Jniirii.  Nut  Mini,  |i.  ^flM,  I'linlnKr. 
rinli'  X,,  Wft.  il  ii;  iiid  WliilliiM;  Auiir  Mim.  NuI  llist.,  |su:«,  Vnl.  I.,  p.  II,  I'liiir  I, 
KiK.  II. 

TIliN  vni'iofy  dilTorn  from  llii'  typical  Loliiii-rlinin  ai/iu'/inicfiintim  in  lin'  clioit. 
liosM  of  till'  ciilyx,  tliu  liiitiit'HM  ol'  tliL'  ventral  (IImIx,  in  Nl'Iii^  inoru  (lc'i'|i|y 
luitcd  at  llio  arm  liases,  in  tliu  Imi^it  Ni/.c  of  tlu-  ciistul.i,  nml  in  the  cdM- 
(lition  uf  tliu  inleibracitial  ami  intununlniiuci'al  {ilate.t,  wliiuli  arc  in  contact 
nt  all  siilcH. 

Ifin'iiiii  mill  Lni'iilit;/.  —  Upjicr  niirlinjifon  liniostonc,  nurlinj;toii,  lowo. 

7.V/'<-'  in  tliu  (Woi'tlicn)  Illinois  Stad-  rollection.  Siiringlielil, 

LobocrimiB  Yandolli  rsm  mahu). 
Phik  XXX.  ri^js.  7ii,  h. 

1S57.     A.-liHwrinus   J'i/«iA7/i  —  SinM  mn  ;    'rrnin.   St.   Kiiiiin  Aiviil.  Sri.,  Vnl.   I.,  p    'i'\,   I'liitr   1,  FiijH. 

I,/,  «,  <•. 
1H7:1.     Arlinoi-riiia'  r,/»,/cW— MtKK  iitiil  WiiiiTlirs;  (irnl.  Kip   Illiiini«,  Vnl.  V.,  p.  IIU, 
bil.     H,il'i,-rini(i  YiiH'IrlU  —  W .  ami  Si'  ;  Itrvisiuii  I'iiIihht,  I'lirl  II  ,  p   lliS. 

A  liirj,'i>,  very  knobby  an<l  nigoso  siiecicH.  Calyx  doprosscil  ;  the  ventral 
(li.sk  from  ono  fourth  to  ono  tliinl  liij;ber  tlian  tliu  dorsal  cup,  tlio  latter  ab- 
ruptly spreading  from  (lio  top  of  the  Imsals  to  tlie  bases  of  tlio  free  arms,  f  Min- 
ing a  low  cup  or  basin,  wliicli  is  followed  by  a  eoniciil  di.^k.  The  inter  i.nliiil 
spiu'es  are  deeply  depressed  between  the  rays  at  the  arm  ba.^es,  especially  the 
posterior  one  which  also  is  wider.  The  surface  of  the  (dates  is  covered  by 
prominent  knob.s,  either  tran-versely  or  longitudinally  arranged. 

Ra.se  short,  Iriincated  at  the  bottom;  the  lower  margins  projecting  out- 
wards and  considerably  thickened  ;  the  upper  faces  deeply  emiirginnted 
toward  the  sutures,  and  the  suture  lines  distinctly  grooved,  giving  to  the 
base,  as  seen  from  below,  a  decidedly  trilobate  as]>ccl.  The  column  focct 
occnpioH  ono  half  the  width  of  the  base,  and  is  -lightly  impressed,  its  sur- 
face crenulated  at  the  margin.  Uadials  twice  a.s  wide  os  long;  their  upper 
faces  a  little  concave ;  the  upper  sloping  faccM  rather  Mhort.      The   plates 


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are  covered  with  conspicuous,  transversely  curved  prominences,  which  nre 
studded  with  two  or  tiiree  irregular  nodes.  First  costals  considerably 
smaller  tiian  the  radials;  the  second  smaller  than  the  first,  in  some  speci- 
mens pentagonal,  in  others  trigonal.  Dist.chals  2X2,  larger  than  the  cos- 
tals,  especially  the  upper  or  axillary  ones,  which  nre  almost  as  wide  as  the 
radials.  Palmars  2X4,  larger  than  the  distichals.  They  support  the  nrms 
invariably  in  three  of  the  rnys,  but  in  the  two  posterior  rays  the  second 
plate  adjoining  the  anal  side  is  frecjuently  axillary  and  followed  by  postpal- 
mars.  The  distichals  are  not  placed  on  a  level  with  their  fellows  of  the  same 
ray,  but  are  alternately  arranged,  and  the  same  is  the  case  with  the  two 
inner  rows  of  palmais;  the  arni-bi'r.ring  plates  being  placed  horizontally. 
The  brachials  throughout  the  calyx  are  covered  with  elongate  elevations,  and 
these  again  by  a  row  of  small  nodes.  Arms  twenty  to  twentj'-two ;  their 
structure  unknown.  Tnterbrachials:  1,  2,  1,  and  2  between  the  arms; 
the  first  wider  than  long,  its  node  transversely  elongate  ;  the  two  of  the 
second  range  longer  than  wide,  and  the  nodes  dispose<l  longitudinally. 
The  anal  plate,  which  is  longer  than  the  radials,  followed  by  three  plates 
—  the  two  at  the  sides  wider  than  the  middle  one  —  and  by  three  irregular 
smaller  pieces,  which  in  turn  support  several  rows  of  elongate  interambula- 
crals.  The  plates  of  the  tegmen  increase  in  size  as  they  approach  the  middle; 
they  are  heavy,  proportionally  large,  and  the  centre  of  each  is  crowned  with 
a  small  tubercle.  The  anal  tube  is  almost  central,  stout,  and  apparently 
long. 

Horizon  and  LocaUty.  —  Keokuk  group ;  Button  Mould  Knob,  seven  miles 
from  Louisville,  Ky. 

Types  in  the  Yandell  collection  nt  Louisville,  Ky. 


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Lobocrinus  longirostris  (llALt). 
Plate  XXVIII.  FUjs.  lu-e. 

1858.     Actimerintt!!  hiigiroslrh —  TIai.i.;  GciiI.  Rep.  Iowa,  Vol.  I.,  Part  It.,  p.  589,  Plate  11,  Figs.  4r,  </, 

ami  i. 
ISr.l.     Ba/ocrinm  longirostm  —  Mf.f.k  nndWoRxnKN;  flonl.  Itop.  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  p.  367. 
ISSl.    Batocrinm  loiigisrontrh — W.  niid  Sp. ;  Ucvision  Pnln'ocr.,  Part  TI.,  p.  107. 

Syii.  Biitorriiiiii  eassriliii/aiiiis — JIeek  and  WoRTiiEN ;  Gcol.  Kep.  Illinois,  Vil    V.,  p.  370, 
Pl.ate  5,  Firs,  la,  b. 

Of  medium  .size.     Calyx  ovate,  higher  than  wide ;  the  dorsal  cup  higher 
than  the  ventral  disk;  the  arm  bases  a  little  projecting.     Plates  more  or  less 


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convex  ;  in  some  species  quite  prominent  and  the  surface  slightly  rugose,  in 
other?  almost  llat  and  perfectly  smootii.     Suture  lines  grooved. 

Base  short,  hexagonal  in  outline,  rounded  at  the  bottom,  the  column  facet 
slightly  excavated,  the  interbasal  sutures  impressed.  Radials  wider  above 
tlian  below,  deeply  notched  for  the  reception  of  tlie  first,  interbraehial,  the 
upper  face  concave.  Cosfuls  rather  large  for  the  genus,  together  about  equal 
to  the  size  of  the  radials ;  the  upper  larger  and  generally  heptagonid.  Dis- 
tichals  two,  smaller  than  the  costals,  the  axillaries  supporting  2X2  palmars, 
and  normally  four  arms  to  the  ray ;  frequently,  Iiowevor,  the  anterior  rny 
has  but  two  or  three  arms,  and  an  additional  fixed  distichal  in  place  of  pal- 
mars. Arm  openings  directed  obliquely  upwards  ;  the  interspaces  separating 
the  rays  a  little  wider  and  deeper  than  those  between  the  openings  of  the 
same  ray.  Arms  from  eighteen  to  twenty,  long,  rounded  on  the  back,  grad- 
ually tapering  but  not  infolding,  and  composed  from  the  calyx  up  of  two 
rows  of  transverse  pieces.  Pinnules  long  and  cylindrical.  Interbrachials 
from  five  to  seven  ;  the  lower  wider  than  long,  and  generally  not  rising 
to  the  fidl  heijiht  of  the  second  costals.  There  are  two  comparatively  large 
plates  in  tlie  second  row,  and  one  in  the  third,  followed  by  one  or  two 
irregular  pieces,  which  separate  the  rays  at  the  arm  bases.  Anal  plate  con- 
siderably longer  than  the  radials,  supporting  three  plates  in  the  first,  and 
three  to  four  in  the  second  range ;  the  succeeding  ones  irregularly  arranged 
and  interlocking  with  the  interambulacral  plates.  Ventral  disk  depressed 
conical.  Orals  and  radial  dome  plates  a  little  larger  than  the  interambulacral 
pieces ;  arranged  in  the  usual  way.  Anal  tube  stout  and  very  long,  rising 
in  some  specimens  as  much  as  G  cm.  bej'ond  the  tips  of  the  arms ;  the  plates 
smooth.  Column  round,  of  medium  size,  the  nodal  joints  rounded  at  the 
edges,  the  others  considerably  narrower  near  the  calyx,  but  attaining  the 
same  width  farther  down. 

Horizon  and  Localiti/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone ;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
and  at  several  places  in  Missouri. 

Type  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

lioiKtrks.  —  We  regard  Batocrimtn  casxcJai/mius  M.  and  W.,  as  a  mere 
variation  of  this  species  ;  the  plates,  although  more  convex  than  in  the  typi- 
cal form,  are  arranged  in  exactly  the  same  way. 


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Loboorinus  inflatUS  (Howley  and  Hake). 
Plate  XXX J  V.  Fij/s.  18,  a,  b. 

1891.    Hii/ocriiiiis  injliilus  —  Howley  and  Hakk  ;  Kaiisiis  City  Scicut.,  p.  102,  Plate  2,  Fig.  19. 
Sju.  Jialocriiius  biilbosits  —  IIohlev  iinj  Uaue  ;  ibiJ.,  p.  lU,  I'lutc  3,  I'ig.  5. 

Cnlyx  about  as  high  aa  wide,  small,  subglobose,  slightly  flntteiied  nt  the 
anal  side.  Dorsal  cup  more  than  twice  as  high  as  the  ventral  disk,  deep 
bowl-shaped ;  the  plates  heavy,  almost  flat  and  devoid  of  ornamentation ; 
the  suture  lines  somewhat  grooved. 

Basals  o  little  projecting,  forming  r  low  cup  with  a  shallow  concavity 
at  the  bottom.  Radials  wider  than  long,  as  large  a.s  both  costals  together. 
First  costal  quadrangular,  small,  wider  than  high.  The  second  costal  gener- 
ally heptangular,  considerably  larger  than  the  first,  wider  as  well  as  longer. 
Distichals  two,  rather  large,  those  of  the  anterior  ray,  and  the  outer  ones  of 
the  posterior  rays,  supporting  directly  the  arms  ;  while  the  inner  ones  bear  a 
palmar  on  each  side.  The  anterior  rays  of  the  type  specimen  are  abnormal ; 
tlie  ray  to  the  right  is  formed  like  the  anterior  one,  and  has  but  two  arms, 
that  to  the  left  supports  palmars  nn  both  distichals,  and  has  four  arms.* 
Arm  facets  somewhat  projecting  and  deeply  concave;  they  point  slightly 
upwards,  and  are  arranged  in  groups.  Interspaces  between  the  rajs  wider 
than  tho<e  between  the  main  divisions  of  the  raj's,  and  consider.ably  wider 
tiian  the  spaces  between  arms  of  the  same  division.  There  are  no  respira- 
tory jiores  near  the  arm  openings.  Arm  structure  unknown.  Regular  inter- 
brachials  :  1,  2,  2  ;  the  first  very  large,  as  wide  as  high  ;  the  two  upper  ones 
interposed  between  the  arm-boaring  pieces,  and  followed  by  disk  plates.  The 
anal  plate  supports :  3,  3,  2,  and  one  plate,  the  latter  being  designated  more 
properly  as  a  plate  of  the  disk.  Ventral  disk  .small,  the  anal  tube  occupying 
almost  one  third  of  its  diameter ;  the  plates  nodose,  and  of  nearly  uniform 
size,  even  the  orals  cannot  be  distinguished.  Anal  tube  heavy  at  the  base 
and  central. 

Horizon  and  Lncality.  —  Lower  part  of  the  Lower  Burlln^rton  limestone, 
Louisiana,  Mo. 

Tijpcs  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  R.  R.  Rowley. 

•  In  aiiollicr  fragmentary  sptciinoii  in  Mr.  Rowley's  collect  ion,  the  riglit  antcro-latcral  ray,  the  only 
one  seen,  lias  three  arm  openings,  one  above  the  distichals,  the  two  others  above  a  palmar.  This  is  |irobably 
the  normal  arrangement,  and  there  arc  fourteen  arms  to  the  species.  The  type  of  H.  ballnMim  curiously  also 
has  but  two  arms  to  the  right  and  four  to  the  left. 


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Benmrks. — We  regtird  Batocn'mts  huJhosus  Rand  II.  as  identical  witli  tliia 
species,  ultiiough  the  type  specimens  siliow  slight  variations.  Tlu-  dislv  of 
"■  B.  bulbuma  "  is  somewhat  more  depressed,  due  perhaps  to  outside  pressure, 
and  the  plates  of  the  disk  are  less  convex ;  but  variations  of  this  kind  are 
known  to  occur  witiiin  the  limits  of  almost  every  species.  Tlie  two  speci- 
mens agree  essentially  in  the  arrangement  of  their  plates,  in  the  mode  of 
branching  of  the  arms,  they  have  the  same  number  of  interbrachials,  and 
these  connect  in  both  forms  with  the  plates  of  the  disk. 

(  P)  Loboorinus  Hageri  (SltCnESNEv.) 
Pktte  XXX.  Fi<js.  9,  JO. 

1S60.  Ac/iiioerinii»  ITiit/eri —  MiCiiksnky  ;  Niw  Piilreoz.  Fciss.,  p.  2S. 

1807.  Ac/iiiorriiiii.i  lliir/pri —  McCiiESNKV  i  C'liiciigo  Acad.  Niit.  Sici.,  p.  21,  Pinto  t.  Fii;  1. 

1&73.  Balocriiius  Ihigrti  —  Meek  ami  Woiitiikx;  GpoI.  Ucp.  Illinois,  Veil.  V.,  p.  3(17. 

18S1.  Ba/orriniit  Hageri  —  W.  and  Sr.;  lU'visioii  Pnlspocr,  Part  II.,  p.  Ififi. 

Approaching  Dtz>/gocnnus  rotumhis,  but  the  dorsal  cup  more  conical  and 
proportionally  uglier;  slightly  depressed  between  the  rays;  the  anal  tube 
smaller  and  tnore  excentric.  Plates  flat,  without  ornamentation,  and  the 
suture  lines  indistinct. 

Basals  forming  a  low  saucer-shaped,  hexagonal  disk,  rounded  at  the  bot- 
tom, and  excavated  for  the  columnar  attachment,  which  is  small.  Eadials 
half  as  wide  again  as  long.  First  costals  quadrangular,  three  times  as  wide 
as  long,  the  second  wider  than  the  first,  Distichals  in  two  rows,  those  of  the 
upper  row  wider  and  axillary ;  followed  by  2  X  2  palmars,  which  support  the 
free  arms.  Arm  opening.s  directed  obli((uely  upwards,  arranged  in  groups  of 
four,  with  a  slight  indentation  between  the  rays,  of  which  that  at  the  pos- 
terior side  is  considerably  the  deeper.  Arm  structure  unknown.  Inter- 
brachials :  1,  2,  2,  2,  the  upper  row  in  contact  with  the  plates  of  the 
ventral  disk;  the  first  jdate  smaller  than  usual  in  this  genus,  and  fre- 
quently not  reaching  to  the  full  height  of  the  second  costals.  Anal  plate 
a  little  smaller  than  the  radials ;  succeeded  by  ,3,  3,  2,  and  2  plates.  Ven- 
tral disk  .slightly  grooved  at  the  posterior  side,  depressed  convex,  the  plates 
nearly  flat  and  almost  equal  in  size.  Anal  tube  excentric,  very  narrow  and 
short. 

Ilorhon  and  Locali/ij.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Tz/jje  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection. 

Betnarks.  —  We  have   placed    this  species  somewhat  reluctantly  under 


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Lob'ivriiiiis,  from  tliu  typical  form  of  which  it  differs  in  having  a  diniinu- 
tivo  anal  tiihe,  whicii  occasionuily  i.s  reduced  to  a  mere  opening  from  the 
legmen,  similar  to  that  of  Voiy/criiiits.  It  departs  from  JJiiforriini-i  in  tiic 
same  character,  and  in  being  distinctly  lobed  between  the  rajs,  the  plates 
forming  the  arm  bases  are  separated  by  interlirachials,  and  the  arm  openings 
are  directed  upwards  ;  in  all  of  which  it  agrees  with  Lol/ocriniis. 


MACROCRINUS  W.  ami  Hv.  (nov.  gen.). 
(Maxpu!  long,  K/ji'cm'  a  lily.) 

Calyx  biturbinato  or  subovoid,  the  jjlates  in  part  elevated.  It  may  be 
pointed  out  as  a  structural  peculiarity  of  this  genus,  tiiat  the  radials.  anal 
l)late,  and  first  interbrachials  are  generally  nodo.so,  but  the  higher  brachials 
and  interbrachials  almost  Hat  and  devoid  of  all  markings. 

Basals  rather  large,  forming  a  subcylindrical  cup.  Radials  frequentlj' 
larger  than  both  costals  together.  Costals  quadrangular  and  pentangular. 
The  nmnber  of  disticlmls  variable.  Arm-bearing  plates  in  contact  laterally, 
e.\'cept  at  the  posterior  side,  where  they  are  separated  by  a  small  interbrachial 
plate.  Arm  openings  directed  outward.  Respiratory  pores  in  five  pairs, 
placed  interradially.  Arms  from  twelve  to  si.\teen,  long,  subcylin<lrical  ; 
tips  incurving  and  sometimes  tlattened,  but  without  increasing  in  width. 
Regular  interbrachials  not  numerous ;  the  anal  plate  generally  supporting 
two  rows  of  three  plates,  and  a  small  piece  within  the  arm  regions.  Ventral 
disk  .shorter  than  the  dorsal  cup,  composed  of  comparatively  few  large  plates. 
Anal  opening  at  the  end  of  an  unusually  long  tube,  reaching  far  beyond  the 
tips  of  the  arms ;  it  is  almost  central,  straight,  stout  at  the  base,  but  grad- 
ually tapers  upwards  .so  as  to  be  quite  slender  at  the  end. 

Distribut'w)}.  —  So  far  as  known  restricted  to  America,  and  found  only 
in  tlie  Upper  and  Lower  Burlington  beds,  and  in  the  lower  part  of  the 
Keokuk  group 

T'ipc  of  the  genus  :  Macromnns  Koninclci  (Shumard). 

Rcmurks. — The  species  for  which  we  propose  this  genus  have  been 
referred  successively  to  Adinocrinus,  Bn/orn'mis,  and  Erctinocrinus,  but,  as 
generally  admitted,  without  agreeing  with  either  one  of  them.  They  dif- 
fer from  Bit/ocriinci  in  the  more  elongate  form  of  the  calyx,  the  less  number 
and  greater  length  of  the  arms,  and  in  having  but  five  pairs  of  respiratory 
pores ;  and  from  Erctmom'nm  in  the  arm  structure,  and  in  having  a  long, 
straight,  and  almost  central  anal  tube. 


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MacroorinuB  Koninoki  (Siu<m.). 
Plate  XXXV.  Fijs.  1,  2, 3. 

1855.     Aflinocrinm  Koiiiiicki — SnuMAUni  (icol.   Ucp.  Missouri  by  Swallow,  Part  II.,  p.  194,  Flnte  A, 

Fi(,'3.  %u,  li,  e. 
187H.    Itdtiirriiim  Kiiniiicki  —  JIekk  nnd  WoiiTiiENi  Gciil.  Kep.  llliunis,  Vol.  V  ,  p.  307. 
1877.     lliiluniiiiii  Koiiiiifki — S.  .\.  Mii.l.Kii;  Ciitiil.  Aiiiit.  I'alnjo?..  Vms.,  |)    17i. 
ISsl.     EfehimrriiiKi  Koiiiiii-ki  —  W.  ninl  Si'  ;  llrvisioa  I'alieocr,,  I'arl  11,  p.  171)  (Proceed.  Acnd.  Nat.  Sci. 

riiila.,  p.  Ml). 
1890.     Ki-f/moi-riiiiit  h'uiiinrli  —  S   A    Mii.r.KR;  Xorlh  Ainer.  Gcol.  niul  Pal.,  p.  21H. 

Syn.  Adinoeriiiuf  iiniirfu-'iit  —  .\I(  Ciiksney  ;  18BII,  Dcscr.  New  Spec,  of  I'nss.,  p.  2:t. 

Ciilyx  urn-slmped,  small,  elnngnte.  Doisnl  ciip  one  third  higlicr  tlinn  tiic 
vent  nil  di.sk,  constricted  iit  the  Ixisi-rndinl  HUture.'*,  wlniice  it  gradiinlly  and 
unifoinily  expimds  to  the  bottom  of  the  nrm-benring  l)fiicliiiils,  which  are 
directed  abruptly  outward.  All  phites  of  the  dor.fal  cup  are  more  or  less 
convex;  the  radials,  ar.al  plate,  and  fir.st  interbrachials  strongly  nodose. 

Base  rather  high,  wider  at  the  lower  end  than  at  the  upper  ;  the  bottom 
truncated  and  hexangidar  in  outline;  iiiterbasal  sutures  indistinct;  the  col- 
iinm  facet  bordered  by  a  small  circular  ridge.  Riuh'als  large,  as  long  as  wide. 
Tlie  two  costals  together  not  more  than  half  the  size  of  the  radials;  the 
first  as  long  as  wide,  or  nearly  so,  and  quadrangidar ;  tlie  second  larger, 
more  convex,  and  pentangular.  The  three  anterior  rays  have  3X2  dis- 
tichals  and  two  arms;  the  two  posterior  rays  toward  tiie  anal  side  but  one 
distichal,  followed  by  2  X  2  palmars,  at  the  opposite  side  three  successive  dis- 
tichal.s.  Tiie  two  upper  rows  of  brachials  in  the  calyx  are  connected  later- 
ally except  at  the  nnal  side,  where  one  or  two  small  plates  are  interposed 
between  them.  Arm  facets  small ;  the  ambulacral  openings  slightly  grouped  ; 
the  space  between  the  posterior  rays  wider  than  between  the  other.s,  and 
somewhiit  depressed.  Rospirntory  pores  arranged  interradially ;  they  con- 
sist of  five  pairs,  are  very  large,  and  are  located  on  a  level  with  the  ambu- 
lacral openings.  Arms  twelve,  biserial,  of  moderate  length,  the  tips  infolding; 
they  are  slender,  slightly  flnttened  on  the  back,  and  composed  of  short,  nar- 
row, transverse  pieces.  There  is  but  one  interbrachial  at  the  four  regular 
sides,  but  four  to  six  in  the  anal  interradius.  The  annl  plate  is  higher  than 
the  radials,  and  followed  by  three  large  nodose  plates,  and  by  one,  two.  or 
three  in  the  next  row.  Ventral  disk  irregularly  conical,  the  posterior  oral 
pushed  anteriorly,  very  large  and  more  elevated  than  any  of  the  other 
plates.     Anal  tube  almost  central,  and  composed  of  large,  nodose  pieces ;  it 


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448 


THE  CRINOIDKA  CAMEUATA  OF  NOKTH   AJIKUICA. 


is  long,  xtout  at  the  hiise,  but  qiiito  thin  at  the  upper  end.  Column  Blender, 
the  joints  high. 

Horizon  and  Lumlitij.  —  Lower  part  of  the  Upper  Burlington  limestone, 
Buviington,  Iowa. 

Tyije  in  the  Washington  University  Museum  at  St.  Louis. 


i1 


MaoroorinuH  oarioa  (Ham,). 
Flute  XXXVII.  Fig.  S. 

ISfll.  Acliiiomnm  carii'n  —  WkU.;  Prilini.  Descf.  New  Criii.,  |i,  10. 

1S73.  lliilo,;-iiiH3  {IW/wurriiim)  airiru  ;  Mkek  niiil  UniiTllKN  ;  (Iccil.  11pp.  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  [i.  303, 

1S77.  Jliiloi'i-iiiua  carifti  —  S.  A.  .\Iii.i,i;ii ;  Aincr.  I'liliniz.  l'"i]ss.,|i.  71. 

14S1.  Ertlmoi-riiius  Cdiird  —  W.  mul  Si'.;  Itevisi' n  I'liln'ucr.,  I'uit  ]1  ,  |i.  172  (Proceed.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci. 

riiiiii.,  p.  an'i). 

IS'JO.     Eretmocriiiim  carica  —  S.  A.  MlLLEH;  Noitli  Aiiicr.  Gcol.  mid  Pul.,  p  243. 

Larger  than  tlio  preceding  species,  and  more  robust.  Calyx  longer  than 
wide,  ovoid ;  the  dorsal  cup  one  third  to  one  half  liigiier  than  the  ventral 
di.sk.  All  principal  plates  of  the  calyx  strongly  nodose,  the  others  flat  or 
slightly  convex ;  the  suture  lines  obscure. 

Basals  directed  downward,  deeply  notched  at  the  sutures,  nnd  slightly  at 
tiie  middle  of  each  plate,  so  as  to  form  six  angularities  or  small  nodes  at  the 
lower  end  of  the  base;  the  bottom  forming  a  deep  concavity,  containing 
several  joints  of  the  colmnn.  Eadials  very  large,  wider  than  long,  extended 
into  a  long  transverse  node  which  is  directed  obliquely  downward.  First 
costals  small,  almost  linear,  their  surfaces  flat ;  the  second  arc  nodo.se,  pent- 
angular, longer  than  the  first,  and  somewhat  wider.  Distichals  3  X  2  in  the 
three  anterior  rays ;  in  the  two  posterior  ones  the  divisions  next  to  the  anal 
side  have  oidy  one  distichal,  which  supports  two  palmars  from  each  side  ;  the 
other  divisions  have  throe  distichals  and  no  palmars,  which  gives  twelve  arms 
to  the  species.  The  distichals  and  palmars  join  laterally ;  the  plates  are  flat, 
except  the  arm-bearing  ones,  which  are  rounded  like  arm  plates  and  project 
outward.  Arm  facets  a  little  concave,  directed  horizontally  ;  the  ambulacral 
openings  almost  equidistant ;  the  respiratory  pores  restricted  to  the  inter- 
radial  spaces.  Structure  of  the  arms  not  known.  Tiiere  is  but  one  rcgidar 
interbrachial  plate,  the  anal  side  has  three  above  the  anal  plate,  all  of  which 
are  strongly  nodose.  Ventral  di.sk  hemispherical,  constructed  almost  exclu- 
sively of  the  orals  and  radiiil  dome  plates,  which  are  large  and  tuberculous. 
There  are  at  each  interradius  three  or  four  interambulacral  pieces,  which  are 
scarcely  convex.  Anal  tube  slightly  excentric,  rather  slender,  its  length 
unknown. 


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DATOCUIN'ID.E. 


440 


Horizon  and  Locallli/.  —  \]\>\tcY  Biiilington  limestone,  Burlington,  lowii. 

TypcH  in  the  Museum  of  Coinpanitivo  Zoiilogy. 

llcmarl'H. —  Tiiis  rnrc  nud  beautiful  species  is  readily  recognized  by  the 
peculiar  form  of  its  base,  the  large  nodes  upon  the  radials  and  interbraeiiials, 
nnd  the  flat  plates  in  the  upper  part  of  the  dorsal  cnii.  The  nodes  upon  the 
radials  hang  downward,  nnd  their  extremities  reach  almost  to  u  line  with  the 
lower  end  of  the  basals. 


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i  I 


MaoroorinuB  gemmiformia  (Ham.). 
riate  XXXVI.  Fig.  8. 

1300,    Ai'liiioerimii  gemmifuniih  —  IUll;  Suppl.  Geol.  'ncp.  lown,  ji.  23  (riio(o(;r.,Tliilc  li./,  I'i),'.  0,  1S"2, 

N.  Y.  Sinic  Musdini,  Hull.  !.)• 
1873.    Bdlocriniis  (_Erelmucrinuii ?)  gemmiformia  —  Mekk  ami  Woutiikn;   Gi'ul.   lU'ji.   llliiiuia,   V(il.   V., 

p.  303. 
1977.    lliilorriiiin oemmlfnniiii — S.  A.  Mii.i.Kn;  Catal.  riilicoz,  Fuss.,  p.  72. 
1831.     Kiv/mofriiiiii  ffemiiii/urmis  —  \V.  niid  Si-. ;  Hpvisiim  I'lilitcicr.,  I'lirt  II,,  )i.  173. 
1390.     Efetmoerinm gemiiiiftrmis  —  S.  A.  Mjuleuj  Nurlli  Ariicr.  Ocol.  iiiiil  l'iilii'(]iit.,  \i.  213. 

A  small  nnd  delicate  species.  Calyx  a  little  higher  than  wide.  Dor.-nl 
cup  truncate  at  the  bottom ;  the  sides  moderately  and  uniforndy  rising  to 
the  arm  bases  ;  higher  thnn  the  ventral  disk.  PIntes  elevnted ;  the  radials 
covered  with  long  tran.sverse  nodes  or  obtuse  spines,  nnd  similar  elongate 
nodes,  l)ut  circular  in  outline,  nro  formed  on  the  second  costals,  the  first 
interbrachials,  and  the  anal  plate  ;  the  distichals  nnd  pahnars  angular  on  the 
back,  forming  distinct  ridges. 

Basals  produced  into  long  spreading  extensions,  which  overhang  the 
upper  part  of  tlio  column,  giving  to  the  base  a  decidedly  trilobate  outline. 
Radials  large,  a  little  wider  than  long.  Costnls  less  thnn  hnlf  the  si/e  of  the 
radials,  almost  as  long  ns  wide;  the  first  quadrnngidar ;  the  second  pint- 
nngular.  The  anterior  ray  has  3x2  distichals ;  the  four  other  rays  have  in 
one  division  two  small  distichals,  followed  by  two  palmars,  in  the  other  three 
distichals.  There  are  fourteen  arms  to  the  specio.s,  exceptionally  fifteen  or 
sixteen,  the  odd  number  occurring  in  the  nntero-lnternl  rnys.  The  iii)per 
brachials  nre  in  contact  laterally  except  on  the  nnal  side,  where  they  are 
separated  by  an  elongate  piece,  which  connects  with  the  plates  of  the  disk. 
Structure  of  arms  iniknown.  Anal  plate  higher  than  the  radials,  supporting 
three  large  plates,  and  these  from  two  to  three  small  ones  ;  the  interbrachials 
nt  the  four  regular  sides  consist  of  two  to  three  plates.  Ventral  disk  hemi- 
spherical ;  the  plates  large  and  sharply  nodose.     The  posterior  oral  forms  at 


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400 


THE   CHIXOIDK.V  CAMKHATA   OK   NORTH    AMKUK  A. 


the  anterior  .siilo  tlio  ba.Mo  of  tlio  vcntrol  tiibo,  which  is  lUiiiost  ccntrul,  ami 
inoru  mIuikIui'  thnii  uhiiiiI  in  this  ^enuH, 

IIorixoH  (inil  Liicaliti). —  Lowor  Burlington  limestone;  IJuilington,  lown. 

Type  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  colleetion,  Springlieltl. 

Til iiiiir/i.i. — The  Hpeeinien  from  which  Hall  nuulo  his  dcsciiption  was 
(k'Cective,  and  the  arm  Ibrniulii  which  he  givcH  of  the  Hpecies  is  incorrect. 
It  has  nor-nnlly  but  Iburtcen  arms:  i,3;  but  when  an  additional  arm  is  intro- 
duced, which  is  ([uito  often  the  case,  this  is  placed  in  tlio  antero-lateral  rays, 
and  not  in  the  posterior  one.    Hall  gavo  tho  arm  formula  as  i,i. 


Maorooriaus  verDeuilianus  (Shim.)- 
r/a/c  XXX.  Fl(js.  15, 10, 17,  IS. 

1833.    Jctiiioerliiii.'i  vfriifiiiliniiii/i  —  SiifMAun;  Gccil.  Siirv.  of  Missouri  by  Swallow,  Part  II,,  p.  1933, 

J'latc  A,  KiKs.  li/,  h. 
1H73.     Jluloi'riiiiii  fn-iieiiiliiiiiiii  Mkkk  iiuil  WouTiiEX;  Cecil.  Hop.  Illinois,  Vul.  V.,  p.  3*9,  Tlatc  4,  Figs.  3 

ami  1. 
ISSl.     Ei-rtmiiffiiiiis  reriii'iiiliiiiiiis —  W.  and  Sr. ;  Revision  rnla'ocr.,  Pnrt  11.,  p.  173  (Proceed.  Acnd.  Nat. 

Sci,  I'liiln.,  |i.  ;U7) 
1990.     F.ri'tiiiociiiius  veriieiiiliniiiis  —  S.  A.  Milleb;  Ndrtli  Aiiicr.  Gcol.  niul  Taln'ont.,  p,  213. 

Calyx  biturbinate,  higher  than  wide;  tho  dorsal  cnp  higher  than  the 
ventral  disk,  truncate  at  the  base,  its  sides  a  little  concave,  the  arm-bearing 
plates  projecting.  Surface  of  plates  flat  or  very  plightly  convex,  the  radiala 
and  first  intorbrachials  always  more  or  less  elevated  at  tho  median  portions. 

Basals  rather  large,  forming  a  hexagonal  cup  with  erect  sides ;  grooved 
at  the  intcrbasal  sutures ;  the  column  facet  deep  and  narrow,  occupying  but 
one  third  the  diameter  at  the  bottom  of  the  calyx.  Eadials  twice  as  large 
as  the  two  costals  together,  somewhat  variable  in  form,  but  generally  as  long 
as  wide,  and  tho  lateral  faces  eonsideraldy  longer  than  the  upper  sloping 
faces;  the  two  heptagonal  plates  larger  than  the  hexagonal  ones.  First 
costals  quadrangular,  very  small,  twice  as  wide  as  long;  the  second  some- 
what larger  and  pentangular.  Distichals  two  in  both  divisions  of  the  anterior 
ray,  and  al.<o  in  one  division  of  tho  other  rays ;  tho  other  divi.xion  has  but 
one  distichal,  which  is  axillary,  and  supports  2X2  small  palniars;  there 
being  normally  foiu'tecn  arms,  with  variations  from  fourteen  to  eighteen. 
First  palmars  in  lateral  contact  with  each  other  and  with  adjoining  dis- 
tichals, except  at  the  anal  side  ;  while  the  upper  plates  meet  only  their 
fellows  of  the  same  ra}',  being  entirely  free  at  one  side.  Arm  openings 
directed  slightly  upwards ;  the  interspace  between  the  posterior  rays  wider 


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•l.-.l 


tlmn  tlioHo  )iet\VL'en  tlio  otliiT  iiivs,  mnl  imii'Ii  inoro  ik'pie-soil.  Ifi'spi. 
ratory  poros  lurgo,  in  (ivu  paiin,  pluffil  iiitciiiKlially.  Aiiiih  li>iiy.  llio 
tips  iiilolilinj^ ;  coiiipoHcd  of  two  neiioH  of  iiiodurntuly  long  pifces.  Near 
tliu  iippiT  end  tlio  anii.M,  wliifh  liclow  aiv  roumlfd  on  tlio  bai'k,  grow  alnui^i 
Hut,  liowfvi'i'.  without  ini'ivaHing  in  width,  and  llio  Murracc  of  each  ])hitu  in 
well  prem-rvt'd  Mpceinicns  in  covered  willi  two  rtniail  nodt's  wiiich,  fonned  into 
longitudinal  rows,  give  to  tlio  upper  part  of  the  arm  a  file  like  appearance. 
I'iiniules  lon;^',  conipo>ed  of  elongate  joints,  each  one  provideil  with  a  «niall 
liook  at  tiie  upper  face.  Regular  interbraehials  from  one  to  three.  Ana! 
piuto  higher  than  wide,  fol!(iwed  hy  3,  3.  and  1  jdate,  the  latter  piece  rest- 
ing between  the  nrni-bearing  brachialH.  Plates  of  the  ventral  dick  almost 
Hat,  except  the  posterior  oral,  w  hich  is  moderately  convex  and  very  large  ; 
it  is  erect,  and  forms  at  the  anterior  side  the  base  of  the  anal  tube.  The 
tid)e  is  almost  central,  ver^-  stout  at  the  base,  extremely  long,  attaining 
sometimes  twice  the  length  of  the  arms,  and  it  terminates  in  a  very  slen- 
der point.  The  stem,  which  is  known  to  n  length  of  about  lo  cm.,  retains 
nearly  tlie  same  width  throughout.  To  the  length  o "  about  5  cm.,  smaller 
joints  altenuvtc  at  intervals  with  larger  ones,  thence  downward  the  plates 
gradually  become  luiiform.  The  larger  or  nodal  joints  througliout  the  stem 
are  al)out  1  nun.  high  by  loss  tlmn  2  mm.  tviile.  Toward  the  lower  end  ap- 
pear cirri,  given  oiY  irregularly,  and  only  one  from  a  plate.  Axial  canal 
small,  pentagonal. 

lLifh:un  ami  Lvcii/lfy.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone.  It  is  found  wher- 
ever this  bed  is  exposed  throughout  Iowa,  Illinois,  and  Missouri,  being  one  of 
the  two  most  common  Crinoids  of  this  horizon,  and  very  characteristic  of  it. 


I  ' 


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MaorocrinuB  juoundus  (^i.  and  G.). 
Plate  XXX.  Flffs.  13,  I4. 

1800.    BaloeriiiKS  jifiiiulm  —  Mii.LtR  niul  (iriil.Kv;  Jouni.  C'iiicin.  Sue.  Kiit.  Hist.,  Vul.  X!II.,  p.  iO, 
VhW  \,  Im-s.  5  mill  C. 
Svu.  /I,i/:ii'iiiiiia iir/iKitiix  —  S.  A.  Mii.i.Elij  Adv.  Sliccts  l*(li  Itcp.  Gciil.  Surv.  Iiuliaim,  1891,  p.  53, 
I'lalo  "*,  Figs.  1  mill  2. 

A  small  species,  the  calyx  subovoid.  Dorsal  cup  higher  than  the  ventral 
disk,  truncated  at  the  bottom ;  the  sides  moderately  convex ;  the  arm-bear- 
ing plates  projecting  outward.  The  plates  in  most  of  the  specimens  are 
almost  flat ;  in  some,  however,  the  middle  part  of  the  radials  is  formed  into  a 


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nil;   CIMNOIDKA    (  VMi;UAT.V   OK   NOUTII   AMI.UI(  A, 


"iliDit,  triinnvi'i.xe  nodu,  iiikI  llie  Iowit  jiortioris  of  tlio  (iiHt  iiitoibiacliiiils  aio 
.slightly  tliickciiuil. 

liiiNul:*  hw^v,  coMHtitutiii}(  II  xliurt  cyliiulrical  cup,  fully  twico  un  wide  an 
tliu  ('oliiinn,  NuiiiL'tiinoH  NJiglitly  uxpaiiilin^f  at  tlii>  lower  end,  and  liex'ipmal 
in  outline.  KadiaN  iniieli  !ai>;er  than  the  two  eo^talw  to^^elluT,  wider  than 
liuij,',  the  lateral  taees  eonnideraljly  longer  than  the  nloping  upper  one.x,  tlio 
tipper  liiecs  slightly  concavo.  First  costaJM  quadrangular,  one  third  wider 
than  long  ;  the  xecond  pentangular,  wider  and  longer  than  the  Hint.  DIh- 
tiehals  2  X  'J.  throughout  the  ealyx,  hut  those  of  the  anterior  ray  are  nuc> 
ceeded  directly  hy  the  anus;  while  in  the  posterior  rays,  in  the  division  ne.\t 
to  the  anal  side,  and  in  hoth  divisions  of  tliu  antero-lateral  rays,  tho  secoiul 
distiehals  arc  axillary,  and  support  a  palmar  from  each  side.  Arm  openings 
directed  slightly  upwards;  almost  equidistant;  the  arm-hearing  plates  in 
contact  laterally,  except  those  facing  tho  anal  side,  which  are  separated  hy 
a  narrow,  elongate  plate.  Arins  sixteen,  moderately  long,  rounded  on  tho 
hack,  giadually  tapering  to  tho  tips,  and  composed  from  their  bases  tip  of 
two  series  of  rather  long  pieces.  Pinnules  long,  the  joints  elongate.  Inter- 
brachials  two  to  three,  those  of  the  second  row  comparatively  largo.  At  tho 
anal  side  also,  the  upper  plates  arc  largo  for  thi.s  genus;  the  anal  pinto  is 
higher  than  the  radinls,  and  succeeded  by  three  plates,  which  arc  as  high  and 
almost  as  wide  as  the  corresponding  single  plate  at  the  other  sides ;  the  threo 
plates  of  tho  second  row  are  fully  as  large  as  the  axillary  distichals.  Ventral 
di.sk  conical,  the  plati's  large,  nodose,  nnd  extended  into  a  long  contrnl  tube, 
which  reaches  far  beyond  tho  tips  of  tlio  nrms.  The  tube  is  stout  nt  the 
base,  but  gradually  tapers  to  a  sharp  point  at  the  end,  nnd  is  composed  of 
similar  plates  as  tho  disk.  Tho  posterior  oral  is  pushed  far  out  to  tho  nn- 
terior  side  ;  it  is  three  times  as  largo  as  tho  four  others,  more  prominent,  and 
arranged  trnnsvorsely.  Column  small,  the  nodnl  joints  rather  high,  witli 
rounded  edges,  and  wider  than  tho  intervening  ones.  At  4  cm.  from  the 
calyx  the  last  intornodo  contains  seven  pieces. 

Horizon  (Old  Locidlti/.  —  Keokuk  group;  Indian  crc^k,  ten  miles  from 
Crnwfordsvillc,  Montgomery  Co.,  Ind.,  where  it  was  fcand  by  ns  in  large 
numbers  and  in  excellent  preservation. 

licmarl-n.  —  Ba/orrimin  af/iintun  S.  A.  M'''.er,  is  identical  with  this  species, 
with  only  two  arms  iu  the  anterior  rny  in  place  of  three. 


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lUroCHIMD.K.  J.".;} 

Haoroorinui  lagunoului  (Hall). 

ItftO.     .f'/lnocrlHHi  liignHfKlHi—  II»i.i, )  8ii|i]il.  Ociil.  lli-p.  lown,  p,  41. 

1S(17.     Hiilofriiim  liii/mn-nlin  —  .\1.  iiiul  W,  j  (linl.  Uep.  Illiiidis,  V.il.  V.,  p,  SOT. 

l!l9l<     llilmriiiHi  IiijhhcuUi  —  W.  uiij  Hi'. )  lluviiiiiii  riiliiiici'.,  I'lil't  II ,  |i.  HID, 

A  V017  NiiiiiU  Hpocii'H  of  tlio  typo  of  Mueroninus  vcniniillnmis,  but  tlio 
(lorrxtl  cup  propoi'tioiiiilly  luii^or,  ami  tliu  ariii  upiMiingH  foriiiLMl  into  an 
iilmiist  coutinuouH  ring  nrouml  tin;  ciilyx.  CiiIy.K  oiil-o  mikI  iv  Imlf  as  high 
ns  widu.  Dorsal  cup  conical,  iim  high  a.s  thu  widlii  at  (ho  aim  liases;  tlio 
aiilus  II  littlu  convux.  Surttico  of  platuit  Hlightly  cluvatcil,  atul  huvuluil  at  tho 
margin-*. 

Hasul.H  inoiloratoly  short,  thickened  nt  their  lower  margins,  nnil  forming  a 
riui,  which  i.s  not  iiideutcd  at  Iho  HuturuH.  Iliulials  longer  than  witle,  the 
superior  faces  concave.  First  costiils  twico  n.s  wide  as  long,  quadrangular; 
second  costals  pentagonal,  exceptionally  hexagonal  in  tho  postoro-hiferal 
rayn.  Tho  anterior  ray  ha.s  3X2  disticlmls  and  two  arms ;  tho  antero- 
lateral hi",  one  disticlml  and  four  arms;  while  tho  two  poslero-lateral 
ones,  which  sustain  three  arms,  have  toward  tho  anal  side  a  disticlml  and 
two  palinars,  and  at  tho  opposite  sido  three  distichals,  making  sixteen  armH 
to  tho  entire  species.  First  anal  plate  as  largo  as  the  radials,  slightly  longer 
but  narrower ;  the  second  anal  a  little  larger  than  tho  two  interbrachlals 
aside  of  it.  Tho  next  row  consists  of  two  or  three  pieces.  The  four  rcgidai' 
sides  contain  three  plates,  which  aro  arched  by  the  arm-bearing  brachials, 
and  also  those  of  tho  posterior  side.  Tegnion  conical,  gradually  passing  into 
tho  anal  ttd)e,  which  is  very  stout;  plates  nodoso,  decreasing  In  sizo  as  they 
approach  the  arm-bases.  Orals  excentric  ;  tho  posterior  one  standing  erect, 
to  one  sido  of  the  anal  tube. 

Iforhiin  (Old  Loculitij.  —  Keokuk  group;  Warsaw,  Ills.,  and  Keokuk, 
Iowa. 

Tiipe  in  tho  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 


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454  TUir  CKIXOIDEA   CAMKKATA   OF   NOIMII   AMEIUCA. 


DORYCRTNUS  Hoimku. 

1S")4.  K.  lioKMEii;  Aicliiv,  f.  Niiluif,'cM'h.,  Jiilirf;.  XIX  ,  Blind  1,  p.  M7. 

IS'iJ.  I'.  li(iKMi;ii ;  Lrlhiua  (lini;ii.  (  \ii-i,'.  3),  p.  210 

ISd'J.  Mt'KK  ami  AVouriiKN  ;  I'loiTiil.  Ai'.'l   Nut.  Sci.  I'nilii.,  )i.  105. 

1S73.  Jh-.KK  anil  Woinjitsi  (iwil.  Ui'|).  Illinois,  V'l.  V.,  p.  3('J. 

1S7S.  W.  ami  Si'. ;    I'lucTil.  Acail.  Nal.  Sci.  "'Iiila.,  p.  HH. 

l""?'.).  ZiTTKi.  (sul)i,'i'nu5  111'  .liiip/ioriirriiiiif)  ;  ilamlb.  ilir  ruliinnl.,  Vol.  I.,  p.  370. 

l^Sl.  \Y.  ami  Si'.  ;  lU'visinii  I'alaMicr  ,  I'arl  II.,  p.  ITU  (I'riim-il   Acad.  Nal.  Sci.  I'liila,,  p.  3,ilO' 

Syii.  .tiiiphoi-iicriiiiis  .Mi.';k  and  )ViiuTni:N  (mil  Ansliii,  ISCjCi),  Guul.  Hip.  Illinois,  Vol.  II.,  \>.  2nO. 

Calyx  iloci'.lcdly-  bilateral,  distinctly  lobed  at  the  nrm  rogion.s,  the  iiiter- 
railial  .spaces  deeply  depres.sed  and  simiou.s.  The  dor.sal  cup  broadl_\-  trun- 
cate at  tiie  bottom,  tiie  plates  heavy  and  frequently  nodo.se.  Basals  three, 
largo,  their  sides  produced  into  a  rim  which  sometimes  becomes  highly  con- 
spicuous. Radials,  as  a  rule,  as  largo  as  the  two  costals  together.  First 
custals  quadrangular;  the  second  usually  pentangular,  excei>tion!illy  hexan- 
gular  or  heptangular.  Distichals  two  when  there  arc  no  palmars,  but  when 
the  latter  are  reprosenled,  there  is  but  one  distichal,  which  is  axillary,  and  is 
followed  by  a  single  row  of  palmars.  Arms  in  pairs,  given  off  from  a  niimite 
axillary,  which  occupie-*  the  same  facet  with  the  proximal  arm  plates  at  each 
side,  and  both  arms  have  a  common  ambulacral  opening  in  the  calyx.  In 
sj)i'cies  with  twenty  ari.i  openings,  each  ray  has  four  pairs  of  arms,  but  when 
there  are  les3  than  twenty,  the  anterolateral  rays  generally  have  but  two 
pairs,  and  the  anterior  one  from  two  to  four.  The  arms  are  rather  short, 
biscrial,  and  more  or  loss  spinous.  The  spines  are  given  off  at  intervals 
fi'.>iu  the  sides,  and  are  formed  by  the  outward  prolongation  of  the  arm 
pl-itos.  Pinnules  of  moderate  size.  The  number  of  interbrachials  is  lim- 
ited, there  being  rarely  more  thr.n  throe  in  the  dorsal  cup,  the  two  upper 
ones  at  the  level  of  the  arm  bases.  The  anal  side  is  more  or  less  flattened, 
the  median  line  elevated,  the  sides  grooved.  It  consists  of  a  longitudinal  row 
G.''  anal  j)!atos,  supiiorting  a  number  of  smaller  pieces,  which  surround  the 
anus.  At  each  side  of  the  anal  row  there  are  one  or  more  interl)rachials, 
somewhat  depressed  below  the  level  of  the  anal  plate  between  them.  Ven- 
tral disk  highly  elevated ;  the  iwsterior  oral,  and  frequcntl3'  also  the  first 
radial  plates  above  the  ambulacra,  extended  into  low  spines.  Anus  cxeen- 
tric,  opening  out  laterally  directly  from  the  disk.  Column  round,  the  nodal 
joints  largely  projecting  over  the  others;  axial  canal  small,  pentangular. 

Dixtriliiit'ion.  — So  far  as  known,  restricted  to  the  two  Burlington  beds,  and 
the  Keokuk  limestone. 


i*.*' 


T 


T 


lUTOCRlNin.-E. 


•l.j.j 


Ti/pc  of  the  i^cniis  :  Don/rrhiHs  mU^kf^ippicnm  Roomor. 

Utinttrhs. —  In  tlio  Revision,  Purt  11.,  wo  referred  to  this  ^axwm  Doryni- 
nns  cana/icitlatiii  nnd  Ac/iiU'criitiis  {Cahcrimts)  co/icuntx  Meek  nnd  Wortlien. 
Ar/inncriiiiis  mibnctthttus  Hall,  ami  A.  parvus  Slniiimrd,  all  of  wliieli  wo  liiivi> 
now  arranj^ed  under  a  new  goniis  Aurwrhius,  along  witli  Jhn/iriiiiis  iiiiiiid- 
(iini.'f,  D.  parrllidsin,  and  I),  nidliititu,  described  by  us  in  Vol.  VIM.  of  the 
Geological  Report  of  Illinois.  The  arms  of  those  species,  instead  of  being 
paire<l,  are  stouter  and  single,  the  first  radial  plates  in  the  disk  are  not  s])ini- 
ferons,  nor  in  any  way  distinct  from  the  snrrouiuling  pieces,  and  their  basals 
are  small  and  roimdod  at  the  lower  margins. 

Dorycrinus  mississippiensis  i?okme:i. 
PlKk:  XLTIf.  Fig.  J,  ami  Flak  XLIV.  Figs.  2,  3. 

18.it.     HnKMKii;  .\irliiv.  f.  Niiliii;;.  (.l.ilir.  XIX),  Hand  I.,  y.  ell'.,  I'liilo  10. 

1S()2.     DiMUUMX  anil  llni:;   lli^l.  nalni-.  ili's  Ziiii|iliylr.s  I'li'liincul.,  p.  1  Hi,  I'liitc  3,  l'i|,'s.  1-H. 

1873.     Mkkk  anil  WnnniKS  ;  (u'ul.  H.'p.  Illinciis,  Vnj.  V.,  p,  3S0. 

1S81.     \V.  and  Si'. ;   Kcvi>ioM  I'du-ncr.,  I'arl  II,,  p.  17'.)  (I'rcioci'd.  .\rad.  Nat.  Sci.  I'lnla.  p.  3."i:!). 

Svn.    Ai'liiwcriiiiis  {lhiri/('riiiui)  mhshsippieiisi!',  \\\x.  npiiiii/rr  I1.\I.I. ;  Siippl.  (.ioul.  Ui'p.  Iowa,  1'>J9, 
p.,Vt. 

A  largo  spocio.'*.  Cal^'x  about  as  high  as  wide,  astoriform  in  its  ventral 
aspect,  deeply  impros.sed  and  llattened  at  the  posterior  side,  broadly  truncate 
at  the  lower  end  :  the  ventral  disk  extended  into  six  long,  heavyspines  ;  the 
plates  from  almost  Hat  to  strongl}'  nodose  ;  suture  lines  niore  or  less  grooved. 

Basals  large,  forming  a  cup  which  is  three  times  as  wide  as  long,  slightly 
expanding  to  the  lower  Tuargiii,  Hat  at  the  bottom,  with  a  shallow  depression 
for  the  attachment  of  the  culunui.  Radials  once  and  a  half  to  twice  as  wide 
as  long,  the  n]ipcr  face  concave.  First  costals  comparatively  large,  wider 
than  long,  quadrangular.  Second  costals  a  little  larger  than  the  first;  those 
of  the  posterior  raj's  generally  hexangular,  the  others  heptangular.  Dis- 
tichals  one  to  each  ray  division,  all  of  them  axillary  ;  they  are  as  large  as 
the  second  costals,  and  give  off  from  each  of  their  sloping  sides  a  single 
palmar,  which  supports  two  arms.  Arm  openings  twenty,  arranged  in 
groups,  tho-;o  of  the  same  ray  equidistant,  the  spaces  intervening  between 
the  rays  twice  as  wide  as  those  between  their  subdivisions,  and  that  of  the 
anal  side  al)out  four  times  as  wide.  Arm  structure  unknown.  First  inter- 
brachial  large,  generally  as  wide  as  high  ;  it  supports  two  somewhat  .smaller 
plates,  which  abut  against  the  upper  costals  and  the  distichals,  and  these 
are  followed  by  two  still   smaller   pieces,  which  are  on   a  level  with  the 


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THE  CRIXOIDEA   CAMERATA   OF   NORTH  AMERICA. 


arm  bases.  First  nnal  plate  longer  than  the  radials,  tlie  median  portions 
marlved  by  ii  transverse  ridge,  followed  by  a  longitudinal  row  of  fonr 
additional  anal.s,  and  these  by  a  moderate  number  of  irregular  pieces  which 
surround  the  anus.  The  four  latter  anals  sustain  at  their  sides  a  row  of 
elongate  plates,  which  decrease  in  size  upwards.  Anal  area  elevated,  the 
median  line  forming  a  rounded  ridge,  which  passes  up  to  the  posterior 
oral.  Ventral  disk  inflated,  as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup,  pentagonal  in  out- 
line. Tiie  spines  are  long,  sometimes  reaching  a  length  of  5  cm.  or  more ; 
the  other  plates  of  the  disk  (lat,  or  moderately  convex.  The  posterior  oral, 
which  is  represented  by  the  central  .spine,  is  as  large  at  its  base  as  the  other 
four  orals  together;  the  latter  are  pushed  anteriorly.  Tiie  first  radial  dome 
plates,  which  are  represented  by  the  five  lateral  .spines  are  surrounded  by 
five  rather  large  plates,  and  these  are  followed  downward  b}-  two  secondary 
radial  pieces  and  a  large  interambulacral.  Anus  on  a  level  with  the  lateral 
spines,  the  opening  directed  laterally. 

Ilumon  and  Loml'dy.  —  Upper  part  of  the  Keokuk  group;  Keokuk, 
Iowa,  and  Warsaw,  Hamilton,  and  Nauvoo,  Ills.,  also  found  at  AVhite's 
creek  near  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  at  several  localities  in  Indiana  and 
Kentucky. 

TiijKs  in  the  Mineralogical  Museum  at  Breslau,  Germany. 

licinarks.  —  Since  the  above  description  was  written,  we  have  examined 
a  fine  spicimen  in  the  collection  of  L.  A.  Cox  of  Keokuk,  in  which  the  arms 
are  presurvea  to  near  their  full  leng'J  ,  and  13  cm.  of  the  stem.  The  arms 
are  paired  and  of  moderate  size ;  they  are  composed  of  rather  long  joints, 
which  are  not  spine-bearing  .so  far  as  observed.  The  column  is  rather  heavy 
at  the  top.  but  tapers  gradually  from  8  mm.  to  4  at  the  lower  end.  The 
first  internodal  joint  exposed  to  view  occurs  between  the  eighth  and  ninth 
joints,  but  they  increase  rapidly  in  number,  and  soon  attain  the  form  and 
size  of  tiie  nodal  joints,  which  griidually  become  c^'lindrical  and  narrower. 

Dorycrinus  Gtouldi  (TIam.). 
Plate  XLIII.  FUjs.  2,  3,  and  Plate  XLIV.  Fujs.  4,  o. 

l^jS.     ArUiiorriiiiis  Goiildi  —  IIai.i.;  Ocol.  Rep.  Iowa,  Vol.  I.,  Piirt  II.,  ]i-  C13,  Pliitc  13,  Tiirs.  Cc,  I,  c. 
1S73.     D'li-i/i-riiiiis  GouliH  —  Mkkk  iiml  Wokthkx;  Gcol.  Rop.  Illiniiis,  A'ul.  V.,  p.  liSO. 
1S31.     Dnri/rriiiint  Goulili  —  W.  and  Si'.;  Kevisiiin  I'alicocr.,  Part  II.,  p.  IT!)  (rrocccil.  Acad.   Nul.  Sci. 
ridln.,  p.  3.-):i). 

Calyx  about  ns  high  as  wide,  crowned  by  six  extravagantly-  developed 
spines.     Dorsal  cup  ol)pyramidal,  ob.scurely  pentangular  to  the  top  of  the 


, 


BATOCRINIDjE, 


457 


-^ 


costals,  the  arm  regions  distinctly  lobod,  the  interrndial  spaces  slightly  flat- 
tened below  and  deeply  depressed  above.  Plates  formed  into  high  nodes, 
which  on  the  radials  and  brachials  are  transversely  arranged  and  sharply 
angular,  but  on  all  interradial  plates  are  circular  and  jwinted. 

Basal  cup  large,  distinctly  trilobate,  three  times  as  wide  as  high,  the 
lower  margins  projecting,  broadly  notched  along  the  sutures,  the  bottom 
deeply  excavated  for  the  reception  of  the  column.  Radials  once  and  a  half 
as  wide  as  long,  rapidly  spreading  to  two  thirds  their  height,  the  r.ppcr  face 
concave.  First  costals  half  the  size  of  the  radials  and  quadrangular ;  the 
second  generally  heptanguhir,  sometimes  pentangular  or  liexangular,  owing 
to  the  height  of  the  first  interbraciiials.  Distichals  one,  axillary,  narrower 
than  the  costals,  giving  off  from  each  side  an  elongate  palmar ;  except  in 
the  antero-lateral  rays,  in  which  only  the  side  of  the  costal  toward  the 
anterior  ray  bears  an  axillary,  the  other  side  two  distichals,  of  which  the 
second  is  twice  as  long  as  the  first.  The  distichals  and  palmars  have  much 
the  appearance  of  arm  plates,  being  rounded  exteriorly,  so  as  to  form  a 
deep  groove  at  each  side.  Arms  arranged  in  groups,  with  wide  and  deep 
depressions  between  the  raj's.  When  normally  developed,  there  are  eigh- 
teen pairs :  Sjl,  but  most  of  the  specimens  have  a  few  single  arms  irre- 
gularly scattered  between  the  paired  ones.  Arms  thin  and  short,  rounded 
on  the  back  throughout  their  full  length,  their  tips  slightly  tapering.  First 
interbrachial  large,  generally  longer  than  wide,  its  central  part  extended 
into  a  conspicuous  node;  the  two  of  the  second  row  about  one  iialf  smaller; 
the  plates  of  the  third  smaller  still,  followed  by  larger  plates  in  the  ventral 
disk.  Anal  interradius  very  wide,  flat,  and  exceedingly  deep  at  the  arm 
regions ;  it  consists  of  a  longitudinal  row  of  four  large  elongate  nnal  plates, 
with  smaller  pieces  above,  forming  a  protuberance  and  enclosing  the  anal 
aperture.  At  each  side  of  the  .second  anal  there  is  a  large  interbrachial, 
succeeded  by  several  smaller  ones  on  a  level  with  the  third  anal.  Ventral 
disk  similar  to  that  of  D.  iiimissi'ppkiish,  and  the  plates  arranged  in  the 
same  way;  the  spines,  however,  arc  somewhat  longer,  less  tapering,  and 
in  the  larger  specimens  are  covered  at  intervals  along  the  upper  portions 
by  small  spiniferous  nodes.  The  secondary  radial  dome  plates,  and  the 
interambulacral  between  them,  are  somewhat  smaller  than  in  that  sjiecies, 
and  hence  the  height  of  the  di.sk  is  a  little  less.  Anal  opening  on  a  level 
with  the  lateral  spines ;   facing  laterally. 

Horizon  and  Locality.  —  Middle  part  of  the  Keokuk  group.      Rare  at 


II 


.^ 


!    .  I 


HOFWB'  ■;r«fep. 


458 


TIJK  C'KIXOIDKA   CAMKRATA   OF  NORTH   A.MKRICA. 


Keokuk,  iind  generally  crushed.  Good  calyces  are  found  in  Barren  Co., 
Ky.,  and  very  excellent  specimens  with  arms  came  from  Indian  creek,  Mont- 
gomery Co.,  Ind. 

Type  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

licmarkx.  —  It  is  only  iu  very  large  specimens  that  every  arm  is  paired, 
single  arms  being  most  generally  represented  in  one  or  more  rays.  It  is  also 
interesting  to  note  that  our  largest  specimen  not  only  has  the  arms  all  in 
pairs,  but  has  in  both  antero-lateral  rays  four  jMii-s  instead  of  three, —  the 
only  exception  among  seventeen  .specimens. 


DorycrinuB  oornigerus  (IIai.l). 

Plate  XLII.  Flfjs.  3  and  G,  and  Plate  XLIII.  Fnj.  5,  and  Flute  XLIV. 

Fii/s.  0  (Old  7. 

1858.     Adinucrhitts  cornigcrm —  Halt. ;  Giol.  lUp.  Iinvn,  Vol.  I.,  Pnrt  II.,  p.  570,  I'latc  9,  Figs.  Via,  b,  e, 
ami  iliiil.,  Siippl.,  I'liitc  3,  Fig.  t. 
(Xiit  Ai'lhiwriiiiis  coriiii/ern.i  Lyon  niul  Cass.,  '\^j'i=z  Aorocriiiiis  knitiifliiriisis). 
1873.     Durj/friiinx  eofii'iiienu  —  .Mkkk  iiiul  WouTiiEs;  Gcol.  Hep.  lilinijis,  Vol.  V.,  ]i.  380. 
1881.     Dori/erinns  eornuimix  —  AV.  iiiiJ  Sp.  j  Revision  Palicocr.,  Part  II,,  p.  17!l  (I'rueocd.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci. 
I'liila.,  p.  353). 
Syu.  Afdmeriniis  lUvaricatia  Hall;  1859,  Sup])l.  Gcol.  Rej).  Iowa,  p.  11. 
Syu.  Acliiioeriiiiis  (leeoriiiii  ilihh;  1859,  ibid,  p.  13. 

Calyx  wider  tliiin  high  ;  the  ventral  disk  as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup.  The 
latter  turbinate,  broadly  truncated  at  the  base,  spreading  rather  rapidly  from 
the  top  of  the  basals  to  the  top  of  the  costals,  and  thence  more  abruptly  to 
the  arm  bases.  The  distichals  and  palmars  form  very  prominent  lobes  with 
well  defined  sinuses  between  the  arm-bearing  plates.  Plates  smooth  and 
almost  flat,  the  suture  lines  but  very  ."lightly  grooved. 

Base  large,  the  rim  almost  circular  and  without  notches  at  the  sutures ; 
almost  flat  on  the  bottom,  the  column  facet  occupying  but  one  fourth  of  its 
diameter.  Form  of  radials  variable ;  in  .some  specimens  almost  as  long  as 
wide,  in  others  nearly  twice  as  wide  as  long,  the  upper  face  excavated.  Co.s- 
tals  rather  large ;  the  first  quadrangular,  once  and  a  half  as  wide  as  long,  the 
lower  face  convex  ;  the  second  wider  but  not  longer  than  the  first ;  the  sides 
spreading  abruptly  upwards;  the  three  anterior  ones  generally  heptangular, 
those  facing  the  posterior  side  hexangular,  the  sloping  upper  sides  straight, 
contrary  to  those  of  D.  qiiinqudnhus,  in  which  they  are  excavated.  The  pos- 
terior rays,  and  occasionally  the  anterior  one,  have  two  axillary  distichals. 
which  on  each  side  support  a  moderately  long  palmar,  the  latter  vny  in  the 


BATOCRINIDjE. 


459 


majority  of  specimens  only  to  the  right ;  while  the  antero-lateral  rays  have 
two  successive  ili.stichuls  and  no  paliimrs.  DiHtichalu  and  palniurs  are  dis- 
tinctly rounded  off  at  the  sides,  like  free  arm  plates.  Ann  facets  semi-ovate ; 
the  ambulacral  openings  directed  slightly  upwards,  arranged  in  groups  of 
four,  two,  and  three  (sometimes  four  in  the  anterior  ray).  The  interspaces 
between  the  rays  are  wide,  abruptly  and  deeply  depressed,  especially  at  the 
anal  side,  and  those  between  the  various  ray  divisions  are  deeply  notched. 
Arms  in  pairs,  two  from  each  arm  opening,  long  for  the  genus,  incurving,  flat- 
tened at  the  upper  end,  and  every  fourth  plate  giving  off  laterally  from  oppo- 
site sides  sharp  spines,  2  cm.  in  length.  Interbrachials  three,  rather  large, 
the  two  of  the  second  row  on  a  level  with  the  arm  bases.  Anal  area  very 
wide,  forming  a  low  elongate  ridge,  grooved  along  the  sides,  which  extends 
np  to  the  posterior  oral  and  contains  the  anus.  First  nnal  plate  as  long  as 
wide,  followed  by  two  other  anals  of  smaller  size,  the  two  latter  sustaining 
an  interbrachial  at  each  side.  Ventral  disk  hemispherical,  with  six  long, 
.slender,  sharply  pointed  spines.  The  posterior  oral,  or  plate  bearing  the 
middle  spine,  large  and  central,  the  otiier  orals  rather  small  and  pu.shed 
anteriorly.  The  five  radial  spines  are  followed  by  two  small  secondary 
radial  plates,  and  in  rays  with  four  arms  b}-  tertiary  ones,  which  enclose 
an  interdisticlial.  Anus  opening  out  laterally,  placed  at  midway  between 
the  posterior  oral  and  the  arm  regions.  Column  very  gradually  .sloping 
downward,  with  small  cirri  at  the  lower  end,  one  to  a  joint,  and  at  irregular 
intervals.  The  nodal  joints  of  the  upper  portion  of  the  stem  are  longer  and 
considerably  wider  than  those  of  the  lower  end  ;  they  project  conspicuously 
over  the  internodal  pieces,  but  gradually  decrease  in  length  and  width,  and 
at  5^  cm.  from  the  calyx  have  the  same  form  and  size  as  the  others.  The 
last  two  internodes  in  one  of  the  specimens  both  contain  .seven  joints. 

Horizon  and  LocaHty.  —  Upper  and  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  Burling- 
ton, Iowa. 

Tijpe  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

liemarJis. — There  can  be  no  doubt  that  Acthwcriiiiis  diraricatiis  and 
A.  ilfcorm's,  both  described  by  Hall,  and  afterwards  placed  by  us  under 
Dorycrinus,  are  mere  variations  of  this  species,  as  may  be  seen  by  com- 
paring a  large  number  of  specimens.  The  former  is  a  very  mature  form, 
in  which  the  anterior  r.-xy  obtained  nn  additional  pair  of  arms ;  in  the  latter, 
which  came  from  the  Loiccr  Burlington  bed,  one  or  both  posterior  rays  have 
but  three  arm  openings,  and,  as  a  rule,  the  spines  are  shorter.     The  type 


\>  1 


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THK  CRINOIDEA  CAMERATA  OF  NORTH  AMERICA. 


specimen  of  Durycrinm  cornii/cnis,  figured  in  the  lowii  Report,  is  somewlmt 
mislendiny  by  having  the  iirni-benring  plates  broken.  The  calyx  therein 
appears  narrower  than  it  naturally  i.s,  and  gives  no  idea  of  the  deep  shiuses 
between  the  arm  bases. 


U    i 


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1959. 

1873, 
1891. 


DorycrlnuB  quinquelobus  (Hall). 
Plate  XLII.  Fli/s.  7,  S,  9. 

Ai-lhwi'riiiiit  qiiiiiqui'lohui  —  Hall;  Suppl.  tieol.  Ucp.  lown, p.  15,  and  N.  Y.  State  Mus. Not.  Hi»t., 

riate  3./,  l''ic».  19,  19,  mid  20. 
Dorycrinui  qmn()iiflubus  —  Mkkk  imd  WiiiiTJiEX  ;  Geol.  Rep.  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  p.  380. 
Sjii.  of  Ihrj/criiiuii  rnniii/rriis  Hai.i.  —  W.  nii<l  Sr. ;  Ucvisiuii  I'ulffiocr.,  Part  II.,  p.  179  (I'rocccd. 

Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Pliilii.,  p.  353). 


A  little  larger  than  the  preceding  .•species  and  more  robust;  the  calyx 
somewhat  higher,  broader  at  the  base ;  the  sides  less  spreading  and  con- 
vex ;  basnls  produced  downward  in.-^tead  of  outward  ;  costals  comparatively 
larger ;  the  plates,  as  a  rule,  more  convex,  and  the  suture  lines  more  dis- 
tinct. Dor.sal  cup  pentalobate,  as  high  as  the  ventral  disk,  constricted  at 
the  basi-radial  sutures;  the  spaces  between  the  rays  abruptly,  depressed, 
and  forming  deep  and  broad  notches  within  the  arm  regions.  Surface  of 
plates  smooth. 

Basals  large,  broad,  the  margins  of  the  plates  overhanging  the  top 
of  the  column,  and  forming  at  the  bottom  a  concavity,  which  is  wider 
than  the  column.  Radials  once  and  a  half  as  wide  as  long,  the  upper  face 
the  widest.  First  costals  unusually  large,  almost  two  thirds  the  size  of  the 
radials,  quadrangular  ;  sides  and  upper  faces  convex.  Second  costals  penta- 
gonal, hexagonal,  or  heptagonal,  considerably  longer  than  the  first,  the  upper 
sloping  faces  rather  deeply  excavated  for  the  reception  of  the  distichals. 
The  posterior  rays,  and  also  the  anterior  one,  have  but  one  distichal  in 
both  divisions,  which  is  short  and  axillary;  its  upper  faces,  like  those  of 
tlie  costal  axiilaries,  are  excavated,  supporting  a  single  palmar,  which  is 
remarkable  for  its  great  length,  being  fully  twice  as  long  as  wide.  The 
anteio-latoral  rays  in  which  there  are  no  pnlmars  have  two  distichals,  of 
which  the  first  is  very  .short,  the  second  as  long  as  the  paliuars  of  the  other 
rays.  The  great  length  of  the  arm-bearing  plates  is  one  of  the  best  char- 
acters of  this  species  ;  they  bend  abruptly  otitward,  are  rounded  on  the 
back,  and  are  separated  from  each  other  by  deep  notches.  Arm  openings 
arranged    in   groups    of  fonr,    two,    and    four ;    directed    slightly    upward. 


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461 


Anns  in  pairs,  bifuronting  on  a  minute  axillary,  wliicli  occnpios  the  same 
face  witii  tiie  proximal  arm  plate ;  tliey  are  rounded  and  composed  of  rather 
HJiort  pieces,  of  which  in  the  upper  portions  of  the  arms  every  third  or 
fourth  plate  is  extended  laterally  into  a  small  node  or  short  spine.  Inter- 
brachials  Jiree ;  the  first  twice  as  large  as  the  others,  higher  than  wide,  and 
with  concave  sides ;  the  two  of  the  second  row  long  and  narrow.  Anal 
area  distinctly  rounded,  forming  a  low  longitudinal  ridge,  with  a  deep  groove 
at  each  side.  The  fn-st  anal  plate  is  generally  a  little  narrower  thnn  the 
radials,  and  followed  by  a  vertical  row  of  three  or  four  higher  nnals,  cpuid- 
rangular  in  outline,  which  support  a  subcircular  nmnnnilloid  protuberance 
containing  the  anus.  Ventral  disk  highly  convex,  .«omewhat  intlaled  ;  the 
posterior  oral  and  the  first  radial  dome  plates  extended  into  long,  slender 
spines,  the  former  central,  and  surrounded  in  mature  specimens  by  about 
eleven  convex  pieces  of  nearly  equal  size,  among  which  the  smaller  orals,  if 
represented  at  all,  cannot  be  identified.  Similar  pieces  surround  the  radial 
spines,  which  enclose  secondary  radial  plates.  Anus  at  midway  between  the 
central  spine  and  the  arm  regions ;  facing  laterally.  Column  moderately 
small,  composed  near  the  calyx  of  narrow  and  wide  pieces  alternately 
arranged. 

Ilorhon  and  Loenlity.  —  Upper  part  of  the  Upper  Burlington  limestone, 
Burlington  and  Pleasant  Grove,  Iowa. 

J'lJlie  in  the  (VVorthen)  Illinois  State  collection, 

Dorycrinus  intermedius  Oi.  and  w.). 
rintc  XLIV.  Fkj.  1. 

1868.     Doryerinui  qiiini/iir/oiut,  vnr.  iiilermeilius  —  Mkek  iiiul  WoHTHtx;  Proceed.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Pliiln. 
p.  34fl,  and  Ueul.  Kep.  llliiiuis,  Vol.  V.,  p.  383,  I'lntc  10,  Fig.  -t. 

Intermediate  between  Borj/criniis  qninquehhits  and  D.  mississippiensh.  dif- 
fering from  the  former  in  its  larger  size,  the  more  abrupt  spreading  of  the 
dor.sal  cup,  the  different  form  of  the  bnsnls,  and  the  much  greater  length  of 
its  spines ;  from  the  latter  in  having  invariably  but  two  arm  openings  in  the 
antero-lateral  rays;  and  from  both  of  them  in  the  enormous  size  of  its 
column. 

Dorsal  cup  rapidly  and  uniformly  spreading  from  the  bottom  of  the  radi- 
als to  the  arms ;  base  broadly  truncated,  slightly  projecting,  and  rounded  at 
the  lower  margin  ;  the  intcrradial  spaces  moderately  depressed  at  the  arm 


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TIIK  CUINOIDKA   CAMERATA   OF   NOKTH   AMKIMCA. 


ri'gioiis,  mill  not  so  dueply  excavated  nw  in  Honic  otlior  fniccii-s  of  this  genus. 
I'liitcs  more  or  lus.s  tumid,  tiioir  «url'iice.s  sniootli ;  the  suture  lines  ((uitu  dis- 
tinct. Basalf  large,  longer  than  in  D.  mixKinsijijiiiiiKis,  but  not  overhanging 
the  column  so  far  as  in  J).  (jiiiiifjiitMius ;  tiie  sutures  grooved.  Itatlials  once 
and  a  half  as  wide  as  long,  rather  deeply  notched  nt  the  sides.  First  coslnls 
ijuadrangular,  the  sides  convex;  considerahly  wider  than  long.  Second  eos- 
tals  generally  heptangulnr,  sometimes  hexangular ;  the  sides  rapidly  spread- 
ing upwards  ;  twice  as  wide  as  long.  They  support  in  the  anterior  and  the 
two  posterior  rays  an  axillary  distiehal,  and  this  from  each  side  a  moderately 
long  palmar ;  the  two  antero-Iateral  rays  have  two  rows  of  two  distiehals. 
Arm  openings  foiw.  two,  and  four,  directed  outward.  Arms  in  pairs,  rather 
short,  curving,  flattened  in  the  upper  portions,  and  so  far  as  seen,  tiieir  sides 
without  spines.  Interbrachials  three,  the  first  twice  as  large  as  the  two  upper 
ones,  the  latter  long  and  narrow,  their  upper  ends  rising  to  near  a  level  with 
tlio  bases  of  the  arms.  Posterior  interradius  as  wide  again  ns  the  others, 
with  a  low  rounded  median  ridge  and  a  depression  at  each  side.  The  first 
anal,  which  is  longer  than  the  radials,  is  followed  by  three  other  anals,  of 
whieh  the  lower  one  is  the  largest;  all  have  an  intcrbrachial  at  each  side, 
those  of  the  lower  row  being  as  large  as  the  proximal  plate  in  the  other 
four  interradial  spaces;  the  upper  ones  narrow,  and  resting  within  the  de- 
pression at  each  side  of  the  anal  ridge.  Ventral  disk  high,  bulging,  covered 
with  si.x  spines,  of  which  the  lateral  ones  in  some  specimens  reach  a  length 
of  4  cm. ;  they  curve  downward,  and  taper  gradually  to  a  point.  The  me- 
dian spine  is  straightcr  and  somewhat  shorter  than  the  others.  The  anus 
occupies  the  middle  part  of  a  small,  sidjcircular  protuberance,  composed  of 
from  si.K  to  eight  pieces ;  it  opens  out  laterally,  and  is  placed  on  a  level  with 
the  lateral  spines.  Column  extremely  large,  fully  twice  as  thick  as  that  of 
D.  miisissifpit'iiais  although  that  is  a  larger  species ;  nodal  joints  long, 
rounded  at  the  edges,  and  one  third  wider  than  the  intervening  ones, 
which  are  quite  .short. 

ILn-ivon  ami  Limdih/.  —  Transition  bed  between  the  Upper  Burlington 
and  the  Keokuk  beds. 

I'l/l)e  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 


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463 


Doryorinus  missouriensiB  (Sirmakh). 
Pla/e  XLIII.  Fiij.  G,  and  Plate  XL  V.  F!,js.  IJa,  I,  c,  ami  I4. 

1855.     Acliiiui-rinui  mmouriensis  —  Sui'Miuu ;  Guul.  Surv.  of  Misauuii  liv  Swallow,  I'url  1 1.,  [i.  100,  Pluto 

A,  Fi({s.  4rt,  A,  e. 
1S73.     lhri/rriii(i.i  mhsourirnm  —  MtKK  find  WoUTIItN;  Gi'iil.  Iti'p.  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  |i.  !i8(), 
18S1.     Duft/rrinm  iimmiiirieiiHs  —  W .  unit  Si'.;  Kcvi^ion  riilii'iicr.,  I'lut  11.,  \\,  17U  (I'mccdl.  Acail.  Niil- 
Scl.  I'hiln.,  p.  WWA). 
Syu.  Aftinoeriiim  ili'xidenilnx  II.M.l. ;  ISdl,  I'nlini.  Ucscr.  of  New  I'uluoz.  Foss.,  p.  2,  anil  Uusti.n 

Jonrn,  of  Nul.  Mist.,  p.  Ii5.'t. 
Syn.  Vori/criiiua  ileniilerulii) —  Mkek  anil  WourutN;  Gtol.  Ucp,  Illinoii.,  Vol.  V,,  p.  DSO. 

A  variable  species,  roniaritiible  for  the  uxtravngant  development  of  it.s 
basttl  plates.  Besides  it  diflfers  from  other  species  of  this  genus  in  the  com- 
paratively greater  height  of  the  dor,sal  cup,  and  the  abrupt  spreading  of  the 
disticiials  and  palinars,  which  stand  almost  at  right  angles  to  the  rudinls  and 
costals.  Calyx  a  little  longer  than  wide ;  the  ventral  disk  from  one  fifth  to 
one  foiu'th  shorter  than  the  dorsal  cup.  Plates  thick,  from  almost  Hat  to 
strongly  nodose,  the  nodes  upon  the  nulials  transverse  and  most  conspicuous. 

Base  extremely  large  and  heavy,  spreading  abruptly  outward  ;  its  dia- 
meter in  extreme  cases  equaling  the  width  of  the  dorsal  cup  at  the  arm 
regions,  and  reaching  a  depth  as  much  as  15mm. ;  interbasal  sutures  gener- 
ally grooved  and  frequently  notched.  Eadials  about  as  long  as  wide ;  the 
sides  nearly  parallel ;  subquadrangular  in  outline  ;  the  .sloping  upper  faces 
very  .short ;  the  upper  face  concave.  Costals  very  .■^inall,  both  together  not 
more  than  half  the  size  of  the  radials;  their  surfaces  almost  flat;  the  (ir^t 
quadrangular,  twice  as  wide  as  long ;  the  second  one  no  longer  but  some- 
what wider,  and  pentangular.  The  posterior  rays  have  but  one  distiohal, 
which  is  quite  smidl  and  axillary,  and  gives  off  from  each  side  a  single 
palmar.  The  antero-lateral  raj-s  have  two  disticiials,  of  which  the  second  is 
twice  as  long  as  the  first;  the  anterior  ray  generally  has  two  disticiials  to 
the  left  and  one  to  the  right,  followed  by  pnlmnrs;  but  this  ray  also  occa- 
sionally has  no  pnlmars,  and  two  disticiials  in  both  divisions.  The  arm- 
bearing  plates,  whether  distichals  or  palmars,  are  twice  as  long  as  the 
preceding  plate.  The  arms  normally  consist  of  fifteen  pairs,  arranged 
in  groups  of  4,  2,  and  3,  with  wide  and  deep  interspaces  between  the 
rays ;  they  ai-e  short,  rather  stout  for  the  genus,  and  bifurcate  on  a  small 
trigonal  axillary,  which  occupies  the  same  facet  with  the  ]iroximal  arm 
plates.      Arm  joints  of  medium  size,  and  each  fourth  piece  is  produced 


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404 


TIIK   (  lUNOIDKA   CAMKRATA   OK   NOHIIl   AMKUICA, 


into  a  Hiniill  liiteriil  iiodo.  Firnt  rugulai'  inti'i'liruiliiiilH  large,  as  wide  nn 
long,  and  liiliciendous ;  followed  by  two  Hundlur  tdongate,  Hat  pii'i-os  wliicli 
rest  bt'twei'M  tlio  arm  bason.  Anal  jilatcs  llirt'O,  longitudinally  aiiangcd  ; 
tlio  first  nn  largo  as,  or  larger  tlian,  tlio  radials;  the  two  others  somewhat 
smaller,  supporting  a  subeirunlar  mammillary  protuberance,  wliich  is  com- 
posed of  comparatively  few  large  plates,  anil  is  pier(!ed  by  the  anus.  The 
po.sterior  interradius  has  only  two  inlerbracbial  plates,  one  to  each  side  of 
the  second  anal.  Ventral  disk  sidj-hemispherical,  covered  with  five  long, 
slender  spines.  The  posterior  oral,  which  in  other  species  is  represented  by 
a  central  spine,  is  here  nodose,  and  three  times  as  large  as  the  others.  In 
rays  with  four  arm  openings  the  spine-bearing  plates  are  I'ollowed  by  two 
double  rows  of  rather  large  alternate  pieces;  but  in  rays  with  two  arms 
they  are  followed  by  two  single  rows,  the  single  as  well  as  the  double  rows 
enclosing  a  large  subtrigoiial  interdistichal.  Anus  directed  laterally,  niid 
placed  at  midway  between  the  posterior  oral  and  the  arm  regions.  Column 
comparatively  snwill.  the  facet  for  its  reception  deeply  depressed,  occupying 
in  dilTereut  specimens  from  one  sixth  to  one  tenth  the  diameter  of  the  basal 
disk. 

Ifiif'r.nn  and  LoraHf//. — Upper  Hurlington  limestone;  Palmyra,  Marian 
Co.,  Mo.,  and  Burlington,  Iowa. 


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1868. 
1873. 
IsSl. 


Dorycrinus  Roemeri  Mkkk  and  aVohtukk. 
I'hte  XL  V.  Fi<iH.  loa,  h. 

Mekk  iiikI  Wouthen;  I'mcct'il.  .\u:iil    Niil.  Sci,  Philii.,  \\.  lilfi. 

.Mkek  1111(1  Wuutmkn;  (ii'ul.  Hip.  llliiiiii>,  Vnl.  v.,  p.  'i^'A,  I'liilc  10,  Fig.  3. 

W.  mill  Si'.;   Ki'visiiin  riik-iior.,  I'm  I  11.,  ]i.  ISO. 


Of  the  type  of  D.  iiiissnnriciislii.  Caly.x  a  little  longer  than  wide,  lobed 
at  the  arm  base.«,  the  dorsal  cup  obconical.  nearly  twice  as  high  as  the 
ventral  di.sk,  gradually  spreading  to  the  top  of  the  costals,  thence  abruptly 
to  the  arms.     Plates  heavy,  convex  to  nodose  ;  the  suture  lines  not  grooved. 

Basals  .somewhat  expanding  downward,  truncated  and  moderately  con- 
cave at  the  bottom,  about  twice  as  wide  as  high  ;  the  interbasal  sutures 
.slightly  notched.  Radials  one  third  to  one  half  wider  than  long,  thickened 
in  the  middle  into  moderately  prominent,  rather  obtuse,  transverse  nodes. 
Costals  convex,  quadrangular  and  pcntauLndar;  the  first  rather  large,  wider 
than  long,  the  axillary  a  little  wider  in  proportion.  The  latter  supports 
npon  its  sloping  npper  faces  in  the  anterior  and  both  posterior  rays  an  axil- 


HATOCRIXin.r.. 


405 


h\ry  (linticlml,  wliicli  in  turn  yivoM  olV  two  imliniirn,  nno  to  each  Hide;  wliilc 
in  the  iintcro-liiU'iiil  niy.M  only  tlio  face  towiiid  the  por'ti'iior  riiyx  Ijoiun  nn 
nxillai'V,  thi'  ojipoj^ito  liicr  two  disticlmls,  wliich  arc  IVoniifntly  unchyl(»'('il  fo 
as  to  form  one  hirge  piece.  Tiie  {listichals  and  piilniars  are  roundeil  olT  Inter- 
nlly,  nnd  rcHcnihle  free  arm  phites.  Arm  openinj^s  directed  hori/ontally,  ar- 
riingod  in  groups  of  4,  3,  and  4  ;  the  inter^'paces  between  tiie  nrni"  of  the  Haini' 
ray  narrow  and  slijrlitiy  f^rooved.  tliose  between  dilVereiit  ravM  luiicli  wider 
nnd  (h)oply  depressed.  Structure  of  arms  uni<nown.  lieg'.dar  interlnaciiials 
three;  tiie  Hrst  largo,  about  ns  wide  ns  high  and  tul)crculo«H,  the  two  others. 
whicli  are  on  a  level  witli  the  arm-l)earing  plates,  small,  elongate  and  Hat. 
Posterior  interrailius  very  wide;  it  consists  of  a  longitudinal  row  of  three 
anal  plates,  of  which  each  succeeding  plate  is  one  half  larger  than  that  below, 
nnd  four  interbrachials,  two  at  each  side  of  the  nnal  series.  The  upper  nnal 
plato  supports  a  very  conspicuous  oval  protuberance,  which  extends  promi- 
nently outward,  and  projects  upward  freciuenlly  beyond  the  central  jmrt 
of  the  disk,  giving  to  the  calyx  an  asymmetrical  aspect.  Ventral  disk 
depressed  hemispherical,  crowned  with  five  radial  spines  ;  the  posterior  oral, 
ns  in.  the  preceding  species,  being  merely  convex  or  conical.  The  arrange- 
ment of  the  orals  in  this  species  is  more  symmetrical  than  usual  in  this 
genus,  although  the  posterior  one  is  not  only  larger  thnn  the  others,  but 
pushed  in  slightly  between  them.  The  spines,  which  arc  comparatively 
short,  tnper  rapidly,  nnd  nre  succeeded  townnl  the  nrms  by  two  small  sccond- 
nry  rndinl  plates,  and  each  of  them  by  still  snudler  tertinry  plates,  which 
enclose  a  small  internmbulacral.  The  nnus  opens  out  laterally,  and  occupies 
the  median  part  of  the  anal  protuberance. 

Horizon  and  Locality.  —  Upper  part  of  Upper  Burlington  limestone; 
Burlington  nnd  Pleasant  Grove,  Iowa. 

Ti/pe  in  the  Museum  of  Compnrntivo  Zoology. 

livnnirlcs.  —  This  species  difTcrs  from  D.  mlssouru'iim  in  the  more  conical 
form  of  the  dorsal  cup,  in  its  much  narrower  bnse,  in  the  extra vagnnt 
development  of  its  nnni  nrca,  and  in  hnving  nn  ndditional  arm  in  all  three 
anterior  rays ;  all  of  which  are  constant  characters. 


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TIIK  CKINOIOKA  CAMKUATA  Ol'  NOHTII  AMICKICA. 


Doryorlnui  aubturbinatui  (M.iiini  W). 

J'l,i/r   Xl.ll.    I''l;/s.    /()„,  h. 

ISilO.    .leliHoiviiiHi   (.liii/iiuruiriitii')  niililiifliiiialiit  —  .MuN  iiml   \V(jutii(v;    rrocccil,  Acnil.  Nat.  8cl. 

I'liilii.,  p.  :t'«H. 
ISOO.     .l„iiihr,i,'fiiiiii/M/-/uil,iMlin  —  \l.  iinil  \V.  |  Or.il.   It,  p    llliii,ii»,  Vnl.   11,  y.  Hi,  I'lulf  15,  Ki(;i. 

t",  «. 
b?:),      /).,r/),;-liii4.<  nil,tiirl,iimlH>—  M.  riiid  \V. ;  iliid  .  Vii  V.,  |i.  11111. 
ISll.     Iiuiy.'fiiiui  >iil,ti4i-hiiiiilH.< —  W.  iukI  Sr.  1  J{i>i!iicjii  I'lilii'iiir.,  I'nrl  II,,  p.  170. 

A  .''iiiall  spocioM,  in  llio  I'di'iii  dI'  tlu'  v\\\y\  rcii'iiiMing  D.  vn'usix.ti/ijilciisls. 
Dor.iiil  cup  hroiully  olicuniciil ;  tliu  n'n\vn  Htraiglit  lioiii  tliu  culiiiiin  to  tliu 
imn  liases,  with  ii  shallow  <lt'prt'Hsion  nt  tliu  inlci'radial  Kpiu-rs;  the  ravs  not 
so  (lisiiiu'tiy  lolieil  as  usual  in  thin  genus;  plates  Hut,  and  devoid  of  oina- 
nienlation  or  other  markings. 

lliisals  small,  I'onuing  an  ohconical  cup,  rounded  at  the  lower  end  ;  the 
colunni  facet  narrow,  occupyiuj;  the  full  width  of  the  lower  luce,  liadials 
n  little  wider  than  loiij.',  fully  twice  as  wide  as  both  costals  together,  the 
upper  face  concave.  Fir:'t  costals  qnadriniuMdar.  as  wide  ngain  as  long. 
Second  costals  wider  than  the  lirst,  gencnilly  (|uadrangidar,  exceptionally 
hexangular  or  heptangular.  'Ihiy  support  in  the  anterior  and  posterior 
ray.s  an  axillary  distichal,  and  this,  in  turn,  a  snudi  palmar  from  each  side; 
while  the  antcro-lateral  rays  have  two  distichals  and  no  palmars.  Inter- 
hiacliiiiis  one  and  two;  the  lirst  large,  as  wide  as  long,  the  two  others  ns 
long  hut  one  half  nnrrower.  Anal  side  very  wide,  a  little  bulging  at  the 
arm  regions,  incurving  above,  and  elevated  at  the  median  line.  Jt  consist.< 
of  three  hexagonal  anal  plates,  the  first  as  large  ns  the  radials  but  sonu-what 
longer  and  narrower;  the  other  two  decrease  in  size  upwaril,  and  are  lol- 
lowed  by  a  number  of  smaller  |)lato.s  arranged  around  the  anus.  The  anals 
from  the  second  plate  up  sustain  at  each  side  an  interbrachial,  the  lower 
pair  ol'  whi(di  being  nearly  as  largo  as  the  corresponding  single  jdute  of 
the  regular  side.s,  the  npper  ones  being  m\ich  smaller.  \'eiitral  disk  dc- 
pres.sed-convcx,  somewhat  inlliited  along  the  sides,  llnttencd  on  top.  The 
surface  is  covered  with  six  spines,  which  are  short,  coming  ra}iidly  to  a  jioint. 
The  middle  spine  occupies  nearly  the  centre  of  the  i  pper  face,  the  lateral 
ones  are  placed  almost  vertically  to  the  arm  bases.  Arrangement  of  orals 
and  radial  plates  as  in  the  preceding  species.  Anus  at  midway  between  tlio 
posterior  oral  and  the  base  of  the  arms,  directed  laterally. 


nATOCUINMi.T;. 


467 


Iluvixon  uiul  Linulili/,  —  III  tlio  lower  part  of  tlio  Upper  niiiliiigloii  linu' 
Mtonu,  not  loiiiid  iiltovo  the  nliile  cr^'Mtalliiie  livil,  liuiliiigtou,  lowit. 
7j//'i'  ill  tliu  llliiioiit  State  colluutioii,  Spiiiigliulil, 


M* 


'n 


Doryorlnua  unlsplnua  Ul'^ii)- 
I'tulc  XLW,  I'ij.n. 

imll.     ,fV('««i'c)'/i«,i  i(i«(»y<i'/(».i  — IIaiL'   rrrliiii.    Dene.  NfW   Ciiiiiiiilh,  |i    J,  niul   Iln,i     .tuiirii.   Niil.  lli!.!. 

1h7;1.     lUiryrriiiH.i  uni'/iinu.)  —  Mkkk  niiil  WimillKS  ;  (inil    lli'|i.  Ill I»,  Vnl.  V.,  jp.  :1S1). 

l'^^l.     llu.y.u-iiiHi  uiih/iiiiHi  —  W  mill  Si'  i   Ui'\i-iuii  riil.T.icr,,  I'liil  II  ,  |i.  Isn, 

Sjii.  J.'/iiwfriiim  triiiwlw  ll\l.l.;  ISSS,  (iiiil.  Hi'li    I'lWn,  Vnl.  I  ,  I'liil  II  ,  |i   1573. 

Caly.v  moiIiM'iitcly  spri'iuling  fo  tlie  (op  of  tlic  sccoml  co.slul-^.  mid  tliciico 
more  ul)iui)lly  to  tliu  iii'iii.s;  it  U  (li:<tiiu'lly  tnincutuil  tit  tlio  \n\!<v,  mid,  nt* 
Bot'H  from  iiliovf  or  below,  Nomewimt  peiitalobiito  iit  the  nriii  rcgioiiH.  Yen- 
trill  di(*l<  deprcw.xe(l  convex,  one  fourth  to  one  third  nhorter  llimi  tiie  doi>:il 
cup,  mid  rro\VMe(I  liy  ii  .ijnjrlu  liuyc  .-'piiio.  Tiie  phite.s  of  Imlli  henii>[ihere.s 
nro  not  oriimiieiited ;  tiiey  are  virtually  (hit,  with  only  the  apparent  convex- 
ity duo  to  the  Nlight  grooving  oC  the  suture  lines. 

Uasals  (brining  a  short  cup,  subeyliiidriciil  in  outline,  often  sli;^htl\- 
Kpreadiiig  to  the  lower  margin,  excavated  at  the  Imttctm  enough  to  enclose 
the  two  proximal  .^tein  joints,  and  pierced  by  a  small  pentangular  canal. 
Kadials  ii  little  wider  than  long,  as  large  as  the  two  co>uds  together,  the 
upper  face  concave.  First  costals  qimdrangiiliir.  nearly  twice  as  \\ide  as 
long,  upper  and  lower  faces  convex.  Second  costals  ii  little  wider  and 
longer.  Number  of  arms  exceedingly  variable,  with  cons(>(|iient  variation 
in  the  distribution  of  the  distichals  and  the  presence  or  absence  of  paliuars. 
The  anterior  and  two  posterior  rays  have  either  three  or  four  pairs  of  arms ; 
in  the  latter  case  there  is  but  one  disticlial  in  both  divisions,  succeeded  liv 
2  X  Ii  palmars,  but  if  there  are  three  pairs,  (ho  two  divisions  next  the  anal 
interradius  have  no  palmars.  '|"he  two  antero-lateral  rays  raiel}'  have  more 
than  two  pairs  of  arms,  and  2  X  12  distichals.  Arm  opeiiing.s  directed  out- 
ward, arranged  in  groups;  those  of  the  same  ray  separated  from  tlio.se  <if 
adjoining  rays  by  a  deep  depression.  Arms  incurving,  rather  stout  for  the 
genus,  lliittened  in  their  upper  parts  and  serrated  at  the  edges,  but  without 
increasing  materially  in  width.  Regular  intcrbrachiala  three,  rarely  four, 
the  upper  row  on  a  level  with  the  nrm  bases.  Posterior  interradius  wider. 
formed  at  the  upper  end  into  a  longitudinal  ridge  with  a  deep  groove  at 


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TllK   C'HINOIDEA   CA.MKHATA  OF   NOHTII   AMKUICA. 


l  I 


uiU'li  siile,  I'oiu'liiiig  up  to  llio  iiostciior  oral.  It  is  composed  of  a  seiios 
of  foiii'  to  livu  anal  plates,  loiigitmlinalh-  arranged  ;  the  first  larger  than  tho 
radials;  the  second  interposed  between  two  interbracliials ;  the  third  occupy- 
ing the  arm  regions ;  the  upper  one  followed  by  numerous  irregular,  small 
])ieces,  forming  a  tumor-like  inllation  whicii  is  pierced  by  the  anus.  Posterior 
oral  central  and  drawn  out  into  a  long,  shari)  spine,  which  sometimes  cxci''h1s 
in  length  tho  height  of  tho  calyx.  Tho  oiher  orals  are  somewhat  tiunid,  as 
also  the  prinuiry  radial  dome  phito.s;  while  the  interambidacrul  plates  are 
alniost  Hat.  Anus  placed  at  half  way  botwt.'en  the  arm  bases  and  tho  posterior 
oral,  opening  out  laterally. 

lliivhiin  and  Loodity.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone ;  Burlington,  lowii 
(a  rare  species). 

Tijpc  in  the  LJnivoraity  Museum  at  Ann  Arbor. 

Juiiiarl's.  —  ^'  Af/iiiiicrliiii!<"  /n'liodux  Hall  is  an  abnormal  form  of  this 
species,  the  radial  dome  plates  of  tho  two  posterior  rays,  as  in  tho  case 
o(  "  Ai'liiiiicr!itii)i"  trlroniis,  are  produced  into  .spines.  In  tho  IJovision, 
Part  If.,  wo  erroneously  placed  this  form  under  " Dori/criiius"  nz/iiiiiidrwiis. 


|i| 


Dorycrinus  unicornis  (O.  and  Sm  m.), 
r/afe  XL  V.  Fhjs.  Sa-c,  D,  10. 

ISJO.     Ai'tiiiorriiiii.i  iiiiiri^niis  —  Given'  niul  SiuMAUii ;  Jdurii.  Acnd.  Nat.  Soi.  Tliiln.,  Vol.  TI.  (new  sor.^ 
|i.  I'i7,  I'l.iiu  7,  t'l,!,'.   1:.';   \>'ji,  I',  y.  (ii'ul.  Surv.  Wise,  lunu  iiiiil  Jliuii  ,  p.  5'.i;f,   I'hilc  5-/, 

18,'>S.     .h'liiim-riiiiis  i(iii.-nrnis  —  \\\\.\.;  Gfnl.  Hep.  liiwn,  Veil.  T.,  Vint  11.,  p.  5fi8,  Tliito  10,  Fi(,'s.  !),r,  li,  c. 
lsr;t.     l>iiri/iviiiu.<  ««/Vi//v((,v— Mi.iK  iiiul  Woihihn;  (iiul.  Hrp,    llliiioi;.,  Vnl.   V.,  p.  ii'^l),  Tliilc  (1,  I'igs. 

Ill,  h,  c. 
IS^l.      l)i:ri/i-riiiiit  uiii-onii.i  —  \\ .  ami  Sp. ;   lirvisiim  I'liln'iior.,  Piirt  II.,  p.  ISO. 
IbDU.     Ihi-i/i-riiiiis  ttiii,;inih  —  S.  \.  Mii.i.Kii ;  N'orlli  AiiiiT  (icnl.  iiiiil  riilivniil  ,  p.  211,  t'i.i;   SPl- 
Svn.  .l-/iiiorriiiii<  Iri.'nriiii —  ll.M.i.;  IS'iS,  (inil.  Hep.  Iciw.i,  Viil.  1.,  I'miI  II.,  p.  W.\. 
Syii.   Ihri/rriiiii.1  Irii-Dnih  —  WiUTKiKi.ii,  ISDii,  .Mrni.  Am.  Mils.  Kul.  lli^l.  New  Yiirk,  p.  19,  I'liite 

lI.,Vii:>^.  fi  InS. 
Syii.  ArliiKH-riiiiis  iti-iiih'iis  —  TI.*i.T,;  ISfiO.  Siippl   Geol.  Hep.  Iciwa,  p.  .■?!. 
Svii.  Diiri/crinus iii'iiilrii!:  —  WiiiTnia.ii;   IS'.i:!,  Mem.  Am.  JIus.  Niil.  Hist.  N.  York,  p.  IS,  Vlulo  2, 

I'iir.'s. 
S.vii.  Dari/irinini  liiifnlim  S.  A.  Mii.I.1.1! ;  1S81,  .Tmirii.  Ciiicin.  Sue.  Nat.  Hist.  (Deeemliei),  I'lale  7, 

1mi;s.'h,  ;t„. 
Svii.  Ih,,-;irj-iiiiis  iiilliifiit  lidWl.iY  ami  TI.^liE;  1891,  Kansas  City  Relent.,  p.  lit.  I'lale  8.  ^i^^  ■!■. 

("alyx  spheroidal,  broadly  tr.uicato  at  tho  lower  end.  modcratol}'  spread- 
ing to  the  top  of  the  co-itals.  thence  nbru])tly  to  the  l)as,i  of  tho  nrina.  ^\'n- 
tral  disk  almost  as  high  a-;  the  dor-^al  cup.  iiillated  at  the  posterior  side,  and 
crowned  by  a  long  central  .spine.     Plates  of  tho  dorsal  cup  highly  elevated  ; 


nATOCRiNin.T:. 


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those  of  tlio  radial  .series  formed  into  conspicuous,  angular,  transverse  nodi's, 
the  interradial  plates  into  large  rounded  or  pointed  lubereles. 

IJase  snuill,  short,  liexaugular  in  outline,  slightly  noleiied  at  the  suture 
lines,  excaviiteil  at  the  l>()tt()iu  to  enclose  one  or  two  joints  of  the  eoluuin. 
Riidials  n  little  wider  than  long,  the  leuglii  of  (he  lateral  margins  ahout  eipial 
to  the  width  of  the  upper  and  lower  i'aees ;  the  upper  sloping  f'aees  small. 
The  nodes  of  the  plates  direeted  olili(pu'ly  downward,  and  their  extremilies 
reaching  tiu>  level  of  the  lower  face  of  the  hasal.s.  First  eostals  short,  t|uad- 
rangular,  mow  than  twice  as  wide  as  long.  Second  coslals  a  little  longer, 
pentangular  or  suhtriaugular,  their  lateral  faces  .short.  Disliclials  larger  than 
the  coslals,  then;  lieiug  two  in  the  three  anterior  rays,  which  directly  sujiport 
the  arms.  In  hoth  ])osterior  rays,  the  division  facing  the  anal  intcrradius  has 
but  oim  distichal,  followed  by  two  series  of  two  iiahmirs  ;  while  the  otlu-r 
division  has  two  distichals  and  no  palmars.  Arm  bases  lu'ojccliug.  iudiuited 
at  the  sides,  the  interspaces  between  the  rays  wider  than  between  their  sub- 
divisions, and  the  space  l)etweeu  the  posterior  rays  still  wider.  Arm  facets 
large  and  liuiate,  the  ambulacral  openings  f;u'ing  outw.ard.  Arms  in  twelve 
pairs,  long,  stout,  infolding,  rounded  at  their  bases,  llatteiu'd  and  wider  in  the 
'ippor  portions,  and  composed  of  two  series  of  moderately  short  i)icces,  which 
grow  longer  upward.  Some  of  these  pieces  are  produced  at  the  outer  side 
into  small  nodes,  which  higli(>r  up  in  the  arms  turn  into  short,  (piite  conspicu- 
ous spines.  Near  the  calyx  only  every  third  plate  bears  a  node,  but  through- 
out the  llattened  portions  of  the  arms  ev(M-v  other  jilate.  Interbrachials  liiree  ; 
the  two  upper  ones  eloug.'ite,  resting  between  the  arm  regions.  The  plates 
of  the  posterior  iuti'rradius  consist  of  live  or  si\  large  anal  plates  longitudi- 
nally arranged,  of  whicdi  the  two  upper  take  part  in  the  ventral  disk;  and 
two  interbrachials.  out;  at  each  side  of  the  second  anal.  The  upper  anal 
plate  supports  a  number  of  small,  irregidar  pieces,  forming  together  a  turgid 
elongate  area,  whicii  near  its  upper  extremity  contains  the  anal  opening. 
Plates  of  the  ventral  disk  highly  ccmvex,  .sonuMimcs  conical,  covered  in  well 
preserved  spcciuuMis  by  small  verudcular  graiud(>s,  except  those  sui'roundiug 
the  anus,  which  are  perf(>ctly  smooth  and  almost  Hat.  Orals  large  ;  the  pos- 
terior one  central,  and  extended  into  a  long,  .slender  spine.  The  lliod 
grooves  are  covered  by  three  large  ])lates  of  a  first  and  second  order,  of 
which  sometiuu's  the  ]irimary  plate  in  one  or  i)oth  jiosterior  rays  is  spinous, 
while  in  most  specimens  these  plates  arc  no  more  tiiini<l  than  the  three  others. 
Approaching  the  arm  openings  there  arc  two  secondary  railial  plates,  which 


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enclose  a  large  iiitorclisticlial.  Column  composed  of  large  and  small  joints, 
the  larger  or  nodal  joints  increasing  in  width  downward,  and  at  4  cm.  from 
the  calyx  are  twice  as  wide  as  the  intervening  pieces;  they  are  also  much 
longer  and  angular  at  their  outer  edges. 

Horizon  and  Locality.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
Sedalia,  Mo.,  and  Lake  Valley,  New  Mexico.  This  is  one  of  the  most  char- 
acteristic species  of  the  lower  Burlington  division. 

licmarks.  — Aclliiocrinus  tricanu's  and  A.  jic/h/ciis,  both  described  by  Hall, 
are  undoubtedly  specifically  identical  with  Donjcriinm  unicornis.  In  the  first 
tiie  posterior  radial  dome  plates  are  extended  into  spines  ;  in  the  second  the 
nodes  of  the  radials  and  first  anal  plate  are  "  elongate  and  subclavate,  being 
contracted  in  the  middle,  and  swelling  out  at  the  extremities."  Among  this 
variety  also  we  find  specimens  w^ith  one,  two,  or  three  spines  upon  the  ven- 
tral disk,  which  are  comparatively  longer  in  j'oung  specimens.  In  the  sjieci- 
niens  from  Pike  Co.,  Mo.,  described  by  Rowley  and  Hare  as  Dorf/criims 
injlutns,  the  plates  of  the  dorsal  cup  are  less  angular  than  usual  in  this 
genus. 

AOROCRINUS   W.  and  Si-,  (nov.  gen.). 

('Auipo?  iiniii.tturp,  Kftirov  a  lily.) 

The  species  small.  Form  of  the  cal3'x  and  arrangement  of  the  plates 
similar  to  Dorijcrinux.  As  in  that  geiuis,  the  arms  are  arranged  in  groups, 
and  vary  in  nuudjer  among  the  rajs,  the  anterior  ray  generally  having 
the  fewest.  The  arms  are  stout  and  packed  closely  together,  there  being 
invariably  but  one  arm  from  each  ambulacral  opening  in  the  calyx.  The 
ventral  disk,  as  a  rule,  is  shorter  than  the  dorsal  cup,  the  plates  are  smooth 
or  slightly  convex,  except  the  posterior  oral,  which  isniore  or  less  elevated 
and  frequently  tuberculiform,  but  not  actually  spinous.  The  and)ulacra  are 
tegminal,  and  covered  with  two  rows  of  small  pieces.  The  anal  area  is  com- 
posed of  small  plates,  generally  forming  a  protuberance  or  low  ridge,  which 
slopes  downward  almost  in  a  straight  line  from  the  edges  of  the  jiosterior 
oral  to  the  first  anal  plate.  The  anus  is  placed  near  the  upper  end,  and 
faces  laterally. 

Disfribxtl'in.  —  This  genus  occurs  in  America  in  the  Hamilton,  Kinder- 
hook,  and  in  both  divisions  of  the  Burlington  group.  It  survived  to  the 
Keokuk  fiToup,  where  it  is  represented  by  only  a  single  species.  In  Europe 
it  is  possibly  represented  by  ■•  Actinocriniis"  jminiicnais  Mliller,  from  the  De- 


hatocrinid^e. 


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voninn  of  the  Eifel,  and  there  is  another  Hpecies  at  Colle,  Spain,  at  a  horizon 
whicii  is  generally  recognized  as  Upper  Devonian. 

7,V/;e  of  ihe  genus  :  Aurocrbuts  iimaaturus  W.  and  Sp. 

liemiirks. — The  species  for  which  we  propose  the  genus  were  referred 
lieretofore  by  us  and  others  to  Dorijvnnm,  except  Aorocriiiits  Casstihtiji  which 
had  been  placed  under  Gciimeocrbuis.  It  approaches  Dorycriuns,  difl'ering 
from  it,  however,  in  having  single  arms,  and  in  not  having  the  long  spines 
upon  which  Eoemer  principally  formulated  his  genus. 

Aorucrinus  precedes  Dori/criiius  in  time,  and  has  essentially  the  charocter- 
istics  of  an  iuuiuiture  Borz/crinas.  The  peculiarities  of  that  genus  are  ftre- 
shadowed,  but  have  not  acquired  their  full  development. 


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Aorocrinus  immaturus  w.  and  Sr. 

riafe  XL  V.  Figs.  4,1,  b. 

1S90.    Dort/rriniii  iiauialui-iis  —  W.  niul  Si". ;  Clcol.  Ucp.  lUiuois,  Vol.  Vlll.,  p.  175,  Plate  16,  Fig.  5,  ami 

riiitu  17,  I'ife's.  Oaiid  17. 
IbOO.     f>t,}yiriiiua  immaturus  —  S.  A.  JIiLLCB ;   N.  Aiiicr.  Gt'ol.  niul  I'lilrcniit.,  p.  210,  Fig.  290. 

Below  medium  size;  crown  measuring  from  30  to  40  mm.;  lieight  of 
calyx  from  10  to  14,  by  10  to  12  wide.  I)or.'<al  cnp  higher  than  the  ventral 
disk,  gradually  spreading  to  the  arm  bases,  the  sides  a  little  convex.  Teg- 
men  depressed  conical,  crowned  with  a  subcentral  clongjite  node  or  ."hort 
spine.  Plates  of  the  dor.'ial  cup  moderately  convex,  their  surface  more  or 
less  rugose,  the  suture  lines  distinctly  grooved.  Color  of  specimens  rather 
dark. 

Bas.als  short,  .somewhat  projecting  beyond  the  colunm,  their  lower  ends 
bonding  abruptly  inwaril  and  forming  a  well  defined  concavity-.  Eadials 
large,  almost  as  wide  as  long,  the  lower  margin  but  .slightly  convex,  the 
upper  face  concave  in  the  middle  and  truncated  at  the  outer  sides.  Cos- 
tals  very  short,  and  not  much  more  than  half  the  width  of  the  radials;  the 
first  quadrangular  ;  the  second  pentangular.  Distichals  2X2,  in  form  re- 
sembling the  radials,  but  only  half  their  size.  In  some  specimens  all  the 
second  distichals  are  axillary  and  support  palmars,  in  others  those  of  the 
anterior  ray  support  the  arms,  which  vary  in  number  from  eighteen  to 
twenty.  Arms  stout,  single,  bi.^erial,  and  arranged  in  groups,  the  tips 
incurving  and  flattened ;  the  interspaces  between  the  rays  deeper  than 
those  between  their  subdivision.s,  and  in  the  anal  interradius  nearly  three 


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TIIK   CKIXOIDKA   CAMKR.VTA   OK   XOKTII   A.MKIUCA. 


times  ti.s  wide.  Interbracliiiils  three ;  tlio  first  very  large,  ns  wiile  as  higli. 
tlio  two  upper  quite  suiall.  Tliey  are  followed  by  two  still  suialler  pieces, 
which  are  on  a  level  with  the  arm  bases,  and  these  by  ecjually  small  inter- 
umbulacral  plates;  there  being  no  interdistichals  in  the  dorsal  cup,  but  several 
in  the  tegmen  between  tiie  ambulacra.  First  anal  plate  much  longer  than 
the  radial-i,  and  the  largest  plate  of  the  dorsal  cup.  It  is  (bllowcd  by  three 
or  four  higher  aiials,  longitudinally  arranged,  which  dccroa.sc  rapidly  in  size 
upward,  each  one  having  an  interbrachial  at  the  sides.  Tiiere  are  numerous 
j)lates  idjove,  which  form  a  longitudinal  I'idge  with  a  deep  sulcus  at  each 
side.  The  anus,  wiiich  is  placed  at  the  upper  end  of  this  ridge,  opens  out 
laterally.  Orals  a  little  nmrc  convex  than  any  of  the  other  plates  of  the 
tegmen  ;  tiie  posterior  one  very  large,  its  size  equal  to  that  of  two  of  the 
otiiers  and  generally  extended  into  a  short  spine.  Food  grooves  covered  liy 
a  few  alternately  arranged  medium-sized  i)lates,  which  are  more  prominent 
than  the  interambulacrais,  especially  on  approaching  the  arms.  Colunni  com- 
paratively short,  gradually  tapering,  and  terminating  as  a  fine  thread  ;  its 
whole  length  being  from  7  to  9  cm.  The  joints  throughout  arc  moderately 
long,  and  increase  in  length  downward.  The}'  are  in  the  upper  part  of  the 
stem  distinctly  rounded  at  their  margins,  and  project  conspicuously  over  the 
younger  joints;  but  at  the  lower  part  cylindrical  and  of  equal  width,  giving 
off  toward  the  end  at  irregular  intervals,  and  at  different  sides,  rather  stout 
and  long  cirri. 

llor'aoii  and  LocnUtj.  —  Kindcrhook  group;  Le  Grand,  Marshall  Co., 
Iowa. 

2]'/pc!i  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

Aorocrinus  radiatus  w.  ami  Sp. 

Pkdc  XLV.  FIff.  1. 

1S90.     naryrriiiiis  raiVutliis—  \\.  niul  Sp. ;  GcnI.  Hop.  Illinois,  Vol.  Vtll.,  p.  ]7fi,  Plnte  17,  Figs.  5,  Grt. 
IStlO.     Ihr^criiiun  rw/iii/iif  S.  A.  Mii.i.K.ll-,  N.  Amor.  GocjI.  niiil  l'aln?oiit  ,  p.  210. 

Resembling  the  preceding  species,  but  having  a  different  arm  formula,  and 
radiating  ridges  upon  the  plates.  From  the  radials  two  low,  rounded  ridges 
pa.ss  out  to  the  basals,  two  to  adjoining  radials  and  the  first  anal  plate,  and 
one  to  the  first  interbrachials.  The  latter  plates  have  nine  ridges,  two  meet- 
ing with  those  from  the  radials,  the  others,  which  are  somewhat  smaller,  with 
the  costals  and  the  interbrachials  of  the  second  range.     The  ridges  are  well 


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defined  next  to  the  margin  of  tlic  plates,  but  are  indistinct,  or  disappear 
altogether,  in  the  middle  portions.  Color  of  specimens  lighter  tlum  in  the 
lust  species.  Tlio  culyx  up  to  the  arm  regions  ia  obconicul,  wider  than  high, 
and  a  little  convex  at  the  sides. 

Basal  cup  short,  projecting  laterally,  and  forming  a  rim  which  is  slightly 
oxeaviited  at  the  bottom.  Radials  somewhat  shorter  than  those  of  Aoro- 
rriiiii.i  iiiiniati(ri(s,  the  costals  proportionally  longer.  The  distichals  vary  in 
number;  in  the  anterior  ray  there  are  2X2  in  the  calyx,  followed  by 
free  arm  plates;  the  other  rays  have  two  in  one  division,  but  only  om" 
in  the  other,  which  is  axillary  and  followed  by  palinars ;  exceptionally  in 
the  posterior  rays  the  first  is  axillary  in  both  divisions,  but  generally  only 
that  next  to  the  anal  side.  Arms  fourteen,  rather  stout,  rounded  on  the 
back,  and  quite  long  ;  they  are  composed  of  two  or  three  cuneate  plates, 
which  interlock  and  are  followed  by  two  series  of  transverse  pieces,  united 
by  parallel  sutures.  Interbrachials  six  in  three  ranges  ;  the  first  plate  is 
large  and  extends  to  the  top  of  the  costals.  There  are  three  much  smaller 
plates  in  the  second  range,  and  two  in  the  third,  the  latter  on  a  Icvol  with 
the  arms.  Anal  area  very  wide,  the  first  plate  as  large  as  the  radials,  the 
three  succeeding  plates  fully  equal  in  size  to  the  single  plate  at  the  four 
regular  sides,  the  middle  plate  being  a  little  the  largest.  These  plates  are 
followed  by  numerous  smaller  ones,  which  take  part  in  the  ventral  disk. 
Construction  of  the  tegmen  and  position  of  the  anus  unknown.  Of  the 
column  nearly  throe  inches  are  preserved  in  one  of  the  specimens ;  it  is  de- 
cidedly tapering,  tiio  nodal  joints  high  and  projecting.  So  far  as  observed, 
the  stem  changes  but  little  its  general  habitus.  As  it  decreases  downward 
in  width,  the  intcrnodal  joints  retain  nearly  the  same  proportions  to  the 
adjoining  nodal  ones  as  close  to  the  calyx. 

Horizon  ami  LocaVitij.  —  Same  as  last. 

Ty^cs  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

Aoroorinus  parvibasis  w.  and  Sp, 
Plate  XLV.  Figs.  3a,  h. 

ISOO.    Dor^miiiia  /uirriUm  —  W.  mid  Si>. ;  Geol.  Rpp.  Illinois,  Vol.  VTII.,  p,  177,  Plate  17,  Figs.  7  niul 

9,  <Jrt. 
1S90.     DoryrriiiHa  pareihasis  —  S.  A.  ^^lLI.En;  N.  Amor.  Gcol.  niid  Pnlreont.,  p.  2tO. 

A   small   species,     Calyx   oblate-spheroidal,   excavated    at  the  bottom. 
Dorsal  cup  in  form  of  a  basin  that  rests  upon  the  basals  and  portions  of 

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till' rttdials ;  witlor  tliiin  high,  and  .Mproading  but  little  at  tlio  sidcH.  Platos 
iiioderatuly  convi'x,  witliout  ornamentation  ;  suture  lines  well  defined,  with  a 
small  pit  at  each  angle  of  the  plates.    Color  of  specimens  ns  in  -^1.  wmutlurus. 

Basals  forming  a  disk,  which  rcMts  within  a  shallow  concavity  formed  by 
the  united  radials,  and  not  visible  in  a  side  view.  Radials  large,  heiitagonal, 
narrow  below  and  wide  above,  the  lower  end  curving  inward.  C'ostals  small, 
nearly  of  equal  size.  Distichals  unevenly  distributed  among  the  rays,  the 
three  anterior  rays  hiuing  from  tsvo  to  three  in  the  calyx,  which  nre  fol- 
lowed by  free  arm  plates;  the  two  posterior  rays,  in  the  division  next  to 
the  anal  side,  but  one,  which  is  axillary  and  followed  by  two  fixed  palniars; 
the  opposite  side  having  three  distichals,  thus  making  fourteen  arms  to  the 
species.  Arms  arranged  in  groups,  the  space  between  the  posterior  rays 
much  the  widest;  they  are  quite  robust,  tapering  at  the  end,  rounded,  and 
biserial  except  one  or  two  cuneato  pieces  at  the  base.  Interbrachials  in  two 
ranges;  the  first  very  large,  reaching  the  top  of  the  costals,  and  touching  the 
distichals.  the  others  small,  resting  between  the  distichals.  A  third  range  is 
on  a  level  with  the  arm  bases,  and  followed  in  four  of  the  areas  by  four  to 
five  intcrandjulacrals.  Anal  area  very  wide,  elevated  along  the  median  line, 
deeply  grooved  at  each  side,  so  as  to  form  from  the  distichals  to  the  posterior 
oral  a  longitudinal  ridge,  which  is  most  prominent  in  the  upper  part  around 
the  anus.  First  anal  plate  larger  than  the  radial.^,  longer  than  wide ;  the 
second,  and  the  interbrachials  at  the  sides,  as  large  as  the  corresponding 
single  plate  of  the  other  areas ;  the  plates  above  small  and  irregular  in 
their  arrangement.  Tegmen  depressed  convex.  Orals  large  ;  the  posterior 
one  extended  into  a  thick,  elongate  node,  and  twice  as  large  as  the  others, 
which  are  moderately  convex.  Anal  opening  directed  laterally.  The  food 
grooves  and  their  branches,  respectively,  are  covered  by  a  single  plate.  The 
stem  apparently  was  longer  than  in  the  two  preceding  species,  and  less  taper- 
ing. The  nodal  joints  are  a  little  wider  than  the  intervening  ones,  which 
increase  very  rapidly  in  nuinljer,  there  being  six  to  the  internode  at  an  inch 
from  the  calyx,  which  appears  to  be  the  maximum  number. 

Horizon  and  Locah't//.  —  Same  as  last. 

Ty^'cs  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 


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470 


Aoroorinus  oanalioulatus  (^r.  ami  w.). 
Piute  XL  V.  Fi^js.  Oil,  h. 

I'iflO,     Diiri/tTiiiiit  camilirithiliit  —  IFkkk  nnd  Woiitiikx  ;  I'ldcccil.  Anid.  Nut.  Sri.  Tliiln.,  p.  105. 

1S73.     Vorj/criiiin  cuiKilintUitu'  —  Mekk  ami  AVokthe.n  ;  (ii'ol.  Ilcp.  ]|liiu;is,  Vul.  V.,  p.  3sl,  rhilc  0, 

Fi({.  4. 
1881.     Doi'i/criiiKK  eiiiiiilii'ii/ii/in  —  W.  and  Sp.  i  llevisiuii  I'ula'm'r.,  Fart  II.,  p.  ITU  (Proceed.  Acad.  Xnl. 

Sci.  riiiln.,  p.  3j.'i). 

Calyx  below  modiuin  size,  it.s  heiylit  a  little  less  tlinii  the  width  at  tlio 
arm  base.s,  the  iloi>al  cup  shorter  than  the  ventfal  di.sk ;  tlie  former  witii 
broadly  trimciitcd  bottom  and  moderately  spreading  sides;  the  latter  de- 
pressed conical.  Plates  of  the  dorsal  cup  convex,  roughened  by  a  peculiar 
Bhallow  pitting,  which  extends  over  the  entire  surface,  but  is  more  conspicu- 
ous around  the  margins  of  the  larger  plates,  to  which  it  imparts  a  slightly 
crenate  appearance ;  suture  lines  deeply  canaliculated.  The  plates  of  the 
ventral  disk  are  less  convex,  but  also  defined  by  canaliculated  sutures,  and 
roughened  by  a  pitting  like  that  in  the  dorsal  cup. 

IJasals  extremely  small  ;  only  their  outer  angles  visible  in  a  side  view ; 
subhexagonal  in  outline,  with  small  lateral  notches  at  the  sutin'es ;  the  col- 
umn facet  occupying  two  thirds  tlie  depth  of  the  plates.  liadials  once  and 
a  half  as  wide  as  long,  the  extreme  lower  end  bending  inward  to  meet  the 
basals.  First  costals  quadrangular,  fully  one  half  smaller  than  the  radinls, 
and  about  once  and  a  half  as  wide  as  long ;  the  second  quadrangidar  and 
somewhat  wider  and  longer.  Distichals  2X2,  as  wide  as  the  first  costals 
but  still  shorter.  In  the  posterior  rays  both  upper  distichals  are  axillary,  and 
each  one  supports  two  palmars  ;  in  the  anterior  ray  only  the  one  to  the  right 
is  axillary,  the  other  bears  a  single  arm  ;  the  antero-lateral  rays  have  no 
palmars  in  either  division,  and  but  two  arms.  Arm  openings  arranged  in 
groups  with  rather  wide  interspaces,  of  which  that  at  the  anal  side  is  almost 
three  times  as  wide  as  the  others.  Arms  si.xtoen.  one  from  each  opening ; 
rather  heavy  and  long,  incm-ving,  their  upper  ends  flattened  and  distinctly 
serrated  at  the  outer  edges.  Pinnides  closeh' packed  together;  their  joints 
but  little  longer  than  wide.  First  interbrachial  almost  as  large  as  the  ra- 
dials ;  it  is  followed  by  two  plates  in  the  second,  and  two  in  the  third  range, 
the  latter  on  a  level  with  the  arm  bases,  and  in  contact  with  the  interambu- 
lacral  pieces.  The  first  anal  plate  supports  three  adf^itional  anals  in  a  longi- 
tudinal row,  which  rapidly  decrease  in  .size  upward,  and  each  one  of  them  is 


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TllK  CUIXOIDKA   CAMKHATA   OK   NOUTIl  AXIKltlCA. 


placed  between  tlio  two  interbmcliials.  The  platen  of  tlie  vi'iitml  disk  nrc 
riitlicr  8tiiiill,  tlie  pu.storior  oral  excepted,  which  is  quite  hirge,  tuberculiforni, 
and  central  in  position.  The  anus  is  placed  a  little  above  tlio  arm  regions;  it 
is  surrounded  by  numerous  snudl  plates,  and  opens  out  laterally.  The  am- 
bulacra apparently  are  roofed  by  small  covering  pieces. 

Iloi'iziiti  Olid  Locality. — Lower  Biu'lington  limestone;  Burlington,  lowo. 

I'l/jic  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zodlogy. 


AorocrinuB  subaouleatus  (Hall). 
Plate  XLV.  Fitjs.  7a,  h. 

ISjS.    Ai-liiioi-riiiiii  aiihuciiledtui  —  Hai.l i  Gi<il.  Hrp.  Inwn,  Vul.  I ,  Tort  II.,  p.  5*0,  Tlntc  10,  Figs.  2(/, b. 
1S73.     Duri/fi-iiiiis  sa//iiriileii/iis  —  Mkkk  and  WdUTiiKs;  (ii'ol.  Urp.  Illinois,  A'ul,  V,,  p.  ;iSO. 
ISSl.    Duri/iviiiiis  siiliai'ulivliia  —  \\.  iiiul  Sp. ;  Itevisidu  I'lilicocr.,  I'lirt  II.,  p.  ISii(l'rocicU.  Acad.  Nnt.  Sci. 
riiila.,  p.  351). 

A  small  and  very  rare  species.  Dorsnl  cup  symmotricall}'  semiglobose ; 
the  tegmen  abruptly  conical,  with  nn  acute  spiniform  plate  at  the  top. 
Plates  delicate,  Hut  (their  natural  curvature  e-Ncepted)  and  jierfcctly  smooth  ; 
the  suture  linos  obscure. 

Basals  in  form  of  an  inverted  cup,  very  smoU,  and  frequently  not  visible 
in  a  side  view.  Radiuls  almost  as  long  as  wide  at  the  upper  end,  the  lower 
end  considerably  narrower  and  bending  inward.  Both  costals  together  equal 
to  the  size  of  the  radials;  the  first  quadrangular,  fully  twice  as  wide  as  long; 
the  second  pentangular  and  wider  ns  well  as  longer.  Distichals  1x2;  these 
of  the  posterior  rays  axillary,  and  followed  by  two  single  very  snuill  pal- 
mars.  In  the  antero-lateral  rays  only  that  next  to  the  posterior  ray  is  axil- 
lary', the  otiier  subquadrangular;  the  former  supporting  two  .small  palmars 
and  two  arms,  the  latter  a  single  arm.  The  same  structure  prevails  in  the 
anterior  ray,  in  which  the  distichal  to  the  right  supports  the  two  arms.  The 
arm-bearing  plates  somewhat  projecting.  Anr  cporHngs  directed  laterally, 
arranged  in  groups,  the  spaces  between  the  rays  depressed,  that  of  the  anal 
side  deeper  and  wider.  Arms  fifteen  ;  their  structure  not  known.  The  first 
anal  plate  is  longer  than  the  radials  and  full}'  ;is  wide ;  it  supports  three  large 
plates  in  the  first  range,  and  three  much  r.inaller  ones  in  the  second.  The 
plates  above  are  small  and  irregularly  arranged,  forming  a  flattened  area, 
which  extends  to  the  posterior  oral.  The  intcrbrachials  of  the  other  areas 
consist  of  three  plates  in  the  dorsal  cup,  and  two  between  the  arms,  which 
latter  in.seusibly  connect  with  the  interdistichals.     The  anus  is  placed  half 


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wny  between  tlic  liirj^o  oriil  niul  tlio  nrm  regions,  and  opens  out  laterally. 

StruetiMo  of  nriiis  and  coliinni  not  known. 

IliirixoH  Kiiil  Lvntlify.  —  Lower  Hurlington  liine«tono  ;  Burlington,  lown, 

Ti/j)c  in  tiic  (Wortiien)  IllinoiM  State  collection,  S|)ringtiel(l. 

lieinarh, —  Closely  approaeliing  AurncriiiKS  imrrilmsis,  wliieli  has  a  ."iiiii- 

Inr  ba.so,  and  resembles  it  in  its  general  outline ;  tliat  species,  however,  has  a 

very  different  arm  formula,  and  tlio  plates  of  the  calyx  are  distinctly  conve.v. 

AoroorlnuB  parvus  (Sium.). 
ricttc  XL  V.  Fi,jH.  11a,  h. 

1955.     Ji-tiiiurihiui parvui  —  Siiumahdj  Hep.  Geol.  Siiiv.  Missouri  by  Swallow,  Part  II.,  p,  193,  Plntp  J, 

I'll?,  y. 

1831.     Dori/friiiua  piirviit  —  W .  ami  Sp.  J  Revision  Pulicocr.,  I'lirt  II.,  |i.  179  (rrccced.  Acad.  Nut,  Sci. 
I'hila.,  p.  a,-).1). 
SjM.  .ic/imiiriima  s^iiiiiii/ricNi —  U\LL,  1858,  Geol.  Hep.  lown,  Vol.  I.,  I'art  II.,  p.  b7i,  Tlule  II). 

l'"i(,'».  8(/,  i. 
Sjn.  /hirfcrimit  amiiiiiii—  S.  A.  XlaLEii;  1891,  Gcol.  Suiv.  Missouri  by  Arthur  Wiuslow,  Bull.  I., 
p.  !i5,  I'lute  4,  l''i|;s.  5  iiiiil  0. 

A  small  species.  Calyx  rotund  ;  tlie  dorsal  cup  higher  tlmn  the  ventral 
disk,  slightly  obcoiiical ;  the  peri[)heral  portions  abruptly  projecting  outward, 
and  distinctly  lobed  ;  the  interspaces  between  the  ra^'s  broadly  and  deeply 
excavated,  and  there  are  smaller  excavations  between  their  main  divisions. 
Plates  flat  and  without  morkings,  except  an  obscure  longitudinal  ridge  upon 
the  costals  and  distichals. 

Ba.sals  rather  large,  forming  n  broad,  shallow  cup  with  a  narrow  excava- 
tion nt  the  bottom.  Eadials  very  large,  almost  as  long  as  wide ;  the  trun- 
cated upper  faces  a.s  wide  as  the  upper  face.  First  costals  quadrangular, 
once  and  a  half  as  wide  as  long,  the  second  quadraugidar,  smaller  than  the 
first.  Distichals  one  or  two.  All  divisions  in  which  palmars  are  represented 
have  but  one  distichal,  but  tho.se  in  which  they  are  wanting  have  two.  The 
anterior  ray  invariably  has  but  two  arms,  the  two  posterior  ones  from  three 
to  four,  and  the  antero-lateral  rays  from  two  to  four,  frequently  the  left 
having  more  than  the  right,  or  vice  trrsa.  The  number  of  fixed  palmars 
varies  from  one  to  two,  and  large  specimens  generally  have  a  small  inter- 
distiehal.  Arm  openings  directed  slightly  upwards,  and  arranged  in  groups 
of  two  or  one.  Arms  one  froi.i  each  ambulacral  opening  in  the  calyx;  they 
are  short,  heavy,  biserial ;  their  plates  moderately  short,  and  every  fourth 
piece  extended  into  a  well  defined  lateral  spine.   Interbrachials  five  to  seven: 


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1,  2, '2, '2;  tliu  two  upper  on  a  levi'l  with  the  nnn  biisos.  I'ostorior  urea 
extroniely  wiiU',  its  niudiun  lino  roiiiideil  Init  not  riiigod,  l""ii>t  uiuil  plato 
f'ullowod  by  tliii'o  large  pliitCH,  and  tIll'^^u  by  tlneo  Mniallt'i'  onuM,  wliicli  sn|i- 
port  nuinoi'ouH  otiit'is  without  dednito  arrangi'nu'Ut.  Tiio  jdiitos  of  Iho 
logiiUMi  arc  lliif,  t'.\t'i'[it  the  posterior  oral,  whirh  is  slightly  ronvex  and 
central  in  position  ;  the  lour  other  orals  are  pushed  anteriorly,  nnd  nro 
surrounded  in  largo  specimens  by  irregular  perisoniic  plates.  In  snniller 
spei'iineus,  their  outer  edges  abut  against  a  large  radial  dome  plate,  from 
which  two  rows  of  covering  pieces  at  both  sides  pasH  out  to  the  arms.  Tho 
nnus  h  placed  halt  way  between  the  sinnniit  nnd  tho  arm  bases,  nnd  oj)enn 
out  laterally.  Cohunn  small;  composed  near  the  calyx  of  wide  and  narrow 
joints. 

Ilmi:"!!  mill  l.nnili/i/. — Upper  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
nnd  at  tho  same  horizon  at  .several  localities  in  Missouri  nnd  Illinois. 

Iiiiiiurk^.  —  The  arm  formula  of  this  species  varies  exceedingly.  Among 
seventeen  specimens  there  is  one  with  1^1  arms,  five  with  1,1  arms  (thi.«i  is 
the  arm  lormula  of  "  Ai'tiiiorriiiiix"  xi/iinin/ririi.i  Hall),  six  with  1^1  (as  in 
S.  A.  .Miller's  Dnri/n-iiiiin  amwiiiiti),  one  witii  3^1,  nnd  four  with  ?/'  arm.i.  A.s 
a.  rule,  large  .specimens  hiivo  more  arms  than  smaller  oiu's  ,ind  tho  s|)eciinens 
with  ten  arin.s  are  without  exception  Hinall.  The  pecimens  are  identical 
otherwise,  and  this  proves  most  conclusively  t'  .tt  the  number  of  arms,  in 
this  group  at  least,  cannot  bo  made  a  ."specific  character  imless  accompanied 
by  other  structural  differences.  Such,  however,  do  not  exist  in  Dwycrinm 
aiiianiis  Miller,  nor  in  Ac/hwcriniis  si/vimctriciis  Hall. 

Aorocr'nua  spinosulus  (HM.t). 
PMc  XLIII.  Fli/.  4,  ami  Phk  XLIV.  F!;/s.  Sn,  h. 

l^^)0.     .lrllimcriiiii.1  .yiimniilua  —  }\.\\,L\  Suppl.  ficdl.  licp.  Ii  wn,  p.  Hi. 

li>l.     Ih,yiTiiiii.<  y/iiiii^xii/iiii  —  W.  nnd  Sr. ;   licvisidii  I'alii'ncr.  I'aii  II.,  p.  1^0. 

!Svn.  I)i,r;i,;i,iiia  Kilhyrji—  WouTiiKN  ;  (i(dl.  Hi'p.  Illinnis,  Veil.  VI.,  |i.  513,  PImIc  29,  Tic.  8. 

A  small  species.  Dor.inl  cup  obconical,  strongly  lobed  nt  the  arm  regions, 
truncated  at  the  base;  ventral  di.sk  almost  flat  nnd  without  spines.  Plates 
devoid  of  ornamentation,  a  little  convex,  the  suture  lines  grooved. 

Ba.sds  large,  forming  a  cylindrical  cup,  excavated  at  tho  bottom.  Radials 
very  large,  longer  than  wide,  the  sloping  upper  faces  .«hnrt.  First  costals 
hexangular,  of  more  than  medium  size,  one  third  wider  than  long.     Second 


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coMtiilH  pcnf!itr«»nt\l.  a  h.  ilc  larger  1  ;)  llif  fn  ,  their  xlopiiig  upper  facer'  in 
all  tlio  ni}M  niii'poi  *'i',g  nn  axUU  disticlml,  and  tlii.M  two  Hiiiall  pniinnr^ 
wliicli  among  tllc•rn^  en,  lUitl  wit  ,  tlu'  two  of  tlie  opponito  side  of  the  rn}', 
are  in  contact  liitcni"/.  Ann  openings  Hniall,  four  to  the  ray  ;  am-  -  niinplo, 
very  Mliort  and  delicate.  liitoirinlial  spaces  wide  and  deeply  depie>hi'd 
between  the  free  rnyf.  Kegnlar  inteihrachialH  1,  2,  3,  dceicafing  in  cizo 
upward;  the  fust  not  larger  than  the  lirst  eostals;  the  two  of  the  Kcond 
row  Miiinowhat  HUialler ;  those  of  tlio  third  narrow,  occupying  the  (Icpie^ions 
between  the  rayH.  The  inlerhnichials  are  followed  by  three  or  four  minute 
interambnlacrid  pieces  which  meet  tho  orals.  Anal  inlerrndius  extremely 
wide,  tho  interspace  at  the  arm  bases  twice  that  of  the  other  inys.  There  is 
a  vertical  row  of  four  anal  plates,  followed  by  a  nundjer  of  irregular  pieces, 
which  form  an  almost  Hat  area  and  enclose  tho  anal  opening.  At  each  side 
of  tho  second  anal  ]ilate  there  is  a  good  sized  intcrbrachial,  and  to  each  side 
of  tho  second  aro  two  sniidler  pieces.  Orals  large,  occupying  fidly  one  half 
tho  surface  of  tho  disk ;  they  aro  convex,  sometimes  conical  but  not  spin- 
ous; the  posterior  one  is  a  little  larger  than  tho  four  othorH  and  pushed  in 
between  them,  but,  as  a  rule,  tho  onds  of  this  species  arc  more  symmetri- 
cally arranged  and  proportionally  larger  than  usual  in  this  genus.  The 
primary  radial  dome  plates  rcsoinblo  tho  orals  in  form  and  size,  and  occupy 
the  outer  end  of  tho  lobes.  Anal  opening  directed  laterally,  and  placed 
almost  on  a  level  with  tho  arm  bases. 

Ilvr'izon  (111(1  fjiicii/iti/,  —  Keokuk  group,  Keokuk,  Iowa,  and  Nauvoo,  Ills. 

T//])e  in  tho  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

licDiarf,'":  —  Wo  regard  Dorycn'niis  KeUoggi  Worthen  as  identical  with  this 
specie.",  from  which  it  was  said  to  differ  in  the  number  of  arms.  That  species 
was  described  as  having  but  three  arms  in  one  of  tho  antero-latcral  ray.«, 
a  structure  which  clearly  indicates  an  irregular  development  of  the  rn3'.s. 

Aorocrinus  sjiliiovilus  is  closely  related  to  A.  pamis  Shum.  from  the 
Burlington  group,  and  its  structure  indicates  that  it  is  a  descendant  of 
that  species,  but  sufFiciently  differentiated  to  be  ranked  as  a  good  variety, 
if  not  as  a  full  species. 


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Aoroorinua  elegana  {>^.  A.  Mut.^n). 

j'liik  xxsiy.  j'i.js.  j;,i,b. 


)S99.      thrii,-rini(trl,yilHil  —  i.  A.  Mll.l.rili  Ailv.  Slii'cll   ISlli  U,  p.   (i,' 
Vi^t.  I  mid  J. 


8iir».  Iiiiliim»,  p.  17,  rinli'  3, 


A  iiiii(1omtoIy  himiiH  Hpocics,  calyx  obconoidiil,  ns  wide  iim  lii^jli,  flu^  bnno 
tnincalcil,  tliu  Nidos  aliiioHt  Ntraiglit,  mid  not  groovod  butwui'ii  tliu  vny*, 
I'xci'pt  tlio  anal  nido  wliicli  lias  ii  dopii's.sidii  at  the  arm  it^rioiiH.  'J'lio 
platL'H  slightly  convex  but  without  oniauK'ntutioii ;  tho  Buturc  lines  Hunie- 
what  channeled. 

Basal  cup  ratlier  hi^li,  Nubcylirnliical,  the  inteibasal  nnturcN  slightly 
notcluMl  at  the  bottom;  tho  culiuiin  facet  deeply  depicsed,  and  occupying 
Inilf  the  diameter  of  the  cup  at  the  U)wer  end.  Hadi.ils  ii  little  upreading, 
larger  than  both  ccstals  together,  and  geniMally  an  long  as  wide,  their  lateral 
faces  longer  than  tho  upper.  CostalH  Nmall,  variable  in  Ibrm  nnd  »<i/.c,  xome  of 
them  ([uitc  narrow  and  almost  m  long  an  wide,  oihi'rs  almost  twice  as  wide  ns 
long;  the  first  (|UMdrangular,  the  second  pentangular,  hcNangidar  or  heptan- 
gular,  owing  to  the  height  of  the  adjoining  first  interbrachial.  Distiehals  two, 
as  large  ns  tho  rostals  and  of  similar  form,  Palmars  but  one  row  in  the 
calyx.  Arms  fom*  to  tho  ray;  their  structure  not  observed,  but  they  evi- 
dently were  simple,  to  judge  fiom  the  arm  openings,  h'egular  interl)rachi- 
als  three  ;  the  first  rather  largo,  and  about  as  high  as  wide;  (he  two  of  the 
second  row  less  than  half  tho  si/.e  of  the  first,  nnd  one  of  them  generally 
a  little  larger  than  tho  other,  both  separated  from  the  jjlatos  of  the  disk 
by  the  palmars,  which  meet  above.  Anal  plate  of  the  size  of  tho  radials ; 
followed  by  three  [)lates,  which  are  almost  as  large  as  the  first  interbrachial 
of  the  regular  sides.  There  are  throe  smaller  plates  in  the  third  row,  and 
these  uro  succeeded  by  a  very  large  elongate  plato,  which  forms  tho  bottom 
of  tho  depression  nt  tho  nrm  regions.  Ventral  disk  very  slightly  convex, 
almost  Hat,  and  composed  of  but  few  large  plates.  The  orals  decidedly 
nsynnnetrical  in  their  nrrnngement,  the  two  postero-lateral  ones  forming 
a  straiglit  line  with  the  posterior  one ;  they  are  very  largo  nnd  occupy 
almost  one  half  of  the  disk.  The  ambidacra  represented  by  one  large  plate, 
followed  by  two  somewhat  smaller  ones  of  a  secondary  order.  The  inter- 
ambulacral  plates  consist  of  only  two  very  narrow,  elongate  pieces.  Amis 
subcentral,  in  (dose  pro.ximity  to  the  posterior  oral,  directed  upwards,  and 
placed  in  the  centre  of  a  short  protuberance. 


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Jliiihim  mil)  /.iinilifi/.      rpiKT  nmliiij^toii  Ilimwlono,  neiir  Sutlulia,  Mo. 

I'l/l'i:  ill  till)  collurtioii  1)1'  Mr.  F.  A.  ^<uiii[).ti)ii,  Soiliiliii. 

JliniurLi.  —  Tlio  ulxiiiiiciil  funii  uf  tlio  cu[i,  luid  tlu-  nlmoi*t  Hut  tlixk,  nro 
tliu  Ifiiiling  I'lmiactt'i'M  uf  tliiH  KpueiuN,  in  wliicli  it  appruiiclioM  A,  n/iiiiomiliDi 
Hull.  Ilowovor,  llio  ciilvx  ui'  tliut  H|ii'cii'M  in  (lc(|ilv  jri'iovt'il  iit  all  Mvh,  ami 
tli(t  I'liys  an*  Ht'|)ai'aU!il  liy  iitiiiit>i'uu.>i  iiitciiiraciiial  phitcs  wliicli  paxM  u[)  lu 
tiiu  plaluH  uf  tliu  iliitk. 


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AoroorimiB  hoUoe  (H.\mV 
/'/,//,  .VAI'.  riijs.  J  mills. 

IMt.     jtfliiiwfiiim  hrli,-r—\\\\.t\   I71I1  llcp    N'.  V.  .Slulc  Ciili,  Nut.  IIi»t.,  p.  .11. 
IS/S.     .I'/i/i.H-riiiMt  irii,;'—  IIai.i.j  (m.,!.  ^^,l|■\,  Oliiii,  I'nlncnl  ,  \  ..1.  II.,  p.  lii:i,  I'luti'  11,  Fi|f'<.  15  !n  S. 
ISSl,     .lj.irii;i,;-i,iin  ir/if,'— W.  i\w\  Sv.;   l(i'\i»iciii   I'lilimcr  ,    I'liil   II,,   |).  1 IJ  (I'roci'iil.  Acml    Nul.  Sci. 
I'hilii.  |i.  iiSIl) 
8)11.  ,/.7//(mYi//«j  ^'■/(.v,  viir,  c/ii  IIm.i.i  (inil,  Siirv.  Oliii.,  ralniiiil,,  Vul    II,,  y    Idl,  l'li,ii'  II, 

Fin*.  U  III  |a. 
Rjll.  Jjiirii-orriiiHi  rrii  —  W.  niul  Si',  ;   ISsj,  Hi'vlsluii  I'lilirnrr,,  I'lirl  II..  |i    112, 

A|>proMeliiii;;  in  the  form  of  the  calyx,  and  tlic  Htoutnoss  of  its  nririH, 
somi!  of  tJK'  alii'rraiit  .'<iriallur  forms  of  Ai/dririivniiuK.  Calyx  wider  than 
high,  till.'. simuiiit  crowneil  with  an  don^ato  node  or  Mhort  spine.  iJor.xal  eiip 
short,  rapiilly  .spreading  to  the  arm  ha.ses,  roimded  at  the  liottom,  the  lower 
margin.^  vM'  the  radials  liending  inward  and  takin>i'  part  in  the  trnncatinn  at 
the  hc'toin.  Surface  of  plates  nodose,  the  radial  ones  transversely  anj^nlar, 
•  he  ill  crrailial  ones  with  obscure  radiiitin^r  ridges  along  the  margins. 

Ua.sids  small,  arranged  almost  horizontally  ;  only  small  portions  of  them 
heing  exposed  in  a  side  view;  the  interlmsal  sutures  deeply  cliamieh d  at 
tho  lower  end.  Hadials  large,  rapidly  spreading  >ipwnrds;  the  upper  face 
slightly  notidiod  at  tho  sides.  First  and  second  costals  together  smaller 
than  the  radials;  the  (irst  quadrangular,  the  second  pentangular.  I)i>ti(hals 
short,  consisting  in  tho  anterior  ray  of  three  rows  of  plates  in  the  calyx,  of 
which  those  of  the  first  row  are  somewhat  larger  than  the  two  of  the  suc- 
ceeding ones,  the  latter  lieing  as  short  as  tho  free  hrachials  ahove.  and  like 
lliem  rounded  on  the  hack.  In  tho  posterior  rays  hoth  first  distichals  are 
axillary,  and  siipjiort  from  each  side  two  short  fixed  palmars.  In  tho  two 
antero-latcral  rays  normally  the  distichals  next  to  tho  po.storior  rays  are 
axillary  and  support  palmars,  the  others  are  followed  liy  other  distichals; 
it  occurs,  however,  also  that  none  of  them  are  axilhuT  or  hoth  of  them  ;  the 
number  of  anus  thus  varying  from  twelve  to  .sixteen.     Anns  rounded  on 


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tlio  1)!U'U.  Very  stuii(.  widest  al  midway,  soiiicwiiat  laporiiig  at  Imth  oiid.s,  tlio 
tips  iiil'oidiiiy.  Till'  i'lvo  arm  plates  are  elevati'(l  in  tiie  centre,  and  produeed 
into  tiiuisvei'se  angular  ridges,  winidi  in  tiie  npper  j)art.  of  the  arm  are  broken 
into  nodes.  Tliere  is  but  a  single  interi>raeidal  at  liie  regular  sides;  tlio 
anal  side  has  two,  whieli  enclose  a  second  anal.  The  lli'st  anal  is  a  little 
longer  than  the  radials.  The  exact  arrangement  of  the  plates  in  the  teginen 
cannot  be  accurately  ascertained  from  any  ol'  the  specimens.  Culumn  com- 
paratively strong;  the  nodal  joints  a  little  highest  and  widest,  and  romided 
at  their  edges. 

/A'/O'/f  (iiiil  Loc(ili/i/. — Waverly  sandstone;  Richfield.  Sninniit  Co.,  anil 
Hoyallou.  Cuyahoga  Co..  Ohio.  ( Fig.  2  is  made  after  Hall,  Fig.  5  drawn  from 
a  gutta  percha  cast  made  in  a  natural  mould.) 

Aorocrinus  concavus  (Mi^kk  anil  Wuktukn). 
ri,(ti'  XLll.  F!<ix.  J.la,  h.  c. 

ISfil.     Ji'lhioi-riiiKu  {.tmi'huriiniiiiis)  .■mwiiviis  —  .\li;i:K  und  WdiiTiii'.N' ;  rrooccd.  Acail.  Niil.  Si'i.  I'liiln., 

p.  i;i-.'. 

l*^t).'i.     ^li'tiniHTiiui^  (Sji/i,rriK-riiiiis)  ri>/iriini.i  -    M.  and  \V.  ;  iliid.,  p    15  t, 
ISl'i.'j.     Jiiimit'riitiia  {(''/lin'ritt/f-)  roia'trvus  —  .M.  iind  W. ;  iliid  ,  p.  i.'7>l. 

iMili.      <■'//».■-•///«.«  ,W),v/rM—.\l.  niui  W;  (i.'nl.  H,p.  Illiiinis  V..1.  11.,  p.  i];,,  IM.ilc  ir.,  I'iL'-.  lil,(,  /,.  ,: 
]S^[.     Ihi-i/rriinm  I'liih-iifiis — \\'.  anil  Sr.  ;   HcviMoii   I'ala'm'i-.,   fail    11,  p.   17',l  (I'mi'iTd,  Acad.   Nat.  Si'i. 
'  I'lnla  ,  p.  ;i.-i:i). 

A  small  species.  Caly.\  siibglobose,  wider  than  high  ;  the  ventral  disk 
aiiiio-t  Hat.  The  sides  of  tlie  dorsal  cup  rise  nearly  vertically  from  the 
middle  of  the  radials  to  the  arm  regions;  the  lower  half  curving  abruptly 
inward,  and  fiu'ining  with  the  basals  the  bottom  of  the  cup.  The  plates  are 
nearly  Hat  and  devoid  of  ornamentation. 

r)a>als  small,  s|U'eading  almost  horizontally,  and  forming  a  shallow  in- 
verted basin,  which  is  slightly  notched  al  the  sut tires,  h'adial.s  extremely 
large,  fully  twice  the  size  of  both  costals  together.  Costals  very  small,  ipiad- 
rangular  and  jientaiignlar.  Distichals  1x2,  supporting  the  arms,  except  in 
the  ]iosleri()r  rays,  in  which  the  divisions  next  to  the  anal  area  sui)port  pal- 
mars,  and  tliere  are  three  arms  to  the  ray  in  place  of  two  in  the  other.s.  Ann 
openings  small,  directed  outward;  the  structure  of  the  arms  not  known. 
The  interbrachials  consist  of  one  large  iilate  ami  two  smaller  ones,  the  latter 
being  on  a  level  with  the  arm  bases.  First  anal  larger  tluin  the  radials; 
followed  by  three  rows  of  tliree  plates  each,  wiiicli  decrease  in  size  npwnrds, 
and  connect  with  the  anal  opening.     Togineu  very  short,  a  little  depressed 


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at  tlio  iiiiiil  .side,  and  composed  of  litit  few,  rallior  largo  pioces,  among  wliicli 
tlio  oralrt  aio  well  delliit!(l.  Tlie  jtostorior  oral  is  coiitial,  larger  lliaii  (lio 
•siirroimiliiig  ouch,  and  more  convex.    The  anus  open.s  ont  olilitpiely  upwards. 

l[orir.tia  and  Loridi/i/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone  ;  liurlington,  Iowa. 

7//y".'  ill  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 

Jitiii^ir/iii. — Tliis  .specie.s  i.s  readily  distinguished  fiom  allied  forms  liy  llie 
concavity  of  the  hasal.s,  the  eurvatin-e  and  extremely  large  si/e  of  the  radials, 
the  vertical  position  of  the  lixed  brachials,  and  the  flatness  of  the  tegmen. 
It  was  at  (Irst  referred  hy  Meek  and  Worthen  to  AiiijilionnTiiiiis,  but  they 
afterwards  regarded  it  as  tlie  tjpo  of  a  new  genus,  for  wliieh  they  proposed 
tlie  name  iSji/idrucriiutu,  which,  being  preoccupied  by  IJoemer,  wa.s  changed 
into  Cuclocrimifi. 

Aorocrinus  Cassodayi  (Iaon). 

rinh-  XLir.  F/./s.  ll„,  b,  uml  12. 

ISdn.     .I.'fiimrniiii.i  r.KWrt///  — 1a-on  ;   I'nim'il.  Ai'iiil.  N:il.  Sci.  IMiilii.,  p.  tin,  ri.-ilc  1,  I'i^-s  H,  ;!,i. 
ISSl.     (ii'nthroi-riint:t  Cusxru/iii/i  —  \\\  ;int1  Si*.;   liovisioii  I'.-iIu'itcr.,  I'iirl  It.,  p.  I'il. 

(y)  Svn.   Arliiiiiiriiiii.i  i;in/irii/iis  —  IIai.i,  ;   l,'illi  lirp.  N.  V.  Sliitc  C:il).  Niil.  Hist.,  |i.  I'M. 

(y)  Syil.   Ji'/if/orri/tna  i'tt{'/jtMi — 1I.\1,I,;   il)i(l.,  p.  IIJU. 

Calyx  small,  width  across  the  arm  bases  slightly  exceeding  the  height, 
broad  at  tlie  bottom,  constricted  at  the  basi-radial  sutures  ;  thi>  interradiid 
spaces  deeply  indented  at  the  arm  regions,  especially  at  the  anal  side,  which 
gives  to  the  distichals  and  palmars  the  appearaiu'e  of  arm  plates.  Plates  of 
the  dorsal  cup  strongly  convex,  the  surface  covered  with  radiating  ridges. 
whicli  enter  oul_y  the   margin   of  the  plates. 

Hasals  large,  short,  forming  a  broad  rim  with  .sharp  marginal  edges,  which 
are  notched  at  the  sutures  ;  the  lower  face  a  little  concave,  and  tlie  medi.iii 
part  somewhat  cxcaviited  for  the  reception  of  the  colmmi.  Kiulials  com- 
paratively large,  but  smaller  lliaii  the  basals  ;  wider  than  long.  First  eostals 
about  half  the  size  of  the  radials  ;  the  second  generally  smaller  tliiin  the  lirst. 
Disiichals  12  X  10,  the  upper  axillary  and  followed  by  two  rows  of  palmars  ; 
the  latter,  as  well  as  the  disticlials,  curved  like  arm  plates,  and  projecting  cou- 
spicuoiisly  over  the  iutorradial  spaces.  Arms  twenty,  four  to  each  ray.  In- 
terbraciiials  four  to  six  ;  two  in  the  second  row.  two  or  three  in  the  tliiid,  ami 
two  between  the  arms,  the  latter  connecting  with  the  interand)idacral  pieces. 
An.il  interradiiis  considerably  wider;  the  first  tiual  followed  by  three  plates, 
all  somewhat  smaller  than  the  fir.st  interbrachial  of  the  other  sides;  and  these 
by  a  l;irg(!  number  of  minute,  irregular  pieces,  forming  a  rounded,  almost 


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THE   CRINOIDKA   CAMERATA   OF   XOU'l'II  AMERICA. 


vortical  I'iilge,  wliiclj  extemls  ivbove  tlie  arm  region.",  enclosing  the  nnnl 
opening,  wliicli  is  diroctoil  liiterally.  Interdisticlml  ><i)aces  deeply  grooved, 
and  occupied  by  a  single  minute  piece.  Ventral  disli  low,  slightly  convex, 
pentangidar  in  outline.  The  ambulacra  are  tegminal  and  raised  above  the 
general  level  of  the  disk  ;  the  food  grooves  covered  by  two  rows  of  compara- 
tively stout  pieces  with  a  large  nodose  plate  above  eacii  bifurcation.  Pos- 
terior oral  proportionally  large,  extended  into  an  elongate  node;  the  four 
others  barely  convex.     Column  small;  the  axiul  canal  minute. 

Horizon  and  Localihj.  —  Hamilton  group ;  Louisville,  Ky.,  Clark  Co., 
Ind.,  and  Alpina,  Mich. 

Ti/i>cs  in  the  Knapp  collection  at  New  Providence,  Ind. 

liciiiarks.  —  From  Hall's  descriptions  it  seems  to  lis  probable  that  his 
Actiii'wrinit^  raii/iviiliis,  A.  jirwcun'or,  A.  pocilliim,  and  A.  cali/pDo,  from  the 
Hamilton  group  of  the  State  of  New  York,  are  all  or  in  part  identical  witii 
tins  species.  As  neither  one  of  them  is  figured,  and  the  types  in  the  State 
Museum  of  Albany  are  not  accessible  to  us,  we  are  unable  to  make  the  neces- 
.sary  comparison.  In  1881  we  erronoou.sly  placed  this  species  under  Ocnnceo- 
criniis.  A  subsequent  comparison  with  the  types  shows  clearly  that  it  has 
essentially  the  characteristics  of  Aurocriims, 

BARRANDEOCRINUS  Anoixin. 
rialc  VIII.  Fiij.  1. 

1S7S.     Axgki.in;  Icoiiosr.  Clin.  Slice,  p.  7. 

18^5.     Vi.  auj  Sr.  ;   HovUiou  I'lilivocr.,  I'arl  III.,  p.  135. 

The  calj'X  in  perfect  specimens  is  invisible,  being  completely  enveloped 
by  the  arms  anii  pinnules,  which  hang  down  over  it ;  and  the  specimens,  when 
all  the  arms  are  in  place,  liavc  a  superficial  resemblance  to  a  Blastoid.  The 
calyx  is  composed  of  comparatively  few  plates,  and  resembles  Dori/cvinwi  in 
the  form  of  the  dorsal  cup,  from  which  it  differs  essentially  in  the  structure 
of  tegmen  and  arms. 

Hasals  three,  large.  Radials  quite  irregular  in  outline  ;  the  posterior 
ones  pentangular,  the  anterior  one  hexagonal,  and  the  remaining  two  hcp- 
tagonal.  Costals  two,  the  axillary  very  small,  subtriangular,  its  upper  angle 
sharply  pointed.  Distichals  apparently  but  one  in  the  calyx.  Arms  ten, 
very  heavy,  biserial.  folding  outward  and  recumbent  over  the  calyx,  cover- 
ing the  latter  completely,  and  leaving  of  the  arms  only  the  pinnules  exposed 


batocrixid^t:. 


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at  the  outer  surface.  The  piumiles  form  a  longitudinal  roll  along  the  sides 
of  each  arm;  tiiey  are  closely  paci<ed,  and  their  ends  infold  over  the  food 
grooves  from  the  sides.  In  the  fossil  state  the  dorsal  surfaces  of  the  jjin- 
nules  are  expo.sed  to  view,  but  in  the  living  crinoid  they  evident!}'  were 
capable  of  straightening  out  to  expose  their  ventral  surfaces,  and  to  open  the 
food  groves  of  the  arms  to  the  water.  The  pinnules  are  composed  of  very 
deep,  elongate  joints  ;  they  are  contiguous  at  their  proximal  ends,  and  so 
regularly  arranged  that  it  appears  as  if  they  might  have  been  connected 
laterally  for  a  part  of  their  length,  only  the  upper  parts  being  movable.  In- 
terbrachials  one;  large  ;  followed  by  two  smaller  ones,  which  meet  with  the 
plates  of  the  disk.  The  anal  plate  rests  upon  two  basals;  it  is  nine-sided,  and 
succeeded  by  three  and  two  plates.  Of  the  construction  of  the  tegmen  very 
little  is  known,  it  being  generally  concealed  by  the  lower  pinnules ;  but 
from  appearances  it  was  composed  of  large,  subspinous  oral.i,  as^'mmetrically 
arranged,  which  alternated  with  five  similar  plates  evidently  representing 
radial  dome  plates.  Anus  cxcentric,  opening  directly  through  the  disk. 
Column  stout,  circular. 

Dixtrlhiitlon. — Restricted  to  the  Upper  Silurian,  and  hitherto  recoL;ni/oJ 
only  in  Gotland,  Sweden. 

Ti/pc  of  the  genus  :  Jjiirrutukucrhius  srrpfnnn  Angclin. 

licmar/is.  —  Throusfh  the  kindness  of  Dr.  0.  Lindstriim  and  the  scrcat  skill 
and  intelligence  of  Mr.  Liljevall,  we  were  enabled  tc  procure  a  series  of  draw- 
ings made  from  specimens  in  the  National  Museum  at  Stockholm,  by  means 
of  which  the  details  of  structure  of  this  extraordinary  Crinoid  are  .><hown  very 
completely.  (Plate  VIII.,  Fig  1.)  Although  superficially  presenting  uui(iuo 
characters,  it  is  a  true  Batocrinoid.  and  we  find  no  nccessit}'  of  recognizing 
for  this  genus  a  distinct  family.  The  recumbent  arm  feature  is  found  among 
the  Ilexacrinidie,  and  also  in  one  specie^  of  the  AcrocrinidaJ,  in  whiili  it  is 
as  marked  a  character  as  in  BurfaiKfenrriiiiis.  but  in  Arrocriniis  and  the  other 
forms  with  recumbent  ar!ns — except  BunaiHh'nrrlnus — the  pinnules  are 
stretched  out,  and  their  rentral  surfaces  are  exposed  instead  of  being  folded 
over  the  ventral  surface  of  the  arm. 

Our  generic  description  was  made  to  agree  with  the  Swedi.sh  form,  and 
may  have  to  be  slightly  modified  should  additional  species  be  discovered 
hereafter.  It  is  possible  that  the  specimen  figured  and  described  bv  S.  A. 
Miller  in  the  18th  Report  of  the  Indiana  Geological  Survey,  p.  31,  Plate  5, 
Figs.  13  and  14,  under  Ci/licocrbuis  caiialicidulus  may  belong  to  this  genus. 


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THE  CRINOIUEA   CAMKRATA   OF  NORTH   AMERICA. 


Wf  liiive  not  seen  the  type  specimens,  anil  neitlier  Miller's  figures  nor  his 
description  enable  us  to  make  a  satisfactory  comparison.  11'  it  should  prove 
to  be  the  t^'pe  of  a  new  genus,  the  proposed  name  Cijlkocrtnnii  cannot  be 
used  for  that  form,  as  it  was  preoccupied  in  ISoo  b}'  Joh.  M'uller  for  a 
Devonian  genu.s.  Miilh  r  made  the  name  "  CuUcocniuis,"  which  has  the  same 
derivation  as  Ci/liwcrinus. 


AGARICOCRINUS  (Tkoosi)  Half.. 

1S50.  TiinnsT  ;  List,  Crin.  Ti'ini.  (I'rncccd.  Amor.  Ass.  Adv.  Sci.),  p.  flO. 

18.JS.  ll.tl.L  (Siilii-c'iiiis  ol'  .le/iimrriiiii-);  Gccil.  lii'p.  luwii,  Vol.  1.,  I'iiil  II.,  p.  ,^00. 

ISCil.  IIai.i,  (Siilii-'c'ims  (pf  ./«//,//u/-(m-/«n.«) ;   llosldii  Jouni.  Niil.  ll.sl.,  Viil.  VI  I,  p.  2S0. 

ISOO.  Mkek  nml  AVohtiii;s  (SiilifjciMis  of  .tiiiiwcriiiiis)  ;  ficcil.  Ui-p.  Illiiuiis,  Vol.  II.,  p.  210. 

lS7a.  -MtKi;  ;cii,l  WuHTiiKN  (Slll)^r,Miils  (if  ./«//</((/r(/cci«u.<)  ;  iliij.,  Vul.  V.,  p.  W.i. 

1879.  ZlTThi.  (Suliiicnus  n!  .luip/ionn'riuiix)  ;   lliuidli.  dcr  i'liln'cinl.,  Vid.  I.,  p.  .'i"l. 

18S1.  W.  and  Sr. ;  Kovisiuu  I'ldu'ncr.,  rail  11.,  p.  lO'J  (I'rucml.  Acad.  Kal.  Sci.  I'lida.,  p.  283). 

CalyK  conical  or  depressed  globose  ;  the  lower  face  concave,  flat  or 
broadly  convex.  Basals  three,  small,  arranged  horizontally,  and  forming 
a  hexagon,  which  is  partly  covered  by  the  colunni.  Radials  rather  small. 
First  costals  quiidrangidar,  rarely  hexangular;  the  second  pentangular  or 
hexangular  according  to  the  height  of  the  interbrachials.  Size  of  the  second 
costals  and  first  distichals  extremely  variable,  sometimes  the  former  being  the 
largest  plates  of  the  calyx,  and  sometimes  the  latter.  Arms  two  to  four  to  the 
ray ;  the  arm  facets  of  the  same  ray  contiguous,  but  each  arm  having  a  sep- 
arate ambulacral  opening;  tiie  arm  bases  of  adjoining  raj's  separated  Ij}' 
interbrachials.  The  earlier  species  have  two  arms  to  the  ray,  but  most  of  the 
later  ones  three — some  of  them  four  —  in  the  posterior  rays,  and  two  in  the 
others.  When  there  are  but  two  arms,  the  first  distichals  are  followed  by 
a  moderately  short,  somewhat  cuneate  second  plate,  which  bends  inward 
like  an  arm  plate,  and  this  again  by  two  rows  of  short,  heavy  arm  plates,  of 
which  the  proximal  one,  and  frequeni,ly  those  of  tlie  two  succeeding  rows, 
are  in  contact  with  their  fellows  of  adjoining  arms.  The  arm  plates  inter- 
lock with  those  of  the  opposite  row,  and  the  inner  ones  with  the  proximal 
distichals,  wluch  are  ni.<o  alternately  arranged  among  themselves.  Arms 
long  and  ponderous,  heaviest  at  their  bases,  whence  they  taper  gradually  to 
the  tips.  Interbrachials  tin-ee  or  more ;  in  size  as  variable  as  the  costals  and 
distichals,  but  all  of  them  narrow  and  long.  In  some  species  the  first  plate 
rises  almost  to  a  level  with  the  arm  bases,  in  others  only  to  the  middle  of 
the  first  costals,  and  in  this  case  the  two  plates  of  the  second  range  are 


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extremely  long.  First  niml  considenibly  longer  than  the  rnduilH,  nntl  much 
narrower  at  the  upper  end ;  it  supports  an  elongate  second  anal,  and  at  each 
side  a  large  interbrachial ;  the  sue(X'eding  plates  are  much  smaller,  and  form 
a  more  or  less  protuberant  area,  which  extends  to  the  posterior  oral,  and 
contains  the  anus,  which  opens  out  laterally.  Ventral  disk  conical  or  hemi- 
spherical, the  interradial  spaces  somewhat  depressed.  Oral  |)latos  large  and 
prominent;  the  posterior  one  larger  than  the  other  lour,  aii.  central,  cither 
in  contact  with  the  latter,  or  separated  from  them  by  small  perisomic  {dates. 
The  food  grooves  covered  by  superimposed  interamliulacrals,  and  toward  the 
margin  of  the  togmen  by  one  or  more  large  radial  plates.  Column  long, 
composed  of  large  and  smaller  pieces ;  the  axial  canal  rather  small  and 
pentalobate. 

Distribiilion.  —  Known  only  from  the  Mississippi  A'alley,  where  it  occurs 
in  both  Burlington  beds,  and  also  in  the  Keokuk  group. 

7}/j>c  of  the  genus:  Aijitrimcrlnitx  (DncricniuiK. 

Eciiiarli.i. — This  genus  is  most  remarkable  for  the  depression  of  the 
dorsal  cup,  of  which  in  the  typical  form  only  the  arm  faci'ts  and  portions 
of  the  interbrachials  cnn  be  seen  in  a  side  view,  the  lower  parts  being  flat  or 
more  or  less  concave.  Another  good  character  is  furnished  by  the  disticiials, 
whicii,  taking  the  form  of  arm  plates,  curve  inward  and  interlock  with  one 
another;  and  last  but  not  least,  by  the  ponderous,  gradually  tapering, 
biserial  arms,  and  the  elongate  form  of  the  interbrachials.  In  all  of  these 
Aijaricnrrhiiis  dillers  essentially  from  Aorncrinus  and  Don/rrinxs,  with  whicli 
it  has  certain  adhiities.  It  has  been  most  frequently'  confounded  with 
Am/iJiorarriiiii,s,  to  which  in  some  species  it  has  a  superficial  resemblance  in 
the  form  of  the  calyx ;  but  the  arm  structure  and  position  of  the  anus  in  the 
two  genera  are  different,  and,  in  the  typical  forms,  Ainphoracrlwoi  has  only 
two  plates  in  the  row  above  the  anal  plate.  For  specific  separation  we 
rely  upon  the  variations  in  the  proportions  of  the  interbi'achial  plates,  and 
the  form  and  size  of  the  costals  and  disticiials.  as  the  best  distinctive  char- 
acters. The  nundjcr  and  distribution  of  the  arms,  the  form  of  the  anal  area, 
and  the  condition  of  the  oral  plates,  are  also  important. 


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488  TlIK   Cia>OIUi;A   CAMKKAIA   Of   XOKTII   AMEIUCA 

Agaricocrinus  Americanus  (i!<ih:Mi:ii>. 
riule  XLII.  I'ii/s.  1,  J,i,  b. 

1855.     Jmphofarriniii  amfriciiiiii.i  —  lioiMiii ;  Li'lhira  Cit'iij^u.  (Aiisj;.  li),  p.  250,  I'liiti      i .,  Figs.  15«,  i. 
ISlij.     ,l'/iirinifriiiii.<  iiuiirifiiiiu'  —  Siii  MviiD;  'riiiiis.  Aciiil.  Si'i.,  Si.  I.iiiiis,  Vnl.  II.,  |i.  351. 
1*>S1.     Ji/iini'ofriiiiii  iiiiifrifiiiiiiii  —  \V.  iuul  Si'. ;   Kuvisicpii  I'lilii'iicr.,  I'arl  11,  p.  III. 

(Nul  Auiii/iurcii-riiuix  «///c/7'i«//«.i(,lii;.vsTi.i>T,  lliiiiilb.  del'  rilnliichnikuiiiU'  [.\i'll.  H],  p.  95",  I'liito  77, 

I'is^.  7^^^  'ti/iiririH-riiiHn  U'lrt/hni  Il.'ill.) 
Sj'ii.  .1i/(irii\  ./•iiiiia  ilhjiiiiilia  S.  A,  .MiLLtiij  AJv.  Siiui'ls  17lli  Ucp.  Ciuol.  Survey  liuliuiin,  p.  55, 
riate  S,  I'ij;,  U. 

Ciilyx  hoiuispliorical,  moiv  or  les.s  deeply  excnvateil  nt  tlio  bottom.  The 
upper  Imlf  of  tlie  interbniehials  anil  the  arm  facets  are  the  only  part.s  of  the 
ilor.siil  imp  visible  from  a  side  view  ;  the  bai^als,  radials,  and  costids  occupy 
the  basal  concavity,  and  the  distichals  and  palmars  stand  more  or  less  at 
right  angles  to  the  vertical  axis  of  the  calyx.  All  plates  of  the  dorsal  cup 
siiow  a  slight  tendency  to  become  convex,  and  the  suture  lines  are  moder- 
ately distinct. 

BasaLs  very  small,  and  covered  completely  by  the  upper  stem  joint. 
Radial.s  small,  very  little  larger  thnn  the  lirst  costals;  their  extreme  lower 
edges  bending  abruptly  inward  to  form  the  concave  base.  First  costals 
({uadrangiilar  with  convex  sides.  Second  costai.^  and  first  distichals  larger 
than  the  radials,  and  their  surilice  generally  somewhat  more  convex  than 
that  of  tiie  plates  lielow.  The  first  distichal  of  the  three  anterior  rays,  in 
wiiicli  there  iire  two  arms,  is  followed  by  a  cuneate  second,  which  interlocks 
with  the  first,  and  with  the  three  lower  r.rni  plates  of  the  inner  rows.  In 
(he  two  posterior  rays,  wliich  have  three  arms  —  exceptionally  four — the 
divisions  next  to  the  anal  side  have  but  one  distichal  and  two  palmars. 
Arms  heavy  at  the  base,  but  tapering  all  the  w.ay  up  to  the  tips,  where  they 
end  in  a  sharp  point.  They  arc  composed  of  two  rows  of  short  joints,  with 
.xlightly  convex  outer  faces,  which  give  off  ratiier  stout  and  long  pinnules. 
Interradial  spaces  somewhat  depressed  at  the  arm  bases;  the  anal  side  very 
much  the  widest.  First  anal  plate  longer  than  the  radials,  and  longer  than 
wide ;  it  is  followed  by  a  .second  anal  and  two  interbrachials,  one  nt  each 
side,  the  latter  rising  almost  to  a  level  with  the  arm  bases,  and  beyond  the 
upper  end  of  the  second  anal.  The  next  row  generally  eonsi.sts  of  two  short 
plates,  which  are  succeeded  by  numerous  small,  irregularly  arranged,  convex 
pieces,  which  form  a  large,  abruptly  protruding  lateral  anal  protuberance, 
with  the  opening  in  the  middle.     First  interbrachial  of  the  regular  sides 


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narrow  iiiul  vovy  long,  riirviii^i?  abruptly  from  the  Imsiil  concnvity  to  the 
iil)per  edj^c  ol"  tlio  dorsiil  cup,  (lii'ii  tiipcring  iiml  rising  somewiuit  Ix-yoiul 
tlic  soconil  iiiterbniciiial.s  wliicli  lie  at  liotli  sides  of  it;  tlio  latter  Ibriiiing 
cxtrcintly  iiarmw  strips,  nliich  rust  against  the  curved  up  liiieral  faces  of  the 
secoiul  disticlials.  Ventral  disk  subpyraniidal,  the  interradial  spaces  slightly 
depressed  ;  plates  highly  convex,  excejit  the  interambulacral  pieces,  which  are 
almost  Hat  and  considerably  smaller.  Surface  of  the  plates  finely  granulose. 
The  posterior  oral,  which  is  as  largo  ns  any  two  of  the  others,  and  slightly* 
cxcentric  in  position,  is  sm-rounded  by  eight  plates:  viz.,  the  four  smaller 
orals,  two  large  ainil  pieces,  and  two  radial  dome  plates  of  almost  the 
same  size  as  the  oraN.  Near  the  periphery  there  is  over  each  ray  another 
largo  radial  plate,  and  over  the  posterior  ray  toward  the  nnal  side  a  second 
smaller  one,  which  is  wanting  in  the  rays  with  two  arms.  The  interam- 
bulacrals  consist  of  five  to  six  pieces,  and  two  other  plates  overlie  the 
nndiulacra.  Column  comparatively  narrow  ;  the  nodal  joints  slightly  wider, 
with  convex  outer  faces. 

Honzoii  a>ul  Loraltti/.  —  Keokuk  group;  White's  creek,  near  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  and  Pilot  Knob,  near  Louisville,  Ky. 

T>/pe  in  the  Mineralogical  .Museum  at  IJreslan. 

ItcmdrJcs.  —  Tiiis  species  is  remarkable  for  the  extreme  length  of  its  first 
interbrachial  pieces,  rising  as  the}'  do  to  the  lop  of  the  dorsal  cup.  and  the 
great  tumidity  of  the  anal  area,  which,  together  with  the  form  of  the  calyx, 
distinguishes  it  readily  from  the  other  species. 

In  1878*  we  placed  Aijofwocriiinx  hulfn/iin  Hall,  A.  c.rrai'niiia  Hall,  and 
A.  iKx/iisii-s  iMeck  anil  Worthen  as  s3nonyms  under  this  species.  Since  then 
wc  obtained  a  largo  number  of  additional  specimens,  especially  fioni  the 
typical  locality,  which  show  that  these  forms  can  be  .specifically  separated. 

Agaricocrinus  Americanus,  var.  tuberosus  (Ham.)  W.  and  Sr. 
Phite  XL.  Fhj.  a,  awl  Plate  XLII.  F\,j.  Jf. 

1<*J0.     Tiioost;  List  ofCriii.  Tenn.  (I'rocrpd.  Am.  Ass.  Adv.  Sci.  Ciimtir.  >[ccl..  p.  fill). 
1S50.     1'vt.I,;  Gcnl.  Rc|).  Iowa,  Veil.  I.,  I'ait  II.,  p.  017,  I'lalc  If),  I'i^'s.  2-i,  //,  c. 

The  specimens  for  which  we  propose  this  variety  have  been  generally 
regarded  as  synonymous  with  A.  anicrlcaiuis.     A  compari.son,  however,  of 

•  Proceed.  Aciul.  Nat.  Sci.  riiila.,  p.  210. 
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autlu'iitic  npuciiiu'iis  from  Wliitc'.s  creek  iiuiir  Nashville,  Teiin.,  Koeiner's 
t3piciil  locality,  with  those  iVoin  lowii  ami  lllinoiH,  which  Hall  described 
and  liyiired  an  Af/nrivocrliitoi  liilnrosiiti,  shows  that  the  latter  are  sutliciently 
distinct  to  be  recognized  at  least  as  a  variety.  The  two  forms  resendjie  each 
other  in  their  general  outlines,  but  the  lower  face  of  the  calyx  in  the  Iowa 
specimens  is  considerably  more  concave ;  their  Ih'st  interbrachials  shorter 
and  not  visible  in  a  side  view,  or  but  very  slightly  ;  the  plates  of  the  dorsal 
cup  are  somewhat  more  convex,  and  the  anal  area  is  less  tumid,  and  not  so 
abruptly  protruding'  as  in  the  typical  form  of  A.  aiiuncainia. 

Jfiirizoii  (iiid  Locdliti/.  —  Keokuk  group,  Keoknk,  Iowa,  and  at  Hamilton, 
Nauvoo,  and  Niota,  Ills. 

I'upcs  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmnth  and  Springer. 

AgaricocrinuB  Wortbeni  llvit.. 
Plate  XXXIX.  Fi'i/.  0,  and  P/atc  XL.  Fi>/s.  5a,  h,  c,  d. 

1<!39.     Hah.;  Gei.l.  U(-|i.  lown,  V.il.  I.,  I'lirt  11.,  p.  Ol'J,  IMiile  IB,  Fi^'.  1. 

l'"-'!.     W.  :iiiil  Si'.  1  Uevisiuu  l':il;iHK'r.,  rurt  11.,  p.  113  (Proccuil.  Acad.  X:it.  Sci.  riiiln.,  p.  2''7). 

A  largo  species.  Calyx  depressed  pyramidal,  pentagonal  as  seen  from 
above  or  below,  the  anal  side  broadly  and  deeply  excavated,  and  the  po.sterior 
rays  distinctly  lobed.  The  plates  of  the  dorsal  cup  to  the  middle  of  the 
second  costals  placed  within  a  deep  concavity,  which  contains  not  only  the 
basals,  radials  and  first  costals,  but  the  whole  of  the  first  interbrachials  and 
parts  of  the  second.  All  succeeding  jjlates  of  the  dorsal  cup  are  stretched 
out  almost  horizontally,  and  only  the  arm  facets  and  the  third  row  of  inter- 
brachials are  visii)lo  in  a  side  view.  The  plates  within  the  concavity  are 
perfectly  fiat;  while  all  radial  plates  from  the  second  costals  up  are  more  or 
less  convex. 

Basals  slightly  projecting  beyond  the  column.  Radials  noarl}-  as  long  as 
wide.  The  first  costals  fully  as  large,  or  even  larger  than  the  radials ;  hex- 
agonnl,  their  upper  angles  truncated  by  the  second  interbrachiiils.  Second 
costals  about  twice  as  large  as  the  first ;  wider,  but  not  as  long.  First  dis- 
tichals  almost  as  largo  as  the  upper  costals,  their  width  much  greater.  The 
second  distichals,  when  represented,  are  wider  than  the  first,  but  half  their 
length.  The  posterior  rays,  which  have  three  or  four  arms,  have  but  one 
distichal  in  one  or  both  divisions,  which  supports  on  each  side  a  rather  large 
palmar,  and  this,  which  is  formed  like  an  axillary,  is  followed  by  the  two 
rows  of  arm  plates.     Arms  twelve  to  fourteen,  long,  stout,  tapering ;  com- 


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posed  of  two  series  of  ninety  or  more  joints  to  cacli  series.  Iiiterlniu'liiiils: 
1,  2,  3;  the  first  very  short  nnil  siimll  for  liie  genus,  not  rising  to  tiic  full 
height  of  the  first  costals;  the  two  of  the  second  row  twice  as  long  as  the 
first  and  very  narrow;  the  plates  of  the  third  range  quite  variable  in  form 
and  size,  and  partly  interanibnlaeral.  First  anal  plate  larger  than  the  radials, 
and  longer  than  wide ;  deeply  truncated  at  the  iip[)er  angles  for  the  support 
of  two  large,  elongate  interbraehials,  which  enclose  a  narrow  second  anal. 
There  are  four  to  live  plates  in  the  next  range,  which  are  followed  by  nume- 
rous small,  irregular  pieces,  forming  a  flattened  area  containing  the  anus, 
which  is  directed  obli(|uely  upwards;  the  plates  of  this  area  gmw  smaller  as 
they  approach  the  anus,  which  is  located  midway  between  the  posterior  oral 
and  arm  regions,  and  opens  out  laterally.  Ventral  di.«k  depressed  conical ; 
the  orals  and  radial  dome  plates  large  ami  covered  with  heav}'  rounded 
noilcs,  which  extend  over  the  wlude  surface  of  the  plates;  the  intervening 
pieces  are  comparatively  small  and  but  .slightly  convex.  Posterior  oral 
extremely  largo,  and  separated  by  small  peri.somic  jilates  fiom  the  other 
four,  and  similar  plates  are  interposed  between  the  latter,  .«o  each  oral  is 
isolated.  There  is  one  large  radial  dome  plate  over  each  anterior  ray,  and 
two  over  each  posterior  one,  the  second  jdatc  being  placed  above  the  division 
with  two  arms.  Tlie  interambulacral  plates  arc  quite  numerou.s,  and  cover 
over  the  origin  of  the  ambulacra. 

ILir'nnn  and  Loralifi/.  —  Upper  part  of  the  Keokuk  group ;  Keokuk, 
Iowa,  and  Hamilton,  Ills. 

'J'i//)c  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

liemarks,  — This  species  is  readily  distingni.slied  from  A.  aiurrlrrnnis  by 
its  larger  si/.e,  the  hexangular  form  of  the  first  costals,  the  different  arrange- 
ment of  the  interl)rachial  pieces,  the  isolated  condition  of  the  orals,  and  the 
flatness  of  the  anal  area. 


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Agaricocrinus  excavatns  Hail. 
Phite  XXXIX.  Flffs.  3,  4,  5. 

ISfll.     Affarironinm  neavatin  —  ITat.i.  j  rrclim.  Pcsrr.  New  Spec.  Crin.,  p.  3. 
1S61.     A;/iiri'-ncriiiii!!  {.tmiihornrriinix)  rxrnx'dlim — IIai.i.;  Bci^t.  Jiiiiru.  Xiit.  Hist.  Vol.  VII.,  p.  2S2. 
1S77.     Am/j/iorarriiiii.i  fjmiva/iis —  S.  A.  Mn.LEIl ;  Ciital.  .\inpr.  I'lilivoz.  I'liss,,  p.  70. 
1393.     Agaricocrinm  ereuviitaa  —  WuiTriKLD;  Mem.  Aiiicr.  Miis.  Niit.  Hist.,  1S93,  Vol.  I.,  p.  20,  Tliilc  2, 
Figs.  It,  10. 

Smaller  than  the  two  preceding  species.     Calyx  pyramidal,  a  little  wider 
than  high ;  the  radial  portions  projecting  outward  and  downward  so  as  to 


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TIIK  CniXOlDr.A   CAMKUATA   OK   NOUTII    AMI'.IMCA. 


[iroiliii'o  (li'iiroMsionM  at  lliu  iiituniuliiil  s|imH's,  IJottom  of  iln'  dorxil  I'liii 
ili'i'iily  oxriivatt'il  to  tlio  miiMlo  of  llio  hi'coikI  co.xtiilH,  tln'  distit'lmls  lliiw 
loiiiiinjr  tlie  liaso  upon  wliicli  \hv  calvx  ri'sts.  All  [iImIi's  witliin  tlio  con- 
cavity- are  Hat;  while  tlio  disticlials  aio  more  or  less  convex,  and  Honictiinv"* 
covered  willi  indiitinet  tiansvei'MO  angularities. 

Ua.iaU  .tniall,  more  deeply  depreHsi'd  than  the  snrmnnding  platen,  mid 
hidilen  tVoni  view  l>y  the  eolnnni  ;  the  axial  canal  moderately  small  and  pent- 
angular.  Itadiids  more  than  twice  as  wide  toward  the  upper  end  than  at  the 
lower;  the  lower  margins  inllected  to  form  the  basal  eonravity.  First  eostnls 
one  half  wider  'lian  long,  the  upper  face  wider  than  the  lower;  they  are 
quadriiiigular  m  outline,  although  frcrpiently  one  or  hoth  upper  angles  are 
slightly  tri'iieated  l)y  the  second  interltrachials.  Second  costals  ns  largo  a.i 
the  radials  or  larger,  .six  to  eight-sided.  Disticlials  2  X  'J,  twice  as  long 
as  the  arm  iiliiles,  interlocking  with  their  fellows  of  the  opposite  division, 
and  with  the  arm  plates  to  the  third  row.  Arms  two  to  the  ray,  long, 
very  hi'.uy  in  the  lower  portions,  but  gradually  tapering  until  fpiite  thin 
toward  the  extremities.  Tnterhraehials  three  ;  the  first  comparatively  short, 
often  not  reaciiiug  the  top  of  the  first  costals  ;  the  two  succeeding  ones  nn- 
iisuMJiy  long  and  extrcTuely  narrow,  rising  from  within  the  basnl  concavity  to 
a  lev(d  with  the  arm  l)aso.i ;  those  plates  support  three  elongate,  moderately 
large  interaMiliuhu'rals,  which  are  followed  by  six  to  eight  smaller  ones.  First 
anal  higher  than  the  brachials;  supporting  on  its  sloping  npper  sides  two 
rather  largo  interbrachials,  and  on  the  middle  face  an  elongate  nnal  piece ; 
the  next  row  generaliv  consists  of  four  plates,  which  rise  to  the  heii^ht  of 
the  arm  bases.  \'entral  disk  depressed  pyramidal  in  its  anterior  aspect,  the 
posterior  side  greatly  protruding  outward  and  njuvard,  and  formed  into  a 
largo  anal  process,  which  rises  beyond  the  top  of  the  posterior  oral,  and  from 
■1  lo  G  mm.  above  the  plane  of  the  ventral  di.sk.  It  is  narrower  at  the  bnso 
than  at  the  upper  end,  and  somewhat  depressed  aronnd  the  anus,  vhieh 
opens  obliquely  upwards.  Orals  and  radial  dome  plates  largo  and  tuber- 
culous;  till'  former  in  contact  laterally;  the  latter  separated  from  one  nn- 
otlier,  and  from  the  orals,  by  small  pori.somic  plates.  Column  small  for  the 
size  of  the  species. 

ILirixon  ami  Localihj.  —  Uppermost;  part  of  the  Upper  Burlington  lime- 
stone;  Burlington,  Augusta,  and  Pleasant  Grove,  Iowa. 

Iinvai'l-!<. — This  species  is  readily  distinguished  from  A.  (imcricaiiiis  by 
the  very   dilTerent  size,  form,   and  arrangement  of  its  interbrachial  plates, 


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mill  tlio  more  cxtiaviigiiiit  form  of  tlio  niml  iirotiibemiico.     A.  Wortfuni  in  n 
iinicli  larger  Kpucics,  niul  its  iiiml  nroii  lliroii^iioiit  in  iKTloctly  llut. 

AgarloocriDUS  nodosus  Miik  luil  Wuutiien. 

J'lalv  XLllI.  FIj.  0. 

W).    Mkkk  mul  WciiiTiii  N  I  riiii'i'iil.  Ai'iiil.  Nui.  Sci.  I'hilii ,  p.  Ifi7. 

1S73.      MkKK  (ma  WnUTlUN  I    (ln,l.   ||,p.    lllillni.,  Vcl.  V.,  |i.  '.W ,  I'lllll'  10,  I'i(;s    7".  «. 

riosoly  rosoiiiMing  ^1.  ucurtdiis,  anil  [lerliniis  a  mero  varicly  of  lliiit 
upcpicH.  It  agrot'M  with  it  in  the  general  Iimim  of  the  ealyx,  tiie  convexity 
of  the  ilor-ial  cup,  and  the  form  niul  arrangement  of  the  ba.xalH  anil  radialx; 
the  (ir.-<t  eostal-i,  however,  are  somewhat  shorter,  and  always  (inadianj;iilar 
owinjf  to  tlic  greati'r  length  of  the  (irst  interhraeliials;  while  lia-  si'cond  eos- 
tiils  for  the  s;iine  reason  arc  generally  oetagmial.  The  latter  platen,  like  the 
first  interhraeliials,  aro  larger,  and  their  upper  portions,  which  do  not  take 
part  in  the  Im-al  concavity,  are  strongly  convex  or  even  nodose.  Also  the 
(irst  distichids,  which  next  to  the  axillary  eostals  constitute  the  largest  plates 
of  the  calyx,  are  decidedly  convex,  and  so  to  some  extent  are  the  inter- 
Itiaehials  of  the  second  row,  which  aro  narrow  and  rise  to  a  level  with  the 
arm  ha-es.  Second  dislichals  small  and  cmicate,  not  extending  out  to  the 
full  width  of  the  first,  the  outer  ends  heing  occupied  by  the  succeeding  arm 
[date,  whicii  meets  it  from  the  opposidc  side.  The  posterior  rays  have 
toward  the  anal  side  hut  one  distichal,  which  is  axillary,  and  supports 
fi'om  each  side  a  pidiuar.  Arms  twelve,  not  quite  as  stout  as  in  ..i.  (■,((■«- 
vdtiis,  and   the  anal  luocess  less  protuberant. 

TTorhon  ntul  Lonih'/i/.  —  Upper  part  of  tiie  Ujjpcr  Burlington  limestono, 
Pleasant  drove,  Des  Moines  Co.,  Iowa. 

T'/pe  in  tlie  Museiun  of  Com[)iirative  Zoiilogy. 

nctiHir/,'-i.  —  This  and  the  preceding  species  were  placed  by  us  in  Part  IT. 
of  the  revision  (p.  112)  with  Ai/nrlcocn'iiKs  (uncricaniis.  with  which  they  both 
have  close  allinitics. 

Agarlcocrinus  bullatus  TTai.l. 

r/u/e  XLI.  Figs.  2(t,  b,  c,  d. 

1338.     Hai,i,;  GpoI.  Hep.  Town,  Vol.  I.,  Vnrt  IT.,  p.  662,  Pliite  9,  Fi-ra.  11a,  *. 

Syn.  Jt/iirii-iiciiiiiis  prnliiiioiiiia  —  Ham,,  ISfiO;  Siippl.  Gcol.  ]{cp.  Town,  p.  6'!  mid  '\^'liitfu'Iil, 
Amor  Mus.  Nat.  Hist.  N.  York,  189:!,  Veil.  1.,  p.  25,  Plate  2,  Figs.  17,  18. 

Of  modiimi  size.  Cal\'x  depressed  pyramidal,  distinctly  pentangular 
below  the  arm  bases,  and  rather  deeply  concave  at  the  bottom.    The  con- 


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cikvity  in  i'ui'iiK'il  \)y  tliu  IjiimiiIm,  iiuliiil'*,  niid  tliu  luwiT  [tiMliuns  nl'  tlu'  Hr.«t 
liiterlinieliiaU,  wliiclniru  xtivtclii'il  (uil  li()ii/.iiiilally,  ami  101111  tliu  lial  hultoiii  1 
tiu!  lir.Ht  I'o.xtals  cuiiititiitt'  the  hiiK's,  wliik*  llic  m'coikI  ('(i.^talH  and  tliu  U|i|ii'i' 
|i()rtioiH  of  the  iiitei'linicliials  dollcct  oiilwanl  and  bliglitly  upwaiil,  anil  I'orni 
tlio  rim  u|i()ii  wiiiuh  tliu  caly\  whIh  ;  tlu*  latter  |ilut('N  iiru  11  littlu  uonvux, 
tlio^o  within  tliu  cunvt'xity  uiu  Hut.     Siittiru  Hiiuh  well  dt'liiiud, 

liii'tal't  concealed  \>y  the  coliitiin.  iindiaU  nearlj  un  long  a**  ^vidu,  the 
lower  margins  dcllei'leil  to  loini  the  eoliiiiiiiiir  de|in>r<sioii.  Firnt  custalH 
t|iiMdiiiiigiilai',  nearly  twice  iih  widu  un  long,  lieiiding  aliiu|itly  upwards  on 
tlieir  lower  margiiiM;  tlie  .second  larger  and  tliroiigliout  wider  timii  tliu  fh'itt, 
often  linger  even  tliiin  tliu  radials.  Fir.sl  disiicliiils  «jnile  varialile,  in  ^ome 
Hpeciniens  almost  twice  iis  large  us  in  o(li(i.< ;  tliey  are  succeeded  l»y  n  single 
ciineate  plate,  oi'  Ity  two  pieces,  tlie  edgi?  (if  the  one  overlapping  the  oilier. 
Arms  ten  ;  contiguous  to  the  third  pliili'  iiliove  the  axillary  ;  Htoiit,  but 
Hliorter  tliiin  in  any  of  liie  preceding  species.  First  interhriicliiids  sub- 
oviite,  very  largi',  soiiieiimes  twice  as  large  ns  tliu  radiiils;  they  rise  to 
the  middle  of  the  lirst  disiiclials,  where  they  are  followeil  by  two  long, 
very  iiiirrow  pieces,  wliieli  reneb  up  to  the  level  of  the  arm  openings. 
The  first  anal,  which  is  narrower  mid  higher  than  the  radiiils,  supports 
three  large  pliites,  the  middle  one  narrower  than  the  two  outer,  and  there 
are  three  others  in  the  next  range.  I'osteiior  oral  somewhat  excentric, 
leaning  to  the  posterior  side,  very  largo  and  Htrongly  iiodoso  ;  it  is  sur- 
rounded by  nine  or  ten  plates  consisting  of  the  smaller  orals,  which  nro  less 
tumid  and  of  but  half  its  si/.o,  two  somewhat  smaller  radial  plates,  and  three 
to  four  small,  almost  Hat,  supplementary  anal  pieces.  The  nulial  plates  near 
the  outer  margin  of  the  disk  are  somewhat  larger  than  the  smaller  orals. 
Interambulacral  }ilates  not  numerous,  there  being  rurely  more  tliiin  five  to 
each  side.  Anal  area  wide  and  Hat;  the  anus  placed  midway  between  the 
arm  regions  and  the  summit  of  the  posterior  oral ;  the  oiiening  directed 
later.illy.  Column  very  sm..Il  compared  with  the  size  of  the  species;  joints 
of  nlmost  imiforin  width ;  nxial  canal  pentangular. 

Ifiin'zon  and  Zonifify.  —  lTp|)er  Burlington  limestone  ;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
nnd  at  the  snmo  horizon  in  Illinois  and  Missouri. 

T'/j)e  in  the  Illinois  .State  collection  at  ."springfielJ. 

lieniarks. — This  species  resembles  A.  Wortfiriii  Ilall,  in  general  outlines, 
nnd  has  a  similar  flattened  anal  urea,  but  the  latter  is  a  much  larger  species, 


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lian  II  ili(Tun>iii  nrm  fi)niiulii,  aii>l  tliu  oiiiIh  arc  Hcpnratoil  from  one  ntintliiT  \>y 

Nliplllctlll'lltdl'}'    |)llltUM. 

Iliill'M  A.  /iiii/iiijiiiiiiH  iH  uii(li)iil)lu(ll,v  nvintiivmouH  witli  thin  Hpt'cii'H.  Tlio 
typo  Npuuiiiii'ii  i^  iiiiii.suiilly  liigli  mill  iiMiiuw,  ami  tliin  iiccuiiiiIm  fur  the 
iiiinuwiiusit  of  iu  lir.^t  inti-ibmcliiul  pluU-it. 

AgarioocrinuB  splondona  s,  a,  Millrh, 
J'latr  A'A.  F>!/n.  Ill,  b,  c. 

1S31.     a   A.  Mir.t.Klii  Jnurii.  riiiciii.  Snr.  Niil,  lli»l.,  Vul,   XIII.,  I'lMc  J,  FiK».  1  iiml  i ;  «l»n  17lli  Uiip. 
Gi'ul.  Surv,  Iiiiliiuni.  p.  .'1.1,  I'liilr  H,  Vi^.  ID. 
Sjrii.  .(t/iiriiwriiiiis  i«r/(./«.«»»  H.  A.  .Mll.l.lcii  I  ilml,,  |i  B.t,  I'InIc  8,  KIg.  S. 
Sjil,  Aj/iiricQcriit»i  (hriyi  8.  A.  MlLlKR  |  ibid.,  p.  31,  I'lutu  tt,  Vi^.  0. 

Siniillt;r  tliiiu  any  other  npi'cios  from  tlio  Kookiik  group.  Calyx  (Icprowed 
pyrainidai,  wiilili  ami  lici^lit  as  five  to  tlircc,  (listinclly  pciitalolialu  acrus.x  the 
arm  I'aci.'t.t,  tin'  iiiternnlial  spaces  wide  aixl  rather  deeply  cxenvattMl.  Dorsal 
cup  deeply  ooneave  to  the  top  of  the  llrst  disiiehids,  llie  second  di.-^tichals  and 
proximal  arm  plates  spreadin;^  oulwanl  with  a  A\^\it  upward  tendency. 
I'latos  idmost  Hat  ;  suture   lines  moderately  well  nuirked. 

Basals  hidileii  liy  (ho  column.  Itadials  snudl.  First  costals  ns  largo  ns 
the  radials.  (iuadran;rular,  as  long  as  wide  or  oven  longer;  the  m'CoiuI  hop- 
tangular,  aliout  as  long  a.s  the  first  hut  consulerahly  wider.  Distiehals  decid- 
edly long  for  tho  genu.t ;  the  second  followed  hy  two  series  of  transverse 
arm  plates,  except  in  the  two  ]iostcrior  lays  where  in  the  division  ajiproach- 
ing  the  anal  side  llu?  arm  plates  are  .supporteil  hy  the  first  palmar,  Arm 
I'.ieets  contiguous  to  tho  second  or  third  arm  plate,  tlirocted  slightly  upward. 
Anus  twelve,  stout  at  their  hasos,  Niendor  nt  their  tip.s.  I'innides  long  and 
heavy,  composed  of  short  joints.  Interradial  sjiaces  a  little  sloping,  so  as  to 
give  some  prominentic  to  tho  radial  portions.  First  interlnachial  elongate, 
rising  to  tho  midillo  of  tho  socond  costals,  where  it  is  followed  hj-  two  nar- 
row plates  of  tho  oanio  length  ns  tho  first,  and  a  third  plate  which  rests 
hi.'two'n  the  lateral  extensions  of  tho  proximal  arm  plates.  First  anal  jilato 
a  little  longer  tlian  the  radials  ;  it  sujiports  three  largo  plates,  of  which  the 
Miiildio  one  is  longer  than  the  two  at  the  siiles  ;  they  are  followed  hy  a  largo 
iiumher  of  irregular  row.s  of  from  four  to  five  pioce.i,  which  form  a  rounded 
ridge,  extending  from-  near  the  hottoni  of  tho  calyx  to  tho  summit  of  the 
posterior  oral,  and  wliich  is  .somewhat  inflated  in  the  middle  around  the  anal 
opening.     Tho  posterior  oral  is  highly  convex,  almost  as  large  as  the  other 


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four  to^c'ilii'i' ;  it  is  .si'|iMi'tili'i|  rniiii  llic  lultci,  mill  iIh'mc  rioni  niu'  iiiiiillicr, 
liy  iiilliiT  l.ir;^<'  Miiiiili'iiiciilMiv  |iii'cc.M,  cvi'ii  in  IIh-  hiiuilli'.st  .'<|ii'c'iiiuMis.     .^imi 
lai'  [il.'ili's  iiilci'vciii'  lii'twi'i'ii  llic  Di'iilM  mill  raiiial  liniiu'  jiImIi'm,  mi>l   jiiiH.s  omi' 
lilt*  miiliiilanni.     'I'lic    nnliiil  ilmiii:    pluicM,   wiiiiji   nn'  ('(iiii|iai{ili\i'lj  miiiiII, 

(ii'i'll|iy  llli'  llim'^ill  III'   llii'  li';^llirll. 

Ili'ii  I'll  mill  Lmiililij. —  Kiiikllk  gl(MI|i,  Imlimi  riiili,  Mnlll^'iiilirlV  <i>., 
Illil  ,  «lii'lr  'aij^fi'  Illlllllii'lM  til' ('Srrlii-lil  .s|ii  riiiirlis  wiTi'  iililailliil. 

Hi  null  hs.  — 'llic  ciiii^l  iiH'liiiii  111'  llii'  IcMiiicii  i>  llic  iiii»l  <liaraili'i'iNlir 
fcaliiri'  III'  lliin  "-iH'cirH.  'I'lii'  isulalril  niiils,  |iiulriiiliii^-  ana!  riil;ji',  anil  lln' 
hiiiall  railial  iluiiii'  |iialrH,  Mpaiali'  il  al  iiiii'i'  ('111111  allinl  ('uiiiim.  'I'lir  |iiis|ci  iiir 
ra\  s  ui'i'asi<inall_v  lia\i'  liini' aniiM,  lint  llir  iiIIiit  lavs  ih'mt  iiiuii'  lliaii  hMi, 
mi<l  III!  a  .s|ic('inii'n  nflliis  lunil  Milli'r'n  Ai/nriinrriiiii.'i  (imhiji  is  liascd. 


AKaricocriiuiH  Whitfloldi  11  mi. 

/•lull  xi.ii.  h'iij. .;,  mill  /'lull  si.iii  rii/s.  Sii,  I,. 

|sr,S.      Ilul  ;   (i.'.l    !(.|i    |.,»ii,  \..l    I  ,  Tail   II..  [.   Il.'l. 

bun.     11.11  :  II. 1. 1  .  .Sii|.|i|.  iiii'iii,  ri.'iii'  :i,  I'Ik'.  ,'i 

|s;:l.       Mill.    :,imI    W..I11111..;    l.inl      l(r|i     III n,    \,,|.    V  ,  |i      I'.l'.l,    ri:.l..    !■.>,    I'l--..    1./,  //.  liii.l    ri:ilr    l.'l. 

h"!         U     nii.l  S|'    ,    It.M.luM   I'mIm'...'!  .  I':ill    II   .   |..    11:1. 

('al\x  lalliiT  i.iiyi',  ili'liii'.-.snl  mililicliiiN|ilii'i  ii  a!  ;  llic  iliiival  ciiii  ilccply 
(•iini'.i\  I',  --n  that,  llic  liisvcr  cml  ol'  llic  calyx  icsl.s  ii|iiiii  the  lii^l  ijislicliiil.s. 

Itasais   cnlil'cly   liiililcii    liy  ill iliiinll.      Itailials   Miiail,  wiilcr    lliall    luii^r, 

lic\.iii;jiilai'.  I''ii--i  cioI.iIh  .-li;^lit!y  .siiiallci'  tliaii  the  railials,  (|iiiiiiran;^iilm-  (tr 
pi'iilaiii^iilar,  raich  hi\aiii!iilar  ;  llic  .scciiml  cirtal.i  \ai\iii;.'  Iiiiiii  |icntan- 
^iil.'ir  til  lir|ilaiiL'iilai',  ami  cuiisiilcialtly  laiucr  ihaii  cilhci'  i.iilials  iii'  fii  .t. 
co-lal",   cs|icciallv    wilier.       {'"iist    ili-liilialM   vciy    lai;jc,  ul    iincijiial   hi/c ;   the 

n iii|  chilliest,  ami    liilliiweil    ii\'   the   hivciial   iinn.'^,  ixcepl    in    the   |iiistcrii)r 

I'.'iS's,  in  wiiieli  the  ilixisiiins  next  to  the  mi.'ll  ^<illc  lia\e  |ialniarM  riiiiii  the  lil.-l 
(li-tii'h.ilH.  Ann  I'aeets  Imyc  ;  (he  aiiii  Hlriicliirc  iiiiKiioun.  {''ir.^l  iiilci- 
liracliiah  slnirl,  riiinj^  fr.'iicrallv  In  the  nii>!ille  ul'  the  (ii>t  cii'-tals,  liiit  fiiiiie- 
liiiiei  liiiicliinj^  (he  .•iceiinil  ;  |ilates  (if  the  .•■■.■ciiiiil  riiw  very  Inli^'  ami  iiminw, 
('infill;.'  aliiii|illy  n|i\vaiil  to  half  the  liei;jht  nl"  the  ami  faietH,  where  liny 
fire  ((illiiw'cil  liy  Mlill  iiarrnwer  ones,  wliicli  in  |imt  are  inleiainhiilacral.  I''ii>l 
nniil  nariiiwcr  than  the  railialn;  the  (wo  |ila(cs  at  (lie  niiles  of  the  hccohiI 
Mlial,  which  arc  iniicli  Inii^'cr  than  the  (ir-'l  ind'rliracliials  of  the  other  nidcH, 
on  II  li\el  with   the  lower  jiait  oC  the  ili.slichaN  ;   tin)  nc\t.   row  consisting  of 


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live  ^^lllMll(•|•  iil.itc",  wllicll  MIC  HUi'('<'ri|ri|  liy  iiimiiciciUh  ollifrs.  \'fhll:il  di^k 
low  lli'liiis|ilii'i  IcmI,  tint  [illlli'M  liril'i'i'lly  Hill,  rM'('|it  llic  lii'.''l  ni'liill  cliilijc 
iiImIi'm,  wliirli  nil!  ^li^rlilly  iimloMr,  vi'iy  liiij.';<',  iiiiil  |ilii('c(|  iitjir  IIh-  iiiiii  Iim-i"-'. 
Onils  ill  coiil.ii'l  liitcriill}' ;  llic  iinsliTinr  our  cciiIimI,  iwwf  as  liirj_'c  iim  (lif 
otIii-i'H,  and  iii(.i'i'|i(isri|  ImMwim'ii  tin-in.  Iiilriiiiiiliiihii'nil  jjImIi'^  \i'I'\  iinnii'i- 
oils,  nml  loriiiili^  ii  roiiliiiiioiiM  liii^  aiouml  llii'  orals,  coM'iin^  <'iiiM|ili'li'ly 
llic  ilisk  aniliiilMcrii ;  llioso  of  lln'  anal  miiIc  an'  Miiiicwlial  Hiiiallii',  ami  its 
liiiliwioiiM  as  all  ollirr  inlcraiiiliiilacial  plalcs  to^M'llicr.  'I'lii'ic  liciii^  no 
anal  ii(lj.ri',  llic  |)lalcs  of  \\\v  |i<i,sl,('ii(n'  area  grow  Miiallcr  as  llicy  a|i|iriiiicli 
llic  tiniiH,   wlii<'li   is  cxi'cnlrii!   and    lini'icd   oli!i(|iicly   ii|i\\aid.M 

/liiri.dii  mill  l.iiiiilil>i . —  Keokuk  nioiiji;  (iiccn  ('o..  ills.,  and  Kcokiik, 
Iowa. 

7///"   in  the  (Wortlieii)  Illinois  Slati'  ••cilleelioii,  SiiringHild. 

liiiiiiliLn. — 'I'liis  s|ieries  dilTerH  flciin  111!  olIiciM  of  the  hiiine  liiMT/.oil  ill 
\\w  pccnliar  striicliiie  of  the  ilisk.  It  is  only  limiid  in  the  f-haly  layers, 
which  con^titiiti-  the  inidillt!  |iarl  of  llic  Keokuk  groii[i,  and  good  ^{leeiinciiH 
(lit!  (i.Ntrcnudy  rare. 

AKai'icooriniiH  iiocIiiIohuh  \V(iiiriii..N. 

Villi,:  \l..  riij    'J,  ,n„l  I'l.ilr  XLIII.  /■'ii/s.  '/<',  '>. 
jS'.ll,     (i,..l.  |(,|,.  lilii,,,;-,,  \„|    \  III.,  |i.  !M.  I'M'-  Ii,  I.;.-    1,1.'. 

('aly.\  liroadly  |iyraiiiidal  with  Hiighlly  concave  Hides.  lis  hiwei  lace 
(lce|ily  cscavalcil  lo  tin:  middle  oj'  the  Hl'^t  di.'-l  ichals,  rorining  a  r<iiiiidcd, 
inverted  ciip,  of  which  the  posterior  hide  is  deeply  mileheil,  while  the  margin 

toward  tl tlier  sides  incliiicH  lint,  very  lillli'.    The  calyx,  when  placed  npini 

ils  clorsal  .side,  resis  upon  the  diHtichals,  and  while  the  inlerlirachial  plali's  of 
the  i'olir  regular  sides  almost,  touch  the  liollom,  those  of  the  nmd  ^ideale 
more  reiiiolc,  leaving,  when  viewed  from  the  sidi'.  a  lai;.'c,  li  iaiigiilar  xaiaiil. 
H|iace.  'I'hc  plates  occup\iug  the  hnsa!  concavil\,  cninplisiiig  the  ha.-ais, 
radials  and  coslals,  are  pcrlcctly  Hat,;  the  dislichals  and  palmai.s,  liouc\er, 
which  11)1111  ils  siirroiiinling  margin,  arc  more  or  Ics-  convex,  and  iIjc  liases 
of  tiic  arms  almosl  toindi  IIk'  holtoin  of  the  calyx. 

Hasals  rarely  visililc  heyond  the  colnmii.  lindials  .-.(imcw  hal  ii  ngiilar  in 
si/.c,  Ihe  posterior  ones  generally  longer  than  the  others  l''li-l  in-lnls 
<|iiailratignlar,  once  and  a  half  as  wide  as  long,  llnir  lateral  faci's  iinivex  ;  the 
second  as  large  IIS  the  raclials  and  pentangular,  hislicdials  ijiiite  varialilc  in 
form  and  si/e,  us  well  as  in  iinmher  among  the  ra\s.      In  the  anlerloi  ia\', 


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which  generally  has  but  two  arms,  tliore  are  3X2  ilisliehals ;  while  in  the 
riiys  with  three  or  four  arms,  the  second  ilislichal  is  axillary  in  one  or  liolh 
divisions,  and  is  followed  by  two  rows  of  pahnars.  Anus  ij,  exceptionally 
three  in  the  anterior  ray,  which  are  free  above  the  second  palmar,  or  third 
distiehal  respectively,  and  they  are  heavy,  long,  and  tapering.  Pinnule.'* 
stout,  composed  of  j'oints  which  arc  nearly  three  times  as  long  as  wide.  First 
interbrachial  narrow  and  long,  rising  to  the  middle  of  the  first  distichals;  the 
two  plates  of  the  second  range  as  long  as  the  first,  but  only  half  as  wide.  B'irst 
anal  lon^^er  than  the  radials,  and  longer  than  wide;  the  second  anal  elongate, 
wiliest  at  the  upper  end,  the  inteibrachials  at  the  sides  widest  in  the  middle, 
all  curving  from  within  the  lower  concavity  abruptly  upward.  Anus  in  the 
miildle  of  an  oval  shaped  protuljerance,  opening  obliquely  outward.  Orals 
in  contact  laterally  ;  all  convex,  the  posterior  one  n  little  the  largest.  The 
ambulacra  arc  represented  not  only  by  the  usual  number  of  radial  dome 
plates,  but  by  additional  plates,  either  jjlaced  in  one  or  two  series,  llixys  with 
three  orms  have  a  single  large  secondary  radial  dome  plate  at  one  si<lc,  but 
those  with  four  arms  have  one  at  each  side.  The  intorambulacral  spaces  are 
somewhat  depressed,  and  arc  occupied  by  a  few  small,  irregular  plates. 

Ilnrhjin  and  Li)ailifif.  —  Keokuk  group ;  Keokuk,  Iowa,  Jersey  Co.,  Ills., 
Montgomery  Co.,  Ind.,  White's  creek,  Tenn.,  and  Canton,  Ind. 

Ti/jH\s  in  the  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

licDiarkx.  —  Difl'ering  from  all  preceding  species  in  the  greater  nun.'  'i 
of  arms,  and  in  the  form  and  proportions  of  the  calyx. 


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Agaricocrinus  nodulosus,  v.ir.  Macadamsi  (Wokthen), 
Pia/c  XXXIX.  Fi<j.  6. 

IS'Jl.     Ji/KrifOfriniis  ifurniliimxi  Woutiikn;  Oenl.  Rep.  tlliiinis,  Vol.  VITI.,  p.  01,  I'l:ilr  111,  Vizs.  2,  2n. 

The  specimen  for  which  Worthen  ptoposed  the  above  name,  agrees  in 
the  most  essential  points  so  closely  with  .1.  nndulosns,  that  we  think  it  is  oidy 
iv  variety.  Yet  there  are  some  dilTerences ;  the  specimens  as  a  rule  are 
larger,  and  differ  considerably  in  the  form  of  the  calyx,  which  is  high-hemi- 
spherical, as  opposed  to  depressed  s\ib])yramidal  in  the  other.  The  sides  of 
the  ventral  disk  are  inflated  below,  the  top  being  almost  ilat,  and  the  orals 
are  larger  and  but  very  slightly  convex.  In  the  structure  of  the  dorsal 
cup  the  two  forms  arc  almost  identical,  and  they  have  the  same  number  of 
arms. 


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TTorizon  and  Loeallfi/.  —  Keokuk  group;  Ilnniilton,  Ills.,  Keokuk,  Iowa, 
and  Montgomery  Co.,  Ind. 

Type  in  the  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

Agaricocrinus  crassus  Wi  TTrriiiiv. 
Plate  XXXIX.  Fiijs.  2a,  b,  and  PhiU  XL  Firj.  4. 

I8SI.     Wktiikiiiiv;  Jourii.  Cinciii.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  Vul.  IV.,  \^.  I7>,  I'liiti;  j,  \:"\\;>.  1,  In,  /;. 
1885.     W.  ami  Sp. ;  Kcvisimi  I'lila-cicr.,  I'liit  111.,  y.  105. 

A  large  and  robust  form ;  calyx  more  (''"^tinctly  lobatc  tlinn  in  any  otlicr 
Hpocie.s  of  this  gcnu.s.  Dorsal  cup  almost  twice  as  wide  as  high,  its  Ijaso  hut 
ver}'  little  concave,  the  second  row  of  interhrachials  abruptly  bent  upward, 
and  the  brachials  above  the  first  costaLs  inflected,  which  combined  givt's  to 
the  cidyx  a  deci<ledly  stelliforin  aspect.  Plates  n)as.sive  and  a  little  conve.v; 
suture  lines  modcrntely  distinct. 

Basals  covered  by  the  column.  Radials  quite  irregular,  the  two  posterior 
ones  fully  one  half  longer  than  the  others,  all  hexagonal  in  outline,  their 
extreme  lower  ends  bending  inward  to  form  the  sid js  of  the  basal  concavity. 
First  costals  as  large  a.s  the  radials,  generally  cpiadrangular,  the  !'>wer  face 
narrower  than  the  upper,  and  about  equal  to  the  length.  Second  costals  the 
largest  plates  of  tlie  dor.--al  cup,  twice  as  wide  as  long,  and  as  a  rule  hepta- 
gonal,  rarely  pentagonal  or  hexagonal.  The  number  of  distichals  varies 
considerabl}' ;  all  ray  divisions  with  palmars  have  but  one  distiehal,  which, 
being  axillar}-,  is  followed  by  2X2  palmars;  those  without  palmars  have 
two  successive  ilistichals,  which  are  from  three  to  four  times  as  lonjr  as  the 
lower  arm  plate.s.  Arm  facet.s  of  the  same  ray  contiguous  to  the  third  arm 
plate,  and  directed  horizontally.  Arms  three  to  four  in  the  two  posterior 
rays,  in  the  other  r.ays  their  number  is  limited  to  two.  Interradial  spaces 
comparatively  wide,  especially  at  the  anal  side  ;  the  first  interl)rachial  gen- 
erally rises  to  the  middle  of  the  second  costals.  and  is  elongate,  bending 
slightly  upward.  Of  the  .second  range  of  interbrachials  onl}'  the  lower  ciul  is 
visible  in  a  dor.sal  aspect;  the}'  are  rather  broad,  extend  to  a  level  with  the 
arm  ojienings,  and  are  followed  by  a  number  of  from  eight  to  ten  intcrambu- 
lacral  pieces,  one  or  two  of  them  covering  over  the  ambulacra.  First  anal 
I  late  longe.'  than  the  posterior  radials;  the  three  plates  above  almost  as 
wide  as  (he  corresponding  single  piece  of  the  other  sides;  the  next  row 
consis*.^  of  four  or  five  smaller  plates,  and  the.se  are  followed  by  numerous 
irregular  pieces  forming  a  slightly  elevated  area,  which  at  midway  between 


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the  ana  regions  and  the  sunnnit  of  the  posterior  oral  is  pierced  by  the  annl 
opening.  Orals  in  contact  laterally,  large  and  highly  convex ;  the  posterior 
one  twice  as  large  as  tiie  smaller  orals,  or  larger  and  equally  tumid. 

IIoriiiiH  and  LuvuHli/.  —  Keokuk  group  ;  Keokuk,  Iowa ;  Barren  and 
Metcalf  Co.s.,  Ky. ;  White's  creek  near  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  Indian  creek, 
Montgomery  Co.,  Ind. 

2'i/pvs  in  Professor  Wetherhy's  collection. 

Itiiiutrlis.  —  This  species  is  readily  recognized  by  its  .stellate  form,  the 
very  slight  concavity  of  the  dorsal  cup,  and  by  tjje  form  and  arrangement  of 
the  plates. 

Agaricocrinus  elegans  aVktukkiiv. 
Phil,'  XL.  Fi'i/s.  3a.  h. 

1881.     ■\Vi;tiikuiiv;  Joiirii.  Cim-iii,  Soc.  Nat.  lli>l.,  Y.il.  IV„  |i.  179,  Tliilc  5,  l'ii;s.  4,  \ii,  b. 
ISSj.     W.  iiiiil  Sl>.  ;  lU-visioii  r;ihiMior.,  I'mi  111.,  p.  Klfl. 

Nearest  to  -^1.  cros.iiis,  but  smaller  and  less  robust.  Calyx  deprcs.sod, 
pentalobate  in  a  dorsal  aspect,  with  rather  deep  recesses  between  the 
rays  ;  the  base  moderately  excavated.  Plates  of  the  dorsal  cuj)  slightly 
tumid,  basals  and  railials  excepti'd ;  the  principal  plates  of  the  ventral 
disk  highly  convex. 

IJmsmIs  iiidden  by  the  column,  liadials  smaller  than  the  costals.  First 
cost;ils  i[uadrangidar,  hexangular  or  heptangular,  as  wide  as  long  ;  the  sec- 
ond costals  wider  than  the  first,  and  about  as  long.  First  distichals  axillary 
in  one  or  both  divisions  of  the  posterior  raj's,  supporting  2X2  moderately 
large  palmars;  tiie  oilier  rays  have  two  successive  distichals,  wliich  inteilock 
witli  lliose  of  o[iposite  series,  and  with  the  arm  plates  aliove.  Arm  facets 
tending  slightly  upward,  conlliient  to  the  second  arm  plates.  Arms  lliiee  to 
lour  in  tiie  posterior  rays,  and  two  in  the  other  rays.  First  interl)iiicliials 
foiiiparatively  short,  generally  rising  to  the  first  costals,  sometimes  to  the 
second.  Tiie  plates  of  the  second  row  long,  reaching  to  near  a  level  with 
tlu,'  arm  openings;  they  support  a  row  of  three  or  four  smaller  plates,  which 
are  partly  iiiterbrachial.  partly  interambulacral.  Anal  area  extremely  wide  ; 
tlie  first  plate  narrower  than  the  radials,  and  but  very  little  longer,  the  three 
succeeding  ones  almost  as  largo;  the  latter  support  tliree  smidler  plates,  and 
these  numerous  other  plates,  which  form  together  a  longitudinal,  slightly 
elevated  ridge,  which  at  halfway  to  the  orals  is  pierced  by  the  anus.  Ycii- 
tral  di.sk  pyramidal.    Orals  large  and  highly  convex,  the  posterior  one  in 


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contact  with  the  others.  The  radial  dome  plates  as  large  ns  the  orals,  and 
represented  in  the  posterior  rays  hy  plates  of  a  llrst  and  second  order,  in  the 
other  rays  by  a  primary  plate  only.  Interambulacral  spacer  depressed,  the 
plates  almost  Hat.     Column  proportionally  laige. 

ILirir.on  and  LdcaHtij.  —  Keokuk  groiif) ;  Keokuk,  Iowa,  and  Xiota,  Ills. 

T/ipc  in  the  collection  of  Professor  Welherby. 

lumiirks.  —  Wetiiorby's  description  ia  so  general  and  indefinite,  that  a 
satisfactory  identification  of  the  species  is  impossible  without  a  comparison 
with  the  type,  which  is  not  available  at  present. 

Agaricocrinus  conicus  W.  and  Sr.  (nov.  spec). 
rhtte  XXXIX  Fiijs.  7,  S. 

Of  medium  si/.o.  Calyx  conical,  rather  high,  width  and  height  as  6  to  ,') ; 
in  its  dorsal  aspect  irregularly  pentalobate,  the  recess  between  the  posterior 
ra^'s  twice  as  wide  as  between  the  others,  and  the  rays  themselves  stronger 
ond  projecting  out  farther.  Dorsal  cup  moderately  excavated  to  the  middle 
of  the  first  costals;  plates  slightly  convex  ;  suture  lines  distinct. 

Basals  concealed  by  the  column.  Radials  varying  in  size,  the  two  poste- 
rior ones  larger  than  the  others.  First  costals  considerably  wider  at  the  top 
than  at  the  bottom,  their  length  o(|ual  to,  or  exceeding,  the  lower  width;  three 
of  them  hexangulur,  the  two  posterior  ones  pentangular.  Second  costals  pen- 
tangular, as  long  as  the  radials  and  twice  as  wide;  the  posterior  ones  liexan- 
gular.  The  distiehals  in  the  posterior  rays  consist  of  a  single  plate,  which  is 
as  large  as  the  second  costals,  and  axillary;  supporting  2X2  palmars,  which 
are  twice  as  long  as  the  arm  plates.  I'ays  with  but  two  arms  have  two  suc- 
cessive distiehals,  wiiich  in  form  and  size  resemble  the  palmars.  Arm  facets 
directed  horizontally,  contiguous  to  the  .second  row  of  arm  plates.  Arms 
broadly  spreading,  and  moderately  heavy  at  their  bases.  Interbrachials  .short, 
rarely  reaching  the  top  of  the  first  costals;  the  two  plates  of  the  second  row 
as  long  as  the  first,  and  almost  as  wide,  the  three  of  the  third  smaller.  First 
anal  plate  smaller  than  the  posterior  radials.  but  shorter  than  the  second 
costals ;  the  interbrachial  plates  enclosing  the  latter  rather  large,  rising  to 
the  second  costals ;  they  are  followed  by  three  as  wide  Init  .somewhat  shorter 
plates,  and  numerous  others,  which  togetiior  form  a  Hat  area  with  a  ,«liglit 
swelling  around  the  anus.  Posterior  oral  as  large  as  the  others  together,  and 
in  contact  with  them.     The  food  grooves  hidden  by  superimposed  interam- 


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buliicnil  pieces,  with  occasioiially  a  larger  covering  plale  among  tliem. 
Interainbulaeral  jilates  very  nuiucrous  and  coni[)araliveIy  Hat ;  anal  open- 
ing lateral. 

Ilofhun  and  Luailili/  —  Keokuk  group  ;  Indian  creek,  Montgomery  Co., 
Ind. 

T;/iii:s  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

Jitmitr/ifi.  —  Tiie  .specimen  on  Plate  XXXIX..  Fig.  7,  is  exceedinglj-  inter- 
esting as  having  on  three  of  its  arms  well  defined  cysts,  similar  to  those  pro- 
duced in  recent  Crinoids  by  Jfyiostoiwi,  and  it  appears  as  if  portions  of  the 
pai'asites  are  still  preserved  on  the  fossil.  This  is  the  first  instance  where 
such  cysts  have  been  noticed  on  the  arnrs  of  Pakvozoic  Crinoid.s. 


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Agaricocrinus  inflatus  Ham.. 
Flute  XLI.  Fhj^.  hi,  b,  c,  d. 

ISl'il.     Jifiifii'Ofriiiiif  iii/lii/tis —  II\I,I. ;   I'lvl.  Dcs.  New  I'.-il.  Fuss.,  |i.  4. 

ISi'il.     Ai/,(i-i,'iM-ri,iiii  (.l,,i/j/i„nirri,iiia)  l,ijl,ilii.t  —  IIali.;   liusl.  .Ii)iLni.  Xiit.  Hist.,  Vol.  Vll ,  p.  2S1. 
l^rr.     Aiiiiihorucrinns  iiilfiitiix  —  S.  .\.  .Mii.i.Kii;  Oitiil.  Aiiicr.  1'iiI.tuz.  Fuss.,  p.  7". 

l5Sl.     Agurii'imiiinf  iiijUiliu  —  W.  ami  t^r. ;    Uivisiciii  I'mIu'cjci.,  I'art  11.,  p.  11;!  (I'rocccd.  Acad.  Nut.  Sci. 
riiila.,  p.  2S0). 

A  robust  .species,  in  form  approaching  A\nphnrui'r\miH ;  the  s\'nimetry 
extremely  irregular.  Caly.v  as  high  as  wide  and  obscurely  pentalobate ;  the 
interradial  spaces  at  the  arm  regions  slightly  impressed.  The  whole  lower 
face  of  the  caly.K  Hat  or  concave  ;  the  .second  interbrachials.  the  upper  edges 
of  the  first,  and  the  arm  facets  the  only  parts  of  the  dorsal  cup  visible 
ill  a  side  view.  Ventral  disk  highly  elevated,  broad  at  the  top,  and  enor- 
mously inllated  at  the  posterior  side.  The  plates  throughout  the  calyx 
are  but  slightly  convex,  barely  enough  to  bring  out  distinctly  the  suture 
lines  ;  only  the  posterior  oral  is  more  or  less  nodo.so,  and  sometimes 
subspinous. 

IJasals  hidden  within  the  column  concavit}- ;  axial  canal  sharply  pen- 
tangular. Kadials  a  little  wider  than  long,  the  sides  rapidly  spreading,  the 
lower  end  thickened,  forming  a  circular  ridge  around  the  columnar  depres- 
sion. First  co-tals  fully  twice  as  wide  as  long,  (luadrangular,  three  of  their 
sides  convex,  the  upper  straight.  Second  costals  wider,  and  sometimes  longer 
than  the  first,  the  sides  spreading  abruptly.  Distichals  2X2;  the  plates 
short  an<l  cuneate,  meeting  laterally  with  their  pointed  ends,  their  wider 
faces  directed  to  the  outer  sides  of  the  rnvs,  whereby'  the  facets  of  the  con- 
lluent  arms  are  brought  into  an  even  line;  contrary  to  the  case  of  other 


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species,  ill  which  tliey  meet  at  (in  angle.  Anns  very  long  anil  heavy,  less 
tapering  than  usual  in  tiiis  genus.  First  iiiterijiachial  large,  .suhovate,  the 
upper  end  curved,  rising  to  one  fourth  the  height  of  the  arm  facets ;  it  is 
followed  hy  two  or  three  smaller,  elongate  pieces,  of  which  the  third,  when 
present,  is  weilged  in  from  above  between  tlie  other  two,  frequently  without 
touching  the  first  plate.  First  anal  higher  and  narrower  than  the  radials, 
supporting  a  secoml  anal  and  two  rather  large  iiiterbrachials.  Ventral  disk 
strongly  inflated  at  the  anal  side,  the  anal  opening  directed  upward,  located 
in  the  midiilo  of  a  llattened  area,  which  extends  beyond  the  siimniit  of  the 
posterior  oral,  making  that  side  of  the  disk  lean  out  of  a  perpendicular  be- 
yond the  line  of  the  dorsal  cup.  The  plates  in  the  lower  part  of  the  (egmen 
are  perfectly  flat,  some  of  the  upper  ones  sliglitly  elevated,  but  not  nodose, 
ex'ceiil  '  "  posterior  oral.  Tliis  plate  which  is  extremely  large  and  excentric, 
is  pushed  with  the  other  orals  to  the  anterior  side,  and  stands  erect,  forming 
a  part  of  the  lateral  walls  of  tin'  calyx.  The  radial  dome  plates  cannot  be 
distinguished  from  the  interamtMilacrals,  ami  piobal)!y  in  some  cases  were 
not  expose<l  at  all.  Interambiilacral  plates  quite  numerous,  especially  on  the 
anal  side.  Column  rather  large,  the  nodal  joints  a  little  wider  and  with 
rounded  edges. 

Jforiym  ami  Lui'dlUff.  —  Upper  Burlington  liiiiestone.  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Tiijic  in  the  White  collection  in  the  I'niversity  at  Ann  Arbor. 

Iicitmrli's.  —  'I'he  enormous  inflation  of  the  posterior  side,  making  the 
■whole  calyx  soinotiinos  appear  to  lean  to  one  side,  the  exc'^ntricity  of 
the  orals,  and  the  flatness  of  all  the  plates,  distinguish  this  species  (juite 
readily  from  all  othci-s  of  the  genus. 

Agaricoorin.us  planoconvexus  Hai.l. 
r/atr  .\  XX  riff.  F!</s.  (;„.  h,  c. 

llfll.     Ji/iiriVofriiiii^  ii/iiiinrn,irr.rii<  —  II  .i.i.;    Pri'lim.  Ili'scr.  P.ilii'n/,.  rriii..  p.  3. 

18fil.     .1i/iiriri>rri,ii'.i  (.loiii/niriia:)  /i/:/ttn.'iiiir<:ni.r —  Ham.  :    I!"'*!.  .I"iiin.  N:il.  IIM.,  Vul.  VII.,  p.  2S0. 

1S70.     Aiiiiihunieriiiiis  iiliiiiii"uiifi:rii.i  —  S.  A.  Mil.i.Kli;  Ciiliil.  AiniT.  l'j!ii'"Z.  l''ii-s.,  |i.  7'). 

18S1.     Jf/iinVorri/mi  /ir'iiim:'iiiiiv.nit  —  W.  niiil  Si-.;  Itpvisinii  I'lilicu'r..  I'.irt  II,  p.  11  J. 

Svii.  J;/(iririi''riini<  rlffoniif  HnwiKV  niiil  II  uiK,  l^'.ll,  K;in^.is  Ciiy  Sriciit.,  p.  11",  ri.cli'  li,  Fii.'.  10. 

Syu.  .iyiiri'-orriiiiit  Illni,-!  S.  A.  Mii.i.Kii;  W)i.  A.lv.  Siiccls  l»tli  Hep.  (ii'iil.  Surv.  Imliaua,  p.  21, 
riiile:!,  Fii,"..  12,  i;i,  li. 

This  species  probably  has  its  closest  afTinities  with  A.  iiijfft/iin,  but  its 
calyx  is  .smaller,  proportionally  shorter  —  the  height  and  wi<1th  being  as  ■"  to 
5  —  and  less  inflated  at  the  posterior  side.     It  is  distinctly  pentangular  in  a 


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iloi'siil  viow,  ami  tlie  bottom  part  is  wliolly  or  partly  excavatoil.  The  calj'X, 
whuii  placuil  ill  ail  iiprij^Iit  posi  ion,  ro.st.s  eitlior  on  the  costals  or  disticliuls, 
and  leaves  very  little  ol'  the  doi.sal  cup  but  the  ariii  I'acets  and  secuiid  iiinj^e 
of  iiiterbrachial.s  exposed  in  a  sido  view.  Plates  of  the  dor.sil  cup  (hit,  and 
.suture  lines  obscure  ;  those  of  the  tcyiueii  flat  also,  iiiit  their  sutures  are 
somewhat  depressed. 

IJasals  hidden  from  view,  forming  the  bottom  of  the  column  concavity. 
Radials  longer  than  wide,  rajiidly  si)reailing.  P'irst  costals  ralher  large, 
f|uadrangulai',  their  upper  faces  wider  than  the  lower;  the  second  shorter, 
twice  as  wide  as  long  and  pentangular.  Distitiials  two  in  the  cidyx,  very 
short,  especially  the  upper,  which  has  a  subcircular  facet,  ami  at  the 
V  .d  siile  is  deeply  notched  by  the  aiiibulacral  groove.  Arm  facets  large, 
and  those  of  the  .same  ray  directed  at  right  angles.  Intcrradial  spaces 
somewhat  contracted  at  the  arm  regions ;  the  ilrst  ])late  fully  twice  as 
long  as  wide,  and  attenuate  at  the  upper  end  ;  the  two  of  the  .second 
range  quite  narrow,  resting  against  the  first  disticlials,  and  rising  to  a  level 
with  the  arm  openings.  First  anal  plate  one  third  narrower  than  the 
radials  and  slightly  loiig(;r;  the  second  anal  narrow  and  long,  narrower  at 
the  lower  end  than  at  the  upper;  the  jilate  at  each  side  widest  across  the 
iniddlo.  \'entrnl  disk  low  hemispherical  ;  the  posterior  side  slightly  inflated, 
but  forming  no  ridge  or  lateral  groove.  Anus  in  close  proximity  to  the  pos- 
terior oral,  the  opening  turned  obliquely  upward.  Posterior  oral  the  011I3' 
]ilate  of  the  tegmen  which  is  convex  ;  the  other  orals  and  the  radial  dome 
plates  being  not  only  flat  but  comparatively  small ;  the  former  somewhat 
pointed  at  the  outer  end. 

JT(irlr.(iii  mill  Livullhi.  —  Lower  Riiilington  limestone  ;  rJuiTington,  Iowa. 

Ti/pc  in  the  University  Museum  at  Ami  Arbor. 

IicniKrlis. — The  depressed  form  of  the  ventral  disk,  the  flatness  of  its 
plates,  the  absence  of  any  anal  ridge,  and  the  shortness  of  the  costals  and 
disticlials,  are  the  most  characteristic  features  of  this  species. 

A.  (hrnniis  Rowley  and  Ilarc,  and  A.  Ilhiiri  S.  A.  Miller,  of  which  we 
examined  the  types  —  the  former  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  Rowley,  the  other 
in  that  of  Mr.  F.  A.  Sampson  —  are  identical  with  this  species.  'I'lie  latter 
was  described  from  the  Chouteau  group,  but  the  color  of  the  fo.ssil  and  tlic 
matrix  seem  to  indicate  that  it  came  from  the  Lower  Burlington  limestone. 
The  siibquadrangular  outline  of  the  calyx,  to  which  Miller  alludes  as  a  spe- 
cific distinction,  is  caused  by  the  abnormal  anterior  ray  of  the  .specimen,  in 


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wliieh  Olio  of  tlio  arms  is  iiiulevdopcJ,  ft  iieculiiuity  wliicli  wo  htive  obscrvt'd 
occitHioiinlly  ulso  in  otlior  specius  of  tiiis  guiuia. 

AgaricoorinuB  Sampson!  s  a.  Mh.lkk. 
Plate  XL  VI.  Fig.  fj. 

1899.     S.  A.  M11.1.KU;  Adv.  Slii'cis  ISIIi  llcp.  (iei.l.  Siirv.  Imli.inii,  |i.  20,  Plnle  3,  FIk.  S. 

A  tnodonitely  Hiiiall  sjiucio.x,  remmkiible  I'or  it.s  inii.M.MJve  nrms,  wliit'li  tiro 
pi'oportioiiiilly  lioiivier  tliiin  in  any  olliur  .xpeeiL'.s  l<iio\vn  to  ns.  Ciily.x  iippar- 
cnlly  uliort ;  tlic  dorsal  cup  Hiij;litly  convex;  tiie  bacal  port idn.s  lint  or  very 
little  concave ;  tlie  interradial  spaces  rapidly  curving  upward.",  •  o  ;!•<  to  give 
to  the  cup  a  pentangular  outline. 

IJasals  small,  but  extending  beyond  the  sides  of  tlio  column.  Tlie  radials 
the  largest  plates  of  tlic  caly.v,  wider  than  long;  their  sloping  lower  faees 
more  than  twice  as  long  as  the  corresponding  upper  ones.  First  costals  sub. 
quadrangular,  short,  but  longer  than  ligured  by  Miller.  Second  costals 
a  little  longer  tlian  the  (irst,  irregidar  in  outline,  the  upper  angle  obtuse. 
Disticlials  one,  as  large  a.s,  or  larger  than  the  axillary  costals,  more  than 
twice  as  wiile  as  long,  wedgeforni,  the  larger  outer  ends  bending  inward. 
Anns  two  to  the  ray,  ma.xsivo,  gradually  tapering,  biserial  from  their  origin  ; 
those  of  the  same  ray  snturally  united  as  high  as  the  second  row  of  plates; 
the  arm  joints  rather  long  and  .slightly  convex.  Kegular  inteibrachials  one, 
moderately  large.  ])entangular,  a  little  longer  than  wide.  Anal  plate  one 
third  narrower  than  the  radials,  but  somewhat  longer;  the  three  plates  of 
the  second  row  narrow  ;  the  two  outer  ones  cuneate.  their  wider  ends  resting 
against  the  sloping  ni)per  faces  of  ailjoining  radials;  the  sides  of  the  middle 
plate  almost  parallel.     Ventral  disk  not  visible  in  the  specimen. 

Ilormm  and  LocaVity.  —  Chouteau  limestone,  near  Chouteau  Springs,  Mo. 

Tiii<c  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  F.  A.  Sampson. 

Juiiiiids.  —  The  type  specimen,  which  Mr.  Sampson  was  kind  enough  to 
send  ns  lor  examination,  lies  upon  a  .slab  with  its  arms  si>rcading  horizon- 
tally, so  that  its  whole  ventral  side  is  covered  by  matrix.  M'e  regard 
Ai/'ir!rorrliiit>i  f/frmninni  and  A.  cJioii/crDininls,  both  described  by  Miller,  of 
which  only  the  calyx  is  preserved,  as  identical  with  this  .species;  the  former 
being  a  young  specimen,  the  latter  a  more  adult  ono. 

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Agariooorinuf.  bellatrema  Mall. 
Flute  XLI.  Fi(js.  ^a,  b,  c,  d. 

ISflU     .1;iiiricuiriiiH!i  oriiBlmnn* — IIai.i,  ;   rnlirii.  Drscr.  Nuw  I'lilii'iiz.  Koss.,  |i.  ;1. 

ISIll.     .tjili-k-uci-iillli  (J,,i/:iuiiiciii4ll')  i,/lil/rfi,iil  —  JIaI.I.  ;   lliml.  JdUUl.  Niil.  Ili>t.,  Vol.  VII,,  p.  2<tl. 

Isr7.    AiHiihuriii-riiiiii  hrlUilreum  —  S.  A.  MiLLHii  Ciiliil.  Aimr.  I'lihi'ii/,.  \'m-..,  y.  7n. 

1881.     Ajiiriciicriniit  orimli-.imi  —  W,  luul  Si'.  J  licvisiuii   I'lilinji'iv.  I'lirl    II.,  |i.    \\i  (I'luci'cd.  Ariid.  Niil. 

Sci.  riiila,,  \<.  i"«r,),  imd  Wliiiliilil,  lb'J3,  Mi'iu,  An..  Mus.  Nal.  llisl.  N.  V.mIv,  Vol.  1,,  |i.  iJ, 

I'liilo  i,  Fi|{H.  10,  ii. 

Calyx  .siihpyriiinidtil  in  its  anterior  n.spoct;  the  posterior  side  indtttcd  nnd 
strongly  protriuliiig ;  tlio  Ijiiho  coniplotely  Hat  or  very  ^liglitly  convex,  and 
di.itinetly  pentangular  in  ontliiie. 

BiL'^al-'  liidden  l)y  tlie  eulmnn.  tlio  latter  resting  within  a  fmiull  concavity 
formed  hy  the  lower  niargiiis  of  the  radials;  axial  canal  peiitalohate,  Kadial.s 
wider  than  long.  The  first  costal.s  sinialler  than  the  second  and  quadran- 
gular; I  lie  latter  about  twice  as  wide  as  long,  pentangular,  not  larger  than 
the  radial^f.  Di.stichals  1  X  12 ;  the  plates  cuncnte,  short,  and  V;>llowed  hy 
two  ."ieries  of  short  arm  plates.  Arm  facets  very  large,  and  tlitwe  of  the 
same  niy  contiguous  up  to  the  third  plate.  Arm.s  ten,  quite  heav}-  at  the 
base,  but  gradually  tapering  and  ending  in  a  sharp  point.  Pinindes  long 
and  stout;  their  joints  twice  as  long  as  wide.  First  interbradiials  the 
largest  plates  of  the  calyx,  and  the  only  ones  of  the  dorsal  cup  which  some- 
times are  sliglitl}-  convex;  subovato,  reaching  to  one  half  the  height  of  the 
arm  facets,  and  supporting  two  narrow  pieces,  which  rise  to  a  level  with 
the  arm  openings.  First  anal  plate  longer  and  generally  narrower  than  the 
radials;  tiie  second  anal  somewhat  smaller,  the  two  interbradiials  to  each 
side  of  the  same  form  as  the  corresponding  single  plate  of  the  other  inter- 
radii,  but  from  a  tiiird  to  a  half  smaller.  The  next  row  consists  of  three 
plates,  of  which  the  two  outer  ones,  in  part  at  least,  are  interanibulacral. 
The  ventral  disi\  at  the  posterior  side  bidges  consiilerably  upward  and  out- 
ward, forming  an  inllation  which,  owing  to  its  large  size,  disturlis  consider- 
ably the  general  symmetry.  The  median  portion  of  this  inllation,  the  part 
containing  the  anus,  consists  of  a  subovoid,  flattened  area,  which  is  directed 
obliijuely  upward.  The  space  is  covered  by  small  plates,  and  these  in  turn 
are  surrounded  by  eight  or  ten  moderately  largo,  strongly  nodose  or  sub- 
clavate  pieces,  a  structure  which  gives  to  the  anal  area,  and  in  fact  to  the 

•  Till'  iinnr  Aijarirnrriniif  nniolmtui  w.is  nrigiiinlly  given  to  this  species,  but  not  being  properly  formed, 
was  aflcrwiirJs  cbtingcd  b^  Il;ill  lo  A.  bcllulrcma. 


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wliolo  ciilyx,  a  pc(  iilinr  and  miiqiu'  diameter.  Posterior  oral  wtroii;{ly 
nodoHO,  imd  uliiio^  n.s  Iiir^fc  ns  tin*  four  others  together;  it  oceiii)ioM  ti  Miml- 
ing  position,  K'liiiiiig  over  to  llio  (interior  t>U\v,  where  it  oceupies  u  lower  level 
than  at  the  posterior  side.  The  mnaller  orals  ai.d  nidiul  dome  plutc  hi^Idy 
convex,  ahoiit  twice  as  large  as  the  intervening  perisornie  plates.  Intorani- 
bnlacral  pieces  seven  to  nino  to  each  Mide,  slightly  convex.  The  colmnn, 
which  has  heen  ohsurved  to  the  Iciigtii  of  nearly  eigliteen  inclies,  relains  the 
«anie  width  to  the  end.  Tiio  nodal  joints  ihronghont  are  consideralily  wider 
nnd  longer  than  the  intervening  ones,  and  at  ahont  10  cm.  IVom  tlie  caly.x 
tlie  internodes  have  increased  to  six  joints,  whicli  is  pridiahly  the  largest 
nnndjer  in  this  species.  Farther  down  on  the  stem,  larger  and  smaller  joints 
alternate  with  one  another. 

Ifiifhiiii  ami  Liwidity.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone,  Burlington  and 
Pleasant  Grove,  Iowa. 

i'ljpc  in  the  White  collection  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Ji'ciiKirh.  —  This  species  is  readily  distinguished  hy  the  peculiar  construc- 
tion of  the  anal  area,  the  asynnnetry  of  the  calyx,  and  the  llatne.s.-*  of  the 
dorsal  cup. 

AgaricocrinuB  bellatrema,  v.ir.  major  w.  ami  .'^r.  (mov.  var.). 
Plate  XLI.  Fig.  ,1. 

This  form  differs  from  the  typical  A.  hdhttrmn  in  the  size  nnd  form  of 
the  calyx,  which  is  larger  and  depressed-.sphivroidal  in  place  of  .suhpyramidal, 
the  ilorsal  cup  being  slightly  more  convex,  and  the  ventral  disk  shorter.  As 
n  rule,  the  plates  of  both  hemispheres  are  more  tumid,  but  especially  those 
of  the  ventral  disk,  which  throughout  are  sharply  nodose,  the  interambu- 
lacral  pieces  as  well  as  the  others;  and  all  plates,  excepting  the  posterior 
oral,  are  of  about  uniform  si/o.  The  jdates  of  the  dor.«al  cup  are  but  very 
slightly  convex.  The  construction  of  the  anal  area  is  the  same  ns  in  the 
typical  lorm. 

Ilorhan  and  LocaJlh/.  —  Same  ns  last. 

Described  from  three  specimens  in  the  collection  of  Wnchsmuth  nnd 
Springer. 


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riak  XXXV 111.  FhjH.  7a-c. 

1«3!«.     Iltl.!.!  (Iiol.  Il<|>.  Inwii,  Vol,  I.,  I'lirl  II,,  p.  IJIU. 
lilSI.     \V.  mill  Ni'. ;  U.  ihl.m  I'liliivivr ,  riirl  II  ,  |>.  Il:l. 

Bjril.  Ji/iiricocfinin  ffeamelriCHi  IIaLL  |  l>iOO,  8ui)i>l,  Oi'iil.  Hep.  Town,  p.  5rt. 

A  Miniill  Kpocion,  rcsoiiiMlng  A,  hclhtlretnn  in  (lie  form  of  llic  doiNnl  nip, 
nml  A.  hiiUdtuH  in  the  coii^'triu'lion  of  llio  toj;MH'ii.  Ciilyx  Hiibjijrniiiidal, 
widor  tliiiii  iiigli.  and  (U.-^linitly  pcnlan^ndiir  aciusM  the  urni  facetH,  tlio  ,xi(K>N 
a  lit  til!  const  lioti'd.  Lower  face  of  tlie  dorsal  cup  Hoiiiewliat  convex,  tlic 
hnsnls  and  radial.i  a  little  concave,  or  tlio  radials  Htretclicd  out  horizontally 
nnd  only  the  l)a.sal!4  depressed.  Plates  Hat,  with  whallow  grooves  along  the 
suture  lines. 

Biisals  sonietiinc.f  extending?  heyond  the  column.  Radiali*  about  ns  wide  as 
long,  the  upper  face  twice  as  wide  as  the  lower.  First  costals  a  little  smaller 
than  the  radials,  quadran,L,'ular.  widi'r  than  long,  nml  the  upper  face  wider 
thnii  the  lower.  Second  costals  pentanj,'ular,  exceptionally  luxangular  or  hep- 
tangular,  generally  a  little  wider  than  the  (list,  Disticlmis  2X  "J  in  the  calyx; 
the  upper  one  followed  hy  two  series  of  free  lirachials.  Arm  facotH  largo, 
directed  horizontally  or  nearly  ho;  tho.so  of  the  snnio  rny  forming  nn  nnglo 
of  CO".  Arms  ten.  stout,  gradually  tapering,  and  composed  of  rather  long 
joints.  Iiiterliriicliiids  one  and  two;  the  first  rising  generally  to  the  top  of 
the  first  ilistichals ;  the  two  of  the  second  row,  which  are  narrow  nnd  long, 
come  to  a  lev(d  with  the  arm  openings.  First  anal  much  longer  than  the 
rndials,  followed  hy  two  rows  of  three  plates.  The  n]iper  part  of  the  aiial 
area  is  composeil  of  irregular  pieces  forming  a  well  defined  riilge.  wlii(di 
near  its  npper  end  contains  the  anus.  Posterior  oral  largo  nnd  siiinous, 
the  four  others  and  the  radial  dome  plnte.s  highly  convex ;  interamhidneral 
pieces  almost  llat, 

Il<irr:im  mid  Lncdlit;/.  —  TiOwer  la3-ers  of  the  T'liper  Turlington  limestone; 
BuiTiiigton,  Towa,  and  at  several  places  in  Illinois  and  Missouri. 

Ti/pe  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinoi.-  State  collection,  Springfield, 

Agaricoorinus  convexus  (Hai.i.)  w.  .iml  Si-, 
riale  XXX  nil.  Fiffs.  In,  h. 

ISRO.     Afiafirni-riniit  imilopnmit,  viir.  e'inrf.riii  —  H\i.i,;  Siipil.  (iciil.  Hep.  lnwn,  p.  58. 
ISOl.     .li/iirli'ticriiiHa  coiivexiis^W,  luiJ  Si",;  Ucvissiuii  I'lilitucr,,  i'urtll.,  p,  \\i- 


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I 
1 


A  very  ililTi'i't'iit  -pocif!*  from  ^1.  jiiiifnijiiiiiin,  to  wliicli  it  \uin  hcuii  ii'lViri'd 
l)y  lliill,  ill  suinu  rt"<|icct.'H  ii|>|irom'liiii^  Aiii/i/i<int<n'n"x.  Ciily.v  iie'iiliilolmti', 
iiiili'iiti'il  l)ct\voi'H  tliii  iiiyH.  Dorsal  cu[)  (U'IhuhklmI  Miuct'i-Hlunpiii ;  tin'  viii- 
tnil  (lixk  ino^iilui'ly  lioiiiiHiiliuiic,  biil^iii^  at  tliu  pOHtvriur  tt'uli'.  The  |iliilt.'K 
of  lliu  I'lii'iiifi'  Hut,  the  i'iiiIIuIm  mill  liiHt  iiitoilinii'liiulH  rioiiictiiiic^  ii  liillc  ciiii' 
ciivu ;  tlio<<u  ut'  tlio  tf^iiicn  tiiocu  ur  U'.t.s  tuiiiul ;  Mutiiro  IIiicn  (li>tiiiri  Ijut  not 
nctiiiilly  grooved. 

Ilu.MaI>(  liidden  \>y  tlio  coliimn.  RiidiiilM  lary:fi  for  llie  jrciiu."',  mm  Ioii;;  ii" 
wiilo;  tlicir  lower  miii>j;iiH  iKlleeted  to  form  the  cohimii  concavity.  Fii'ft 
costiils  t|imdriinj^nlar,  once  and  ii  iialf  ns  wide  i\s  Imij,' ;  wider  nliove  tlinn 
liejow  ;  three  of  its  I'acuM  convex,  tiie  upper  »<tiiiiglit.  Secoinl  ci)>in|s  not 
lonjrer  than  tho  fii'Mt  Imt  widur,  tlu;  npper  nnglu  (jiiitu  uhtnso.  DiHticlials 
two,  sliort  and  wide;  llio  upper  oik;  cinieate  iind  followed  liy  two  iiiwf  of 
aiteriiati'iy  arraiii^eil  urm  pluleM,  Aiin-i  two  to  the  ray,  not  (piite  iim  lieiivy  ai 
ill  Mome  'f  tile  prec'din^'  species;  griuliially  tapering'.  Fiist  interhiiicliinls 
vcrj  liirgi',  risiii;^  to  tho  first  disticlials;  width  and  lenf,'lli  us  three  to  fonr. 
Tiiey  aro  followed  Ity  two  elongate  plates,  and  these  l>y  a  inoilorately  large 
niim'ier  of  inleraie'iulacrul  pieces.  Anal  side  very  wide.  The  first  iiniil 
i'>'ig.'r  thill.  I'radiils,  Imt  not  as  wide ;  supporting  three  plates,  which  n  re 
remarkahli  :  r  thi'ir  width,  lieing  almost  as  wide  us  long.  The  next  row 
consists  'if  jour  to  live  small  pieces,  wdiich  sup|)oil  in  the  di.-U  nuiiieroiis 
i.'l'i  rs  of  irregular  '  \.  The  pentauieroiis  symmetry  of  the  vi'iitral  disk  is 
con  'deraltly  disturliid  hy  tho  largo  an;>l  area,  which  bulges  conspicuously 
from  iiltove  the  arm  regioiiH  tc  *]<,■:■  posterior  oral;  it  is,  however,  unlike  that 
of  ,1.  hilliih-dii'i,  being  compos  Mt  of  almost  Hat  pieces,  mid  bordered  by 
a  shallow  groove  at  each  side.  Anal  opening  directed  obliiiiiely  upwards. 
Posterior  oral  excentric,  being  pushed  over  to  the  anti'iior  side  ;  it  is  as 
I  irgo  as  three  of  the  t>thers  together,  and  strongly  nodt)se,  while  the  oihcis 
are  but  little  convex.  The  radial  dome  plates,  if  represented  at  all,  were 
small,  not  much  larger  than  the  intorambuhicrals,  which  in  this  .species  me 
(piito  numerous. 

Ilariyin  imd  Lurnlifi/.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone;  Tliirlingl()u,  Iowa. 

liimdi'hs.  —  Hall  described  tlii.s  species  as  a  variety  of  Aijaricin'r'nnis  jmi- 
^/^'<»il^?  as  follows:  "Base  convex;  arms  small;  all  the  plates  of  the  dome 
tubercidous."  Not  only  is  this  description  insufficient,  but  it  is  partly  incor- 
rect; tho  plates  of  the  ti'gmen  being  convex  but  not  tuberculous.  The  pres- 
ent description  was  nindc  from  a  specimen  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth 
and  Springer, 


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TIIK   ClUXOIDKA   (AMKISATA   OF    NOKlll    AMKKKA. 


\'ii\n. 


Agaricocrinus  Coreyi  (l.vnv  ami  iass.). 
J'hik  A'A'AVA".  /•■/;/,>■.  /.^  />. 

.Ir/iiiiirn'iiiit  Ciiryi—  Lmin  »m\  ('a.'.>kiiav  ;   Aiiiri'.  .Iiiiini.  Si'i.  (mc.  mt  ),  Veil.  XXIX.,  p.  7<>- 
.\mi.  .I^i,i,ii;„;-i,iiii  Spnih/rri —  WiiiTE,  1.">M  j  lilivciilli  Aim.  l(i'|i.  licul.  imA  .\:i1.  llisl.  of  liiillaun, 


Of  iiiDi'o  tliiiii  iiu'iliiim  .-iizc.  Calvx  a  little  .■<lu)i'ler  tliiiii  wide.  I)oi.<;il 
Clip  riitlior  lujj;li  for  tlic  gciiii,-*,  but  soinewlmt  lowi'i-  tlmii  llif  vi'iitial  (lisl<. 
suioor-sliiipod.  tniiR'alL'd  at  tlie  bottom,  tlio  sidos  oonvt'X.  I'lati'.s  fli'vated. 
^'ometimL•s  a  liltio  angular,  tlioir  surl'aoo  .smooth;  future  lini'S  di.stini'lly 
groovi'il. 

IJasals  latlu'r  small;  on  a  K'vol  with  the  radials,  and  forming  a  hexagon, 
which  is  almost  completely  hidilen  by  the  column.  IJadials  stietched  out 
hori/ontaiiy,  except  the  uppermost  part  which  bends  slightly  upward  ;  they 
are  twice  as  large  as  botii  costals  together,  and  one  third  wider  than  long; 
their  up[ier  faces  excavated  and  broader  than  the  widlii  of  the  plate  at  tlie 
botiom.  Costals  twice  as  wide  as  long,  the  first  (jundrangular.  the  .scimuiI 
jii'nlangidar  and  rrc(|mnlly  smaller  than  the  fn-st.  Distichals  two  in  ilie 
calyx,  very  short  ;  tlio  first  wedge-shaped  ;  the  second  linear,  followid  by 
leaf-like  cuneate  pieces,  which  interlock  from  opposite  sides.  Arm  facets 
huiate.  nnusually  large  anil  directed  horizontally.  Arms  unknown,  but  ap- 
p.ireiilly  very  stout.  First  interbrachial  large,  generally  longer  than  wide, 
followed  at  the  arm  regions  by  two  (dongate  i)ieces  in  the  second  row. 
and  these  by  seven  to  eight  interanil)ulacral  ))lates.  First  anal  jilate  con- 
sideral)ly  longer  than  th(>  radials.  and  forming  with  the  two  succeeding  ones 
a  vertical  row;  second  anal  about  one  half  the  si/e  of  the  first,  the  third  very 
ninch  smaller.  IJoth  these  plates  rest  between  two  interbrachial  pieces,  of 
wliicli  those  in  the  first  row  are  very  large,  but  those  of  the  second  iiuile 
sm.ill.  \'entral  disk  |)yramidal.  pentangular  in  outline,  the  plates  con\ex. 
I'o-ierioi'  oral  conii'al,  centr.il  in  positiim.  and  thre(>  times  as  large  as  the 
fiinr  others.  Interambulaeral  plates  rather  numerous,  about  one  fourth  the 
si/e  of  the  smaller  orals.  The  rays  are  surmounted  by  a  large  lailial  |ilate. 
jilace(l  close  to  the  lower  margin  of  the  disk.  Anus  excentric.  directed  ob- 
liipu'ly  upward,  and  occupying  the  upper  end  of  an  elongate,  flistinctly 
roinided  area,  composed  of  small,  smooth,  irregular  pieces. 

llirl"iin  II, III  l.uriilili/.  —  Keol<uk  group;  Ilardin  and  Allen  Cos.,  Ky.,  and 
Vermilion  Co..  Ind. 

7''//(c  in  the  Fiyon  eoUeotion. 


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UATOIUINID.K.  oil 

AgaricocrinuB  brevis  (Haii). 
ri,ilc  XXX  Vlll.  Fi</,s:  ,'<(-<■. 

1<;,"S.     ./,///w.v//i«i  liivrh—  II  vi.i.;  (iinl.  l{c|).  luHa,  Vul.  I.,  I'arl  II  ,  p.  Ml,  I'hilr  111,  ri(,'>.  ;(«,  h, 
Issl.     ./y,(/iVw/-///«j /viTiJ  —  W.  mill  Si'. ;   Kcvisiiiii  l':ilunci-.,  I'lirl  II.,  p    IIJ. 

Sjii.  Aclinui-iiiiii.1  eV;'/((',rt/«,«  —  1I.VI.1.,  l'<.i!>,  CIcul.  lii'ji.  lu«;i,  \  "1.  I.,  I'liil   1 1  ,  |i.  ."iliii,   I'hiU'   111, 
l"i,l,'S.  I.(,  li,  c. 

A  .'iiiiiiU  and  tleliciite  .species.  Calyx  wider  tliaii  iiij;Ii ;  dorsal  eiip  and 
tegiiieii  of  the  same  iieiglit.  The  lower  pari  of  liie  (lui>al  ciiii  to  the  lop  of 
the  radials  slightly  coiieave,  tlieiiee  s[)reiidiiig  raliier  ahnipily  to  tiie  arm 
liases;  tlie  iiiti'rradial  spaees  slightly  depressed  and  somewhat  eoiitiiu'tcd  at 
the  arm  regions.  All  plates  below  the  arm  regions  thickened,  and  rising 
aliove  tlie  suture  lines  in  nodose  or  tulierculous  extensions,  with  short,  ineon- 
s[iicuous  ridges  reaclung  to  the  siiles  of  the  plates,  where  liiey  meet  witii 
the  ridges  from  adjoining  plates. 

IJasals  small,  Ibrniing  tiie  bottom  of  the  column  depression.  iiadials 
a  littlo  longi-r  than  wide,  their  riilges  occupying  only  the  upper  end  of  the 
plates,  the  con\e\  lower  part  iieing  perfectly  smooth.  First  costals  small, 
(piadrangular,  the  sides  convex  ;  the  second  pentangular,  shorter  than  the 
lirst  hut  wider.  Distichals  2  X  2,  very  short,  sujiporting  the  arms.  Arm 
facets  large,  suhcircidar;  the  and)ulacral  openings  larger  than  usual  in  this 
genus.  Arms  ten,  hea\y,  slightly  increasing  in  thickness  to  half  their  height, 
then  tapering  gradually,  and  ending  in  a  sharp  point.  l"\v-\  interlirachials 
large,  nearly  as  wide  as  long,  rising  to  the  top  of  the  first  distichals;  the  two 
plates  of  the  second  row  very  narrow,  three  times  as  long  as  wide.  First 
anal  plate  a  little  narrower  than  the  radials;  tiie  three  plates  aimve.  which 
are  almost  as  large  as  the  oorresptjuding  single  plate  of  the  four  rt'gular 
sides,  are  I'ollowed  hy  four  or  live  small  pieci's,  and  these  hv  numerous  lows 
of  still  smalK'r  ones,  wiiich  form  a  ridge,  with  a  well  delincd  groove  at  the 
siiles.  \'entral  disk  comiiaratively  short,  hemisplici  ical.  with  a  large  plate 
in  tlie  centre.  This  plate,  which  represents  the  posieiior  or.il.  and  is  almost 
as  large  as  three  of  the  other  orals,  is  surrounded  hy  eight  slightly  cnnve.x 
plates,  four  of  them  orals,  two  overlying  the  posterior  andudacia.  and  (wo 
ilie  anal  side.  The  radial  dome  plates,  wiucdi  are  so  prominent  in  other 
sjiecies,  either  are  uni'e])rcsented,  or  cannot  he  distinguished  from  the  inter- 
amhnlacral  pieces,  which  are  of  moderate  si/.t>,  and  only  sulViciently  tumid  to 
hring  out  distinctly  the  suture  lines.  Anus  directed  laterally,  located  iialf 
way  hetweeu  the  arm  openings  and  the  suinniit  of  the  posterior  oral. 


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TIIK  tHINX)II)i;A   CAMKllATA   OF   XOKTU   AMKUR'A. 


Iliirr.iiii  and  Lunditj.  —  Lower  Burlington  limustono ;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
nnil  souiliiTii  Missouri. 

Ty^ic  in  the  (Wortlion)  Blinois  State  collection. 

Agarioocrinus  fiscellus  (Ham). 
riak  XXX  VII I.  Fi.js.  J,i,  h,  c. 

I'SOl.     ^i-f!inii-ri,inf,/iirr/!iis—  Ilvi.r.;  HhsIcim  Jourrj.  Nat.  Ilisl.,  Vul.  VII.,  p.  i7i. 
lS5l.    Jyi/Wi'u, •/■/««.« .//<(v7/(H  \V.  anil  Sr.  i  Kcvisiua  I'alu r.,  I'arl  II.,  p.  I  U'. 

Of  the  same  size  as  .1.  /;/v//s,  and  .so  closely  rcseinhling  it  that  it  is  quos- 
tionaljle  whether  it  is  not  a  nieie  variety  of  that  species.  It  dilTers  somewhat 
in  the  proportions  of  the  calyx,  the  dorsal  cup  Iteing  comparatively  higher, 
and  tlie  fegmeii  shorter.  It  is  also  more  distinctly  pentalobatc,  the  inter- 
radial  depressions  at  the  arm  bases  being  deeper.  In  the  ornmnentation  of 
the  plates  the  two  species  are  similar,  if  not  identical.  In  the  form  under 
consideration,  the  plates  to  the  top  of  the  radials  are  horizontal,  and  those 
above  curved  abruptly  upwards,  with  little  increase  in  the  width  of  the  calyx. 
Tiie  basals  I'orni  a  he.xngiui  with  a  shallow  depression  in  the  centre  for  the 
reception  of  the  coliunn,  leaving  the  outer  margins  of  the  basal  di.sk  exposed. 
Badials  wider  than  long,  the  upper  part  a  little  nodose,  but  without  ornamen- 
lation.  There  are  two  disticlials  in  both  divisions  of  the  three  anterior  ra\s, 
and  also  in  one  of  the  divisions  of  the  two  po.sterior  ones ;  while  the  divisions 
next  to  the  anal  side  have  but  one,  which  is  axillary  and  su|)port.s  at  each 
side  a  short  palmar,  making  three  arms  to  the.se  rays  against  two  in  the 
others.  The  arm  facets  are  smaller  than  m  A.  hnrls ;  the  arms  not  quite 
.so  heavy,  but  apparently  a  little  longer.  Tegmen  very  short,  depressed 
hemispherical ;  the  posterior  oral  largo  and  sharply  conical ;  the  other  ])lates 
slighth-  convex.  The  anal  area  is  formed  as  in  the  preceding  species,  but 
i.s  souiewhat  more  bulging. 

Iliiri.iiii  null  Lofdli/i/.  —  Same  as  last. 

T'/jir  in  the  University  Museum  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Agaricocrinus  pyramidatus  (II mi.). 
Phite  XXXVin.  Fl'js.  4a,  h,  r,  awl  oa,  h,  c. 

T>.'iS.     .l-Hnni-riiiin  i);/r(n,ii.liihi>—  II  mi.:  Hi'd    lirp.  I..w:i,  Vul.  T.,  T'lirt  II  .  p.  :)fi.">. 

l''''!.     .l./iiri.-'',-ri>iii.^/ij/riiiiii'/ii/iif—\\.  ami  Sv.;  Ki'visiun  I'.'ilii'dd-.,  p.  11-J;  and  I'll):!,  Wliil field,  Mi'in. 

.\ini-r.  Mils.  XM.  IIUl,,  Vol.  I.,  p.  i:\.  I'l.Mc  i,  Fii;v  i:\  and  ■.'.■>. 
Svii.  .(/.'ivV'./w/w  rnrrn'iii/nt  ll.\i,L;   ISOI ;  rrclini.  Descr.  New  I'ldiKiz.  Fu^s.,  p.  4,  and  llnslon 

Juurii.  Nat.  llist.,  p.  i^i. 


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M     Ko 


Another  sinall  spceicH  of  llie  tjpe  of  .1.  Iirtn'.i,  but  its  cal^'x  sliortur  and  of 
somewhat  diilVreiit  form,  being  about  twice  a.s  wide  n.s  high,  and  iiyi'ami(h\l 
in  outline.  Dorsal  cup  sharply  pentangular  and  distinctly  llatteiied  at  the 
bottom.  When  placed  on  end,  it  rests  npon  the  eostals,  the  basals  and  radial.s 
ionning  a  .shallow,  funnel-shaped  concavity,  and  the  distichids  bunding 
.slightly  >ipward.  The  custals  and  distichals  curve  to  tiie  sides,  so  as  to 
form  a  depression  at  the  intcrradial  spaces,  and  each  plate  has  a  narrow, 
transverse,  angular  ridge.     The  suture  lines  are  distinctly  grooved. 

Radials  rapidly  spreading;  their  upper  faces  twice  ;i-  wide  as  their 
lower,  the  upper  end  thickened,  corresponding  to  the  tr  nsverse  riilges 
of  tiic  i)raciiial.s.  First  eostals  very  short,  more  than  twii  e  as  wide  as 
long;  the  jiccond  a  little  wider  and  longer  in  proportion.  Distichals  alino-t 
MS  short  as  the  free  arm  plates;  the  second  considerably  wider  than  the  first, 
and  Ibllowcd  by  two  scries  of  arm  plates,  of  which  the  two  inner  series  of  the 
ray  interlock  with  the  second  free  plate,  /.  c.  fourth  plate  from  the  axillary. 
.Vi'in  facets  largo,  conlluent,  and  those  of  adjoining  rays  idniost  in  contact. 
Arin.s  ten,  massive  at  the  bases,  (juite  thin  at  the  extremities;  conii)i)sed  of 
two  rows  of  .short  parallel  joints,  with  transverse,  obs'.-urely  angular  ridges. 
First  interbrachials  large,  attenuate  at  the  upper  end.  tiieir  surfaces  convex  ; 
the  two  of  the  second  range  long  and  extremely  narrow.  The  first  anal, 
which  is  fully  as  long  but  not  as  wide  as  the  radials,  is  followed  by  three 
elongate  pl.ites,  and  these  by  a  large  nund)er  of  irregular  pieces,  forming 
a  .slightly  rounded,  ridge-like  elevation,  with  a  groove  at  each  side.  Anus 
close  to  the  posterior  oral,  opening  out  oblicpiely  upward.  Ventral  disk 
depressed  pyrami<lal ;  the  orals  and  radial  dome  plates  distinctly  co:  vex,  the 
interambulacrals  almost  (lat. 

Horizon  and  LuruUli/.  —  Same  as  last. 

Tiipis  in  the  (Worthon)  Illinois  State  collection,  and  in  the  University 
Museum  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 


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Agaricocrinus  gracilis  ^r.  and  w. 
riitle  XLI.  Figs.  3a,  h,  c. 

1S61.     yU.r.K  1111(1  WoiiTiiKX  J  rrdccril.  \cm\.  N.it.  Sd.  Tliiln.,  p.  135. 
l-^si.     W.  .111(1  Si'.;  licvisioii  Pidu'ocr.,  Part  II.,  p.  119. 

Somewhat  smaller  than  A.  hrcri-'i ;   the  calyx  wider  than  high  ;    in  its 
ventral  aspect  decidedly  pentangular  with  concave  sides.     Dorsal  cup  de- 
cs 


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prcssi'd,  the  bottom  concave  to  the  inidtlle  of  the  first  costals,  whioli  together 
with  the  first  iiiteihracliials  ami  second  anal  plate  are  genicnlateil,  or  ali- 
iiiptly  bent  npwaiil,  and  swollen  so  as  to  form  a  circle  of  hiMnispherical 
nodes  aroMnd  the  margin  ol'  the  concavity;  the  npper  portions  being  almost 
vertical.  \'entral  disk  depressed  pyramidal,  with  a  short  conical  spine  at  the 
siinnnit.  Surface  of  plates  througiiout  the  calyx  finely  grannlose.  and  sufii- 
ciently  convex  to  bring  out  the  suture  lines. 

Uasals  hidden  liom  view,  occupying  tiie  bottom  of  the  column  concav- 
ity, h'adials  aljout  as  wide  as  long,  all  hexangnlar  in  outline.  First 
costals  slightly  larger  than  the  nulials  and  quadrangular;  the  .«econd  not 
longer  than  the  lirst,  liut  often  considerably  wider,  and  provided  with  an 
ol)tuse  mesial  ridge,  wliich  connects  with  the  prominences  upon  the  first. 
The  distichals  from  the  second  up  are  free.  The  arm  facets  have  a  slightly 
upward  tendency,  and  those  of  the  same  ray  are  placed  at  right  angles  ; 
arms  a  little  longer  and  more  .><lender  than  in  ^1.  Iinrl.i.  Interradial 
spaces  wide  and  somewhat  depressed  in  the  npper  portions,  a  little  con- 
tracted at  the  arm  regions.  First  interbrachial  large,  curving  abruptly 
upward  ;  followed  by  two  elongate  pieces,  and  a  snudl  (piadrangnlar  one, 
the  latter  ()ccu[)ying  the  arm  regions.  The  iuteramiiuhuM'al  plates  consist  of 
five  or  six  [)iece.s.  The  two  lower  anals  vary  considerably  in  size;  the  lirst 
being  in  some  specimens  not  longer  than  the  radials.  in  others  almost  twice 
as  long.  In  the  lattiT  case  the  lirst  takes  part  in  the  circle  of  nodes  which 
form  the  lower  margin  of  the  caly.v,  in  the  other  it  occupies  together  with 
the  radials  the  lower  concavity,  and  the  second  anal  is  nodose  and  forms 
a  part  of  the  circle  ;  the  interbrachials  at  the  sides  of  the  second  anal  are 
elongate  and  widest  in  the  middle.  The  next  row  consists  of  three  smaller 
plates,  which  are  succeeded  by  numerous  irregular  still  smaller  ones,  forming 
an  almost  Hat  area.  Anns  directed  laterally  and  jdaced  low  down,  a  little 
above  the  arm  opening-:.  Posterior  oral  large,  high  conical  or  subspinous; 
the  four  others  are  .scarcely  elevated.  The  radial  dome  plates  somewhat 
projecting  and  moderately  convex. 

Iforhun  (dill  LiiniJit,/. —  Upper  Burlington  limestone,  Burlington,  Towa. 

y';/fc  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 

L'ciiiarlif!.  —  The  circle  of  tuniiil  plates  at  the  lower  margin  of  the  calyx 
distinguishes  thi.s  species  from  all  others. 


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IIAimOCRINUS  Angeliii. 

Siibgcmis  ACACOCRINUS  '<V.  and  Sv. 

('Akokot  siinple,  x/jiVor  a  lily.) 

Ciilyx  short,  cyatliil'orm.  Basals  tlireo,  cqtml.  Hadiuls  nitlitM"  Invirc. 
Costaln  two.  The  di.sticlials  givinir  oil'  the  anii.><,  whidi  niiii\iii  simiile.  aiid 
are  composcil  of  ciiiieato  pieces  alteinatelv  arniugeil,  interlocking  or  not. 
Intcrl)racliials  in  contact  with  tlio  interanil)niacr!ils.  Anal  side  wide,  coni- 
po.sed  of  nwineronn  plates  arranged  in  longitndinal  rows,  of  wliiih  tliere  arc 
generally  three.  Interdistichals  not  observed.  Strncture  of  ventr;d  disk 
and  form  of  nniia  not  known.     Colinnn  ronnd  and  large. 

Disliifiiitimi. — Only  known  from  the  Niagara  gronp  of  Indiana. 

Ti/pe.  — Acdnicriitiis  E/roili. 

Ilcniarkx. — We  attempted  at  first  to  place  the  fcdlowing  two  species 
under  Carjxirrlniis,  but  were  unable  to  do  so.  .Toll.  Miilier  pioposed  tliis 
genus  for  "  die  mit  den  Artimicriiin^  bislier  vereiniglen  Crinoidcen.  dencu 
aueh  das  unregelmiissige  ni/irnn/iu/i  aller  wahren  Crinoiileen  felilt."  His 
definition  docs  not  apply  to  Cur/im'i'iiiiis  niinji/r.r,  M'iller's  type,  if  Angclin's 
and  Zittel's  identifications  arc  correct,  U)v  it  lias,  according  to  their  state- 
nuMits,  an  anal  plate  interposed  between  the  radials.  Tliis.it  seems  to  us.  dis- 
qualifies Miiller's  •.;ame  from  fnrllier  use,  and  it  will  liave  to  l)e  reiilaced  liy 
Jfi(liriiiriiiiis  Angelin.  But  from  this,  anil  froui  the  subgenus  Drsiiti'liKrlmis, 
onr  form  diflers.  at  least  the  typical  .species,  in  having  cuneate  interlocking 
arm  ])ieces  in  place  of  transverse  single  joints  in  Ifufinn-riinin,  which  we  tliiuk 
is  sufVifieut  to  separate  the  two  forms  subgenerieally.  as  all  other  species  of 
Ilidjivcriinm  have  ri'Ctangnlar  arm  plates. 


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Acaoorinus  Elrodi*  w.  and  Sr.  (nov.  spec). 

Platv  XXX TV.  f;<i.  Id. 

A  small  species,  not  over  'J  I  mm.  from  the  top  of  the  stem  to  the  to])  of 
the  arms.  The  i)lates  of  the  dorsal  cup  a  little  convex  and  smooth  ;  the 
median  line  of  the  costals  and  distichals  slijrhtlv  iinunlar.  IJasals  forminir  a 
rather  large  obeonical  cup,  truncated  at  the  end.  IJadials  very  large,  as 
long  a.s  wide  or  a  little  longer,  larger  than  the  two  cost.ils  together,  the 
ui'per  face  concave.     Co.stals  wider  than  long  ;  the  second  smaller  than  the 

•  Niiinc'il  ill  lidiinr  111  Ilr.  .Moses  N.  KIrod,  oiio  (if  (lie  |iiciiiccr  |;eiil(igi-i>  uf  Iiuliaim,  wlio  collcclfil  llin 
only  known  ${ii'ciiii('n. 


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Ilist.  Anus  iiKMk'iately  long,  lililorni  at  their  upper  cuds;  couiposeil  of 
cunoiite  joiuts,  iuttMiocking  to  Msevial.  Pinnules  comparatively  strong,  and 
composed  of  veiy  long  joints.  Interbnicliials:  1,  2,  -  ;  the  first  consideralily 
larger.  Amil  side  very  «ide  ;  the  first  anal  smaller  than  the  radials.  fol- 
lowed by  11  series  of  four  other  anals  longitudinally  arranged,  and  having 
at  each  side,  and  in  contact  with  them,  rows  of   I,  2.  and  2  plates. 

lliiiixun  iiHil  Locii/lti/. — Niagara  group;  llartsville,  Barlholomcw  Co., 
Ind. 

'J'l/jii'  in  the  collection  of  Waehsmuth  and  Springer. 


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Acacocrinus  americanus  w.  and  Sr.  (nov.  siioc). 

r/,i/,-  XXXIV.  y-v/.v.  /-w,  h. 

Dorsal  enp  ohronicnl,  wider  than  high  ;  the  sides  convex,  spreading  more 
rapidly  from  the  top  nf  the  hasals  to  the  top  of  the  radials;  the  intcrradial 
Hpaces  llattened  and  the  cross  section  ohscurely  pentangular.  I'latcs  hut 
very  little  convex,  their  surfaces  apparently  smooth,  the  suture  lines  not 
grooved.  IJasals  forming  a  shallow,  slightly  spreading  cup.  Kadials  as 
large  as  both  costals  together,  a  little  longer  than  wide  ;  the  iijiper  face 
concave.  First  costals  generally  (luadranguhir,  the  posterior  ones  occasion- 
ally pentiingular  ;  the  second  costals  pcntangidar  or  hexangular.  the  angle  nt 
the  upper  face  very  ohtuse.  Distiehals  one  only  preserved  in  the  specimen, 
quadrangular  in  outline,  as  long  as  the  costals  hut  much  narrower.  First 
interhraehial  almost  as  large  as  the  radials,  and  about  ns  wide  a.s  long  ;  the 
second  row  consisting  of  two  nnich  smaller  jilates.  Anal  jilate  somewhat 
smaller  than  the  radials,  ami  the  three  plates  above  not  nmre  than  half  the 
size  of  the  (Irst  interhraehial  of  the  regular  sides  ;  the  succeeding  row  con- 
sisting of  three  pieces  of  the  size  of  the  distiehals.    All  otlier  purf.s  unknown. 

If'irhnt  will  T.iii-nlilii.  —  Niagara  group;  St.  Paul,  Tnd. 

2///'C  in  the  collection  of  Waehsmuth  and  Springer. 

COMPSOCRINUS  s.  A.  Mii.r.F.ii. 

ISS:?.     S    A.  Aril.i.Kli ;  .Tniirn.  Ciiioin.  Snr   N;,|.  1[1m  ,  V..1.  VI  .  p  3;i;!. 

Svii.   lll,i,il,„-,-i,tH,  (in  pnii)  —  Mii.I.Kii ;   ISSl  ;  iliiil.,  V..1.  I  v.  (  Npril  iiimilicr).  V\\\\r-  T..  T'iu'  «■ 
Sui.   Miirini-riiiHx  (in  \\\w\)  —  W.  iinil  Si'.;    Iss.'),  l{(■vi^illn  I'riliiiirr.,  I'lirl    III.,  |..   |ii|    (I'lnri'iil. 
.\c:iil.  \  .1.  Sii  I'lilhi  .  IS'-."..  I'.  :!•,'<•,) 

In  it-i  general  habitus  resembling  (lli/iiliirfliin^.  but  having  an  anal  ])late 
between  the  radials.  and  only  four  hasals.     Lusals  large,  unequal,  two   of 


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tliem  angular  nbovc,  the  other  two  trunriited,  one  of  the  latt.T  siippoit- 
iny  the  first  anal,  the  otlier  the  anterior  radial.  IJadiaU  generally  wider 
than  the  two  eostals.  Distiehal.s  two  when  ijaliiiars  are  reiireseiited,  hut 
five  or  more  if  tiiese  are  wanting.  In  the  latter  case  a  stout  iiinnule 
from  the  serond  distichal  takes  the  plaee  of  an  arm,  ami  the  jilate  above 
is  not  pinnule-hearing.  Arms  long  and  slender,  composed  of  cnneate  single 
pieces.  Pinnides  stout,  given  oiif  alternately  from  oppo.'site  sides.  Inler- 
braehials,  interdistiehals.  and  interpalmars  numerous;  the  anal  .side  wider, 
with  a  longitudinal  row  of  anal  plates,  followed  by  a  strong  ridge.  Ventral 
disk  composed  of  minute  irregular  jjieccs.  Position  of  anus  unknown.  Cul- 
mnn  quadrangular;  axial  eaual  small,  iientangular ;  the  angles  Interradially 
disposed. 

Dit/rlbii/ion.  —  Upper  part  of  the  Hudson  River  group  of  Ohio. 

Ji'iiiiiiih.  —  CoinjiKiii'i-iiiHti  Ilan-is/'.  the  typo  of  the  genus,  was  originally 
described  by  Miller  under  (i/i/pdicrlm'x,  and  nothing  was  said  of  the  first 
nnal  forming  a  part  of  the  radial  ring.  Neither  was  Wm^  noticed  in  188.'! 
in  Miller's  geiioric  description  of  CiniijisorriiiiiK.  but  his  diagram  .show.'!  it,  and 
he  also  statc(l  it  in  the  revised  specific  description.  The  structure  was  over- 
looked by  us  in  1881  when  Ave  referred  the  .sjiecies  \o  Munncrniiix.  Since 
then  we  have  discovered  that  Miller's  "  G/iz/i/arnnnx"  tnlmiil' usis  also  belongs 
to  this  genus,  having  a  quadningidar  stem,  and  four  basals  supporting  six 
plates. 

Compsocrinus  Harris!  s.  a.  jIilleh. 

riiiic  XX r.  Fiijs.  8ii,  h. 

1^81.     GI'/jiffirrinHf  ll,rii»i—  S.  \.  Mii.i.iiu  ;  .Imii-ii,  riiuiii.  Sue.  N;i(.  UUt.  Vol.  IV.  (April  iinnilioi),ri,i(i' 

1.  Fins.  t.  U. 
lsS:i,     C.mim-ri.iHn  lUinhi  —  S.  A.  Mii.i.Kii;  iliiil  ,  Vi.l.  VI.,  |i.  i\\\.  Tlalc  II.  I"ii.'s.  4,  \,i. 
lbS,i.     Miu-iiicrhiH'  Ihiiihi—  \V.  iiud  Siv  ;   Krvisinn  l':ihi'iiCT.,  I'ail  111  ,  |i.  101. 

A  small  highly  ornainented  species.  Caly.x  higher  than  wide;  rapidly 
e.\|iandiug  to  the  middle  of  the  first  costals.  less  spreading  above  ;  interradial 
areas  depressed.  Surface  covered  with  prominent  ridges,  arranged  into  w«ll 
delined  stars  with  intervening  triangular  depressions.  liadial  ridges  wide 
nnd  prominent.  occu]iying  one  half  the  width  of  the  jdates,  rounded  on  the 
back,  and  wider  at  th(>  ends  of  the  jdates  than  at  the  middle.  The  ridges 
toward  the  interbrnchials  lower  and  flattened  at  the  top.  but  like  tjio  radial 
ridges  stoutest  near  the  suture  lines,  a  peculiarity  which  is  also  found  at  the 
interdistiehals  and  interpalmars. 


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TIIK   CRIXOIDKA   CAMKUATA   OK   NOUTII    AMKIMCA. 


Dasala  small,  oiil^'  tiicir  upper  angles  exposed  l)eyonil  tlie  c'oIun\ii.  Radi- 
ala  iiiul  uoijtulH  nearly  of  uiiiloriu  xizu.  Di^stieimis  twu,  a  little  sinaller  tlian 
the  costals.  Pulinais  five  or  six  in  tlie  calyx,  comparatively  large,  very 
gradually  decreasing  in  size;  Hticcccded  by  free  arm  plates  of  the  hanie 
order.  Arms  twenty,  not  hranehing,  slender,  eylindrical,  composed  of  sliort 
euneiform  pieces.  Interbraeliials:  1,  'J,  3,  2,  -,  '2.  t/c. ;  the  anal  .•«ido  wider, 
containing  a  longitudinal  row  of  anal  iilate.s  marked  liy  a  strong  ridge. 
Interdistiehal  and  interpahnar  areas  unusually  la>'ge,  the  former  composed 
of  five  or  more  rows.  Construetion  of  ventral  disk  not  known.  Colinnn 
iiuadiangidar,  with  rounded  angles  and  slightly  concave  sides. 

Il'ii::ou  uiid  Lovallli/. —  Upper  part  of  Hudson  liiver  group,  Waynes- 
ville,  O. 

Ti/pe  in  the  collection  of  I.  II.  Harris,  Esq.,  at  Waynesville. 


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Compsocrinus  miamiensis  (!^.  A.  SIillkr). 
I'hth'  XXI.  Fl<is.  7ii.  h. 

IssJ.  Gh/plnerimii  mliiiiilfiitlt  —  S.  A,  MiM.Kii;  ,li)iirii.  Ciiicin.  Sue.  Ni\t.  llisl.,  Veil.  V.,  Pliitc  1,  Fif;.  1. 

lsS:l.  (Hi/iilucriiiiis  miKi'ii'ii'is — \\ .  ami  ><i'. ;  .\iiiir.  .luiirii.  Si'i  ,  Vi.I.  XXV.,  |i.  ili.'i. 

1S53.  Uli/jitiifriiiKt  iiiiiimifiiu.1  —  S.  \.  .\Iir  i.kii;  .Imini  CiNcin.  S.ic   Nal    Ili>l.,  V(p1.  VI.,  ]i.  2'2t. 

1SS5.  Gl^ptveriniia  itiitimlffi-^is  —  \V.  and  ^p.,  Urvisinn  riiluMicr ,  Part  III  ,  y.  104. 

Calyx  elongate;  the  rays  followed  by  strong  ridges,  which  occupy  one 
half  the  width  of  the  plates.  Tliero  are  no  ridges  upon  the  inlcrbraehiids 
or  upon  any  of  the  other  jdates,  the  siirfiice  of  the  calyx  is  covered  with 
minute,  irregularly  arranged  pustules,  which  are  not  readily  seen  except 
under  a  magnilier. 

IJasals  moderately  large,  forming  n  good-sized  cnp ;  the  posterior  one 
largest  and  l)roadly  truncated  above;  the  truncate  face  of  the  anterior 
one  somewhat  narrower;  the  two  others  forming  a  right  angle.  Itiulials 
and  costals  of  ai)oiit  ecpial  size,  but  in  the  former  the  proximal  siile  is 
angular,  in  the  others  the  distal.  The  po-^terior  rays  have  two  large  dis- 
tiehals,  followed  ',>y  throe  to  foiu'  palmars  which  support  the  arms  ;  the 
three  anterior  rays  have  from  four  to  five  distichals  in  the  calyx  and  no 
palmars,  giving  fourteen  arms  to  the  species,  Interbraeliials:  1,  2.  2.  2.  2, 
c/f.  The  anal  side  has  an  additional  row  of  nnal  ]dates  following  the  median 
line.  .Structure  of  ventral  disk  and  anal  ojjening  unknown.  Colmnn  ob- 
.^icurely  quadrangular,  with  a  snmll  pentangular  canal. 


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Jl'irkon  ami  Liinillli/.  —  Uiipur  part  of  Iluilson  River  group;  Wii^iics- 
villc,  0. 

Tin>e  in  the  coiluctiou  of  I.  II.  Harris,  Estj.,  Wii^  nt'svillc. 

U.    PERIECIIOCHIMTLS. 


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PERIECHOORINUS  Aishn. 

^^^i.     Ai'sTiN!  Ann.  \-  Wns.  .\;it    Hist.,  Vol.  X.,  |i.  loi)  („„  ,1,  lliiiii„i,). 
ISl.'t.      Alslis  ;    illiil.,  Vi>l,  XL,  |>.  JIKI. 

I8t:i.     Mouuii;  Ciiiiil.  Mm,  ^■n^^.  (i:,l.  I),  p.  5(j  (K,l.  i,  p.  sc). 

IS.-i.-).     M(C(,;|  SviM)|is.  lint,  V»\i\-u..  Ku-^.,  p.  ijli. 

is.-,;.     I'lirtr;  Tmiii'  il.'  riilcmit  ,  Vdl.  IV.,  p.  UX 

18.')9.     MriKilIsiiN;  Siluriii,  p.  .'illfl. 

lSfi2.     DrJMihiN  iiMil  Mri'K;   Hist.  Niilur  i\n  /,iin|ili.  Krliiii.,  p.  Kl/. 

1S7S.      A.VI.KI.l.S  J    IfdlilPUT.  Ci-iu.    Slice,  p.  tl. 

lS/9.     ZlTTri.;  Iliuiilli  ili'i-  I'lili I.,  Veil.  I,,  p.  ;ii;i». 

ISSl.     W.  mill  Sf.  1   UiviM.iii  I'liJii'.KT.,  I'liil  II.,  p.  l-.i7  (I'lMcci'il    Arnil.  Nut.  Sri,  I'lilln  ,  p.  ;i01). 

Syii.  .i-liihiri-iaih-i  —  J.  S.  Mii.i.ik;   \^i\,  llistiiry  iif  llu:  t'liiiiiiilca,  p.  Illi. 

Syii.  .l.-iiiiurriiiiif  —  I'liM.i.ii'.H;  IMl'.l,  Muirli.  Mlur.  .SyM  ,  p.  (i;;l,  I'lulr  Is,  t'ijr.  4. 

Syii.   Ti-iii-liui-ri,iiles —  I'liuTMic  k;  Itt^,  (li'i,|.  df  Ldmliiiulirry,  p.  ,'il.'). 

Syii.  {:)l'i;hh„;i,i„.<  —  \h.  Vkknki  II.;  !s.JO,  Hull.  Sue.  Gi'dl.  KnuicT  (mi-.  II.),  Vul.  Vll.,  p.  ISl. 

Syii.  tlfncriiiiif — D'tlmiidsv;  Is.VI,  I'luilr.  ilc  I'uIi'diiI.,  Veil.  I.,  p   .Jil. 

Syii.  Siirro,riiiii.<  —  'I'liiKisT ;   h.'iO;  l.i^l  iil'  Criii.  Trim,  (lid  ili^rriiiliuii). 

Syii.  Siif-fuiviiiii)  —  llAi.i.i  |s.")i',  I'lilii'diil.  N.  Vdili.  Vdl.  II  ,  p.  ■.ill.'). 

Syii.   /yri7.«v//«M  — .MCi.I.Kii;  (in  piu'l)  ;   IS.')",  Xnir  iOi'liiii.  Kill.  K:ilk.,  p.  ■.'."i.'t. 

8yii,  {;)Ti-oflin,-i-i,iii,'.i  —  I'vsiiKli,  ISjS,  llrlniiTsduN  Hcdl.  liiincik.  mil' ciiiiT  Uii^i'  in  Swciliii   elf. 
p.  i!0. 

Syii.  Siicroi'i-iiiin  —  V.  HoKMiii;   |S(',i),  Siliir.  Viiuiiii  Wf^l  Tiiiii,  pp    l-.'-ll. 

Syii.  .U-li'i'ii-niiiix  (\l,:ii'lu,;-i:iu<)  li.ti.i,  ;   |s|ll,  lidsl.  .Iduni.  Nui,  l|i>i  ,  p.  i;!. 

Syii.  .l,-/i,iwri,iii<  (l',;i,/,„riiiii<i  —  Sl.  mnl  W, ;    Isiil,  rrdcvi'd.  Aciid.  Niil.  .Sii.  I'liiln,,  p.  I,'i3. 

Syii.  .Ii-/i,ii,rri/iiif—]\\\.i,,  ISli:!,  Ti-aiis.  Alb.  Iiisl.,  Vul.  V,,  p.  l!)l'i. 

Syii.  .l/.''//»/w/M«j— \Vi\i  II.  1111,1  Maiuv;   ISO,');  (iidl  O.  mill  t<ii.),  Mnii.  Ildsl   Sdo.  Nut   llivl ,  I., 
p.  S7. 

8yn.  .l,-lhif„-ri,„n  (S,„-rorrl»«<)  —  M.  mill  \V. ;  Isfii),  fl,„I.  Il,.p.  Uliiidis,  Vdl.  TIT.,  pp.  317  iiiid  170. 

Syii.  .1/.7//.«/u.','////M  (i',(,vmr/'««.)   M,  mill  \V,;  ls7;t,  (Irdl,  |{,p.  Illiiidi.s,  Vul,  V„  p.  ;)'.i7. 

Syii.  .V,(,v,„v/,/fft— Ham,  ;   |s7(l,  istli  U,.p.  \.  V.  st„tr  Mn,.  \,||.  ||i,|   (lirvisnl  K,|  ).  p.  U'7. 

Syii.  Siiirorriii/is  —  S.  A.  Jlm.KU  —  .(mirii.  riiiciii.  Sue.  Nut.  Hist,  of  IhSl  miil  ISsi. 

Calyx  h\v\n\  dongafc,  boll-  or  urn-sliiipod.  Tliitos  lliiu,  iiiul  llifir  siirfaccH 
smooth  or  (K'licatcly  .iciilptiiroil  ;  tlic  railial  plates  jronornlly  liaviuir  a  ridge 
passing  from  plate  to  plato,  wliicii  iiicroa.scs  in  promiiieiU'o  iipwarils  until  it 
becomes  itlentilieil  wiib  tbe  fiee  ann.s, 

Basals  throe,  equal,  forming  a  deep  oup  ;  cdlimin  faoot  wide.  Radials 
and  costals  long  and  narrow  ;  ennstrietod  at  flicir  upper  and  lower  faces, 
sometimes  eonnortod  merely  by  the  point  of  an  angle.  Costals  two.  hex- 
angular  and  heptangular.  Distiehals  in  two  to  four  rows;  supporting  fiom 
two  to  SIX  palinnr,s,  except  in  a  few  cases  wiiere  the  arms  are  free  above  the 


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(li.sticliiilK.  Anus  bnuR'liiiig  in  the  biMciial  ^tato  ;  lung,  xlcntloi',  ruundcil ; 
con.stnictcil  (Voni  tlicir  Imson  up  of  u  duuMu  worics  of  intciiuoking  jiiuct's. 
I'inniilus  ("londor,  clo.'ifly  coniiguous.  Intorlniicliial  and  intordi.stiilial  ^[jai'ed 
long  and  Harrow,  coniposi'd  of  a  hirgu  niunboi'  of  plutuM.  Fir«l  interbiacliial 
largi'i'  than  the  Miu'ct'L'diiig  onoo ;  su|ii)t)iling  iiiiniiTonw  iowh of  two  plates  each 
—  rarely  three,  and  only  in  the  u|ipt'r  rows —  whiuh  pii>.s  iniperoeplibly  into 
interiinibulaeral  pieees.  Anal  interrailins  very  wide  ;  the  lirft  anal  .similar 
in  form  to  the  radials;  there  are  three  plates  in  the  iie\l  range,  and  lour  to 
-ix  in  the  Mneeeeding  ones.  Interdistiehals  present,  and  variously  repre- 
sented by  from  three  (o  six  rows.  \'entral  disk  di>pres.«ed.  from  moderately 
eonvex  to  almost  Hat;  eompos^'d  entirely  of  wmall.  irregularly  arranged  plates, 
apparently  without  orals  or  radial  dome  plates,  except  cloxo  to  the  nrmn,  where 
sometimes  the  covering  and  side  piece."  enter  the  margin.  Anus  subeentral. 
Column  large,  eyiindrieal  ;  axial  eanal  nuxleralely  wide  and  eireidar. 

Difli-iliiiliiiiL  —  I'diifhitciiiiiiit  is  found  in  the  Niagara  group  ol' America, 
and  its  eijuivalent  in  Kngland  and  Sweden.  It  also  occurs  slightly  nmdified 
in  the  Upper  Devonian  of  Spain,  and  in  the  liowcr  Subearbonilerous  of  the 
Mississippi  Valli'y. 

7,Vy;('  of  the  genus :  Pii-lirhicrtinis  m<>iilHfi>rniis  (J.  S.  Miller). 

JiiVKirfiH.  — Austin's  definition  of  Ptrlic/iocriiiiis  is  not  as  clear  as  could  be 
wished,  but  it  is  enough  to  indicate  tliat  he  ril'cis  to  a  group  of  Criuoiils  of 
which  J.  S.  Miller's  well  known  ArUiKH'riiini  viiDilH/'ifiiii.t  is  the  type.  The 
species  are  remarkalile  for  their  elongate,  sac-like  foi'in.  the  thiime.ss  of  the 
plates,  the  great  length  and  .slender  form  of  the  railials,  the  width  of  the  nnid 
interradius,  and  the  branching  of  the  biserial  arms,  substantially  the  same 
churacters  upon  which  afterwards  Hall  uiulerlook  to  .separate  the  i^cnus 
Sncencriinis. 

In  the  Revision,  Part  II.,  we  placecl  under  I\riii/i(irrliii(s  not  oidy  the 
-jn'cies  which  had  been  refi'rred  to  Sui-rncriiiii.i,  but  several  others  from  the 
Lower  Carboniferous  which  had  l)een  described  variously  under  Acliiiocriiiiin, 
J]f>fjisfiirriiii(s,  Sitirncrimi-i,  and  I'mil'irriiins.  These  species,  which  embrace 
Arliii'irriiiiis  (}fif/i!iliiirlnux)  Wliitti  Ifall.  Artinurrhnts  { I'raih  'iiiiiK)  unipltts 
M.  ami  \V.,  and  Actinocrlnus  ti'iniidisrus  Hall,  resemble  PtTiic/incrliius  in 
general  habitus,  but  come  from  a  ver^-  dilTerent  geological  hori/on,  have 
a  less  elongate  calyx,  and  pro|)ortionally  shorter  plates.  They  dilfer  still 
more  from  Mijistficrimis  by  tl.o  thinness  of  their  plates,  and  by  having 
radial  ridges.     These  species  we  have  marked  with  a  query,  as  it  is  pos- 


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nililo    tliry    nuxy    liiive    to    lie    M'|iiiruti'il    HiiligciUMically,    ihmIiiiix    iiikIit 

The  amis  of  rirtwhrn'riiuis  is  lurdy  nli  i  rvod,  mihI  throws  no  liglii  on  thu 
roliitioiis  of  the  goiiiis.  1*.  iiiiiiillifmi/iix  Wiis  inolial)!}'  proviilcd  with  a  cliort 
anal  liilie,  wliilo  most  of  the  olhor  spocics  st'uni  to  \\n\v  had  a  niero 
jn'otnlicraiiru. 

J'nirl'ciiiii.i  dc  Vcrncuil  fl85fM  is  possihly  iiK'nlicid  wiih  /V//'m7,-/c,//(im, 
and  m1-o  (iiiifiinii.i  d'Oihij^ny,  which  was  projiosi'd  in  (lie  sanic  vcar.  .lohanncs 
Miilh'i'  I'fli'i'i'i'd  I'lii'l'iiriiiKi  to  I'ljjid'icrliiiiK,  un(h'r  whirh  hi-  pinposud  to  v\\\- 
hraci'  all  Actinoorinida-  possessing  inlerdislichals.  Anifc  liii  i(U'nlirK'(|  Trmli'i. 
criiiit,.i  I'andei'  with  I', riiili"i-riiiii^  ;  while  Iiij;-hv  look  it  to  he  a  sviionvni  of 
(if'/jilnnlnKn.  The  name  'J'lm lidfiinitin  was  pri'oci-npied  hy  I'orlloek  in  |SI8, 
hut  7'.  /((//s,  the  on!}-  speeies  rel'erred  to  it.  was  deHcrihed  I'luni  an  imperfect 
speeinnMi,  ami  its  relations  cannot  !)(>  aceuratidv  deleinnm d.  Mali's  Ar/iiio- 
criiiiis  Kiiiilf(iil!ii/i(s,  wiiich  is  known  onlv  IVoni  natinal  casts,  and  which  we 
formerly  referred  to  /\rnvJi»rfiiiiiit,  is  pos»il>I_v  a  Murri'nliiliin-iiiiiH.  S.  A.  Mil- 
ler's SdiTiirn'iiii.i  ()''ir/ii/i,  (yarn  I)ecaiiu'  Co.,  Ind.,  is  dcserihod  from  a  cast,  and 
it  is  doulitl'nl  if  it  hclon^s  to  this  jfenns. 

Periechocriniis  spooiosua  illuo. 

J'I'l/r    L.    /•■;;/<.  (hi.  h. 

IMIJ,     S,i,vorrhiii  V''''''"»'M  —  11  \i.l. ;  1':iIm"uI.  N    Vurk.  Vnl.  II  ,  p   2ii.'),  I'liili'  Ki,  Fiir^i,  I.  i. 
l"''-l.     /',V(Vf/(o. ■/■//(«<  .vyi,-,(',,.<//j — W,  iiiiil  Siv  ;   Umi^iipii  I'liliicicr  ,  I'lirl  1 1  ,  |i    111.'). 

IJather  larj^o.  Calyx  elonirate  ;  sides  hut  little  convex  ;  jrreatesi  widih 
across  ihe  lirst  distichals;  plates  smooth,  even  without  the  usual  radial 
ridges. 

Hasal  cup  very  deep.  I'adials  and  postals  onro  and  a  half  as  long  a.s  wide, 
decre.ising  in  si/e  in  asceiuling  order,  their  ujiper  and  lower  faces  exceed- 
ingly narrow,  the  u|ii)'.'r  sloping  Hires  of  the  radials  unusually  short.  Dis- 
tichals four;  the  first  ahout  half  the  si/e  of  the  lirst  costals  ;  the  second 
mucdi  snndler ;  tiio  upper  ones,  which  are  followed  hy  free  arm  plates,  short 
ami  <pia<1rangn1ar.  Arms  hranching  a  lillle  ahove  the  calyx,  and  twice  again 
higher  up;  lliey  are  proporti(mally  thin  and  tiiper  gradually  to  the  tips. 
Interhraehials  rather  Inrgo  ;  the  (irst  followed  hy  (iv<'  or  six  laiiges  of  two 
jdates  ea<'h.  Interdistichals  in  three  or  four  rows.  Construction  of  the  anal 
side  not  known,  nor  the  structure  of  the  legmen.  Colmnn  round  ;  the  nodal 
joints  slightly  projecting ;  their  cdg<'s  covered  with  ii  row  of  small  node.", 


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tlio.40  uf  lliu  intiTVi'iiiiig  joiiitn  .it),,  il  u  i  llio  iixiiil  canal  citl!"!'  lurgi-  and 
circular. 

JI'iitzi'H  ami  Liiru/lt//,  —  }\iajtt\ri\        .ip,  iImivi-  tlio  filalt•^! ;  Ix)ckj)oit,  N.  Y. 

7.V/".i  in  tiic  AniiTiciiii  Mii^i-mn  at  Now  Ytiil< 

]iiiiiiiif>K.  —  /'.  .1flldll.^<(l^,  whii'li  ua.H  liimli'  liv  Hall  tlii'  Ij^pi'  <if  Siiirnrfhiiin, 
ii4  tlio  only  known  Anii'iiciui  J'triichuiriiwH  in  whicli  tliu  Kucuntl  liil'iircatiun 
tiikun  place  in  tlio  arms. 

PoriochocrlnuB  Wbitfloldi  (llti.i). 

j%i,  If.  Fijx.  J, ,'-(,  /.. ,;,  4. 

Hn3.     .l-liiini-rimn  Chritlv       Ihii  i  'I'liun.  Allp.  Iinl  ,  Vii   IV,,  p.  l',l(l.     (AliMr.,  p.  «),  mil  .{■■liHofrinui 

CItfii/fi  »\mi\..  Is.-j,5. 
ItrtS.     .i.-li«;,-ri«m  iriil,li'l,/i—  ll\l,l  ;  imli  Hi'|.   N    Y    Slulc  Ciili   Niil.  Ili«t    (Dnr.  K..''!  ).  |>.  Mn 
1H«|».    ti,iriwfi„«»  rftn't/vi  — Mkkk  mill  WnirnitN:  (Ini  lli  p.  IIImihIk,  \u\.  III.  p.  Mi7.  I'lili'  .'>.  I'ii;,  I. 
ISiO.     .Mi,i„rri>iitt  (\Wn„-ri,i«')   11  hiljulili —\\k\\  .  ■i^\f\\   \W\\   ^''   V.  ISIiilr  Cub.  Nil,   )li»l.  (Uivisiil 

Kil  I.  pp.  IITllniiil  I'lll. 
I''"'.     iSinrihrinM-i  Chrhlii  —  .S.  A,  Mil. 11.11  i    Caliil.  AiiiiT.  I'liliinA.  Ku'.'"  .  p.  90. 
brO,     tlac,;,,;-i,int  C^W.'yi  —  IIaii.  1  iMJi   Itip.  N.  V,  Slulc  Ciih,   .\ul.  Ilisl.  (Uiviiiil  K.l.),  p,  137,  I'liili' 

|:t,  Kiif,  H  ii>. 

19H1,     Prri,vt,i,-ni4Hi  f '/i,i./vi  —  W.  iiiiil  Si'. ;   IIhIm,,!!  I'.iliincr..  I'liil  II,.  p.  Hii. 

1881.     »i,:wri„H.t  (■</•/.//.  — lUi,i.i  mil  Ami,   Idp.   Imliiniii,  p.  K.H,   I'liilf  U,  KiK»    H-^O,    riulc   15, 

l'in».  :i,  i. 

A  mndcrati'Iy  laii^o  ,«po('io'<.  Caly.\  ,«iiliovati' ;  tlic  dorsal  cnp  iirn.,sliapcd, 
it-i  siijt'M  i'oiiV('\  and  hut  slJLditiy  Hprcadiiijr  ladnw  tlic  ai'iii  liases;  tlic  veiitnil 
disk  low  lu'iiiisplu'rical,  the  platos  tliin  and  Hal.  tlie  rudial  ridj^o  proceeding 
from  llie  niiddio  of  the  rudiids  to  tlie  arms  rntlier  oliscnre.  Surface  of  plates 
finely  liraniilosc,  tlio  granules  arranjrod  in  e.\ccntric  lines.  paralUd  to  tlio 
margins  of  tliu  plates. 

Uasals  largo,  more  nipidly  spreading  tlian  tlie  succeeding  plates.  Hadials 
nnil  coslals  decreasing  in  si/e  upwards;  tlio  radials  nearly  three  times  as 
largo  as  the  .•second  coslnls.  and  longer  than  ^^ido.  tlio  upper  and  lower  faces 
iiiucli  smaller  than  any  of  the  others.  Distichals  two.  of  the  si/o  of  the  sec- 
ond costaN,  supporting  two  or  three  small  palninrs,  which  are  siicceedod  hy 
tho  arms,  the  structure  of  which  is  not  known.  Interlirachials :  1,2,2,2, 
Hoinotiini's  with  a  sixth  row  within  the  arm  regions  ;  the  plates,  as  a  rule, 
are  longer  than  wide,  and  agree  in  size  with  adjoining  hrachials.  lntordi,s- 
ticlials  1,  2.  2;  the  Inwt'r  one  larger,  resting  hetween  the  first  distichals. 
Anal  interradiiis  very  wide  ;  the  anal  idato  of  er|iial  width  with  the  radials, 
hut  not  ciiiifo  as  long  ;  the  three  plates  of  the  ,sccon(l  row  longi-r  than  wide; 
the  middle  plate  the  narrowest ;  tho  third  row  al,«o  consists  of  three  plates. 


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mill  Ih  folloNVcil  \<y  (illn  r  low.i  ol'  I'im-  or  fix  jiii'Ci'K.  Wiitial  (li>l»  |ia\(.'il  l(_\  u 
liir^o  luiiiilici'  of  Kinitll,  Hiiiootli,  irn'^nlni'  iilatcK,  ii|i|iiiii-iitly  willioiit  ohiIh, 
but  Hiiiall  covt'i'ing  iiiul  xiilo  |iioei>H  I'littr  ilic  umr^'iii.  Coliiniii  in  ui  tin'  cal^x 
coiti|iOM('(l  of  voi'^'  hIioI'I  |)ii'('c'M  ;  cciitiiil  ciiniil  nl'  iiiciliiiiii  Mia. 

J/iifiziin  (iitil  Luitilili/.  —  Niiigiiiii  gioiip;  Wiilili'oii,  liiii. 

Ji'iiiinr/in.  —  J/iijinfii<riiiui  iitiircniiiiiiiin  iiml  J/,  itifitix  Wiiu'li.  niitl  Marry, 
wliicli  Hall  liax  ivgai'iluil  wn  iduntical  will)  lliin  diicuicN,  uio  piolialih  difliiict. 

ForlooboorlnuB  maroouanus  (Winmi.  -mA  .M\ii>>). 

Vltitf  I.,  l-'iiju.  ill,  li,  iinii  J'lii/c  LI.  Fi'l.  i"). 

ISnj.     Mrr/i'/<uviiiin  w.(/-.v,«,M«— WiM  11H.L  liiiil   MAli(»i  Mhii    Itinlull  Ka',  Nut.  Ili»t.,  Vil.  I,  \l   S7, 

I'l.ih'  II  ,  Kit.'.  5. 
l*-?!),     Sni.  iif  .V,/,rt/,Y(»«.  r^W./y/  — IIai.I.  1  iiSlli  |(,'p   X.  Y  Slntr  Mm-    NiiI.  Ili-I   (Itiii-il  I.I  ),  |.,  l;';. 
l'*S|,     UMi'iiCtiiiHt  uiiiri'timiHua  —  S.  A.  .MlLILii ',  Juui'ii.  Ciui'iii.  Sm'.  Nul.  |li>l.,  Vnl.  IV.,  p.  |t'>7,  riali'  1, 

V'i«»,  I,  li/. 
Iss.'i.     /'.■(■iVi'<"i-/'i«».i  w,/fi'.(«//«((<(')  — W.  iiimI  Sr.  i  llriUimi  I'lilii r.,  I'ml  111,]'   lufl 

A  vi'ry  largo  iiiii]  I'longati!  H|ii'fii.'.M ;  tin-  calyx  hioiiR'tinu's  rt'acliing  a 
lon^'tli  III  7'')  iiiMi.  I)y  aliiiiit  III  nun.  in  wiillli  across  Ilic  arm  liases;  form 
Hiiliovoid,  the  wiillh  greatest  ill  tlio  top  of  the  .si'coiul  costals,  v hence  it  con- 
tracts to  the  third  di.slichals,  there  ex|iaiidiiig  again  to  the  arm  hases.  Inter- 
lir.iciiial  and  int'rdistichal  areas  soniewlmt  llatteiied  or  faintly  dipressed, 
prodiiciiijr  a  sort  of  angularity  along  the  median  line  of  the  radial  series, 
wilhont  forming  an  actual  ridge  until  close  to  the  arms.  Sini'aee  of  plates 
smoiith,  the  sntui'o  lines  not  gnxtved. 

IJasals  comparatively  small,  forming  a  Hnuccr-sliaped,  hexngoiial  cnp. 
]{adials  and  costals  of  nearly  the  same  hize  nnd  of  similar  f(>).u,  their  lat- 
eral faces  concave  to  receive  the  convi'X  sides  of  adjoining  inierlirachials. 
Second  costals  as  long  as  the  lirst,  and  neaily  as  wide  ;  the  upper  and  lovier 
faces  in  hoth  of  them  narrow  ;  the  upper  sloping  sides  longer  than  the  lower. 
Disiiclials  three,  decreasing  in  si/e  upward.';  the  first  nearly  lis  long  n.s  the 
costals,  and  almost  as  wide,  its  upper  face  (|nite  narrow  ;  the  second  of  the 
same  proportions  hut  smaller;  the  third  much  sh(M'tcr.  Paluiars  miineroiis. 
c'omparutively  small,  shorter  than  wide,  those  of  the  same  divisions  in  later.il 
contact.  .\rms  lour  to  liie  ray,  arranged  in  pairs;  their  lir-t  hifurrations 
close  to  the  calyx.  Interlirachial  sjiaces  long  and  narrow  ;  they  consist  of  one 
plate  in  the  first  row,  followed  hy  from  ten  to  twelve  ranges  of  two  jjlate.s 
each,  which  meet  the  jilates  of  the  tegmcii.  Aiml  interradius  very  wide ; 
first  nnal  plate  a  little  shorter  thnn  the  radials.  hut  wider  nt  the  upper  face  ; 


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tlie  tliroe  jjIuIl's  uliovo  succecilod  liy  throe  plates,  and  iiuiiicioii-^  otliur  plates 
inegiilaily  arranged  in  rows  of  lioin  live  to  six  pieces  eadi,  wliicli  grow 
smaller  as  they  approach  the  teginen.  Upon  the  ventral  disk  there  is  a  well 
defined  anal  ridge,  which  ends  in  a  snijcentrul  proboscidilbrin  protuherance 
".villi  the  anus  at  the  upper  end.  Interdisiiclials  consisting  of  a  rather  largo 
plate  re>ting  hetween  the  sloping  upper  faces  of  the  first  distichals,  and  six 
or  more  rows  of  two  plates  each,  the  upper  ones  resendjling  the  plates  of  the 
tcgmen.  Tegmen  almost  Hat  ;  comi)osed  exclusively  of  .small  polygonal 
plates.  In  the  casts  there  appi'ar  upon  the  surface  ten  well  marked  ridges, 
which  re[)resent  grooves  in  the  test  for  the  reception  of  the  nnihulacra, 

If'i-'con  mid  L'iriililj.  —  Upper  part  of  Niagara  group  ;  near  C'liieago,  Ills. 

Ill  iKdrl'ii.  —  It  piol)al)ly  occurs  also  at  Waldron.  Among  the  specimens 
which  we  refer  to  it  there  is  one  in  wliicdi  large  jiortionsof  the  arms  are  pre- 
served. The\-  hrancli  at  aliont  18  mm.  above  the  calyx,  and  one  of  the 
iiranches  again  at  aliout  li-")  mm.  above  the  first  bifurcation.  Whether 
any  ailditional  bifurcation  takes  place  in  this  species,  cannot  lie  n.scertained, 
as  the  arms  arc  broken  at  0")  mm.  from  the  calyx.  The  arms  are  composed 
of  two  rows  of  short,  transverse  pieces,  very  regularly  arranged. 

P0rioc?iocrinus  necis  (Winmi.  ami  Maiuv). 
Plate  L.  Fii/n.  la,  h. 

Isf,:,      }[,-ii,l„e,iiiii!i  «»•.■/,<  — WisniKi.T.  .uiil  MuK  V  ;  .MciM   Hn.-!.  Sne,  Ni,i,  Ilivt.,  p.  111).  I'lMr  2,  Pii,  fi. 
bil.     .SV. ■■■«•/ /««s  «(cis  — S  ,\.  Mii.i.KLi;  .liiuni.  Ciiiriu,  Sw.  N;ii.  lli>l..  \ ul.  IV.,  p.  I'ri,  Vhw  \,  Figs. 

;!,  -ill. 
ISSo.     7',v/r  r^M.TirfM  «/W,<  —  W.  mill  Si'. ;  liciMnii  riiliini-r  ,  1';ul  III.,]'.lO0 

A  shorter  species  than  the  preceding.  Calyx  pyriform,  not  much  higher 
than  wide  ;  obconical  to  the  top  of  the  second  radials  ;  greatest  width  a  little 
above  the  second  costals.  whence  it  contracts  rapidly  to  the  arm  bases,  at 
which  the  calyx  is  reduced  to  two  thirds  its  former  width.  Surface  of  plates 
siiiooth.  wiih  slight  angularities  following  the  radials,  giving  to  the  cross- 
sect  i(jii  a  somewhat  pentangular  outline. 

liasals  of  niedimn  size,  more  rapidly  spreading  than  the  parts  ainvo. 
IJadials  and  costids  occupying  two  thirds  the  height  of  the  calyx,  nearly  of 
C'lual  size,  longer  than  wide;  their  upper  and  lower  faces  wider  than  nsnal 
in  this  genus.  Distichals  two;  the  first  plat o  one  third  smaller  than  the 
costals;  the  second  as  much  as  one  half  Paliuars  two  or  more,  small,  and 
between   them   are  interposed   1,  2,  2,  small  interdisiiclials.     Inteibrachial.s 


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ratliur  liirge,  (lecronsiug  gnulimlly  in  size  ;  disposed  geiieiiilly  in  six  rows,  of 
wliieli  tiie  iippei'  ones  are  iiiegulai'  and  not  readily  reeognizcd;  the  first  jiliilc, 
whieli  lias  tiie  size  of  the  first  costids,  snpports  two  jilates  in  tiie  second  row, 
and  tiiree  in  tiie  sueceeding  ones.  Anal  iiiterradiii.H  wide,  tlie  first  anal  plaie 
a.s  hirgc  as  tiie  radials;  succeeded  liy  tliree  plates,  the  middle  one  the  smallest, 
and  four  or  five  plate.>!  in  tiie  rows  above.  Tegnien  almost  Hat.  its  diameter 
remaikahly  .small,  owing  to  tiie  constriction  at  the  upper  regions  of  the  dorsal 
cup.  In  tiie  casts  there  are  no  traces  of  dislv  aml)ulaera,  and  iKUhiug  to 
iiiilicate  tlie  presence  of  orals  in  tliis  species,  the  whole  sml'ace  is  covered 
by  tlie  impressions  of  small,  irregular  plates,  surrounded  liy  what  appears  to 
represent  tlie  arm  oponiiins,  which  were  apparently  arrangecl  in  groups, 
forminjr  a  circle  around  the  disk.  Tlie  exact  iiumhi'r  of  primary  arms  could 
not  be  ascertained  from  the  specimens,  but  wo  have  reason  to  bilieve  there 
were  eiglit  arms  to  the  rny.     Anus  subeentral,  apparently  not  large. 

Iluiaun  and  LomlUj.  —  Upper  part  of  Niagara  group,  near  Chicago,  Ills. 


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Periochocriaus  infelix  (Wimh.  mid  M.Mtiv). 

I'lilli    L.  /Vy.s.  .^^  h.  c.  -1. 

1^05.     M,'jiHln,;-i,iii<  i,if,i:.r~  WiNi  Hi  i.r,  .■u.,l  \l  Mi.  \ ;  Mnii  I!h-i.  S,,,-.  N:lI.  Ill~t„  p  ll't.  I'l  ,1,-  2,  Fii.'.  7. 

l^^;l.     S.vii.  nl' ,V,w-"-/-/,i«.<  r/,//./y/—  IIai.i.;  i^y\\  Itcp.  N.  V.  SimIi'  Mil-.  Niii.  lli-i  .  p.  IJ7. 

1--S1.     Siimc.iiiH.i  i«f/ix  —  S.  A.  .\lii.i.Ku;    Jiiuru.  C'iiiciu.  Sic.  Nm.   lliM.,  V.,1.   IV,  p    ;ir,il,   I'luli'  r, 

i'i^'s.  i,  ii,  h 
1SS3.     Perirrli,.,vi,im  i,i/''lij-(;-)  —W-  uml  Si'.;  lii-\i«i.iii  I';,l;i'uii- ,  l':iil  111..  |i.  lufi. 

H\».  Siimci-iiias  li;/iiiii  —  -A.  \.  .Mli.l.Fli ;  Jmini.  Ciiuiii.  Shc.  .\al.  Iliji.,  Vnl.  IV,  p,  17:i.  Vliil''  I- 

Figs,  t,  y. 

Smaller  than  the  two  preceding  species.  Dorsal  cup  somewlmt  obconical. 
higher  tli.iu  wide;  sides  conve.\,  abruptly  spreading  from  tlir  ba.sils  to  the 
top  of  tlie  radials;  the  upper  regions  almost  cylindrical,  sometimes  a  little 
spreading;  surface  of  plates  sliglitly  convex,  and  covered  willi  obscure 
radiations. 

IJasals  small,  forming  a  shallow  pentangular  cup.  l!;idials  ami  co^tals 
rising  to  tlirec  fourths  the  height  of  the  calyx  :  tlic  radials  much  wider  than 
the  lirst  costal.s.  about  as  wide  as  long,  and  the  sloping  upper  faces  almost  as 
short  as  tlie  upper  face;  the  first  costals.  as  a  rule,  a  little  larger  than  tlie 
second.  Distichals  two.  one  third  smaller  tliaii  the  preceding  .•ixillary.  I'al- 
mars  two,  small.  Interbrachial  ami  interdisti<'lial  areas  .Himeuliat  grooved  at 
the  upper  ends,  l.iterdistiehals  disposed  in  six  to  seven  row< ;  the  first  as 
large  as  tlie  first  costuls,  with  obtuse  upper  angle  and  long  lateral  laces,  great- 


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est  will  ill  iiboiit  one  foiiitli  its  lii-ight ;  siiccccdiiig  iilutes  in  rows  of  two,  tla- 
iil)|)er  oiU's  siiiiiil  and  incguliiily  iirranyed.  Anal  intornidius  wide,  de- 
pressed between  the  arm  bases,  and  forming  at  the  ventral  snrlace  a  I'onnded 
riilgi'.  wliicli  connects  with  the  anus;  the  plates  very  numerous  and  irregu- 
larly arninged.  Interdistichals  generally  1,  li,  Ll.  Ventral  di.-U  low-convex, 
the  inlirambulaeral  spaces  depressed,  the  plates  nearly  Hat.  The  food 
grooves  in  the  cast  are  delinciited  by  prominent  ridges,  which  bifurcate  half 
wa)-  out  to  the  arms,  and  again  close  to  the  arm  bases,  giving  olT  in  tiio 
calyx  four  arms  to  the  ray. 

JInil.iiii  (tint  l.oviililij.  —  I'pper  part  of  Niagara  group,  near  Chicago,  Ills. 

liihini-ks.  —  Tiiis  species  was  regarded  by  Hall  as  a  synonym  ol'  I'lriich"- 
rriiiii-i  W'liitlklili,  iiiit  we  agree  with  Miller  that  the  two  forms  are  distinct. 
The  jilatcs  of  /'.  W'liiljii  Itii  are  llat  and  limly  ornamented,  those  of  1'.  in/ili.i- 
convrv  ami  without  ornamentation;  the  radials  of  the  former  possess  promi- 
nent liilge-^.  whiih  are  wanting  in  the  other.  We  disagree  with  Miller, 
honever,  as  to  hi.s  ••  S('iiin-uiiis"  h'l/iini.  which  we  take  to  be  identical  with 
P.  //;/;//.(•. 

Poriochocriniis  urniformis  (s.  A.  Mn.ni.). 
I'ia',  L.  Fi-js.  .',„.  h. 

l^^l,     .V„'.v,rv(/i».i  »,v//;.,vi/.  —  S.   A     .\Iii.i,i;ii.  .I.iulii.   Iniilli    Sic.  N.il    Ilis|  ,  Veil.  IV.,   |i.  !7il,   I'hitc  i, 

l*^"'.').      /''■rt'r/i"rnfitt!i  Hi-tiifhriitit  {'■}  —  W  iiint  Si'.;    IttM-inu  I'ala'opr..  I*:ni  111  .  p    llU't. 

hMi.  .SV/.ri<vi'i»« /'»'■'/'"■""''  — ^    ■'^    .Mii.i.i  u;   l^^i',  .Imini  t'iiii'in.  S.n-.  N.ii.  H\>[..  Vi.l.  V.,  |..  ^l, 

I'l.iic  ;i,  Ki-.  .i 

Smi.  I>,n.r/,.,,;i,„,>  ,, ■,.■;,■■.,:.,/,  (■■)  —  \\\  lui.l  Sv  ;   l!,M-i..M  I'l.Iii r.,  I'.ir;  III  .  p.  lull. 

Only  known  from  inlcriiiil  casts.  ('aly.\  large,  o\oid;  greatest  width 
arro-«  the  .11111  ba>es,  which  are  somewhat  projecting;  plates  gradually 
lii'cira^ing  in   width   upwards. 

ISa^als  small,  forming  a  rather  low  cup.  Hadials  anil  costals  nearly  of 
ecpial  -i/e  ;  their  width  actus-  the  middle  I'cpial  to  their  height;  the  upper 
and  lower  faces  less  cou-^lricted  'ban  in  the  )ireceding  spccli's.  I)i.-tichais 
two.  the  first  one  fiuirth.  and  the  >econd  as  much  as  one  half,  smaller  llian 
the  (ostal  axillaries.  I'lilmars  two.  small.  Interbiachial  and  iiilerdislichal 
areas  on  a  level  with  siinoundiiig  lirachials.  cNcejit  close  to  the  arm  bases, 
where  they  form  rather  wide,  well  marked  depressions,  which  ai'i'  conlinui'd 
upon  the  tognien.  l-"ii>t  inleibrachial  of  about  the  s;mie  size  as  the  first  costal, 
but  pentangular  in   |i!ace  of  he.\angnlar;  succeeded  by  si.\  to  seven  rows  of 


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two  jiliites  ciicli.  Tntprdistidinl",  1,  'J,  2;  the  first  rcslinj^  within  tlie  iiotcli  of 
llio  first  (listichiils.  Anal  .xido  rciiiarkal)!}'  wide.  The  nnal  phite,  whieh  elosely 
resembles  tiie  radials,  followed  hy  three  raihiT  larjie  ])lates,  and  tiiese  h^- 
three  smaller  ones  and  an  eloni^ate  plate  at  each  side,  wiiicli  latter  rise  to 
the  top  of  the  plates  of  the  third  row,  so  that  tin'  seeond  and  third  rows  to- 
j^ether  eontain  eight  plates.  This  arrnngement,  however,  is  not  invariable; 
tiiere  aic  some  speeiinens  in  which  these  rows  have  live  plates  I'aeli.  and  the 
plates  above,  on  approaching  the  tegineii,  Ibiin  u  ronndcil.  conspienoii-:  ridge, 
whieh  conneets  with  the  anus.  The  course  of  the  and)ulacra  is  indicati'd  in 
tlie  casts  by  well  mark('(l  riilges,  whieh  branch  twice  njjon  the  surface, 
and  show  that  there  was  tx  third  bifurcation  in  the  ealy.v.  ^'entral  di.-k 
hcnnspheri<'al,  composed  of  rather  uniform  pieces  of  moderate  size.  Anus 
sul)eeulral. 

llar'nan  nil'/  J.dciilili/.  —  Upper  part  of  Niagara  group;  Chicago,  Ills. 

Jii  iiiiii-f,:f.  —  We  have  carefully  eoniparcil  Miller's  types  of  his  "Siii-rn- 
criiins"  jii/rifiiriiilii  with  the  types  of  Pi riirliiii'riiiii'<  iii'iii/'iniiis.  both  in  the 
colleetioM  of  Mr.  Kgan  of  Chicago,  and  came  to  the  conclusion  tiiat  the  dif- 
fei'cnei's  i)ointed  out  in  tlie  descriptions  are  not  constant,  and  are  to  a  large 
extent  imaginary, 

(?)  Periochocrinus  ornatiis  iiiAn). 

PMr  L.  Fhj^.  .!,i.  /,.  mil/  r/air  1. 1.  Fill.  7. 

b7").     Sdi'forriim*  l)niiltii!i—\\\\.\.\  (ii'ii  lirp    Oliin,  l';ilii I  ,  Yc.l    II  ,  |l.  1311,  rl;ili' ti,  Vii:*.  *  In  0. 

h^l.     yV,/.v//././7««,«  onuiliif—  W,  mill  Si'  ;   Iti'vl^i.iM  I'liln '.,  l':irl  II..  |i.  Y\i. 

Svii.  S,n;-n,-ri,iin  H,nrf/lrfi  —  S.  A.  MiMiii;   I'-'.IJ.  A.lv   Sh.il-  l>>ili  Hi|i  (n"l  Si[i-v,  lii.ll:inii,  p.  i'.i. 
I'liiti'  .'i,  Kins.  1  ami  -2. 

A  snialler  spi'cies  than  the  jireceding  one.  Calyx  oboviite  ;  the  dorsal  cup 
elongate  urii-sliapcd.  obsciu'idy  pentangular  in  tiic  upper  portions,  the  rays 
at  ilie  arm  bases  widely  separated,  especially  upon  the  posterior  side.  Plates 
liighly  elevated,  subconical.  with  deeply  cliaini(di'(l  suture-^;  the  smfaee  cov- 
ered with  c,)arse  rugixities  or  irregular  protuberances,  nieeting  in  the  centre 
of  the  plate^'.  and  jia-sing  out  to  the  edg(>s. 

Basals  rather  large,  forming  a  moderately  spreading  cup.  Tladials  and 
I'ostals  higher  than  wide,  gradu.ally  deiM'casing  in  si/.e  ,  thi'  former  consid- 
I'rably  larger  than  the  eost.als.  Distichals  free  from  above  the  third  plaie. 
Arm  structure  unknown.  Interbrachials  in  five  rows;  the  first  plate  ns  large 
as  the  first  costal;  there  are  two  in  the  sccoinl  range,  .iml  live  in  the  three 


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iil)|)i'i'  oiii's  i(p;4ciliiT.  iIk'  liitli'i'  iin'ciiiiL!:  till'  ini('iiiinl)iilii('iiil  jiit'ci's.  Intcr- 
IjiucIiiiiU  a|ii)iiii'iilly  lliioe.  \'t'iitiiil  <li>k  riitlRT  ili'pri'ssiMl  noiir  llie  otitov 
iiiargin  ;  tlic  ciuti:!!  iimtidiis  ijradiiiilly  \\Au'^  to  u  good-fi/fd  !iii:il  tiilic, 
coniposi'il  1)1"  iiKKliTiili'ly  liii;;!'.  ('oiivi.'X   jilatis  siniiliir  to  tlioM'   fdriMiiij:'  tlio 

tcgllU'll. 

J/"ri:.iiii  ihiil  l.''inlihj.  —  Niiigiiiii  groiiji ;  Vi'lluw  ^iniiigs,  ().,  ami  St.  Paul, 
Sliclliy  Co..  Iiiil. 

//';//<'< /.*.-- Tliis  s])ecit's  (Icpaits  from  llic  otliiM'.s  in  liaviiiLf  a  large  nnal 
tiil)i'.  a  cliaracliT  wliicli  in  ollior  groups  \\\\s  Wvw  ifgartli'il  ol  gcnorio  ini- 
portaiicc.  and  we  >l]oiiId  |iro|io-('  I'or  it  a  new  ^cnus  if  wo  wt'ic  better 
inlorniud  as  to   liie  anal  slrucliMu  of  ilio  oilier  spccios. 

Pericchocrinxis  tenncsseensis  (IImi). 

rint,'  L.  /•',,/. ,;. 

I  ^.'»n.     !^tit'i'(n'nnii!t  hnn>\<iit'iH'^\s  -'  TltnuM  MS. 

1>.;.),     .V,„v,»VM«.. /,■//«,■..,..,■,/./.— 11  or;  (iciil.  II,  |).  (Il.i...  r;.|.i-.M,i,,  A',,1.  II..  p.  IJ",.  I'l:,l|.  fi.  Vir.  10. 

Svii    .V/c.-i..v/>(»t  -/)T(./..«s — Uuno.ii  (mcjI    1I.\1,ii;  Silur.  I'iiiiiiii  ili»  Wi^ll.  'J'l  ini  ,  )i.  k'.   I'liiii  .'I. 

or  llio  type  of  /'.  -yz/r/.o/'.v  IImII,  ImiI  tlic  lliird  division  of  cacli  ray  taUcs 
placi'  'n  tliu  lalv.x  and  not  in  tln'  arms;  ami  it  lias  twrnly  primary  arms  in 
plai'f  of  ten.  1  loisal  clip  cloiiiialu  oliconical.  one  lomlli  liii:lii'r  than  wide, 
sligliily  intlatcd  at  iwo  liiirds  its  lu'iglil.  Arm  liasi's  ('on<piciioM>ly  projccliiig. 
diH'ply  dcjiri'sscd  i.i'luiH'ii  the  rays  and  llieir  main  divisions;  the  depressions 
of  the  anal  side  \\ide>t  .ind  deepest.  Surface  of  jdates  smooth,  willi  a  faint 
longitudinal  elevation  aloiiLT  the  radial  series,  which  at  the  toji  ol'  the  diii.^id 
Clip  widens  to  iho  lull   width  of  the  iiniis. 

I>a-als  rorming  a  soinewhat  conical  cup.  Hadials  mm  h  larger  than  the 
eo-ials  ;  ihe  latter  coiisideiahly  narrower,  and  hut  little  longer  than  wide. 
Di^iielial'  Iwo,  half  the  size  ol'  the  jireeeding  a.\illaiy.  as  wide  as  high.  I'.il- 
mars  still  smaller,  rounded  like  arm  jiliites.  ,\rius  thin.  e\  lindrical.  ananged 
ill  pairs.  I(i>erial  Irom  their  origin.  Interhiaehial  areas  composed  of  (i\e  or 
si.\  rows;  the  plates  anaiigeil  as  in  the  jirecedilig  sjiecies,  inclmlilig  those  ol' 
the  anal  side.  \'eiiti,d  di-k  constructei!  of  a  iiiiiulier  of  polygonal  plates 
without  delinito  arrangenieiit.     Anus  suljceiitral. 

H"rr.''n  mil)  J.'<-'i/il'/.  —  Niagara  group;  Dicalur  and  Perr}"  Cos..  Teiin., 
nnd  Yellow  Springs.  (). 

Ill  iiiiiil-x.  —  Till'  typo  speeiinon,  colli  eted  hy  Dr.  'i'roo-t.  came  from   I)e- 


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patiir  Co.,  Tfiin.,  find  tla-re  is  but  lidlu  (loii])t  timt  the  one  dcscrilicd  by 
Hoemcr,  iiiul  iirovisioniilly  rL'lLMTL'd  by  liim  to  San-iirriiinn  .yicrid^ns  II;ill  (Siliir. 
Fiiiiiift  West.  T'.'iiii.,  Pluto  3,  Fig.  .I),  ie|)re.s('iit.s  tlio  same  species.  We  Iinvo 
ill  our  collection  sevonil  .specimens  (Vom  that  locality  with  I'onr  arms  Id  omcIi 
rny.  but  none  «illi  tliree  in  tlic  posterior  ra^s,  as  shown  in  Ivociiier's  (ijriiro. 
wliicli  is  saiil  to  bo  a  restoration.  Tlio  specimen  described  afterwards  liy 
Hall  is  ft  natural  cast  in  the  Ohio  State  Caljinet. 


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Periechocrinus  Howard!  (S.  A.  Mii.i.rn). 

I^lli.     ,V</.-a«t///m  //.y/ran/i  — S.  A.  Mll.i.ili;  Adv.  Sliwls  l^lli  Ucp.  fli'dl.  Suit.,  Iii(li;in:i,  p.  .W,  I>1„|,.  r,, 
Kins.  ;!  iiiiil  I-. 

A  small  species.  Calyx  liii.;her  than  wide,  broadly  trimcnted  at  the  liasc, 
ami  l)iit  slightly  oxnanding,  .so  as  to  \)v  almost  snbcylindrical  to  near  the 
arm  l)ascs,  which  bend  al)ruptly  outward.  Plates  tumid,  without  oriiiimen- 
tation  ;  suture  lines  beveled. 

Baso  short,  forming  a  broad  rim,  which  is  srpiarely  trnncated  at  the  bot- 
tom ;  its  diameter  e((ual  to  two  tliinls  the  greatest  width  ofthecii]!.  Hadials 
more  tumid  than  the  other  plates,  about  as  wide  as  long.  First  costals  two 
thir<ls  the  size  of  the  radials;  the  second  much  smidler.  Disticlials  three, 
directed  almost  at  rigiii  angles  to  tlio  axis  of  the  calyx  ;  supporting  tlie  fiee 
arms.  Ann  openings  ten,  arrangeil  in  pairs,  each  pair  separated  by  numer- 
ous iulcrradial  plates,  which  connect  with  the  plates  of  the  tegmen.  Inter- 
railial  areas  composed  of  two  or  three  largo  tumid  plates,  followed  by  smaller 
ones.  In  the  type  specimen  there  is  but  one  large  jdate  in  the  second  row 
at  the  regular  sides,  probably  the  usual  two  being  consolidated.  Anal  area 
much  wider  and  somewhat  flattened,  the  plates  rising  almost  vertically.  Anal 
plate  followed  by  .'!,  .'J,  and  ■")  interbrachials ,  tho<e  of  the  liitler  row  irregu- 
larly arranged.  Ventral  disk  almost  or  a  level  with  the  arm  bases,  only  the 
central  part  a  little  convex  ;  couiposed  of  numerous  small  plates  witliout  defi- 
nite arrangement.     The  anal  opening  marginal. 

Ifiirhrm  iiinl  Jj'iriih'///. — Niagara  group;  St.  Paul,  Shelby  Co.,  Iiid. 

/(■d/xo/n.  —  Heing  unable  to  obtain  the  type  specimen,  our  description  i.s 
made  after  Miller. 


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TIIK  CUINOIDKA   CAMKUATA   OK  NOKTII   AMKUICA. 


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(••)  Periochocrinus  Whitei  (il  \i,i.). 
rf'itc  XL  17.  /Vys.  J,  J,  o,  <iwl  J'hil,  LI.  F'igs.  0,  10. 

.irlimi,;iiiii'  (Mi'ii.x/oi-iiiiii')  ll'/ii/et  —  11.V1.1.  j  I'lilini    Disii.  .\i»  I'liii.,  p  2,  mill  l!(iil   Jwirii.  Nnt. 

iiiM.,  |i.  i;i. 

Mi/hlifi-iiKit  (Stitviii-riiiw)   iriiilti  —  Mkkk  nml   \ViiUTili.N  ;  (irul.    ltr|i.   llliiici!.,  Veil.  V.,   |).  H'J7, 

I'luli'  li,  Fil,'».  1./,  4,  <•• 
.\/yith„;-itiiit  U'/ii/ri  —  S   A.  Mll.l.KU!   Amcr.  I'lilii'nz.  F"»h  ,  |>   SX 
l'l>^l.     l'ri-i:vliurriiii:.i   H'^iV.)   -  \V.  iiiul  Si',  j   U.  v;»iiiii  I'aliiuiT.,   I'liit   II,  |i    1.1:1;  iinil  Wliilliildj  Amcr. 
Mils.  Nut.  Ili»l.,  IMCI,  V.il.  I.,  |.   il,  i'latc-  !i,  li:.-.  ■-".). 
Syii.  .li'liHoi'i-iiiKt  {I'r.il.i.-riiiii')  ui.iiilii' —  Mki;k  nml  WiiuriiKV  ;   Isi'il.  I'n.r.  Aciiil.  Xiil.  Sci.  I'liilu  , 
|i.  i:i:i,  iilxi  l'>i'iH,  iii'.il.  |{i'|i.  lliiiiiii.4,  Viil.  III.,  |>.  1711.  I'luii'  li'i.  KiK.  i. 

&\ii.  .l>-fiitu<-i'ifiMi  in,ii>lini —  S,  \.  .Mii.i.KK;  .\m('r.  I'nliri  /,    Ku'-s  ,  p.  (Wi. 

Svii.  I'rriifhurriiim  (liiiiihi) — \V.  iilul  Siv  ;    Hi'visiini  ''iiUnrl'..  I'liil   II.,  p.  1,'U. 

Calvx  (U'pi'u-sid  boll-sliii[)0(l,  lieiglit  niid  gieate.-it  widtli  nonrly  of|Unl ; 
li'giiu'ii  tliitti'iii'il  or  (K'|ii-t'ssi'(l  convex  ;  [liatos  tliiii,  ami  williout  oi  iiiiiiiciila- 
tioii;  radial  ridge  hut  iiiiiilly  iiiiiieated. 

IJasal.s  fonuing  a  .•^liallow  Iia>iii,  aluiiiillv  tniii('at''d  at  tlie  liottoiii  lor  tlie 
reci'iition  of  the  ti)hiiiin  ;  liie  latter  onupviiig  two  tiiird.s  the  diameter  of  the 
\n\<i.'.  lladial.s  large,  !.'nglli  and  width  suheijual,  their  uinier  lateral  faee.s 
shiirter  than  the  corre-iioiiilin-'  Uf-.vei'  oni's.  J''ir>t  eo.^lal.-i  searecly  more 
thiin  hail'  tlie  .-ii/e  of  the  radinN.  [jro|iiirlionall\  a  litlle  longer,  and  hexan- 
giiliir;  •■iecdud  c'l-tal.-*  niiu'h  .^iiialler  than  the  lirsi.  and  |iinlangular.  The 
laller  ^^'piiorl  lour  di.'<ii(dial<.  uliieh  acrordiiig  to  the  age  ol  the  >iiecMMen  are 
I'illier  all  li\ed  or  in  |iart  free.  The  distichals  >hort.  even  the  rM>l  \\liieh  i.«i 
twi'o  as  long  as  the  succeeding  ones.  Arm  facets  jirojecting,  arranged  in 
pairs,  the  s|ia(.'es  hot  ween  tiic  rays  Iwici  as  wide  as  those  latwcen  ihcir  main 
ili\i>ii'ns.  Arms  long,  gradually  decreasing  in  .siw  \ipwards,  very  dtdieate  at 
the  toil,  liiserial  aliovi'  the  lirsl  to  ihc  third  di.«^lichal.  Pinnules  long.  elo>e]y 
packed  and  rather  sioui  ;  their  joints  twice  as  long  as  wiile.  Fir.st  inter- 
hraciiial  as  large  as  the  lirsl  cuslals  or  larger;  .sujiporling  two  ^nudler  plates 
in  llie  -ecoiid  raiiLii'.  three  in  the  third,  ami  a  nundier  of  irregular  pieee.s 
alios e.  Anal  interradins  very  wide;  each  one  of  the  three  plates  icsting  upon 
the  first  anal  almo-^t  as  large  as  the  om'  plate  of  the  regular  sides,  'i'hev  are 
rollnwcd  liy  ihrcc  smaller  pieces,  and  these  in  large  specinu'ns  hy  as  much  as 
twenty  or  more  iilates,  of  which  the  uppi'r  row  ronneet.s  with  the  plaU>  of 
the  legmen.  The  disk  plates  are  ."mall  ihrouglionf,  and  closely  rc-emlile  the 
interamliulacral  ]ilatcs  df  some  IV'iitacrinidie.  Anus  excentric.  rising  hut 
I'lile  above   the  gemual   surlaeo  of  the  tegmen.     Colmnn  >lout,  the  joints 


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(|ultu  imifoiin ;  tlicir  upper  imtl  lower  fiiccs  striated  nt  tlie  iiiiirjriii,  mid 
Hiiiuutli  ill  tiie  iniiiiliu  ;  Mxiui  caiiiil  of  iiioileriile  si/.c. 

Jfuriiiiii  iiwl  L'lfii/ih/. —  111  tliu  Kiiiderliuok  group  nt  I,e  Ci;iii(l.  Miir>liiill 
Co.,  low:),  niiii  ill  liotli  iliviHiuns  uf  the  liuiliiij^loii  group  tit  liiiiiiiigtoii  iiml 
other  phices. 

Ill iiiiirhx.  —  There  eiiii  he  no  iloiiht  liuil  tlie  siieeimeiis  of  the  tiiiee  heils 
represent  one  ami  the  same  species,  althoiigli  ililTeriiij^  eoii^iilerahlv  in  size. 
In  tiie  Kiiiderliook  j^roiip  the  ^peciiiiciis  are  siiialier.  mid  oiilv  a  single  dis- 
ticlial  tiikoH  part  in  the  calyx,  wliile  in  tin?  liuiiington  two  or  three  of  them 
are  incorporated,  miil  the  specimens  have  proportionally  more  inteihrachial 
plaled. 

(")  Periechocrinus  tenuidisciis  (IImi.'). 
rial,  XI A  I.  l\i. ,;.  „//./  I'hW  LI.  h\i.  (]. 

l^fil.     C)  Arfiihif-riHiix  Irmihhvnx—  II M.I. ;   riiliiii   DiHT.  Nrw  Crin.,  |i    1 1. 
X^'iT .    .IrtiiiiH'riiiiin  iiiiniili'f^ii  —  S.  .\.  .Mii.i.m;  Ciitul   \'An-,\i.  F""-..  |i.  r.s. 

I'l''!.      I'niii-huri'iilllH  ICilHill'fua  —  \V.  llNil  Si'   ;    Itc'vi"!'!!!  I'illlllPl'r.,  I'iirl  I!.,  p    l^H. 

Clo-ely  allied  to  the  ])receding  species,  and  ])eiliaps  a  mere  variety  of  tli(> 
Hnine.  Dorsal  cup  more  compressed,  and  distinctly  rounded,  llie  arm  liases 
less  projectini;,  mid  the  plates  ornamented.  'J"he  plates  of  the  dorsal  cup 
ciivere(l  hy  lii'oad,  ili-iie(iui(l  ridges  passing  out  fioiii  near  th<'  middle  of  the 
plates  to  the  margins,  wlieie  they  meet  the  ridges  of  adjoining  [ilates.  The 
ridges  lollowing  the  hraciiials  more  prumineiit.  especially  as  they  ajiproatdi 
the  arm  liases.  A  similar  ridge  follows  the  nu'dian  line  of  the  anal  area. 
Tlio  surface  of  the  plates  is  heautifully  marked  hy  very  fine  r.idialing  wrink- 
les; the  pl.iles  very  tliin  at  tlieir  outer  iiiargins,  and  hut  little  thicker  in  the 
niid<ile. 

IJasals  fiu'iuing  a  low  hexagonal  liasin,  w  ith  a  slightly  projecting  rim  at 
till'  hottom  ;  iho  culiimn  facet  somewhat  conc.'ixt'.  occupying  one  half  the 
diameter  of  the  eiip.  liadials  large,  nearly  as  long  as  wide;  the  coslals  eoii- 
siderahly  smaller,  decreasing  in  size  n|)wm'ds  in  the  same  jiropoitioiis  as  the 
radials  and  fnsl  costals.  Histichals.  so  far  as  ohserved.  two  or  three  in  the 
calyx;  the  two  upper  ones  curved  like  arm  plati  -.  First  inleihiachial  as  large 
as  the  lirsl  <'o-:lal-.  and  as  wide  as  long,  those  ot  the  second  rfiw  eipial  to  the 
second  cost.'ds  ;  the  second  row  has  two  or  Ihi'i'c  i)lales,  and  the  succeeiliug 
ones  tliri'e  (u-  fiuir.  Anal  inleriadius  very  wiile;  the  Inst  anal  jilale  smaller 
than  tlie   radials;  the  tliree  plates  overlying  it  as  large  as  the  first   inter- 


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TIIK   CiUXOIDKA   (  AMKRATA   OK   NORTH    AMKKKA. 


liiiiL'liial  of  till"  ri'giilar  sides;  siiceetMliii;,'  rows  goiuMiilly  contdiiiiiiy:  five  jilutt'8. 
Inlerilistii'luils  one.    Stiiictuie  of  toj,'iiien  niiil  nrins  not  kiiitwii. 

llori'iiii  liiiil  [.nrnlit'/. — I/iwi'i'  liiiiiiiigtoii  liiiR'stunu  ;  Ihirlingtuii,  Iowa. 

y^//('  ill  tlio  Miisi'iiiii  ol' CuinparatiM"  Zoiilogy. 


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MEOISTOCRINUS  •>.  anl  Sm  m 

IS.-iJ.  Oivttv  aihl  Shi  Miiiii;   I'.  S.  (ii,.l    II,  p    lowii,  \Vi>c.  :iiiil  Minn.,  p  5'.H. 

IS.tS.  Ilvix;  Im'oI.  Iti'p.  In»n,  Vol.  I..  I'lirl  II.,  p  W. 

IHIUI.  .Mmk^ui.I  WniiniKN,   I'rnri't'ii.  .Vi'imI.  Nat   t«n.  I'liilii,  p.  Il'<3, 

W.\.  MltKlllul  W.JHIIIIN;    (l.ul    llrp    lllill..i».  Vol.  V.  p   iUKl. 

1S7U.  /.iiiH.;  II.iiiilli.  >l<r  I'alii t  ,  V.il.  I  ,  p.  HTI. 

issl.  W.  nnJ  Si',i   llivi.c..ii  i'lilunir.,  I'ail  II.,  p.  l:l.",  (|'n«v  .\™l.  Niil.  Si-I.  I'liil.i  ,  p.  IKl'.l). 

1»'.KI        S.    \     Mlll.KIl;    Nnrlh  AllllT.  (iriil.  Ullil   I'llln'nllt..  p.  i'l'id 

Spi'oiiiiL'iiH  ijiMierally  lai'Ljc ;  tlio  calyx  (lc|iri'ssoil,  wider  tliaii  liigli  ; 
(liitti'iu'd  on  tlio  l)utU)iii,  ami  soiiictiiiu's  excaxali'il  ;  tlii'  jilali-s  livavy. 
I!,i*;ds  tliit'c,  clo-ifly  aiidiylosed  and  not  divislMc.  I'orniiiij,'  tojit'llifr  a  liiii'lt 
iif.\aiij;ular  plalc,  pieirod  liy  a  larj^o  canal.  Itadials  gi'iu'iidlv  .-pruad  out 
liiiii/oiitally.  widor  tliaii  loiijr.  and  all  iicNaginial  in  oiitlino.  t'ci.-^tnls  of  a 
-iiiiilar  I'onn  in  tlie  radials,  mid  alnni>t  as  larj^c.  'I'lic  nunilicr  of  iiiin  liial.s 
piiilicipaliiii,'  ill  till'  fiilyx  is  <piite  vaiiaMc  aiiioni;  tlic  spi'cics;  in  ^nnu>  of 
ilii'iii  till'  ray.-i  are  fieo  from  idiovi;  tlic>  dislii'lial.-^,  wliilo  in  titlier.''  piilinai's, 
Miiil  I'xccptionally  post-]>aliiiar-',  an*  incorimratcd.  Anns  hiscrial  lliroii^h- 
ont,  Inancliiiiv',  and  jmidiially  diiiiinisliiii;f  in  si/c  upwards.  l'iiiiiiik'.<  small 
and  randy  prusorvi-d.  Tlii'  I'ood  "^rotivcs  of  tlic  arms  rovcii'd  liy  two  row."* 
of  covi'iiiii,'  jdatos,  iMMiU'i'i'd  on  cacli  sido  liy  a  scries  of  well  didincd  side 
pieces,  wlii(di  in  some  s|)eeios  enter  llie  tci,nn"ii.  Iiilcrlnaidiials  niiiiierons 
and  in  contact  with  ilic  iiiteraiiilnilacral  jiicces.  Anal  area  very  wid";  the 
tlii'ee  plates  of  the  (iist  iiilcrln'aidiial  row  larj,'e.  and  ftdlowcd  hy  several 
raiijjfes  of  iVom  loiir  to  six  |)ieces.  Ventral  disk  low  lieniispliericiil.  tlic 
orals  and  radial  dome  plates  often  i'^olated  liy  small  peri-omic  plates.  wlii(di 
increase  in  niimlier  with  the  jrrowth  of  the  imlividnal.  Anns  exccntric, 
sometimes  niiir<.'inal.  ('oliiiiui  very  lari^o  niul  loiijr.  with  strong  cirri  at  the 
distal  end;  the  eciilr;il  cantd  wide  and  pciitaloliate. 

Dishilii'li'.ni.  —  This  e-cniis  appears  in  America  in  the  Cornifcrons,  survives 
the  Hamilton  ami  Kiiiderhook  groups,  and  disajipear-:  hcforc  the  (dose  of  the 
rpper  nniliiigton.  In  Knrope  it  is  prolialdy  reprcscntcil  hy  ••  Av/inocrlinis" 
fjlii/josiis  Phillip-,  from  the  Monnlain  lime-tone  of  Knglaiul. 

T'/j>i'  of  the  genus:  Miyiatiifrliiiis  KcnnsL 


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HATorniNin.K. 


688 


III iiiiiil,".  —  Wo  lifuo  not  lit'cn  iiMc  to  ir.icc  llic  type  uf  .Uiiji.stiirriniis 
h'liiijijii,  liaviM<;  ^'^'ll^^•llt'^l  lor  it  in  viiin  in  llif  KiKipi)  collcciion  at  New  I'roxi- 
iltMicc,  Iml.,  anil  in  llic  F.yon  colli'i'tion  ;  anil  we  oinil  ili'sciiliin^r  it,  as  tjiu 
lijfurt'H  in  llio  I'ioccimI.  of  iIu'  Soc.  Nat.  S<'i.  i'liila.  are  nunu'wlmt  nii>l('ailihg. 

'I'lii'  lirancliinj^  of  llic  arms  in  llii-ir  Itisi'iia!  stati'.  wlii'ri'iiy  tiiiMi'  iiro 
two  rows  of  interlocking  joints  Itelow  tlic  lirst  bilinvation,  as  it  iicfins  in 
lliis  Hriiiis  ami  in  /'iiiirhiicriiitin  and  AliucdcriiinK,  is  \i'iy  (■liMra('li'ri>li('  of 
llio  tinx'o  genera,  wliieli  are  otiierwiso  well  distingnislied  IVcnn  eacli  oilier. 
This  arm  strnelure  oci-nrs  also  in  Ar/iiinri-iiiiix  wlicii  tiiere  is  ii  bil'ureatioii 
beyond  tiic  ealy.\,  and  in  some  of  tiie  Klioiloerinidie. 


''I 


Mogistocrinus  Evansi  <>.  miuI  sm  m. 
J  htif  XL  III.  Fiijs.  /,(,  />,  Jit,  /'.  J,  ',11.  /.,  .',,1,  h,  0. 

ISr.O.       f)«KN  mill   Sill  MMlh;    .Inlini     Al'llll.    Nlll.  Sl'i,    I'hil.l.,    Vnl.    II  .  |l     M. 

b.'ii.     II«K\  iiMil  Smi  Minis  r.  S.  (ii'ul   Siiiv.  WiM'.,  liiMii  mill  Miiiti.,  p  .V,ll,  ri^ito  6./,  ?iif!<.  3./,  *. 

I^^l.     \\.  :ui.l  ><r  ;  lltvi-i.Mi  I'liht r.,  rml  II.,  p.  |.'I7. 

Svii.  .l,-liiiii,Ti,int  /lO'vii'wai.t  —  IIaI.I.  ;   IS,>,  (icnl.   Hep,   IciMu,  Viil.  I  ,  Pari  II.,  p  .',71,  I'lalc  In, 

Kiir*..  ^/,  A  (  l//v//t/«.T///«.»  fnrvii'oniii  \\ ,  mill  Sp  ). 
8vil.  .IrtiHiH'riilii'  imiii-rliilH'—  ll.\l.l.;    l'>.'iS.  iliiil,,  p   hri, 
8vii.  .{'•fiiiofi'iiHii  iiiiH'ir  —  11  0.1. ;   H.')*»,  ibid.,  p.  5,3. 
Svii.  M,-,/i.,t,„;-i,i«.<  i,/i««<  —  WiiiTK,  I'^lri,  I'ri.i-ccil.  l\u>t.  >i,n\  Nut,   lli-l.,  Vi.I.  IX  ,  .\pril  iiiiiiiInT 

(\iilli<>r'>  Kil.,  p.  Hi). 
Svii.  Mfyl'>'i''riiii4.i  iaii-vi,„.</ri.'  —  Mkkk  iiiiil  Wniniiv.N  ;  l»iill,  I'rnc   .\c:ii|    Nut,  Sci    I'lnhi  ,  p,  lll.'i, 
mill  (ir„l.  11,'p.  Iljiunl^,  V..1.  v.,  p   itllil.  ri.ilf  I),  I'ii;  7. 

Attaining  very  large  si/.o.  Calyx  wider  than  liigli.  Inmcated  to  near  llie 
top  of  the  radials  ;  hasi-rudial  siitines  broadly  and  deeply  channeled  ;  basals 
more  or  less  depressed,  rarely  rising  beyond  the  plane  of  the  radials;  sides 
of  the  dorsal  enp  evenly  spreiiding  to  the  top  of  liie  costals.  and  more 
abniplly  thence  to  tiie  .arm  bases.  I'lates  lieavy.  a  little  convex,  the  surface 
smooth  or  slightly  corrugated,  the  sutmc  lines  deeply  eamiliciilate. 

Hasals  closidy  ancliylosed  ;  horl/ontal.  roimded  off  toward  the  basi-rndial 
sutures,  forming  a  nearly  Hat  hexagon  pi(>rced  by  a  large  pentalobale  canal  ; 
the  colmiin  occnpying  aliout  one  half  its  diameter,  liiidials  w  ider  than  long, 
all  hexagonal  in  outline;  their  lower  faces  ])arallel  with  the  n]i|ii'r;  upper 
and  lower  sloping  faces  about  eipial.  First  costals  hexagonal,  as  long  as  the 
radials,  but  somewhat  narrower;  iho  second  simdler  and  pentangular.  The 
axillary  costal  supports  at  each  side  two  large  disticlials.  followed  by  palmars, 
of  which  the  two  proximal  ones  at  either  side  of  the  axillary  are  nearly  n.s 
long  as  wide,  coinpuratively  large,  and  tlioso  of  the  .same  ray  interlock  at 


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IIIK   (  IflNUIDKA   r.VMKHA.v   (»l'   MHU'll   AMKUIt'A. 


ilio  iinii'i'  nidi'?*.  'I'lii'^'  lire  .tiici'i'i'dcil  in  I'lill  giowii  ^llt•(■illl^■tl-  li\  two  scrii't 
of  i>liil(>M  of  lliu  wniK'  onliT,  wliiili  to  the  litdi  or  wixtli  mws  lUe  iiicoiporntiMl 
into  ilii;  ciilyv.  'I'lii'ic  iiii'  ttii  [mir,-*  ol  very  liirgo  arm  ojieiiiiijjM  iliii'ctid 
iipwiiiili,  1)1'  wliii'li  lluisi'  111'  the  mum  puii'  iiio  coiilijriioif,  wliilc  tlio-c  of 
iiiljoiiuii;^  pairs  are  piacotl  iiparl.  Itt'iiij;  Hopariitcd  liy  will  iiiarkcil  dcprt'SMioiiH, 
III  voiiiij^  .siu'i;iiiioiis,  till!  arms  arc  fri'c  almvi'  tin-  siroiid  distirliiil,  ami  tlii'io 
an*  liiit  fivi'  |i:iirs  of  arm  o|iL<iiiii^s.  wliiili  arc  arriuigi'd  as  llic  ten  in  llu' 
oldiT  ont's,  lU'twi'i'ii  llii'so  two  forms  tliori.'  aru  otiii'i's  of  intrrmcdiali'  ftaj^i's 
ill  which,  aUlii)iiL''h  haviiij^  ns  yot  hiil  ti'ii  o|u'nin;:s,  iIr'sl-  are  arraii^'-ril 
siiijflv  —  not  ill  pairs  —  and  their  axillary  di-iidials  form  tlio  iippirmost 
plati;  of  till'  ray  in  tlu'  oalyv.  Arms  loii^'.  riillit'i'  stout,  firipii'iilly  dicliol- 
omi/in^.  Iiiterhrai'liials  in  lar^.^'  spocimi-iis  :  I, 'J,  2,  !),  4,  4,  2,  witli  xlight 
varialions  in  the  upper  rows;  iiiterdisiiehals.  1,  2.  •'!,  2;  iiiial  iiiterradins  :  1, 
.'J,  I,  o,  7,  and  11  mimlier  of  smaller  plates  aliove.  'I'lie  smallest  speeinien 
under  I'xnmination  has  Imt  1.  2,  2  interhrachials.  a  sinule  very  miniili'  inter- 
distiehal.  and  ■'■,  I,  and  '>  plates  ahove  the  (list  anal.  Tej;men  low  hemi- 
spherical to  almost  llat,  with  distinct  plications  towanl  the  outer  m.iiyin 
—  corresponding  to  the  rnys  and  their  main  divisions  —  and  a  slight  groo\e 
at  ilic  anal  side.  I'osterior  or.'il  higlily  coii\ex.  conical,  or  even  .spinous,  and 
Hometimo.s  n.s  jnrgo  as  the  fimr  olhers  together,  from  which  it  is  separated  hy 
■several  rather  large,  tumid  plates,  and  in  the  linger  spicimens  liy  very  small, 
irregular,  Hat  pieces  of  suhseipieiit  growth  interspersed  helweeii  the  larger 
ones.  The  smaller  orals  and  radial  dome  plates  are  surrounded  hy  dimilar 
plates,  which  increase  in  nuniher,  as  well  as  in  size  and  convexity,  with  the  size 
of  the  specimen.  In  the  smallest  exami)]es  liefore  us  (here  are  five  minute, 
isolated  pieces,  interposeil  at  the  ends  of  the  inter-oral  .sutures,  and  the  orals 
arc  Htill  in  contact  among  themselves  and  with  the  radial  dome  plates  hy 
small  surfaces  in  the  next  largest  specimens,  the  interposed  plates,  allhongli 
yet  very  small  and  llat.  ari'  nnited  laterally  so  as  to  separate  the  orals,  as 
well  as  the  r.'idial  dome  |ilatcs,  In  the  largest  specimens,  the  interposed 
plates  are  not  only  larger  hnt  also  convex,  and  hundreils  of  secondary  di.-k 
plates  are  introdiiceil  hetweeii  them  over  the  whole  surface,  reseiiihling  in 
form  and  chariicter  the  jjiimary  ones  in  their  earlier  phases.  .'>uch  ])iece.s 
are  foniul  also  in  vast  numhers  near  the  outer  margin,  decreasing  in  size  as 
they  n]iproacli  the  arm  openings.  The  radial  dome  ])lates  —  /.  c.  rovering 
jiiocos  — are  very  irregularly  developed,  some  rays  having  hut  a  single  plate, 
others   four  or  five,  and  while  some  of  them  are  isolated,  others  are  in  con- 


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fnrf  iiiid  iilfiTmitd  willi  oiio  iiiuillaT.  Aniix  iit  iIil'  cikI  <if  a  |ii'olKmciilifui'tu 
(ii'otiilii'raiii'c,  williiii  tlio  arm  ic^itiiis  ur  u  link-  aliovu  oi  luluw.  '.  /'..nm 
larj^i-  iiiil  long.  In  u  laigf  Hpcciuaii  it  was  loiiiiil  inesiiM.'il  t'  i  I iii.'  'i 
(if  til  I'l-  I'l'ot,  liiil  cviileiitly  wan  connitli'iiil*!}'  longer;  it  giai'nulU  sin  rinKid 
ilH  ilianii'tor  Iroiii  1 1  iiiiii.  at  tliu  tup  to  'J I  nun.  at  iliu  (li><lal  ti\'l.  Niui'  the 
calyx,  llic  ikmImI  jointM,  wliicli  at  tlicir  uilgcs  arc  ronmli'il  ami  Minieulmt  iiii- 
tinlating,  inoji'ct  cuii'jiicuon^ly  over  llii-  yonngc.it  ainl  llitii-i'  of  intiTinciliatu 
growth,  lint  JiirtlitM'  ilovvii  uii  tliu  xtvin  t''<,  latter  attain  tliu  m.v  of  ilic  uldct, 
ami  a  wiilcr  jciiiit  always  altc'rimli).'4  witii  ii  narrower  one.  'I'oward  tliu  di.x- 
tal  end  all  llif  Joints  ln'coine  of  tin-  saiiic  l<'n;:lli  an<l  widili.  tin  ir  |iro.\iiiial 
and  ilistMl  Miirl'iKci  iirc  iiivcn-d  with  line  rndinlin^^  r<triii'.  and  tlu'  lini'K  of 
union  art!  /.i;.;/.ajr.  ('cntial  ciiiial  I'.xlri'nii'ly  large,  ocTn|iying  one  third  the 
ilianieter  ol'  the  Joint,  and  oliMcnr(dy  |u'nlalohate.  The  lower  end  ol'  the 
coliiinn  ha«  mil  hi'eii  oliseived,  hnt  IVoin  detarhed  |iartx.  whirii  nndoiilitedly 
lielong  to  thin  'iieeiiw,  it  appears  tiiat  it  was  pro\idi'd  I'or  (|iiite  a  di-lnnce 
with  long  nntl  .stout  hrandies,  which  wi're  perlorated  hy  a  canal  of  elmi- 
gate   fonn. 

Ji'iT.'iii  iiiiil  F.'iriililii. —  Found  in  hoth  divisions  of  the  niiiliiiL'ton  group 
>ip  to  the  while  crystalline  layer.s  ot'  the  npjier  iied  ;  lUn  lington,  Iowa,  and 
Henderson  Co..  Ills. 

Hi iiiiiil,:*.  —  The  -i/.e  of  this  species  is  exlreinely  variidile.  Among  the 
fiflytwo  specimens  under  examination,  the  calyx  varies  iVom  ft  to  (iri  mm. 
in  length,  ami  from  7  to  S.")  mm.  in  width.  As  a  rule,  the  specimens  from 
the  I'pper  Hmlington  division  are  a  .shade  larger,  yet  AVhite's  type  uf 
Jt/ii/in("i'iiiiii!<  jil'iiKi,  the  rpper  hed  iorni,  in  the  .Mnsemn  of  Comparativu 
Zoiilogy,  is  considerahly  smaller  than  the  largest  specimens  IVom  the  Tower 
hed.  .V.  jil'itiix  was  said  to  dilVer  '•  hy  its  convex  hase.  p  .'niin  .t  ia>al 
|ilates,  clr  inided  sutures,  and  the  proportions  of  the  hody  plates  ;  "  hnt 
iieiihi'r  one  of  these  distinelions  will  stand  when  n  lurge  nnmlier  ul'  speci- 
mens are  c<iinp;ired.  The  hasals  are  not  prominent  in  any  of  ihcin  —  not 
even  in  the  type  —  and  the  snliire  lines  are  not  more  chaniuded  than  they 
are  in  specimens  from  the  T.ower  hed.  Ar/imirriiiiis  miimr,  A.  aiijiii-Jnlti.i.  and 
A.  fii-i '■ii'iiniis,  which  m'c  ha\'e  always  held  to  he  one  species,  rc|)resent  earlier 
stages  in  the  (K'veloinnent  of  Mriilxliii-riiiiiy  h'niiisi.  as  we  suggested  in  the 
Itevision  (Part  II.,  p.  I'JS).  "  Aclitidrriniis  "  )in)iiir  with  t"ewer  anal  plates,  and 
the  anal  npertiu'e  much  lower  on  the  posterior  side,  rcpresenis  the  youngest 
foi'in  of  the  species,  and  .1.  Knjicr/nlns  and  A.  hrcrlrDnii.i  a  transition  hetwdi 


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tlie  young  and  the  adult.  The  two  latter  are  said  to  differ  in  the  iniiuber  of 
interbrachials,  in  their  surface  markings,  and  the  condition  of  the  posterior 
oral,  whether  spinous  or  not,  —  characters  unreliable  for  specific  separation. 
Mi'ffistocriiiiis  jMirvirostfis  M.  and  W.,  which  is  comparatively  small,  and  of 
which  the  anus  is  described  as  located  below  the  arm  bases,  is  the  younger 
stage  of  "  Mc(jislocnmts  ijlcnus,"  both  coming  from  the  Upper  bud.  The 
position  of  the  anus  in  this  species  is  quite  variable,  being  sometimes  be- 
low the  arm  regions  not  only  in  the  smaller  specimens,  but  frequently  also 
in  the  larger  ones. 

This  species  is  interesting  for  the  light  it  throws  upon  the  growth  of 
the  individual.  In  the  smallest,  and,  as  we  think,  youngest  specimens, 
there  are  but  two  arm  openings,  the  brachials  being  free  above  the  second 
distichals,  and  remaining  to  a  large  extent  in  the  condition  of  arm  plates. 
The  larger  and  more  mature  specimens,  with  the  interbrachials  increased  to 
more  than  twice  their  previous  number,  have  four  arm  openings,  and  the 
hlsirial  distichals  and  palmars,  the  latter  as  far  as  to  the  fifth  row,  form  part 
of  the  calyx  walls.  The  tegnion  in  its  earlier  form  is  composed  of  but  few 
plates,  and  the  orals  are  in  contact  among  themselves  and  with  the  radial 
dome  pieces.  Gradually  with  growth  small  supplcmentar}' pieces  were  intro- 
duced, and  between  these,  which  increased  in  size,  were  interposed  in  turn 
hundred.s,  and  even  thousands,  of  minute  secondary  pieces,  still  more  increas- 
ing tlie  capacity  of  the  calyx,  and  encroaching  upon  the  ambulacra  so  as  to 
leave  but  a  few  isolated  ambulacral  plates  exposed  at  the  surface. 

Megistocrinus  Evansi  var.  crassus  OVuite). 

1862.     White  ;  Proceed.  Cost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  Vol.  IX.,  p.  17. 
1831.    W.  and  Sr. ;  Kcvisiou  PBloeocr.,  Part  II.,  p.  137. 

Calyx  very  large,  differing  from  M.  Evansi  in  the  massiveness  of  its 
plates  and  the  greater  depression  of  the  base.  The  radials  are  formed  into 
high,  broad  knobs  with  deep  channels  along  the  interradial  and  basi-radial 
sutures,  and  their  surfaces  are  covered  with  coarse  irregular  corrugations. 
The  nodes  of  the  brachials  and  interbrachials  are  more  conical. 

Horizon  ami  Locality.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone ;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

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Megistocrinus  nobilis  av.  and  Sr. 
Plate  XLVlI.Fujs.  G,  7,  8u,  b,  and  Piute  LI.  Fly.  8. 

ISOn.     W.  niul  Sr.;  Geol.  licp.  Illinois,  VcjI.  VIII.,  p.  lf,9,  riulu  10,  Figs.  6  mid  7. 
IS'JO.    S.  A.  XIii.i.i:r;  Xorlli  Aincr.  Guol.  mid  I'idii'oul.,  p.  2(10. 

Sjii.  Miyislocriims  purciis  W.  mid  Si',  j  Gcol.  Kup.  Illiiiuis,  Vol.  VIII.,  p.  171. 

Somewhat  .imaller  than  the  jiroceding  species.  Cal^x  subgloliose,  nciuly 
as  wide  as  liigli  ;  the  tcgnien  (lei)ie.sseil  honiisphcrical.  Doixil  cup  to  the 
Jiiifhlle  of  the  radiala  sliglitly  Ihitteiied,  but  still  convex;  the  co.stals  and 
proximal  distichals  gently  curving ;  the  higher  brachials  bending  outward 
and  curved  transvcr.sely,  forming  ten  lobes  around  the  calyx,  correspond- 
ing to  the  main  divisions  of  the  rays.  Plates  heavy,  a  little  concave  ;  suture 
lines  somewhat  grooved,  tho.se  between  the  basals  and  radials  deeper  than 
the  others. 

Basals  small,  forming  <a  hexagon,  of  which  only  a  narrow  rim  is  visible 
beyond  the  column.  Radials  hexangular  in  outline,  a  little  wider  than  long, 
the  upper  and  low3r  lateral  faces  of  equal  length.  First  costals  as  large  as 
the  radials ;  the  two  posterior  ones  pentangular,  the  other.s  hexangular. 
Second  costals  smaller  than  the  first,  and  pentangular.  First  distichals  as 
large  us  the  axillary  costal ;  those  of  the  second  row  .«omewhat  smaller ;  suc- 
ceeding distichals  biserial,  the  plates  alternating,  and  decreasing  rapidly  in 
length  upward.  There  are  four  plates  iu  one  series  and  five  in  the  other, 
both  followed  by  two  series  of  short  transverse  palmars,  which  to  the  third 
plate  take  part  in  the  calyx,  and  bifurcate  again  above  the  fifth  or  sixth. 
Arm  facets  arranged  in  ten  pairs,  large,  and  directed  upwards.  Arms  short 
in  proportion  to  the  size  of  the  cal3'x,  bifurcating  three  or  four  times,  the 
tips  infolding  ;  they  are  robust  at  their  bases,  but  diminish  in  size  with  each 
bifurcation,  and  are  composed  of  moderately  short  pieces.  Pinnules  short 
and  rarely  preserved.  Regidar  interbracliials  in  five  or  six  ranges:  1,  2,  2. 
3,  3,  2,  with  .slight  variations.  Interdistichals'  in  three  or  four  rows ;  the 
first  generally  resting  upon  the  second  distichals,  rarely  upon  the  first.  The 
first  anal  plate  longer  than  the  radials  ;  the  three  plates  above  as  large  as 
the  first  intorbrachial  of  the  other  sides ;  followed  by  four  or  five  plates,  and 
these  by  numerous  others  of  indefinite  arrangement.  Ventral  disk  from 
almost  flat  to  moderately  convex  ;  the  plates  flat,  of  almost  uniform  size 
and  irregular  nrrangemcnt.     The  orals,  if  represented  at  all,  indeterminable, 


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as  also  tlio  aiiiljulacrnl  [ilatos,  oxci'pt  near  tlio  outer  margins  ot'  ilio  tegnien, 
where  well  delined  covering  and  nide  pieces  are  on  a  level  with  the  inlerani- 
bulacnils  J  and  similar  pieces  ocoiu"  along  the  arms,  T!ie  covering  plates  are 
quite  regular  in  their  arrangemOnt,  forming  a  sort  of  ridge  with  a  row  of 
side  pieces  at  each  side.  Anus  cxcentric,  at  the  top  of  a  short,  rounded  or 
conical  protuberance.  CoUnnn  large,  giving  oil'  heavy  brnnehe.s  nt  the  distal 
end  ;  it  increases  but  little  in  width,  and  i.s  composed  throughout  of  alter- 
nate thick  and  thin  joints:.  Central  canal  moderately  large,  ob.scurcly  penta- 
lobato,  and  proportionally  wider  at  the  lower  end. 

Iloraun  and  Lovalltij . —  Kinderhook  group  ;  Le  Grand,  Marshall  Co., 
Iowa. 

Tijpe  at  Pasadena,  California,  but  authentic  .ipeciincns  are  in  the 
collection  of  Wachsnnith  and  Springer. 

Jicnitirk.s.  —  Jfiylstocriiius  /larrm^  has  the  samo  nfiinities  with  3f.  )inhi/is  as 
'•  AcliiKicriiiHs"  hrcricurnis  with  ilirji.itorriniiti  Ermis'i,  and  we  regard  it  a 
3-oung  .stage  of  that  species.  The  arms  are  free  above  the  disticlial.s,  and 
it  has  less  interbrachial  jdates.  The  specimen,  Plate  LI.,  Fig.  8,  is  some- 
what abnormal,  having  but  one  costal  in  two  of  its  rays. 


Megistocrinus  latus  (TrAi.i.). 
riute  XL  Vlll.  Fifje.  3a,  h. 

1S58.     Hai.i.;  fie .!.  Kqi.  \m\n,  Viil.  I  ,  I'ait  TL,  p.  ■t'^O,  Phite  1,  Figs.  l,r,  b. 

ISSl.     \V.  im.l  Si'.;  Ui'visioii  I'liln'ooi-.,  I'iirt  11.,  p.  Vi%.  ' 

A  large  species.  Dorsiil  cup  short,  about  twice  as  wide  as  high,  abruptly 
depressed  at  the  bottom ;  the  sides  expanding  upwards;  arm  bases  slightly 
projecting;  plates  Hat  and  without  ornamentation;  sutiu'e  lines  grooved. 

Hasals  closely  anciijloscd,  rather  large,  located  at  the  bottom  of  an 
inverted  cup,  which  is  a  little  wider  than  the  column.  Kadials  about  as 
wide  as  long;  their  lower  ends  abruptly  curved  to  form  the  sides  of  the 
basal  concavity,  the  other  portions  spreading  horizontally  and  constituting 
tin;  liottoni  of  the  calyx.  First  costals  generally  longer  than  the  second. 
Distichals  in  the  antero-lateral  rays  three,  supporting  two  arms;  the  other 
rays  have  a  single  axillary,  followed  by  several  palmars  with  four  arms  to  the 
ray.  Interbrachials;  1,  2,  .",  .",  and  some  small  pieces  between  the  arm 
bases.  The  first  anal  plate,  which  is  a  little  narrower  than  the  radials.  is  suc- 
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wliich  docrenso  in  size  iipwiird.s.  Intenli.sticlmlH  ono  or  two,  placed  longitudi- 
naiiy.  Ventral  disit  lieiuispherical ;  the  plates  nearly  (hit  and  of  irregular 
arrangement  ;  orals  and  radial  dome  ))late.s  a  little  larger  and  convex. 
Anus  Hubeenlral.  Column  strong,  the  uxial  canal  large  and  obtusely  pen- 
tangular. 

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riuk  XL  VIIL  Fii/H.  4rt,  h. 

1870.     AViriTE  ;  I'mcml.  Ao.-id.  Niil.  Sci.  Tliilii.,  p.  29. 
1S81.     W.  mill  Si'.;   Ruvisiou  I'lihuior,  l\n  11.,  p.  i;iS. 

Of  moderate  size.  Calyx  subglobose,  nearly  as  high  as  wide  ;  the  lower 
portions  of  the  dor.-^al  cup  to  the  middle  of  the  first  costals  truncated,  the 
sides  almost  at  right  angles  with  the  base,  very  slightly  expanding  to  the 
arm  bases,  the  latter  somewhat  projectiiig;  the  plates  convex  and  without 
ornamentation. 

Basal  disk  proportionally  large,  slightly  projecting;  the  central  part 
a  little  e.\cavated  for  the  reception  of  the  column ;  axial  canal  rather  large 
and  obtusely  pentangular.  Radials  horizontal,  smaller  than  the  costals. 
First  costals  abruptly  curved  ;  the  lower  end  of  the  plates  on  a  level  with  the 
radials,  the  upper  ends  vertical.  Distichals  three  in  the  two  antero-lateral 
rays;  in  the  three  other  rays  but  one,  which  being  axillary  is  succeeded  by 
2X4  palmars.  Arms  sixteen,  arranged  in  groups  of  two  and  four;  the  arm 
bases  a  little  projecting.  Interbrachials:  ],  2,  2,  3,  followed  by  several 
smaller  pieces  between  the  arm  bases.  The  first  anal  plate,  which  is  a  little 
narrower  than  the  radials,  succeeded  by  rows  of  three,  four,  and  six  pieces, 
with  numerous  irregularly  arranged  plates  above.  Interdistichals  two  to  four, 
the  lower  one  sometimes  touching  the  costal  axillary.  Ventral  disk  high, 
slightly  conical;  composed  of  rather  large  pieces.  Orals  completely  isolated 
by  supplementary  pieces ;  they  are  larger  than  the  surrounding  plates,  but 
not  more  prominent.     Anus  subcentral. 

Ilorizoii  ami  Local!///.  —  Hamilton  group;  Solon.  Towa. 

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Pia/e  XLIX.  Figs.  J, ,',,  and 4a-d. 

1S03.     Ham.;  Ijlli  l(.|i,  N.  Y.  Slate  f'ali.  Nat.  lli^l.,  p.  llii. 
18S1.     W.  lui.l  Sr. ;   lii'vUicin  I'aliiviiT.,  I'ai-I  II.,  p.  VM. 

Syii.  M,yi.y/Mvi,iiiH  uiitnrio  ll.VLL,  Ibdil    Ijlli  \W\i.  N.  Y.  Slnle  Ciib.,  p.  ISfi. 

A.s  large  as  tlie  preceding  s|)eclei<.  Calyx  ilepressed,  wider  tliaii  high ; 
the  dorsal  cup  basin-shaped  ;  the  bottom  part  to  the  middle  of  the  first  cos- 
tnls  —  sometimes  higher  —  flattened  but  not  excavated;  the  sides  slightly 
expanding  to  the  top  of  the  distichals,  thence  curving  outward  and  forming 
a  short  rim.  from  which  the  free  arms  are  given  olT  in  jjair.s.  Plates  flat  or  a 
little  concave,  thickened  around  their  outer  margins,  and  in  well  preserved 
specimens  covered  by  numerous  very  fine,  somewiiat  irregular  striiv,  which 
are  more  pronounced  near  the  suture  lines;  the  middle  of  the  plates 
.sometimes  sliglitly  elevated,  and  the  surface  covered  with  small  ir''egnlar 
pustules. 

Basals  small,  only  the  points  of  the  outer  angles  visible  beyond  the 
column;  almost  flat,  and  on  a  level  with  the  radials;  the  axial  canal  large 
and  indistinctly  pentagonal.  Distichals  from  one  to  three  in  the  calyx. 
Three  of  tlie  rays  have  a  single  distichal  in  both  divisions,  which  is  axillary 
and  followed  by  2x2  sliort  palmars,  the  other  rays  two  additional  distichals 
and  no  palmars.  Ann  openings  sixteen,  arranged  in  eight  pairs.  The  median 
lines  of  the  higher  brachials  arc  ornamented  with  indistinct,  longitudinal 
riilges,  covered  by  similar  stria)  as  the  other  parts  of  the  plates.  Inter- 
bracliials :  1,  2,  3,  with  two  or  three  irregular  rows  above,  which  meet  the 
interambulacral  plates.  First  anal  plate,  which  is  a  little  larger  than  the 
radials.  followed  by  o,  4,  and  4  pieces,  and  these  by  a  number  of  smaller 
ones.  Interdistichals  one  to  three,  arranged  longitudinsilly ;  the  ra^s  with  four 
arms  generally  having  three,  the  other.s  not  more  than  two.  Ventral  disk 
depre.sscd-conve.x ;  the  food  grooves  marked  by  ridges,  which  diverge  to  the 
arm  bases;  the  surface  is  covered  by  rather  large,  flat,  irregular  pieces 
enclosing  the  orals  and  radial  dome  plates,  which  are  but  little  larger  than 
the  rest  of  the  plates.  Posterior  oral  in  contact  with  the  other.*!,  central  and 
spiniferous,  while  the  other  four  are  generally  flat.     Anus  excontric. 

Ilirlvon  and  Localitj-  —  Hamilton  group ;  Western  New  York  and 
Louisville,  Ky. 


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Jiiiwtrh.  —  We  liad  for  coiiipari.xon  ii  luimbor  of  specinu'iis  from  llu' 
Ainei'iciin  Museum  at  New  York,  xoiuo  of  wliicli  Prof.  Hull  Inul  liibclcd 
M.  tJijmx.siis,  otlioi'H  J/,  uiitiirio.  Tlienu  .specimuus,  iu  our  o[)iuiou,  diner  only 
in  the  greater  or  less  depression  of  the  calyx  from  outside  pressure,  and 
in  the  greater  convexity  of  their  secondary  radial  dome  plates,  whicli  in  some 
specimens  are  strongly  tuberculous,  in  others  almost  perfectly  Hat. 


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Hegistoorinus  nodosus  (HMtius). 
Plate  XUX.  ri<js.  o,t,  h. 

187s.     ItMiiiisj  rnici'cil.  \h\u-\\\\  XnA.  Niil.  Sci.,  Veil.  11.,  y.  l."-5,  I'liilc  11,  Fig.  t. 
ISV),     lUiiiiis;  ilii,!.,  Vul.  IV..  |i.  ',)'.),  I'jiilr  1,  I'ii;,  8  and  I'liile  ;!,  Kiy.  i. 
Issl.     AV.  mill  Si'.;  Hfvisiou  I'lilinic-r.,  I'lii-t  11.,  \\  lliS. 

A  largo  species.  Dorsal  cup  broadly  urn-shnped,  the  truncated  part 
embracing  basals,  radials,  and  first  anal  jdate,  which  are  in  about  the  same 
plane ;  the  sides  of  the  cup,  whicli  rise  from  the  lower  enil  of  the  first  costals, 
slightly  convex,  expanding  near  the  arm  bases.  Plates  without  ornamenta- 
tion ;  but  the  costals  and  the  intorbraehials  of  the  two  proximal  rows  are 
.somewhat  nodoso,  while  the  radials  are  slightly  convex,  and  the  distichals 
anil  upper  interbrachials  almost  flat. 

Basal  disk  but  very  little  projecting  beyond  the  colunni.  the  column  facet 
excavated  and  surrounded  by  a  well  defined  cireidar  rim.  Kadials  and 
costals  increasing  in  width  upwards ;  the  radials  longer  than  wide ;  the 
costals  wider  than  long.  The  higher  orders  of  brachials  arranged  as  in  the 
preceding  species.  Arms  sixteen  from  the  calyx;  long,  slender,  bifurcating, 
and  composed  of  a  double  scries  of  interlocking  pieces.  First  interbrachial 
as  large  as  the  first  costals;  followed  by  three  or  four  rows  of  two  plates 
each.  First  anal  plate  succeeded  by  3.  4,  4,  and  3  plates.  Interdi.s- 
tichals  two  to  tiiroe.  Tegtueii  highly  convex,  .somewhat  iiifiated  ))Osteriorly, 
the  interradial  and  interaxillary  spaces  deeply  grooved  from  half  way  down 
to  the  arm  regions  ;  the  posterior  groove  broadest  and  deepest;  the  sinface 
paved  by  ninnerous  irregular  pieces,  among  which  the  orals  are  larger, 
subspinous,  and  not  in  contact;  the  radial  dome  plates  strongly  nodose. 
Anus  subcentral.     Column  large. 

Horizon  and  Locallfy.  —  Hamilton  group  ;  Davenport,  Iowa,  and  Alpena, 
Mich. 

TiJiKS  in  the  Museum  of  the  Davenport  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences. 


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542  TlIK   CRINOIDKA   CAMKRATA   OF    XOIMII   AMKItlC'A. 

HegistoorinuB  multidoooratua  (IVummh). 
rUdc  XLIX.  Fuj.  0. 

1S83.     .\fi</ji!itoeniiiiii  Hodoaiii,  vnr.  luii/lii/fi-oni/iia  —  IIauuisj  I'rocccJ.   Dnvciip.  Aciid.  Nut.  Sri.,  V(j1.  1\'. 

11.  100,  I'liite  11.,  KiK's.  .'I  iiiid  h 
1SS5.     W.  null  Sp.  ;  llevisiiiu  riiliuucr.,  I'lirt  111.,  |).  113. 

Tliirt  specicH  ngrees  in  the  general  form  nnd  tlio  nrrnngemont  of  llio 
plates  elo.sely  with  Jf.  iwdo'fKs,  hut  did'ers  essentially  in  the  extent  and  ehar- 
actcr  of  iti  ornamentation.  Tiie  plates,  instead  of  liaving  a  single  central 
node,  are  covered  hy  series  of  nodes,  and  these  are  not  restricted  to  a  few 
l)Iates  as  in  that  species,  hut  cover  every  plate  of  the  calyx.  The  nodes  arc 
as  a  rule  well  defined,  hut  of  irregular  size  and  without  definite  arrangement, 
and  they  vary  in  number  in  different  plates ;  the  radials,  costals,  and  first 
interbrachials  liave  from  five  to  twelve,  which  are  arranged  in  rows;  while 
the  higher  brachials  seldom  have  more  than  two  or  three  at  the  most.  Tlie 
])lates  of  the  tegmen  are  also  highly  ornamented,  each  one  bearing  a  central 
node,  from  which  rows  of  smaller  nodes  radiate  to  the  angles.  It  may  be 
fiu'ther  stated  that  in  this  species  the  dorsal  cup  is  less  flattened  at  the  hot- 
toni.  the  railials  are  proportionally  larger,  and  the  first  costals  take  part  in 
the  lateral  walls,  and  not  in  the  truncated  lower  portions.  Number  of  arms, 
position  of  anus,  and  form  and  arrangement  of  orals  and  radial  dome  plates 
as  in  the  preceding  species. 

Jlorh'iti  mill  Lorali///.  —  Hamilton  group ;  Alpena,  Mich. 

T'/i^-i  in  the  Davenport  Academ}'  of  Natural  Sciences. 

lii'iiiarlctt.  —  We  regard  this  form  as  a  good  species,  and  not  a  variety  of 
J/,  noilosus  as  supposed  by  Barris ;  the  diflerences  are  very  marked  and  con- 
stant. We  examined  a  large  number  of  specimens  of  both  forms,  and 
experienced  no  dilliculty  in  distinguishing  them  promptly. 


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Megistocrinus  rugosus  T.vox  mul  Cvs.*. 
Plate  XL  VIII.  F;>/s.  Get,  h,  c. 

1859.    Lyon  mul  C.tss. ;  Amcr.  Jourii.  Si'i.,  Vdl.  XXVIII.,  p.  243. 
1S81.     W.  nml  Sr. ;  Ucvisicm  Palimcr.,  I'nrt  11.,  p.  13S. 

Calyx  depressed,  its  height  to  the  base  of  the  anal  tube  one  third  less 
than  its  width.  Dor.sal  cup  shallow  basin-shaped,  yet  considerably  higher 
than  the  tegmen,  three  times  as  wide  as  high,  truncated  to  the  middle  of 


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the  first  costalH  arid  first  iiitorbnicliiiils,  tliuii  curving  nliriijitly  ninvanl,  widen- 
ing «  litllu  in  tlic  upper  imrt,  Surl'iiee  of  plates,  e\('('i)t  Imsals  iinil  radiiils, 
strongly  nodose,  the  nodes  cut  up  hy  irregidar  grooxes  or  coarse  wrinkles, 
which  give  to  the  Hpeeies  an  extremely  rugged  apiiearaui'e, 

BiisuU  sniall,  (lat,  disk-lilie,  slightly  depressed,  only  the  points  of  the 
nnglcH  projecting  licyond  the  column;  central  perforation  large  and  pcntalo- 
hate.  Radials,  first  costals,  and  (ir-^t  anal  jdate  hexagonal  and  of  nearly 
the  same  size  ;  the  second  costals  pentagonid,  hexagonal,  or  heptagonal, 
owing  to  the  height  of  the  interhrachials  of  the  second  row.  Distiehals  itX  'J 
in  the  antcro-lateral  rays,  decreasing  in  size  ;  the  lower  one  almost  as  largo 
as  the  preceding  axiilar}'.  The  three  other  ra^s  have  but  one  distichal.  and 
2  or  3  X  ■!  fixed  pahnars,  of  whicli  the  uppir  one  is  short  ami  curved  like  an 
arm  plate.  Arm  openings  sixteen,  arranged  in  groups  of  two  and  four ;  the 
arm  structure  not  known.  Interbnudiials:  1.  2,  ;>, .",  i).  Anal  plate  followed 
l>y  rows  of  t,  5,  and  4  plates,  and  a  few  irregular  pieces  at  the  arm  regions. 
Ventral  disk  depresscd-suhconical ;  comjmsed  of  numerous  convex  pieces ; 
the  orals  and  radial  dome  plates  largo  and  spinous,  and  all  isolated.  Anal 
tube  excontric,  strong  at  the  base;  consisting  of  slightly  elevated  j)ieces  with 
spine-bearing  larger  ones  interspersed.     Colunni  unknown. 

/I'irh'iii  ami  Livalili/. —  Hamilton  group  (Corniforous),  Clark  Co.,  Ind.,  and 
Louisville,  Ky. 

Megistocrinus  concavus  Wai  msmi  th. 
Plate  XL  VIII.  Fhjs.  Sa,  h,  c. 

I'!'*,).    AV.vf  MsMCTit  i  I'lni ,1.  Duvciip.  .\cii(l.  Niil.  Sci.,  Vol.  IV  ,  p.  90,  riiitc  1,  Figs.  B,  C,  7. 

1SS3.     W.  1111(1  Si'.;  lluvisiim  I'lilii'iin-.,  I'iut  111..  |i.  112. 

A  rather  aberrant  form  of  the  gonus.  Cal^'x  wider  than  high,  the  ventral 
disk  higher  than  the  dorsal  cup;  the  latter  very  shallow,  abruptly  depressed 
to  the  top  of  the  radials  ;  the  first  costals  spreading  horizoiitallj-,  and  form- 
ing a  wide  and  deep  -Mverted  cup;  the  second  bending  abruptly  upward  so 
as  to  place  the  upper  }.n  i  of  the  calyx  almost  at  right  angles  to  the  trun- 
cated lower  part.  Plates  heavy,  and  except  the  l)a-^als,  radials  and  first  onal 
plate,  which  are  (lat  or  a  little  concave,  produced  into  broad,  very  prominent 
knobs. 

Bas.ils  of  medium  size,  forming  a  hexagonal  disk,  which  occupies  the 
bottom  of  the  concavity.  Radials  comparatively  small,  slightly  bending 
upwards,  and  constituting  together  with  the  lower  margins  of  the  first  costals 


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llio  >i(k'-'  of  till'  invi'ili'il  cup.  Co^tnls  liir^'f,  llieir  kiioliM  vuiy  |ii'iiiiiiiu<nl, 
unil  urmngod  with  lliosu  of  llie  firnt  intfibracliiuls  into  a  circle,  wliicli  mh 
roiimlrt  tlie  concavity.  Di.sticluils  rather  large,  consisting  in  the  nnlero  latiTii! 
ray M  of  two  or  three  platen,  which  form  the  hase.s  of  two  primary  arms;  the 
thrue  other  rays  Inive  u  single  plate,  which  is  axillary  ami  supports  two  pal- 
mars  from  each  side  ami  two  arms,  thus  making  sixteen  piiimiry  arms  to  the 
s[)ecies.  Till'  arms  are  not  preserved  in  the  specimens,  Imt.  (o  jndge  from 
the  si/.e  of  their  facets,  weie  inooerately  stout.  Interhrachinls  disposed  in 
rows  of  one,  two,  niiil  three  pieco.'*,  so  arranged  us  to  i'min,  together  with  the 
lirst  and  second  costals,  respectively,  two  will  delined  ciiclets  of  plates 
aromid  the  radials.  Anal  interrailius  consideralily  wider,  and  niaile  np  of 
a  greater  iimnher  and  smaller  plates.  A'entral  di.sk  iiighly  elevated,  siih- 
conical ;  the  orals  and  radial  ilomc  plati's  larger  than  the  snrromiding  plates, 
and  extended  into  short  spines ;  the  smrounding  plutoH  tidicrcidons.  Anns 
almost  central.  Colunui  of  medium  size  ;  the  nxial  canal  wide  nnd  obtnscly 
pentangnlar. 

Jforivoii  (iml  Lnriillti/.  —  Hamilton  gronp;  Alpeiin,  Mich. 

Ti/jirs  m  the  Mnsenm  of  the  Davenport  Academy,  and  in  the  collection 
of  Wach.siniith  and  Springer. 

Megistocrinus  spinosulus  T.vnv. 
^lHU^  XL  VI f  I.  F;<js.  J,u  I>,  r,  ami  J. 

IHfil.     I.vnx  ;  VtwivA.  Aciul.  Nat.  Sci.  riiilii.,  p.  4i:i,  I'liitc  4,  I'igs.  "»,  b. 
1S51.     W.  mill  Si'.  ;   Ui'visicin  riil.i'ncr..  I'lirl  1!  ,  p.  1:IS. 

Svn   .)f'yis>m;-iu«i  ////«(/«»  — S.  A.  .Mll.LHl,  l'>?!»;  Cinoiii.  Scic  Nat.  Ilisl,,  Vol.  II.,  p.  HI,  IMiilc 
10,  l''ij,'s.  1(1,  6. 

Of  the  type  of  JA  rtnjosiis,  but  having  eight  nrin  openings  to  the  rny, 
which  arc  arranged  in  n  continuous  row  aroiuid  the  calyx,  and  not  in 
groups;  the  basals  .slightly  projecting  instead  of  concave,  the  radials  more 
depres.sed,  and  the  anal  tube  more  excentric.  Calyx  short  in  proportion  to 
its  width,  which  at  the  arm  bases  is  almost  twice  its  height;  truncated  to  the 
middle  of  the  second  costals.  The  latter  plates,  and  the  interbrachials  of  the 
second  row,  are  extended  into  very  conspicuous  tubercles,  and  somewhat 
shorter  tubercles  mark  the  first  distichals  and  the  interbrachials  of  the  third 
row;  all  other  ])lates  above  and  below  nre  slightly  convex,  except  the  radials, 
wliich  are  a  little  concave.  The  sides  of  the  dorsal  cup  stand  almct't  at 
right  angles  to  the  base,  expanding  slightly  to  the  arm  base.s.  Ventral  disk 
low,  a  little  convex,  somewhat  bulging  at  the  posterior  side. 


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DiiMiils  very  Niniill,  flij^'litly  inojfctinj,^  liitiTully.  iiiid  noti'lii'd  nt  tlio  Miiturt'x, 
the  coliiinii  liicL't  tk'[trL's,>(t'(l  ami  HUiioiiink'd  liy  ii  circular  cIi'viiIimI  rim. 
Kmliiils  ycncnilly  wider  timii  tliu  fust  uind  idiitc,  roiiiiiny  ii  sludiow  di'iircs- 
ciou;  the  ciiiyx  rer<tinj{  upon  tlio  lir.tt  costals  and  (ir«t  iiiterriidiiilf*.  ('o.slnlM 
larger  tlian  the  radials,  aijoiit  an  wide  as  limj;.  Disiiclml.s  axillary,  nn  largo 
as,  or  larger  than,  the  second  costals ;  followed  by  a  row  of  axillary  jialinars, 
and  these  liy  ii  row  of  post-palniars,  which  are  directed  outward,  and  suppoit 
eight  primary  arms  to  the  ray,  forming  an  imintcrrupted  line  ainund  the 
calyx.  Interhraehials  ;  1,  2,  2,  2, 1, 1,  tiie  two  upper  very  small.  The  plates 
of  the  first  row,  together  with  the  (Irst  eosials,  foi'ming  a  circlet,  around 
which  another  circlet  is  formed  hy  the  second  row  of  interradials  and  second 
costal.s.  Anal  intcrradius  wider;  the  first  nnal  supports  throe  plates,  which 
are  a  little  narrower  tlian  the  single  plate  at  the  other  sides,  and  there  are 
■1.  T),  ;i,  2  and  2  pieces  above.  Iiiterdistichals  two,  arranged  longitudinally 
Togmon  composed  of  a  great  nuniher  of  irregular  pieces.  Orals  not  in  con- 
tact, somewhat  larger  than  surrounding  plates,  but  not  otherwise  distin- 
guished ;  placed  between  the  centre  and  margin  of  the  tegnien.  Anus  more 
excentric  than  in  any  other  Devonian  ^fl^glsf()^^rinl(s,  with  the  possible  excep- 
tion of  J/.  (ilmofni'iK.     Column  unknown. 

Horizon  (Old  Lovallli/.  —  Ilnniilton  group;  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  Colum- 
bus, O. 

Tl>/j)(;n  in  the  Lyon  collection  at  Jeffersonville,  Ind. 

liiiiKirliH.  —  This  species  differs  from  all  others  of  this  iieiius  in  having 
eight  primary  arms,  and  in  not  having  them  distributed  in  groups.  It  has 
the  third  bifurcation  in  the  calyx,  which  in  other  species  takes  place  in  the 
free  arm.s. 

Miller's  Mcgintocrhuis  jjileatiis  from  Columbus,  0.,  we  take  to  bo  identical 
with  this  species.  That  his  specimen  has  but  .six  and  seven  arm  openings  in 
the  posterior  rays,  while  others  liave  eight,  proves  nothing  to  the  contrary  ; 
the  specimen  very  probably  was  not  quite  mature,  and  represents  a  transi- 
tion between  our  still  3-ounger  spoeimeii  from  the  same  locality  with  only 
five  and  six  arm  openings  to  the  ray  (Plate  XLVIII.,  Fig.  2).  and  the  larger 
Louisville  specimen  (Plato  XLVIIL,  Figs,  la,  h,  c)  with  eight  primary  arms 
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('*)  MoglBtoorinuR  abnormii  (I.yhn). 
I'/al,  A7-/.V.  /•'(//>.  /",  Ij,': 

.{.-HniH-fiilHt  „U,rm,»   -   l,\ns  ;   (icul.  I(,|).  Ky,  Viil.  Ill,,  p.  1711,  Pllllr  t,  Fiffi    1,  1«,  *. 

M-yii/<iivi,iii'  iiliHin'iiKi  —  Mil  M till! ;  (iiiiil.  I'iilii"^.  Ku'<»,  N.  Anil  r ,  p.  IIMi. 
Mtiii^hti-ritiH^  iihtittt'iitin^  W.  and  Si',;   Ui'vi-*!!!}!  I'alifucr.,  I'url  11.,  p.  l.'t/, 


TliiM  HpecieH  !«  ri'iniiikaltli'  for  tliu  Ini>^c  lohes  iit  tlie  iinii  logionw,  wliich 
i;ivi'  to  till'  nihx  II  (li^tiiiftlv  iicntiilnliate  (iiitliiio,  with  dci'ii  iiiti'iTiilial 
iiotclii'."*.  Ddi'Miil  I'lip  miiiu'i'I'-nIimikmI,  II  litilo  lliittiMii'il  at  the  lioltoiii ;  the 
liliitfM  thin,  llitt  or  nli^htly  concave,  and  duvoid  of  ornuini'Mtatioii. 

liiiMid^  ill  the  saiiK!  |iImik>  with  thu  radial^,  foniiiii}^  n  Hat  licxaijonal  dir<k, 
ol'  which  only  a  niiiinw  iiiargiii  is  vi.-ihlc  1)i';ti)iid  tlie  coliiiiiii ;  cciilnil  caiinl 
liir),'o  and  oi)t lively  iicntanj^uliir.  Ifadiiils  and  costals  nciiilv  of  i'i|iiid  ni/.o. 
Di.Mtichidj*  3X2  in  tho  two  antoro-hitcial  rayx,  Hupportinj,'  the  anim;  the 
tiirct'  other  nivs  have  an  axilhiry  in  each  divinioii  ami  2  X  |  paliii.'irs.  Prim- 
ary iirm.s  sixteen;  iirranjfed  :  1,1.  Inferlii'achia],^ ;  1,  2,  .'1.  11. .'! ;  the  fii'Mt,  ns 
liiri,'e  as  tho  riKlials;  those  of  the  second  row  about  the  sniiii'  si/e  as  the 
dislichiils;  tho  plates  of  the  tliiril  row  consideriiiily  sinidler ;  the  middle 
pieces  of  ilie  I'oiirlh  row  ol'teii  lociiled  in  the  te;;nicn.  Interdislichiils  one  or 
two;  there  are  i,'eneially  two  in  rays  with  four  arms,  and  the  lower  one 
rests  upon  the  triiiiciiled  middle  part  of  the  prccedin<;  axillary,  Init  where 
there  is  hut  one  it  occupies  the  notch  hitwcen  the  (irst  disliehids.  Anal 
intcirniliiis  extremely  wide  and  somewhat  lliittened  ;  the  (irst  anal,  which  is 
fully  as  liirjfe  as  the  radials,  often  supports  four  plates  in  the  first  row,  nnd 
five  to  seven  in  the  second  nnd  third.  Tejfmen  lii^ddy  convex,  com])osod  of 
meilium  sized,  irrejfular,  Hal  pieces,  tho  amhulacra  niaiked  iiy  ridges,  and 
tho  interambulacral  spaces  hy  depressions.  Oiids  in  rontnct ;  the  posterior 
one  and  the  radial  dome  plates  strongly  tuhcrculoiis  or  suhspinous,  forming 
six  conspicuous  promiiiencivs  upon  the  surface.  Anus  located  a  little  ahovc 
the  arm  bases,  opening  out  through  the  flat  surface  of  the  teginen. 

Jfon'voH  mill  f.iini/i/i/.  —  Corniferous ;  Louisville.  Ky.,  Clarke  Co.,  Ind., 
nnd  Marian  Co.,  Ky.  Very  abundant  in  some  localities,  but  good  .specimens 
quite  rare. 

T,'/jii!i  in  tlie  Lyon  collection. 

Jlfimirh.  —  This  is  not  a  tv]iical  il/iy/.'s/i^rr/yn/'j.  nnd  wo  have  referred  it 
with  much  hesitation  to  that  genus.  It  departs  from  the  typical  form  in  the 
wide  nnd  deep  depressions  at  the  arm  regions,  in  the  flattening  of  the  nnnl 


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547 


» 


iircii,  1111(1  in  tlio  furiii  iiiid  pi).-<itiuii  ol'  ihu  uimim,  in  nil  nf  wliidi  ii  a'Nfiiiljlt.o 
Aiii'iicr'miis.  l.yoWn  t_)  pc  ii  in  nil  iilinornml  condition,  and  we  liiivi-  (Igiiii'd 
otiier  HjiocinionH  in  plui'c  of  it.  It  Iiiim  Imt  lour  iiiiii-ljouiing  iii^h,  the  jionIcio- 
liitui'iil  my  ii|i[mrt!nll_y'  having  lu'cii  injiirt'd  diirinj,'  liii-  lilV  of  llic  Ciinoid, 
and  tlio  N|ia('i)  IVoin  tliu  lirnl  axillaiy  ii|i  lioing  liili'il  liy  aluioi'iiiid  growth. 
Ik'Midt's  tho  loft  antcrodatoral  ray  lian  four  in  jilacc  ol'  iwo  piiuiary  artnii. 
Whuliiur  tho  arms  of  tliiM  npfcioM  aru  branciiing  \n  noi  luiown. 


OENNiBOCRINnS  W.  miM  .s,., 

issl.     W.  mill  Sr.;  rtc'vi»i.iu  I'lilimn-.,  I'liil  11.,  |i   Hill  (I'n.ircl,  Ai'iiil,  Nut.  ^i  i,  I'Mlu ,  p.  :);)()■ 

h',)l.    ^.  A.  Mii.r.t.ii;  NiJi'ili  A I'.  (m'uI.  uihI  rulinnil  ,  |>.  HI. 

Myu.  .{•■liiiiwriiiuf  (ill  |iiirl). 

Calyx  distinctly  lobed ;  the  inti'rradial  Kpaocs  extremely  wide,  and  deeply 
indented  at  tliu  arm  regions.  lMate.s  tiiin,  their  surface.s  ornainiulfd  uiih 
railiating  Htriie.  Ua,«als  three,  snudl ;  the  axiid  raual  huge  and  peiitidohale, 
Hadiais  and  eostals  ol"  siiuilar  form.  Init  dtcn  ii.«ing  in  ."ize  upwards;  tlio  iirst 
costal  hexagonal,  the  second  heptagonal.  The  liraueliing  of  the  rays  al)Ove 
tiie  distiehals  is  front  alternate  sides,  the  seconil  plate  of  the  two  main  divi- 
sions giving  off  at  one  side  an  ari",  at  the  oilier  hi'achials  of  n  higher  order. 
the  last  axillary  supporting  two  arms,  Tin.'  dKlereut  rays  have  the  same 
niimher  of  arms,  which  is  eight,  ho  far  as  ohserved.  lulerlirachials  (piite 
numerous,  and  the  upper  ones  in  contact  with  the  interaudjulacrnls;  tlu'  lirsl 
is  followed  hy  two  or  throe  in  the  second  row  —  which  are  larger  ihiin  usual 
in  the  IJatocrinidic  —  anil  those  hy  three  or  four  .smaller  ones.  The  (irst 
anal  plate  supports  a  second,  which  has  an  interhrachial  at  each  side,  and 
there  are  several  rows  of  four  or  more  plates  above.  The  tegmen  is  com- 
po.>ic'd  of  rather  small  plates,  and  ri,<io«  but  little  above  the  dor.sal  cup;  the 
surface  is  iindidated,  being  grooved  and  indenteil  interradially.  and  distinctly 
raised  all  along  tho  food  grooves,  which  arc  covered  by  two  rows  of  alternate 
pieces.  Orals  proporli'mally  small,  the  posterior  one  a  little  the  largest. 
There  is  no  anal  tube,  tho  anus  being  represented  by  a  small,  excciitric 
opening,  passing  out  directly  through  tho  tegmen. 

Dintrihiition.  —  Restricted  to  tho  Hamilton  group  of  America, 

T//j)c  of  the  genus. —  Gciiixrorrlniis  li'i'iiti(rl:ifii><!)f  (Shumard). 

licmarJis.  —  This  genus,  in  tho  branching  of  the  rays,  grouping  of  tho 
nrms,  form  of  the  tegmen,  and  in  the  simplicity  and  position  of  the  anus. 


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548 


THE   CRIXOIDEA  CA.MKRAl'A   OF   NORTH  AMERICA. 


closely  resembles  I'h^sctucriniis,  but  that,  having  no  anal  plute  in  the  first 
iutorbracliial  row,  is  an  Actinocrinoid. 


P     I 


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I  f 


Ik  r 


Oennssocrinus  kentuckiensis  (Shumakd). 
riato  XXXIV.  Fi<j>i.  11,  U,  13. 

ISflfl.     ActimcrUus  hiitiickivdsis—'inv&w.n;    Trans.  Acnil.  Sci.  St.  Louis,  Vol.  II.,  ]i.  315. 
18S1.     Geimieoeriiim  Ini/iir/ani.'is  —  \\ .  and  Si'.  ;   HciiM.iii  riilitucr.,  I'art  II.,  p.  101. 

Svii.    Ai'liiKii'riiiKs    rnfiihirfun    ],V()X  1111(1  C'A!>stu.vv,  ISo'J  ('lot  Uall,  1S5S);   Aiiier.  Joiini.  Sci. 
(11.  serifs),  Vol.  XXVUl.,  |i.  iliS. 

Svii.  J,ii,i<j,ri,iii-i  iij/<.<ii  U.vi.i.,  IbUi;  lOlli  Ui'l'.  X.  Y.  Sliilc  Cab.  Albany,  ]\.  ]i». 

Of  inodium  size.  Cal\-x  wider  tiian  liiyli,  decidedly  lobed  at  the  arm 
regions,  and  the  arms  given  oil"  in  clusters.  Dorsal  cup  semiglobose ;  the 
surface  covered  with  well-defined  stria)  proceeding  from  the  centre  of  the 
plates  to  their  margins.  There  is  a  ridge  to  each  face  of  the  plates,  and 
another  to  each  angle,  which  meet  with  similar  ridges  from  adjoining  plates, 
and  form  with  them  all  sorts  of  triangles.  The  ridges  following  the  rays 
increase  in  prominence  as  they  approiich  the  distiehal.'<,  and  attain  at  the 
arm  bases  almost  tlie  width  of  the  arms. 

Basa]-"  very  short,  .slightl^v  projecting  laterally,  forming  a  thin  trilobate 
rim,  which  is  flat  at  the  bottom.  Kadials  and  eostids  as  long  as  wide,  de- 
creasing rapidly  in  size  upward ;  the  second  costals  less  than  half  the  size  of 
the  radials.  Disticlials  2  X  10,  comparatively  small,  wider  than  long;  the 
second  ones  axillary,  supporting  2X4  palmars,  of  which  the  two  of  the 
outer  sides  are  followed  by  one  arm,  the  two  iinieronos  by  two  arms,  the  first 
plate  taking  part  in  the  caly.x.  There  are  eight  arms  to  each  ray,  in  close 
contact ;  while  those  of  different  rays  are  far  apart.  Wlnther  there  is  any 
brandling  in  the  free  arms  is  not  known.  Interbrachials:  1,  2,  4  (some- 
times 1,  3,  4);  succeeded  by  one  or  two  rows  of  smaller  pieces,  of  which  the 
npper  interlock  with  the  interambulacral  plates.  The  lirst  anal  piece  sup- 
ports three  large  plates  in  the  first  row,  five  in  the  second,  and  five  or  more 
in  the  third.  Interdistichals  three  in  two  rows.  Ventral  disk  depressed- 
convex  ;  the  interambulacral  plates  together  with  the  interbrachials  form 
wide  and  deep  recesses  around  the  calyx,  while  the  radial  portions  project 
conspicuously  upward  and  outward.  All  plates  of  the  tegmen  of  nearly  uni- 
form size,  and  each  one  covered  with  a  small  central  tubercle.  Orals  com- 
paratively small,  even  the  posterior  one,  which  is  central,  being  but  little 
larger  than  the  other  plates.     Ambulacra  covered  by  two  rows  of  alternating 


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batocrixip^t:. 


549 


pieces,  with  a  larger  one  at  each  bifurcation.  Anus  located  at  midway  be- 
tween the  suinmit  and  the  peripiiery.  Cohnnn  occupying  two  thirds  the 
width  of  the  base  ;  axial  canal  large  and  pentalobate. 

Ilur'aon  and  Local'dy. —  Hamilton  group,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Tijiws  in  the  Knapp  collection  at  New  Providence,  Ind. 

licmarfiS.  —  S.  A.  Miller,  in  his  North  American  Geology  and  Palaeon- 
tology, undertakes  to  reinstate  Lyon's  prior  name  Adinocrinus  cornli/rriit, 
which  he  changes  into  Gcnnmocrimis  coniii/crus.  The  Species  was  originally 
described  as  Avlinocrhnis  coniifjcnis,  which  Shumard,  finding  the  name  preoc- 
cupied b}-  ILdl,  changed  into  Adinocnmis  I'ciihicl'kimn,  by  which  it  is  laljeled 
in  most  of  the  collections.  That  the  species  was  referred  afterwards  to  a 
dilTerent  genus,  does  not  restore  the  former  name. 


I  V-l 


OennEBocrinus  eucharis  (Hall). 
riate  XXXIV.  Fi,j.  I4. 

18G3.    Aelinoei-iiiKS  euelidm  —  XlkLi.;  loth  l{f|).  N.  Y.  Sliile  Cal).  N:it.  Hist.,  p.  130. 
1881.     Geiiiiiroeriiim  ciii'/iiirii  —  W.  and  Sr.;  Kevisiou  I'ulicocr.,  I'art  II.,  p.  101  (I'rocccd.  Acad.  Nut.  Sci. 
riiila.,  p.  335). 

We  were  unable  to  obtain  for  examination  typical  specimens  of  this 
species,  but  from  the  description  it  appears  to  us  that  this  form  is  very 
closely  allied  to  Gnina-ucrlnHS  lientiwkkiitsls.  with  which  it  agrees  in  the  form 
of  the  base,  arrangement  of  the  brachials,  and  the  number  of  arms.  Accord- 
ing to  Hall,  it  is  said  to  differ  somewhat  in  the  ornamentation.  The  ridges 
which  traverse  the  ray  form  a,  sharp  carina,  with  strong  nodes  on  the  first 
costals;  while  on  the  centres  of  all  the  other  plates  there  are  low  angular 
nodes.  Hall  notices  also  a  slight  difi'erenco  in  the  form  of  the  dorsal  cup, 
but  this  is  not  borne  out  by  the  description.  Wo  are  inclined  to  regard  this 
species  as  identical  with  the  preceding  one. 

ILwhon  ami  Lomlitij.  —  Shales  of  the  Hamilton  group.  Western  New  York. 

Tjpe  in  the  New  York  State  collection  at  Albany. 


ACTINOCHTNIDyl-:  (Rokmktj). 

(Kmi'iuli'il  aiul  restiictcu  by  W.  and  Sp.). 
Monocyclic.     The  lowkr  iii!.\ciii.vls  with  well  depineh  iNTERimAciiiALs  hetween 

THEM,  FOHMINO  AN  I.Ml'OKTANT  PAUT  OK  THE  DOHSAL  CUP.  RaI)L\LS  IS  CONTACT 
EXCEPT  AT  THE  POSTKIUOlt  SIDE,  WHKUE  THEY  AHE  SEPAllATEI)  BY  A  lIEXA(iOSAL 
ANAL  PLATE,  WHICH  IS  FOLLOW"!)  BY  TWO  INTEUBUACHIALS  WITHOUT  A  SECOND 
ANAL.      iiASALS   KOKMINU   A    HEXAUON. 


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Aii'i/i/sln  itftjw  Cnvrn. 
Basals  3,  equal.    Arms  biserial,  branching  alternately  from  the  main  divUions  of  the  rays. 

A.  Axis    AT   TlIK    KND    OK    A    TIT.K. 

1.  Intcrhnifliials  lyiiiinctril  ir'itli  the  iiifi'i'<iiii/iiil(irrii/,t. 
II,     C'(i/i/.r  /ii/iril,  hifrrriiiUnl  a/ini'fs  i/ijiri.tsiil. 

Anal  tnlu!  lone;,  coiitnil.  Tho  branoliinr;  in  tlio  calj'X 
aliove  tlio  (listiclials  at  alternato  sides  from  cvory 
second  or  lliinl  |ihitt'.  liifuiTations  of  tlio  free  arms, 
if  any,  at  long  intervals Acfhiofrhiiin. 

Kays  ])rodnct'd  into  ann-liko  tubnlai'  cxtonsions,  risinij  to 
the  full  lii'iglit  of  tlio  crown,  givint;  olf  arms  from 
alternate  sides Sti(/(inorr!niis. 

Anal  t'.ibe  short,  oxcontr.e.  >'entrid  <lisk  largely  ine- 
doiniiiating  over  tlip  dorsal  eiip.  liays  widely  sepa- 
rated. Arms  heavy,  generally  bifureating  in  the  free 
state,  the  branches  divergent Aiiijjiiornrrliiiis. 

2.  1  i>fei'ht'tic]tiith  n<it  ruHtirrfi'f/  irtf/t  thf  ntfn'tfiiifni/'/ri-fr/s. 

It.    (.'ii/i/.r  nut  /ii/inl,  iiriiis  iilmiit  i-ijiiSilisttiiit,  ijii-i'ii  '[(f  i>i  "  inoro 

01' Ivus  miiti'iiiioiin  ring  iiroinnl  thf  I'lih/.r  ;  iiiinl  tiilii'  /on;/, 

Cintni/.     Ji'ij'iireiithins  /iri/ninl  t/ii'  fimtiilsf'rnm  ii'rri/  /inirhial 

ill  till'  rii/i/.r  ;  ni'nin  sini/iti'. 

Arms  directed  upward.     W'litral  disk  conical,  gradually 

passing  into  the  tube Ciirtofi'liiii.i. 

Anns  very  numerous,  their  lower  portions  directed  out- 
ward, incorporated  into  the  calyx,  and  forming  a  broad, 
flanging,  continuous  rim Tdciocrinus. 

B.  Anus  without  a  tuiie. 

((,    .1//  hifiiri'iitiims  III  till'  nili/.r  gii'i'n  off  from  tin'  fii'xt  lii'iwhinl 
of  miri'i'snii'i'  orili'i'.i. 
Interbrachials  oounccted  with  the  interambul.acrals  ;  in- 
terspaces   between    the    rays  and   their    subdivisions 
channeled  j    arms  arranged   in  groups  ;    ventral   disk 
liemisplieric,  anus  exeeutric         Physitocr'inus, 


ACTINOCRINID^. 

Interbrachials  not  connected  with  the  interambulaorals ; 
liracliials  from  tlio  diaticlials  or  paliiiars  iii)  lixti'udiul 
into  a  liroad,  llanginj;  rim  as  in  Tr/ilun-iiiiis  ;  arms  very 
iiunicrous ;  ventral  disk  low,  composed  tliroiigliont  of 
very  small,  irregular  jiioccs ;   anus  subcentral  .     .     . 


Geoloij'ifid  (111(1  Gcixjniphkdl  Distribution. 
Number  of  known  species. 

(Open  (ii;iirps  iiiclicalc  Amtricmi;  (hose  iimikcd  (),  Europctin.) 


551 


Strntorrhuia. 


FoitM  VTIltN. 

AlilNiH  UIMIi.K. 

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NdTi:.  —  'I'liciv  urn  many  svnnnyiiis  ainniif;  tlio  feriiis  drsriilicd  liy  dc  Koiiiiick  mid  other  Duro]icaii 
wiilurs  under  ./f////ur'/7'«».« ;  iilhi'i-s  will  have  (o  l)e  referred  to  diU'ereiit  genera. 

Ifcnifid-s.  —  TIio  rcliitiona  of  the  ActinoorinirlaB  ami  Batocrinidn?  witli 
othor  Camcrata,  and  tlio  distinctions  between  tliese  two  families,  have  been 
sndiciently  pointed  ont  in  connection  with  the  Rntocrinido".  The  ab.sencc  of 
an  anal  plate  between  the  two  interbracliials  of  the  fir.st  vow,  and  the  alter- 
nate mode  of  bifurcation  of  the  arms,  will  always  distinguisli  an  Actinocriiioid 
from  a  Batocrinoid. 

The  Actinocrinidfc  were  a  .short  lived  family,  appearing'  first  in  the 
Waverly  group,  and   culminating  in   tiio  large  and  striking  forms  of  the 


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552 


TIIK   CRINOIDKA   CAM KR ATA   Or   NORTH   AMKRICA. 


Keokuk  group,  beyond  which  no  vcstlgc  of  them  has  been  seen.  There  are 
about  sixty  Anieriean  species,  and  perhaps  twenty  from  Europe,  where  it 
occurs  also  only  in  the  Mountain  Limestone. 


Fig.  1j.     Acliiiorrimi'. 
(Exiiliumtion  of  llic  letters  ns  in  Fig.  12  ) 


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ACTINOCRINUS  J.  S  jullek. 
(Restricted.) 

1S21.  .T.  S.  MiLLKR;  n  riislory  of  the  Crinoidca,  p.  91. 

1S14.  McCcjv;  SviKips.  Ciiil).  Kiiss.  Iri'liiiid,  \\  ISl. 

ISli.  De  Koxinck;  Dcsenplioii  Aiiim.  Fuss.,  p.  49. 

13.j:!.  Dk  Kox.  miil  Lk  Hon  ;  Keeher.  Criu.  Terr.  Cub.  Belf^ique,  p.  123. 

TS.).-).  F.  RoEMKH  ;  Lotliir.T  r.cniii.  (,\iisi.  3),  .Tulirg.  XIX.,  p.  2W, 

18.-)7.  I'll  TK.T  ;  Traitc  dc  Paleont.,  Veil.  IV.,  p.  323. 

ISlir).  JFeek  and  Worthe.v;  Geot.  liep.  lllinoi.s,  Vol.  II.,  p.  117. 

l'<73.  Mkek  and  Worthen-  ;  ibid.,  Yd.  V.,  p.  311. 

1873.  Ztttei,  ;  Handl).  d.  Palieontnlosie,  Vol.  I.,  p.  309. 

18S1.  W.  and  Sp. ;  Hcvibion  ralreocr.,  I'art  II.,  p.  13S  (Vrocced.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Phila.,  p.  312). 

1889.  S.  A.  Miller;  N.  A.  Genl.  and  I'aliront.,  p.  216. 

Syn.  Blairocrinm  S.  A.  Miller;  Adv.  Sheets  17th  Rep.  liid.,  p.  69. 


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actinocrixid.t;. 


668 


Calyx  distinctly  lobed  iit  the  arm  regions,  the  liiglicr  orders  of  brachials 
forming,  together  with  the  ambulacral  plates  overlying  them,  five  more  or 
less  prominent  calicular  extensions,  or  brachial  lobes,  from  the  two  divisions 
of  which  the  free  arms  are  given  oflT  by  alternate  bifurcation  from  every 
second  or  third  plate.  The  plates  of  the  dorsal  cup  are  ornamented  by  radi- 
ating ridges,  which  often  meet  in  a  node.  Basals  three,  rather  largo,  forming 
a  well  defined  cup.  Radials  larger  than  any  of  the  succeeding  plates.  Cos- 
tals  two,  the  first  hcxangidar  —  exceptionally  quadrangular.  Distichals  all 
axillary  ;  snpi)orting  at  their  outer  side  an  arm,  at  the  inner  from  two  to  three 
palmars.  The  succeeding  bifurcations  take  place  in  a  similar  manner;  each 
successive  order  of  brachials  consists  of  two  or  three  plates,  of  which  Ciich 
axillary  supports  an  arm  at  one  side,  and  two  or  three  post-palmars  —  accord- 
ing to  species  —  at  the  other,  and  so  on  to  the  last  bifurcation  in  the  calyx, 
which  gives  origin  to  two  arms.  When  there  are  only  four  arms  to  the  ray, 
the  last  bifurcation  is  on  the  distichals,  and  there  is  of  course  no  alternation. 
Tiie  arms  are  given  off  alternately  from  ojipositc  sides  in  almost  the  same 
way  as  the  pinnules  from  an  arm  with  a  succession  of  syzygies;  but  in 
Arllii'wriiiiiH  the  sides  of  the  proxin)al  arm  plates  are  suturally  united  with 
the  plates  which  support  the  succeeding  order  of  brachials.  Arms  biserial, 
and  nxMpiently  branching  once  or  twice  after  becoming  free;  the  pinnules 
long,  and  their  proximal  joints  armed  with  a  small  hook,  projecting  from 
the  middle  of  the  plates.  The  intcrbrachial  spaces  on  approaching  the 
arm  regions  are  widely  and  deeply  depressed;  they  are  occupied  b^'  numer- 
ous plates,  which  meet  with  the  interandnilacral  pieces  above,  and  in  some 
species  take  part  in  the  formation  of  the  brachial  extensions.  The  anal  side 
is  the  widest,  containing  one  large  plate  in  line  with  the  radials,  which  is 
followed  by  two  interbrachials ;  the  anus  is  located  at  the  distal  end  of  a 
strong  tube,  which  rises  abruptly  from  the  summit  of  the  tcgmen.  Orals 
rather  small  and  excentric.  The  ambulacral  plates  either  consist  of  two  rows 
of  large  covering  pieces,  which  pass  out  from  between  the  orals  and  follow 
the  branching  of  the  food  grooves,  or  are  represented  by  large  single  plates 
of  a  first  and  second  order,  succeeded  by  small  covering  pieces,  which  meet 
with  those  of  the  free  arms.  Column  round,  the  axial  canal  small  and 
pentangular.  '' 

DistrihuHon.  —  Restricted  to  the  lower  part  of  the  Subcarboniferous  or 
Mountain  limestone.  In  America  it  makes  its  appearance  in  the  Waverly 
group,  where  it  is  represented,  so  far  as  known,  by  a  single  species;  it  reached 

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its  culmination  in  the  Upper  Burlington  limestone  ami  Keokuk  group,  where 
it  became  extinct,  being  tlie  last  survivor  of  the  family.  In  Em-ope  it  is 
represented  at  Tourney,  Belgium,  in  the  Yorkshire  regions  of  England,  and 
at  Waterford,  Ireland  ;  but  no  trace  of  it  has  been  found  in  the  higher  Car- 
boniferous rocks  of  Scotland  or  Russia. 

7i'(HiM/7.s.  —  The  gnwufi  Ac/inocn'iiKs  was  made  by  the  earlier  writers  on 
Crinoids  a  receptacle  for  all  —  or  nearly  all  —  Camerata  with  a  monocyclic 
base,  ami  in  which  an  anal  plate  was  introduced  within  the  radial  ring.  This 
accounts  for  the  fact  that  the  number  of  species  referred  to  it  reaches  nearly 
three  hundred.  The  first  departure  from  this  rule  was  made  by  Austin  in 
184'),  who  introduced  the  genera  Ampliomcrinus  and  PiricrliocriiiKs ;  and 
although  his  descriptions  wore  meagre  and  partly  incorrect,  he  gave  well 
known  types  for  both  forms,  .so  that  they  could  be  reodily  identified.  Owen 
and  Shumard  followed  in  1852  with  Mci/lstocriniin,  and  F.  Roemer  in  1854 
with  Doryrrinm.  Tn  the  same  year  Cassoday  proposed  the  genus  Brifwrintts, 
and  in  1859,  in  company  with  Lyon,  Erdmocr'mus.  But  all  these  genera, 
with  the  e.vccption  of  Mcf/Ulocrinua,  were  ignored  by  Hall,  who  from  1859 
to  1801  described  a  great  number  of  now  species  of  this  group.  A  niore 
important  stop  toward  a  bettor  understanding  of  this  group  was  tulvon  by 
Meek  and  Worthen,  who  not  only  accepted  the  genera  theretofore  proposed, 
but  introduced  three  now  ones,  viz.,  Sfrr/CDiorriiius  and  Stroforri'mis  in  18CC, 
and  P/i//.'<ifiicrinii.s  in  1809,  wliicli  also  arc  now  generally  accepted.  After- 
wards  wo  propo.scd  the  <^Qncrii  Gnhiwocrinus  and  Tckiocriiius,  nnd  in  1881  the 
number  of  species  retained  under  Actlnocrlnus,  after  deducting  niunerous 
synonyms,  was  reduced  to  less  than  fift}'.  But  even  these  species  were 
su.sceptible  of  division  into  two  sections,  as  already  pointed  out  in  1806  by 
Meek  and  'NVorthen,  viz., 

A  —  .spccios  in  wliich  tlie  liighor  lirachi.ils,  sometimes  from  tlie  second  costals  wp,  are 

gidiiped  together,  so  as  to  form  five  protuberant  lobes,  from  wliicb   the  arms  are 

given  off  from  alternate  sides. 
li  —  species  in  which  the  arm  bases  are  arranged  in  a  continuous  series  around  the  calyx, 

/.  ('.,  the  interbrachials  are  separated  from  the  interambulacrals  by  the  arm-bearing 

brachials. 


These  differences  we  regard  as  amply  sufficient  for  generic  separation. 
In  addition  to  them  there  is  a  constant  diflTerence  in  the  number  of  brachials 
be3'ond  tlie  costals,  —  the  higher  ordors  of  brachials  in  all  .species  of  section 
A  consisting  of  two  or  three  plates,  while  each  such  order  in  those  of  sec- 


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tion  B  is  composed  of  a  single  plute.  In  tliin  respect  the  genus  Aadiwcriiiio', 
aa  now  restricted  to  the  .species  of  section  A,  dilTers  from  nil  the  other  genera 
of  the  family,  one  or  two  species  of  iSliynii'icrliiiin  excepted. 

A  consultation  of  J.  S.  Miller's  Natural  Ili-tory  of  the  Crinoiden,  p.  91, 
shows  clearly  that  his  description  applies  only  to  section  A,  lie  snys : 
"  When  the  arms  deprived  of  their  fingers  project  laterally  from  the  sub- 
globose  body  at  the  sununit  of  the  column,  they  bear  some  resemblance  to 
the  rays  or  spokes  fixed  in  tlie  nave  of  a  wheel."  This  is  quite  character- 
istic of  the  typical  s\^cc'ica  AcliiiocriiiHs  irlavuiiladact>/h(.i,  v.\\{\  there  cannot  be 
the  least  doubt  as  to  which  group  should  retain  the  name.  For  tiie  .species 
of  section  B  we  propose  elsewhere  the  genus  CKoforriiiKs. 

Avtiiiocrtnu.i  urmi,  and  A.  Ilmnhnhlti  Troost,  are  catalogue  names.  A.  viati' 
ciis  White,  which  is  probably  closely  allied  to  A,  kiiiiisnilpliiK,  is  not 
sufficiently  well  preserved  for  description.  S.  A.  Miller's  new  goiuis  Bhilro- 
crinus  is  identical  with  Adinocrliius  as  now  restricted.  Ilis  Adimcrhius  nala- 
licnsi.i  is  described  from  a  very  imperfect  specimen,  and  the  casls  which  lie 
refers  to  that  species  very  probably  belong  to  a  different  species. 


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Actinocrinus  multiradiatus  Shumaud. 
Flule  LIT.  Fiffs.  3,  4a,  b,  5  and  G. 

1837.     SiiCMUiri;  Trans.  Acid.  Sci.  St.  Louis,  Viil,  I.,  ]i.  73,  I'hitc  1,  Y\<^.  5. 
1858.     \\\\.\.\  (iei)l.  Uep.  Idwn,  Vul.  I.,  I'liit  11.,  p.  37',t,  I'hite  10,  \\.  0. 
1881.    W.  iiml  Si'.;  Uevisioii  rnhuucr.,  I'liit  II.,  p.  Hi. 

Cnlyx  of  medium  size,  distinctly  lobed  from  a  summit  or  basal  aspect. 
Dorsal  cup  to  the  fop  of  the  first  costals  slightly  convex,  and  one  fourth  to 
one  third  hiuiier  than  from  there  to  the  base  of  the  anal  tube ;  the  second 
costals  curving  abruptly  outward.  Distichals  and  palmar.s  hoi'izontal  and 
rounded  on  the  back.  They  form,  together  with  the  plates  of  the  tegmen 
overlying  them,  brachial  extensions  of  the  calyx  ;  while  the  intcrradial 
])lates  between  them  follow  the  general  curvature  of  the  calyx.  Plates  of 
the  cup  highly  ornamented  with  strong,  somewhat  undulating  ridge.s,  which 
in  sets  of  from  one  to  four  run  from  near  the  middle  of  the  plates  to  the 
outer  margins,  where,  crossing  the  sutures,  they  unite  with  those  from 
adjoining  pieces,  and  form  a  number  of  sets  of  from  two  to  three  concentric 
triangles.  The  radials  generally  have  above  the  centre  of  the  plates  a  trans- 
verse node,  from  which  four  prominent  ridges  proceed  to  the  basals ;  three 


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others  pnss  out  to  the  costiil«  nnil  first  iiiteibrnchinlM,  nnd  from  one  to  three 
to  the  other  phvtes;  but  only  those  of  the  middle  series  are  continuous,  the 
two  at  the  sides  which  form  the  inner  triimglcs,  wlieii  present  nt  all,  being 
intorriipted  and  less  distinct. 

Basals  large,  forming  a  broad  cup,  with  rapidly  expanding  sides;  the 
lower  margins  projeeting  over  the  top  of  the  colunni,  somewhat  thickened, 
anil  sliglitly  notched  at  the  sutures;  the  axial  canal  sharply  pentangular. 
Radials  large,  longer  than  wide,  the  sloping  upper  faces  much  smaller  than 
tlio  lateral  ones.  First  costals  nearly  as  long  as  wide,  scarcely  half  the  size 
of  the  radials,  and  hexangular;  the  second  costals  from  one  third  to  one 
half  smaller  than  the  first.  Distichals  small,  twice  as  wide  as  long,  axil- 
lary;  their  sloping  outer  faces  support  an  arm,  which  becomes  free  from  the 
second  plate,  the  inner  faces  two  palmars  (rarely  one  or  three),  of  wliich  the 
upper  is  axillary  and  gives  off  a  single  arm  at  one  side,  at  the  other  post- 
palmars  and  two  arms.  Arms  forty,  of  moderate  size,  simple  through- 
out, slightly  tapering,  and  somewhat  flattened  toward  the  extrenn'tios;  the 
plates  tr.insver.sely  angular.  Pinnules  long,  their  two  or  three  proximal 
joints  covered  with  small  hooks.  First  interbrachials  a  little  larger  than  the 
first  costals,  supporting  two  plates,  followed  by  four,  of  which  the  two  lower 
are  in  part  interambulacral,  and  the  upper  ones  touch  the  orals.  Occasion- 
ally there  are  two  additional  plates  between  those  of  the  >econd  and  third 
row.s.  Anal  interradius  very  wide ;  the  anal  plate  succeeded  by  two  plates 
in  the  first,  three  in  the  second,  and  five  in  the  third  row ;  those  of  the 
l.itter,  which  occupy  the  equatorial  zone,  are  followed  by  irregular  pieces  in 
the  togmen.  Teginen  very  short ;  the  plates  moderately  large,  slightly 
convex,  their  surfaces  rugose.  Orals  comparatively  small,  especially  the 
posterior  one,  which  is  smaller  than  the  others,  nnd  is  placed  at  the  side  of 
the  anal  tube.  Tube  nearly  central,  long,  heavy  throughout,  and  frequently 
curving ;  the  plates  .sharply  nodose  and  transversely  arranged.  The  nmbu- 
lacral  plates,  covering  the  calycine  extensions,  decrease  in  size  outward, 
and  arc  immovable  ;  those  of  the  fir.«t  and  second  orders  consist  of  large 
single  pieces,  but  those  of  the  higher  orders  of  two  rows  of  plates.  Col- 
umn proportionally  small,  composed  in  the  upper  part  of  thicker  and 
thinner  joints,  the  former  widest  nt  the  top;  but  at  50mm.  from  the  calyx 
all  joints  have  nearly  the  same  dimensions. 

ITnrirnn  ami  LoniUhj.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone,  Bm-lington.  Iowa, 
Quincy,  Ills.,  Hannibal,  Mo.,  and  other  places. 


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Actinocrinua  lobatus  Hall  (imt  U'ditTiiKs). 
PIhIc  LI  I.  Fii/s.  hi,  b,  uml  I'hik  LIV.  F\j.  .1.  ami  Piute  LV.  F!<is.  1u,  h. 

ISim.     Ham,;  Sii|i|,1.  r,m\.  ll('|>.  lnwn,  p   .•)!, 

ISSl,     W.  mill  Si', ;   Ut\i»iim  I'liluvici-.,  I'liil  II,  j.   1  U, 

(?)  Syii,  Acliiiucriiiii.i  miii-nriunfiit —  llvi.l.;  Sii]i|il,  ficol.  Rep.  Inwn,  ISfid,  |i,  tS. 

LiU'gcr  timn  tlio  preceilinjj  specie.-*;  the  lobes  of  the  ciilyx  iiioro  promi- 
nent; tlio  iiiternulial  .spiiecs  cleei»er,  ami  formed  into  pitlike  (k'piv,x,«iion-i. 
which  extend  from  the  upper  part  of  the  (ir.-<t  interbrachiiil  to  near  the  oials, 
reducing  the  width  of  the  tegmen,  with  the  brachial  lobes  removed,  to  the 
diameter  of  the  dorsal  enp  at  the  radials.  The  dorsal  cup  rises  moderately 
to  the  top  of  tlie  first  costals,  above  which  the  brachials  take  an  almost  hori- 
zontal petition  to  the  bases  of  the  free  arms.  The  lobes  are  narrower  at  the 
proximal  than  at  the  distal  end,  and  at  the  back  of  the  costals  distinctly 
angular,  their  sides  bomling  abruptly  upward  to  meet  tiie  small  interbrachial 
pieces  interposeil  between  them.  In  the  lower  part  of  tiie  calyx,  below  the 
lobes,  the  plates  are  slightly  tumid,  having  small  central  nodes,  of  which 
those  upon  the  radials  and  costals  are  most  prominent  and  transver,>iely 
arranged.  From  the  nodes,  sets  of  jjarallel  ridges  proceed  to  the  outer 
margins;  but  these,  although  quite  distinct  between  basals  aiul  radials,  are 
more  or  less  obscure  between  the  other  plates. 

Basals  proportionally  large,  forming  a  I)road  cup,  twice  as  wide  as  liigb. 
notched  at  the  sutures,  and  thickened  around  the  lower  margins,  Radials 
very  large,  longer  than  wide,  the  npper  face  narrower  than  any  of  the 
others.  Costals  small,  the  two  together  less  than  one  half  the  size  of  the 
radials ;  the  first  as  wide  as  long ;  the  second  as  wide  as  the  first,  but 
shorter.  Distichals  noarl}'  one  third  smaller  than  the  upper  costals,  all 
axillary.  They  support  at  the  outer  side  an  arm,  which  is  free  from  the 
second  plate;  ut  the  inner  side  three  palmars,  wliieh  give  off  an  arm  to  the 
inner  side  of  tho  ray,  and  to  the  outer  two  jjost-palmars  with  two  free  arms 
from  the  axilhuT.  Arms  fortv  (not  twentv-five  as  described  bv  Hall),  moder- 
ately  heavy,  and  branching  in  their  free  state.  Interbracliials  numerous ; 
tlie  first  as  largo  ns,  or  larger  than,  the  first  costals;  the  two  of  the  second 
row  one  half  smaller;  there  are  other  irregular  plates  overlying  them,  which 
meet  the  oral.s,  and  are  in  part  interambulacral.  Anal  interradius  the  widest, 
and  the  plates  still  more  numerous.  The  central  part  of  the  tegmen  is  almost 
flat,  and  raised  but  little  above  the  top  of  the  lateral  extensions ;  its  plates 


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TIIK   C'UIXOIDKA   CAMKUATA   Ol"   NOUTIi   A.MKUK  A. 


convt'X.  (^nils  xt'imnitotl  liy  perisoinic  pliitcs,  mid  larger  tliuii  lliu  Miinoiiiiil- 
ing  pii'ccs  tlio  poMturiDr  one  miljeeiitrdl,  wider  tliiiii  liigli ;  tliu  otliers  wome- 
wliiit  liirj,'er  tiiul  eloiigiite.  Covering  fiiecex  of  llrst  iintl  Mecond  orders 
irregular,  and  diirnndt  to  dislinguisli  IVoni  the  superinipowed  interandjidacrals, 
but  tliose  of  tlie  liiglier  orders  iiru  regularly  arranged  in  two  rows.  Anal 
tube  nearly  central.  . 

Jli'i-hm  (iiiil  L'ifi(ll/i/.  —  Transition  bed  between  the  Bnilington  and  Keo- 
kuk groups.  Pleasant  Grove,  Iowa,  Niiuvoo,  Ills.,  and  Canton,  Washington 
Co.,  Ind. 

Juiniirh.  —  The  speeiinen  figured  by  Wort'  on  as  Acllnocrliiiis  luhntua 
Hall,  in  the  Geologieal  Report  of  Illinois,  Vol.  VIII.,  Plato  XII.,  Fig.  8,  is 
a  small  example  of  Actiiiucrinus  mnynljicm  W.  and  Sp. 


Aotinoorinus  verrucosus  Ham.. 
riatc  LI  I.  FlijK  L\i,  h,  c. 

1S")3.    IIali;  Ocnl.  Rep.  Town,  Vul.  I.,  I'liil  II ,  p.  .">79,  Tlute  10,  Figs.  7a,  «. 
IbSl.     W.  niKlSr.;  Uovisiou  l';ilu'ocr„  I'lirl  II..  p.  11(1. 

Svii.  Ar/iiiorriiiii.t  us/rriii.i  M(  (,'iiK.ssnv  ;  Ui'scr.  New  Spec,  of  Foss,,  p.  \3,  niid  Trans,  Cliicngo  Acml. 
Sci„  Vol.  1.,  p.  9,  riiite  3,  Fis.  0. 

Approaching  in  size  the  two  preceding  species,  but  differing  widely  in  the 
proportions  of  the  caly.v.  the  greater  convexity  of  the  plates,  and  their  sur- 
face markings.  Calyx  distinctly  lobed,  its  height  from  the  base  to  the  foot 
of  the  anal  tube  about  equal  to  the  width  at  the  ends  of  the  brachial  exten- 
sions. The  sides  of  the  dorsal  cup  spreading  nniformly  to  the  top  of  the 
first  costals,  thence  abruptly  outward,  bringing  the  plates  forming  the 
brachial  extensions  into  a  strictly  horizontal  position.  The  plates  between 
the  lobes  are  raised  slightly  above  the  general  surface  of  the  plates  bo- 
low,  forming  a  low  rim  around  the  npper  margins  of  the  dorsal  cup,  dilTer- 
ing  in  this  from  the  two  preceding  species,  in  which  this  part  is  impressed, 
and  the  brachial  appendages  are  more  prominent.  Tegmen  almost  as  high 
as  the  dorsal  cup  ;  pyramidal,  rising  evenly  from  the  outer  margins  of  the 
lobes  to  the  summit.  Plate.s  of  the  dorsal  cup  tumid,  and  the  middle  of  the 
radials,  first  costals,  anid  plate,  and  first  interbracbials,  elevated  into  a  promi- 
nent node,  which,  except  on  the  interbracbials,  is  transversely  disposed. 
From  the  nodes  of  the  radials  and  anal  plate  sometimes  two  rounded  ridges 


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pnMH  out  to  tlio  IjuhiiIk,  mid  .«*iiigIo  oik-h  to  tlio  iiitorbmcliiiil!)  ami  costulu  ;  but 
those  ridgi'M,  if  present  ivt  till,  mo  moro  or  Icxm  obKcuro. 

nuMiils  nuiiloratcly  large,  forniiug  a  low  ciii),  wliidi  is  drcply  notclicd  at 
tlio  sutures,  and  tiiickt'iiod  at  tliu  Iowit  ninrgins  no  as  to  Corni  a  broad  lini, 
wliioli  [irojecl.M  oiitwanls  and  downwanls.  Itadinls  gciiurally  a  litllo  longer 
than  wide.  First  contal.s  liaif  tiie  m.o  of  the  radials,  a  iiltlu  wiilor  than  long; 
tho  necond  one  lialf  smaller  than  the  first,  and  twice  ns  wide  ns  long.  Dis- 
tii'bal.s  one,  (juite  small,  giving  ofl' from  the  outer  side  an  arm,  from  llic  inner 
two  [laliiiars.  The  latter  siijiiimt  an  arm  at  the  inner  side,  and  two  |iost- 
palmars  with  two  arms  at  the  outer.  Arm  facets  with  transverse,  im])erf(irato, 
articiilnr  ridge.  The  respiratory  pores  small,  and  placed  so  close  to  the  am- 
Imlarral  o|)enings  that  the  intervening  walls  arc  rarely  intact.  Arms  forty, 
moderately  heavy,  simple  throughout,  and  biserial  from  the  second  or  third 
plate.  Regular  inteibrachials:  1,2,  4,  15,  followed  by  other  plates  in  the 
tegmen  ;  tlio.sc  of  the  third  and  fourth  row  placed  between  the  lobes,  and  in 
part  interambulacral.  Anal  plate  smaller  than  tho  radials;  followed  by  2,  '1, 
4.  or  G  plates,  and  by  numerous  smaller  pieces  in  tho  togmen.  Plates  of  the 
teginen  sharply  nodose  and  rather  iinifonn  in  size,  except  the  lower  interam- 
bulacral pieces,  which  are  somewhat  smaller.  Ornls  and  radial  dome  plates 
indeterminable.  Near  the  arm  bases  small  covering  pieces  can  bo  recog- 
nized. Anal  tube  almost  central,  largo  and  heavy  throughout ;  formed  of 
rather  large  nodo.se  plates,  which  are  intermingled  by  small  almost  flat  ones. 

If"ri~oii  ami  Loculllif,  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone ;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
and  Monmouth  and  Quincy,  Ills. 


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Aotinoorinus  soitulus  ^fF.EK  nnd  Worthek. 
Phtc  L  V.  Figs.  ,7,  Ga,  b. 

ISfiO.     5[.  nnd  W. ;  Trooord.  Aond.  Nat,  Sri.  Pliiln.,  p.  .I'ifi. 

I5i;ii.     .\I.  iihJ  W.l  (icol.  Hep.  IlliiKiis,  Viil.  II.,  p,  21)2,  IMiitp  15,  Figs.  7ir,  i. 

I'iSl.     ^Y.  nnd  Sr.  ;  Rcvisidii  Piilirc.n-.,  I'liit  II.,  p.  1  t.V 

Sjn.  .li'fiiiDfriiiiit  rim/ii'in  II.m.i. ;  ISfil,  Dcscr.  New  Sprc  of  Crin.,  p.  2. 

Sjii.  Ji'tiiioenniis  Si/liiiiiiiii  M.  nnd  \V.  i  ISfil,  Vrooccd.  Aond.  Xiit.  Sci.  Pliiln.,  p.  13i. 

Syn.  AcliiiorriiiHi  ll'iirLtiiiii/ii  WtiiiK;  1S02  (not  IsriOi  Pnirood.  Hnst.  Acml.  Nnt.  Sci  ,  Vdl.  IX., 
p.  15. 

Rather  below  medium  size.  In  the  form  of  the  calyx  a]iproacliing 
A.  irrrucosvs,  but  the  brachial  extensions  shorter,  the  interspace."  nar- 
rower,   ond    the   interbrachials    less  numerous.    Dorsal   cup  obconical,   its 


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fitlcH  I'Ximnilin;^  ri-giilarl}  I'mm  flio  I)iiko  to  lln'  luii  of  tlio  cohIiiIh,  tlio  Iiijilier 
Ijiiicliiiil^  hoii/.Diilul.  W'ntiiil  disk  di'iue-Ni'd  i'(iiivi'.\,  ocoupviiig  iiltoiit  oiiu 
lliinl  tlio  lifiglit  of  tlie  oiilvx.  SinrMci'?*  of  [AhU'h  Komi'wliiit  vaiiiildi',  Imt, 
an  II  ndo,  tlio  radial^  and  anal  |ilatu  HtrongI}'  nodixo,  the  nodes  tiiin.svt'i'.-<i'1y 
arrauf^i'd,  covorin>{  llio  wlioli'  .-mfaci'  of  the  idiiti's,  and  i'Xltn<linjf  oldiiimd;- 
ontward.  From  tlio  i<idoM  of  tiu'Ho  nodes  indisiinol  ridijes  or  anj^ulaiities 
pass  out  to  tlio  costals.  givin><  to  tlio  xootion  of  tlio  oiip  an  ohscurel^'  jioii- 
tanj,'Mlar  oiitlino  ;  similar  ridgox  procood  to  tlio  liaxids.  'j'lie  first  intor- 
linudiiids  aro  niaiked  with  wry  ]ii'oiiiiiu'iit  ronniU'd  tidioiok's,  i'i,«iiig 
nhrnptiy  at  tlio  middle  of  iIk'  idates,  while  the  higher  inturbnichia!«  mo 
nearly  Hat. 

Hnso  short,  deeiily  grooved  at  the  sutures,  and  notela d  at  tho  lower 
margins,  presenting  ihieo  well  marked  lolies,  whiidi.  hanging  <Iowii\vard, 
oncloso  the  proximal  stem  joints.  Ihidiiils  nearly  as  Inrge  as  both  costali* 
together,  and  as  w  ido  as  long.  First  eostids  iio.xangnlar ;  the  second  wider 
tliiiii  long,  and  generally  smaller  lliiiii  the  llrst.  Sueeeeding  hraehiiils  small, 
exteriorly  rounded,  with  deep  longitudinal  grooves  nl  the  sides.  Dislichals 
all  axillary,  tlioir  sloping  outer  faees  giving  ofl'an  nrni.  the  inner  ones  ol'  both 
ray  divisions  two  pidmnrs.  and  those  ngain  an  arm  from  the  one  ^ide,  and 
two  post-palmais  fr(nii  the  other,  of  which  the  axillary  supjiorts  two  arms. 
Anns  forty  (not  twenty  as  supposed  hy  Hall,  nor  thirty  as  given  by  Meek 
and  Worthon);  long,  ioundod,  not  branching  in  their  free  state,  and  not 
laiierlng  at  tho  extremilies.  Interhraeliial  Hjnices  .slightly  llattenod  ;  they 
consist  at  the  regular  sides  of  1,2,  and  1  plates,  tho  latter  row  on  a  level 
with  the  arm  openings,  and  at  the  nnal  side  of  2,  ^,  luid  u  pieces.  Plates 
of  the  togmon  of  medium  size  ;  tho  orals,  which  are  slightly  the  largest  and 
not  in  contact  with  each  other,  placed  at  some  distance  from  the  HUinmit, 
Ambidiicriil  plates  of  first  ami  .second  orders  represented  by  large  single 
plates,  those  of  tho  higher  orders  by  rows  of  snuill  covering  pieces.  Anal 
tube  central,  ami  of  modornto  si/o. 

Jliin'.ivn  mill  l.nrnUlt/.  —  Upper  Burlington  liiiiostono,  Burlington,  Iowa, 
and  at  the  .same  hori/on  in  Missouri  and  Illinois. 

Tijpcs  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 


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Aotinoorinui  p«modoBui  iiul. 

J'iitU  L  V.  I'njx.  Jit,  0. 

185S.    U\i'  ;  <li"l.  Hip.  I"»i'.  v.. I   I  ,  I'aii  II.,  |.  tins,  I'luii'  Ij,  Ki((v  X,,  /,,  mu\  VUu  ift,  V'lu.  7. 
1811.     \V.  uiul  He.  ;  lU'VjM.m  I'uluMVi'.,  I'url  II.,  |>.  115. 

Nt'urcMt  to  ..1,  rtrnwosiis,  lint  of  larifcr  ni/o,  tlii'  I'lult's  licaviur  mid  ilc- 
ciilcilly  iiiiii'f  nuiIoHu.  C'al^x  ii  litllo  lii^litr  lliiiii  wiili',  iiiiiloi'iiil)'  ^|ii'i'ailiii^ 
from  tlio  lii'oiully  tiiiiicatod  biiHU  to  tliu  tup  ol'  tin-  hi-coiii1  cuNtalM,  wliunvi-  tliu 
riiys  Hpruiul  ulilii|iii'ly  oiilwaril.  Tliu  iiiti'rlii'iicliial  Hpai'i'N  ciirve  hiiglilly 
iiiwarcl,  iiml  lonii  duoply  deproHsod  arua.x,  wliicli  givo  to  tlio  calyx  froiii  i\ 
voiitriil  ivspi'ct  II  utroii^iy  pcntaloliato  oiitliiio.  'iVj;iiu'ii  cliort,  ik'pic.xf'i.'il 
convex.  I'lati'M  of  tlio  dormil  cup  miiMHivo  nnd  liiglily  cluvntcd,  tlio  mirfiiccii 
risinj}  oljlii|iicly  from  tliu  Hiituro  linos  to  nuiir  tiiu  ccntiu  of  the  pliitus,  and 
tlioncu  iiliniplly  to  tliuir  siininiits,  tliuru  roniiinjr  conx|iicii(iiis  nmluH,  anIiIcIi 
npon  tliu  riidiuN  and  biaeliial.s  arc  transvcix'ly  arranged.  I'loni  tliusu 
iiodcM,  liroad  ridgus  proceed  to  ailjoininj;  plates,  two  —  exceptionally  three  — 
I'roiii  llio  rudials  to  the  ba.xals,  while  there  \n  hut  one  between  the  oIIk  r 
plates.  Tliesu  ridge.s  and  nodus  give  to  the  siirracu  a  rugose  mik!  rough 
appearance. 

llasals  large,  projecting  outward,  ami  forming  with  their  lower  margins  a 
strong  rim  uromid  the  top  of  the  column,  which  it*  deeply  notched  between 
the  plates.  Radials  as  lung  as  wide,  or  longer;  their  sloping  upper  faces 
much  shorter  than  the  lateral  oncH.  First  eostals  less  than  hall'  the  si/e  of 
the  radials,  nearly  as  long  ns  wide;  the  second  as  wide  as  the  (irst,  Init  only 
half  as  long.  Distichah'  small,  giving  off  an  arm  to  one  side,  and  two  pal- 
nmrs  to  the  other;  the  latter  supporting  on  their  axillary  two  arms,  which 
lire  free  from  the  second  plate.  Distielials  and  palniars  quite  short,  angular 
on  the  back,  and  separated  from  adjoining  brachials  of  the  same  ray  by  deep 
grooves,  formed  by  the  incurving  sides  of  the  jilntes.  Arms  six  to  the  ray. 
stout,  long,  nnd  apparently  simple  throughout.  Kegular  interbrachials  ;  ], 
2,  3,  followed  by  ii  number  of  smaller  jtlates,  which  gradually  pass  into 
interambulncrals,  and  decrease  in  size  upwards.  The  anal  plate,  which  is 
smaller  than  the  radials,  is  followed  by  2,  3,  nnd  5  pieces.  There  are  no 
interdistichals  between  the  main  divisions  of  the  rays.     Orals  and  all  nmlju- 

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liLciul    |il;itc:^   lMr;ji^  mill   r|iiii>iiiM,    lli>'   iiili  riuiiliulMi'i'til    jihil(.'H   Hiiiali    iiinl   fliil 
Aiiiil  IiiIk;  ((.iilriil  iiiiil  iij)|)im'iil|)'  laiijc  ;   il«  Icii^jlli  iiiikliowil. 

y/'// /..'//<    (//((/    A"n//./y. -- Kcukiik    )4roii|i  ;     Ki.okiik,    Iowa,    uiiil    Nuiivok, 
lliiiiiillon,  ami  Warnaw,  III-'. 

'J}//'i:  ill  till!  ( Worlliiii;  llliiiuiM  Slitti'  colluiil.ioii,  SiJiiiij^liiM. 


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ActinocrinuH  Lowoi  Haii.. 

r/a/r  IJV.   I'uj.  ,i. 

IH.',S        ll.li.l.;  'i.-.,l     lli|,,   |.,vl:,,   \.,l.   I  ,  I'.ul   II..  |.    'ill,  I'L.lc  1./,  l4p.   .'„-,  //. 
Illl.       \V.  mill  hi-,  i    l(i-lnl..h  l'.-illii,i-l  ,  I'.ul   II.,  |i    III. 

h)ii.  Ai-liiiui-niiui  hiifiiht  Ihi.i.;   IMiD,  hu|i|il.  (.i.:l.  Id  p.  \uMt,  y.  17. 

A  lai-j.n'  '^prwIcH,  j.r(;||c-lall}'  (oilin!  ill  ii  liallclicil  or  crilf^lli'il  coiidilion, 
wlii'li  iiMJii-''  il,  (lilliciill.  lo  a>-(-iT(Miii  Illl-  ai-liial  lijiiii  of  tin-  falyx,  llioii^'Ji 
it.  fi-c-iii-i  lo  III-  Mi-ar  llial  ol'  .1.  jn/H'idn:  n.^  ;  lull  iIk;  lilucliial  (•.\li'ti.-iollM  an; 
liii-gii,  llii-ir  |ilali-n  |)ro|)orlic)iially  Ioii;.mt,  llic  inliThrailiiiil  <l('|)ii'>>ioiiH 
ili'i-|)cr,  aiiil  illl!  li-j.Miicn  lii;/lii  r.  I!i-hii|i'-,  il  lia.M  i-ijjlil  ailiiH  to  lln'  lay 
ill  )>lai-i'  ol  -i\.  Till-  oniaiiH-lilalioli  i-^  liciiiiy  llic  f-aliii-  an  in  llial  hjii-i-icH, 
IhiI  i-oiii<-«lial  iiioic  .-\  iiiiiiirli  iial  ;  lln:  jilalc-.-i  aii'  lliiiiiii-r,  ami  IIm-  ci-iilral 
.^;;'^•.■^    U--^    (il  oiiiiiMMil. 

lia.-ial-i  lar;.'!',  loriiiiii;.^  a  -li^lilly  H|(rcacliti;/  rii|),  a  lilllc  tliii-Ki-iiiil  al  lln; 
^idcH,  loiimliii  on  lln-  Iciwcr  liiai;.iiii>,  anil  lln:  |ilari-  lor  tin-  allai-linii-iil  ol'llii! 
colnniii  rli^ililly  i-.\ia\  al'-il.  Kailial.-i  laifji',  ii«  Ion;;  ai  vNiilc,  or  loiij/i-r.  j''ir^l, 
t:o.'^lal■i  ^'iii<-ially  lii-.\a;jolial,  Ics.m  lliaii  liall  lln:  hi'/.c  ol'  lln-  lailiai-'.  Tin- 
hccom!  co^lal'i  .>-niaili-r  lliaii  llic  /ir-l,  iliicclcil  oliiii|iii'ly  outward,  and  in- 
niivili;.!;  al  lln-  -idcM  lo  rorni  lln-  l;a^i->-  ol  tin-  Ijiai-liial  (•.\l(•ll.>•ioll^',  wlii(-li 
from  lln-  di-lii-liaN  i-.\lciid  lioi  i-/oiilall\  lo  lln-  lia,"-!--^  rd'  lln-  IVi-i-  alliiy,  uidrii- 
in>(  oiilwardi.  Tlic  liiarliialM  rjf  llic  lii^/licr  ordiMn  arc  <:oiii|)aral.ivi:ly  liir;;<', 
^li^/lilly  nodo>-i'  on  lln:  liai-k,  tin.-  fuli-n  iin'iii-vinff  and  dci:jily  jji-oovcd,  i-ppc- 
(-i;illy  l)(  twi'i'ii  tin-  main  divi^'ion'',  wlii'ii-  lln-  j/ro'ivi-H  iiri'  alw)  wiiji-r,  and  linvi: 
ill  tin-  liolloin  a  lon^/il  iidiiial  rmv  of  lliii-i-  or  lour  iiili-idi^ticlialx.  Di.i'licliaN 
wiili-r  iIkiii  lln-  co'-lals  ;  nil  a\illiiry,  ffi  vili;/ oil'  al  llnir  oiilcr  t-idt'M  an  arm, 
wliirji  \^  lii:i-  from  llic  lliiid  |i!alc,  at,  tin:  inin-r  two  jialmai'-',  wliidi  fiom  lln: 
a.villaiv  .--niiiiorl.  the  mm-oimI  nrm  and  t  wo  |io.i^t|)aliiiar -.  ol'  wliii-li  llic  ii|i|iir 
one  l/ifiiri-alc'-  a^'ain.  and  Hii'-I.iiin  two  ariiiH.  'I'lic  arm-  llicin«<dvi'M  have  not. 
hccn  ol)-crvcd.      Ii'c;^iii.-ir   iiilci  |,i;i(-liialH :    I,  2,   .'!,   8;   the   outer  one-    of  the 


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C'liirlll   row  cxlcliflilij;  f.ir  on!   on  tin-  liinrliiul  csti'ii-ioiiH.     TImti'  hk;  iiimimi- 

DIIM  OtIlIT   illtl'll'inlilll    lllilll'^l    llllKM',    lllll     llic-l-    lllkl;    |j!I|I.    ill    ll|l>    ll-J(ll|l!ll.        Till' 

iiiiiil  iiii'cc  Hii|)|)()rlH  twi)  |)liili'H  ill  llii-  lii.-l  row,  Iwo  in  llii-  ^-cidiiiI,  iiiiiI 
liiiiiiifloilM  oIIh'I'  |)iiil<;M  iiliovi'.  N'i'iilliil  ^li^k  ili'[iict-hiil  culivcv,  ^||||||•^^  Iml, 
liillj^ing  llliDVi;  lliu  nt_yM ;  tin-  oi;iIh  hihI  iilnliillitciiil  |)llit(!i  hliiii|ily  lioilu-c  ; 
till!  iiilcniiiiliiiliirnilM  iiliiio-l.  lliil.  'I'ln'  oiiilH  iin-  iiol,  in  cMiniact.  h'\\iy  h''|j.'ir 
iili'il  liy  hiniiil,  Ihit,  |iii'ci'H.  Aniliiiiiicriil  |)IiiIcm  iiriiiii;.Mil  in  iilli-i  ii.ili-  ihum, 
\viiii:li  liil'iiKMli!  I'loiii  II  liilj/<:  ii.\:ll.il  y,  iiii'l  liiiiii  M'CDiiihuy  iiiiil  tciliiiiy  rouM 
towiinl  llii!  iiiiiiH.     Aiiiil  IuIm-  rii'.'iily  cimiIihI. 

//'///•'(///  mill  /,iiiiili/i/.  —  Krokiik  ;!ii)n|);   Ki-okiili,  louii,  .mil  oilier  |/l.ii:<',i 
in  MiNMOiiri  iiiiil  Illinois. 


ActlnocrlnuH  Jurohiih  IIai.i,. 

/'/-(/,;   A/  V.    rii/.    I. 

)m;ii      Ham.;  Su|,|,I   (ii.,!.  Ilip    l.nm,  p  ■)«. 

IH-I,       \V    l.ri.l  ^)-.  ;    l(.vni.,ri   l'.ili.'.,ri  ,  |'i„l  1 1  .  |,,  lU. 

A  liirj."'  Hjii'ci'"',  !il-o  ;i!w;iV'i  Counil  in  ii  (•iii'-lii'il  I'liiiililion,  i-o  lli;i(  ilH 
follll  (■lllJliol.  Ill-  lM-cni;it('i\  1I--CI-I  Ininiil.  Il  hii-Iiih  (o  In;  |jciili'>t  lo  ,1  l.nini, 
wliich  it.  rcH«'liil)!i--i  in  tlii;  noiN'  ol  oiii.nniMil.ilion,  ImiI  Iioiii  iiji|ii;ir:iiii  ■  llic 
ciilyx  Ih  iiioio  clonj.'iili',  llii-  pliiliH  lliiiilHT  iimi  inoir  I'Viiils'  |i|ij|/oi  I  loiiiij, 
till!  Iiriidiinl  cvli'li-ioiiM  Ii'-h.  pioniini'iil,  llii'  iiilriliiiirliin!  -|i;ii-i-  coii^iilciiil/iy 
iiiinowrr,  mill  llic  lii;.i|iiT  Iniirlii.-ih  ol  tlii-  i"ilyx  iniuli  fiioihr  iiiiil  .«ni:illi-r 
f.'fiH'i;illy,  inilii-ulinfj;  ill  o  l|i:il  llur  ;iriii,^  wi'ii;  iiiiicli  lljiiiiii'r.  I'hili'- convi'X, 
tliiviMMi-cl    liy  liiljfi'H  '   iiicli    liiM:t.   ill    lioili'M    111.   Uii;   rciiliiH ;   iin-   lioi|iv>r  ol     IIh' 

llnlilllM,     COllnl.H,     (li.'ll.icllHiM     lllll]     IU|!ll     |ll;il(!      I  III  nsVIT>^<',     lilO.'^l;      ol'     ll|i-      illll'l 

lifin'liiiilM  loiiiid.  From  llio-c  of  (Ik;  rmliiil.H  four  liil^fcH  piiH-i  ilouii  lo  lln' 
li;i.".'il,s,  Uiiim;  oIIicih  ii|HViiiil  lo  IIh'  (ir«l  cohtiilH,  iiliil  ^olll<•lillM■M  llii>  >-:\\nf 
iiiiiiiIht  niim  to   lliit  hcioiiiI   co^-IhI-i,  IhiI,   iIiiti.'   i^  ii'^vit  iiiori'    lli.iii  one  riilL'i- 

hi'lWI'Cll     (III!    oIIhM'    pl.lll'M. 

Uityiiln  Coiinili;.'  a  wiili-  ciiii,  willi  ii  i-lij.'lilly  [iroji-cliiij/,  i-inoolli  lolhir  al 
liic  lowiT  I'liil,  mill  ili-i'|ily  yioovi'il  111  llii-  iiili-i  liawiil  hiiIiui-h  KmliMN  anil 
liolli  co-lals  lonjfiT  lliMli  wiili';  lln;  lalliT  iilioiil  oiii'  liiill'  iIm'  ;-i/i'  of  iin- 
railials.  iJi^liclialn  u  Hull;  kiiiiiIIit  lliali  (lif  co^IhIm,  ln'arly  iih  loiijr  iiHwiili-, 
anil  all  Mxiliaiy,  j/iving  oH'  an  aim  lo  oiii-  I'iili',  iiiiii  Iwo  |pnliiiaiM  (o  (Ik;  o(Iiit. 
Till!  (wo  lower  (i.\ci|  arm  plad'H  are  iioiio-^c,  mm  wiile  an  lon^.',  ami  a-^  lai'i'  a?* 
(III!   iiulliiaiM  ol'  (lie  o)i|io>ii(i'  ^iile,  ol'  wliicli    (lie  M'coliil    iH  a.xiilaiy,  mii|    givef 


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TIIK  CRINOIDEA  CAMKIIATA   OK   NORTH   ASIERICA. 


t)lT  miotlior  arm  iiiul  two  post-iiiilniiiiM  with  two  arms,  Tlio  secoml  arm  is 
free  from  the  sicoiul  \)hvU',  tlie  two  iipinr  oiu's  from  aliovc  tlic  first.  Ilij^lior 
bniciiiiils  sopiiniled  hy  ck'i'j)  longitudinal  grooves,  formed  hy  tlio  liiteral  in- 
curving of  tlio  respective  plates;  post-palmars  very  short,  reseinhling  free 
arm  joints.  Structure  of  the  arms  unknown.  Interbradiial  spaces  narrow, 
tlie  plates  of  the  regular  sides  arranged:  1,  12,  ii,  o,  3,  11;  the  anal  plate, 
which  is  snndier  than  tlie  radials,  is  followed  hy  2,  ;5,  4,  and  several  higher 
rows,  of  which  the  exact  arrangement  cannot  he  ascertained.  Interdislielials 
three  or  four;  rather  large.  The  form  of  the  teginen  is  given  by  Hall  as 
"conical,  rising  gradually  from  the  arm  bases  to  the  base  of  the  central 
proboscis."  This  appears  so  in  the  llatteued  specimen,  but  we  doubt  if  it.') 
natural  form  was  conical.  IMates  aroinid  the  .summit  moderately  liirge  and 
tuberculiform,  those  covering  the  brachial  extensions  .somewhat  smaller,  the 
iiiterambulacial  pieces  still  smaller  and  but  slightly  convex. 

lliinxiin  iiikI  Liirti/i///.  —  8ame  as  last. 

'J'^jic  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection. 


Actinocrinus  multiramosus  w.  ami  Sr.  (mov.  .sjicc). 
ri«tc  LIH.  Fi(j.  1,  uiiil  PMc  LV.  Fi,j.  3. 

(■-)  Sjii.  .l.-liimfriiiiit  r/riiii,/i\-  S.  A.  Mn.M;ii,  1  ^'.Ml  (nut  I,_voii  18,V.)) ;  I)i".c.  Ni'W  Gi'iii'ni  iiml  Spec,  iif  Kcliiiiod., 
)v'.>,-|,  IMalc.T,  rii;    1.  ;iii(l  I'lMi'Ti,  Vig    1. 

A  large  species  of  the  type  of  A.  Lmrr!  Hall,  with  which  it  closely 
agrees  in  the  mode  of  orniimcntatiou;  difl'ering,  however,  in  the  more  slender 
form  of  the  calyx',  the  nundjer  of  palmars  and  distichals,  in  being  less  dis- 
tinctly li)')cd,  and  in  having  within  the  calyx  three  bifurcations  in  jdace  of 
fiMU'.  Calyx-  obconical  to  the  top  of  the  first  costals,  broadly  truncated  at 
the  li.isc ;  the  distichals  ,nnd  higher  orders  of  brachials  given  oft  in  clusters, 
bending  outwaril  and  ()l)li(piely  upward  to  the  bases  of  the  free  arms;  the 
interliriichial  s])iic('s  doeidy  dcprc.x.sed.  and  the  interspaces  between  the 
main  I'ivisions  of  the  ray  deeply  grooved.  Ventral  disk  dei)resscil-convcx, 
occupying  from  one  fourth  to  one  third  the  height  of  the  calyx,  and  sur- 
mounted by  a  strong  tube  which  rises  abruptly  from  the  sunnnit.  Plates  of 
the  dorsal  cup  heavy  and  convex,  their  surfaces  covered  with  sets  of  well 
defined  ridges  which  traverse  the  suture  lines,  and  also  b}'  large  nodes. 
The   nodes  are  placed  near  the  middle  of  the  jilates,  and  those  upon  the 


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riidinls,  first  costnls  nnd  aiiiil  pinto  arc  transversely  elonj^ate,  and  oceupy 
nciirly  one  fourth  the  snrfaco  of  tlio  plates  ;  wliilc  tliose  upon  tlio  inter- 
l)racliials,  which  liavc  a  circular  outline,  are  iiroportionnlly  smaller.  There 
are  jj;enerally  three  ridi^cs  hetween  the  ra<lials,  iiasals  and  eostals,  hut  these 
arc  not,  continiions,  e.\ten<1inff  only  to  the  niai';fins  of  the  nodes;  two  proc(>ed 
to  the  first  interbraehials,  while  the  other  plates  up  to  the  brachial  extensions 
are  connected  hy  sinj^le  rows.     iSutnre  lines  distinct. 

Hasals  large,  forming  a  hroad  and  deep  cnp,  which  at  its  lower  margin  is 
distinctly  notched  ;  the  lower  edges  of  the  plates  expanding,  and  forming 
a  smooth,  thickened,  trilohate  rim,  which  stands  out  cons|)icuonsly  from  the 
column.  Radials  as  wide  as  long — in  very  large  specimens  proportional!}' 
longer  —  more  than  twice  as  large  as  both  costals  together;  the  lateral 
faces  longer  thiin  the  sloping  upper  ones.  First  costals  nearly  as  wide  as 
long,  and  hcxangular;  the  second  very  short,  sometimes  less  than  half  the 
length  of  the  fh'st,  and  ol)lifpiely  angular  above.  Distiehals  small,  all  axil- 
lary, giving  off  from  one  side  an  arm.  which  is  free  and  biserial  from  the 
seconil  plate,  and  generally  simple  throughout:  from  the  other  side  three 
pahnars,  which  snpjjort  two  arms,  which  both  bifurcate  once  or  iwice  in  their 
free  state  at  some  distance  from  the  calyx.  Arms  long,  moderately  heavy, 
rounde(l  on  the  back,  and  niMirly  as  thick  at  the  distal  end  as  at  the  proximal. 
Arm  joints  short  and  slightly  convex.  Piiniules  rather  thin,  and  only  their 
three  or  fom'  proximal  joints  are  provided  with  small  hooks.  Interbrachials; 
1,  2,  ."),  followed  by  a  nnndjer  of  others  in  the  eipiatorial  region;  the  first  as 
large  as  the  first  costals,  those  of  the  second  anil  third  rows  smaller.  Anal 
plate  somewhat  shorter  than  theradials;  supporting  two  ])lates  in  the  first, 
three  in  the  second,  and  four  to  live  in  the  third  row.  'rcgiuen  compo.sed 
of  slightly  convex,  moderately  large  pieces.  Orals  in  contact,  the  j)osterior 
one  small  and  placed  transversely;  the  others  larger  than  any  of  the  sur- 
roimding  plates,  but  otherwise  not  distinct;  tli(>y  are  elongate,  and  narrowest 
at  the  lower  en<l,  leaving  notches,  which  enclose  the  first  radial  dome  )ilate. 
Tlie  latter  is  followiMl  ])y  two  plates  of  a  second  order,  anil  these  by  alternate 
rows  of  miiuite  covering  pieces.  .\nal  tube  extremely  long,  extending  far 
out  altovo  the  ti])s  of  the  arms,  and  heavy  throughout ;  the  plates  strongly 
tnbercidous  ami  sharjily  jiointcd  at  the  top,  some  of  them  larger  and  sub- 
spinous. Column  largo  at  the  \ipper  end,  but  tapering  distinctly  downward. 
The  nodal  joints  near  the  calyx  considerably  longer  nnd  wider  than  the 
intervening  ones,  and  angular  at  the  edges,  but  gradually  with  their  decrease 


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TIIK  CRINOIUKA   CAMKRATA   OF   NORTH   AJIKRICA. 


in  witUh   they  grow  shorter  and  cjlindricul,  wlule    the   others  rehitivcl}' 
inereuso  iii  size. 

7/('/v.u/t  and  Luciilitij.  —  Keokuk  group ;  Indian  creek,  Montgomery  Co., 
and  Canton,  Wusiiington  Co.,  Ind. 

Tijpeis  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  S[)ringor. 

Jiemarks.  —  Of  this  large  and  beautiful  species  we  obtained  at  Indian 
creek  and  Canton  over  forty  specimens,  most  of  them  in  excellent  preserva- 
tion, with  the  arms  attached;  and  it  is  very  remarkable  that  nearly-  one  half 
of  them  have  either  a  I'hdijcLiiix  attached  to  the  teginon.  or  a  specimen  of 
Oiajdutstcr  between  the  arms  and  coiled  around  the  anal  tube.  This,  so  far 
as  we  know,  is  the  first  instance  in  which  a  I'/at^cmin  has  been  found  in 
contact  with  a  Crinoid  with  a  long  anal  tube ;  in  all  cases  heretofore  noticed 
the  Crinoid  had  an  anal  opening  directly  through  the  tcgmen,  and  the 
Gasteropod  was  fastened  invariably  with  the  anterior  portion  of  the  slicll 
over  the  opening.*  This  led  to  the  supposition,  for  which  there  seemed  to 
be  good  reasons,  that  the  Mollusk  obtained  its  nourishment,  in  part  at  least, 
from  the  excrements  of  the  Crinoid.  This,  however,  was  impossible  in  the 
case  before  us,  where  the  anal  tube,  with  the  anus  at  the  distal  end,  extends 
out  far  beyond  the  tips  of  the  arms,  and,  .«o  far  ns  observed,  bends  abruptly 
to  one  side,  so  that  neither  the  opening  nor  the  refuse  matter  coidd  have 
been  in  contact  with  the  Mollusk. 

In  more  frcrpient  association  with  this  Actlnorriiinx  is  the  Oiiijc/i(ufir,  and 
it  is  worthy  of  note  that  this  specic-.-i  of  Ophiuran  is  rarely-  foimd  b^'  itself. 
Nor  has  it  Ijcen  ob.«erved  at  Indian  creek  on  any  of  the  other  Crinoids,  while 
at  Canton  it  appears  also  on  most  of  the  specimens  of  Sri/tidicrimiK  ro/nishi" 
(Hall),  a  species  with  a  large  ventral  tube,  and  the  anus  located  far  down  at 
the  anterior  side;  but  with  this  exception  we  have  not  seen  it  on  any  other 
species.  The  fact  that  this  Ophiurid  is  oidy  found  associated  with  certain 
species,  iiud  there  always  under  similar  conditions,  and  the  frequency-  of  this 
occurrence,  would  seem  to  indicate  that  the  posit io!i  between  the  arms  of 
these  Crinoids  was  its  favorite  resting  place,  in  which  it  either  found  piotec- 
tiou,  or  some  special  facility  for  obtaining  nourishment.  Nobody,  however, 
who  is  acquainted  with  the  nnntoniy  of  the  Crinoi<ls,  and  their  mode  of  liv- 
ing, will  entertain  for  a  moment  the  notion  that  the  Crinoid  prej-cd  either 
on  the  Ophiurid,  or  on  the  Gasteropod,  as  .suggested  by  the  earlier  writers. 

•  See  Synopsis  of  Aiiier.  Carbon.  Ciilypu-aidic.  By  Chnrlcs  R.  Kcycs.  Proceed.  Aciid.  Nat.  Sci.  Pliiln, 
1890,  p.  151." 


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It  is  quite  probable  that  MWhr'ts  Stci/diiocriniis  BimUcti*  belongs  to  this 
species.  Its  arms  are  given  off  in  exactly  tiio  same  manner,  and  it  lias  the 
same  style  of  ornamentation,  only  tiie  calyx  appears  to  be  a  little  shorter 
timn  is  usual  in  that  form.  We  doubt  if  it  is  a  iSltjundcrinus,  for  the  brachials 
of  caeii  ray,  according  to  the  figures,  are  in  sutural  contact  laterally  to  the 
base  of  the  free  arms,  instead  of  being  given  off  from  tho  sides  of  tubular 
appendages  extending  to  almost  the  tips  of  the  arms.  It  is  also  possible  that 
Miller's  Ac/inocriiiKS  gvandls  is  id'jntical  with  our  .species.  His  description  is 
insudicient  for  accurate  comparison,  and  his  figures  show  the  rays  only  to 
the  first  palmars.     Besides  the  name  was  preoccupied  by  Lyon  in  1859.t 


Actiaocrinus  magnificus  w.  and  Sr.  (nov.  spec). 
riulc  LIII.  Fhj.  2. 

Syn.  Artlmmmm  loljiiliis  'WoRTnKN  (not  Hall),  IS'JO,  Gcol.  Hep.  llliirois,  Vol.  VIII.,  Tlnte  12,  Figs.  8,  8ff. 

As  large  as  the  preceding  species.  Calyx  apparently  higher  than  wide, 
broadly  truncate  at  the  base,  tliglitly  constricted  at  the  top  of  the  second 
costals,  and  more  deuply  at  the  interbrachial  spaces.  The  brachial  lobes 
directed  obliquely  upward,  not  very  prominent,  and  beginning  from  the 
upper  end  of  the  distichala,  so  that  there  are  actually  two  lobes  to  each  ray, 
separated  by  a  deep  sulcus,  with  a  few  iutcrdistichals  at  the  bottom.  Plates  of 
the  dorsal  cup  proportionally  thin  and  .slighll}'  convex,  their  surfaces  marked 
by  ridges,  which  are  not  mere  surface  elevations,  but  folds  in  the  substance 
of  the  plates,  and  which  gradually  disappear  as  they  pass  inward.  The 
surface  of  the  ridges  is  covered  by  rows  of  obscure  nodes,  which  produce 
a  beautiful  ornamentation  ;  the  middle  of  the  jilates  is  smooth  or  slightly 
tumid,  except  upon  the  radials,  which  have  low,  transverse  elevations,  from 
which  three  or  four  parallel  ridges  or  folds  pass  out  to  the  basals,  while 
there  is  generally  but  one  between  the  other  plates. 

Basals  very  largo,  forming  a  deep  and  broad  cup,  almost  as  high  as  wide 
at  the  bottom ;  the  lower  end  not  thickened  nor  projecting  over  the  top  of 
the  column.  Radials  large,  as  long  as  wide,  or  a  little  longer;  the  costals 
one  half  smaller,  hcxangular  and  heptangidar,  the  second  one  nearly  as 
lirge  as  the  first,  and  both  as  long  as  wide.     Distichals  all  axillary,  slightly 

»  ,\ilv.  Slippts  IStli  Hep.  Gonl.  Siirv.  of  Iiiiliaim,  p.  27,  Plate  4. 
t  -ViiKT.  Jouni.  Sei.,  Vol.  XXVlll.,  p.  21C. 


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convex  loiigituJinally,  one  foiirtli  Miimllcr  lliaii  tliu  coMtiils,  ami  a.s  wide  as 
loiiy.  Tlioy  support  at  tlioir  outer  siiles  an  arm,  which  fioni  the  second  or 
thiril  plate  is  free  and  biserial ;  and  from  the  inner  Hide  three  pahnars,  wiiieli 
give  off  two  arms.  Tliere  are  six  arms  to  each  ray  from  the  cal^x,  but 
tliesc  generally  branch  once  again  in  their  free  state,  rarely  twice.  Arms  not 
quite  as  long  and  stout  as  in  ^1.  muliliwiiosus,  and  more  rapidly  tapering;  the 
l)innules  stronger.  The  latter  are  composed  of  eight  or  nine  very  long  joints, 
of  whicii  only  tiie  two  proximal  one-i  have  hook  like  processes.  Rognhir 
interbrachials:  1,  2,  3,  4,  3  —  sometimes  three  in  the  second  row  —  the  first 
larger  tliun  the  costals,  the  succeeding  ones  decreasing  in  size  upwards. 
Anal  plate  a  little  smaller  than  the  radials,  and  followed  by  2,  3,  5,  and 
numerous  other  irregular  plates.  Tiie  form  of  the  ventral  disk  cannot  be 
ascertained,  botli  type  specimens  being  Uattened,  but  it  was  probably  de- 
pressed conical.  The  plates  are  rather  large,  strongly  convex,  rounded  at 
the  top,  and  nearly  uniform  in  size.  Nothing  is  known  of  the  anal  tube. 
CoUnnn  very  large  near  the  calyx. 

Iliir'tzim  and  Lwalit^.  —  Keokuk  group ;  Indian  creek,  Montgomcr}' 
Co.,  Ind. 

T//JWS  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

Juinar/is.  —  Tiiis  species  differs  from  the  preceding  one,  and  all  others  of 
tlie  Keokuk  group,  in  the  thinness  of  its  plates,  and  in  having  the  ridges 
upon  the  .surface  produced  by  folds  in  the  plates.  The  second  costals  are 
much  larger,  and  while  in  the  other  species  the  brachial  extensions  begin 
above  or  below  the  second  costals,  they  commence  in  this  at  the  top  of  the 
distichals. 

Actinocrinus  Orifflthi  w.  ami  Sr.  (nov.  sjicc). 

P!afc  LIT.  Fir/.  7. 

Of  medium  si/.e.  Calyx  higher  than  wide,  tiie  brachial  extensions  nar- 
row ;  interspaces  wide.  Dorsal  cuji  throe  times  as  jiigh  as  the  ventral  disk, 
decidedly  swelling  across  the  middle  of  the  radials  and  anal  plate,  whore  the 
section  is  distinctly  angular,  and  wider  than  at  the  top  of  the  first  costals. 
Plates  rather  delicate,  covered  with  ridges,  which  meet  at  the  middle  of  the 
plates  within  a  small  node.  Tiiere  are  four  such  ridges  between  the  radials 
and  basals,  of  which  the  two  miildle  ones  are  the  most  conspicuous ;  one  or 
two  form  a  continuous  ring  around  the  radials  and  anal  plate,  while  tiiero  is 


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generally  but  one  between  the  other  plates ;  none,  liowcvcr,  above  the  nec- 
ond  costals  and  second  intcrbrachials.  The  ridges  passing  up  the  costals  are 
most  prominent,  and  the  plates  themselves  longitiidinally  angular,  their  sides 
being  almost  even  with  the  flattened  interbrachial  areas,  which  gives  to  this 
part  of  the  calyx  a  peculiarly  angular  aspect. 

Basals  large,  forming  a  deep  cup  expanding  at  both  ends,  the  plates  hav- 
ing a  projecting  rim  or  transverse  ridges  around  their  lower  margins,  which, 
being  truncated  toward  the  sutures,  give  to  the  lower  face  of  the  cup  a  tri- 
lobate outline.  Radials  large  in  proportion  to  the  plates  above.  First  cos- 
tals less  than  half  *.he  size  of  tlie  radials  ;  the  second  one  third  shorter  than 
tlie  first,  and  directed  obliquely  outward.  Disticlials  all  axillary,  quite  small, 
angular  on  the  exterior,  their  lateral  eiuls  bending  inward.  Thcj'  support  an 
arm  at  one  side,  and  three  palmars  at  the  other,  above  which  there  aie  four 
more  bifurcations,  all  taking  place  from  the  third  plate  respectively,  giving 
off  an  arm  to  one  side,  which  alternates  with  the  arm  of  the  preceding  order, 
except  the  upper  series,  which  supports  two  arms.  The  main  arms,  as  well 
as  their  lateral  branches,  are  quite  delicate,  the  foi'mer  uniserial  to  the  fifth 
bifurcation,  the  latter  biserial  from  their  origin.  Regular  interbrachials :  1, 
2,  4,  followed  by  a  few  smaller  plates,  which  arc  on  a  level  with  the  arm 
bases,  and  rest  against  the  orals.  Anal  plate  considerably  smaller  than  the 
radials,  and  supporting  two  plates  in  the  first  row,  three  in  the  second,  and 
five  or  six  in  the  third.  Interdistichals  unrepresented.  Tcgmen  depressed- 
convex,  with  a  strong  anal  tube  rising  abruptlj'  from  the  summit ;  the  plates 
tuberculous.  Orals  larger  than  the  interambulacrals,  and  separated  from 
each  other  by  the  ambulacral  plates,  which  are  large,  and  pass  out  between 
them  in  two  Avell  defined  alternate  series,  diminishing  toward  the  arms,  and 
branching  oiitward.  Column  of  moderate  size ;  the  nodal  joints  somewhat 
thickest,  and  rounded  upon  the  edges. 

Iloyivon  (iml  lAirafiti/.  —  Upper  part  of  Upper  Riu'lington  limestone ; 
Burlington,  Iowa,  and  Pleasant  Grove,  Iowa. 

Ti/pcs  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

JiniifirJi's. — This  species  in  its  arm  structure  approaches  the  genus  Sle- 
rjai)ocrimi>i,  and  is  also  interesting  for  its  regularly  arranged,  largo  covering 
pieces,  which  pass  out  between  the  ambidacra.  It  is  named  in  honor  of  Dr. 
Horace  0.  Griffith,  of  Burlington,  who,  with  a  liberality  for  which  we  have 
been  often  indebted  to  him,  presented  us  one  of  the  type  .specimens. 

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070  THE   CRL\0IDP:A   CAMERATA   of   north   AMERICA. 

(P)  Aotlnoorinua  ohouteauensis  s.  A.  :mili.kr. 
IHak  XL  VI.  Fiyx.  ILi,  b. 

1S92.     (})  Aelimcrlniii  ehnHlniiirnaix  —  ^.  A.  Mli.LEli;  Adv.  Sliccia  ISIh  Rep.  Gpol.  Sun-.  Iiidmiin,  p.  18, 
I'lulu  3,  Figs.  0  luul  10. 

Of  medium  size.  Calyx  ns  wide  ns  liigli,  the  dorsnl  cup  three  times  as 
liigli  ns  the  disk,  pentanguhir  at  tliu  arm  l)a,ses ;  the  sides  very  slightly  con- 
vex to  the  top  of  the  co.><tai.s,  then  rapidly  spreading  to  the  arms.  Plates 
without  ornamentation,  convex  and  a  little  tumid  ;  the  suture  lines  depressed. 

Basal  cup  moderately  large,  gradually  spreading ;  the  interbasal  sutures 
well  defined  ;  axial  canal  large.  Radials  ns  long  as  wide  (one  of  them  in  the 
type  n  little  wiiler  than  long) ;  the  lower  end  of  the  two  heptagonal  ones  dis- 
tinctly angular.  Costals  considerably  narrower  than  the  rndials,  nearly  ns 
wide  as  long;  the  first  hexanguhir;  the  second  generally  hexnngulnr,  nnd 
partly  smaller  than  the  first.  Distichnls  one,  small,  twice  ns  wide  as  long. 
Palmars  one  preserved  in  the  specimen,  very  short.  Arms  apparently  four, 
the  arm  openings  directed  obliquely  upwards  nnd  nrrnnged  in  pairs.  Regular 
intorradials  4  to  5  ;  decreasing  gradually  in  size  iipvvards.  Anal  plate  as 
long  as,  but  narrower  than,  the  radials,  supporting  2,  4,  nnd  2  plates.  Ven- 
tral disk  convex,  the  plates  lnrg><  and  nodose.  Orals  largo,  nsynnnetrically 
arranged,  the  posterior  one  smaller  than  the  others,  nnd  pushed  in  deeply 
between  them.  Ambulacral  plates  three,  large,  two  of  them  of  a  second 
order.  Intcrambulacrals  three  or  four,  in  contact  with  the  Interbrachials. 
Anal  tube  subccntral,  its  length  imknown. 

Ilirizm  and  L"caJlli/.  —  Referred  to  tlie  Chouteau  limestone,  near  Sedalin, 
Mo. ;  but  the  color  of  the  fossil  and  of  the  matrix  leaves  but  little  doubt  that 
it  came  from  the  Lower  Burlington. 

Ti/pc  in  the  collection  of  F.  A.  Sampson. 

licinarh. — This  species  was  described  from  a  single  specimen,  which  had 
only  the  caly.x  preserved,  and  the  ventral  disk  was  partly  covered  by  matrix. 
On  removing  this,  we  found  Miller's  ideal  figure  of  the  disk  (his  figure  10) 
to  be  incorrect,  inasmuch  as  the  so-called  large  jjlnte  ndjoining  the  posterior 
oral  is  only  the  base  of  the  aual  tube,  as  shown  by  our  figure. 


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AotlnoorinuB  tbnuisoulptus  M>riiF.s\Kv. 
.'c  L  r.,  F'tij6.  J,a,  b, 

1S59.     McCiiesnry;  Descr.  Nrw  Sprc.  riilimz.  Foss.,  p,  15. 

1S(17.    McCiiK.tNKv;  Triuis.  Cliii'.  Aciid.  Sci.,  Vul.  1,,  p.  II,  Pluto  5,  Fig.  1. 

1S81.     W.  mid  Si'.;  Ucvisidii  I'lilu'ipcr.,  I'url  II.,  |i,  1  Hi. 

Syii.  AcliiiofriiKiii  f/ihri.i  H.ill —  llljl ;  licwluii  Juuni.  Xat.  Hist.,  V(j1.  VII.,  p.  2*5. 

A  moderately  small  species,  wliicii,  in  tlie  ilelicaey  of  the  plutoH  of  tlio 
calyx,  the  beauty  of  their  ornamentation,  the  Hpinil'erou.s  character  of  the 
plates  in  the  teginen,  and  the  long  hooks  upon  tlie  pimnile  joints,  reminds 
us  of  certain  forms  for  which  we  have  proposed  the  genus  Cwtorrhuoi.  The 
calyx,  however,  is  distinctly  lobed,  and  the  arms  are  arranged  in  clusters, 
which  arc  separated  by  wide  and  deep  depressions  or  grooves  extending  far 
up  into  the  ventral  disk,  and  the  upper  bifurcations  of  the  ray  take  place 
from  two  successive  palmars.  Dorsal  cup  semigloboso,  triuicate  at  the  base, 
with  a  small  rim  around  the  lower  margin,  the  sides  convex  to  the  top  of 
the  distichals,  thence  slightly  more  spreading  to  the  arm  bases.  Tegmen 
almost  as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup,  sulipyramidal ;  cross-section  at  the  arm  bases 
broadly  ([uinquolobatc.  Plates  of  tlie  dorsal  cup  slightly  tumid,  covered 
by  radiating  ridges  with  undulated  edges,  wider  at  the  middle  of  the  plates 
than  at  their  margins.  The  ridges  passing  up  and  down  the  radials  and 
brachials  considerably  the  strongest,  dividing  the  surface  of  the  calyx  into 
five  well  defined  fielils,  which  extend  from  the  basal  ring  to  the  ba.ses  of  the 
free  arms,  and  enclose  a  well  marked  star  at  the  four  regular  sides,  wliilo  the 
anal  side  contains  two  somewhat  smaller  stars  with  seven  rays. 

Ba.sals  short,  the  projecting  rim  subcircular  or  obscurely  trilobate,  accord- 
ing to  the  greater  or  less  depth  of  the  sntural  depression.  Eadials  from 
one  fifth  to  one  third  wider  than  long.  First  costals  half  the  size  of  the 
radials,  quadrangular,  and  nearly  twice  as  wide  as  long;  the  second  hep- 
tangular,  wider  and  longer  in  proportion,  obtusely  angular  above.  Distichals 
rather  small,  all  axillary,  giving  off  an  arm  to  the  outer  side,  and  two  small 
palmars  which  support  two  arms  to  the  other.  Arm  facets  small,  but  the 
ambulacral  openings  comparatively  large.  Arms  six  to  the  ray.  slightly 
angular  below,  gradually  flattening  above;  the  tips  incurving.  The  four 
proximal  arm  joints  are  in  single  series,  as  long  as  wide,  rnd  even  longer; 
they  are  cuneatc,  and  each  one  has  at  its  upper  end  from  its  longer  side 


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TIIK   CIUNOIDKA    (A.MKUATA   Ol'   XOItTII    AMKIilCA. 


a  lateral  projuelioii,  or  Mort  of  flongate  iiodo,  wliicii  .ntaiids  ohjiinioly  up- 
wanl,  ami  gives  to  the  lower  part  of  the  anus  a  zig/ag  outline,  'i'he 
Hiicceeding  plates  are  biserial,  and  of  these  the  three  or  fonr  lower  oneM 
nro  considerably  higher  than  those  above.  The  upper  margins  of  the  arm 
pieces  project  slightly  over  the  lower  margins  of  the  succeeding  ones,  the 
sides  are  serrated,  and  the  lines  of  union  between  them  somewhat  waving. 
The  three  or  foiu'  pro.ximal  pinnule  joint.s  are  provided  with  moderately  long 
hooks.  Regular  interbrnchials  :  1,  ii,  2  ;  the  first  very  largo,  rising  to  the 
middle  of  the  second  costals,  the  two  of  the  upper  row  quite  minute.  Anal 
plate  as  long  as,  but  narrower  than  the  radials,  followed  by  2, .'!,  and  .'J  pieces. 
Interdistiehals  one.  The  grooves  between  the  rays  extend  up  almost  verti- 
cally to  one  half  the  height  of  the  tcgmon,  and  are  paved  by  rather  large, 
flat  pieces ;  while  the  orals  and  aml)ulacrnl  plates  are  ,«piniform.  Orals 
pushed  out  far  to  the  anterior  side  ;  they  are  comparatively  small  and  in 
close  contact ;  the  andnilacral  plates  nrranged  in  alternate  rows.  Anal  tube 
nearly  central,  moderately  large,  and  composed  of  spinous  plates. 

llur'r.on  and  LcrnUti/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone  ;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
Sedalia,  Mo.,  and  Lake  Valley,  New  Mexico. 


Aotinocrinus  gracilis  W.  mul  Sr.  (nov,  s)icc.>. 
Flute  L  VI.  Ft,j.  11. 

Approaching  ./.  (tiuiisctijjitus,  but  a  smaller  species,  and  having  a  much 
larger  number  of  arms  ;  also  the  ornamentation  of  'he  plates  more  obscure. 
Dorsal  cup  bowl-shaped,  the  sides  to  the  top  of  the  aLildials  slightly- convex, 
then  bending  abruptly  outward  ;  the  plates  a  little  tumid,  covered  by  faint 
radiating  striic  and  well  defined  ri<1ges,  the  latter  following  the  rays,  and 
forming  deep  depressions  at  the  interdisticlml  spaces. 

Basals  .small,  with  a  slightly  i)rojecting  rim.  Badials  one  third  larger 
than  the  costals,  ami  both  wider  than  long.  Distichids  2  X  Itl  Three  bifur- 
cations occur  in  the  calyx,  and  one  or  two  in  the  arms,  all  taking  place  from 
the  second  plate,  nnd  all  above  the  first  axillary  from  one  side  only,  the  oppo- 
site sides  giving  off  a  free  ai'm.  Arms  from  eight  to  ten  to  the  ray,  quite 
slender,  a  little  wider  at  the  upper  end  than  at  the  lower ;  the  three  or  four 
proximal  plates  of  each  arm  long  and  cuneate,  and  their  widest  sides,  toward 
the  upper  end,  provided  with  a  short  lateral  node,  which  gives  to  the  lower 


ACTINO(  .     vin.T:. 


67% 


liiut  of  llic  iinii  II  zigzag  oiitliiio.    Tlii'  Wn/i'v  jmrtn       'lie  iiriim  Im^o  seimn.! 
BiiluM,  iiiul  uio  coiiiposiMl  of  two  Horiea  of  minliTiHi'l-    long  piec  lli'^iiliu 

iiiterbriifliiiils :    I,  2,  li;  llie  iiiiiil  pliitu  t'ollowcil  h;     ..  ;5,  anil  o  ,     aes.    liiler- 
(liMtiflmls  oiiu,  largo.     N'eiitral  disk  not  vi^iljlo  in  ih.    .-•pocMiiiefe. 

Ilurl.von  mill  f.iinillli/. —  fiOwiT  lluilington  linU'siont?  ;  Bmliriirton,  Towa. 

7//y(t'.'*  in  tlio  MuHunni  of  L'ouipiuntivo  Zoiilogy,  iiiul  ui  the  (•oliuctioii  of 
Wnehsniuth  anil  Springer. 


Actinocrinus  tiiboroulosus  w.  mid  Sr.  (nov.  siioc). 
rUtc  LII.  Flija.  8n,  h,  c. 

Of  (Iio  type  of  ^1.  toiiiiseii/jiliis,  but  soinowliat  larger.  Calyx  a  little 
higher  than  wide,  the  dorsal  cup  considerahly  Hhorter  than  the  tegnii'n. 
Plates  rather  thin,  the  Murfacc  slightly  convex,  and  ornamented  by  ^^erief 
of  i.>(olated  node.s  of  varioii.s  forins.  The  middle  of  the  plale.s  is  occupied 
by  II  conical,  sometimes  rounded  tubercle,  which  is  surrounded  liy  elon- 
gate nodes,  directed  one  to  each  side,  with  their  longer  dii\uieter  toward 
the  margins  of  the  plates.  From  the  miildle  of  tho  second  costals  up- 
ward, sometimes  even  from  the  radials,  the  nodes  are  set  close  together 
in  rows,  and  form  high  and  sharp  knife-liUo  riilges  with  serrated  edges, 
running  to  the  bases  of  the  free  arms. 

Basals  short,  wider  at  tho  lower  margin  than  at  the  upper,  at  tho  latter 
surrounded  either  by  a,  thickeneil  collar,  or  by  a  row  of  conspicuous  nodes, 
of  which  there  arc  generally  three  to  each  plate.  Radials  one  third  wider 
than  long.  First  costals  half  the  si/o  of  tho  radials,  and  quadrangular  ;  the 
second  a  little  wider  than  the  first,  and  hcptangular.  Distichals  and  pal- 
niars  keel-shaped ;  the  former  smaller  than  tho  costal.s,  and  once  and  a  half 
as  wide  as  long ;  the  latter  still  smaller,  and  tho  angularity  extending  over 
tho  entire  width  of  tho  plates.  Arms  three  to  each  main  division  of  the 
ray,  or  thirty  in  all,  given  off  in  the  usual  way ;  the  proximal  one  from  tho 
outer  sides  of  the  distichals,  tho  two  others  from  the  second  palniars ;  they 
arc  long,  Hat,  wider  in  tho  upper  part  than  at  their  bases ;  the  lateral  mar- 
gins serrated.  Tho  four  proximal  arm  plates  are  single,  ver}'  high  and  cu- 
neate,  a  thorn-liko  projection  extending  out  from  their  longer  sides.  'J'he 
plates,  ns  the  arms  become  biserial,  are  short,  and  each  one  is  covered  with 
a  transverse  row  of  small  pustules.     Pinnules  long,  and  to  one  half  their 


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k'ligtii  |>ru\i(lcil  witli  i^liui't  liookH,  Itcgnlni'  iiiti  rlxiicliialH  :  1,  '2,  li ;  tin.- 
fii'Ht  iiliiiuMt  1114  lai'gu  i\»  tliu  rittliuls  ;  the  (iliiti  .s  ol'  the  u|i|ior  luw  inteiluik- 
ing  with  \Uo>m  I'luiii  the  teginen.  Tlie  iiiml  piece  itt  I'ulluv.ud  L^  '2,  3,  iiiiil 
'1  [iliito!*.  liitenli.xtiehiiU  one.  Tejjnieii  HJiiMt,  tlie  inteniiiilHiliii'niI  iiliiten 
mid  orals  Hut,  all  of  iieiuiy  the  >aiiiu  size  ;  the  uiiiljuhtcml  pieees  tlie  hiiialier, 
a  little  convex  ami  Ibrnieil  into  ridgen.  Anal  tube  of  ineiliuni  F<i'/.e,  the  (ilatcM 
covered  with  ii  niinnte  central  tiiherde.  I'ohinin  moderately'  large,  the  nodal 
joints  widest,  their  edges  convex,  and  liordercd  liy  small  nodes, 

lloi'iz'iii  ami  /.I'liili/i/.  —  I'juier  lliiiliiigton  limestone;  ]turlinglon  and 
Pleasant  CI  rove,  Iowa. 

Ti//ii'i  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmnth  and  Springer. 

Ji'iiiKii/,".  —  This  species  dilTcrs  from  ^1.  /tiniisiii/jiln.s.  with  which  if  has 
its  closest  ailinities,  in  the  mode  of  ornamentation  of  the  dorsal  cup,  die 
wider  interspaces  hetwceii  the  rays  at  the  arm  regions,  ami  in  having  Hat 
instead  of  si)initt'rous  plates  in  the  tegmen.  It  id»o  occurs  at  a  dill'erent 
geological  horizon. 

Actinoorinus  daphne  Ha  it.. 
J'Mv  L  VI.  Fiij.  I. 

l^i'it.     llM.l.;  Kill  U(|i.  N.  Y.  filiilc  Cab.  Niil.  lli»l.,  p.  5'J. 

b;.i.     llAi.i,;  (i.'.il.  tSun.  (Iliiii,  I'liWunt.,  Vnl.  11  ,  I'ml  II.,  p.  lOi,  I'liilc  11,  \\.  11. 

llM.     \V.  iiihl  Si'.;  Itrii-iuu  riiliniiT,  I'ait  II.,  p.  li:t. 

Calyx  oF  medium  size,  its  exact  form  indeterminable  owing  to  the  crushed 
condition  of  the  specimens  ;  the  base  truncated  only  to  the  width  of  the 
column ;  the  rays  but  slightly  lobed  ;  the  arms  given  olT  in  clusters  as  in 
A.  Iiitiii.'<fii/^i/iis,  with  moderately  wide  inter.-jiaces  between  the  rays.  Plates 
ratlier  delicate  ;  their  siirfico  marked  liy  radiating  ridges  ruiming  from  the 
centre  of  the  plates  to  their  margins,  where  they  meet  those  of  adjoining 
plates.  The  ridges  passing  up  the  radials  and  brachials,  and  down  to  the 
busals,  somewhat  more  prominent. 

Basals  rather  large,  forming  a  spreading  cup  with  a  wliglitly  projecting, 
narrow  rim  around  the  lower  margin,  which  is  readily  taken  for  the  upper 
stem  joint;  interbasal  sutures  indistinct.  Radials  longer  than  wide;  the 
costals  wider  than  long;  the  first  hexagonal,  smaller  than  the  second,  and 
less  than  two  thirds  the  size  of  the  radials.  Distichals  smaller  than  the  first 
costals,  supporting  at  one  side  an  arm,  at  the  other  two  paliiiars  with  two 


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nriuM  from  tlio  nxlllnry.  Aiiiim  nix  to  tlio  rny,  ronmU'il  on  tlio  Imck  •  iiiul 
itliglitly  tiipi'iiii;.',  hini'iiiil  I'loiii  llio  tliinl  pliitc  up.  I'iiiinilff*  fXlriMin'ly  lciii>r, 
iiiiil  to  tiL'iii'ly  tlii'ir  full  Icii^ili  |iniviil('il  willi  hhuiII  iKink.H.  wliicli  -ll^liily 
ovi'i'lap  tliu  iidjoiniiig  piiiinilu  iil)ovt>.  Hc^iilar  inlorlxiicliiiiU:  1,'J,  ^;  tliu 
luiul  pliitc  followi'il  liy  U,  ;j,  and  '.\  platon.  Structure  of  tlio  vi'iitral  ili^'k  uu- 
kuiiwu.  Alia!  tul)o  ioMff,  ."It'iiiiir  in  the  up{u>r  part,  ami  roinpo^oMJ  ol'  Miiiall 
coiivrx  pii'ccM.  C'oiinnii  ol"  more  than  uvrragu  ni/.u ;  tlii'  iioilal  joints  pro- 
jecting, iiml  rouiulcil  at  llu'ir  outer  tiiargiu^. 

lluvhon  ami  /.ocnlili/. —  Wuverly  group  ;  IJiihCitiil,  Ohio. 

T'/fifs  Id  the  New  York  .State  Cahiiiet  at  Aihany,  N.  Y. 

lii  iiiiiy/,.1. — Thi.i  and  the  two  preceding  fpecien  Ibriu  u  lillle  group  hy 
tiK'niHolvc".  apjiroacliing  in  nonio  of  their  charactern  Curtoci'iiin.i ;  hut  they 
niiiMt  1)1'  referred  to  .[rlliincmnn,  \\A  the  arms  of  the  dillerent  rnyn  nro 
arranged  in  groups,  «lii<'h  are  wparaled  liy  a  muulier  of  iuterhraehial 
plates,  and  the  hil'urcations  ahove  the  di^liclials  take  place  from  the  .sec- 
ond phitu  uf  each  order,  and  nut  from  the  lirNt  as  in  that  genua. 


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Aotinoorinus  agperrimus  ( ^r.  and  W). 

I'hiii'  A  A'.  /■'/;/ V. .',  iii„i  a. 

UrtO.     ,1/rn/i:iriiiiti  (^)  n'pi-rrimiit — Mr.KK  anil  VV'urpiKV  i   I'rnrcrd    Aoiiil.  Xiit    Sri,  Pliilii  ,  p.  IftO.     Also 

(ircl.  K.'p,  lllin.il«.  V..I.  v.,  p.  ■■Hit,  II.IIC  8.  Kli;.  ;t. 
ISSl.     .l,'/iiiocriiiiiii  (I'liiTriiiiiii  —  \V.  iiiiil  ?*!       Hfvisiuii  I'liliiucr ,  I'lirl  II  ,  |i.  1  li. 

Calyx  of  medium  si/.o,  urn-^'mped,  its  width  at  the  arm  hnsos  criunl  to  its 
length.  Dorsal  cup  oljconical  to  the  top  of  thecostals;  the  distiehals  and 
the  Hucceeiling  lixed  hraidiials  spreading  hori/ontally,  hut  without  formitig  a 
continuous  rim,  there  heing  deep  intcrradial  grooves,  nn<l  smaller  ones  ho- 
tween  the  main  branches  of  the  rays.  Plates  almost  Hat  to  strongly  convex, 
their  ornamentation  somewhat  variahle.  Figs.  !j  anil  0  representing  the  ex- 
tremes, and  the  typo  figured  hy  Meek  and  ^Vorthen  an  intermediate  form. 
In  all  these  specimens,  however,  thcro  are  ridges  radiating  from  the  centres 
of  the  plates  (o  adjoining  ones,  three  generally  hetwecn  the  radials  and 
hasals,  and  one  between   the  other  plates. 

nasals  three  times  as  wide  as  high,  deeply  grooved  along  the  sutures, 
and  distinctly  lohed  from  a  dorsal  aspect;    the  lower  edges  scalloped  and 

*  A  (latteuiug  of  the  arms,  as  doscribcd  by  Hall,  docs  not  exist  in  niiy  of  nur  spccliiii'iis. 


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THE   CRINOIUEA  CAMEIt.VTA   OF  NORTH   AMEIUCA. 


sliglitly  projeutiiig  outward  ;  axial  canal  very  Miiall.  Uailiul.s  and  anal  plate 
nearly  or  fully  as  long  as  wide.  Tirst  co.stal.s  one  third  smaller  tlian  the 
radials;  (he  second  costals  narrower  than  the  first,  and  smaller  generally. 
Higher  brachials  gradually  decreasing  in  size  iipward,  each  one  sujijiort- 
iiig  an  arm  at  one  si<le,  and  the  upper  one  two  arms.  Arms  normally 
eight  to  the  ray;  .'small,  to  judge  from  the  .size  of  their  facets.  Eegular 
intcrbrachials  :  1,  2,  2,  again-t  12,  3,  2  at  the  anal  side,  followed  h}'  two 
very  .^mall  pieces  hctwt.'en  the  lohes.  Interaxillaries  one,  which,  like  the 
interhraehials,  meets  with  the  plates  of  the  tegmen.  A'entral  disk  le.-^s  than 
oui'  third  the  height  ul  the  calyx,  depressed  conical,  deepl}-  grooved  toward 
the  margin.  The  plates  are  quite  small,  scale-like,  slightly  convex,  and  of 
nearly  nniform  size.  Orals  indeterminable,  but  there  are  along  the  line  of 
the  and)ulacrn.  over  each  rny.  three  plates  .*onicwhat  larger  than  the  other.'!, 
which  may  represent  riulial  dome  plates  of  a  first  and  second  order.  Anal 
tube  almost  central,  small  for  the  genus. 

J/nriiii))  (iii(f  J.(i(iiJi/i/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

l}/jic  in  the  Illinoi.s  State  Colled  ion  at  Springfield. 

Jtiiii'ifls. —  This  species,  which  represents  a  transition  toward  7'ch'io- 
criii'i.i,  is  readily  distinguished  by  the  depressed  form  of  the  disk,  and  the 
scale-like  plates  of  which  it  is  compo.scd. 

Actinocrinus  trijugis  (S.  A.  >rii.i.EiO. 

ISStl.     lilitl,:,-,-!,iiit  /,iir',/i.':—K  A.  Maiiri;  Adv.  Sliwls  17lli  Kcj).  G™1.  Sm-v.  Iiulmim,  p.  fiO.riate  11, 
fi-s   1,  i.  :i. 

A  smtdl  species  of  the  t^-pe  of  A.  /cJiulscHfjitut!.  Cal^x  wider  than  high, 
distinctly  lobed  between  the  arm  bases.  Dorsal  cup  low  cnp-.^haped,  about 
twice  as  wide  as  high,  the  sides  rapidly  spreading  and  convex.  Surface  of 
plates  covert'd  with  angular  radiating  ridges,  which  meet  in  a  small  node  at 
the  centre  of  the  plates  ;  there  being  one  ridge  to  each  side  except  from  the 
antero-lateral  radials  and  anal  plate,  whence  two  ridges  pass  to  tiie  ba.sal.s. 
Tlio  ridges  parsing  up  the  radiaN  and  brachials  somewhat  the  strongest. 

Basals  small,  forming  an  almost  flat  hexagonal  di.sk.  which  is  bnt  little 
larger  than  the  column,  and  has  a  small,  jientangular  axial  canal.  Badials 
large,  n-arly  as  long  as  wide.  First  cost.-ils  qnadrangular.  twice  as  wide  n» 
hmg ;    the  secon(    a  little  larger  and  pentangular.     Distichals  moderately 


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large  and  axillary.  Of  the  paliuar.s  only  one  plate  is  prL'scrvcd,  and  so  tlio 
number  of  arms  eannot  bo  accurately  ascertained  from  the  specimen  ;  but  to 
judge  from  the  size  of  the  arm  openings^  i'  ij  quite  probable  that  it  had  an 
additional  bifurcation,  and  the  species  had  six  arms  to  the  ray,  but  not  eight 
as  suggested  by  Miller.  Arm  facets  directed  horizontally.  Regular  intcr- 
brachials  :  1,  2,  2  ;  the  first  very  large,  rising  to  the  top  of  the  second  cos- 
tals ;  those  of  the  third  range  meeting  the  intera;iibulacrals.  Aniil  plate 
smaller  than  the  radials,  followed  by  2,  2,  and  2  pl'ites.  "N'eutral  disk  con- 
vex, composed  of  but  Sew  plates.  The  ambulacrals,  which  are  represented 
by  three  large  pieces  over  eacli  ray,  are  spinous;  while  the  orals  are  almost 
flat.     Anal  tube  stout  at  the  base,  but  rapidly  increasing  in  size  upwards. 

Horizon  and  Luca/if//. —  Chouteau  limestone  ;  near  Sedalia,  Pettis  Co.,  Mo. 

T//2)e  in  the  collection  of  S.  A.  Miller. 

Actinocrinus  arrosus  (f.  A.  5rn,i,i:i!). 
riufe  L  V.  Fifjs.  7,  and  Sa,  h,  c. 

1S92.    Ji/uirorriiiiif  rirrosiix  —  S.  ,V  Millkii;  Ailv,  Sliccis  IStli  Kcp.  Gcul.  Suit.  Iiidiann,  p- 41,  Plalc  7, 
V'Kt.  1  to  5. 
Syn.  Jlluinrfiiiiis  l/nllatiis  S.  A.  ifiLi.E!! ;  iliid.,  p.  J-],  riiiti'  7,  t'igs.  0  and  7. 

Of  medium  size.  Cal^-x  distinctly  quinquelobate,  its  heiglit  equal  to  three 
fourths  its  width  in  well  preserved  specimens.  Dorsal  cup  saucer-shiiped,  its 
height  less  than  balf  that  of  the  ventral  disk  ;  the  surface  dei'ply  sculptured  ; 
the  radial  plates  being  strongly  keel-shaped,  the  intcrradial  ones  provided 
with  a  sharp  central  node,  leaving  deep,  pit-like  depressions  between  the 
nodes  and  the  ridges.     Suture  lines  indistinct. 

Basal  cup  small,  projecting  but  little  be^-ond  the  colunm.  and  only  the 
angles  of  the  plates  bending  upwards;  it  is  notched  at  the  sutures,  and  tri- 
lobate in  outline.  Eadials  a  little  wider  than  long,  covered  with  a  transverse 
node.  Costals  as  wide  as  the  radials,  but  oidy  half  as  long ;  the  first  quad- 
rangular ;  the  second  pentangular  and  generally  a  little  larger  than  the  first. 
Distichals  one,  small,  axillary,  supporting  apparently  a  single  palmar.  Arm 
openings  twenty,  arranged  in  pairs,  and  directed  lioiizon tally  or  slightly 
downward.  The  number  of  arms  unknown.  Interriidial  .spaces  subovate, 
composed  at  the  regular  sides  of  three  plates,  of  which  the  two  upper  arc 
quite  small,  and  placed  level  with  the  arm  openings.  The  anal  plate  as 
large  as  the  radials,  and  similarly  sculptured  ;  it  supports  two  plates  in  the 

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liist,  unci  two  ill  tlio  sccoikI  low.  Ventral  disk  liiglily  elovatetl  iiiul  bulging 
at  tliu  OLiler  iiiaigiiif*,  wlit'ie  the  pliUes  sliind  uivet.  Onils  iioilose,  piii-lied 
over  to  the  aiiturior  side,  and  in  tlie  larger  .specimens  separated  hy  aeeessoiy 
pieces.  Kadiiil  dome  plates  as  large  us  the  orals,  strongly  nodose  and  soinc- 
tiines  sul.)spiiioiis.  The  interambulacral  plates  in  contact  with  the  iiiter- 
brachials.     Anal  tube   subceiitral,  rather  large  at  the  base. 

ILirizun  ami  Locullt;/.  —  Chouteau  limestone  ;  Sedaliu,  Mo. 

Ti/pcs  in  the  collection  of  F.  A.  Sampson,  Sedalia. 

Jiiiiitrks.  —  This  species  is  closely  related  io  Aciinocrinus  {Bhirocrhms) 
(rijiii/is,  if  not  identical  with  it.  Miller  claims  the  latter  species  has  eight 
aims  to  the  iiiy,  and  tiie  other  but  four,  neither  of  which  is  clearly  shown 
by  tlie  specimens.  However,  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  Miller's  ••  Jilidro- 
cr/'niti ''  biil/<(/ic<  is  identical  with  this  species.  We  examined  a  miniber  of 
s[)ecimeiis  from  the  collection  of  Mr.  Sampson,  some  of  which  were  labeled 
by  Miller  U.  nn-osu-i,  others  JJ.  hii/kttiis,  and  found  that  he  had  described  the 
pimiiper  s[)ecimeiis  as  JJ.  hiiUufns  and  the  crushed  ones  as  B.  iiirofus.  'We 
also  became  convinced  that  the  anus  of  this  .species  is  not  so  cxccntric  ns  it 
appears  in  .Miller's  figures,  which  represent  it  wlieii  puslied  out  of  place 
by  oblique  prt'ssure,  but  that  its  position  is  almost  central.  This  is  clearly 
shown  by  Mr.  Sampson's  lieautifiil  .specimen,  of  which  we  give  three  figures 
on  Plate  LV.,  Figs.  8«,  b,  c. 

STEOANOCRINUS  Mki-.k-  and  Woktiikn-. 

Ml'-,.     Mki.k  mill  AV(iiitiii;n;  fn'ol.  lUp.  Illint.U,  Vol.  IT,,  p.  1(15,  aUo  iMil,  Vol.  HI.,  p.  171. 
1S7',I.     ZiTTKi.  (■iiiligciius  n(  .lr/i/firriiiii.<);  Iliindb.  d.  riilii'iiiit..  Vol.  I.,  |i   .'(7(1. 

I'-Sl.     \V.  niui  Si',  i  H.'viaioii  I'iik'ocr.,  I'ait  II.,  p.  lH)(l'i nl.  M-m\.  -Nal.  Sii.  I'liila.,  p.  321!). 

l55'J.     S.  .\.  Mii.i.Kit;  X.  .\ini'r.  fifol.  unci  I'iiliroal.,  p.  -2SJ 

Svii.  Jc/iiwrriiiut ;  Sin  MAtin,  1S:)5:  TIai.1.,  I'^liO;  .Mkkk  Mini  AVohtiikn,  ISfiO. 

Ill  its  li'eiieral  structure  reseiiiblin<f  ArtiiKirr'nDin,  but  the  rays,  instead  of 
being  produced  into  mere  lobes,  are  formed  into  arm-like,  tubular  extensions 
or  trunk.s,  which  rise  to  the  full  length  of  the  crown,  giving  off  armlets  alter- 
nately from  opposite  sides.  There  are  either  one  or  two  of  these  brachial 
trunks  to  the  ray.  according  to  species,  depending  on  whether  they  take 
their  origin  from  the  co^tals  or  distichals ;  they  were  apparently  rigid,  and 
movable,  if  at  all,  only  as  a  whole.  The  dorsal  side  of  those  appendages  is 
foriiicd  by  a  longitudinal  row  of  axillaries.  or  by  a  succession  of  syz^'gie.s,  in 
which  latter  case   the  second   plate  of  the  various  orders  is  arm-Iiearing. 


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They  are  closed  vcntrnlly  by  two  rows  of  small,  irregiiliir  side-piocos,  which 
rest  upon  the  intlocted  edges  of  the  hnichiids,  and  enclose  a  single  row  of 
rather  large,  cuneate,  spinous  covering  pieces,  alternately  arranged.  The 
upper  angle  of  the  brachials  is  irregular  in  position,  the  side  bearini"-  the  iirin 
considerably  shorter  and  distinctly  sloping,  the  other  one,  supporting  the 
next  brachial,  horizontal.  The  arms  are  given  oil'  at  the  sides,  the  proximal 
joint  resting  upon  the  axillary  below,  and  against  the  truncated  lower  face 
of  the  plate  above ;  they  are  much  smaller  than  the  truid<s,  blsoriid,  and 
pinnule-bearing.     In  all  other  points  the  genus  resembles  Avtinocrhiiis. 

DiMrihuthin, — Known  only  from  America,  and  here  only  from  the  Kin- 
derhook  group  and  Bm-lington  limestone. 

Type  of  the  genus :  Slcjuwicnum  jtciitaijoinis. 


Steganocrinus  pentagonus  (iTAr.i). 
P/ide  LXI.  Fiijs.  oil  to  e ;  und  4",  ^• 

IS.'iS.  Aflionrnuiis  peiitiigoiiiix  —  IIai.i.  :  Gc»!.  Hn]).  Innn,  Vol.  I,,  Part  U.,  p.  577,  Pinto  10,  Fif;s.  (lajj. 

l"i(iti.  Sleijiiii'irriiiiis  i)eiitiiijii,iiis  —  .\1kkk  ami  \V(iiitiii:n  ;  (Icnl.  l{i'|i,  Illinois,  Vol.  II,,  p.  KMi. 

181)8.  SliydiifH-riiiii.i  i)nitiiii<jii'(x  —  Mekk  anil  WomiiKS-  ;  ihid  ,  Vol.  111.,  p.  174,  Plate  ICi,  l"ig.  8. 

1S81.  Slfy'iiiijeriiiiix  luniliigoiiiis  —  \V.  and  Si'. ;   Revision  I'alir  kt  ,  I'avl  II.,  p.  l.'il. 

Calyx  of  medium  size,  wider  than  high,  distinctly  pentangidar  in  its 
dor -al  and  ventral  aspect.  Dorsal  cup  nearl}-  twice  as  high  as  the  tegmen, 
its  sides  slightly  convex  to  the  top  of  the  first  costals,  the  second  costals  and 
distichals  bent  abruptly  outward,  the  latter  to  a  horizontal  position,  forming 
five  calycine  extensions,  which  bifurcate  from  the  second  costals  into  two 
free  trunk-',  which  bear  arms  alternately  from  each  side.  Plates  of  the  cup 
thin  and  but  very  little  convex;  their  surfaces  marked  by  radiatintr  ridsrcs. 
which  meet  in  the  centre  of  the  plates,  where  they  form  small  nodes.  The 
ridges  are  in  single  series,  except  between  the  radials  and  basals,  where 
there  are  two. 

Ba.sals  rather  small,  forming  a  short,  rapidly  spreading  cup  without  pro- 
jecting marginal  rim ;  the  suture  lines  slightly  grooved.  Riidials  and  first 
costals  proportionally  large,  al)ont  as  long  as  wide,  the  latter  a  little  the 
smaller,  and  their  .sides  inflected  at  the  upper  end  to  receive  the  second 
costals,  which  are  small  and  distinctly  rounded  on  the  back.  Distichals  2X2, 
connected  laterally,  about  half  the  size  of  the  upper  costals,  and  twice  as 
wide  as  long,  each  giving  off  an  arm  laterally,  one  from  the  one  side,  the 


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THE  CRIXOIDEA   CAJIERATA   OF  NORTH   AJIICRICA. 


Other  from  tlio  opposite.  Tlio  socoiitl  disticlials  are  cunciite,  so  that  tlio 
sloping  iip[ier  faces  of  both  together  serve  as  an  axilhiry,  from  whicli 
are  given  off  tiie  free  iiriii  tninlis.  Each  succeeding  order  of  brachials  in 
these  branches  consists  of  a  single  plate,  which  in  form  and  size  resembles 
the  arm-bearing  distichaN,  and  each  one  is  irregrlarly  axillary,  supporting 
npou  its  shorter  sloping  side  an  arm,  upon  the  longer  upper  side  a  brachial 
of  a  higher  order.  The  exact  numb(;r  of  successive  bifurcations  cannot  be 
ascertained,  but  there  were  not  less  than  forty  from  each  a]ipendage  in  full 
grown  specimens.  The  upper  and  lower  faces  of  the  brachials  are  parallel, 
their  dorsal  or  outer  surfaces  somewhat  convex  or  transversely  angular.  The 
trunks  arc  nearly  three  times  as  thick  as  the  arms,  and  taper  but  slightly. 
Their  iinier  cavity,  which  is  oval  in  outline,  is  roofed  over  vcntrall}'  by  two 
series  of  side  pieces,  which  enclose  a  row  of  large,  distinctly  cuncate  cover- 
ing plates,  alternately  arranged,  and  extended  into  long,  upright  siiiiies. 
The  apposed  faces  of  the  lower  brachials,  from  the  costals  np,  have  a  perfo- 
rate transverse  ridge,  and  the  facets  of  the  proximal  arm  joints  also  are  per- 
forated, but  have  in  place  of  a  ridge  a  concave  surface.  From  the  I'igid  ventral 
structure  of  these  appendages,  it  seems  impossible  that  there  could  have 
l)ceu  any  moliility  between  the  brachials,  but  there  wiis  evidently  some  sort 
of  articulation  at  the  l)ase  of  the  arms.  Arms  \i:\y  short  and  of  equal  length. 
They  are  given  off  at  almost  right  angh.'s,  are  biserial.  somewhat  flattened, 
and  evei'y  arm  joint  on  either  side  is  produced  laterally  into  a  prominent 
spine.  At  the  side  of  each  arm.  close  to  the  base,  there  is  a  small  respiratory 
pore.  First  interbrachials  larger  than  the  (irst  costals,  followed  by  four  plates, 
which  are  placed  on  a  level  with  the  arm  trunks,  the  two  outer  ones,  which 
are  somewhat  smaller,  being  in  part  intcrambulacral ;  they  bend  outward, 
and  hell)  to  U)vn\  the  trunks.  The  anal  jdate  is  smaller  than  the  radials.  and 
supports  two  plates  in  the  first  row  auil  live  in  the  second,  the  latter  arranged 
like  the  corresponding  plates  of  the  regular  i.ides.  Tegmcn  depressed,  sur- 
mounted by  a  moderately  large  anal  tube,  rising  abrupth-  from  the  sunnnit ; 
the  [ilates  arc  large,  almost  ilat.  ami  either  perfectly  smooth,  cr  crowned  by 
a  small  central  tubercle.  Orals  in  lateral  contact :  the  posterior  one  nnusu- 
ally  small  and  lunate,  its  place  being  largely  taken  up  by  the  tube.  The 
aml)ulacral  plates  elevated,  alternately  arranged  in  two  rows;  the  axillary 
plate  spinous.     The  plates  of  the  anal  tube  strongl}'  nodo.se. 

ILinr.on  ami  LofaJif//.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
Sedalia,  Mo.,  and  Lake  Valley,  New  Mexico. 


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Type,  in  the  (Wortlien)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

Ranarks.  —  In  the  specimens  from  New  Mexico,  the  entire  surface  of  the 
calyx  is  covered  with  numerous  irregular  pustules,  which  are  not  represented 
in  specimens  from  the  eastern  localities. 


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Steganocrinus  araneolus  ^Ikeic  and  Wokthen. 
Piute  LXI.  Fhj>i.  2a,  h. 

ISnO.     Ai-Hnocriiim  araiieutiis  —  ^t.  iiiiil  AV. ;  I'locccd.  Aciul.  Nut.  Sci.  riiiln.,  p.  387. 

ISIiO.     Sliyiiiwci-iiiiis  ii/-ii/iru/ii.i —  M.  and  \V.;  Gvii\.  Hep.  Illinois,  Vol.  11.,  p.  1(1'.,  I'late  15,  Figs,  lu,  b, 

18S1.     Sfrijtiniii'i-iiius  iii'tnifulits — W,  and  Si'.;  Kcvisioti  I'ahi'ocr.,  I'art  II.,  [i.  1j1. 

This  form  in  its  general  .structure  agrees  so  closel}-  with  the  preceding 
one,  that  the  question  arises  whether  it  is  not  a  mere  variety  of  that  .«pecies, 
or  perhaps  its  young  stage.  But  the  differences,  such  as  they  are,  are  .so 
constant  among  a  large  number  of  specimens,  that  it  has  been  deemed  safer 
to  treat  it  as  a  full  species.  It  is  not  necessary,  however,  to  give  a  repeti- 
tion of  the  general  structure,  but  it  will  suflice  to  point  out  the  special 
characters  in  which  the  two  forms  differ. 

Calyx  from  one  half  to  one  fourth  the  average  size  of  S.  juiitdz/ojnis!.  and 
proportionally  more  depre.s-ed,  its  width  to  thr  top  of  the  first  costals  eqiud 
to  once  and  a  half  its  height.  Tlie  ])lates  of  *hc  dorsal  cup  more  tumid,  and 
the  ridges  more  prominent ;  those  of  the  tegmen  more  evenly  nodo.-e.  The 
basals  are  shorter,  and  almost  invisible  from  a  side  view.  It  has  but  one  row 
of  distichals  instead  of  two,  and  only  the  plate  at  one  side  of  the  rny  is  nrm- 
Iioaring.  There  are,  as  in  the  other  species,  two  brachial  trunks  from  each 
ray,  which  stand  out  horizontally  from  the  calyx,  both  arm-bearing,  and  each 
one  giving  off  from  twelve  to  fifteen  armlets.  The  palmars  of  both  rny 
divisions  support  an  arm  at  the  inner  side  of  the  rny.  the  jiost-pnlmars  at  the 
outer,  and  so  on  from  nlternate  sides.  As  a  rule,  each  successive  oider 
consists  of  a  single  plate,  but  there  are  occasionally  syzygies,  at  which  the 
arms  are  given  off  from  the  second  plate,  a  fiict  which  has  never  been 
observed  in  the  other  species.  The  arms  are  short,  and  their  joint.s  are  not 
alternatel}-  spinous,  but  have  serrated  edges.  In  all  other  points  this  .species 
agrees  with  the  preceding. 

Horhnn  ami  Loralifi/.  —  Same  as  last. 

Ti/jye  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection  at  Springfield. 


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r/atc  LXI.  Figs,  rja,  b. 

lS.').'i.     J,-l!iiofriiiiis  coiifiiiiiiix  —  SillM. ;  (ii'iil.  Siirv.  MisM.iiri  l)v  S«all(i\v,  Part  II.,  ji.  ISO,  I'liilc  ./,  Y\\i.  5, 
IMiii.     .I'Hiiurriiiii.i  fuiii'iiiiiH! — MtfiK  mill  WciUTiiKs  ;   (iciil.    \\i\\  llliiinis,  VdI,   11.,  \\.  -.'UO,  I'hili'  15, 

Y\^*.  S)a,  ti. 
ISSl.     SIfjiiiiui-i-iiiiif  ruih-iiiiiii.t  —  '\V.  i\iiil  Sr. ;  Uivisinii  rMlicncr. ,  l';irl  II  ,  p.  l,"il. 

Svii.  Aiiiiiocriiiiis  viiliilux  —  Mkkk  iiiul  WdliriiKS  ;  ISiiO,  I'l-cicToil.  Aeiul.  N:il.  Sci.  I'liilii.,  ji.  ;!9  !■. 

AiioIIkt  si)ecius  closely  reliiteil  to  S.  jimtni/oiina,  but  larger,  the  plates 
more  robust  and  of  difl'erent  proportious,  the  (ir.st  costals  couiparatively 
suialler,  the  second  much  shorter  and  smaller  generally,  the  basal  cup  deeper. 
Calyx  nearly  as  high  as  wide,  convex  at  the  sides,  distinctly  lobed  at  tlio 
top  of  the  first  costals,  the  intorradial  spaces  between  the  brachial  truidxs 
extremely  wide  and  depressed,  the  marginal  part  of  the  ventral  disk  con- 
stricted, the  middle  to  the  base  of  the  anal  tube  almost  flat.  Dorsal  cup 
decidedly  convex,  thick  and  heavy  in  the  middle  portions,  thinning  out 
toward  the  margins.  The  edges  of  the  jjlates  marked  by  low,  louuded 
ridges,  which  either  in  single  series  oi'  in  groups  of  two  or  four  traverse  the 
sutiM'e  lines,  and  procci'd  to  the  margins  of  iidjoining  jilates,  leaving  the 
greater  part  of  the  plates  perfectly  smooth.  The  ridges  are  not  only  surface 
elevations,  but  originate  in  part  from  a  folding  of  the  plates  themselves; 
they  extend  only  to  the  centre  of  the  first  costals  and  second  interbrachials, 
not  to  the  upper  portions  of  these  plates,  nor  to  any  of  the  plates  above. 

Basals  large,  forming  a  spreading  cup,  with  well  defined  suture  lines,  and 
shu'iily  angular  lower  margins.  Radials  about  as  wide  as  high,  considerably 
larger  'h.in  both  costals  together.  First  costals  generally  about  half  the  si/e 
of  the  radials,  hexangular.  the  sides  inflected  at  the  upper  end,  the  upper 
lateral  faces  longer  than  the  lower,  the  upper  faces  narrow,  semicircular, 
concave,  and  perforated.  Second  costals  hexangular,  very  short,  curved  like 
arm  plates,  their  upper  angles  obtuse.  The  higher  brachials  are  not  pre- 
served in  the  specimens,  but  the  general  structiuv  indicates  that  the}-  formed 
two  trunks  from  each  ray  with  an  oval  cavity.  First  interbrachial  as  largo 
as,  or  larger  than,  the  first  costals,  followed  by  four  plates,  which  are  about 
level  with  the  appendages;  the  two  outer  ones  a  little  the  smaller,  bending 
outward,  and  in  part  intcrambulacral.  Anal  plate  smaller  than  the  radials, 
supporting  two  plates  in  the  first,  and  five  in  the  second  range.  Ventral 
di.sk  very  .slightly  elevated,  the  plates  convex,  the  anal  tube  somewhat  excen- 


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trie.  Tlic  anibiiliicni  roofed  by  two  rows  of  large  covering  pieces,  wliich  are 
more  regularly  arranged  in  young  specimens  (Fig.  ">/;),  in  which  the  inter- 
iiinbidacrals  are  less  niinicrous.  The  same  is  the  case  with  the  orals,  which 
in  the  smaller  specimens  are  in  contact,  hut  separated  by  perisomic  plates 
in  larger  ones. 

ll'irir.im  (Uid  Locitlihj.  —  (^nly  found  in  the  n|)per  part  of  tin-  lT|)])cr  Bur- 
lington limestone;  IJurlii'^ton  and  Pleasant  tirove,  Iowa,  and  jMariou 
Co.,  Mo. 

T^l>e.  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection  at  Spriiigdeld. 

Itciiiiirkx.  —  Snecimens  of  this  and  the  two  prece<ling  sjjccies  are  most 
commonly  found  with  the  axillary  costals  and  all  succeeding  plates  Ijrokeii 
off,  which  might  give  the  impression,  to  a  person  judging  by  such  a  specimen 
alone,  that  the  caly.x  contained  only  one  plate  above  the  radials. 


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Steganocrinus  sculptus  (IIali.). 
riutc  LXI.  Fiff-s.  lu  tuf. 

\KA.     A,-tiiini-riiiii»  .mil/ilin  —  U.i.u.;  Gool.  Utp.  lown,  Vol.  I.,  I'liit  II  ,  f.  58J,  Pinto  ]n,  Fifjs.  11«,  i. 


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h'fjitmi 


■iiiKx  xnil/iliis  —  MKKKiiml  WdliTliKN;  (icdl.  Hep.  llliiioi-,  Vul.  11,  |i.  197. 


1811.     SIfi/iiiiiiciiniin  sciilpliix  —  W.  and  f^r. ;  Kiivisiim  riilicocr.,  I'iiit  11,  p.  151. 

Calyx  rather  large,  biturbinate,  somewliat  higher  than  wide,  the  dor.sal 
cup  but  little  higher  than  the  ventral  disk,  its  sides  convex  to  the  top  of  the 
costals.  The  higher  brachials  bend  obliquely  outward,  and  their  sides  up- 
ward, so  as  to  form  with  the  ambulacral  plates  above  five  long  tubular 
appendages,  one  to  each  ray,  from  which  the  arms  are  given  off  alternately 
from  every  second  plate  at  opposite  sides.  Plates  thin,  highly  ornamented 
with  series  of  well  delined  angular  ridges  passing  from  ]ilatc  to  plate.  From 
the  middle  of  tin;  radials  and  anal  [jlate,  throe  to  five  of  these  ridges  proceed 
to  the  basals,  three  to  the  first  costals,  and  1,  2,  or  3  to  adjacent  radials  and 
first  interbrachials  ;  while  there  \n  generally  but  one  ridge  between  the  other 
plates,  of  which  that  between  the  costals  is  decidedly'  the  heavier  and  rounded 
on  the  back. 

IJasals  moderately  largo,  forming  n  spreading  cup,  Avith  .slightly  angular 
lower  margin  ;  the  intcrbasal  sutures  distinct  but  not  grooved  ;  axial  canal 
large,  and  apparently  circuliir.  Uadials  about  as  wide  as  long.  First  costals 
nearly  one  half  smaller  than  the  radials,  slightly  wider  than  long,  and  hex- 
angular.  The  second  costals  much  smaller  than  the  first,  and  irregularly 
axillary  ;    one  of  their  upper  faces  short  and   distinctly  sloping,   the  other 


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almost  hori/.ontal ;  the  foriiicr  Nupportiiig  an  Mini,  wliicli  is  freo  from  tlio 
secoiul  plute,  tlie  latter  two  disticliala.  The  sut'ceecliiig  arniH  arc  given  oil' 
in  exactly  tlie  same  nianiier  as  tlie  (irst ;  every  second  bracliial  is  axillary 
and  snpporls  on  its  nhoi'ler  sloping  side  an  arm,  and  on  the  opposite  side 
two  brachials  of  a  higher  order,  until  finally  mar  the  tips  of  the  arms  the 
last  axillary  gives  origin  to  two  arms.  In  large  specimens  tiiere  are  not  less 
than  fifty  orders  of  In-achials  to  each  ray  —  a  very  young  spe<'imen  before 
us  has  but  fifteen,  and  a  somewliat  larger  one  twenty-two — and  these  form 
straight,  arm-like,  apparently  inlh'xible  trunks,  which  at  the  proximal  ends 
are  four  or  live  times  as  heavy  as  the  ormlets.  The  plates  of  w  hieh  they  are 
composed  arc  short,  three  or  four  times  as  wide  as  long,  with  crennlated 
apposed  faces,  the  armlets  resting  against  Ijoth  plates.  The  inner  cavity 
of  the  appendages  is  qnite  large,  suboval  in  outline,  the  longer  diameter 
directed  dorsally  and  ventrall}',  and  the  tubes  themselves  taper  but  little 
upward.  Their  ventral  side  is  roofed  by  a  simple  row  ol  large,  spinous  cov- 
ering ])ieces,  somewhat  wedge-snaped  and  alternately  arranged,  together 
witli  small,  triangular  side-pieces,  which  are  united  with  the  brachials  and 
covering  plates  by  close  suture.  First  interbrachial  as  large  as  the  first 
costals,  the  two  plates  of  the  second  range  but  very  little  smaller,  those 
above  much  smaller  and  irregularly  arranged,  varying  in  the  third  row  from 
three  to  five,  and  in  the  fourM;  from  five  to  seven,  the  latter  meeting  the 
tegminal  plates.  Tegmen  hiyh,  contracted  in  the  lower  part,  then  rii-ing 
almost  vertically,  and  rounded  near  the  summit ;  it  is  composed  throughout 
of  small,  spinous  pieces,  sharply  pointed  at  the  upper  end,  and  so  irregular 
in  their  arrangement  that  neither  the  orals  nor  any  of  the  other  disk  plates 
can  be  identified.  At  one  side  of  each  trunk,  and  alwa^'s  opposite  the  first 
arm,  within  the  tegmen,  there  is  a  large  respiratory  pore;  and  smaller  ones 
occur  along  the  appendages  aside  of  every  orm.  Anal  tube  rather  small  au<l 
nearly  central.  Column  of  moderate  size,  the  joints  so  short  that  at  30  mm. 
from  the  calyx  it  contains  sixtj-  joints  with  fifteen  internodes.  The  nodal 
joints  very  little  wider  than  the  intervening  ones. 

Ilorhon  ami  LocaVilij.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone ;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
and  Lake  ViiUej',  New  Mexico. 

Tiipc  in  the  collection  of  Prof.  Worthcn. 

Bemarla. — This  species  differs  from  all  others  in  having  but  five  brachial 
trunks  in  place  of  ten,  and  in  having  the  lower  brachials  much  more  deeply 
incorporated  into  the  dorsal  cup. 


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SteganOOrinUB   globOSUS  W.  und  Sr.  (nov.  spec). 
Plate  LXI.  F'uj.  6. 

Cnlyx  almost  perfectly  globose  ;  the  distlchals  a  little  projecting  so  as  to 
give  to  the  section  a  very  slightly  pentangular  outline;  the  interspaces  be- 
tween the  rays  wide,  but  not  di'pnsscd  as  usual  in  this  genus ;  the  plates 
nearly  flat,  and  apparently  without  ornamentation. 

Basals  small,  disk-like,  and  following  the  general  curvature  of  the  calyx. 
Radials  and  costals  slightly  decreasing  in  size  upward,  all  one  third  wider 
than  liigh  ;  the  first  costals  hexangular  ;  the  second  generally  heptangnlar. 
Of  the  disticlmls  only  one  row  is  preserved,  but  its  plates  not  being  axillary 
they  were  followed  by  another  row  horizontally  disposed,  as  their  facets  are 
directed  outward.  There  are  two  openings  above,  whicli  apparently  represent 
the  inner  cavity  of  the  two  ambulacral  appendages ;  they  are  large  and  close 
together.  Regular  interbrachials :  1,  2,  2,  3,  followed  by  the  plates  of  the 
tegmen.  Anal  side  much  wider,  the  anal  plate,  which  is  as  large  as  the 
radials,  supporting  2,  3,  C,  and  6  or  7  jilatcs  above.  Ventral  disk  hemi- 
spherical, as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup  ;  composed  of  numerous  almost  flat  pieces 
of  nearly  uniform  size  ;  the  ambulacral  pieces  arranged  in  two  rows,  which 
branch  on  the  disk.     Anal  tube  somewhat  excentric  and  rather  small. 

Ilnrixon  and  LocaUtij.  —  Oolitic  bed  of  the  Kinderhook  group ;  Burling- 
ton, Iowa. 

Tijpc  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

Ihiiiftr/rs.  —  The  unique  specimen  from  which  this  species  is  described  is 
not  sufliciently  perfect  to  indicate  positively  its  generic  relations.  It  agrees, 
however,  in  all  essential  characters  with  Stcf/anocrimis,  and  we  regard  it  as  an 
early,  not  fully  developed  form  of  that  genus. 


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AMPHORACRINUS  Aisriv. 

I'^lS.     ArsTIV;  Qihiil.  .tniini.  (I.i.l,  S.ip.,  T.niiilcMi.  V..I,  IV.,  p.  20i. 

ISjS.     HiiKMKiii  l,flliH':i  (iioj.'ii(i!iti('ii  (Aiisit.  II).  |i'  '■211'  (ill  pill''  .IH'irifoeriiiHi). 

ISfll.     IIm.i.;  lli.>tuii  .liiiini.  N'lil.  Ili-I,,  |p.  iMI  (in  imil  .l,/<iri.-iu-,-iNiia). 

ISWl.     Ml  tK  iiikI  WiiliTHKS  ;  (ii'iil.  Ilcp    Illinois,  Vol.  11, p  v'lm  (ill  |ii\rl  r)uri/rriiiiif), 

1879.     ZiTTKi,;   llnnilli.  il.  I'lilii'niil.,  Viil.  I,  p.  ;(7il  (siiliiic'iiiis  dl'  .lrfiii„rriim<). 

1S^1.     W.  iiMil  Sr. ;  lliii^idii  I'lilivorr.,  I'miI  II  ,  p.  Lll  (I'runiil.  Ami.  Nul.  Sci.  I'liilii.,  p.  .125). 

1S8U.     H.  A.  Mii.i.Kii  •,  N.  Anicr.  (inil,  nuil  I'lilii'unI,,  p.  2J:). 

B.m.  .Iiii/i/mrii  ('I'Mliiiii.AMi ;   Isill,  l(<'li(pi.  C'lnncrv.,  p.  30. 

Svii.  .Ir/iiineriiim  I'liiLMis,  WM);  I'oriluik,  IsHtj  .Mcdy,  ISHi  mid  Ilnll,  ISOO  (Siippl.  Ocol. 
lirp.  IiiHii). 

Tlio  riiy.><  of  tlio  ciilyx,  like  tlioio  of  J .tiiiiirriuun,  oxtciuled  oiitwnnl,  nnd 
foriniiif,'  fivo  lobi's,  wliicli  arc  distinctly  .-lepiiratt'd  hy  the  plates  of  the  iiiter- 
I'dilial  are.Ls.  In  Anijilnirarriiiiis,  how  .ver,  the  dorsal  cup  is  nhoiter,  either  Hat 
or  sMUCor-slmpod;  the  proximal  part  of  the  brachial  lobes  projects  downward, 
hidiiij;  the  whole  or  a  ])art  of  the  cup  from  a  side  view.  The  ventral  disk  also 
is  proportionally  mucli  higher,  and  provided  with  an  cxcentric,  very  short 
anal  tulie,  while  the  tube  of  Actliiorrinii.i  is  nearly  central  and  very  long. 
In  the  known  species  there  nrc  never  any  radiating  ridges  npon  the  plates, 
the  entire  snrflice  of  the  calyx  presenting  a  rather  uniform,  granular  appear- 
ance, peculiar  to  this  genus,  which  is  diflicult  to  describe.  Basals  three,  short, 
disk-like.  The  rays  free  from  the  top  of  the  second  costals  or  first  distichals, 
whence  they  extend  outward  and  downward.  Arms  heavy  and  biscrial,  either 
branching  or  simple;  in  the  latter  case  provided  with  lateral  spines, given  ofT 
at  intervals  from  opposite  sides.  Anal  plate  generally  smaller  than  the  radi- 
als,  and  followed  either  by  two  or  three  plates,  of  which  the  middle  one, 
when  present,  is  cuneatc,  and  wedged  in  between  the  other  two,  often 
barely  touching  the  anal.  The  second  row  of  interbrachials  stands  on  a 
level  with  the  brachial  lobes,  and  the  plates  arc  in  part  interambulacral. 
Orals  large,  and  always  more  or  less  spinous.  Ambulacra  apparently  cov- 
ered by  perisomic  plates  to  the  base  of  the  free  rays.  Cohinni  round,  of 
moderate  size,  and  with  a  small,  pcntangnlar  or  five-rayed  canal. 

D'sMhiiiidti. —  Restricted  in  America,  so  far  as  known,  to  the  Waverly 
group  and  Low^r  Burlin>*tnn  limestone  ;  in  Europe  it  occurs  in  the  Carbon- 
iferous limestones  of  Crcat  Britain.  Only  three  species  are  recognized  by 
us  in  America,  and  a  like  number  is  recorded  from  Europe. 

licmnrJcs.  —  Cumberland,  in  1S2C,  proposed  the  name  Amphora  for  two 
.species,  which  he  distinguished  as  No.  1  and  No.  2.     The  former,  and  the 


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only  ono  to  which  his  (IcHcription  niiplicH,  Ih  nn  Artinorrimis.  TIic  other  wn« 
iimdo  hy  Austin  in  1S48  tlio  typo  o[  Aiiij)/i>ir(irriiiiin,  nuA  Ix  now  known  lis 
Aiiij)li<inwn'iiitn  GUbcrlnuni  (Miller)  =  Aiiiiincrtiiii.i  (Unji/iciit  I'ortloik.  nnd 
MiliifiliiiiH  iiiii/ihoni  Goldfu.HS. 

lioeuiLT  iinil  Hull  confounded  ^l/»^^/i'/;v((V7//»,'(  with  /l//'(/vV(((/'//((^'<,  nnd  Meek 
iind  Worthen  nt  first  with  JJi>r//rn'iiii>i,  bnt  afterwords  accepted  the  genus  in 
its  present  I'orin.  It  did'ers  from  hoth  generii  essentially  in  the  arm  Mtrue- 
ture,  as  well  as  in  the  form  and  pof^ition  of  the  anus;  and  they  have  also 
uniformly  a  second  anal  plate. 

Aiii/i/iwarri'iiiis  appears  to  bo  a  soniowhat  ahcrrant  form,  and  has  (|uile 
frequently  three  plates  ahove  the  anal  piece.  This,  however,  is  found  only 
among  the  American  species,  and  only  in  ^1.  ilinri/tns  and  ^1.  rlnilnnh'.* ; 
Anqtliiirwriiiiis  Kjiiiiu/'far/iintiin  and  the  three  Kuglish  species  always  having 
the  usual  two  plates.  This  might  seem  to  indicate  that  the  two  former  are 
generically  distinct,  and  shoidd  bo  removed  to  tho  BatocrinidiV,  if  it  were 
not  for  the  fact  that  they  also  have  occasionally  but  two  plates  ahove  the 
anal,  an<l  that  in  their  arn?  structure,  as  well  as  in  other  resjjects,  tlii'y  agree 
most  closely  —  even  more  than  yl.  .'>y(///f>/^/«t7</((^/«  —  with  the  typical  Ibrin 
from  England,  of  which  we  have  a  most  excellent  specimen  with  arms,  from 
Waterl'ord,  Ireland.  To  understand  the  case  correctly,  it  is  important  to 
note  that  the  middle  plate  over  the  anal,  when  it  does  occur,  is  compara- 
tively small  and  cuneatc,  often  barely  touching  the  anal  plate ;  and  we  think 
it  not  improbable  that  it  really  represents  n  plate  of  the  second  row,  and  is 
not  a  true  homologue  of  tho  middle  jdate  in  the  Batocrinidie.  On  the  other 
hand,  we  must  remember  that  Aiii/ih'iniciiuus  is  one  of  the  earliest  represen- 
tatives of  the  .\ctinocrinid;e  ;  and  it  may  be  possible  that  it  is  a  transition 
form,  in  which  the  Actinocrinoid  structure  has  not  been  as  yet  persistently 
established,  At  any  rate,  we  see  no  good  reason  for  sejiorating  the  two 
forms,  even  subgenerically. 

Worthen,  in  the  Geol.  Rep.  of  Illinois  (Vol.  VIII.,  p.  8C,  Pinto  11,  Fig.  8), 
described  a  specimen  under  the  name  of  Am/i/ionwriinis  Jernff/ciisls,  which  is 
interesting  as  having  bnt  four  arm-bearing  rnys,  the  free  pnrts  of  the  nntorior 
ray  I'vidciilly  having  been  destroyed  during  the  life  of  the  animal,  nnd  the 
break  closed  l)y  abnormal  growth.  The  specimen  is  too  imperfect  for  a  cor- 
rect diagnosis,  and  we  think  it  highly  probable  that  it  is  nn  Atjurkocrbms. 


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AmphoraorinuB  divergena  (IIali.). 
lUdte  LXll.  Fiju.  ~t,  (111,  h,  T'l,  b,  .S'</,  l>,  r, !),  10, 

I'flO.     JrliiiDi-rhH'  (lirrriifiit — ll»l.l, ;  8u|i|il.  (iinl.  Uip.  Iiiwn,  |i,  Itfl. 
Ihil.     .//.(/Muc.o'ciuKi  r//iv'(;y.-«<  —  W.  nnil  ^<^. ;  llid^lMii  I'iilu'orr,,  I'lirl  II.,  p.  ISS. 

1SU3,     Jiii/it(inii'riii(a  liivrytiii — WliJTHtl.li  i  Mini.  Aiiitr.  Miiii.  Niil.  Hist.  N.  York,  Vol.  I.,  p.  S],  Pint* 

i,  FIk«.  lit,  13. 

Sjrii.   .l,'fiiio<'r/iint  /i/iiiiii/Mti/i.i  IIai.i.  1  8ii|i|il,  fiiMil,   Hep.   Iiiwn,  |i    10,  ll((iirril  in  Sinio  Mm.  Nnt. 

Iliit.,   Hull.   I.,  I'liilr  I,  l''i({i.   lit  mill   W  —  Jitiiiliurdcriiiin  iiliinuliinilh  M.  iiiiil  W.  ((ii(pl.  Ili'p. 

llliiiuU,  Viil.  v.,  p.  3'('*). 

Byn.  .I'liHocfiiitit  i/Hm/ii'iiiHHt  WiiiTr,  isnj,   PnioiTil.   Ilcntnii  Snc.  N,it.  III«t.,  Vol.  IX.,  p.  15 

^  Jmiihorinriiiin  yXtf/Aii/ii'/iKj  W.  mid  .M.  j   1S(.'I,  (Iciil.  Hep.  Illinnlii,  Vol.  V.,  p.  I18S. 
Sjrii.  Jm/iionicri/iiis  i/iiiryw,  viir.  uinlliniiiiuaiia  hlttK  iiiiil  WimtiiKN,  (iiol,  Itcp.  lllliiuin,  Vol,  V., 
p.  3SS. 

Of  ratlicr  largo  wizo.  Crown  in  its  niUunil  roiidition,  willi  nil  (lio  nrinn 
preserved,  as  wide  as,  or  wider  than,  liigh;  the  dor.sil  eiip  not  vif<ihle  from  a 
side  view.  Calyx  subpyraniidal,  dintinctly  lobed  above  tiio  firHt  contain,  tiio 
intcrradial  Hpaecs  deeply  depre.Msed  between  the  free  rays.  Dorsal  cup  about 
one  third  the  height  of  the  ventral  di.-<k.  Haiirer-shapud,  truncated  at  the  bane. 
The  rays  from  tiie  seeond  co.stals  droop  downward  to  the  level  of  the  bottom 
of  the  cnly.v,  and  then,  at  about  the  top  of  the  fir.'^t  pahnars,  they  bend  nb. 
ruptly  upward,  and  I'old  inward  until  the  tip.s  of  the  arni.s  encircle  the  spi- 
niferous  summit  of  the  di>k,  e.xpo.ting  the  spines.  The  entire  surface  of  the 
caly.K  is  covered  with  irregular  granules  or  vermicular  nuirkings. 

Basals  forming  a  slightly  projecting,  liexagonal  disk,  extending  beyond 
the  sides  of  the  column  ;  the  suture  lines  distinct,  but  not  actually  grooved ; 
axial  canal  small  ami  sharply  pentangular.  Radials  all  hexagonal,  owing  to 
the  straightness  of  the  lower  margins,  and  about  once  and  a  iialf  as  wide  as 
long.  First  costals  almost  horizontal ;  wider  than  the  radinls  and  nearly  as 
long;  strongly  inllectetl  at  the  sides,  and  rounded  exteriorl}- ;  the  upper  face 
.semicircular  in  outline,  ami  directed  slightly  downward.  The  succeeding 
brachials  constitute  a  part  of  the  free  extensions,  and  face  more  or  less 
downward.  The  second  costals,  which  are  a  little  smaller  than  the  first, 
are  touched  by  the  interbrachials  only  at  their  lower  ends,  the  lateral 
upper  parts  of  the  plates  resting  against  rigid  ambulacral  plates.  Dis- 
tichals  various  in  number,  but  as  a  rule  the  two  posterior  rays  have  one 
plate  in  each  division,  both  axillary,  and  about  as  large  as  the  second  cos- 
tals. They  support  at  each  side  a  large  quadrangular  palmar,  which  is  fol- 
lowed by  a  smaller  cuneate  one,  and  this  by  two  rows  of  extremely  short 


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nriii  [iIiitoA.  Otil^'  tilt'  ni'.-*t  imliiiiii.i  aru  in  loiitaut  lutiMiilly.  tin'  otiiors  ]imti^ 
fi'ou.  Ill  tlio  tlii't'U  uiiti'i'ior  \nyn  only  oiio  of  llio  tli'^liclml.s  \h  uxilliiry;  tlio 
opiioHitu  one,  lu'ing  tiiiiicnlftl,  (tiiiiiioits  two  or  tliict^  inoio  iiioiieriiti'l)'  liirj^o 
ciinoiit''  tli.><tii'lialH,  which  aru  fuliowt'ii  hy  the  n'giiiai'  aiTii  platt'H,  Soiiio- 
tiiiii'M,  hut  I'xcfplioiially,  liolii  (iif(tii'hal>*  iiiv  tiuiioato,  and  thu  ray  Iiiim  liiit 
two  piiiiiaiy  arms,  wiiilo  tliL-  oilier  rays  have  thive  or  lour.  The  lirsl  hiniicii- 
iiig  of  tliu  arum  giMiurally  taki>-  piiicu  from  thu  ninth  to  tiiilh  lioiihlc  row  <it' 
joints,  the  hocoihI  and  liiiiil  ''loin  thu  ti'iith  to  (iftuontli  ahovu.  The  hifiirca- 
tioiiM  arc  kIvcii  oIT  at  one  .side  of  tlio  iiiaiii  ami,  whioli  gcnurally  has  tliri-o 
bifurcations,  somuliiiu's,  howovor,  hut  two  ;  the}'  aro  widely  divi'ijrt'iit,  and 
the  sidi'-hranchcH  rarely  hifiircutu  again.  Anns  heavy  throughout,  tapering 
very  little  upward  ;  at  each  hifureation  there  is  a  fiinall  node,  and  the  arms 
themselvos  are  slightly  inllalud  —  a  peculiarity  liy  which  they  nre  readily 
recogni/ed.  Pinnules  apparently  small,  their  two  or  three  prosimal  joints 
provided  with  small  hoid<s.  Anal  plate  ('on>ideiiil)ly  nitrrower  than  the  radi- 
als.  Iiiterhrachials  in  two  ranges  ;  there  heing  one  and  five  at  the  regular 
sides,  and  three  or  two  followed  hy  five  or  six  at  the  anal  side.  When  then' 
are  three  plates  in  the  first  row,  the  iniddh;  one  is  narrow  and  wedged  in 
between  the  two  at  the  sides,  often  barely  toiichiiig  the  anal  piece.  The  two 
outer  plates  of  the  second  row  at  each  side  of  the  area  curve  outward  in  the 
direction  of  the  free  rays,  and  nre  largely  iiiterainliulacral,  touching  hut 
slightly  the  costals;  the  extended  up|ier  part  resting  again.'<t  the  covering 
plates  of  the  ambulacra.  Ventral  disk  from  the  top  of  the  free  ray.i  to  the 
base  of  the  orals  oheonical,  leaning  a  little  to  the  anterior  side  ;  broadly  coni-  , 
eal  above;  the  plates  irregularly  arranged,  slightly  convex,  about  efpial  in 
size.  The  orals  occupy  the  truncateil  upper  face  of  the  di.*k ;  the  posterior 
one  i.s  located  in  the  centre  between  the  orals  at  one  side  and  the  anal  tube 
at  the  other;  it  is  strongly  nodose  or  subspinou.s ;  the  other  four  orals  are 
produced  into  long,  very  heavy  spine.s,  which  either  gradually  taper  to  their 
extremities,  or  widen  upward  and  fork  at  the  top.  Anal  tube  very  short  and 
stout,  directed  obliquely  upward ;  the  opening  lateral,  and  fiiirrounded  by 
four  or  five  acute  spines  of  fully  one  half  the  length  of  those  surniounting 
the  orals.  Ambulacra  hidden  by  superimposed  phitc  to  the  bases  of  the  free 
rays,  where  those  of  the  first  and  second  order  are  represented  by  a  single, 
strongly  nodose  plate.  Column  moderately  strong,  the  nodal  joints  consid- 
erably widest,  and  angular  at  their  margins ;  while  the  intervening  ones  are 
very  short. 


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THE   CUINOIDKA   CAMKHATA   OF  NOKTII   AMKUICA. 


Horizon  and  Locality.  —  Lower  Builiiigton  limcstouu  ;  Burliiiy  ton,  Iowa, 
and  Luke  Valley,  New  Mexico. 

T1//1C  m  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Sj'  ingficld. 

Jt'cni'o-ks.  —  With  the  excellent  material  before  uis,  we  have  attempted  in 
vain  to  .separate  from  this  fiwcica  Acttnucriiiius  jjlunokixi/ia  Hall,  Ac/inucriniis 
fjiiiitlrixpiitK-i  White,  and  Aiiij'hnrncruitis  dinri/ciis,  var.  miil/lrumosiis  M.  and  W. 
We  admit  that  in  tiome  of  the  specimens  the  radials  and  costals  are  com- 
paratively shorter,  the  number  and  branching  of  the  arms  slightly  dllTerent, 
and  the  snrface  onuunentation  somewhat  coarser  or  almost  obsolete  ;  but 
these  characters  appear  to  be  'ndejiendent  of  each  other.  Nor  can  the  fork- 
ing of  the  oral  spines,  upon  which  Meek  and  Worthen  proposed  a  variety-,  be 
considered  a  valid  distinction,  because  it  occurs  as  well  in  the  smaller  speci- 
mens of  the  type  of -^1.  (jiiodrinj'intts,  as  in  the  typical  form  of  Anqihunidiaus 
dircri/cns. 


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Amphoraorinus  viminalis  (Hall). 
r/afe  LIV.  Fhj.  S. 

1803,     .Ic/imeriiiHn  viiiiiiinli'  —  'Wu.L;  ]7tli  Hop.  X.  Y.  Sliilc  Ciil).  Nnt.  Hist.,  p.  54,  mid  1S75,  Gcol.  Surv. 

Oliin,  Palii'oiil..  VmI.  II  ,  p.  K;:.,  riiitc  II.,  KiKs.  12  to  U. 
ISSl.     Aiiijihurucriiius  riiiiiiialis — W.  iiiiil  Si',  j  lii'vision  I'ala'ocr.,  I'liil  II.,  p.  155. 

Below  medium  size.  In  the  form  of  the  dor.«al  cup.  style  of  ornamenta- 
tion, as  well  as  the  general  structure  and  mode  of  branching  of  the  arms, 
resembling  the  preceding  species.  Dor.sal  cup  depre.'fsed  turbinate,  the  sldcS 
rapidly  and  uniformly  spreading  from  the  truncated  base  to  the  top  of  the 
costals,  above  which  the  brachials  form  free  lobes,  which  droop  to  about  the 
first  bifurcation  of  the  arms,  leaving  only  the  basals  and  radials  visible  from 
a  side  view.  Plates  almost  flat,  cxcejit  for  the  general  curvature,  but  owing 
to  the  rather  deep  grooves  at  the  sutures  they  have  the  appearance  of  being 
slightly  convex  ;  their  surface  obscurely  granulated. 

Basals  forming  a  very  short,  subhexangular  cup,  which  slightly  projects 
over  the  sides  of  the  colimm ;  the  interba.sal  sutures  distinct  but  not  grooved. 
Radials  two  thirds  as  long  as  wide,  and  as  large  as,  or  larger  than,  botii  cos- 
tals together;  the  lower  .''loping  sides  much  longer  than  the  corresponding 
upper  ones.  First  costals  (luadraugular,  three  times  as  wide  as  long;  the 
second  smaller  than  the  first,  broadly  triangular  in  outline ;  they  are  followed 
by  2X2  short,  quadrangular  dislichals,  which  are  connected  laterally  by 


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suture,  and  support  the  free  ariris.  Tliere  are  but  two  primary  arms  to  each 
ray,  wliich  branch  tliroo  or  four  times  at  irregular  intervals,  the  first  bifurca- 
tion takinj^-  place  above  tiie  fifth  to  sixteentli  double  row  of  ossicles,  the  last 
a  short  distance  from  the  tips.  Arms  divergent,  rather  stout,  and  tapering 
very  little;  they  arc  cylindrical,  and  above  the  second  plate  biscrial,  the  two 
proximal  ones  of  the  primary  arms  being  euneate.  First  interbrachials  of 
moderate  size,  rising  to  the  height  of  the  second  costals ;  the  two  plates  of 
the  second  row  are  to  a  large  extent  iiiterambulacral,  touching  the  distichals 
but  sliglitly  at  their  lower  ends.  Anal  plate  a  little  longer  than  the  radials, 
and  nearly  as  wide  ;  followed  by  three  plates,  of  which  the  two  outer  ones 
are  as  large  as  the  single  plate  of  the  regular  sides,  the  midi  ,o  one  smaller 
and  cuneato.  The  togmen  is  not  shown  in  any  of  the  specimens,  being  cov- 
ered by  the  arms,  but  apparently  it  had  no  spines,  or  the  points  would  bo 
visible  at  the  ends  of  the  arms. 

Horizon  and  Locali/i/.  — Waverly  group;   Richfield,  Summit  Co.,  Ohio. 

Tt/j)cs  in  the  New  York  State  Cabinet  at  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Amphoracrinus  spinobrachlatus  (TIall.). 
I'/ate  LXII.  Flfi><.  ],  2,  3,  4. 

ISOO.     Arliiiocriinis  spiiiohriu'liiuliix  —  IIai.i.  ;  Sujiiil.  Gcul.  1!i  p.  Iowa,  p.  fi. 

1873.     AiHiilini-iii-riiiii-i  (^i)  .yiiiihlii-iuiiidfiis  —  Meek  ami  WoiniiEX;  (icol.  Rop.  Tlliiiois,  Vol.  V.,    p.  3S!t, 

IMiilc  ('),  Til's.  5rt,  h,  c. 
1881.     Auqiliin-iicrinHH  sjiiiinlji-iiiliiiilm  "  AV.  iiiiil  Si".  ;  licvUiiiii  Piilirocr.,  P.irt  11.,  p.  155. 
Syii.  Arliiiiin-iiiii.i  iiij\iiliix  IIai.i,  ;  ISfin,  Sn|ipl.  flodl.  Hep.  l<i\vn,  p.  20. 

S_vri.  jMphunirrhiKS  iiijliiliis —  WiiiTnEi.D;  Mem.  Anicr.  Miis.  Nat.  Hist.  N.  York,  Vol,  I.,  p.  '2-3, 
I'lalc  i,  l''i!,'s.  10,  11  (not  .lr/iiiiifi-iiiii.i  {.tmiilioruenniix)  iiijlutiin  Hall,  ISOl,  Bosloii  Soc,  Nat. 
Hist.,  p.  'i^-V ^fsx A;fii fif'ocriiHta  iiijlafnii). 

Calyx  subpyramidal,  di.stinctly  lobed  ;  the  dorsal  cup  shallow-saucer- 
shaped  ;  almost  flat,  and  in  .specimens  with  the  arms  preserved  not  visible 
from  a  side  view.  Ventral  (H.-^k  nearly  as  high  as  its  width  at  the  arm  bases, 
inlliited  above  the  food  grooves,  and  the  lower  part  of  the  interambulacral 
spaces  depressed.  The  plates  of  the  dorsal  cup  thin,  their  surface  covered 
with  irregular,  rather  prominent  rugosities,  which  are  confluent,  arranged  in 
rows,  and  form  transverse  ridges.  The  ridges  upon  the  radials  are  crescent 
shaped  ;  those  of  the  first  costals  straight,  while  those  of  the  second  costals 
and  distichals  are  angular,  their  salient  angles  directed  upward,-*,  the  ridges 
upon  the  interbrachials  le.ss  distinct,  and  longitudinally  arranged. 

Basals  forming  a  hexagonal,  slightly  projecting  di.sk,  which  extends  but 


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little  beyond  the  sides  of  the  column  ;  colunni  facet  concave.  Radinls  once 
and  a  half  as  wide  us  long,  the  sides  rapidly  spreading.  First  costals  fidiy  as 
wide  as  the  radials,  but  considerably  shorter,  subquadrangular  in  outline,  but 
generally  hexangular.  Second  costals  a  little  longer  than  the  first,  and 
directed  slightly  downward,  as  also  the  distiehals.  Distichals  nearly  as  large 
as  the  second  costals,  and  all  axillary,  supporting  upon  each  side  two  moder- 
ately large  pahnars,  which  are  laterally  connected  and  support  the  free  arms, 
of  which  there  are  four  to  the  ray.  Arms  simple,  long,  heavy,  rounded  in 
the  lower  portions,  llnttened  and  wider  in  the  upper;  the  tips  incurving. 
Tiie  two  proximal  arm  plates  cunoate,  the  two  rows  of  ossicles  succeeding 
them  moderately  long,  and  every  sixth  one  extended  into  a  sharp  lateral 
spine.  The  spines  increase  in  length  upwards,  commencing  as  small  nodes, 
and  attaining  at  the  upper  part  of  the  arms  a  length  of  2  or  3  nnn.,  the  cor- 
responding ones  placed  opposite.  First  interbrachial  comparatively  small, 
higher  than  wide,  followed  by  two  rather  large  plates  in  the  second  row,  and 
one  or  two  smaller  interambnlacral  pieces  at  each  side.  Anal  plate  remark- 
ably small,  only  half  a-*  wide  as  the  radials,  supporting  two  plates,  which  arc 
followed  by  three  large  and  two  snuiller  ones  at  the  sides,  the  latter  bending 
outward,  heljiing  to  form  the  free  rays.  Plates  of  the  ventral  disk  slightly 
convex,  their  surface  covered  with  small  pustides  without  definite  arrange- 
ment. Orals  a  little  larger  tiian  the  other  plates,  and  formed  into  short 
spines ;  the  posterior  one  placed  at  the  side  of  the  anal  tube.  Anal  tube 
cxcentric  and  very  short,  directed  obliquely  upward.  No  ambulacral  plates 
are  visible  to  the  base  of  the  free  rays,  where  those  of  the  first  and  second 
order  are  represented  by  single  plates.  Column  composed  of  rather  long 
joints ;  the  nodal  ones  considerably  widest  and  rounded  along  the  margin ; 
the  axial  canal  small  and  pentagonal. 

Horizon  and  LocaH/i/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
and  Lake  Valley,  New  Mexico. 

linivirJcs.  —  This  .species  is  readily  distinguished  from  all  others  by  its 
arm  structure. 

Tijpc  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection  at  Springfield. 


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PHTSETOCRINUS  ^r.  and  W. 

1809.    Meek  and  Woutiien  (Subgenus  of  Slrotocriiiu.i) ;  Proceed.  Acad.  Nut.  Sci.  Phila.,  p.  15S ;  also  1873, 

Geol.  Ui^p.  Illinois,  Viil.  V.,  (i.  349. 
1831.     W.  and  Sr. ;  Kevl.sion  Palifcii'i-.,  I'ari  II.,  p.  155  (Proceed.  Acad.  Nat.  Scl.  Plilla.,  p.  329). 
1SS9.    S.  A.  MaLiiU  ;  North  Anicr.  Gecil.  and  Palajonl.,  p.  ilVJ. 

Arrangement  of  the  plates  up  to  the  distichals  as  in  Act'inocrhmn ;  but  the 
anus  located  within  the  teginen,  not  at  the  end  of  a  tube.  The  calyx  dis- 
tinctly lobed.  The  arms  arranged  in  groups*,  and  given  off  from  tiie  two 
main  divisions  of  the  rays  alternately  from  opposite  sides.  Hut,  contrary  to 
the  case  "n  Actinocrinus,  each  order  of  brachials,  from  the  costals  up,  consists 
of  but  a  single  plate,  which  is  axillary,  and  supports  on  one  side  an  arm  and 
upon  the  other  a  brachial  of  a  higher  order.  Anns  biscrial.  Interbrachials 
numerou.s,  and  in  contact  with  the  plates  of  the  disk.  Ventral  disk  depressed 
at  the  summit,  plicated  around  the  margin,  and  generally  composed  of  small, 
irregular  pieces.     Anus  excentric.     Column  round. 

Distribution.  —  Only  known  from  the  Burlington  group  in  America,  but  i( 
apparently  occurs  also  in  the  Mountain  limestone  of  Ireland. 
2)ipc  of  the  genus :  PJnjsctocriniis  vailricosKS. 

Hcmnrks.  —  Zittel  makes  Phi/setocriuns  .synonymous  with  Slroiocrimis,  and 
the  latter  a  subgenus  of  Aciinocrinus. 


Physetocrinus  ventricosus  (Hali.). 
Plate  LXIII.  Fig.  0,  and  Plate  LXJV.  Fi</s.  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  G,  7,  and  8a,  b. 

1853.     Jr/iiiorriiiiis  ven/rifosiis —  II.iLI. i  fleol.  Uep.  lona,  Vol.  I.,  Part  11.,  p.  595,  Plato  11,  I'igs.  Cxi,  h. 
1873.     Phiiseluerinm  rfnirifosiis  —  Meek  and  WoKTIlEX*;  fiuol.  Kc|i.  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  p.  319. 
1881.     PhijfPlonimisvnilrinfux  —  Vi .  nnd  Sp. ;  Kevisiiin  Pnlirocr.,  Part  II.,  p.  157. 

Syn.  AcHiiorriiiiix  nilji-fiilrii'nsiis   .Mi  CnK-sxEV ;    ISIil),  New  Pal.  Foss,  p.    21    also    1809,  Chicago 
Acad.  Sci.,  Vol.  I.,  p.  16,  Plate  4,  Fig.  (i. 

Syn.  P/ij/fflorriiiiif  siihreii/rieosKs  —  Mkk.k  and  WnnTiirx;  Geol.  Rep.  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  p.  319. 

Syn.  Ai'tiiiocrinui  ventrirosiis  var,  taiiri'Ualint,  It.tl.I.;  1''01,  Prelim.  Deser.  Pal.  Foss.,  p.  3, 

Syn.  Ai'linocrinm  vrnlnonsiis,  var.  iiitfrnmliux  IIai.i.  ;  ISOl  Host.  Jonni,  Nat.  Hist.,  p.  273. 

Syn.  AiHiioirinun  venfricosiif,  var.  retieuliifii.i  ]I.\i.i, ;  ibid.,  p.  279. 

Of  more  than  medium  size.  Calyx  generally  as  wide  as  high,  somewhat 
higher  in  young  specimens.  Dorsal  cup  basin-shnped  ;  the  sides  convex  below, 
more  rapidly  spreading  from  the  top  of  the  distichtils;  the  arm  bases  pro- 
jecting, deeply  grooved  between  the  rays  and  their  main  divisions,  and 
slightly  between  the  individual  arms.     Ventral  disk  hemispherical,  varying 

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I'loiii  onu  third  tlie  lii'ight  of  the  calyx  in  hirge  spechnens  to  scarcely  one 
foiiitli  in  snmller  ones.  Plates  of  tiie  cup  convex  and  of  rather  unit'orin  size ; 
tiieir  surface  ornamentation  exceedingly  variable.  In  most  specimens,  the 
middle  part  is  bare  of  all  markings,  but  along  the  margins  of  the  plates  there 
are  at  each  side  from  one  to  three  elongate  piocesses  or  short  ridges,  and 
between  them  along  the  suture  lines  deep  pits,  which  almost  penetrate  the 
test.  In  other  specimens  there  are  continuous  ridges  covering  the  whole 
surface,  which  give  to  the  plates  a  reticulate  or  cancellate  appearance ;  while 
in  still  otiicrs  rows  of  bead-like  elevations  take  the  place  of  the  ridges. 

Basals  forming  a  low,  cylindrical  cup,  which  is  somewhat  grooved  at  the 
sutures.  Radials  and  costals  of  nearly  the  same  size,  and  all  as  long  as  wide ;  the 
first  costal  a  little  smaller  and  hexangular,  the  second  heptangular.  Distichals 
1  X  10,  al>oiit  half  the  size  of  the  axillary  costals,  and  all  axillar}' ;  the  higher 
orders  of  brachials  much  smaller,  and  rounded  like  arm  plates;  the  bifurcation 
being  alternately  from  every  s\icccssive  plate.  There  are  generally  two  or 
more  orders  above  the  palmars,  sometimes  three,  and  in  young  specimens  occa- 
sionally but  one ;  the  number  of  arms,  therefore,  varies  from  four  to  six  in 
the  main  branches,  and  from  eight  to  twelve  in  the  ray.  Arms  given  off  alter- 
nately from  opposite  sides,  and  the  proximal  one  free  above  the  second  plate, 
the  others  above  the  first;  tliey  are  below  medium  size,  long,  and  rounded 
on  the  back.  Pinnules  covered  with  small  hooks.  Regular  interbrachials  from 
eight  to  ten,  in  six  or  seven  ranges.  Anal  plate  as  large  as  the  radials; 
followed  by  2,  3,  3.  .'],  4  and  two  plates.  Interdistichals  two  or  three.  Inter- 
brachials as  well  as  the  interdistichals  in  contact  with  the  ])lates  of  the  di.^k. 
^'entraI  disk  deeply  jilicatcd  around  the  margin;  the  plates  simill.  generally 
smooth,  and  of  iieaily  the  same  size  and  form.  Column  of  ncail}-  uniform 
size  to  about  li  cin.  from  the  distal. end,  where  it  gives  olT  strong  branches 
at  irrcgiilar  intervals,  and  tapers  gradually  to  a  sharp  jioint.  The  nodal 
joint -i  MIC  a  little  the  longest  and  widest  near  the  calyx,  but  become  indetcr- 
miiial)le  farther  down  ;  axial  canal  of  moderate  size. 

JIun'zoH  ami  LoraJiti/.  —  Upper  and  Lower  Burlington  limestone ;  Burling- 
ton. Iowa,  and  at  several  localities  in  Missouri. 

7}//>i-  in  the  |  Worlhcn)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

Jtoinirks. —  This  species  has  been  divided  up  into  several  varieties,  ba.sed 
upon  certain  variations  in  the  ornamentation  of  the  plates,  which  cannot  be 
recognized  in  large  collections ;  and  McCliesney  described  a  young  specimen 
as  a  new  species.     As  a  rule,  in  the  smaller  specimens  the  tegmen  is  more 


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595 


(kpressed,  nnd  the  dorsal  cup  more  elongate  proiiortionalh-.  This  is  also  the 
case  with  the  specimens  from  the  Lower  Hurliiigton  bed,  the  calyx  being  one 
fourth  liighor  than  wide,  and  the  specimens  have  but  six  arms  to  tlie  ray, 
but  are  in  other  respects  identical  with  those  from  the  Upper  bed. 

Physetocrinus  dilatatus  (Ji.  ana  w.). 
Plate  LXIV.  Figs.  9, 10. 

1S09.    Slrotocrimis  (P/iyse/oniiiiis)  (lilalaliis—yiv.v.v.  and  Wohthks  ;   Trncecd.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Tliila., 

p.  \i\i.     Also  1873,  (icol.  I(c|).  IlliiKiis,  Vol.  V.,  ii.  Srili,  I'liiti^  10,  Fij,'.  0. 
ISSl.     P/ij/.vfucnim  dilalnlas  —  W.  nnd  Sp. ;  Revision  I'nlicocr.,  I'lirt  II.,  p.  157. 

Calyx  moderately  large,  the  cup  saucer-.shaped,  rapidly  expanding  from 
the  basals  to  the  top  of  the  distichals,  and  more  rapidly  liience  to  the  free 
arms,  which  at  their  ba.ses  are  directed  almost  vertically,  and  owing  to  their 
large  size  are  much  crowded.  Plates  of  the  dorsal  cup  slightly  convex,  with 
shallow  indentations  at  the  angles  of  the  plates. 

Basals  short, not  chickened  or  expanded  below;  axial  canal  large.  Radials 
and  costals  nearly  of  imiform  size,  a  very  little  wider  than  long.  Di.^tichals 
almost  as  large  as  the  costal.s,  and  of  similar  form;  they  support  an  arm, 
which  is  free  beyond  the  second  plate,  and  a  palmar,  which  cither  su])portH 
two  arms,  or  a  single  arm  and  an  axillary  post-palmar.  The  arms  thus 
vary  from  six  to  eight  to  the  ray ;  they  are  very  stout,  increasing  in  thiek- 
nes.s  from  their  bases  up  imtil  their  size  is  almost  doubled  at  about  two 
inches  from  the  calyx.  Regular  intorbrachials  :  1,  2,  2,  2,  2,  1.  Anal  plate 
a  little  .shorter  than  the  radials;  followed  by  2,  3,  3,  4  and  two  plates.  In- 
terdistichals  two  to  three.  Ventral  disk  low-liemisphorical,  slightly  plicated 
around  the  margin ;  the  plates  small,  irregularly  arranged,  and  of  about  the 
same  size.     Anus  excentric,  at  the  top  of  a  small  protuberance. 

Horizon  and  LocaUly.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone  ;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Type  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 

Ecmarks.  —  This  .species  is  readily  distinguished  by  the  flatness  of  its 
calyx  and  its  stout  arms. 


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596 


THE  CRINOIDEA  CAMERATA  OF  NORTH  AMERICA. 


I  i  '       ' 


FhysetoorinuB  asper  (M.  and  AV.). 
Plate  LXIII.  Figs.  7a,  h. 

ISflO.    Sliotoeriiiii.'(P/iyif/orriiius)  mjier  —  Mkek  niul  AVouTiiEXi  Proceed.  Acail.  Nat.  Sci.  Pliila.,  p.  ISlj 

iilsu  Geul.  Kep,  Illinois,  Vul.  V.,  p.  351,  I'liile  7,  Ki>;s.  lit,  6. 
ISSl.     Phi/selocriiiua  ii>iicr  —  W.  iiiul  Si',  j  Ucrisiuu  I'ulreocr.,  I'lirt  11.,  p.  157. 

Calyx  moderately  Inrgc,  liiglior  than  witle.  Dorsnl  cup  obconical,  with 
nearly  straight  sides,  gradually  expanding  to  the  top  of  the  di.stichals,  the 
higher  brachials  curving  obliquely  outwards.  Ventral  disk  highly  elevated, 
hemispherical,  occupying  fully  one  third  the  height  of  the  calyx.  Plates  of 
the  cup  convex,  covered  with  one  or  more  rather  large,  angular  protuber- 
ances of  inegulai  form  and  size,  some  of  them  round,  others  elongate,  and 
some  transversely  ai;\ingcd,  others  longitudinally. 

Basal  cup  broad,  nearly  three  times  as  wide  as  long,  not  thickened  at  the 
lower  margin,  deeply  notched  at  the  sutures,  and  presenting  a  trilobate  out- 
line from  a  dorsal  aspect.  Eadials  wider  than  long,  and  as  large  as  the  two 
costals  together,  which  are  of  nearly  equal  size,  and  almost  twice  as  wide  as 
long.  Arms  ten  to  the  ray,  five  from  each  subdivision ;  all  free  above  the 
axillaries.  Anal  plate  narrower  than  the  radials,  supporting  ten  or  eleven 
plates  in  five  rows.  The  regular  interbrachials  consist  of  about  eight  pieces, 
which  connect  with  the  plates  of  the  disk.  Ventral  di.sk  inflated ;  composed 
of  irregular,  ilat  pieces  of  moderate  size.  Anus  subcentral,  at  the  top  of 
a  small  protuberance.  Column  small,  round,  the  four  or  five  proximal  joints 
subeciual. 

JIurizon  and  Localily.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Type  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 

Iiciiiarks. — This  species  diflers  from  all  others  of  the  genus  in  the  form 
of  the  calyx,  and  its  style  of  ornamentation. 


Mw 


ACTINOCRINID^. 


697 


Pbysetocrinus  ornatus  (YIall). 
Pla/e  LXIII.  Fiys.  1,  2,  3, 4. 

1S58.     Ac/lnocrimii  ornnfiia  —  l\\u,,  GccjI.  Itrp.  lonn,  Vul,  I.,  I'lirt  II.,  |i.  BS3,  Plntc  10,  Fig.  12. 
Ib^y.     I'lii/.ielucriniis  oniatm — Mkkk  nuJ  Wohtjien;  Guul.  Kip,  Illinois,  Vul.  V.,  j).  3iUj  iiUu  W,  and 
Hp.,  18S1,  Hcvisioii  I'liliTOcr.,  I'arl  II.,  p.  157. 
Svn.  Arlimcriiiu.i  semirim  Hall;  ISfil),  Suppl.  Gcol.  Itcp.  lown,  p.  25. 

Svii.  Aetiiiorriiiii.i  /Iri/hi  —  S.  A.  MiLLtu ;  1S92,  Adv.  Sheets  IStli  Hep.  Ceol.  Surv.  Iiidimin,  p.  30, 
I'liilc  (1,  I'igs.  1-i. 

Calyx  of  incJium  size,  depros.sed  bowl-slmped  to  tlio  top  of  the  costnl.f, 
thonce  spreading  abruptly  to  the  arm  bases;  the  di.stichals  and  palmar.s  lon- 
gitudinally rounded  and  laterally  inflected  fo  as  to  form  at  the  arm  regions, 
between  the  rays  and  their  sulnlivisions  as  well,  deep  grooves,  whioli  give  to 
the  cal^'x,  as  seen  from  above  or  below,  a  distinctly  lobed  outline.  A'cntral 
disk  but  very  slightly  convex.  Plates  exceedingly  thin  and  delicate,  beauti- 
fully ornamented  with  angular,  well  defined  ridges,  passing  from  plate  to 
plate  and  meeting  at  their  centres ;  tlio.se  running  up  and  down  the  radials 
and  braeiiials  tiie  strongest,  and  dividing  the  surface  of  the  dorsal  cup  into 
five  nearly  equal  fields. 

Basals  very  small,  represented  by  a  short  dentate  rim.  which  slightly 
projects  beyond  the  column.  Eadials  wider  than  long.  First  co.stals  hex- 
agonal;  the  second  equal  to,  or  larger  than  the  first.  Distichals  somewhat 
smaller,  the  interspaces  deeply  depressed  and  occupied  by  one  or  two  small 
interdisticli.  ■;.  ,  giving  off  an  arm  from  one  side,  which  is  free  from  above 
its  first  plate,  and  a  palmar  from  the  other.  The  latter  supports  the  second 
arm  and  a  post-palmar,  which  in  turn  gives  origin  to  two  arms,  there  being 
four  arms  in  each  main  division,  and  eight  to  each  ra}'.  Arms  moderately 
tiiin,  somewhat  flattened  in  their  upper  portions.  Pinnules  composed  of  very 
long  joints,  bearing  a  small  hook  near  the  outer  end.  Fegular  interbrachials: 
1,  2,  2,  2 ;  tho.se  of  the  second  range  almost  as  large  a^i  that  of  the  first  row, 
the  two  upper  ones  minute  and  on  a  level  with  the  ai'in  bases.  Anal  plate 
a  little  smaller  than  the  radials,  supporting  2.  .",  3,  2  plates.  Interbrach- 
ials at  all  five  sides  in  contact  with  the  plates  of  the  tegmen,  as  arc  also  the 
intordistichals.  Ventral  disk  deeply  grooved  near  the  arm  bases,  which 
gives  to  the  surface  a  plicated  aspect ;  it  is  composed  of  very  .small  pieces, 
which  are  flat  and  quite  irregular  at  the  middle  of  the  disk,  but  near  the 
outer  margins,  where  the  small  covering  pieces  of  the  ambulacra  are  exposed. 


'Kl 


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608 


THE   CRINOIDKA  CAMERATA  OF   NORTH   AMERICA, 


their  arrangement  is  regular,  and  tlio  plates  nodose.  Orals  eainiot  be  recog- 
nized. Amis  excentric,  slightly  raised  above  the  general  nirface  of  the  disk  ; 
the  opening  direeted  (  iteriorly,  although  occujjying  the  posterior  side  of  the 
disk.  Column  composed  of  rather  sliort  joints,  the  nodi'ls  a  little  the  widest; 
axial  canal  moderately  small. 

lloi-hon  and  Localili/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone  ;  Burlington,  lown, 
and  Sedalia,  Mo. 

Htmarlis.  —  Actinocriniis  sciiarius  was  described  from  a  specimen  of  this 
species  in  which  the  last  bifurcation  in  the  calyx  is  broken  away,  and  which 
was  supposed  to  have  but  six  arms  to  the  ray. 


IBtii 


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FhysetocrinuB  Copei  (R.  A.  Milleh). 
riale  LXIIl.  Fi(j.  5. 

1S91.     Aelhiocriiim  Copei  —  S.  A.  Mii.Ltu;  Juiini.  Ciiiciii.  Sue.  Xiit.  Hist.,  Vol.  IV.  (Dccbr.  iimiibci), 

I'liite  7,  Fi^s.  2«,  b,  e. 
1SS5.     Plii/fflucriiiiis  Cupei  —  W.  niul  Sp.;  Revision  Pnlrcocr.  I'liii  III.,  p.  113. 

Nearest  to  PJii/sdocrhius  onm/iis,  but  with  fewer  and  larger  plates,  and 
the  calyx  proportionally  higher ;  height  and  width  as  seven  to  eight.  Sides 
of  the  dorsal  cup  evenly  spreading  from  the  foot  of  the  basals  to  the  top  of 
the  costals,  and  thence  more  rapidly  to  the  arm  bases,  where  the  interspaces 
between  the  rays  are  deeply  depressed.  Ventral  disk  hemispherical,  occupy- 
ing about  one  third  the  height  of  the  entire  calyx.  Plates  of  the  dor.sal  cup 
a  little  convex,  covered  with  well  defined  ridges,  meeting  in  the  centre  of 
the  plates  and  running  to  adjoining  ones.  There  are  three  ridges  between 
the  radials  and  basals,  and  two  from  one  radial  to  another,  which  together 
form  concentric  triangles.  The  ridges  between  the  other  plates  are  single, 
l)ut  within  the  corners  of  their  triangles  there  are  angular  nodes,  which  are 
sometimes  connected  and  also  form  triangles. 

Basals  short,  their  lower  margins  somewhat  projecting  outward  and 
crenulated  at  the  edges ;  interbasal  suture  lines  .slightly  grooved.  Radials  as 
long  as  wide.  Costals  nearly  as  wide  as  the  radials,  but  one  third  shorter; 
the  first  hexagonal,  the  .second  heptagonal.  Distichals  and  palmars  smaller 
in  proportion,  both  angular  on  the  back  ;  the  latter  supporting  the  arms,  of 
which  there  are  four  to  the  rny.  Arm  facets  large.  Regular  intcrbrachials : 
1,  2,  2,  2,  very  gradually  decreasing  in  size.  Anal  plate  usually  a  little 
smaller  than  the  radials ;  followed  by  2,  3,  3  and  3  plates.  Intordistichals 
one,  elongate.     Ventral  disk  plicated  around  the  margin ;  the  surface  of  the 


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ACTiNOcnixin-T;. 


599 


pktcs  bcrtiitifiiUy  grnnulnfod.  Iiiterninbiiliicrnl  plntos  flat.  Ornls  rrownccl 
with  a  siniill  central  tnliorck',  as  are  alwo  tlio  plates  roolin^f  the  ainixilMcra, 
which  are  Irreyiilarly  arranged,  and  decrease  in  si/e  as  they  approach  the 
arms. 

Horizon  and  Locallfif.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone  j  Lake  A'allcy,  New 
Mexico. 

Ti/j)e  in  the  collection  of  Prof.  Cope. 


Fhysetocriaus  lobatus  W.  and  Sr.  (nov.  spec.). 
rick  LXIII.  Flip.  Sa,  b. 

Calyx  ])roporti'-.iially  higher  than  in  the  preceding  species,  height  to 
width  as  ti"-.  lo  nine;  distinctly  lobcd  at  the  arm  regions.  Dorsal  cup  sonic- 
whii*^^  bulging,  slightly  constricted  across  the  distichals.  Ventral  disk  almost 
tat ;  intcrradial  and  interdistichal  spaces  —  the  latter  from  near  the  sununit 
tf  the  disk  to  the  second  row  of  interbrachials  —  dcejdy  grooved,  giving  to 
the  surface  of  the  tcginen,  and  to  the  upper  part  of  the  cup  a  sharply  lol)ed 
outline.  Ornamentation  of  the  plates  siniilar  to  that  of  J\  Co/ni ;  but  the 
ridges,  as  a  rule,  more  prominent,  the  inner  faces  of  the  triangles  deeper, 
and  all  enclosing  a  second  triangle  within  the  outer  one. 

Basals  moderately  short,  forming  a  cup  with  slightly  projecting  lower 
margin,  and  snui'l  notches  at  the  sutures ;  a.\ial  canal  small  and  pentangular. 
Radials  and  cost.ds  as  long  as  wide,  or  a  little  longer;  the  first  costal  two 
thirds  the  size  of  the  radials  and  he.vangular,  the  second  somewhat  larger 
than  the  first,  and  hoptangular.  Distichals  and  palmars  small,  both  even 
with  th  ■  costals,  but  raised  considerably  above  the  intcrradial  spaces.  The 
distichals  give  off  an  arm  to  the  outer  sides  of  the  rays,  the  palmars  two 
arms,  making  si.\  to  the  r.ay.  Structure  of  the  arms  unknown.  Regular 
interbrachials:  L  2,  2,  2 ;  the  anal  plate  followed  by  2.  3.  .3,  2  plates;  the 
nppor  row  at  all  sides  in  contact  with  the  plates  of  the  tegmen.  Tlates  of 
the  disk  almost  fiat,  small,  and  of  uniform  size  ;  their  arrangement  irregular, 
except  on  approaching  the  niiii-;,  where  they  become  alternate.  Orals  inde- 
terminable, and  probably  wanting.  Anal  regions  slightly  bidging,  the  open- 
ing directed  anteriorly. 

ILiri-nn  (lUil  Localiti).  —  Lower  Burlington  limestiue;  Lake  Valley, 
New  Mexico. 

Types  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 


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TUK  CUINOIDKA  CAMKUATA  OK  NOUTH   A.MICHK  A. 


CA.CTOCRINUS  W  iiiul  Sp.  (ih.v.  gon.). 
(KanTos  n,  tlioriiy  plant,  k^hVov  a  lily,) 

Ciilyx  fronornlly  lon},'er  tliiiii  wide,  tlio  vi'iitiiil  dink  hij^h,  ponicnl,  pnssiiij^ 
},'ra(Iuiilly  into  a  ^^tI■tlllJ;.  iilmuxt  central  tube.  Tlic  pi  iti's  of  tliu  eiip  oriia- 
iiioiittHl  hy  nuliatiiij;  ridj^cH  and  nodcM.  llasaln  throe,  conipMrativcly  nli(irt. 
Costals  two,  gem-rally  lie.vaguiial  and  iieidayonai.  Dislieliais  I  X  lO,  all 
axillary  The  Huouocding  orders  of  braeliialK,  when  present,  al.xo  eonsist  of  a 
fiiiyie  row  of  plates,  hut  oidy  one  plate  at  eaeh  side  of  the  ray  is  axillary  ; 
the  other  one  is  truncated,  and  gives  nlT  an  arm  which  is  free  from  the  sec- 
ond or  third  plate;  the  axillaiy  supports  either  two  Himi)le  arms,  or  one  from 
one  side  nnd  two  from  the  other,  the  arm-*  heing  given  ofT  alternately  from 
opposite  sides  like  the  pinnules.  Arms  equidistant  or  nearly  so,  long,  bisc- 
rial  and  int'oMinj;  ;  hack  and  sides  generally  covered  with  nodes  or  thorns, 
nnd  the  pinnules  with  shari>ly  pointed  hooks.  The  piimules  arc  in  close  eon- 
tact,  and  those  of  one  side  of  the  arm  are  placed  with  their  ventral  faces 
flouting  those  from  tiib  opposite  side.  They  are  compo.scd  of  numerous 
elongate  joints,  which,  with  the  exception  of  the  throe  or  four  distal  ones, 
are  produced  into  sharp,  prominent  hook-;,  directed  obliquely  upward  nnd 
outward,  and  arranged  in  rows  parallel  to  the  sides  of  the  arms.  The  hooks 
of  one  pinnide  curve  over  the  back  of  the  adjoining  one,  so  as  to  give  to  the 
mass  of  pinnules,  in  their  dorsal  aspect,  the  appearnnco  of  a  fine  network 
in  which  their  outlines  cannot  be  distinguished.  The  ventral  furrow  is  cov- 
ered by  two  rows  of  side  pieces,  which  enclose  two  rows  of  minute  covering 
]»Iates.  Interl)rachial8  numerous,  separated  from  the  interambulacrals  by  the 
upper  row  of  fi.xed  brachials,  which  arc  in  contact  laterally.  The  plates  of 
the  ventral  disk  are  morn  or  le-^s  spinous,  and  so  irregular  in  their  ariango- 
meut  that  it  is  often  difTicidt  to  identify  the  orals  and  radial  dome  jjlates. 
Anal  tube  very  long  and  almost  central.  Column  large ;  the  axial  canal 
pentangular. 

T,'//ic  of  the  gcnns  :   Curfnrriniis  f>ro/iosc!(htl!s  (Hall). 

l)lstriliidii>n.  —  Restricted  in  America  to  the  age  of  the  Kinderliook  group 
and  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  with  n  single  aberrant  survivor  in  the 
Upper  Rurlington  beds.  The  genus  may  possibly  bo  represented  in  Enro]ic 
in  the  Mountain  limestone  of  Ireland  ;  but,  so  far  as  we  know,  not  in  Bid- 
glum,  nor  in  the  Yorkshire  Leds  of  f]ngland. 


ACTIXOCBINID.K. 


UUl 


liiiiiiirls.  — The  viuioiiH  npooion  wliioli  we  refer  to  flim  genus  were,  with 
n  sini.'lu  exception,  originally  dencrihed  uwiU'V  A'/iitmi aiii.i ;  init  Meclv  and 
Wortiicn,  na  we  have  already  «tated,  jtlaced  them  in  a  wection  \>y  theninelve«. 
The  arniH  of  these  HpccieH  iiro  given  olT  in  a  ('(inliniiouM  row  aiound  the  eidyx 
jiroper,  and  the  liil'ureation  i«  on  .Mueees.sive  hrnehials  hcyoiid  the  distichals; 
wiiile  in  Artiii'irfliiiin  the  calyx  in  more  or  less  distinctly  loljid,  the  arms  aro 
given  ofl'  in  clusters,  with  largo  plates  interposed  between  the  rny»,  and  the 
bifurcation  is  on  every  Hucond  or  third  hrachial.  The  structure  of  the  pin- 
nules also  is  essentially  dilTerent  in  the  two  groups. 

Ill  one  very  frail  specimen  of  Viii'lufi'liins  jinilmsfiil'dis^wK'  were  enidilcil  to 
examine  the  structure  of  tiie  piiuiules  on  all  sides.  Al  >ome  places  on  the 
ventral  Hide  the  covering  plates  and  side  pieces  were  removed,  and  henciith 
wa.s  exposed  the  lloor  of  the  food  grooves,  formed  of  two  row.s  of  small  trans- 
verse jiieces,  alteriuilely  arranged,  and  in  a  somewhat  sloping  po.sition.  The 
Btructiu'O  is  well  shown  hy  Mr.  Westergren's  excellent  (igures  on  I'lato 
LV 1 1 1.,  Figs.  7'^  A,  c.  ,/. 

McChcsney's  Ac/iiiocriinis  /iiirdiuinis  and  A.  Fudcr!  also  belong  to  this 
genus,  but  we  are  unable  to  identify  the  species  from  the  descriptioua  and 
figures.    The  types  were  lost  iu  the  Chicago  lire. 


>  V'l 


CaotocrinuB  probosoidalis  (nvr.t.).  ' 
riute  LVIII.  Figs.  J,  4,  S,  (!,  7a,  h,  c,  d. 

18,')9.     yfi-tiiiofrhiici  /ir„f,M-h/„/ii  —  lUu.;  Occl.  l!c|i.  Imvn,  Vn\.  I.,  I'arl  II.,  |i.  .')St,  ?lMr  in,  Fi^.  U. 
Ibbl.     .tiiiiiurfi,iiit  iirohutriildlia  —  yf .  iiiid  Si'.;   Iti'vi>ii>ii  raliiiicr ,  \'.\ti  II.,  |),  1  (j. 

Svii.  .l-/i,iw;-iiii(r  'I'KiffniiiriN.i—Uw.i.;  IvfiO,  Siippl.  (inil.  I{i|i.  loHii,  p   2i,  nnd  Wliilfiild  ISO^; 
Jlcin.  .Viii.  Mil-.  Xiit.  Hist.  N.  Y(Mk,  p.  7,  I'liili-  1,  I'i^s.  l-ll. 

Bjll.  .1.  rri-rr/j/iis  IIai.u  ;   bOl,  Desor.  Kfw  Sprr.  C'rin.,  p  S ;  iiImp  lidslnii  .Idurn.  Niit.  Ilisl.  p  270. 

Svii.  A  qiiiilfriiiiriHi,  vnr.  'jiiiii/'friit  IIai.i.;  lb'<l,  Ucscr.  Nfw  SjHO.  Criii.,  p.  II. 

8yii.  .1.  M,/,/M  IIai.i.;  ISfil,  iliiil ,  p.  II. 

Syii.  .i./,i,/n„i  IIai.i.!  IHlll,  ilii.l.,  p.  |:l. 

Syu.  .i.  (iol;/,i,iii/i  S.  A.  Mii.i.Ki( ;    ISSl,  .lourii.  Cinciii.  Soc.  N':il.  Tlist  ,  Vul.  IV,,  VhU-  7,  Fi?s.  1,  !</. 

Calyx  sid)ovate,  more  or  less  truncate  at  the  base.  Ventrnl  disk  almost 
as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup,  very  gradually  passing  into  the  anal  tube.  Plates 
of  dorsal  cup  delicate,  traversed  by  a  single  row  of  sharp,  well  defined  ridges, 
running  from  the  edges  of  the  plates  to  the  centre,  where  they  form  con- 
spicuous nodes,  which  upon  the  radials  and  brachials  arc  transversely  elon- 
gate, but  upon  the  interbrachials  are  subcircular  and  angular. 

Basal  cup  short,  .slightly  spreading,  excavated  at  the  bottom  ;  the  inter- 
basal  sutures  deeply  grooved.     Radials  larger  than  the  costals,  a  little  wider 


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TIIK  CUIXOIDKA  CAMKUAT.V  OF  NDUTII   AMKUICA. 


I 


tliiin  lonj,'.  First  (•o>,,ilf(  larger  tlwin  the  dccoiul,  qimdriiiiguliir  or  ixMitanjfiiliir j 
till)  Hui'uiid  pL'iitangulur  or  lu'|ilungular.  Di'^ticlialrt  otu>,  axillary,  Hi^iporting 
witliin  the  calyx  two  single  paliiiarn,  followuil  by  tliu  frou  arm  platen,  which 
from  the  hucuiiiI  piece  iiro  nrranged  in  double  ruwr*.  AriiiH  crowded,  long  and 
heavy;  their  upper  eiidx  rapidly  tapering  to  a  line  point;  the  phitin  nonie- 
what  tran-iverMely  angular,  and  the  suture  lines  parallel.  I'innulen  in  eloMO 
contact,  cum poHcd  of  about  lil'teen  jointn,  from  two  and  n  half  to  three  tinicM 
as  long  as  wide  ;  nil,  with  the  exception  of  the  three  upper  oiicm,  provideil 
with  a  prominent,  Nharp  hook,  directed  obliquely  upward,  and  arranged 
longitudinally  in  roww  parallel  with  the  sides  of  the  arms.  Regular  inter- 
braeliials :  1,  2,  1 ;  large  specimens  have  an  additional  row  of  two  plates, 
and  the  second  palmnrs  take  part  in  tlio  calyx ;  the  pnhnnra  of  adjacent 
rays  in  contact  laterally.  The  first  anal  plate  Ih  followed  by  three  to  fivo 
interbrachials,  there  being  no  higher  nnals,  and  the  species  has  no  interdis- 
tichals.  Ventral  disk  conical,  composed  of  rather  largo,  spinous  or  nodoso 
platcH,  separated  by  small,  convex  pieces.  The  plates  are  irregularly 
nrranged,  and  the  orals  and  radial  dome  |)late8  nro  with  difiiculty  recog- 
nized ;  the  posterior  oral  is  erect,  nn<l  forms  a  part  of  the  anal  tube.  The 
tube,  which  extends  considerably  beyond  the  limits  of  the  nrnis,  is  composed 
of  convex  pieces ;  it  tapers  gradually,  niid  is  quite  slender  nt  the  upper 
end.  Column  strong,  composed  near  the  calyx  of  alternate  thick  and  thin 
joints  with  rounded  edges ;  the  former  increase  in  diameter  downwards, 
while  the  latter  grow  narrower,  gradually  become  cylindrical,  and  incrense 
in  number  quite  rapidly,  there  being  already  seven  to  the  internode  at 
90  mm.  from  the  caly.v. 

IIiii-l~on  and  Loculihj.  —  One  of  the  chnrnctoristic  fossils  of  the  Lower 
Burlington  limestone  j  Burlington,  lowo,  Sedalio,  Mo.,  and  Lake  Valley, 
New  Mexico. 

Iiciiiarl\i. — Wo  regard  ITall's  Aclinocrinus  qimfeniaritts  nnd  its  variety 
spill l/cnts,  his  ^l.  cvcrrjitiis,  A.  tJiemis,  and  A.  lagcnn,  as  mere  variations  of  this 
species,  dilTering  slightly  in  the  matter  of  ornamentation.  They  cannot  be 
separated  in  largo  collections,  although  they  may  seem  to  be  quite  distinct 
in  individual  specimens.  Our  study  of  the  species  is  based  upon  over  one 
liundred  good  specimens. 


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Caotoorlnui  luoina  (UM.t:), 
Plate  L  VI.  Fiys.  S,  0. 

\W,    J.HitnnlHiii  rm-lHit  —  VitU.l  I'rrliin.  r)c'«rr.  Ni>\r  I'aliToz.  Crln.,p  11. 
liii.     .l./4ihffiiiin  Ih'Iiiii —  W.  miii  tiv.  ;   l(c'vl«inii  riilinici.,  I'lirl   II,  |>   I  U. 

B^ii.  .MiHoeriHiu  fHlmlui  Howur  ami  lltui)  Kniitoa  Citjr  ttoii'ut.,  Jul;  1S01,  p.  101,  flnle  >, 

fik.  10. 

A  Hinall  Npi'cios.  Calyx  Mtiirhiimto  j  tlio  nidcH  fo  (lie  top  of  the  rontnls 
vory  nliglitly  convex,  tlio  tli,itii'lml.s  ooinowlmt  fiprcndiiig.  I'latcn  a  very  little 
I'oviited,  ontl  covcrod  witli  ol)«curo  rndiiitiiij^  riiljreM. 

HhmiiIh  rjiiito  Hiimll,  l)arc'ly  projoptiiig  ovor  tlio  Kidos  of  the  rolimin ;  tlio 
Biitiiro  liiiu8  diHtiiKitly  groovod.  Radiids  mid  iiiiiil  pliitu  wxy  little  Iniffcr 
tlmn  tlio  costulu ;  tlio  Iiittor  twici  a.s  largo  un  tlio  di.Htiilialx,  wliicli  ciippoit 
two  nriTJH,  nm'  ing  four  to  tlio  ray,  .vitli  fiLM|iicntly  an  luldilionnl  nrtn  in  tiuli 
of  tlio  poHtci'«r  rays.  Ann*  dulioate,  tliroo  fo  four  times  ns  long  n»  the 
height  ot  tho  dorsal  cup,  iiiiMcriiil  to  the  fourth  or  fifth  pinto,  llaiteiiing  in 
their  ujipor  portion  i,  and  arnewhat  wiiler  at  midway  tlinn  at  either  ex- 
troinity.  Tho  iistiolmU  =  jiparontly  .-insist  'f  two  pieces  forming  n  syzygy, 
and  another  syzygy  occurs  between  ■ '<o  first  and  second  palninr,  the  lines  of 
union  at  both  places  being  ini.  '•  more  obscure  than  between  the  other 
plates.  Tho  third,  fou'''b,  nnd  ocrnsionallj  ho  tilth  palmar  arc  long  .Tud 
cuneato,  all  above  in.r.gi!  in  double  ro.  ,  Tho  free  arm  plates  are 
thickenoil  at  thoir  i!p,itr  ciges,  and  the  fides  di.stipctly  eerrnted.  Inter- 
brachial.s  at  tho  regular  sides  five  to  six,  at  tho  a'li'  .- do  nine  to  ten. 
Ventral  dink  nearly  as  high  as  tho  dorsal  cup,  the  plates  very  uniformly 
Bubspinoiis. 

ILirhon  ami  Lncnlit)/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone  ;  Burlington,  Towa, 
and  Louisiana.  Mo. 

Ufiwtrks.  —  Hall  described  this  species  with  five  arms  in  the  two  posterior 
rays.  What  is  supposed  to  be  tho  typo  specimen  in  the  Museum  of  Com- 
parativo  Zolilogy,  and  two  others,  show  four  arms  in  all  five  rays ;  but  in 
others  the  posterior  rays  have  five.  The  form  is  intermediate  between 
C.  proh'^idd-i/l.i  and  C.  rc/lcidafiin,  dilTering  from  them  in  the  smaller  size  of 
the  a^r ; •  •  .ery  probably  it  is  a  young  stage  of  the  latter,  and  should  be 
made  a  synonym. 


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18S1. 


Cactocrinus  thalia  (ITall). 
Plate  LYI.  Fig.  2,  wul  Plate  L VII.  Figs.  12  and  13. 

Ai-liiiocriim»  llialiii  —  II  iLi, ;  Dcsor.  Mew  Sprc,  Criii.  (Prelim,  nalicc),  p.  13. 

Aedaoerinm  Ihiiliii  —  \V.  iiiiil  fr. ;   lU'visiim  I'alii'ocr.,  I'nrI  II.,  p.  111). 

Svu.  A.  iii/rfi/iieiis  IIai.i.  ;  ISfil,  Deter.  New  Spec.  Criii.  (Prelim,  imliee),  p.  14. 

Svii.  A.  HoJoaus  S.  A.  Millek;  Gcol.  Surv.  Missouri,  Hull.  No.  4,  p.  33,  I'lale  5,  Fip.  7. 


Of  the  type  of  C.  prohoxciiMis.  Dorsal  cup  obconicnl,  nearly  ns  high  ns 
wide,  somewhat  constricted  below  the  arm  bases.  Plates  convex,  the  surface 
covered  with  radiating  ridges  and  con.spicuoiis  nodes.  The  ridges,  which  are 
rounded  and  not  very  strongly  marked,  passing  out  from  near  the  centre  of 
the  plates  to  the  sides,  where  they  meet  the  ridges  from  adjoining  plates. 
Throe  of  the  radials  have  three  parallel  ridges  running  toward  the  basals; 
the  two  others,  tlio.se  resting  both  upon  a  basal  and  the  first  anal  plate,  have 
onl}'  two,  one  toward  each  basal.  The  ridges  between  all  other  plates  are 
single.  The  nodes,  which  occupy  the  middle  of  the  plates,  are  rounded, 
broad,  and  heavy,  rising  abruptly  from  the  general  surface ;  those  upon 
radials  and  brachials  transversely  arranged. 

Ba.s.ds  moderately  largo,  forming  a  spreading  cup,  provided  at  the  lower 
end  with  a  thickened  collar.  Radials  as  long  as  wide,  distinctly  angular  at 
the  lower  end.  Costals  of  nearly  equal  size,  one  third  smaller  than  the  radi- 
als,  and  both  hcxangular.  Distichals  and  pahnars  one,  about  half  the  size  of 
the  costals,  the  plates  of  the  upper  row  connected  laterally.  Arms  very  long 
and  slender,  four  to  the  ray;  composed  of  short,  smooth  plates.  luter- 
brachials  at  the  regular  sides,  1,  2,  2,  1  ;  at  the  anal  side  2.  3,  3,  2;  the  anal 
plate  as  largo  as  the  radials.  Interdistichals  two,  longitudinally  arranged. 
Construction  of  ventral  di.«k  and  form  of  anus  luiknown.  Column  com- 
parativel}'  small ;  axial  canal  large  and  pentangular. 

If>ri-nn  ami  Locality.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
and  Sedalia,  Mo. 

Pemarks. — This  species  is  most  remarkable  for  the  heavy  nodes  upon 
the  calyx  plates.  It  differs  from  C.  probosridnlis  in  the  larger  size  and  more 
conical  form  of  the  dorsal  cup,  the  greater  number  of  interbrachials,  the 
presence  of  interdistichals,  its  long(T  and  more  slender  arms,  the  size  of  the 
column,  and  the  greater  width  of  the  a.\ial  canal. 


ACTIXOCRINIU^E. 


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Cactocrinus  reticulatus  (TIaLl), 
J'ktte  L  VIII.  Fhjs.  Ja,  b. 

1861.    AcliiwrriiiHf  re/iculti/iis  —  IIai.1,;  Utscr.  New  Spec,  of  Ciiu.  (incliin.  iiotici'),  p.  2,  and  ISuvInn 

Joiirn.  Nat.  llUl  ,  p.  il)9. 
ISSl.     Arlinoi'riiii.i  ri'lifiildlim  —  \V.  niiil  Si-. ;  Ui'vision  I'lilivoor.,  Part  II.,  p.  145. 

Svii.  A.  l/wiis  IIai.i,;  1801,  Dcspr.  Nl-w  Sp.  (.'riii.  (picliiii.  uoticO,  p.  11. 

S^ii.  A.  /ucvl/iis  Hall;  1801,  ibid.,  p.  15. 

Nearly  as  largo  as  the  preceding  .specie."?  Calyx  sub-ovuto  ;  the  dorsal 
cup  a  little  higher  than  the  ventral  di.-ik,  obconical,  .spreading  iinilbrinly  to 
the  top  of  the  distichals,  thence  abruptly  to  the  arm  bases ;  the  plates  con- 
vex, and  ornamented  as  in  C.  pro/mcldalk.  Basal  cup  trilobate,  short,  thick- 
ened nt  the  lower  margin,  and  projecting  downward  over  the  top  of  the 
column  ;  interbasal  sutures  deeply  grooved.  Uadials  and  costals  decreasing 
in  size  upwards,  the  radials  nearly  twice  as  large  as  the  second  costals.  Dis- 
tichals and  palniar.s  in  single  rows,  the  latter  projecting  outward.  Arni.s  four 
to  the  ray,  except  in  the  two  posterior  ones,  in  which  the  palmars  next  to 
the  anal  side  support  two  post-pahnars,  giving  to  these  ray.s  five  arms,  or 
twenty-two  to  the  species.  Arm  facets  large,  subovate.  Arms  long,  heavy, 
and  but  very  .slightly  tailoring;  they  arc  cylindrical  in  the  lower  portions,  but 
llatten  toward  the  tips,  and  are  composed  of  two  series  of  moderately  long 
pieces,  united  by  parallel  sutures,  and  bordered  by  four  longitudinal  rows  of 
sharp  nodes,  two  of  them  occupying  the  sides,  the  two  others  the  back. 
Regular  interbrachials :  1,  2,  2,  1 ;  the  last,  which  rests  between  the  jial- 
mars,  sometimes  unrepresented.  Anal  plate  followed  by  2,  3,  2  and  1  plate, 
the  upper  one  separating  the  post-palmars.  Ventral  disk  sidj-conical,  cov- 
ered with  well  defined  spines,  irregularly  arranged,  some  of  them  hi-  and 
tri-partite,  separated  by  smaller  convex  pieces.  Anal  tube  central  or  nearly 
so,  of  moderate  size,  its  length  unknown.  Column  of  medium  size,  composed 
near  the  calyx  of  alternate  thick  and  thin  joints,  the  former  with  undulating 
edges  ;  axial  can.al  rather  large  ond  pentangular. 

Ifirhi'ii  (dul  Ltindili/. — Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Ti/pc  in  the  University  Museum  at  Ann  Arbor. 

liCinarls. — This  species  is  readily  recognized  by  its  arm  formula,  its 
heavy  and  spine-bearing  arms,  and  by  the  spinous  plates  of  the  ventral  disk. 

Under  the  name  AcHiincrliiiis  hnrlliis.  Hall  redescribed  this  species  without 
the  tegmen,  and  under  A.  thous  a  specimen  with  the  arms  attached. 


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Caotoorinus  retioulatus,  var.  ovatua  (Hall). 
Fktte  L  VII.  Fig.  11. 

JSOl.    Ac/ino<-ri>iiii  oralus  —  Hall;  Dcscrip.  New  Pnltcoz.  Criii.,  p.  10. 

This  form  scarcely  deserves  the  rank  of  variety.  It  differs  from  C.  nli- 
culdtttn  in  tiie  more  rounded  form  of  the  dorsal  cup,  and  the  less  expansion  of 
the  arm  liases ;  in  the  more  depressed  form  of  the  ventral  disk,  its  shorter 
spines,  and  in  the  ornamentation  of  the  dorsal  cup.  The  radials  and  cos- 
tals  are  traversed  by  three  parallel  ridyos,  which  pass  into  the  basals,  and 
generally  terminate  in  denticulate  nodes  at  their  lower  margins ;  the  ridges 
i)et\veen  the  interbrachials  of  first  and  second  order,  and  toward  radials  and 
costals  Ijeing  double,  all  others  single. 

IIuinuH  and  Loculiti/.  —  Same  as  last. 

Cactocrinus  dentioulatus  w.  ami  Sp.  (nov.  spec). 
FMe  L  VIL  Fii/s.  on,  b. 

Ciilyx  of  medium  size,  al)niptly  spreading  above  the  distichals ;  the  sur- 
face ornamented  by  radiating  ridges  and  nodes  similar  to  those  of  C.  n/icii- 
lat a-i ;  the  arms  covered  profusely  with  tooth-like  projections. 

Hasiils  of  moderate  size,  their  lower  margins  projecting  beyond  the  sides 
of  the  columii.  liadials  as  large  as  both  costals  together,  wider  than  long, 
and  covered  with  a  cons[)icuous  transverse  node,  from  which  the  ridges  pass 
out  to  all  sides,  there  being  three  ridges  to  the  basals  and  costals,  and  one  to 
each  inlerliraehial.  First  costals  hexangidar.  smaller  than  the  second,  the 
latter  heptangular.  Distichals  a  little  smaller  than  the  costals.  Palmars 
short,  and  narrower  than  the  breailth  of  the  arms;  three  of  each  ray  trun- 
cated,  giving  off  simple  arms,  the  fourth  axillary  and  followed  by  post- 
palmars.  Arms  crowiled  and  their  bases  bending  outward  ;  normally  five  to 
tlie  ray;  long,  very  heavy,  infolding,  and  of  uniform  thickness  thionghout, 
but  tlattening  toward  the  extremities.  Tlioy  are  composed  from  the  second 
joint  up  of  two  series  of  moderately  long,  convex  pieces,  which  are  stu'- 
mounted  by  two  .^harp  elongate  nodes.  The  nodes  increase  in  length  up- 
ward, arranged  in  longitudinal  rows ;  two  of  them  running  along  the  sides 
of  the  arms,  and  tlu;  others  along  the  middle,  on  each  side  of  the  median 
suture  line,  giving  to  the  arms  a  somewhat  angular  outline.     Pinnules  pro- 


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viileil  with  sharp  spines  from  IJ  to  2  mm.  in  loiigtli.  Rojrular  inti'ibrnchials : 
1,  2,  2,  iinil  1.  Tho  first  iinal  plutc  supports  2,  3,  imd  o  plates,  iind  prol>iihly 
two  more  in  the  up[)ur  regions.  Of  the  ventral  disk  little  is  known,  except 
tlmt  it  was  covered  by  spinous  plates.  Column  iireserved  only  to  the  extent 
of  a  few  pieces,  which  show  that  the  nodal  joints  near  tho  calyx  have  sharp, 
distinctly  crenulated  edges,  and  that  the  intervening  joints  are  narrow  and 
evenly  rounded. 

IIurhoH  anil  Localitij.  —  Same  as  hist. 

Ti/jics  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmutli  and  Springer. 

PiiiKir/rs.  —  Distinguished  from  C.  rffini/ti/nx  and  allied  species  by  the 
arm  formula,  and  tho  surface  structure  of  the  arms. 


Cactocrinus  opusculus  (Hall). 
ri(i/e  L  VI.  Fhjs.  5a,  b. 

l^ftO.  Arlinorrinm  opiitdilim  —  IIai.i,;  Suppl.  fic'ol.  Rop.  Idwii,  I'liitf  2,  Fig.  0  (without  description). 

IStU.  Ai'tiiioeriiiiis  oiinnciiliii  —  IIai.i.;  Huston  Jouni.  NmI.  Hist.,  Vol.  VII.,  p.  •2(it. 

ISSl.  Ji'/iiwcri/iH.i  o/iiurii/iit  —  W.  iiiul  Sp. ;  licvisioii  PhIuvici-.,  I'iirt  II.,  p.  111. 

1893.  WiimiKi.D  ;  Mem.  Aiiier.  Miis.  Nat.  Hist.  N.  York,  p.  9,  i'i{;s.  0,  7. 

In  form  and  ornamentation  closely  resembling  C  fhdis,  but  the  .«pecies  is 
smaller,  ami  difiers  essentially  in  the  surftice  structure  of  the  arms.  Calyx 
higher  than  wide,  attaining  its  greatest  width  at  and  above  tho  arm  regions; 
truncated  at  the  base.  Tho  dorsal  cup  riuito  narrow  to  the  top  of  the  di.s- 
tiohals,  then  spreading  abruptly,  and  forming  a  short  rim,  .somewhat  similar 
to  that  of  Strufncniiiis,  from  which  the  ventral  disk  rises  almost  vertically  to 
one  third  its  height.  Surface  of  plates  convex,  traversed  by  narrow  ridges, 
which,  passing  from  the  centre  of  the  plates,  unite  at  the  edges  with  those 
of  adjoining  plates. 

Biisals  short,  thickened  at  the  outer  margins,  and  indented  at  tho  suture 
lines ;  the  lower  surface  deeply  oxcaviited ;  sin-fiice  of  the  plates  covered 
with  coarse  wrinkles.  Radials  ami  costals  almost  twice  as  wide  as  long,  tho 
former  somewhat  the  larger.  Distichals  a  little  smaller  than  the  costals. 
Palmars  (piito  small  ;  the  two  inner  ones  of  each  ra}^  sujiporting  two  arms; 
the  two  outer  but  one.  Arms  thirt\' ;  long,  incurving,  roumled  at  the  base, 
but  almost  perfectly  flat  above,  and  somewhat  witler,  the  edges  knife-like 
and  distinctly  serrated.  The  arm  plates  are  transversely  angular,  arranged 
in  parallel  rows,  each  plate  marked  by  a  sniiiU  node  placed  clo.se  to  tiie 
median  suture  line.     Pinnules  similar  to  those  of  C.  dams,  but  less  c]o.seIy 


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pac'kod,  tlie  joints  longer,  tlio  spines  more  sleudor,  nnil  dirocted  nioro  nuiuly 
outward.  Intorbrachiuls  in  tlneo  rows;  at  the  rej^ular  sides  1,  2,  1 ;  at  tiie 
nnnl  side  2,  3,  2.  sonietinies  with  a  small  plate  wedged  in  between  the  pai- 
niars,  but  generally  the  palinars  are  in  contaet  laterally  all  around.  Inter- 
distichal.s  1  or  2,  longitudinally  arranged,  ^'entral  disk  high,  convex  ;  the 
Dials  and  radial  dome  plates,  which  are  represented  by  plates  of  a  first, 
.second,  and  third  order,  large  and  spinous;  the  interandjulacrals  not  very 
numerous,  smaller  and  convex.  Anal  tube  central,  large  and  long,  extend- 
ing beyond  the  tips  nl  the  arms,  and  composed  of  irregidar  scale-liUe  jilates. 
C'olunni  of  medium  side;  axial  canal  rather  small. 

lIiirirMit  mid  Limdi/i/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

7///"  in  the  University  Museum  at  Ann  Arbor. 

JviiiiirLs.  —  la  a  very  jonng  specimen,  evidently  of  this  species,  the 
brachials  are  free  from  above  the  distichals;  the  palmars  and  post-palmars 
are  mure  elongate  in  proportion,  and  luiiseriul  and  cuneate  to  the  third  plate, 
resembling  in  their  outlines  the  arm  plates  of  certain  Poteriocrinida?.  The 
biserial  plates  al)ove  are  also  proportionally  larger  than  in  the  older  speci- 
mens, but  have  already  the  characteristic  ornamentation  of  this  species. 


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Cactocrinus  limabrachiatus  (IIam,). 
riafc  L  VJII.  Fhjs.  9  ami  JOit,  h. 

ISOl.     Afliiinrriiiii'  liiiiiilirnrliiiilii.i-~\l\u.\  Dcmt.  New  Sjicc.  I'al.  Ciiii.,  p.  2j  nlso  Boston  Journ.  Nat. 

Hist,  v„i.  VII ,  p.  iCis. 

l"""!!.     .Icfiiiuci'iiiiin  liiiKibnichiiitiif  —  W.  mill  Si'.;  liivisioii  V.ila'ocr.,  Tiirt  U.,  ji.  lU. 

Calyx  bell-shaped,  one  third  higher  than  wide,  the  arm  ba.ses  slightly 
projecting;  the  dorsal  cup  I'ldly  once  and  a  half  as  high  as  the  ventral  disk. 
Surfai'i-  ol'  ])latos  traversed  by  single  series  of  angular  ridges,  continued  from 
plate  to  plate,  and  meeting  at  the  centres,  where  they  form  sharp  nodes. 
Only  tiie  basals  and  radials  are  connected  with  one  nnollier  b^-  four  or  live 
parallel   ridge-. 

]5a>als  riitiier  large  for  the  genus,  forming  a  spreading  cup ;  the  sutiue 
lines  not  grooved.  Radials  a  little  longer  than  wide,  tiieir  sloping  upper 
faces  small.  First  cosfals  short,  (piadrangular,  rarely  pentangular,  the 
jipper  .'ind  lower  margins  convex  ;  the  second  a  little  larger.  Distichals 
and  piilmars  smaller  in  proportion.  Arms  si.x  to  the  ray,  given  off  as  in  the 
preceding  species,  distinctly  flattened  on  the  back,  the  three  or  four  proxi- 
mal ])lates  long  and  cuneate.     Higher  np.  where  the  arms  become  biserial. 


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the  plates  of  one  series  staiul  obliriucly  to  those  of  tlic  opposite  one,  the 
outer  ends  of  the  plates  direeted  slightly  duwiiwiird.  Each  plate,  cU)se  to 
the  upper  margin,  is  marked  by  a  sharp,  conspicuous  transverse  ridge,  while 
the  lower  parts  of  the  plates  are  beautifidly  corrugated.  The  transverse 
ridges,  which  somewhat  reseml)le  the  tei'th  of  a  fde,  suggested  the  specific 
name.  Pinnules  long;  the  dorsal  side  of  each  joint  armed  with  a  sharp, 
curved  spine.  Regular  intorbrachials:  1,  2,  2.  Anal  plate  followed  by 
2,  2,  2  plates,  and  th(;.se  by  two  very  minute  pieces,  placed  within  the  arm 
regions.  Intcrdistiolials  one,  large.  Ventral  dislv  depressed  conical,  com- 
posed of  comparatively  few  large  plates,  the  centre  of  which  is  produced 
into  a  small  slender  spine.  Anal  tube  moderately  large,  and  almost 
central. 

Horizon  and  Locali///.  —  Lower  Burlington  litncstonc  ;  Burlington,  Town. 

T///>e  in  the  University  Museum  at  Aim  Arbor. 

lianarh. —  DilTering  from  all  other  Burlington  species  of  this  genr.s  in 
the  surface  markings  of  the  arms.  The  set  of  arms  figured  by  Whitfield 
(Mem.  Am.  Mus.  Nat.  Hist.  N.  York,  Plate  1,  figs.  8  and  9)  as  of  this  species, 
in  our  opinion  belongs  to  Actinncrims  tciuii.srii//itiit!  McChcsney ;  they  do  not 
show  the  sharp  file-like  ridge  of  each  joint,  which  is  so  characteristic  of  this 
species. 

Cactocrinus  longus  (Mkkk  ji.kI  Wohtukn). 
Plate  L  VII.  Ftfj.  8. 

1809.     .Iclliiocrinus  toiiijiis  —  ^fEF.K  mid  WnuTiiEX;  Pinoocd.  Acnd.  Nat.  Sol.  Tliiln.,  p.  lufi. 

1873.     Actiiiocriiiiis  luiijus — Mkek  nml  \V(iktiien;  (icol.   Kep.  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  ]i.  315,  I'liite  8, 

Fips.  Iff,  b. 
1881.     Aelinueriiiiis  loiK/iis  —  W.  ,iuJ  Sp. ;  Uovisioii  ralipocr.,  I'lirt  IT.,  p.  144. 

A  largo  and  elongate  species.  Calyx  to  the  base  of  the  anal  tidje 
almost  once  and  a  half  as  high  as  wide.  Dor.«al  cup  somewhat  shorter  than 
its  width  acro.ss  the  arm  Imsos.  the  sides  a  little  convex.  Plates  rather 
thin,  very  slightly  elevated,  and  in  well  preserved  spooimons  ornamented 
willi  very  lino,  more  or  less  ob.xcure  ridges,  which  in  sets  of  from  one  to  five 
])ass  from  plate  to  plate.  The  basals  radials.  and  costals  are  traversed  by 
five  such  riilges;  five  others  proceed  to  adjoining  radials  and  the  anal  plate, 
but  only  throe  from  the  costals  and  radials  to  tlie  lower  intorbrachials.  and 
fmm  the  costals  to  the  distichals,  while  all  the  remaining  plates  have  single 
riilges.  The  suture  lines,  except  the  basi-radial  and  intorradial  ones,  rarely 
observed. 

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Ilasiil.s  foniiiiijf  a  .shallow  cup,  tliu  sides  gmtlually  expanding  but  not 
tliickened ;  tlio  upper  margins  distinctly  angular.  Hadials  large,  fully  a.s 
long  as  wide.  Costals  one  half  .^mailer,  alnio.st  as  wide  n.s  long.  Palniars 
(juite  small,  the  two  inner  ones  of  each  ray  giving  oft'  two  arms,  the  o\iter 
ones  but  one.  Arm  bases  a  little  projecting,  the  facets  moderately  large  and 
concave;  arm  openings  arranged  in  groups,  those  of  adjoining  rays  twice 
as  far  apart  as  tlio.se  within  the  ra^'.  Respiratory  pores  slit-like.  Structure 
of  the  arms  unknown.  Regular  interbrachials  :  1,  2,  2,  1,  succeeded  by  a 
small  elongate  piece,  wedged  in  between  the  arm-bearing  brachials ;  the 
first  as  large  as  the  costals,  those  of  the  second  row  e(|ual  in  size  to  the 
distichals.  '{'he  anal  [ilaio,  which  is  as  wide  at  the  bottom  as  near  the  top, 
is  fiillowed  by  2,  .'1,  2,  and  2  plates,  the  latter  generall)'  sui)i>()rting  two  snudl 
elongate  pieces,  which  are  in  contact  with  the  intcrambulacrals.  The 
interdistichal  spaces  are  deepl}-  depressed,  and  occupied  by  a  single  flat 
piece.  Ventral  disk  subconical,  gradually  passing  into  the  anal  tube,  which 
is  almost  central,  and  very  stout.  The  disk,  as  well  as  the  tube,  is  composed 
of  an  immense  number  of  all  sorts  of  plates ;  some  of  them  are  large  and 
take  the  form  of  elongate  uoiles  or  small  spines,  others  are  .smaller  and  have 
rounded  nodes;  while  the  smallest  ones,  which  are  intersper.sed  profusely 
between  the  larger,  are  simply  convex.  Orals  extremely  excentric,  small, 
ami  separated  by  small  jilates;  the  [losterior  one,  which  stands  erect  and 
bears  a  transverse  node,  takes  part  in  the  tube.  Radial  dome  plates  sub- 
spinous, irregularly  arranged,  and  placed  at  some  distance  from  the  arm 
bases. 

//';■/.;■'/«  (IikJ  Luni/i/i/.  —  Lower  Tlurlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Towa. 

T1//1C  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 

1,'iiiiiid-s.  —  Meek  and  Worthen's  figure  in  the  Illinois  Report  is  some- 
what misleading;  the  plates  of  this  species  are  generally  less  convex,  the 
suture  lines  iilmost  obsolete,  and  the  radiating  ridges  upon  the  plates  more 
distinct  than  shown  in  that  figure. 


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Cactoorinus  ectypus  >rKKK  and  Won. 
I'hUc  JA'l.  Fl<j.  10. 

18fi9.    S/ro/orrinim  erly/i«'— \\.  nm\  W  ;  I'rnpocil.  Ariul.  Niil.  Soi.  I'liiln.,  ,      59. 

lS7;t.     Slfulueriiiiis  irti/ims  —  M.  ami  W. ;  (iidl.  lii'p.  llliii(ii>,  Veil.  V.,  p.  \\:,\\,  I'liilu  7.  I'if;.  5. 

1>>S1.     Jrlimcriiim  eil^jiu) — \V.  mid  Hi',  j  l{u\Uii>ii  I'lilicoc-r.,  I'ait  ll,|i,  1111. 

Calyx  elongate,  subovato  ;  tlie  ventral  di.xk  one  fourth  .shorter  than  the 
dorsal  cup.  Plates  of  tiio  cup  moderately  convex,  a  lillle  angular  in  the 
centre,  their  .surface  traver.sed  hy  radiating  costiv,  which  in  .-et.s  c  three 
pas.s  from  the  middle  to  the  .>iidcs  of  the  plates,  dividing  their  .surface  into 
numerous  triangles,  each  of  which  includes  another  one.  but  more  obscure. 

IJasals  forming  a  slightly  spreading  cup,  more  than  twice  as  wide  as 
high,  and  with  small  nodes  at  the  lower  margin,  one  placed  at  the  termin.a- 
tion  of  each  of  the  costte.  Kadials  about  as  wide  as  long,  and  nearly  as 
large  as  both  costals  together.  The  .secoml  costal  smaller  than  the  first,  and 
both  wider  than  long.  Distiehals  half  the  size  of  the  upper  coslals.  The 
outer  palmars  of  each  ray  sujiport  a  single  arm,  the  iinicr  ones  two.  Arms 
three  to  each  main  division,  or  six  to  the  ray;  their  structure  unknown. 
Anal  plate  longer  than  wide,  followed  by  eight  to  ten  plates,  of  whidi  the 
two  nppcr  are  small,  and  connected  with  the  interaiid)ulacrals.  Kegular 
interbrachials  :  1,  '1,  2,  2,  1,  the  upper  one  separating  the  npper  brachials  of 
adjoining  ray.i.  Ventral  disk  snbconical,  .slightly  bulging,  the  summit  passing 
gradually  into  the  anal  tube;  the  i)latcs  are  rather  large,  more  or  less  con- 
vex or  tnmid,  and  of  imiforin  size.  The  posterior  oral  takes  part  in  the  anal 
tube,  which  is  large  and  nearly  central.  Column  apparently  large;  the  nodal 
joints  deeply  dentate  at  their  outer  margins. 

Ilurhon  and  Lorulilj/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone  ;  Burlington,  Towa. 

Tijpc  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoiilogy. 

liumarh.  —  The  typical  figure  by  Meek  and  Worthen  is  quite  inislead- 
iiig.  being  made  from  a  crushed  and  much  distorted  specimen.  In  plumj) 
specimens  the  calj'X  is  not  depressed,  as  di-scribed  by  those  authors,  nor  do 
the  upper  rows  of  brachials  curve  out  horizontally,  but  lie  almost  in 
a  straight  line  with  the  radiids  and  costals.  The  species  has  no  connection 
with  Striiiocrhms,  but  somewhat  approaches  Avtiiiocrimii  in  having  the  rays 
separated  throughout  their  full  length,  but  they  are  not  lobed  as  in  that 
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CactocrinuB  clarus  Hall. 
Plate  LVII.  Fuj,.  0  md  10,  uml  I'kle  LVIJI.  Fiy.  1. 

ISCil.     Jr/i/iiieri)iii3  rliirm — IIai.i.  ;  Dcvr.  New  Spcr.  Ciiu.  (I'rcliin.  iintii-r),  p,  2;  nlso  Boslon  Jourii. 
Nut.  llisl.,  Vnl.  VII  ,  |i.  Jw  1  N.  V.  i>iiiir  Hull.  Nul.  lliM.  {]>7-2).  l%w  3J,  Kit's.  24  aud  25. 
18S1.     A<'/inwriiiin  cliirm  —  \V.  ami  Si'. ;   It('\l9i>iu  I'lilu'iit'i' ,  I'iirl  II.,  |i.  \\i. 
1S93.     WiilTFiEi.i);  Mem.  Am.  Mu».  Nut.  Hist.  N.  Vork,  Vol.  I  ,  p.  8,  I'jiito  1,  Figs.  4  nml  5, 

L.'iijjor  tlian  niiy  of  the  prccuiliiig  8i)eeie.s.  Calyx  once  nml  n  linlf  n.s 
wide  ii.i  liigli.  Dorsal  cup  depi'os.sed  .Hubconieal,  broadly  truncnto  at  the  bn.se, 
evenly  .■<|)ivndiiig  to  the  top  of  the  ccstalsi,  and  more  nbniptly  tiienco  to  the 
arms.  Ventral  disk  n.s  high  as  the  dorsal  cup,  somewhat  expanded  above 
tiie  arm  ba.so.s,  giving  to  the  cnly.\  a  top-heavy  appearance;  the  anal  tube 
rising  gradually  from  the  summit.  Plates  of  the  dorsnl  cup  heavy,  nnd  ele- 
vated into  strong  nngidar  nodes,  which  are  either  sniooth  or  connected  with 
each  other  l)y  short,  indistinct  ridges,  except  the  palmars  nnd  jiost-pidmars, 
which  are  rounded  off  toward  the  sides,  nnd  separated  laterally  by  deep 
grooves.     Sutvire  lines  distinctly  grooved. 

Uasals  l)road,  rarely  thickened  at  the  lower  margins,  nnd  projecting  but 
little  lieyoud  the  column  ;  interbasal  sutures  well  marked.  Kadials  about 
once  and  a  half  as  large  as  the  costnls,  as  loh  ^  ns  wide.  First  costals  con- 
siderably narrower;  either  (luadrangular,  pentangular  or  liexangidar,  the 
second  often  larger  than  the  (irst.  Distichals  ns  wide  as  the  costaN,  but 
shorter.  I'almars  a  little  narrower  than  the  distichals,  an<l  twice  as  wide 
ns  long,  tlii'l'-  outer  plates  supporting  n  single  arm,  the  inner  one  two 
with  post-palmars,  except  in  the  two  antero-lateral  rays,  in  whieh  only 
o\u\  of  the  palmars  is  followed  by  higher  brachials.  Arm  facets  large, 
ei|iiidistant.  and  diroct(vl  horizontally.  Arms  twent^'-eight,  biserial  from 
tlicir  origin,  heavy,  long,  anil  in  close  contact ;  they  bend  jit  first  outw.-ird, 
tlun  gracefully  upward,  being  roinided  on  the  back,  nnd  showing  no  sign  of 
flattening  or  decrense  in  width  to  nenr  the  tips,  where  they  rapidly  tnper  to 
a  fine  point.  Arm  joints  arranged  in  parallel  lines,  quite  short,  and  without 
ornamentation.  Pinnules  long,  fringe-like,  composed  of  twelve  to  fourteen 
joints,  each  one  provided  with  a  long,  sharply  pointed  tooth-like  projection, 
directed  obtusely  upward  and  outward,  which  overlaps  the  corresponding 
joint  of  the  next  pinnule  above,  their  teeth  forming  raised  lines  parallel  to 
the  .sides  of  the  arms.    Piegular  interbrachials  :   1.  2.  1  ;  the  three  lower  one.s 


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of  nearly  equal  »izo,  and  n.s  largo  as  tiic  first  costala.  Occasionally  then'  \h 
another  small  elongate  jilate  between  the  arm  ha.soH,  hut  more  fretjuenlly 
this  is  absent,  and  the  palmare  lue  in  contact  laterally.  Anal  interraduis 
formed  of  six  to  seven  plates ;  the  upper  one  very  elongate,  resting  between 
the  palinars.  Interdisticlials  one.  Ventral  disk  covered  by  niimerons  small 
and  extremely  irregular  pieces,  which  enclose  somewhat  larger  spinous 
plates,  probal)ly  representing  the  oials,  and  radial  dome  plates  of  u  lirst, 
second,  and  third  order.  Column  large  ;  axial  canal  very  wide  and  obtusely 
pentangular;  the  joints  are  long,  the  third  from  the  calyx  wider  and  longer 
than  the  surrounding  ones,  in  some  specimens  almost  twice  as  wide,  and 
having  a  knife-like  edge. 

ITorizDii  and  Lovulitij.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone  ;  IJurlington,  Iowa. 

Tiji>c  in  the  University  Museum  at  Ann  Arbor.  Mich. 

lieinarlcs.  —  Tliis  species  is  well  characterized  by  the  form  of  the  calyx, 
nnd  by  the  smooth  an<l  heavy  arms  without  nodes  or  spines.  It  was  described 
by  Hall  as  having  six  arms  in  each  riiy,  which  is  certainly  incorrect.  We 
have  examined  seven  specimens,  in  all  of  which  the  antero-lateral  rays  have 
but  five  arms,  while  the  others  have  six. 

CactocrinuB  obosus  Kk.vis  (Ms.). 

Phllc  L  V.  Fl;/s.  Ihl,  b. 

A  large  species  of  the  typo  of  C.  rlKras,  but  more  elongate,  nnich  more 
nodose,  and  having  i)ut  four  arms  to  the  ray.  Calyx  once  and  a  half  as  wide 
as  high,  broailly  iind  sharply  truncated  at  the  base;  the  plates  thick  and 
lieavy.  Dorsal  cup  gradually  expanding  to  the  top  of  the  distiehals,  then 
bonding  abrujjtly  outward.  The  plates  of  the  dorsal  cup  extremely  heavy, 
highly  (dovated,  and  produced  into  rather  sharp,  round  nodes,  esjreeially  ti.e 
radials,  which  are  decidedly  more  prominei.c  than  the  succeeding  plates;  the 
suture  lines  traversed  by  shoit,  obscure  ridges.  Ventral  disk  high-conical, 
ns  high  as  the  dorsal  cup,  it-;  sides  but  very  slightly  convex  ;  orals  and  first 
radial  dome  plates  wedge-shapeil,  and  produced  into  very  long.  shar|i,  bidadly 
trnnsverse  tid)ercles.  which  stanil  out  conspicuously  (;">  to  7  nun.)  fiom  the 
tegmen. 

l?asal  cup  short  but  wide,  much  wiiler  th.'in  the  column;  sidj-cylindrical ; 
the  lower  end  abruptly  truncated,  forming  a  sharply  angular  edge  at  the 
bottom;  the  suture  lines  not  groined.      l{adi:ils  a  little  wider  than  long. 


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unco  iind  ii  halt'  iin  Iiiigo  as  llie  CirM  i-o.^tal.'* ;  llu-  m'OoihI  o<i>'taln  n  littlo 
sinalliT  tliaii  llie  I'lrM,  holli  nearly  a.-*  lonj;  as  wiile ;  tlio  t'diinor  la-xanjinlai', 
tlie  latti'i-  gfiu rally  |iL'iitan;j;iilai'.  Di-^tii'lials  iitarly  ax  lai'i^e  nn  \\u>  cti^tal 
axillary,  luit  tliu  nodi-s  ^IkhIim'.  PalniaiM  two  in  tlie  calyx,  sliurt,  roiindol, 
anil  both  wcdj^f-.sliaiKMl.  tlic  narrower  ends  diiccled  to  the  inner  side  of  the 
ray.  Ann  t'aeets  very  larj;e  ;  the  aiuhiilacral  pa-if^ajre  ohlon^' ;  the  respii'alory 
pores  proportionally  f-niall.  Struetnru  of  arms  not  known,  lint,  to  jiid^'o 
from  llu'  >ize  of  the  faeet(<,  ax  large  as  those  of  ('.  ilnriis.  Anal  side  not 
observed,  being  t'ovi'red  by  matrix.  I'lates  of  the  ventral  di>l<  greatly  vary- 
ing;  gradually  increasing  in  si/.e  and  jirominence  upwards,  those  neaiesi  iho 
arm  bases  being  the  smallot  ami  least  conspiciions.  Posterior  oral  very 
large,  erect,  and  furming  a  part  (>!'  the  liii.-c  of  the  anal  t\d)e.  its  wedge- 
sbapiMl  prominences  directed  transversely  outward.  The  four  other  orals 
a  little  smaller,  and  se|)arated  from  each  other,  and  from  the  posterior  one, 
by  small  liat  pieces.  Anal  tube  extremely  large.  .Hubcentral ;  composed  at 
the  base  of  \ery  large  and  smaller  pieces,  the  larger  ones  produced  Into 
wedge-shaped  nodes,  similar  to  those  of  the  orals,  but  somewluit  smaller,  tlio 
others  having  a  perfectly  Hat  -urface. 

Jl'iri.iiiii  iii((l  I.'hkIH'/.  —  I,ower  Hinlington  limestone.  Ilannibnl,  ISIi.ssonri. 

Ti/jiis  in  the  .Missouri  ."survey  collection,  and  that  of  Wachsinuth  and 
.Springer. 

CactocriDus  thotis  Hmi. 
riak  LVJ.  Fi.jx.  ,i  an.l 4. 

'[^Ci\.     ArliiiorriiiiK  th'li<  —  ll\i.i. ;   l)rscr.  Ni'W  Spec  ('rill    (I'ri'liin,  iiiilici').  |v  II. 
WXi.     Wiuthh  11;  .Mini.  Am.  .Mus.  .Nnl    lli,i    N.  Y.,  V..1    I  ,  y.  fi,  rint.'  1,  lii:.  10. 

Smi.  .lrH,iui-i-iiiii<  wiinn  11m. T.;  I)i".cr.  \i\v  S|iir.  C'liii    (IVrliin.  imlici  ).  |i   It. 

This  spi'cies  is  remarkable  for  the  uniformity  of  its  plates,  which  decrease 
but  littlo  upward.  It  is  of  the  type  of  C.  i/nrns,  but  smaller,  the  plates  less 
robust,  and  it  has  six  arms  to  each  ray  in  jdace  of  live  in  the  nntero-lateral 
ray.s.  It  also  approaches  ('.  hjihsch/iis  in  the  calyx,  but  that  difVer.s  in  liiiving 
llatteneil  and  highly  ornamented  arms.  Dor.sal  cup  nearly  once  and  a  half 
us  wide  as  high,  broadly  truncate  at  the  bnsc.  uniformly  spreading  to  tho 
top  of  the  tlistichals.  and  thence  idirujitly  to  the  arms.  Plates  slightly 
convex,  covereil  with  line,  obscure  ridges,  with  or  without  central  nodes. 

IJa.sals  short,  their  lower  margins  cremdated.  sligii'ly  projecting  beyond 
the  sides  of  the  col lunn;  the  suture  lines  distinct  but   not  notched.     Radiala 


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mill  coMtnlx  of  ncurly  tlio  naim>  n't/.v,  and  all  a  littlu  wider  than  lun)r ;  tliu 
(li^ticliids  (if  lliL'  ><!inn'  rorin.  mid  Imt  slij.'litly  -iimllir;  tlie  piiliiiiirH  alKtiit  liidf 
tlif  xi/ii  of  till'  dislicliul-.  'I'lio  iiiil'C  jmliiiin.-'  ui  I'acli  \ny  ^^lllHlOl■l  .in  arm, 
tlio  inner  oiu's  fwit  small  |i(ist-iialiimrs  and  two  arnif*.  Alius  crowded,  long, 
rather  heavy  tiii(in>.'li()iit,  ronndi'd  on  the  hack,  their  ni>|ier  iiarts  ineurving, 
tiieir  |)ro\iiiial  eiiils  henilin^  aliiui'l  hoii/ontallv  oiilwiird.  liiterlnacliiidM 
live  at  tlie  re;:ular  Hides;  1,  '2,  2;  and  ihriv  me  'J,  '■>,  iiid  -  aliove  tlie  anal 
phite.  Some  MpeeiinenM  liave  an  athlitioiial  narrow  piece  wedged  in  between 
the  iialinars.  Inleidistichais  one  N'liilial  dink  conical,  uli^diliy  expanding 
near  the  arm  hascs.  then  lisiii;.'  evenly,  and  paf.«iiij;  insciisiMy  into  the  anal 
tube,  'i'lie  plates  close  to  the  arm  legioM.s  are  very  .small  anil  Mimost  Hat, 
iiiglier  lip  larger  and  nodose  plates  are  interposed  lietween  sinallt  r  ones,  and 
at  the  t'liot  III'  the  anal  tnhe  all  ilii'  plates  are  huge  and  sliarply  nodose. 
An.'il  tnlie  long,  extending  lieyonil  the  arms;  composed  ol'  rather  largo, 
convex  jiieees,  which  decrease  in  size  with  the  tube. 
Jlorizun  and  hicali///.  —  Same  as  la.Mt. 

CaotocrinuH  soxarmatus  mfmlV 

y '/,//<■  /J'.  %v  jihiwi  / 

ISOO.     Arl!,iwrliiii»  Sfxafniiilui—  II  Ml.;  S»\\\A.  (irul.  Urp.  Iiiwii,  |i.   i\   (iihI   linll.  I.,  fi.  Y.  Sliilc  Miis. 

Nil.  Hist  ,!'<;;'.  I'hli' :!./,  Kiu'.  i(i      r,„'/.     ■  .»..  ^j-/,-;/.«..  W  amlSr.). 
ISSl.     ./.7i//v.-/'i««.<  .«./'i//'»w/«<  —  W.  :.uil  Si'.;   Ilivisiciii  I'liju'cirr.,  riiil  II.,  p.  115. 

Rpiidily  distinguished  from  the  other  species  of  this  genus  hy  the  form  of 
the  calyx,  which  is  liituihinate  ;  the  arm  bases  are  not  spreading,  and  the 
nrin  openings  directed  oblirpiely  uinvards.  Dorsal  cup  deejily  bowl-shaped. 
trunc;ite  at  the  base,  the  sides  slightly  convex  below,  and  straight  above. 
I'Lites  but  little  I'levated.  their  miildle  portions  Hat  and  perfectly  smooth ; 
but  they  are  connected  with  adjiiiiiing  pieces  by  short,  prominent  ridges, 
which  Ibiiii  deep,  trigonal  pits  at  the  angles  (>!'  the  plates. 

Hiisiils  tiiloliate.  sliort  tint  wide,  and  somewhat  spreading  outward;  the 
lower  surlace  a  little  exciiv;ileil  for  the  reception  of  the  column,  which  occu- 
pies about  half  its  diameter.  Fladiiils  very  large,  nearly  as  long  as  wide, 
nnd  nearly  as  birge  as  lioth  costals  together.  First  costals  hexagonal,  one 
fourth  wider  than  long;  the  second  about  the  same  size  as  the  first,  but 
heptagoiial.  Dislich:ils.  pidmars.  and  posf-pjilmars  rapidly  decreasing  in  wi/.e 
upward,  the  first  post-palmars  elongate  and  semi-free.  Arms  six  to  the  ray. 
the  outer  palmars  of  the  r.ays  being  axillary.     The  structure  of  the  amis  is 


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niK  {  UIX(»II)K,V   (  AMKKMA  OF   NOHTII    AMKIIKA. 


not  kiiusvn,  but  tlicy  iiiiifl  liavo  liucii  ([iiito  ili'Iioiiti'.    Hog  ii(i'  i  ;i   't>ncl;'nlH; 


1. 


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K>    ii|i|i('i'  otii!   iiiii'i'ow   mill   I'lilcnng   tlu' 


tlio    (ll 


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InU'itlis. 


iianowor  limn  tlio  iiuliiil.t ;  I'ollowi'il  \>y  li,  ;i,  .'!,  "J,  luul  li  jii 
ticlml.i  ono.  Vuntml  disk  litMnij<i)la'iic  to  low-ionictil ;  tlu'  luiiil  tiilie  uu')- 
contml,  niotlemtely  huiuII,  rir<in^  iiluiiittly  from  tliu  tiyniun.  I'liitoH  of  tlio 
ventnil  Uisk  pniiioiiioimll)-  liirgc,  ami  ciiiivi'X. 

Jliri-.oa  itiid  Loi'iililij. —  I.owui'  Jliirliiiglon  linii-i^tonf  ;  Hmliiigton,  lowii. 

T'qn'  in  llic  (Wortlii'ii)  Illinoi?*  State  L'olkrlion,  Spiinyliilil. 

licimiiki*. — Tlio  upofinii'M  wiili  iuium  liguicd  li}  llall  in  tin'  Ilulli'tiii  of 
Is; J  is  tdtally  (lilU'rent  from  llif  tvpo  in  llie  Woillii'ii  coili'i'lion  at  S|iiiii^- 
lii-lil.  In  till)  fiii'iiiot'  till'  arm  litMii'iiig  pla'cM  arc  liori/oiital ;  while  in  tliu 
latter  they  do  not  expand  at  all,  and  the  ainin  wei'e  evidently  ((nile  delicate. 
Hall  desciibes  the  anterior  tfide  ol"  the  type  xpecimen  w  extending  out  more 
prominently,  and  iio  regards  thii*  an  posNiiily  of  xpeeific  value.  TIiIh  pronii- 
iieiiee,  however,  oecnrs  in  the  left  posterior  ray,  and  not  in  the  anterior  one, 
and  1.4  incidental,  and  not  ul'  structural  importancu. 

CaOtOCrlnUS    OXtOnSUS  \V.   ami  Sr.   (imv.  Rpoc). 

I'htlc  l.\  II.  Fiys.O,  7. 

(Fifriirfd  liy  Hull,  \^'i,  in  Hull.  I.,  Niw  Vnrk  i^inii-  Mii«.  Nut.  1Ii»t.,  ns  AeliHoerlmii  ttrarmalun.) 

C'loxely  allied  to  C.  llnl(K.  luit  smallrr  and  the  plates  more  iiodoso. 
Dorsal  cup  gradually  spreading'  to  the  tup  of  the  ct)stalH,  thence  rapidly, 
aiuiosl  horizontally,  to  the  haxe  of  the  free  armx.  The  platen  of  the  rays 
rising  into  transverse,  ongular  tubercles,  with  obscure  Btrisv.  Interbrachials 
and  inlerdistichal  spaces  deeply  depressed  ;  the  plates  of  tlie  former  cov- 
ered with  round  noiles. 

Uasals  .short,  forming  a  slightly  ]U'oji>ctiiig,  trilobate  di>k,  deejily  indented 
at  the  suture  lines,  and  excavated  on  the  bottom  ;  axial  canal  small  and  pen- 
tangular. Hadials  larger  and  miu'e  ])roininent  than  the  costals,  once  and  a 
half  u.s  wide  as  long.  The  two  costals  of  eipial  size,  both  narrower  than  the 
radials.  DistichaN  as  large  as  iliocostals;  all  axillary.  Palmars  consider- 
ably smaller,  the  inner  ones  axillary  and  supporting  two  arms,  the  outer  ones 
ii  single  arm.  Ann  openings  thirty,  almo.st  e(|uidistant.  Arms  rather  heavy 
and  closely  packed  ;  they  pass  out  almost  liorizontally  from  the  calyx,  then 
curve  upward,  infolding  at  the  tips.  Inlerbrachial  spaces:  1,2,  1,  and  a 
minute  piece  on  a  level  with  the  arm  bases.     Anal  plate  succeeded  by  2,  2, 


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nntl  1  pliitc.  Vontrnl  dink  roniiul,  nlinoNt  n.t  liij^li  n^  flic  dorsnl  cup  ;  jfinil- 
iiiilly  piiH)iiii}{  iiilu  llic  iiniil  tubo.  Tlu>  |iIiiIch  of  tho  di.^k  ),'ni\v  >'iiiiilli'i'  nit 
tlicy  ii|i|ii'uiicli  tliu  iit'iii  Iiiihon;  tliu  ui'iiIm  mill  riuliul  doiiic  pliiti'^  liii'^rcr  niid 
Nli'on^rly  iioduMO ;  tliu  intervening^  NUialler  omcn  r<li;;lilly  ti.iiiid.  An(d  tulio 
Ntuiit  and  loii^,  oxtcniling  conxidoruldy  (dtuvc  tliu  ti|m  ul'  tlio  nriiix,  nnd  cuin> 
|iimi>d  of  Niiiiill,  tiiiiiid  pliilcs  Till'  joints  III'  tlio  Ntciii  vai'V  oiiii!<idri'idily  in 
width;  Miiiii'  III'  (III)  iiiidiil  jiiilitN  ill  llic  upper  pint  iiii'  iiciirljy  tlii'ri>  liiur"  nn 
wide  MM  till)  inturiiodaIi4,  nnd  nru  pruvidud  >villi  knircdiku  vd^i>n.  wliilo  llio 
odgi'M  III"  till)  iiiti'iiiodali*  nro  but  very  litlU'  convex. 

J/i'ii-Dii  mill  l.iiiiililii.  —  FiOwer  niirliii^lon  liiiii"<tiiiie  ;   ])iiilin;>'toii,  lown, 

Ti/pvs  ill  tlio  collection  of  Waclisiiiulli  and  Springer. 


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Caotocrinus  multlbraohlatus  llu.i.. 
riiilc  I.Vr  Fi,j.  (I  ami  7,  mil  Pink  A  Vlll.  Fi.j.  S. 

1S5<.     Ji-limiriuiit  mHllilifin-liiaUii  —  Ilir.r.i  (icul.  Hi|..  lunii,  Vul.  I.,  I'lirl  II  ,  p.  .'.mi,  I'liilc  ID,  Kirf  10. 

ISSl.     Aiiinufriiiii)  Hiiil/i/iiiiiiiiilm — W.  nml  f*l'. ;   Ui>i'.ii)ii  I'liln r.,  I'lirl  11,  |i    III. 

Byii.  Jflimifriniii  Miilliiniekiiiliti  yttt.  riiiiiiifiti  Uwi;  IIimt  Ni  w  ,S|i(i'.  Ciiii  .  p.  Id 

Calyx  gradually  and  evenly  Hpreading  to  the  hnsofi  of  the  free  aniiM,  dim 
tiiiftly  truncated  at  the  lower  end.  and  slightly  depressed  lietweeii  the  rny.«* 
nt  the  anil  regions.  'I'ho  ventral  disk  fully  one  third  lower  than  the  dursiil 
cup,  mid  Hurmountcd  hy  a  moderately  large,  nliiuwt  central  tiilic.  Plates  of 
the  dorsal  cup  nil  marked  by  ntrong  radiating  ridges  ii.oceeding  to  the  sides 
of  the  plates,  and  meeting  in  the  centre,  where  they  fnrm  a  conspieunuH 
niigular  node,  which  is  transverse  upon  the  radials  and  costals.  The  ridges 
passing  lip  and  down  the  radials  and  brachials  nro  more  prominent  tlian  any 
of  those  proceeding  to,  or  coming  from,  the  intcrbrachials.  Iletween  the 
radials  and  basals  there  are  three  such  ridges,  or  four  where  the  former  rest 
upiiii  two  basals.  while  the  other  plates  have  but  one  to  each  side, 

Hasals  short,  their  lower  margins  projecting  outward,  forming  n  .slinrp  rim, 
which  esteiids  beyond  the  sides  of  the  column,  and  is  deeply  notched  nt  the 
sutures.  Hadials  nearly  as  long  as  wide.  First  costals  one  third  smaller  than 
the  radials,  throe  of  thorn  hexangular,  the  two  posterior  ones  generally 
lientangular;  second  costals  n  little  smaller  than  the  first.  Distiehals  still 
smaller,  nnd  all  axillary  ;  tlic  outer  ones  sujiporting  nn  nrm.  which  is  free 
from  the  second  or  third  plate  ;  the  inner  ones  two  pnlmnrs,  of  wliich  ngnin 
tlio  inner  one  in  both  divisions  of  the  ray  is  axillary,  and  supports  two  arms; 
the  outer  one  is  truncateil,  nnd  followed  by  one  nrm ;  nil  nrm-bearing  plates 


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Tin:  cKixoinr.v  c.vmkuata  or  Ni)i!rit  amkimca. 


sliglitlv  projecting  oiitwnnl.  Arm  oponiiigs  almost  oquitlistaiii.  the  respini- 
tory  pores  small.  Arms  eight  to  tlie  ray,  when  normally  developed,  hut 
rays  witii  seven  or  even  six  arms  oceur  (piitc  frequently  ;  they  me  somewhat 
llaltencd,  and  eoiniiosed  of  two  series  of  transverse,  rather  short  and  appar- 
ently smooth  jiieees.  Regular  inttM-hrachials  :  1,  2,  2,  I  in  mature  speci- 
mens; tlie  first  the  samo  size  ns  the  first  eostals,  the  upper  one  very  narrow, 
and  wedged  in  hetween  the  upper  row  of  hrachials.  Anal  plate  followed  by 
2,  "t.  2.  and  1  plate.  Ventral  disk  depressed  conical,  the  plates  near  the 
sunniiit  railier  large  and  sharply  nodose,  those  near  the  arm  bases  somewhat 
smaller.  Anid  tube  long,  moderately  thick,  composed  of  short,  transverse 
pieces,  with  shar])  i)ro|  "ting  edges.  Column  of  medium  size,  the  joints 
rather  short,  the  nodal  ones  distinctly  angular  and  slightly  projecting. 

Jliin'yti  iiikI  l/ii-(tliti/,  —  Lower  Turlington  limestone;  Iiurlington,  Iowa. 

Tiif'i  in  the  ( Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection. 

Ji' ludi/,-'!.  —  .\pproaching  '''.  rivldlux  in  tin-  form  and  ornamentatiini  of 
the  dorsal  cuji,  but  the  tegmen  of  that  species  is  comparatively  higher, 
more  conical,  and  the  plates  of  the  anal  tube  are  larger  and  more  nodose. 

Cactocrinus  ccslatus  Hail. 

J'hitc    1.1  X.  FnjS.  S, !). 

I'.".''.      .Irtiih.-rlaui  cirli-iK—  IIm.I  ;   (ir.il    It.  p.  l.i\v;i.  Yul.  1.,  Viirl  II.,  |<.  rl^.■|,  I'latc  10,  Figs,  14<»,  h, 
1">"<1.     .1  fiiiuiTiii/it  iviA(/«.<  —  \\.  :iiul  Si'.;  Ur\isi,in  I'liliocicr. ,  I'.iit  II.,  p    1  |,'t. 

Larger  than  the  preceding  species.  Calyx  short-subfusiform  and  highly 
ornamented.  Oors.il  cup  one  fourth  wider  than  high  ;  uniformly  spreading 
from  the  Itasals  to  the  lop  of  the  arm-bearing  brachials.  A'eulral  disk  sub- 
conical,  almost  as  high  as  the  cup.  the  upper  j>art  drawn  out,  and  passing 
im]iercfpiibly  into  the  anal  tube.  The  cup  ornamented  ns  in  C.  wn/li- 
hnw/iidlii.-i.  except  that  the  eostals  are  connecle(l  among  themselves  and 
with  the  radial,^  by  three  jiarallel  ridges,  in  place  of  one,  as  in  that 
species. 

Base  short ;  the  sides  neither  spre.iding  upward,  nor  projecting  on  the 
lower  margin ;  the  lowei  surface  sulliciently  excavated  to  enclose  the  first 
stem  joint  ;  interbasal  sutures  distinctly  grooved.  I\adials  a  little  wider  than 
long,  and  much  larger  than  the  costal-.  The  higher  brachials  arranged 
ns  in  C.  niiil/ifitwhiiiliis.  Arms  eight  to  the  ray.  slender;  gently  curving  nt 
their  bases  outwanl  aiiii  upwanl ;  the  tips,  so  far  as  observed,  not  incurving, 


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but  aoniewliiit  (lecroaslng  in  width ;  modcriiti-'ly  lliitlcueil  on  the  butk,  Imt 
witlioiit  siii't'iice  maikiiigs;  the  sides  siij^iilly  di'iitiitc.  Tiie  spines  of  llio 
|piiniidi'.s  nitlier  short.  Interbracliials  :  J,  2,  li,  1,  tlie  fust  a  liltlu  larger 
than  the  costals.  The  anal  phitu,  wliich  is  generally  nanower  than  iho 
railials,  siH)ports  'J,  .'5.  'J,  and  I  jjieee,  the  latter  Ibllowed  by  a  narrow  elon- 
gate plate,  placed  between  the  arm-bearing  brachials.  Interdistichal  space.s 
deeply  depressed,  and  the  centre  occupied  by  a  .small,  nodo.se  jilate.  Ven- 
tral disk  very  iiigh.  the  interambnlacral  spaces  .slightly  grooved  toward  the 
arm  regions.  Plates  more  or  le.ss  tmnid,  irregular  in  form  and  si/.e.  OraN 
indeterminable,  and  possibly  unrejiresented.  Covering  pieces  of  first  and 
second  orders  represented  by  single  plates  ;  the  .succeeding  orders  by  two 
rows  of  small  alternate  ])ieces,  which  take  part  in  the  tegmeii.  Anal  tube 
strong,  constructed  of  similar  i)lales  to  tho.se  of  the  ventral  disk,  but  some- 
what smaller.  Column  apparently  small  ;  a\ial  canal  large  for  the  genu.s 
and  (juincpielobate. 

lliinziin  iiiifl  hii'iiliti/. — .'^ame  as  last. 

Tiji'C  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection. 


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Cactocrinus  coolatus  v;u.  spinoteutaculus  ll.vi.i.. 

Pl<lk  LIX   /'/;/.   /(). 

I^IU  .     .t,-/iiiiirrinii.<  .y,iiif:*iii/,irii/ii.i  —  II  M  i. ;  Sii|i|il.  (ii'"l.  lii'p.  l.nv.i,  p.  Sll ;  N.  Y   SImIc  Mii^.  Niil.  Ili>l ,, 

Hull.  1.  (Is.i).  I'liitc  ;t./,  Imus.  in  Ic)  17. 
l'i>.i       .l,-'iiiu,'rii!«'  '/iiii"ti'ii/iiri'liii — \V.  ami  Si'.  ;    l(i'vi«i'ili  IVilinu'i- ,  I'nll  111.,  |>.  11'.'. 

Agreeing  with  C  vtvlitlioi  in  the  lunnber  of  arms,  the  arrangement  of  the 
])la  es,  and  their  style  of  ornamentation  ;  but  departing  from  it  in  the  form 
and  proportions  of  the  calyx,  which  expands  abruptly  from  the  distichals, 
and  is  at  the  arm  bases  almost  as  wide  as  high.  Ailiiinrriiiiis  fjiiiintcKhi- 
cii/its  is  in  our  opiniini  only  an  extravagant  form  of  Ciicfurriiuis  cwtnln.i,  in 
which  some  of  the  arm  joints,  which  in  the  latter  are  fi'ee,  were  incorpo- 
rated into  tiie  caly.x ;  and  this,  together  with  a  slight  increase  in  the  thick- 
nes.s  of  the  arms,  fully  explains  the  niodilications  above  mentioned. 

ll<iri::iiii  nm/  f.niiilit').  —  Same  as  last. 

T'lpc  in  tiie  University  Museiun,  Giitlingen,  Germany. 


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620  TUK  CUINOIUKA   CAMKHATA   OV   .SOU 111   A.MKHR'A. 

CaotoorinuB  fossatua  s.  A.  jiillf.k. 
Plate  LV.  Fiij.  12. 

1S'.12.     A'linoennuffoDutai —  S.  A.  Millkr  ;  Adv.  Slieils  ISlli  Rep.  GpoI.  Surv.  Iniliann,  p.  10,  Tliite  6, 

Fip.  II  aul  12. 

Cal^x  nioderatol}'  large,  subovoid.  Dorsal  cup  truncated  at  the  base,  the 
sides  a  littlo  convex ;  height  and  width  as  3  to  4.  Plates  rather  delicate 
and  deeply  sculptured.  The  middle  of  tlic  plates  occupied  by  a  sharp 
nugul;ir  node,  from  which  angular  ridges,  one  to  eacli  side,  pass  out  to 
the  margins,  wiiere  they  meet  with  liiosc  of  adjoining  plates.  Angles  of 
the  plates  depressed,  tlie  suture  lines  rather  indistinct. 

Hase  siiort.  projecting  laterally,  and  forming  a  rim,  which  expands  be- 
yond the  colunm  and  the  lower  face  of  the  radiais,  and  is  sligiitly  notched  at 
the  interba.sil  sutures.  Columnar  cavity  rather  shallow.  Radiais  wider  than 
long.  First  costals  about  two  thirds  the  si/.e  of  the  radiais,  hexagonal ;  sec- 
ond costals  a  little  largi  r  than  the  first,  pentagonal  or  hexagonal.  Di.s- 
tichals,  pahnnrs,  and  post-palmars  all  axilhuy,  the  post-palmars  sujiporling 
the  free  arms,  of  which  there  are  eight  to  the  ray.  Ambulacral  openings 
almost  equidistant,  the  interspaces  between  tliose  of  adjoining  rays  a  very 
little  the  wiilest.  Intcrradial  areas  arched  by  the  post-palmars  ;  those  of  the 
regular  sides  consisting  of  five  plates  :  1,  2,  2.  Amil  [)lale  as  huge  as  the 
radiais;  followed  by  '1,  '^.  and  2  smaller  pieces.  A'ential  ili^k  highly  convex, 
only  one  Iburtli  shorter  than  the  cup  ;  covered  with  large  plates,  and  each 
of  them  prolonged  into  a  heavy  spine.  Orals  pushed  to  the  anterior.  Anal 
tube  almost  central. 

ILnr.iin  (tail  F.iiculili/.  —  Lower  Bmliugton  limestone  ;  Sedalia,  Mo. 

T'ii)e  in  the  collection  of  S.  A.  Miller. 

Ji'cwfirks. — A[)proaching  C.  roln/ns  in  the  form  and  ornamentation  of  the 
dorsal  cup,  and  also  in  the  number  of  arms  ;  but  differing  in  the  form  and 
construction  of  the  ventral  disk,  which  in  the  latter  is  higher,  and  gradually 
tapers  to  the  anal  tul)e,  instead  of  being  highly  convex  as  in  this  species. 
In  C.fiissatu.'i  the  disk  plates  are  le.ss  numerous,  almost  of  uniform  si/.e,  ami 
each  one  is  extended  into  a  long,  heavy  spine ;  while  those  of  C  culntus 
vary  considerably  in  size,  the  principal  ones  being  slightly  nodose,  and  the 
otiiers  almost  llat. 


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riate  LVH.  FUj.  J. 

ISS".     A'-liiiorriiittt  nriiiiliitiiiiut  —  W.  .■iml  Sr. ;  (ii'nl    Kcp.  lllirnii^  (l"<'.lii),  Vnl.  VIII.,  |i.  ir,:i,  pl,,!,..  Id, 

Fi),'.  '.I  (""t  I'latc  i;,  Kii,'.  :i), 
1S90,     Jcliiioeriiiut  nrii<ilhiiiuiit)  —  !S.  A.  Miixtui  N.  Ainer.  (ieol.  ami  I'lil.,  p  i\'J. 

Of  inediuin  size,  .i|iec'iiiions  of  liglit  color.  Dorsal  cup  dciircssed, 
semiglolto.se  ;  liuiglit  eiiual  to  lialf  its  widtli ;  plates  delicate  and  liigld^' 
ornanientod,  but  not  convex;  suture  lines  dilllcidt  to  see.  The  surface  is 
niarketl  liy  a  system  of  sliarply  elevated,  very  prominent  rounded  ridge.x, 
pas.sing  from  plate  to  plate,  and  meeting  in  large  stellate  (dusters  in  the 
interbrachial  spaces;  those  following  the  middle  of  the  radial  seiies  are 
widest,  and  pass  from  the  hasi-radial  suture  into  the  arms;  they  increase  in 
width  toward  the  arm  ii.ises,  and  divide  the  surface  into  five  well  defined 
pentangular  fields.  Scattered  between  the  ridges  there  are  head-like  nodes, 
and  the  ridges  are  more  or  less  undidating, 

Hasals  short  ;  forming  a  small  rim,  which  is  slightly  nolclicd  at  the 
sutures.  Hadials  and  costals  decreasing  in  size  in  ascending  order,  all  wider 
than  long;  the  first  costals  (piadrangular  with  convex  sides;  ihe  second 
generally  lieptangular.  Dislichals  and  palmars  one,  except  in  the  outer 
divisions  of  the  rays,  in  which  the  (irst  pahiiiir  is  succeeded  l>v  two  to  three 
ciinealo  plates,  which  support  an  arm  ;  while  the  inner  ones  are  axillarv, 
and  followeil  liy  two  post-palmars  with  two  arms;  there  being  normallv 
throe  arms  to  ea'_'h  main  division,  ami  si.x  to  the  ray.  Arm-  long,  nioderatelv 
stout,  rounded  on  the  back,  their  tips  curved  and  folded  inward;  they  arc 
composed  at  their  bases  of  cuneate  pieces,  which  inlnlnck  aiul  gradually 
become  biserial.  every  second  to  fourth  joint  of  both  series  being  long,  and 
bearing  a  conspicuous,  looih  like  no(le.  The  intervening  joints  are  mucii 
shorter,  and  comieeted  longitudinally  by  waving  sutures,  riiinnles  closely 
packed  and  contiguous;  compo.sed  of  short  joints,  and  each  one  arine<l  with 
ii  short  hook.  Interbrachials  comparatively  large,  occupying  fully  one  iialf 
of  the  whide  interbrachial  space,  and  rising  to  the  middle  of  the  second 
costals;  there  are  two  jdates  in  the  two  succeeding  range?,  which  are  fol- 
lowed by  the  interandmlacrals.  Firs'  anal  plate  as  wide  as  the  radial-, 
and  often  liigher,  supporting  2,  ,^,  and  2  i)lates.  Intordistichals  generally 
three,  with  frequently  a  small  interpalmar.     Wiitral  disk  .short  hemispheri- 


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ciil.  jiiivi'il  Ijy  siiiiill,  iiTogiil;ir  iiicce.",  intiTspersod  with  iiodo-^o  larjior  ones. 
OiiiIh  jnopoitioiiiilly  Minall,  as  also  the  raihal  ihtiiie  plalos.  Anal  liiho 
cimipaiativi'ly  small,  ami  ai)iiarently  .short.  Column  composed  of  joints 
alternating  in  si/e ;  tiie  inteniodal  joint.s  knife-like,  the  nodal  ones  roinided 
at  their  margins,  ami  slijihtly  crenulated.  A  similar  crenulalion  occurs  also 
nt  the  rim  of  the  basals.  j^iviiig  it  the  appearance  of  a  stem  joint. 

Hiirhiii  ami  Lnn/i/i/.  —  Kinderhook  group;  Le  Cirand.  Marshall  Co., 
Iowa. 

7//y*'.s  in  the  collection  of  Wachsunith  nnd  Springer. 

Hiniiirk".  —  This  species  resenddes  .|(//«(ic/v'/i».«  tuiiitsiHlpliis  in  the  style 
of  ornamentation  ;  hut  dilTcrs  from  it  decidi'dly  in  the  arm  structure,  and 
the  form  of  the  ventral  disk,  which  i-  vt'ry  nuuh  lower,  and  the  anal  tui)e 
much  smaller. 

C(tn\r/!.,ii.  —  The  sjiecimen  represented  hy  figure  "  on  Plate  IT.  Vol. 
\'III.  of  the  Illinois  (ie(dog!ca!  lieport.  which  ^vas  referred  to  this  species, 
represents  a  good  e\ann)le  of  (.'((i'l"n-litn.t  AiH"ldl. 

CactocrinuB  nodobrachiatus  w,  ami  Si. 
rinU  LVII.  Fi,,s.  I  ami  J. 

1SS-.     .l-/immiiii<  „U,U„.-^i„/«<--  \V.  .■iii.l  Si^. ;  (Irul.  U,-|).  llllimi..  (bnn).  V"l   VIIT  ,  p.  1(15,  Pliitf  15, 

Kiff.  :>.  I'laii'  1(1,  Kii:   In 
1'<'.I0.     .1'-linm-riiiin  iiii'lnl,i-ih'lii,i/ui  —  S.  A.  Mii.i.KIi;  N.  AiiiiT,  (iinl.  mill  rulirmil.,  |>.  iVi. 

Specimens  huff  colorcil  with  hrownish  tint.  Dorsal  cuj)  inverted  htdl- 
shaped,  the  sidi's  luodi'rately  convex,  ahrupth-  spreading  lielow  the  arm 
hases.  Plates  decidedly  convex,  deeply  pitted  at  their  angles,  and  covered 
with  radiating  ridges,  which,  though  moderately  well  defineil  near  the  ''dgcs 
of  the  plates,  are  in  the  central  portions  either  otiscilcte  or  lieconie  imlistinct, 
i\en  in  well  lueserved  specimens,  and  apjjear  as  if  they  had  hecn  worn  olf 
liy  .itlrilion. 

JJa^als  short,  expn:tding  into  a  e(uispicuons  rim  with  a  sharp  edge,  wliicli 
])rojccts  lieyond  liie  limits  of  the  coluiini;  interhasal  sutnri's  deeply  notched, 
giving  to  the  hase  a  tri])artite  outline.  IJadials  and  costals  decreasing  in 
size  upwards,  the  former  as  long  as  wide,  the  latter  wider  than  huig.  First 
costaN  hcxangular,  sometime-'  jientangular,  or  even  (piadrangular  when  not 
in  contact  at  any  side  with  the  interhrachials  of  the  second  range :  the 
cecond  costals  almost  twice  as  wide  as  high.  Disiichals  one,  smaller  !h;m 
the  costal  a.xiliaries.     Palmars  one,  small,  (he  two  inner  ones  u.\illary  and 


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followed  hy  two  arms,  ilio  two  oiitur  mipporting  one  arm  oiicli,  tliero  l)einj; 
noniially  six  anti.i  to  tlie  ray,  exceptionally  live.  Anns  equidistant,  crowded 
at  their  hasi's.  and  liending  abruptly  outward  ;  they  are  very  long,  rounded 
on  till'  haek,  and  taperiny;  tho  tii)s  infolded,  descendinj^  to  the  top  of  the 
calyx.  The  baek  of  the  arms  covered  with  two  series  of  rather  large  nodes, 
whose  sharp  points  are  directtMl  u[iwards.  These  nodes  are  larger  than 
those  of  the  preceding  species,  hut  not  so  regularly  arranged,  and  are  farther 
apart;  they  are  not  confined  to  one  plate,  hut  generally  extend  over  two 
or  more,  sometimes  even  encroaching  npon  those  of  tho  opposite  series. 
Pinnules  long,  constructed  and  arranged  as  in  C.  oriiii/i'<iiiiius.  Regular 
interbracliials  live,  the  two  of  the  second  row  almost  as  large  as  the  lirst. 
Anal  plate,  which  is  generally  a  little  narrower  than  the  radials.  supports 
'J,  3,  and  2  plates.  There  is  one  interdistichal,  hut  no  interpalmar.  Ven- 
tral disk  heinispliericid,  covered  hy  largo  spiniferous  plates,  separated  by 
small,  almost  Hat  pieces,  'f  he  posterior  onil  is  erect,  and  forins  a  part  of 
tho  ventral  tube,  which  is  almost  central  and  comparatively  short.  Column 
moderately  strong,  composed  of  alternato  largo  and  small  joints,  rounded  on 
their  edges.  In  a  specimen  before  us  in  which  the  stem  is  preserved  to  its 
di-ital  eml,  it  measures  nearly  27  cm.  The  npper  half  is  stouter  than  the 
lower  half,  which  ultimately  tormirir.tes  in  a  fine  point,  and  is  for  some  dis- 
tance provided  wiiii  small  branches,  too  delicate  to  have  .served  as  a  means 
for  permanent  attachment. 

Hiirirum  and  Lunilitij.  —  Same  as  last. 

T'/jirs  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmnth  and  Springer. 

I'i'iiiKr/.-s.  —  Diir.-nig  from  the  preceding  .species  in  the  stylo  of  Its  orna- 
mentation, the  abrupt  spreading  of  the  calyx  near  the  arm  bases,  its  greater 
length,  and  in  the  large,  spiniferous  plates  of  the  ventral  disk. 


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18Sr.     .l-limi-rliiKf  Ariii.ili  —  W.  iiml  Si-  ;   (irnl.  \{,\u  (,f  Illii.uis  (1^00),  p.  lf,S  VhU-  1",  Fig.  10,  auJ 

Fitf.  ;t.» 

iMHi      .I'/iiiui'i'iimi  Jruiil.li  —  S.  A.  Mii.i.Kii ;  N.  Aiuit.  (ii'ul.  aiul  IMii'onl.,  |i.  i\i. 

Of  iiK'ditiiii  si/0,  wiili  loinr,  sIcmltT  s|)ri>mliiij?  nriiis,  ninl  fan-liko  fririfics  of 
pinnules.  Form  of  calv.x  siilpovalo.  jjIIiIidus  Ih'Iow,  s]ii('H(ling  at  tiio  iinii 
bases.  The  r^iM'face  of  liie  plates  iiiili'iited  willi  niiiiieroiis  shallow  pits  ami 
sliort  grooves,  wliose  rims,  wliioh  iirc  somewhat   rounded  olV.  connect  wilii 


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{•iies.  all  of  wliii'ii  produces  on  the  surface  a  .soniewliat  irregular,  cancelluto 
sculpt  ining. 

Hasals  short,  without  projecting  rim ;  the  sutuvi'  liucs  not  grooved, 
liadials  large.  First  costals  hexiuigular.  iialf  the  si/e  of  the  I'adials;  the 
second  still  smaller  and  lieptangular.  !>isticlia''  iml  palui.iK  small.  Nundxr 
of  arms  varialde.  from  four  to  six  to  the  r.iv.  —  six  oeing  the  exception;  they 
are  heavier  tiian  in  the  preceding  -specie-*,  less  crowded,  and  comjiosed  of 
a  (iouhie  row  of  verv  short  pieces,  united  longitudinally  hy  wa\  ing  sutures; 
they  are  ornamented  on  the  hack  in  the  uppi'r  portion-  liy  two  rows  of 
sm.dl  nodes,  one  to  each  plativ  in  ihe  lower  portions  hy  a  more  |proininent 
node  on  every  sixtii  or  sev'fi'li  plate.  Piuiudes  long  ami  in  tdose  contact, 
the  proximal  eight  or  nine  joint.i  provid'.-d  with  conspicuous  hooks,  directed 
upward,  ami  forming  wiili  corresponding  hooks  of  adj(. ining  jiiinudes  regular 
rows,  jiarallid  to  the  arms  Ii'eg'ilar  interhnudiials  six  or  more;  llu'  lir.-t 
e(|Ual  in  -izi'  to  tlie  first  co-.t;i!s,  ihe  two  of  the  second  range  to  the  .>iecond 
cosials.  the  upper  ones  consideralily  smaller.  The  anal  side  consists  of  ahont 
eleven  plates,  iho  tw<i  u]i])er  ones  resting  hetween  the  nrni  hases,  nnd  in  con- 
t.ici  wiili  the  andiidaerals.  \'entral  disk  depressed  hemispherical,  occupviug 
les-i  than  one  third  the  height  of  the  calyx.  It  is  comi)ose(i  of  numerous 
very  Ml'  ill  pieces,  of  Irregular  arrangement  and  nearly  e(|iial  si/c,  most  of 
them  ilat.  with  a  few  convex  pieces  scattered  among  them.  Anal  tuhe 
sMitil.  ^lightly  excentiic,  nhrupily  rising  from  the  ventral  disk.  Column 
composed  of  short  joints  of  nearly  uniform  width. 

Jloi-ivn  am)  hiiinUtii.  —  Same  as  last. 

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Ti/pe  ill  the  collection  of  Hon.  Uflos  Arnold,  PasiKk'im,  C'alifoiiiiii ;  oilier 
Hpcciinc'iis  in  the  collection  ot'  Wuelisimitli  and  S|iriiiger. 

llemarks. — Tliis  (tpucioH  diflors  from  C  iioiiiibrarliiutus  in  the  mimiler 
niiiiiliur,  mid  tlic  less  spreading  ol  ilie  nrm;*,  ns  well  ns  in  the  ooiiftnii'tion 
of  tlie  veiitnil  disk  ;  from  C.  'inuiti^siniiin  in  tlio  form  and  proportions  (jf  tliu 
dorsal  cup,  and  the  ornament. aion  of  the  plutoM, 


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Cautocrinus  glans  Ham.. 

j'i'ih  iJi:  r:js. .:,  ci.  i, ,". 

ISfiO.     Arliimeriims  ijliins — lUl.l.;  Sup|p|   (iinl    Hip.  Iuhii,  |i    10. 
ISSl.     .l,-li,iii:'rii,ii%^l,in!i—\\   :i  1.1  Si'  ;   UiM^iuu  l';ila..n ..  I'lrl  II.,  |i   I  i:!. 

1S93.     ./V/;/i«r//(»» _///.//)»— WiHTnu.ii,  .\Iiin.  Am.  Mus,  Xiit    Hist.  New  Yurk,  Vol    I.,  \\.  Jo,  I'liir  I., 
Fii."..  ll",  \i. 
Svil.  .kliiioi-i-iiim  lliiilm  \\\\\.\   l'>i'iii,  Sii|.|il.  (in, I,  Ui-p,  Inwn,  p.  :i.-). 
8vii.  .Irti  11,,-riiiiin  rr;i.r  IIm.i.;   ImU,  DixTip.  Ni  «  I'lil.  Criii ,  p.  li! 

Hsn.  Ji'liii'hTitiHs  lllidri  S.  A.  .Milleii)  \i'Ji,  Aih.  blails  lii-nl.  Surv.  Iiidiuiiu,  p.  'i^i,  I'iiilr  .i, 
Fii,'«.  i'l  anil  lis. 

A  rather  large  spepie.i.  Calyx  suhovatc.  a  little  longer  than  the  width 
at  the  arm  !)ase.s.  Horsal  cnp  abruptly  spreading  above  the  distielials,  its 
height  fully  twice  that  (il  the  ventral  di>lv.  Plates  of  the  dorsal  cup  from 
almost  Hat  to  nodose ;  the  .surface  smooth,  except  tiiat  the  radials  oeea>ii(n- 
ally  show  faint  indications  of  striio  at  tluir  lower  ends.  Suture  lines  rather 
distinct. 

Hasals  large,  forming  a  cup.  twice  as  wide  as  high,  a  little  excavated  at 
the  lower  end.  its  sides  slightly  spreading  or  convex.  Itadials  twice  as  largo 
as  the  cosfals,  longer  than  wide,  the  upper  sloping  faces  much  shorter  than 
the  lateral  ones.  Coslal.s  as  wide  as  long,  tiie  first  hexagonal,  the  second 
hi'|)tagonal.  I'almar.s  in  contact  laterally,  each  one  .supporting  an  arm, 
which  is  free  from  the  second  iilate.  Arm  I'acets  large,  directi'd  ob!i(iiiely 
npw,ir<ls.  and  concave;  th(!  resjiiratoiy  pores  placed  very  (dose  to  the  aiubn- 
lacral  openings,  and  the  thin  partition  walls  rarely  intact ;  ambidaeral  o])en- 
iugM  nearly  equidistant.  Arms  twenty,  very  long,  moderately  lieaxy.  and 
rounded  on  the  back,  the  tips  not  incin-ving.  and  tlie  spines  of  the  pinnules 
small.  Regular  intorbrnchials  from  eight  to  ten:  1.  '1.  2.  2.  2.  1  ;  gradually 
decreasing  in  size  in  ns(^ending  order.  Tlio  anal  plate  in  large  specimens  is 
followed  by  2.  3.  4.  3  and  2  plates.  V(>rtral  disk  regularly  convex:  com- 
posed of  but  few,  comparatively  large,  and  almost  flat  pieces,  of  so  irivgular 
arrangement  that  neither  the  orals  nor  radial  dome  plates  can  be  recog- 

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TIIK   CUIXOIDKA   (..VMKUAIA   Ol'    XuUill    AMIMUIA. 


ni/.i'il.  Aiiiil  tuliu  very  l'>iig  imd  slciidur  ;  coiiiposuil  iif  .small.  tniiiHVerso, 
ll^it  pii'ce.s.  Coliiuiii  iiUMlenitciy  tliiok  ;  llio  noiliil  ymiU  long,  ii  lillle  |ii(ijt'i't- 
iiij^,  mill  tlioir  outor  eilgus  »lij;litly  convex  ;  tliu  uxial  caiml  luigo  uiiil  ^limply 
poiitaii^iiliir. 

J/"ii:"ii  mill  L'lidli/i/. —  Upper  lUiiliiigton  limestonu ;  Iliirliiigton,  lowii. 

7''//"  in  the  ( Wdiilien )  Illinois  Stiito  Cullectiun,  Spiiii^rlielil. 

Jit  iiiiir/:s.  —  Thin  is  ii  variaMe  speeies.  and  tlie  ()id_\  one  of  the  geiins 
Nurviving  the  fjower  Hnrlin^ton  bed.  The  plates  of  the  calyx  vary  iVoni 
.scai'cely  convex  to  highly  nodo.^e ;  specimens  having  the  lirst  kiial  of  plati'.s 
Were  described  as  ^liliii"irliiiis  ij/nns,  and  those  with  the  latter  as  ..I.  l/inlns, 
l.'iu\{iv  AitiiiiiiiiiiKs  iiy.f  Hall  redeseribed  a  (bird  specii's.  in  which  the  arinu 
and  anal  lube  were  preserved,  but  ind'ortunalidy.  in  his  pholographic  plates 
of  eleven  year.s  later,  he  confoMndcd  the  specimen,  which  we  have  examined 
in  the  Mn.senni  of  Comparative  Zoidogy.  with  rtricvhuvrlniis  White!,  u  species 
with  branching  arms,  and  witliont  anal  tube. 

TELEIOCRINUS  W.  aiM  s, . 

f^Sl.     \y.  .•111,1  Sr.  i  n.'visi  ,„  i';il,r..cr.,  I'iiil  II  ,  p    1  H;  (Pronid    .\oul.  Xal.  Sci    I'liilii,,  p   Mn). 
18'^'J.     S.  ,\.  Mii.l.Kit:  Ni.rlli  Ahht.  (Ini  hihI  Puliruni..  p.  Jsil. 

Sni.  CiliiHiiicriiin^  \\\\.\.\    hiij  (uni  tnu  Mcur  l^ts)  in  |inrl  ;   llcsrr.  Niw  l';i!nci/..  C'riu  .  p,  \i. 

Smi    S/ruf,„-riil(4<  .S,-iMi..M  /;)    MhIK  :.li,l  WiiliriUS;   (m"1.   H.  p.  |lllii..i>,  v.. I    II  ,  p.   I'.in. 

A  mollified  and  extravagant  form  of  ('iirt'icriniis.  Calyx  obconical  to  iho 
base  of  the  ])almins,  then  spreading  horizontally,  and  forming  a  broad  ami 
continuous  rim  arouml  the  calyx,  frt)m  the  outer  margins  of  which  the  IVeo 
arms  are  givi'n  oil  to  the  >i(ies.  X'entral  disk  short,  supporting  a  long, 
nearly  central  anal  tube.  Ornamentation  of  the  dorsal  cup  similar  to  that 
of  Artiiini-riiiiis  and  ('(ictdrrinns.  but  somewhat  conrser.  and  the  nodes  more 
conspicuous  than  the  striaiions.  often  oliscnring  the  liilier.  Rasals  three, 
large,  massive,  more  or  less  ]irojeeting  beyond  the  sides  of  the  cidumn. 
Hadials  and  costals  generally  as  long  as  wide  or  longer,  but  the  costals  in 
proportion  c(nisiilerably  smaller.  Distichals  1  X  1(1,  all  axillin-y.  sr'parating 
the  rays  into  two  divisions  (but  not  into  lobes),  vhicli  sniidivide  In  alternate 
bilurcation  from  eery  successive  brachial  to  the  last  in  the  oal\  x.  which 
licars  two  simple  arms.  The  successive  orders  of  brachials  of  the  two  divi- 
sions arc  very  numerous;  they  invariably  consist  of  a  single  row  of  plates, 
and  in  each  or(ler  only  the  plate  of  one  side  bifurcates  again  ;  the  opposite 
one  is  truncate,  and  is  followed  by  a  variable  number  of  other  plates  of  the 


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Hame  oiilor,  \vlii(;h  Ik'couic  I'li't'  iiiiii  [iIiitcH  iit  tlic  iiiiirj,'iii  of  tlic  rim,  Tlu' 
viuiuus  merit's  tliiiM  foniK'il  iiiv  in  roiiliu'l  liitcnilly.  ninl  iiiiiU'il  Ii^-  Mitiiii'  willi 
t'.'U'li  oilier;  tlione  of  (uljuiiiing  rii}",  iih  well  iis  lliiisc  ol'ilu'  .•-aiiic  ni_\ ,  funning; 
toj,'i'ilicr  till'  pi'culiiir  rim  whicli  KiirromiilM  Iho  cal_\x  at  tlic  Lrai'liiiil  /oiir 
'I'lii'  pliitcs  of  tlie  rim  iiru  of  iR'iirly  tln' saiiu' size  ;  tlicy  form  loiigitiidiiiiil. 
aiij;;iiliir  riilj,'i'M,  ami  from  tliu  outer  uiul  ol' tMcli  riilyo  iiroccciN  an  arm.  Arm 
o|)uiiiii}rH  larj^c,  all  with  a  small  rr.-'iiiralory  poro  at  one  siik'.  Arm^  very 
nmiu'roiis,  moilcratcly  lonj.;,  nimj)lu,  cloxuly  crowilod  lo^rctlu'r.  ami  rnllicr 
small  ill  proiHiiiiou  to  tin'  largi' >i/.i' of  tlio  calyx.  TIu'  |iiiiiiiiK's.  so  far  a:* 
olisci  veil.  [iioNiilcil  with  well  (Icfiiicil  liooks.  liiliMlii:iiliials  nmncroiis,  .scpar- 
iitL'il  from  the  intcramhiilacral  platt's  hy  tlu'  lii;jhcr  orili'rs  of  liracliiaN. 
gonorally  from  tlio  palmar.-*  up.  liitcrili.-ticliiils  om-  or  two.  \'i'ntr;il  ili.<k 
coiivc'N,  ill  form  of  a  ten  raycil  star.  slij;Iiily  plicatci]  near  the  outer  mar;.fiii.'^, 
and  compo.<ie(l  of  a  lar^'c  niimlicr  of  plate-',  which  decrease  in  .^i/.e  outward. 
'I'liu  orals,  although  well  ilidiiu'd  in  young  specimens,  can  scarcely  ever  hi- 
idelUifiud  in  older  ones.  'I'he  inner  tlooi-  of  the  ti-Liineii  is  strengthened  liy 
braces,  which  incri'ase  in  thickness  as  they  n-cede  from  the  centre,  and  on 
approaching  the  rim  form  tunneled  passages  for  the  reception  of  the  amhii- 
lacrn.  The  ambulacra  follow  (liu  inner  floor  of  the  disk.  bei-i,'  ])laced  at 
a  slight  distance  from  it  ;  they  arc  roofed  over  wlndly  (U-  in  part  by  super- 
imposed interambulacral  ])ieces.  wliicli.  together  with  the  radial  dome  plates, 
if  present,  form  a  rigid  and  imlependent  covering  iiIkjvo  the  food  grooves, 
t'olumii  covered  with  rows  of  angular  ])rocesses,  passing  up  and  down  it-i 
siiles  at  ecpial  di-'tances.  giving  to  the  column  a  highly  sculptured,  angular 
a|ipearaiice,  especially  in  it-^  ii]iper  portions,  where  these  processes  are  more 
jH'ominent.  and  in  almost  continnou-^  vertical  lines.  They  pass  out  from  the 
nodal  joints,  but  intrude  upon  the  intervening  smaller  ones,  and  grow  farther 
apart  with  tin-  increase  of  inti-riiodal  joints. 

Dislriliiitluii,  —  This  genus,  like  other  extravagant  tbrM\s,  has  n  ver\' 
limited  geolojrjejil  mid  geogra|)bical  range,  being  restricted,  so  far  as  known, 
to  the  Iturliiigloii  group  of  the  Mississippi  N'alley. 

7'///"'  of  the  gemis  :    7)  li  lurriiiiin  iiiiilirnsiis  Hall. 

Hi iiiiiih!<.  —  We  have  called  Tihi'irriniis  "a  modified  nnd  extrnvngant 
form  of  ('(ic/(irr!iiii:i"  :  nevertheless  wo  regard  it  as  a  good  genns.  It  is 
evidently  the  lineal  successor  of  that  genns  in  the  Upper  IJnrlington  lime- 
stone, Inu'ing  the  .same  mode  of  bifm-.itlon  of  the  higher  brachials,  and  other 
genenU  similnriticH.    CwUnrimt.-!  nourished  abniidantly  in  the  Lower  Burling- 


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ton,  ami,  with  llie  c'.\L't'i)tiuii  of  tlic  abcriimt  mid  iloubtful  C.  ij/nnn,  diil  not 
ituivivo  it.  7'(/(((«r(/nM  is  iTpifHciitnl  in  tlio  lower  bcilH  by  a  Miiijjlu  transi- 
tion Ibrni,  but  buiMUic  fMtulili.xlK'il  in  the  Upper  lliiilinj^luu  to  the  extent  o( 
live  Hpecii'rt.  The  phjilogt-iietie  ili'Velopiiii-nt  is  iippareiil :  'I'lie  ariiiK  of  thin 
;;ioiip  lieeaiiie  ho  nuiiieruiis  ami  erowileil  thai  they  were  naturally  pu>heil 
outward  Ibr  want  of  room,  and  their  base!*,  bein^  in  Mueh  vIom'  eonlaet  as  to 
he  iinimivaldc,  became  united  by  HUture,  and  thuM  formed  ih<.  rim.  Other 
moilifii'ationt  took  place  simultaiK'ouHly  at  thf  inner  lloor  of  tin-  (li>k,  where 
tuiiulai'  pasMa^en  were  IbniU'd  lor  the  icccption  of  the  aml)ulai-ra  ;  and  the 
cohnnn,  which  in  this  group  in  eomparatively  small,  was  strengthened  by 
longitudinal  brnceH. 


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riiifi  f./X.  Fxj.  r,  «>nl  I'hii,  A  A'..  /V;/...  Ja-,1 

At'liiiorriiiii$  HmliiiKHI —  llii.l.;  (iinl.  !ti'|i    InHii.  Vul.  I..  I'lirt  II  ,  p  iiW).  I'liiti-  U,  Fiir^.  %i,  b, 
Sli-i./'«-riiiii.<  Hmlirii'ii' — Milk   iiiiii   WiiKTMiN;   (iriil.    Id  |i.    Il|[ii<ji»,   Vnl.    11,11.   11)11;   ami    ibid,, 

Vi.l.  v.,  p.  :ii;(»,  I'liiii- «..  Kiu'.  .V 

T'lri'«'ll'IHI  Hlill,ri:.'H! \V.   IIImI  Sf.  ;     IlcviMcMl    I'llllfnlT.,    I'llM    II   ,   |>.    1  l!l. 

T'liii^'riiiiin  Huhrmin  —  S,  \    Miii.ni;   \.  .\.  (inil.  nnil  I'lilif'iil.,  p   iJ^ll. 

Svii.  JrtiHiirrinui  irgiliiji)  IIm.i.;  iMiil,  Siippj.  (huI.  Hip    Iciviii.  p   .1. 

Svii.  .V'r..^«'/-/«»»  rfyiA.//.!  — Ml  KK  .iiiil  WiiliTliKS;  (irul.  Idp.  Illiiiiijv,  Vnl.  II.,  p.  190. 

Sui.   T'l'iiii-riuH)  :riiili'ii» — W   mill  Sp  ;   llr\i»iiiii  I'liliivirr ,  I'^ii'l  II  .  p.  11^. 

8vii    r/fi'.i'W/KH  (/v/i/.j/.t  — Wiiitnu.ii;  bun,    .Mi  m.  .\iii   .\Im^    N.iI.  11i,i   N.  Y.  p  21,  riiito  J, 

Ki«r  i',  is. 
Svii.   .kliiiwnHuii  ,l,lir.ihn  M.  nuil  \\ .  ;  Ci-ol.  Rip   llliii,,i,.  V..1    V  ,  p,  lU.'l,  I'l.'ilr  >>,  V,'^.  ?. 

A  miiderately  large  species.  Calyx  about  ns  high  ns  its  width  at  the  ann 
bases.  Dorsal  cup  conical  to  the  base  of  the  rim.  which  rises  from  above 
the  di.-lichais.  \'entral  disk  dome-shaped  ;  its  height  e<|uid  to  one  third  —  or 
loss  —  tilt'  ill  ight  of  the  dorsal  cup.  Itim  wide,  almost  hori/oiilal.  Platen 
exceedingly  variable  ;  in  some  .^pecimenH  oxtiemely  knobby,  w  iih  corrugated 
or  uneven  4urface.s,  in  others  merely  convex  and  almost  snu)oih;  but  most 
generally  tlu'i'c  me  short  ridges  traversing  the  sutures,  which  enter  the 
margins  of  the  plate",  and  the  miildle  j)art  is  nodose.  'I'he  nodes  of  the 
radials  are  large  and  massive,  and  like  tho.sc  of  the  cnstals  transversely 
elongate,  w  hilc  those  of  the  interbrachinl.s  are  round  and  conical.  The  plates 
of  the  rim  arc  ridged  longitudinally,  and  in  the  sjjceimen  look  like  crowded 
frae  arms. 

Rnsals  thick,  strong,  tliiir  lower  margins  extended  outward  in  a  thick- 
ened rim,  and  downward  in  form  of  nodes,  two  to  each  plate,  which  project 


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DViT  tlio  niili'M  of  tilt"  two  or  tlirt'i>  pinxiiiiiil  Htciii  joints;  tlio  i<iitiiii'  linc-i 
ili'i'|tly  iiotilifd,  tliu  KntovcM  rvavliiiif^  to  llic  liip  <»('  tliu  plali'H.  It.nliiilM  ii^t 
loiijC  M  vtU\o,  nn<l  nn   Iiirj^t'   ix"  liotli   cihIhIh   tDgi'tlu-i' ;    llui    neroiiil  comIhN 

!<tllllllt'r    tllllM    IIm'    (ll^t.       I)icticllll',i4   IIH    Iiliyc!    lis    till'    IINilllHT  ''iiMt;!!-.  ;    till'   MIC- 

ci'i'ilitig  lii'iicliiiih  iiiucli  xiMiillcr,  ^'iviii^  ull'(lii>  iiiiiir^  in  llic  ii-iuiil  wiiv.  fiJirgu 
s[ii>('inR<n><  liiivL'  Ncvcn  hiliii'cnlioiiK  in  oncli  main  tliviwion,  iiml  licncc  xixti't'n 
aniiH  ti>  tlu'  \t\y,  Hniiillcr  oih's  livu  to  nix,  with  twi'lvi-  lo  luiiitri  ii  muix. 
Anns  of  niodi'iMti'  li'ii^'tli  iinil  <(nilc>  ilt'liniti'.  tlirir  Itili'iiil  iiiar;{ins  •'I'lmli'il. 
Id'^'ular  intri'l>riirliial.<< :  I,  2,  'J.  *J,  (ftailiialiv  ilccica^'ing  in  .-i/f  npwai'iN. 
Anal  plali*  ^rniTiilly  a  liltio  nnialli  r  than  thi>  railial.x,  folliiwi'il  liv  '_'.  |,  :;  nml 
2  )ilati'H.  Vonlra!  i\\!*k  ahnnst  Hat  at  the  iiiar)^'in.  (1i)nii>-whap('il  aliuM'.  It 
i.i  ('iiin|ii)s<Ml  of  hti'^c  ami  ^niiill  iilatc.",  thn  r>ii'ini'i'  iioiI(),«l>,  iIm-  laltrr  convex 
and  inti-rpo.""'"!  hi'twt'iii  the  Iaij(i'r  omoh.  Anal  tiilic  ccntnil,  Mlinit  ami  long, 
n.xinj^  ahovc  the  tipM  of  the  arinx,  nml  conHtnictt'il  of  nithfi'  Hiiiall,  convex, 
trnnsvernely  eldiigMte  piecex.  (Jolninn  of  li  ss  than  niediiiin  fi/e  ;  llic  nodal 
join-  lonj^,  their  outer  marj^im*  ereniilated.  Iicinj;  eoveied  with  niiineroUH 
,  iongitndinal  processes,  which  haiij;  down  ^li^dlllv  over  the  intcivcniiijx 
Kinuiler  joints. 

Jlor'r.im  nml  I.iifiiJihj. —  I'ppcr  niiilinglon  liiiu-tone,  Itinlington,  Iowa, 
(iiiincy,  III.,  and  oilier  places. 

7,'//"  in  the  (Woillicn)  Illinois  Stale  cidlcction. 

J!i  iiinr/.s.  —  We  have  cMiniined  of  this  species  over  one  hiindied  speci- 
mens of  all  sizes,  most  of  lliein  calyces,  hut  some  with  llie  aims  iniiulicd, 
and  find  iniioiii;-  lliem  considoralile  variation  in  the  ornamentation  (compiire 
I'late  lA.  Kig.  -'I  with  -li),  as  well  as  in  the  numher  of  arm  openiiij:s. 
without  showing  any  other  .strnctnral  dilTeiences  ;  they  even  agree  in  the 
)ioc\iliar  ami  iiniipie  ornamentation  of  the  stem.  A  ciirel'iil  coiiipari^on  of 
these  specimens  has  shown  us  no  way  hy  which  a  separalion  of  I  hem  ciin  he 
made  upon  any  constant  (diameters.  We  have  ohservcd  that  the  Miimger 
specimens  have  fewer  arms  than  the  older  mies.  and  that  the  iimiilier  of  arm 
openings  increased  n»  the  rim  grew  larger,  /.  c,  extended  out  rarlher.  We 
also  found  that  the  specimens  in  their  earlier  phases  passed  throiigii  the 
('■I'lurriiius  stage,  wliere  they  had  no  rim.  and  in  which  Home  of  the  higher 
hifiiiTations  took  place  in  the  free  arms  (Piate  r,X.,  Fig.  2'/).  Among  the 
calyces,  the  smallest  ones  have  hut  4  arm  oiienings  to  the  ray.  somewhat 
larger  ones  Ti,  others  .'n,  10.  VI.  or  14.  while  in  the  largest  ones  thcic  jire  Kl; 
phowing  again  how  little  reliance,  in  some  groups,  can  ho  placed   upon  the 


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iiuiuber  of  unii  openings  or  the  number  of  arms  ns  a  specific  cliaracter,  unless 
tlie  reliitivo  niatiuily  of  the  individual  is  considered.  The  two  figures  on 
Plate  LX,  give  the  most  extreme  forms  of  this  species ;  as  a  rule,  the  plates 
are  neitlier  so  smooth  nor  so  nodose  as  in  those  specimens. 


Teleiocrinus  rudis  iIm.l. 
ri.ite  LIX.  Fujs.  1,  2,  3. 

ISIiO.     Artinni-rhntn  rutli.i  —  IIali.;  !Sii|i|>I.  licul.  lii'|i.  lowii,  \\.  133. 
1S7'!.     Sir;l;:-riiiiis  i-iolii —  Mkek  :inil  Woutiiks;  Ciccjl.  Kip.  Illinciis,  Veil.  V.,  \i.  319. 
l^Sl.      'J'i'/riiicri//iis  riiilis,  \\ .  anil  Si'. ;  Ucvisidii  I'lilii'Dcr.,  t'liii  11.,  |i.  149. 
I'i^y.      Tilri'irriiiiis  riiilis  —  S.  .V.  .Miii.tii;  Ncnth  .\iiii'r.  (icul.  iiiul  Tiilu'oiil.,  p.  2S0. 
Smi,  Artnirn'riims  ciiroxiH  —  ll.M.i. ;   ISOl.  Itoslun  Jciuni.  Niil.  llisl.,  |>.  271. 

.Sy/-o/(/(v/««.«<'///'(),t«<  —  .\Ikkk  ami  Woutiif.x  ;  Cicul.  Hep.  llliimis,  \ul.  V.,  p.  349. 
T'h-ioi-riiiKs  c/ir,i.iii'  —  W.  ami  Si'.  ;  Kcvi>icin  ralii'in'i-.,  I'ait  11  ,  p.  149. 
Svn.  .Ir/iiiocriiiiis  (Ciihi/liocriiiii.i)  n-u'l/ix  ll.M.i,;  ISIil,  I'lvliiii.  Dcscr.  I'alircjz   Criii.,  |i.  12. 
S/m>urritiii.i  rni/iis  —  Mki:k  and  "WoiniiKx;  ISOfi,  Vmi].  Hep.  Illinois,  Vol.  11.,  p.  190. 
Tf/iidfi'i'iiHs  ero'/iix —  \V.  ,'iii<l  Sr. ;  Itevisimi  I'alivcicr.,  I'aii  11.,  ]),  149. 
Syn.  Ar/iihirriiiii.i  {Ciil,illiiuTiiiu>)  i,ixi-i(//,/ii.i  II.vi.i, ;  ISI'il,  I'rclini.  Dimt.  Pal.  Crin.,  p.  M. 
S/ro/orriuK.'i  iiisi-iif/i'iin—  .\Ikkk  ami  Wouthkx;  (iiul.  Ucp.  Illiuiiis,  Vol.  V.,  p.  349. 
Tiliiucriiius  iii.icii/ji//(s  —  W.  mid  Sr. ;  Ui'visioii  I'alii'ocr.,  I'arl  II.,  ji.  149. 

A  very  nodose  species,  about  the  size  of  the  preceding.  Calyx  to  the 
base  of  the  tube  a  little  higher  than  its  width  at  the  base  of  the  free  arms. 
Dorsal  cup  obconical  to  the  bottom  of  tlie  rim,  and  fully  as  high ;  the  sides 
almost  straight.  The  rim  begins  to  expand  from  the  top  of  the  distichals ;  it 
is  directed  obliquely  upward,  and  is  less  prominent  than  usual  in  this  genus. 
Ventral  disk  depressed-convex,  somewhat  decagonal  in  outline.  Plates  of 
the  cup  ma.ssive  and  extremely  rugose,  the  surface  being  full  of  wrinkles 
and  pits,  and  covered  witii  all  kinds  of  nodes  and  ridges,  which  give  it  a 
corroded  appearance.  The  basi-radial  sutures  are  traver.«ed  by  several 
ridges,  which  generally  unite  at  or  near  the  middle  of  the  radials  into  a 
prominent  node,  the  centre  of  which  is  depressed  into  a  deep  subcircular  pit. 
The  middle  part  of  the  other  plates  to  the  height  of  the  distichals  is  abruptly 
elevated  into  a  large  node,  which  is  transversely  elongate  upon  the  brachials, 
and  rounded  on  the  intcrbrachials.  The  plates  of  the  rim  are  marked 
by  high,  angular,  zigzag  ridges,  which  follow  the  different  ramifications  of 
the  r.ays. 

Basals  large,  irregularly  thickened,  their  lower  ends  produced  into  six 
angular  processes,  two  from  each  jdate,  which  pass  down  to  the  second  or  third 
stem  joint ;  they  are  deeply  grooved  along  the  sutures,  and  project  in  form 
of  a  tripetalous  rim  over  the  colunm.  Radials  large,  their  length  and  width 
about  equal.     First  costals  less  than  half  the  size  of  the  radials,  hexagonal; 


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the  second  still  smiilkT,  being  considerably  shorter.  Tlie  size  of  the  dit>tich- 
als  is  but  little  less  than  that  of  the  upper  costali,  but  the  plates  of  the  suc- 
ceeding orders  are  considerably  smaller.  There  are  live  bifurcations  in  each 
main  division  of  the  ray,  and  six  anus,  or  twelve  to  the  ray  Arms  moder- 
ately long,  much  larger  than  those  of  the  preceding  species,  laterally  com- 
pressed at  their  lower  ends,  and  distinctly  angular  on  the  back  throughout. 
The  arm  joints  are  transversely  angular,  and  have  a  small  elevation  or 
sharp  node  at  each  end,  giving  to  the  section  of  the  arm  a  trigonal  outline. 
Pinnules  provided  with  long  hooks,  similar  to  those  of  Cdctdcrlinis.  Inter- 
brachials  :  1,  2,  2,  2  ;  the  latter  on  a  level  with  the  distichals,  and  quite 
small ;  the  first  as  large  as  the  first  costals,  or  larger.  Anal  plate  as  large 
as  the  radials,  followed  by  2,  3,  and  about  G  irregularly  arranged  plates  above, 
which  are  roofed  by  the  palmars.  Interdistichals  one.  Tegmcn  moderately 
convex,  slightly  plicated  -lear  the  outer  margins,  and  composed  of  large 
plates  scattered  among  smaller  ones.  The  sutures  between  the  plates  dis- 
tinctly grooved,  but  the  surface  flat,  and  covered  with  wrinkles,  which  give 
it  a  decidedly  granular  appearance.  Anal  tube  central,  long,  rather  large 
around  the  base,  but  decreasing  rnpidly  to  two  thirds  its  largest  size,  and 
then  tapering  slightly  to  the  end.  The  tube  consists  of  .short,  very  wide 
Iiieces,  arranged  in  transverse  rows,  and  covered  with  wrinkles  like  those  of 
the  tegmen.  It  is  surrounded  at  half  way  to  the  margin  of  the  disk  l)y  an 
irregular  ring  of  ten  to  fifteen  large,  spinous  plates,  which  sometimes 
bifurcate,  and  rise  to  a  height  of  from  40  to  80  mm.  It  i.s  barely  possible 
that  these  plates  represent  the  orals  and  radial  dome  plates,  or  the  latter 
ou]y,  but  if  so  their  arrangement  is  very  irregular.  Colunni  beautifully 
sculptured  with  six  rows  of  large  angular  processes,  longitudinally  arranged, 
which  give  to  the  stem  a  distinctly  hexangular  outline. 

Horizon  and  Localitij.  —  Lower  part  of  Upper  Burlington  limestone, 
Burlington,  Iowa. 

Ti/pc  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

Bcmarhg.  —  This  species  is  most  nearly  related  to  Tcleincn'iiiis  viiihro.ius 
Ilall,  but  differs  in  never  having  more  than  twelve  arms,  even  in  the  largest 
specimens ;  besides  the  arms  are  mnch  stronger,  and  angular  on  the  back 
instead  of  flattened.  It  also  differs  in  the  shape  of  the  rim,  and  the  aspect  of 
the  ventral  disk,  its  wrinkled  surface,  as  well  as  the  long  spines;  and  it  is 
very  distinct  in  the  sculpturing  of  the  column. 

Comparison  with  the  types  shows  that  Aclinocrinus  cliroKiiit,  A.  crodus, 
and  A.  inscidjjtiis,  all  described  by  Hall,  are  synonymous  with  this  species. 


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TllK  CHINUIDKA   CAMKK.VTA   OF   XOIMII   A.MKHKA. 


Teleiocrinus  althea  Hall. 
riitU  LX.  Fiff.  4,  and  Plutc  LXIII.  Fly.  .9. 

IbGl,     Aiiiiiorriiius  (Ciiliit/ioi-riiiiix)  alllifii  — Uali,;  rrclim.  Ucscr.  Ni'W  I'alii'u/;.  Criii.,  [i.  13  (figureil  Bull. 

1.  X,  Y.  Sliile  Mils.  Niil.  lliM.,  I'liilr  4,  Fijf.  V^)- 
ISSl.     Tclnucriiiin  tilllim  —  \\ .  niid  Sr.;  Uuvisiuii  ralitocr.,  I'liit  11.,  \t.  US. 

A  large  specios,  remarkable  for  the  great  length  of  the  dorsal  cup,  and 
the  reiiitive  ishortno.xs  of  the  togiiien ;  the  former  being  five  times  the  long- 
est.  Width  of  the  rim,  a.s  compared  with  the  length  of  the  calyx,  as  seven 
to  eight.  Sides  of  the  dorsal  cup  slightly  convex  to  the  top  of  the  dis- 
tichuls,  then  curving  outward  and  forming  a  broad  rim.  Plates  moderately 
convex,  covered  with  broad  elongate  nodes  and  interrupted  ridges,  alternat- 
ing with  pits  and  grooves.  The  ridges,  as  a  rule,  are  directed  to  the  middle 
of  the  plates,  but  without  meeting  in  the  centre,  which  is  occupied  l.-y  a 
more  or  less  corrugated  or  pitted  elevation. 

Basals  large,  forming  a  spreading  cup,  of  which  the  lower  margin  pro- 
jects but  little  beyond  the  sides  of  tli"  colimm.  Eadials  a  little  longer  than 
broad,  and  more  than  twice  as  larg<'  as  both  costals  together;  the  latter 
hexagonal  and  heptagonal,  nearly  of  equal  size.  Distichals  one  third 
smaller  than  the  costals,  wider  than  long.  Palmars  ver\-  much  .shorter  than 
the  distichals,  twice  as  wide  as  long.  The  succeeding  brachials  smaller  in 
proportion,  all  much  wider  than  long.  There  are  apparently  eight  bifur- 
cations up  to  the  edge  of  the  rim,  and  nine  arms  to  each  division,  making 
eighteen  to  the  ray,  and  ninety  arms  altogether.  Structure  of  the  arms  un- 
known. Interbrachials  generally  nine,  in  five  rows,  arched  over  by  the  post- 
palmars.  The  anal  side  contains  fourteen  to  fifteen  i)lMtes.  Ventral  disk 
almost  flat,  rising  very  .slightl}' :  the  plates  without  definite  arrangement, 
slightly  convex.     Anal  tube  central,  very  large  at  the  ba.se. 

Ilurizun  iiml  LocnlHi/.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

T>/j)e  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology,  Cambridge. 


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Teleioorinus  liratus  Hall. 
rUUv  LX.  7'i,j.  3. 

ISOl.    Artiiiocriiiiis  limlm  —  \\k\.-L\  Siippl.  (j"ul,  Kep.  Iiiwii,  p.  1  (llgurccl  1S72,  Bull.  I.  N.  Y.  Sl:ile  >[ns. 

Nut.  Hist.,  riiitu  I,  fit;.  ;i). 
1S)01.    Siro/ucriiiiis  lii-dtim — Mkick  iiiuI  WoiirirKN  ;  Geol.  Ucp.  Illi,  jjs,  Vdl.  U.,  p.  lyo,  ami  l'^73,  iljjil , 

Vol.  v.,  p.  355,  I'liite  7,  l''ii;a.  ia,  b,  c. 
18S1.     Teleiucrinus  lii-n/n.t —  W.  iiiiil  Si'. ;  U^■n^i(m  I'liliudcr.,  I'lirt  11,,  p.  1 19. 

Svn.  .Ictiiweriiiiin  siiliuiii/ifosii.i  H\Ll  i  ISCU,  Siippl.  Gcdi.  Ucp.  Inwii,  p.  3. 

Larger  than  the  two  preceding  species,  the  calyx  more  elongate,  tiie  tog- 
men  higher,  the  anal  tube  much  heavier,  the  ornamentation  less  rugose,  and 
the  coknnn  stronger  and  circular  instead  of  angular.  Calyx  urn-shaped, 
elongate-obconical  to  the  base  of  the  rim.  Sides  of  the  dorsal  cup  expand- 
ing gradually  from  the  basals  to  the  top  of  the  distichals ;  the  rim  decagonal, 
curving  obliquely  outward  and  upward,  conspicuous  b\it  not  broad.  Sur- 
face of  plates  slightly  convex,  covered  with  well  defined  radiating  ridges, 
which  in  parallel  sets  of  three  or  four  unite  at  the  middle  of  the  plates  in 
small,  transverse  or  arched,  angular  nodes,  producing  a  neatly  .sculptured 
ornamentation. 

Basals  forming  a  broad  and  deep,  gradually  expanding  cup,  slightly  thick- 
ened at  the  lower  margins;  the  interhasal  sutures  somewhat  depressed,  but 
not  actually  grooved.  Radials  generally  a  little  longer  than  wide.  First 
costals  rarely  more  than  one  third  the  size  of  the  radials ;  the  second  as 
large  as  the  first,  and  both  as  long  as  wide.  Distichals  slightly  smaller 
than  the  costals.  The  branching  of  the  two  main  divisions  takes  place 
from  opposite  sides,  as  usual  in  the  genus  ;  there  being  five  bifurcations 
in  each  division,  or  twelve  arms  to  the  ray.  Arms  of  moderate  size,  some- 
what flattened  on  the  back,  and  covered  with  four  rows  of  rather  faint 
nodes.  Interdistichals  generally  nine  :  1,  2.  2,  2,  2,  at  the  regular  sides, 
and  about  thirteen  at  the  anal  side.  Anal  i)late  as  large  as  the  radials. 
Interdistichals  one.  Ventral  disk  higher  than  in  the  preceding  species, 
gently  curving  upward  from  the  margin  of  the  rim,  and  gradually  pass- 
ing into  the  anal  tube ;  its  outer  margin  distinctly  plicated.  It  is  com- 
posed of  numerous  irregularly  arranged  plates,  small  pieces  being  interposed 
between  larger  ones,  but,  as  a  rule,  the  plates  decrease  in  size  toward  the 
arm  bases.  Orals  indeterminable.  Anal  tube  very  long  and  large  through- 
out ;  composed  of  similar  plates  to  those  of  the  disk,  but  they  are  smaller 


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mill  lla'ir  .-luriici's  conugutfil.  Column  loiiiulud  iiiul  stout;  the  nodal  joints 
with  undulated  udgt's ;  tliu  iixial  canal  niodoiiitul)'  liirgo  und  pentangular. 

I['irl.:iii)  mid  Laadi/i/. —  L'pptT  Burlington  liniextonu  j  Burlington,  Iowa, 
and  tiuinoy,  Ills. 

7'//y/(  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

Teleiocrinus  tenuiradiatus    Ham.. 
riafv  fJX.  Fijs.  r7  and  (J. 

JSOl.     Afliiwi-i-iiiiis  Ifiiiiirdiliiitii'—  IIai.i.;  J'riliin.  Ucr-cr.  Kcw  J'lihi'oz.  Crin.,  )).  12. 

Js;;!,     S/,;,fif,-ri„ii<  (rimi,;i:liiilii'—  Ml  r.K  iiml  Wdiniii-x  ;  (icnl.  ]{,|>.  Illliinis  Vul.  V.,  p.  .TW. 

lS^l.     Tvli'm-i-iiuia  leiiiiinitlinliix —  W.  iiml  Sr,  j  Hi'visiiin  I'liliviicr.,  I'nrt  Jl.,  p.  119. 

A  large  species,  remarkable  for  its  broad  rim,  the  great  number  of  arms, 
and  the  flatness  ol'  the  plates.  Calyx  urn-sliapcd,  its  height  about  eijual  to 
its  greatest  width.  Dorsal  cup  to  the  base  of  the  rim  as  long  as  wide,  or 
longer,  the  sides  slightly  convex.  The  rim  rapidly  spreading  from  the  top 
of  the  distichals,  its  outer  mai'gin  at  right  angles  to  the  axis  of  the  calyx. 
Arm  openings  directed  somewhat  upwards.  Plates  very  little  convex,  almost 
ilat  ;  the  suture  lines  distinctly  giooved.  The  plates  are  covered  with  nu- 
merous very  fine  and  delicate  striiu  passing  from  plate  to  plate  ;  they  are 
strongest  at  the  .sutiu'cs,  where  they  form  small  pits  at  the  intervening 
.spaces;  the  plates  are  without  nodes,  and  the  ridges  are  generally  less 
conspicuous  toward  the  middle. 

Basals  large,  forming  a  cup,  which  spreads  more  rapidly  than  the  radials 
and  costals.  and  at  midway  is  .slightly  constricted  ;  the  lower  margin  sharply 
angular,  and  the  bottom  concave.  Eadials  a  little  longer  than  wide,  and 
more  than  twice  as  large  as  the  costals,  of  which  the  first  is  hexangular,  the 
necond  a  little  smaller,  and  hcptangular.  Distichals  almost  as  large  ts  the 
second  costals.  The  palmars  and  succeeding  brachials  forming  the  rim  grad- 
ually decrease  in  size  upward,  all  being  wider  than  long,  and  almost  flat. 
There  are  from  .seven  to  eight  bifurcations  in  each  main  division,  or  eighty 
to  ninety  arms  to  the  species;  they  arc  very  much  crowded,  and  rounded  on 
the  back  near  the  cal^x  ;  upper  parts  unknown.  Regular  interradials  eleven 
to  thirteen  in  five  or  six  range?,  tho.se  of  the  upper  row  quite  snudl.  Anal 
plate  somewhat  narrower  than  the  radials,  succeeded  by  fifteen  or  sixteen 
jdates.  Ventral  disk  depressed  above  the  rim,  low-conical  in  the  nii<ldle 
portions,  the  sides  gradually  passing  into  a  large  central  tube.      Plates  of 


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tlie  ilisk  and   tube  quite  irregular  in  form,  size,  and  iirrimgeincnt,  iiliuost 
as  Hat  as  tiiosc    of  tho    cup,  and    growing   .smaller   as    they  ajjproaeli  the 
anus.     Column  apparently  stout,  the  axial  canal  large  ami  peutangular. 
Ilurhon  and  Liwulitt/.  — Upper  Durlington  limestone,  Burlington,  Iowa, 
Tifpe  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology,  Cambridge. 


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Teleiocrinus  adoloscens  AV  nml  Sr.  (mov.  .spoc). 
riuto  UX.  Fhj.  4. 

('-)  Syii.  .4c/iiiorriiiiii  jieiiii-il/a.<  —  .MtKK  iiial  WoiniiKX,  1871),  CiLdl,  licp.  Illiiuiis,  Vdl.  V.,  p.  313,  I'latc  8, 
i'ig.  2. 

Intermediate  between  Cactocrinus  and  TcklocrinHs,  but  nearer  the  latter. 
Calyx  moderately  large,  the  height  of  the  dorsal  cup  greater  than  the  width 
at  tho  rim,  the  sides  gradually  rising  to  the  top  of  the  distichals,  then  curv- 
ing abruptly  outward,  forming  a  rim,  whicli  is  somewhat  interruj)ted  at  tho 
intcrradial  spaces  from  the  ])almars  up.  Plates  thin  and  slightly  convex, 
traversed  by  angular,  well  defined  ridges  passing  from  plate  to  plate,  and 
forming  numerous  triangles.  The  ridges  are  single,  except  between  the 
basals  and  ra<lials,  wliich  arc  united  by  two  or  three.  They  meet  at  the 
middle  of  the  plates  in  conspicuous  tubercles,  which  are  surrounded  by 
several  small  nodes,  placed  within  the  corners  of  the  triangles. 

Basals  of  moderate  size,  their  ridges  thickened  at  the  lower  end,  and 
formed  into  angular  processes,  which  project  downward  and  rest  against  the 
margins  of  the  two  upper  stem  joints.  Radials  larger  than  both  costals 
together,  as  long  as  wide  or  a  little  longer  ;  the  first  costal  hexagonal, 
the  second  generally  somewhiit  smaller  and  hoptagonal.  Distichals  as  large 
as  tho  costals;  both  axillary,  giving  off  from  the  outer  side  of  the  ray 
an  arm,  which  is  free  from  above  the  .second  plate,  and  from  the  innor  the 
second  axillary.  This  is  followed  liy  throe  more  axillaries,  of  which  the  two 
lower  ones,  respectively,  support  again  an  arm  at  one  side,  the  upper  two 
arms  ;  there  being  f[\c  arms  in  each  main  division,  .and  ten  to  the  ray.  The 
brachials  forming  tho  rim  are  sharply  angular  on  tho  back,  and  separated 
longitudinally  l)_y  deep  grooves.  Arms  somewhat  flattened,  quite  smooth  on 
the  outer  faces,  but  their  lateral  margins  slightly  serrated.  Kegidar  inter- 
brachials :  1,  2,  2,  2,  1 ;  tho  upper  very  narrow,  and  sometimes  touching  the 
plates  of  tho  tcgmon.  Anal  plate  followed  by  2,  ,",  3,  3.  and  2  plates.  Inter- 
dlstichal  areas  wide  and  deeply  depressed,  occupied  by  two  plates,  longitudi- 


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TIIK   CUINOinKA   CAMEUATA   OK   NUlM'Il   A.MKKIC'A. 


iiiilly  luniiiged.  Voiitriil  disk  baroly  rising  above  the  rim,  iiiiJ  doi'iily 
grooved  interradiaiiy  and  interdislicliaily,  tlio  middle  part  conieal,  passing 
inipL'refptiliiy  into  tiie  anal  tube.  The  tegnicn  is  composed  of  n  large 
number  of  very  small,  sligbtly  convex  pieces,  which  enclose  a  lew  larger, 
sharply  nodose  or  subspinous  plate",  among  which  the  orals  and  radial 
dome  plates  of  a  first  and  sicoiul  order  are  readily  recognized.  Tube 
central,  large  and  long,  constructeil  of  irregularly  arranged,  transversely 
nodose  plates.  C'olunui  slightly  he.\angular ;  the  nxial  canal  large  and 
pentangular. 

//'//•/,;■'//;  anti  LurnUhi.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  Burlington,  lown. 

Tijitis  in  the  collection  of  Wachsnuith  and  Springer. 

Rfiaurl;^.  —  This  species  ditYcrs  from  all  preceding  ones  in  having  a  less 
number  of  aims,  and  deeper  interradial  sinuses  at  the  rim,  which  are  caused 
by  a  slight  gap  between  the  arms  of  adjoining  rays. 

The  small  specimen  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoologj',  described 
and  figured  by  Meek  and  Wortheii  as  Av(\nin-nim»  jMiiicl/hiK,  represents  most 
probaMy  a  very  young  stage  of  this  species.  If,  however,  it  is  an  adult 
form,  wliicli  we  think  doubtful,  it  is  certainly  not  a  IV/riucriiuis,  for  the 
branciies  of  the  rays  from  above  the  distichals  take  the  form  of  free  arms, 
altlioiigh  directed  almost  horizontally  and  crowded  together  as  in  that  genus. 
We  found  also  in  our  own  collection  two  small  specimens,  evidently  of  the 
same  species  as  the  Cambridge  one,  and  morphologically  in  the  same  con- 
dition. In  one  of  them  we  removed  the  arms  on  one  side,  and  exposed 
the  tegmen  and  anal  tube,  so  as  to  enable  us  to  see  the  form  of  the  cal^x. 
The  length  of  the  specimens  to  the  tips  of  the  arms  does  not  exceed  the 
heiniit  of  the  conieal  part  of  the  dorsal  cup  in  l\Icincrliius  adnhiircns,  which 
to  the  top  of  the  arms  must  have  been  four  times  as  largo  as  those  speci- 
mens. The  latter  have  but  five  interbrachials  at  the  regular  sides,  and 
about  eight  above  the  anal  plate,  against  eight  and  thirteen  in  the  larger 
form.  The  arms  to  the  fourth  or  fifth  plate  are  nniserial,  the  joints  long, 
cuiieate  and  zigzag,  as  usual  in  very  young  specimens.  The  tcgnien  is 
conical,  resembling  the  part  which  in  the  larger  specimens  lies  inside  the 
rim  ;  it  is  composed  of  comparatively  few  and  large  plates,  most  of  them 
spiniferous,  but  there  are  no  small  plates  interposed  between  them.  Both 
forms  have  ten  arms  to  the  ray  —  exceptionally  eight  or  nine  —  which  hifur- 
ciite  in  the  same  manner.  The  proportions  of  the  plates,  and  the  surface 
onmmcntation  as  well,  are  also  quite  similar.     So  far  as  can  be  ascertained, 


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tlioro  i.i  notliing  between  the  two  forms  tliiit  couUl  not  be  readily  oxplaincil 
by  individiml  growtli,  except  the  grciit  contrnut  in  tiie  >ii/,e  of  the  Hpecinienn, 
wiiieii  on  tlie  one  hiiiul  are  (juite  large,  anil  on  the  other  very  sinali,  tlio 
intermediate  forniM  being  wanting.  Tlii.-*  in  part  has  led  us  to  propose  a  new 
name  for  the  larger  form ;  but  the  principal  reason  is  that  it  is  practically 
impossiljle  to  recognize  the  species,  or  even  the  genus,  from  Meek  and 
Worthen's  description, 


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STROTOCRINUS  M.  and  W. 

1S08.     yitr.K  (111(1  WnicriiKV  (iiicliuliiij,'  7; /,/.«■/■//;«-) ;  (leul.  Hep.  Illimiis,  Vol.  II.,  p.  183,  niid  Proc.  Ami. 

Nut.  ^^ci.  riiilii.,  p.  'iJ'i, 
1S73.     /in'i;i.  (iiicliuliiii,'  Telriucriiiiia  (mil  l'lii/»i-lurriiiii>)\  lliiiidl).  d.  I'liliiMiit.,  Veil.  I.,  p,  3"0. 
ISSl.     W.  1111(1  Si'. ;   Ui'visiuu  Piiln'iKT.,  Pud  II.,  p.  l.-.s  (I'cniTcd.  Acml.  Nut.  Sfi.  I'liilu.,  p.  Wii). 
ISbO.     S.  A.  Mii.i.Kii;  Xortli  Amur.  iim\.  iiud  I'lihi'diil.  p.  iSil. 

Syii.  Ciiliillwrrittiif  IIali,  (Sidigcims  of  .ir/imeriiiiit),  ISfil;    (uul  von  Meyer  ISIS,  Bromi's  Julir- 
bucli,  p.  K'p',)). 

Strolocnniis  holds  the  same  relation  toward  Phi/Kctocrlnus  that  Tckio- 
criiiiis  doe.'i  toward  Cnctncrinus ;  the  Hrst  two  being  distinguished  by  having 
an  anal  opening  within  the  disk,  wiiile  the  last  two  have  an  anal  tube.  In 
the  construction  of  the  cidyx  as  far  as  the  top  of  the  distichals,  all  these 
forms  differ  only  immaterially ;  but  from  the  palmars  u])  in  iSlrot"cr!nNs,  ati 
in  Tiktocrlnm,  owing  to  the  great  increase  in  the  number  of  arms,  the 
brachials  were  crowded  outwards  and  formed  a  broad,  continuou.s,  ten-rayed 
rim.  in  which  not  only  the  lower  parts  of  the  arms,  but  also  the  lower  pin- 
nules, ))ocame  incorporated.  The  specimens  are  of  very  largo  size,  and  the 
ninnl)er  of  arms  enormous,  the  di.sk  sometimes  attaining  n  width  of  12  cm., 
with  as  many  as  fifteen  bifurcations  in  each  division,  or  one  htmdrcd  and  fifty 
arms  altogether.  The  arms  are  given  off  alternately  from  opposite  sides, 
each  order  consisting  of  a  single  axillary  plate,  which  .supports  at  one  side  an 
arm,  a  braciiial  of  a  higher  order  at  the  other,  and  the  uppermost  one  two 
rsi-ms.  Tlie  arms  are  thin  and  comparatively  short.  Intcrbrachials  not 
.v.merous,  and  never  extending  beyond  the  palmars.  Disk  flat  or  very 
p'-'jlitly  convex  ;  composed  of  thousands  of  minute,  irregular  plates,  which 
decrease  in  size  as  they  approach  the  arms.  Anal  opening  excentric,  rarely 
rising  al)ove  the  general  plane  of  the  disk. 

Dklrilmthu.  — Restricted,  so  far  as  known,  to  the  Upper  Burlington  lime- 
stone of  the  Jlississippi  Valley. 

Tjipc  of  the  genus;   Str"b>criivif^  rrr/n/is. 


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Till::  CUINOIDE.V  CAMLUAT.V   OF  KUUTII   AMKltlC.V. 


licmarkn. — Wo  cannot  pliico  Stru/ucn'mts  and  Tikiocrinus  together  in  tlio 
same  genus,  us  was  done  hy  Meek  and  Wortlien,  I'or  they  evidently  have 
a  dilToieiit  origin,  tiie  former  being  develojjed  from  J'/ii/sit(irriii((s,  tlic  latter 
from  Cuclucrinas.  Tiie  nioclilieation^  tliai  toolt  place  in  the  two  I'oiins  were 
in  the  name  direction,  and  this  accounts  for  the  resemblance  which  unijucs- 
tionably  exists  between  them.  A  \'ery  interesting  feature  of  this  genus, 
which  has  not  i)een  observed  in  Ti/uDcriinix,  is  the  incorporation  of  the 
lower  pinnules,  the  plates  of  which  lake  the  form  and  cilice  of  iuterbrachial 
and  interdistichal  plates. 


StrotocrinuB  regalis  Mam.. 
Piak  LXV.  Fi</s.  J, I.  I.,  r,  </. 

I'lOO.     J:'finorri>iiis  rfi;ii/ii  —  IIm.i.;  Sii|i|i|    (ii'dl.  l{i'|i.  Inwii,  p. '.I. 

ISim.     *,•.,/,„•/■///«»  m/,///.  —  . Ml. KK  nil,!  W.mrin.N;  (Icul.  l(.'|i.  Illinni^  Vol.  II.,  p.  IflO. 

1873.     Slrofiirriiiiin  pfrHiiil,fu<ai  —  .Mkkk  ami  Woutmkx;  Ciidl.   Urp.  Illliiciis,  Vdl.   V.,  p.  ;i,i7,  I'Inte  8, 

FiR.  ■!. 
13^1.     SUului-riiiiis  rr;/ii/i.<  —  \\'.  ntul  Sr. ;   Hcvisinii  I'mIickt.,  rail  II..  p.  100. 

Syn.  .Icliiinfrhiiif  ii''niiiiljrnHii.i  —  IlM.t.;  ISCjO.  Siippl   finil,  Hi'p.  Imva,  p.  7- 
S,vn.  Jr/iiiitrriiiiif  A/m-iiitiif  .\Ikkk  ami  Wuktiikn;   ISilM,  I'mcci'd.  Arail.  Nat.  Sci.  I'liiln  ,  p.  HSO 
i>\i\.  SfrohrriiiHi  ilijuiu/ii'/'/fiinif  S.  A.  Mil.l.tK;    l*'?'.'.  .Iimni.  Ciiiciii.   Scio,   Nat.    llisl.,   riatc   li, 
I'iR.  0. 

An  extremely  large  species,  the  calyx  across  the  rim  to  the  last  bifur- 
cation reaching  sometimes  a  diameter  of  12  cm.,  and  a  height  from  the  foot 
of  the  basals  to  the  base  of  the  rim  of  5|  cm.,  and  to  the  tips  of  the  arms 
about  lo  cm.  Dorsal  cup  urn-shoped,  the  sides  a  little  convex  ;  the  disticlials 
bending  abruptly  outward,  and  forming  the  base  of  the  rim,  which  t^lojjes 
a  little  upwaril.  Tegmen  almost  flat,  often  depressed  in  the  middle.  Plates 
of  the  cup  convex,  covered  with  strong,  angular  ridges,  which  rarely  meet 
in  the  centre  of  the  plates,  but  run  to  a  place  near  the  centre,  where  they 
leave  a  small  central  depression  or  bare  spot ;  sometimes,  however,  the 
middle  space  is  occupied  by  a  small  transverse  node.  The  ridges  are  in 
parallel  sets  of  from  three  to  six;  there  are  five  to  six  between  the  radials 
and  basals,  and  from  two  to  three  between  the  other  plates.  The  surface  of 
the  brachials  in  the  rim  is  sharply  elevated  into  angular,  longitudinal,  zigzag 
ridge.s,  which  distinctly  mark  the  lines  of  bifurcation,  and  leave  between 
them  broad  .shallow  grooves,  which  are  paved  at  the  bottom  by  tlie  plates  of 
the  fixed  pinnules. 

Ba.sals  very  large,  forming  a  deep  cup,  the  sides  of  the  plates  beveled, 


ACTINOCUIXID.K, 


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fDi'iniiig  kIuiIIow  gi'oovi'M  iilimjj;  tliu  .siituri'H,  wliii'li  iire  in  iiiiuiy  HpcciineiM 
iiiilistinct  or  coiicoiik'd  from  view  hy  tlio  largo  mllii'rt'iit  uppiT  stoiii  jdiiit, 
liiiiliiils  and  luial  [)liito  wvy  liu;,a'.  goiionilly  loiigcr  tlmii  wide,  their  latcnil 
faecM  iiiuc'h  larj^er  than  tliu  othors.  First  (.'ostais  ul'  tin;  same  form  as  ihi' 
railials,  l)ut  a  third  Mnialler;  the  second  a  littlo  Hliorter  tlian  liii'  fu^t.  Suc- 
cuudiiiy  brachials  to  the  margin  of  the  rim  ahont  as  long  as  wide,  gradually 
decri'asing  njiward,  L'tuih  ont'  sn|i|)ortiiig  an  arm  fioin  one  xido,  and  an  axil- 
lary of  iiighi-r  rank  from  the  other  —  except  the  upper  one,  which  Nupporl.s 
two  arms  —  the  lower  arm  plates  and  their  pinnules  taking  part  in  the  rim. 
The  arms  from  the  distichals  nro  incorporated  to  the  sixth  plate,  those  from 
the  jialmars  to  the  fifth,  and  so  on  to  the  last  hifincation  ;  the  arms  of  the 
former  being  given  olt  toward  the  outer  sides  of  the  rays,  those  of  the  latter 
to  the  inner;  the  Hrst  pinnule  of  each  arm  proceeds  from  the  proxinuil  plate. 
There  are  fourteen  bifurcations  in  each  nuiin  division  of  the  ray,  with  as  many 
a.s  fifteen  arms,  or  thirty  to  the  ray,  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  to  the  npecies. 
But  from  the  eighth  bifurcation  upwards  the  arms  arc  semi-free  —  oidy  the 
proximal  plate  of  each  arm  being  attached  —  and  thus  are  in  a  similar  con- 
dition  to  the  arms  of  S/ci/iiiinrriiiiis  (I'late  LX\',  Fig.  If/).  The  free  arms  are 
short,  simple,  and  biserial.  Interbrachials:  1,  2,  2,  2,  2,  1  at  the  four  regular 
sides,  and  2,  3,  3,  .3.  2,  1  at  the  anal  interradius ;  the  two  upper  rows  forming 
part  of  the  rim,  being  arched  by  the  i)latcs  of  the  fixed  pinnules  of  adjoining 
rays.  The  interdistichals  consist  of  only  one  plate,  which  is  arched  by 
pinnules.  Ventral  disk  covered  by  many  thousands  of  .small  irregular  pieces, 
which  decrease  in  size  as  thoy  approach  the  arms ;  those  occupying  the 
middle  portions  almost  (lat,  those  near  the  outer  margins  slightly  nodose. 
Anus  .subcentral,  small,  the  opening  directed  anteriorly.  C'olmnn  large, 
round  ;  the  nodal  joints  but  little  wider  than  the  intervening  ones,  their 
edges  covered  with  a  row  of  small  nodes. 

Horizon  ami  Loculil//. — Upper  BiuTington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
Quincy,  Bis.,  Hannibal,  Mo.,  etc. 

TijiK  in  the  (Worthen)  Blinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

ItrniarliK.  —  We  obtained  at  Burlington  a  very  larg(>  specimen  of  this 
species,  which  with  stein  and  portions  of  the  root  measures  about  two  feet  in 
length;  the  width  of  tho  stem  near  the  calyx  is  8  mm.;  its  greatest  width, 
about  five  inches  from  the  lower  end,  12  mm.;  tho  width  of  the  branchlots, 
5  mm.  From  the  first  brancldet,  which  is  followed  in  tho  specimen  by  nine 
or  ten  others  of  nearly  the  same  width,  it  tapers  gradually  to  G  mm.,  from 


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TIIK  CHINOIDKA  (  V.MKHATA   OK   NO«  III   AMKHICA. 


wliiuli  wo  iiifur  tliu  ruol  vum  prulxibl^  I'luiii  Idiii'  (o  livu  iiicliuH  lungor.  Tliu 
hniiielilutt  ai'o  iin'j,'iiluily  arniiigi'il  j  tlu'^  wore  aiipiiiviitly  (luilu  long,  as 
onu  of  lliuiii,  wliicli  in  luowervtil  to  llio  luiigtii  ol  J  cm.,  iftaiiw  its  lull  ihuk- 
nuMri  to  tliu  ciiil. 

The  nuinbor  of  nriiis  j)iol)al)ly  vnricH  from  twoiity-lour  to  thirty  to  tl  u 
ray.  Tlio  latti-r  mimlior  ooi'iirM  in  two  of  our  largest  HpfcimouH,  wliilo 
a  snuiller  onu  in  the  M,  C.  Z.,  which  Meek  and  Worlhcn  iik'ntilioil  a.s  SlrolD- 
o'iniin jiauiiibiufiii.s  Hall,  lum  but  twi'Uty-livc. 


StrotocriuiiB  gljrptua  llu.i.. 
Pint,  LX   Fhju.  lit,  b,  r,  mi,/  J'lal,  /.AT.  /'/V/.s-.  3(,  h. 

I860.     .Irtiiiueriiiiit  ///j/pfiit  —  \\.\i.\. :  .Sii|i|il.  (IcdI.  llip    InHii,  p.  i. 

1S<I.     N/nluiriiiHt  ffly/iht ~  W.  iiiid  Si',  ;  Ucvininii  I'lilirucr.,  I'lirl  11.,  |i    IfiO. 

A  little  Hinallor  than  tlio  itn'ouding  cpcoicM,  ihf  cup  comparatively 
siiorter,  ami  the  tegnirii  convex  instead  of  llat.  Caly.x  ohcouical  to  the  top 
of  the  di.stichals,  then  bending  aliruptly  outwnid  and  forming  •■  decangular 
riui  at  right  angles  to  tlie  axis  of  the  calyx;  liei;;lit  to  width  at  the  rim  at* 
two  to  three.  Plates  convex,  covered  with  radiating  ridges,  meeting  nt 
a  small  node  in  the  centre,  and  conunuincaliug  with  the  riilges  from  adjoin- 
ing plates.  Toward  the  basal.s  there  are  foiu'  ridges  from  each  nntero-lateral 
iadi:d  and  the  anal  plate,  and  three  from  the  anterior  and  two  posterior 
radials;  while  there  is  but  one  between  the  other  plates.  Zigzag  ridges,  as 
in  .S.  nyitlifi.  formed  by  an  angular  longitudinal  elevation  on  the  brachials 
in  the  rim,  follow  the  lines  of  bifurcation,  and  leave  angular  dcprossioirs 
between. 

Basal  cup  twice  as  wide  ns  high,  the  sides  almost  vertical ;  grooved 
along  the  sutures;  a.\ial  canal  moilerately  large  and  pentangular.  Radials 
as  wide  a.s  long,  and  nearly  as  large  ns  both  costals  together.  First  costaln 
hexagonal,  the  second  heptagonal,  shorter  than  the  first.  The  brachials 
of  the  succeeding  orders  ns  long  as  wide,  slightly  decreasing  in  size  up- 
wards, each  one  supporting  at  one  side  an  arm.  of  which  the  lower  plates 
are  incorporated  into  the  rim,  nt  the  other  a  brnchial  of  higher  rnnk,  and 
each  arm  giving  ofTpinnides  whoso  proximal  joints  also  take  part  in  the  rim. 
The  arms  proceeding  from  the  distichals  nro  free  above  the  fifth  plate,  those 
of  the  palmnrs  from  the  fourth.  There  are  eight  bifurcations  in  this  species, 
giving  origin  to  nine  arms  from  the  main  branches,  and  eighteen  from  the 


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iiiy«.  AiiiiH  poniimi'iitivoly  (tliort,  mill  ruthor  dolicnto ;  nll^'litly  (liitltMcd  ut 
till'  MiipiT  oiiiIh,  Hi'guliir  iiiti'ilniu'liial.t :  I,  2,  2,  rollownl  liy  'J  niul  I  |«lattt 
within  tlio  rim;  tho  liittor  piucu  urclied  ovur  by  tho  pluti'i  oi  tlio  proviiiml 
|)iiiniiIt>N  of  till'  proxiiiiiil  ariiiM  in  a(1j<iii)in^  rnyx ;  tlio  ami  I  intcriailiiiM  ciiii' 
»\My*  of  2,  '.],  I.  ■_'  ami  2  plafi's.  IiitiTilixtieiiiils  onu,  roofed  t)y  tlic  incoipor- 
iitcil  lowor  pinimlfs  of  tho  Mccond  arm.  Ti'gmuii  r'wug  luit  .xlighlly  at  tlio 
top  of  tho  rim,  tho  inidillo  portion  low  dome  Hliupod  ;  tlu>  platod  very 
niimeroiiM,  irn'^iijarly  arranged,  nearly  Hat,  jfrndiially  docroasing  in  hI/o 
toward  tho  arm  hanpH.     Ahum  xiihcontrnl,  at  tho  top  of  a  small  profiilMTancc. 

/fiiri:iiii  mill  Linilif//.  —  Tppor  Ilurlington  liiiicMtono  ;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
and  at  Novoral  placoM  in  Miswmri. 

Ti/jie  in  tho  (Worthcn)  Illinois  State  collection. 

lii'iiKirkit.  —  Thi.M  spocios  dilTorN  iVoni  tho  preceding  one  in  the  mnallor 
ni/e,  tho  HhortnoHH  of  tho  calyx,  tho  Iocs  number  of  arum,  and  in  the  conve.xity 
of  the  vontral  disk. 


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PLATYCRTNTD.E  Roemer. 

Mo.NOCyCLIC.  BUACHIALS  AND  INTKRBRACIIIAL3  ONLY  SLIGHTLY  REPRESENTED  IN  THE 
DORSAL  CUP;  THE  LOWER  BRACHIALS  TAKING  MORE  OK  LESS  THE  FORM  OF  FREE 
ARM  PLATES;  THE  LOWER  INTEHUADIALS  IN  PART  INTEKAMHULACRAL  IN  POSITION, 
RARELY  ENTIRELY  INTERnRACHIAL.  KaDIALS  IN  CONTACT  ALL  AROUND,  THERE  BEIN(r 
NO   SPECIAL    ANAL    PLATE.      JJaSALS    FORMING   A    PENTAGON. 


i^i   ! 


Analysis  of  the  Genera. 
Baaals  3,  unequal,  frequently  ancbyloaed. 

A.  COSTALS  TWO. 

1.     Column  eircii/di: 

a.  Dial;  almost  completely  occupied  by  the  oni/s  ;  rimliulacra 
subtegminal ;  omls  separated  from  riidiii/s  by  only  one 
rill;/  if  interradlaJs. 
Orals  symmetric ;   arms  ,a|)parent,ly  dolicato    .     .     .  Coeeorrinus. 

Orals  asymmetric ;  .arms  heavy,  biserial      ....  Cu/ieocrinus. 

h.  Dish  composed  if  numerous  jilntes  ;   orals  uot  oliserved ; 

arms  uniserial,  or  sliijhtly  interloehinij Cordylocrinus. 

B.  CosTALS    ONK. 

1.     Orals  oeeupyini)  but  a  small  part  of  the  dish,  and  asymmetri- 
eully  arranged;  ambulacra  exposed  ;  arms  biserial. 

a.  Column  circular;  canal  large,  i/uimjueloljate  ;  distichals 

one  when  more  than  one  bifu  rent  ion ^farsuJ)il)erinus. 

b.  Column  ellijifir  ;  canal  small,  round  ;  distichals  two. 

Arms  bi-aiiehins  by  riltcriiate  bifurcation     ....  I'latyerinus. 

Rays  extended  into  t",lmlar  appendages  giving  off 

tiie  arms Eucladocrinus. 


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I'LATYCRINID^i:. 


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3 


d 

2 
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Geological  and  Geographical  Distribution. 
Number  of  known  species. 

(Opcu  figures  iiuliciitc  American  ;  those  iimrkid  (  ),  European). 


FOKMATION. 


American. 


St.  Louis. 


Warsaw. 


Keokuk. 


Upper  Burlington. 


Lower  Hurlington. 


Kinderhook. 

Waverly. 

Clioutcau. 


Hamilton. 


Lower  Ilelderberg. 


Niagara. 


Total  species 


O) 


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ri.ATycRINIll.«. 


Grauwacke. 


Wenlock. 
Gotland. 


108 


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(1) 


(1) 


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2 


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11 

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28 


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10 


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THE   CRINOIDEA   CAMERATA   OF   NORTH   AMERICA. 


D.C. 

Dorsal  cup. 

y.jj. 

A'ciitrul  ilisk. 

b. 

basnls. 

R. 

I'lidials. 

I. 

post  Ills. 

ir. 

iiitcrmiliiils  (in  part  intcTl)racliinl,  in 

part  iiitorambiilacriil). 

ut. 

iiitcrainlmlacrals  of  llie  regular  sides 

x.r. 

iiitcrambiilacrnls  of  aual  side. 

u. 

orals 

>■/>■ 

covering  plates. 

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Bcmarh.—lhe  Platycriiiicloe  are  the  typical  family  of  a  sub-group  which 
is  distiuguiisiiod  from  all  other  i'amilie.s  of  the  Camerata  by  having  the  brach- 
ials anil  intorbrachials  only  slightly  represented  in  the  dorsal  cup.  The 
lower  brachials,  although  incorporated  into  the  calyx,  belong  in  part  to  tlie 
cup  and  in  part  to  the  disk,  and  have  more  or  le.<s  the  form  of  free  arm 
plates.  From  tliis  we  conclude  that  the  Platycrinida;  represent  phylogenct- 
ically  a  less  developed  stage  of  the  Camerate  Crinoid,  in  which  the  lower 
arm  plates  remained  in  an  immature  condition,  their  small  size  giving  rise 
to  the  interposition  of  three  plates  to  fill  up  the  interradial  space  in  the  first 
row,  instead  of  the  usual  single  one.  The  lower  interradials,  therefore,  are 
for  tlie  mJtst  part  neither  strictly  interbrachial  nor  interambulacral,  but  may 
be  considered  as  belonging  to  both.  Tliis  is  not  invariably  the  case,  however. 
In  a  remarkable  undescribed  species  of  Plati/crinus  from  the  Mountain  lime- 
stone of  England,  the  costal  and  the  two  distichals  are  connected  with  those 
of  adjoining  rays  by  five  or  six  heavy  plates,  which  are  strictly  interbrachial 


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in  position ;  and  a  similar  structure,  in  a  loss  degreo,  is  to  be  observed  in  a 
few  American  species. 

The  above  general  character  of  this  family  is  shared  with  it  by  the  Ilcxa- 
crinidtc,  which  were  placed  in  the  same  family  by  all  writers  on  Crinoids  up 
to  1885,  when  we  separated  them.  The  two  groups,  though  more  closely 
related  to  each  other  than  to  any  other  family,  are  nevertheless  readily  dis- 
tinguished by  the  form  of  the  base,  depending  upon  the  presence  or  ab.sonco 
of  an  anal  plate  within  the  ring  of  radials.  The  Platycrinidas  have  no  such 
anal  plate,  the  radials  being  in  contact  at  all  sides.  The  base  is  therefore 
a  pentagon,  and  is  com[)osed  invariably  of  three  unequal  plates,  the  sutures 
between  them  being  always  directed  to  the  right  posterior,  anterior,  and  left 
antero-lateral  radials.  The  interbasal  sutures  are,  however,  very  often  anchy- 
losed  and  invisible  from  the  exterior.  The  Hexacrinidas,  on  the  other  hand, 
have  a  large  anal  plate  interpo.sed  between  the  two  jiosterior  radials,  resting 
by  its  full  width  npon  the  edge  of  the  basal  cup ;  they  consequently  have  a 
hexagonal  base,  which  in  that  family  consists  either  of  two  or  three  equal 
plates. 

The  Platycriuidio  embrace  six  genera,  of  which  about  one  hundred  and 
eight  species  have  been  identified:  —  eeventy-three  in  America  and  thirty- 
live  in  Europe.  Although  introduced  in  the  upper  Silurian,  the  family  was 
not  prolific  in  forms  until  the  age  of  the  Subcarboniferous,  when,  especially 
in  the  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  and  in  their  typical  genus,  Plal^cnnns, 
they  reached  their  climax  ;  —  abounding  in  number  and  variety,  and  in 
beaut}'  almost  surpassing  the  Crinoids  of  any  other  group. 

The  modifications  which  took  place  in  the  course  of  time  among  the 
Piatycrinidic  ar-)  very  slight ;  and  in  fact  the  young  ConIi//'icrmiis  from  the 
Niagara,  with  its  uniserial,  sometimes  zigzag  arms,  which  it  retains  during 
life,  resembles  most  remarkably  the  immature  P/atijcriinis  of  the  Sidjcarboni- 
ferous.  Coayicrinus  and  Ciillcocrimis  also  represent  stages  of  the  growing 
PlatijcrhiHS ;  both  have  unusually  large  orals,  which  in  the  former  are 
.sjinuK'tric,  in  the  latter  asj-mmetric,  and  there  is  but  a  single  row  of  in- 
terradial  plates  between  orals  and  radials.  The  ease  of  j)/i(rsiq)iiirnni(s  is 
.somewhat  different ;  it  has  small  asymmetrical  orals  occupying  the  centre 
of  the  disk,  numerous  ambulacral  and  iutorambulacral  plates,  and  highly 
developed  biserial  arms.  The  genus  has  all  the  characteristics  of  a  mature 
Platyerinoid  except  that  it  has  the  round  stem  of  the  young  rjnti/crimis,  but 
with  a  large  qtdnquelobate  canal ;  these  are  in  fact  the  only  characters  upon 


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which  the  two  gt'iiera  ciin  be  separated  in  tiie  fossil  state.  Eiwhuhcnmts  is 
an  extravagantly  developed  Phi t^cr inns,  and  should  perhaps  be  regarded  ns 
a  subgenus. 

Coccucriiius  was  placed  by  Mliller  and  Roenior  among  the  Platycrinidoe ; 
by  Pictet,  Dujardin  and  Ilupe,  Zittel,  and  S.  A.  Miller,  under  the  Ilaplo- 
crinidao;  while  at  the  same  tine  the  latter  authors  refer  the  clo.sely  allied 
Cnlicocrmiis  to  the  Phitycrinidio.  which  according  to  our  classification  would 
place  the  one  among  the  Larviformia  and  the  other  among  the  Camcrata. 
We  do  not  see  how  this  can  possibly  be  the  case ;  we  believe  that  Cocco- 
criniis  is  a  true  Camerate  Crinoid,  which  passed  the  Larviformia  stage  in  early 
life  on  the  introduction  of  perisoinic  plates.  The  genus  holds  a  similar  re- 
lation morphologically  toward  Platycrinm  to  that  of  the  recent  genus  IIolo- 
pus  toward  JJi/ocnmis,  whose  orals  have  been  carried  inward  by  increased 
perisome. 

In  Part  II.  of  the  Revision  we  referred  the  doubtful  genus  Colykdono- 
criniis  to  the  Platycrinida\  but  have  since  found  it  to  be  identical  with 
Dlchocriims. 

In  descriptions  of  the  PlatycrinidiE  and  Ilexacrinida?  we  sometimes  use 
the  term  "  interradials  "  for  the  lowest  plates  between  the  rays,  because,  as 
already  stated,  they  are  neither  exclusively  interbrachial  nor  interambulacrol, 
but  partake  of  the  character  of  both ;  that  is,  the  same  plate  often  belongs 
partly  to  the  dorsal  cup  and  partly  to  the  legmen. 


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PLATYORINUS  Milleii. 

1321.  Platycriiiiica —  Milleu;  A  History  of  the  Criuoidca,  p.  ?!• 

lS31i.  "  (iii  |iiirl)  —  OoLDnsSj  IVImfuct.  (Icr Vol.  I,  p.  188. 

1835.  "  (ill  imrt)  —  AiiAssiz;  ili'in.  Soc.  Niuclmt.,  Vol.  1.,  \i,  1U7. 

1831).  Pl(i/^criiiHii  —  Vnu.\Ai's;  Gcoloyy  of  Vorlishiic,  Vol.  II.,  p.  2Ui. 

1S39.  P!,i/i/friiii/i'.i  (in  purl)  —  (JoLDnss;  Nov.  Actii  Ac.  Luiip.,  Vol.  XIX.,  p.  313. 

1S41.  PlKti/ci-iiim  (ill  purl)  —  Joll.  MClleu;  Muimtsbcr.  liurl.  Akiiil.,  p.  207. 

18i2.  "         —'I'.  ArsTiN;  Aim.  nml  Miig.  Nut.  llisl.,  Vol.  \  ,  p.  ID'J. 

1843.  "  — 'r.  ArsTiN;  Moiiogr.  Ucc.  nml  Fo.s».  C'riiioiils,  p.  li. 

1841.  "         — McCov,  Syu.  Curb.  Liiiicsl.  Foss.  Ircliiiiil  (cil.  2).  p.  175. 

1858.  "         — U'OuiiKiNv;  Cours  i'li';iuciil.  ili'  rnluont.,  Vd.  II.,  p.  112. 

1853.  "         —  PeKon.  imil  I,e  IIo.m  ;  Ki'dicicli.  (,'riii.  lid).'.,  p.  155. 

1855.  "  (ill  pari)  — F.  HoKMEii;  l.ttliii'ii  Cicofiii.  (.Viis;;.  3),  p.  212. 

1857.  "  -  I'UTET ;  Tiiiile  ilu  I'lileont.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  330. 

1858.  "         —Hall  ;  Ciuol.  Hep.  lown.  Vol.  I.,  I'nrt  II.,  p.  525. 

1863,  "         —  Duj.iRiM.N'  mill  IUte;  Hist,  iiiilur.  dcs  Zoopli.  Fcliiii.,  p.  151. 

1870.  "         —  ZiTTEi,;  Himdl).  il.  I'lilii'ont.,  Vol.  I.,  p.  3111. 

1881.  "         —  W.  mill  Sr.  ;  liivisioii  I'lilu'ocr.,  I'lirt  11.,  p.  (15  (rnriTd.  Acid.  Nut.  Scl.  riiiln.,  p. 

230).  anil  liltO,  I'rocml.  I'hila.  Aiviil.,  pp.  351-353. 
18S5.  "         — QuEXSTKiiT,  lliiiidb.  dor  rcliTl'ai'Icnkiiiidi'  (Aus),'.  3),  p.  951. 

1859.  "         —  S.  A.  Mit.i.KU;  \.  A.  ficol.  nml  I'ldn'oiit..  p.  271). 
Not  Pilil.i.M's,  ISU  ;   I'lilii'oz.  Fuss.  Cormnill,  p.  2S  =: /A'.f«cn««.t. 
Not  F.  liciEMEU,  ISU;  lilicin.  Ui't)Prp;niif;sg.,  p.  (13  =;  <'(,m,i;-iiiiis. 

Not  D'OiiliTuxv,  l'<50;  I'rodri'inc  do  I'lilroiit.,  I.,  p.  \<l'.i=^  .Uiim/pioi-ri>iu>. 

Not  ll.vi.i.,  1801 ;  raliiMint.  X.  York,  Vol.  III.,  pp.  113-117  =  Cunli/lurriiiiis  imd  iLirsupiucriuits. 

Not  SciiuI.ZE,  18(11);  Fi'liinoil.  Kill.  Kalk.,  ]i.  (Is  =  .Sy«/7///*/i«virf(H. 

Not  I.VON,  1809;  Amor.  I'liilos.  Sue.  Vol.  XIII.,  p.  159  = //m/cW««.». 

Svn.  Aatropotliti  Uhe,  1893,  Hist,  of  Knlliriiilin. 

Syn.  A'l/ce  liiicriiii/e  I'.iUKix.so.v,  ISU  ;  Oii;.  Hriii.,  Vol.  II. 

Syn.  Fnrriiiiteit  (\\\  part)  Scnr.oTiiEiM,  1*^23;  Niioltlr.  ziir  I't'tri'fadonkiindo. 

Syn.  Ci'iilrocriniis  anA  Plfiiroeriniis  Ai'.sTix,  1813;  .Moiiugr.  Criiioids,  p.  0. 

Syn.  Eilwiirdsoeriims  D'OiinKixy,  1S50,  I'roilroini',  Vol.  1.,  p.  150. 

Ciilyx  oblong,  globose  or  iiyramidiil ;  tlio  dor.«al  cup  conical,  bowl-sliapeJ, 
or  (ILscoid.  Basals  three,  large  ;  two  of  them  equal  and  twice  a.s  largo  as  the 
third ;  the  latter  rhoniboidal  and  placed  with  it.s  upper  angle  between  the 
anterior  and  the  left  antero-lateral  radial.s;  the  plates  so  clo.sely  anchylosed 
that  they  cannot  be  .separated,  often  not  leaving  even  a  trace  of  the  suture 
line.  Radials  very  large ;  their  upper  faces  partly  excavated,  and  forming 
a  well  defined  facet  for  the  reception  of  the  brachials ;  the  limbs  to  both 
sides  of  the  facets  more  or  less  sloping,  forming  notches  which  support  the 
interradiiil  plates.  Costals  one,  exceptionally  two,*  united  with  the  radials 
by  an  almost  rigid  suture,  the  plate  being  often  so  small  as  to  be  buried 
within  the  facets,  so  that  the  distichals  touch  the  radials  by  their  outer 

*  p.  Iriinnitiiliis  from  the  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  and  P.  ericiisis  from  the  Hamilton  group,  have 
two  well  duliued  costals  iu  every  ray. 


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margins.  Tlic  distiulmls,  and  nil  the  higher  orders  of  briichiiils  to  the  last 
bifurcation,  gi'neially  consist  of  two  plates  each,*  of  which  the  upper  one  is 
axillary.  Tiiese  plates  have  the  form  of  free  arm  plates,  being  rounded  on  the 
back,  but  the  lower  ones  are  suturally  connected  with  the  plates  of  the  disk, 
and  in  some  Hi)ecies  also  with  the  radials,  or  with  their  fellows  of  the 
opposite  side  of  the  vay,  and  are  tlari'fore  rigid.  The  rays  divide  above 
the  costals  into  two  branches,  which  bifurcate  independently,  the  axillnries  of 
both  branches  I)caring  an  arm  upon  one  side,  :  'id  the  next  order  of  brachials 
upon  the  opposite  side,  the  last  axillary  supporting  two  arms.  Pimiides 
strong,  the  first  pimiule  given  off  in  some  species  from  the  first  distichal, 
in  others  from  the  proximal  arm  plate. 

A'entral  disk  pyramidal,  coiivex,  or  almost  flat.  Orals  slightly  exccntric, 
and  more  or  less  a.symmetrical.  Andjulacra  composed  of  two  scries  of  cover- 
ing pieces,  which  are  expo.sed  upon  the  disk.  The  interambulacral  plates 
variable  in  number,  except  the  first  row,  which  in  part  is  intcrbrachial,  and 
always  consists  of  three  plates  transversely  arranged.  The  middle  one  of 
tiiese  plates  is  larger  than  the  two  at  the  sides,  which  are  elongate  and  bend 
outward  to  form  the  nmbulacral  passage.  Tiie  upper  ends  of  the  side  plates 
rest  against  the  covering-pieces  of  the  ambulacra,  the  lower  ends  against  the 
sides  of  the  costals  or  distichals,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  sometimes  against 
tlie  palniars.  The  anal  side  has  also  three  plates  in  the  first  row,  of  which, 
as  a  rule,  the  middle  one  is  widest  and  gomctimos  highv  r  than  the  corre- 
sponding plates  of  the  regular  sides;  these  are  followed  by  numerous  small 
plates.  Anus  exccntric,  either  opening  out  directly  through  the  disk,  or 
located  at  the  top  of  a  protuberance,  sometimes  at  the  end  of  a  tube. 

Column  of  moderate  length,  the  lower  end  giving  off  rootlets  at  irregular 
intervals ;  the  joints  elliptic  and  twisted,  the  twist  being  imparted  to  the 
wliole  stem,  permitting  motion  in  all  directions.  The  articulation  between 
the  joints  bifascial,  there  being  a  well  defined  ridge  following  the  long 
diameter  of  the  joints.     Axial  canal  very  .small. 

Dis/rlhutioii.  —  This  genus  constitutes  one  of  the  leading  fossils  of  the 
Subcarboniferous  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic.  It  made  its  appearance  in 
the  Hamilton  group,  and  became  extinct  in  the  St.  Louis,  reaching  its 
climax  in  the  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  from  which  horizon  we  recognize 
twenty-eight  species,  not  counting  the  numerous  synonyms. 

•  In  P.  iiiroiiip/itf,  and  some  ollicrs,  roprrscntiiiK  n  Irnnsilioii  toward  Euctadocrinut,  tlie  orders  of 
brachials  above  tlic  i)aliiiars  consist  of  Uirec  successive  platea. 


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Type  of  the  goiuis:  r/nli/criiiiis  herln  Miller. 

liemarkii.  —  Wo  have  iiichiiled  under  riatijcrlmis  species  with  nn  anal 
tube,  as  well  as  those  in  which  the  anus  opens  directly  through  the  disk. 
A  tube,  such  as  was  represented  by  the  Austins,  and  by  de  Koiiiuck  and 
Lu  Hon,  extending  almost  to  tlie  tips  of  the  arms,  1ms  only  been  observed 
among  American  species  in  P.  cxcaca/iis.  Most  of  them  have  an  exccntric, 
miinunirorm  protuberance  with  a  small  opeuir.g  in  the  middle.  The  longest 
tube  except  the  above  which  we  liave  found  is  that  of  1'.  Itirlliiijtimiiisis ;  it 
rises  but  a  few  millimetres  above  I'le  general  level  of  the  disk,  and  has 
a  small  opening  at  the  end,  while  the  end  of  the  tube  in  .«ome  of  the 
European  species  is  closed,  roun<led  olT,  and,  according  to  Austin,  valvate. 

The  Austins  made  an  unsuccessful  attemi)t  tu  subdivide  the  genus  ujion 
the  structure  of  the  anus.  Under  riutijrriiiHx,  they  proposed  to  place  the 
species  with  "a  central  elongated  oral  tube."  For  species  with  a  "central 
valvate,  unobtrusive  mouth,  or  mouth  capable  of  being  withdrawn  into  the 
visceral  cup,"  they  proposed  the  name  "  Ccntmrriiius"  and  "  rUurocrimts"  for 
those  in  which  the  mouth  is  "  [jlaced  laterally,  or  not  central."  Some  of 
these  ideas  are  altogether  fanciful.  The  so-called  "  mouth,"  for  which  these 
authors  mistook  the  anus,  is  always  excentric ;  and  a  withdrawal  of  the  anus 
into  the  body,  as  they  imagined,  is  incompatible  with  the  construction  of  the 
ventral  side  of  Camerate  Crinoids  as  now  unilerstood.  Neither  of  the  pro- 
posed names  has  been  applied  to  any  of  the  species,  not  even  by  the 
Austins ;  and  it  seems  to  us  that,  for  the  present  at  least,  any  general 
division  bused  upon  the  structure  of  the  disk  and  anus,  is  not  practicable 
in  a  group  in  wiiich  the  parts  in  question  are  but  rarely  observed. 

In  default  of  any  other  characters  upon  which  a  generic  division  coidd  be 
established,  we  have  arranged  the  species  into  groups,  in  accordance  with 
certain  specific  peculiarities,  iioping  thereby  to  assist  the  student  in  the 
identification  of  the  species. 

Of  the  one  hundred  and  twenty  sjiecies  of  PJati/crmus  described  from 
America,  wo  recognize  but  sixty.  Many  are  unquestionably  .synonyms. 
Others  were  made  from  such  imperfect  material,  or  so  insufTiciently  de- 
.seribed,  that  their  identification  is  ab.solutoly  impossible.  The  outcome  may 
be  somewhat  unsatisfactory,  but  it  is  the  result  of  careful  study  and  impartial 
consideration,  and  if  we  have  erred  in  this  respect  it  is  probably  in  not 
carrying  the  process  of  elimination  far  enough.  It  may  not  be  out  of  place 
to  state  that  we  devoted  a  long  time  to  the  revision  of  Plati/crlnus,  and 

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were  enabled,  through  the  liberality  of  our  Anioricnn  Museums  and  collec- 
tors, to  make  direct  comparison  with  the  types  of  almost  every  species, 
except  some  of  those  described  by  S,  A.  Miller,  and  Hall's  Richfield  speci- 
mens in  the  New  York  State  Cabinet. 

The  eleven  groups  into  which  wo  arrange  the  species  are  based  variously 
upon  the  style  of  ornamentation,  the  general  furm  of  the  calyx,  the  details 
of  the  arm  structure,  and  other  characters,  none  of  which  can  be  regarded  as 
of  generic  importance.  Some  of  these  groups  are  apparently  unrepresented 
in  Europe.  None  of  the  European  species  known  to  us  are  referable  to  the 
Discoideus  group,  nor  to  the  Subspinulosus,  Sarre,  or  Truncatulus  groups. 
The  European  .species,  as  a  rule,  are  coarser  in  their  ornamentation,  the 
slope  of  the  cup  more  abrupt,  the  plates  heavier,  the  suture  lines  and  rugosi- 
ties of  the  plates  deeper,  the  nodes  stronger,  the  ventral  di.sk  higher,  and 
often  surmounted  by  a  large  nnal  tube,  somewhat  resembling  tliat  of 
Actlnocrinus  and  IJu/ocrinus.  The  facets  upon  the  radials  also,  as  a  rule, 
are  deeper,  and  are  frequently  provided  with  a  transverse  ridge,  indicating 
that  the  union  with  the  brachials  was  not  very  rigid. 

We  have  rejected  the  following  species  as  unrecognizable  on  account  of 
insufficient  preservation,  or  inadequate  description. 

/'.  uhseiilicm  S.  A.  )[ili,er,  Clioutcim  group,  Si'dnlin,  Xto. 

P.  (iiiKil/ilin  S.  A.  MjLi.Eit,  Burliiii,'li)ii  grciuj)  (?),  Lnc  (?). 

P.  iiniiiisiix  S.  A.  Mii.i.KU,  Choulcnii  group,  Snliili.i,  Mn. 

P.  uUiilnrxdIiis  Udwi.KV  ami  Hake,  Upper  llnrlini;li)n  limestone,  Louisinna,  Mo. 

P.  b'':l/iiril'iiu.t  Uai.i,  iiml  Wiiirr.,  ^Vuvcrly  group,  Bedforil,  Ohio. 

P.  Jitiiiri  S.  A.  Mii.i.F.n,  Biirliuglou  group,  Scdiiliii,  Mo. 

P.  ciil;/rutm  Ham.,  liurliiiglou  group,  Hurlinglon,  Iowa. 

P.  clniKlraueiisia  S.  A.  .MlI.i.Kll,  Clioulciiu  group,  Si'dalin,  AIo. 

P.  Culli-lli  S.  A.  Mii.i.EH,  Chouteiiu  group,  Scdidiii,  Mo. 

P.  coiici/111113  S.  A.  MiLi.EU,  Uurliiiglou  group,  Si'didia. 

/'.  ebonieeus  Ham,,  Hamilton  group,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y. 

P.  Iliit/ilrni  Meek,  Subcnrboniferous,  Montana. 

P.  murijiniilus  UoWL.  and  Haiie,  Upper  Burlington  group,  Pike  Co.,  Mo. 

/'.  priildf/onus  S.  A.  Miller,  Keokuk  group,  Boonvillc,  Mo. 

P.  iiliiiiu-biisalis  RowL.  and  Haiie,  Upper  Burlington  liincstouc,  near  Currjville,  Mo. 

7'.  pumiliis  Hall,  Warsaw  limcslom',  A\'arsaw,  Ills. 

P.  texabilis  Weiite,  Subcarboniferons,  Nevada. 

The  following  species  we  consider  to  be  synonyms:  — 

P.  ttleriinlh  S.  A.  MlLLEB  =  /'.  bonoensis  AVllITE. 

P.  alabamensi.1  S.  A.  Miller  =  /'.  //uii/tril/,e  Troost. 

P.  batiolii  S.  A.  Milleu:=7'.  irqnalis  Hall. 

P.  blooiiijii'hlensis  S.  A.  Mii.LEii  =  P.  planus  0.  and  SiiCM 

P.  ProiitlheiHli  S.  A.  MlLLEIi  =  P.  aiiicricami.r  0.  and  SlI. 

P.  ratluciix  S.  .\.  MiLLEB=  P.  bniiiieiiais  White. 

P.  carcliesium  S.  A.  Miller  =  P.  inleifiriiiis  Hall. 


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P.  elytii  Ham.ss  /',  tco/iinii  Mkkk  niiil  \V. 

P.  coirui/dlus  O.  iiiul  Siii'M.     ^  /'.  ilh,-'iiilei(ii  O.  nnd  SiifSi. 

P.  ciinyi-ilk/ivi  UiJH'i,.  unci  II.VIIK  =  /'.  uijiiili'mm  S.  A.  MlLLEH. 

P.  ejrai'i-liiD  I1ai.i.=  /'.  Iiiirliiintuiiriiiia  (),  nml  Siiiii. 

P.  Oeori/fi  1Iaix  =  /'.  S<ir,r  lUl.I,. 

P.  riiiijirlilniaia  Hai.i,  uiul  \ViHTfiKi.ii  =  /'.  grniiliicus  II.  nud  W. 

P.  inuftnitux  MrClt.  ==  /*,  itifHuiilutU'iim  O.  iiiiil  Sh. 

P,  liiuhin  S.  A.  M11.1.KI1  :=  /'.  1/urliiiiflitiii'ii.Ha  O.  mill  Sil. 

/'.  mu/ir(>i'ii.ils  WiiKi'iiKN  =  /'.  Siirrr  Hai.i,. 

/*.  muttibritrliiatu^  M.  and  \V.  ==  /'.  'fi^i'uii/fn.f  0.  nml  Sit, 

P.  uiiiliilini,'liii(/ii.i  Hai.i,  ISOl  (iint  1S.")S)  =  /'.  I'dm/illi,  vat.  permper. 

P,  iiui/mi4.i  WlliKiKN  imd  'ihllXU  —  Ciilii'furriiiiis  iimhtim. 

P.  iiu,l(,lii-iii-lii,ilii.i  Hai.i,  1S.')S  (ikiI  1801)  =  /'.  Imrliiii/linieiifis  0.  nnd  Sii. 

P.  iimliiluaiif  Hai.i,  (not  (iiii.np.)  ^  V.  ariiiijrttiiulm  .McC'il. 

P,  niH-li'iftfiiiin  Hai.i,=  /'.  bHtHiiijiuiii-nxis  (),  nnd  Sii. 

P.  oil,,  Hai.i,  ImU  (imt  DkK.  nnd  I,k.  Hon  1833)  =  P.  Ilidli  Siiusi. 

P.  Oirnii  .\I.  nnd  \V.  =  /'.  y,y„/l.i  Hai.i,. 

y.  /iiiri'ii'  Hai.i.  =  (-'iinlj/nrii/iiif  ///«/««.««.»  (Hai.i.). 

P.  /iciiirilliix  M.  nnd  \V.  =  /'.  Iliiiilxi'ill,r  Tikhlst. 

P.  jitiiiKj-lMwlh  Udwi..  nnd  Hahk  =  /'.  (/iiiin/iieriuiliit  WllITE. 

P.  jilioii,)  Hai.i.  (nut  ().  nnd  Sii.  Is.i:!)  =  /'.  //«//j'  SiiuM. 

P,  jilfnitt  M.  nnd  \V.  =  /'.  Ihiithfilt'C  TnoosT. 

P.  jileiiruriiiiiiiiit  WiiiTK  =  Kiiclii:tuCi-i,iiia  /ilriiruriiiiiiifH). 

J',  /ihiuiiivis  Hai.i,=  Ciirdi/lnrri/iii'  /iliiiiiMiit  (Hali,). 

P.  iir;rntittiirun  Hai.i,  =  M/irxftpiiirriiiii.i  iiftrhiutunis. 

P.  jjr,ruuiifinf  W.  nnil  Si'.  =  /■iiif/i/ilocriiiii.i  jii'iriiuiiliiis. 

P.  Iinitleniiiiiin  .\I.  nnd  \V.  =  /'.  Surir  Hai.i.. 

P.  imli'hfllax  S.  A.  Jlii.i.KU  =  /'.  (tisoiiih'ii.i  O.  nnd  Sii. 

P,  riimidutiis  Hai.i.  =  Coi'ili/lorn'/mi  niuiiilusu.^, 

P.  rtiftiii'lim  S.  .\.  Mii,i.Kii=.  /'.  si'iil/i/im  Hai.i,. 

P.  fili'/niiiriliifiu/^  Hai.i.  =  /*.  ilisniiftru^  O,  nnd  Sii. 

P.  ali-iutii'iit'liiiilim  Hai.i.  =:  /'.  itixroiiliiif  0.  nnd  Su. 

P.  siiU-(ilii>  ^'.  A.  .\[ii.i.Kii  =  =  P.  iwcMiiluf  Hai.i.. 

P.  Iniiiem'nmx  Ww.wv.w^ytiiniiiiinrriims  tennefseemii. 

P.  tfnttlflflilliia  \l.\\.\.=:  MilrHif/tiui-fiiln.t  tt'dlttriililtus, 

P.  tninriihin  Hai.i.  =  /*.  ttmpriiunnis  O.  nnd  Sii. 

P.  Iiiherosm  lUl.I,  =  Eurluilooriiim  liiberusus. 

Of  the  seventeen  .ipocle.s  in  the  above  list  which  we  have  been  unable  to 
identify,  the  majority  were  described  either  from  the  basal.s  alone,  or  these 
witii  tlie  addition  of  the  radials,  and  most  of  them  from  a  .single  specimen, — 
a  practice  which  cannot  be  'oo  severely  condemned.  No  pal»ontolog-ist  nt 
tiie  present  day  would  undertake  to  describe  an  Actlnocrlnm  or  Butocrinm 
from  n  specimen  showing  nothing  but  basals  and  radials ;  and  why  should  it 
be  done  with  Phitijm'nii.s?  There  is  often  the  greatest  difficulty  in  defining 
the  limits  of  species  and  varieties  with  an  abundance  of  the  best  preserved 
specimens  in  hand.  The  variation  of  surface  ornamentation  in  Platycrlnm 
is  almost  without  limit.  The  detached  radials  and  basal  plates,  beautifully 
preserved  and  free  from  matrix,  have  been  collected  by  thousands  from  the 
soft  sandy  layers  of  the  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  and  it  would  be  possible 


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to  pick  out  «ovoral  scoro  of  tliein,  wliowo  surfiieo  nmrkings  woiiltl  in  no  two 
bo  exiiutly  aiiku,  anil  wliicli  inigiit  in  Hufliciuntly  onurgetie  IiiukIm  bu  nuulo 
into  ns  niiiny  siR'cicH.  Among  tiie  Ninooth  Hpecies  of  tho  llmiington  group 
tlioru  (tiv  scvenil  Ibrnis,  which  it  is  absolutely  impossible  to  scpunUc  from 
tlio  slmpi!  ;iiiil  pioportions  of  the  dorsal  cup  alone.  Tho  arm  structure  indi- 
cates that  tiiiMe  is  more  than  one  species,  but  unless  the  nrnia  arc  attached 
the  l)ost  Crinoiogist  cannot  identify  tiicm.  Even  the  nundu'r  of  arms,  upon 
which  great  stress  has  been  laid  by  some  autiiors,  cannot  always  bo  depended 
npon  iniless  associated  with  other  ciiaracters.  Specimens  of  the  same  species 
may  have  four  to  six  arms  in  one  ray,  and  only  two  or  three  in  an- 
other. Exceptions  to  the  general  rule  arc  nowhere  more  frcfjucnt  than  in 
Plati/rrlttHS. 

All  attempts  at  de.scriljing  new  species  will  be  worse  than  useless  if  made 
without  at  least  some  reference  to  tho  ontogeny  of  the  Crinoids  generally, 
and  of  tho  particular  group  in  hand.  The  modifications  due  to  individual 
growth  in  P/ah/criiiiis  are  particularly  well  known,  and  are  very  striking. 
In  the  mature  specimen  the  ba.sal  cup  is  proportionally  deeper;  the  radials 
more  elongate ;  tho  stem  joints,  which  are  circular  in  the  young,  become 
elliptic  ;  the  arms  gradually  change  from  imiserial  to  biserial,  and  from  zig- 
zag to  nearly  straight;  the  arm  joints  are  proportionally  much  longer  in  tho 
young  than  in  the  adult;  the  ))innule8  much  stouter  and  further  apart;  and 
the  orals  grow  relatively  smaller  as  they  arc  carried  inward  by  increas- 
ing perisome.  Unless  all  the.se  matters  are  taken  into  consideration,  tho 
describing  of  species  amounts  to  little  more  than  description  of  individual 
specimens.  This  in  many  cases  is  not  without  value  in  bringing  to  the 
knowledge  of  others  a  really  new  form,  but  when  carried  to  excess  it  is 
the  terror  of  the  systematist  who  has  to  overhaul  the  work.  Neverthe- 
less, there  are  writers  who  go  on  describing  so-called  new  species  u[)on 
the  most  imperfect  material,  from  horizons  from  which  numerous  species 
of  tlie  same  genus  have  been  previou,sly  described,  without  comparison 
with  the  types  or  with  authentic  collections  of  known  species.  The  earlier 
authors,  in  the  infancy  of  PahTontologj',  before  the  great  treasures  of  our 
crinoidal  faunte  had  been  brought  to  light,  and  without  knowledge  of  the 
embryologj'  of  the  Crinoids,  may  readily  be  excused  for  describing  their 
species  from  such  material  as  they  had.  But  at  the  present  day  the  only 
excuse  for  this  class  of  work  that  can  be  found  is  the  desire  of  the  authors 
to  see  their  names  appended  to  the  greatest  possible  number  of  species.     A 


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crowning  vice  of  tlio  desn-iptionH  niiiniifactuicd  in  thin  way,  nnd  ono  ncccs- 
muily  Cullowiiig  tlio  nietlioils  t'lniilovLMl,  \n  tjio  frtHiuent  nbHt-nco  ol"  any  com- 
pnriHon  with  other  foniiH.  All  wo  have  in  nmny  ciisen  in  the  iiJ^MUiiince  of 
the  niithor  that  the  mieeieM  in  wo  unlike  any  other  that  ii  compuriMin  is 
nnnocossary.  Wo  have  found  in  priwtico  that  a  declaration  of  this  kind 
is  a  badge  of  susijicion,  and  in  one  of  the  most  common  indieations  of  a 
synonym, 

B URLING TONENSIS  ORO UP. 

Dorsal  cup  moderately  deep,  cup-shaped  ;  plates  rather  heavy,  and  with- 
out ornamentation ;  arms  long. 


Flatyorinus  burliDgtonensis  o.  nnd  Sihm, 
Pla/e  LXIX.  Fiys.  3ct,  b,  c,  d,  c,  /,  <j,  h,  i 

1S50.     OwKN  nnd  SiirMMin;  .Ifiiini.  Arml.  Nut.  Sci.  I'liila.  (iinw  series),  \u\.  II.,  Pail  1,  nnd  1S52,  I'.  S. 

(iecil.  Iti'p.  Ill'  Wis,,  ln«ii,  nnd  .Minn,,  p.  5?iU,  I'liilc  5.\,  V\g.  5. 
1S73.     XIekk  iukI  Woutmkn  ;  (iid.  Itep,  lllinnis,  Veil.  V,,  p,  iU,  IMiili'  ;i,  Firs,  fi,^  h,  e. 
1S81.     W.  nnd  Sf.  j  Uovisinn,  I'lirt  II,,  p,  "il  (.Vend.  Nut,  Sei,  I'hiln,,  p.  iH). 

8\f»,  J',  iiitji-naliia  MiChks.nky;   b;')'.l,  Discriptiim  (it  New  Species,  p.  0.     figured  ill  the  Trans, 
Cliieni,'!)  Ariid.  Sei.,  Veil.  I,,  I'lnli'  I,  I''ii,'s.  'An,  h,  ns  /'.  Iiiii-Uinjluiifimn. 

Syn.  P.  e.T!i,'rlH»  II.M.i,,  \V.^%;  (leid.  Hep.  Inwn,  V.d.  I  ,  I'nil  II.,  p.  630. 

Svn.  P.  iimhhi;u-hi,ilii>i  ll,n,r„  1S,-,S  (not  ISCl)  ;  iljid.,  p,  WVi. 

Syn.  />.  imcMfutmh  IIai.i,,  IS.-.S  ;  iliid.,  p.  CIO, 

Syn.  /'.  hiutus  S.  A.  Mii.i.Kn,  ISUlj  (leol,  Surv.  Missouri,  Hnll.  I,  p,  17,  Fips,  3  nnd  1. 

Of  medium  nizo  or  les.s.  Calyx  a  little  higher  than  wide  in  the  adult, 
width  and  length  about  equal  in  young  specimens,  the  ventral  disk  occupy, 
ing  ono  fourth  of  the  height.  Dorsal  cup  bowl-shnped,  slightly  spreading  to 
the  arm  bases;  the  base  rounded  in  largo  specimens,  more  or  le.ss  flattened 
and  proportionally  shorter  in  smaller  ones.  Plates  moderately  thick  and 
without  oruiimentation ;  tlio  radial.s  toward  the  facets  somewhat  thickened 
or  longitudinally  convex,  so  as  to  give  to  the  cup,  as  seen  from  below, 
a  slightly  pentangular  outline.  Basi-radial  and  interbasal  sutures  a  little 
grooved. 

Basal  cup  saucer-shaped,  its  height  equal  to  half  the  length  of  the 
radials;  the  interbasal  sutures  rarely  visible  in  the  adult;  the  colunm  facet 
circular  and  but  little  impressed.  Radials  about  as  long  as  wide,  in  large 
specimens  somewhat  longer,  in  smaller  ones  a  shade  shorter ;  wider  at  the 
top  than  at  the  bottom,  the  upper  margins  slightly  incurving,  and  the 
superior  angles  truncated,  especially  at  the  anal  side,  where  they  form  a 


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wiilu  ami  iiiilu'i'  il('i'|)  iioU'li.  I'licc'tM  uocup^ing  Imlf  tho  >vi(lili  of  llie 
liliili'.H,  Hoiiii-circiiliii',  uiil_\'  I'Xfuvatt'il  iit  tlii'ir  diiIit  facfH,  the  imii'i'  cilgi's 
ui  tliu  platu.i  lii'iiig  ill  a  dtiai^lit  lint.',  which  in  xlightly  iiuti-hi'd  fur  tho 
lia.^M.igo  of  till'  uiiibiilacral  vomhcIh.  Cusiul.s  iiiuiloiali.'!}'  largo,  Huli'iit'iitagoiial; 
their  lateral  iiiaigiiis  very  r<luirt,  direeted  uutwani  ami  Mli^ihlly  iipwanl.  Ditt- 
liohiils  ami  [jalmarH  oiiee  and  a  half  an  wide  as  long,  the  former  giving  oil 
ail  arm  to  one  .tide,  and  two  iialmurs  to  the  other,  the  latter  two  ariiiN, 
making  three  arm.H  to  eaeli  Mnli<li\i>ion,  or  hix  aniiH  to  tin*  ray.  ArniN  rather 
uleiider,  vi'i'v  slighilv  tapering,  rounded  on  the  haek,  their  live  or  mIx  pro.x- 
iiiial  plates  wedge-lonii  and  uiiiserial,  the  siieceediiig  ones  hiserial.  'J'ho 
ami  plates  are  nearly  as  long  as  wide,  and  each  one  is  marked  ]>y  a  small, 
transverse  elevation  projeeting  iVoni  tho  isides  of  the  arms.  I'iiiiiulos  nearly, 
or  i|nite.  in  contai't  laterally. 

A'entral  disk  depre-^sed  lieinisi)herieal ;  orals  large,  tuberculous,  exccn. 
trie,  and  asynimelrieally  arranged  ;  disk  ambulacra  short  and  composed  of 
few  rather  large  pieces.  The  inlerambuhu'rals  consist  of  a  single  row  of 
three  plates,  of  which  the  two  at  the  sides  arc  very  narrow  and  bend 
abruptly  outwaril ;  the  middle  one  large,  mid  resting  invariably  against  the 
ornls.  The  niidille  ])lalo  of  the  anal  side,  which  is  larger  and  sub-f|uadiaiigii. 
lar,  is  followed  by  two  medium  sized  plates,  ami  tlu'se  by  iiuinerouH  piimller 
ones,  which  together  form  an  elongate  protuberance  or  short  aiinl  tube,  5  to 
(i  mm.  in  length,  directed  upward,  and  curving  slightly  inward  to  tho  middle 
of  the  disk  ;  its  lower  margin,  bordering  the  posterior  oral,  slightly  truncat- 
ing its  outer  edge.  Column  moderately  twisted,  the  joints  decidedly  elliptic 
in  tho  adult,  almost  circular  in  young  s])ecimcns. 

ILiriviiii  iKiil  Lucitllli/.  —  Lower  Ilurlington  limestone,  Burlington,  Town; 
and  found  at  tho  same  horizon  throughout  Mi.s.souri,  and  in  Southwestern 
>i'ew  Mexico. 

Ji'iiiiiid".  —  Tho  subglobosc  form  of  tho  calyx,  but  ptill  more  the  con- 
struction of  the  ventral  disk  with  its  incurving  anal  tube  and  the  largo 
interanibiilacral  plates  which  invariably  touch  tho  orals,  distinguish  this 
species  from  all  others  known  to  n.s. 

In  describing  this  species  we  had  for  comparison  over  sixty  s])ecimcna  of 
nil  sizes,  from  T2  mm.,  including  arms,  to  8  cm.,  showing  the  modifications 
that  took  place  in  tho  growing  Crluoid,  in  the  form  of  the  calyx  and  the 
structure  of  the  arms.  Tho  calyx  of  young  specimens  is  shorter,  the  base 
more  depressed,  the  arms  zigzag,  and  composed  of  long  wedge-form  plates, 


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till'  piiiniiK'H  proportioiiiilly  liirge  iiinl  pliiccil  wiilc  apiiit.  Hull  di'xciila'il  n 
ratlii'i'  }oim^  KjK'cimi'ii,  t'vidiiitly  of  tiiin  Hpocii-x,  iim  /',  niiv/iij'"niiis,  imntlicr 
witli  Homi'wliiit  (Ifi'por  Hiiliiii'  iiru'M  iih  /'.  i.i:tir/!i.s,  ninl  duo  in  wliicli  llic  miiiih 
iiro  iiM  yi't  ill  their  t'liihiyoiiic  hIiUc  t\M  /*.  iKiiliilirni/iiittiiH;  wliilu  S.  A.  MilliT 
(k'xci'ii)ud  iiH  /'.  liiiitKn  n  Hpuciiiiun  ttiiuwing  tliu  niml  tubu. 


Flatjrorinus  aymmetrioui  w.  nmi  Sc. 

J'luk  III.  I'I'j.  Id ;  J'liilc  I.MX.  ////■>••  /".  *.  »■ 

IMIi).    \V.  nudSi..  i  (iiul.  Itcp.  Uliiiui-,  V(/l.  VIII  ,  |i.  ls(),  l'l:ilc  1:,,  Fiif.  S. 

Hi'low  inciliiini  ni/.e' ;  tlio  Hpcciiiu'iiM  of  V\^\\t  cdldi',  in  miiikctl  rnntrn.xt  (o 
Dii/i'iiTiiiitu  iniinidfiis  iiiul  otliir  Hiiccios  IVoiii  llic  muw  Ideality,  whieli  me 
(lurk,  ('iilyx  ncnily  ns  wiilo  nn  lii>.'h,  the  veiitiiil  dixk  (leiuesscfl,  nnil  oceiipy- 
ing  in  ndiiU  HpeoimciiM  one  tliini  of  the  totiil  liei^dit,  a  little  iiidic  in  ilie 
youiij,'er  ones.  Doi'mhI  cup  Hulttiniiiimle,  risinjr  j;iniliiiilly  fi'diii  llie  top  of  tlie 
bnmils  to  the  arm  liases;  liasal  cup  small  and  short.  I'latcs  modeiately 
lionvy,  almost  Hat  except  for  tlic  general  ciirvafure  of  tlic  cnp;  tlic  Kur 
face  without  oninmentation ;  the  hasi-rndial  niid  interradiid  sutiues  di8- 
tinctly  channeled,  the  inteihasal  ones  iiivisilile. 

Basal  cup  shallow,  rounded  ;  the  coliirrni  fiicet  proportidiially  large  and 
circular.  Radial.s  a  little  longer  than  wide,  increasing  in  width  upwanls; 
the  liinhs  slightly  ciu'ving  inward,  their  upper  faces  nloping  ;  the  middle  por- 
tions of  the  plates  somewhat  projecting  and  thickened  toward  the  facets  ; 
the  edges  rather  distinctly  beveled.  Facets  shallow  and  directed  upwards, 
their  width  equal  to  one  half  the  diameter  of  the  radials  at  the  upp'  r  end 
Ccstals  trigonal,  Hinall,  but  completely  filling  tlie  facets.  Disticbals  and  pal- 
inar.'?  one  fourth  wider  than  long,  nnil  the  lower  plates  pinnule-bearing.  The 
upper  plate  of  the  distichals  gives  off  an  arm  to  the  outer  side  and  two  pal- 
mars  with  two  arms  to  the  inner  side,  making  six  arm.s  to  the  ray.  The  two 
proximal  nrm  joints  following  the  bifurcations  cuneate  and  singly  arranged, 
tlio  succeeding  ones  biserial.  Ventral  disk  low-convex,  the  plates  very 
numerous  and  small.  Orals  rather  s^-mmetrically  arranged,  the  posterior 
one  a  little  larger  than  the  other.s.  The  covering  ]datcs  of  the  ambulacra 
form  narrow  ridges  compo.«ed  of  two  rows  of  small  alternating  pieces,  which 
bifurcate  upon  the  disk,  nnd  remain  closed  to  the  ends  of  the  distichals.  The 
interambulacral  spaces  are  deeply  depressed,  and  at  the  four  regular  sides  of 
the  disk  consist  in  full  grown  .specimens  of  fifteen  or  more  pieces,  of  which 


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tlie  middle  one  of  tlio  (ir.si  low  is  Nuldriaiigidiir  in  Diitline,  and  a«  largo  as 
four  or  li\(t  of  llic  odicr.s  l();i(llici'.  'J'lie  inidillc  iiImIc  of  the  anal  i-idc  is 
soniewlial,  isnndler,  and  sid)i|uadr.uigidar.  It  is  lulloucd  \iy  a  very  larg(!  mini- 
1)1  r  of  niiniile  jiieees,  \vlii('li  I'drni  a  cireidar,  well  delineil,  lounded  iirotnlier- 
ance,  ex(ending  I'roni  llie  orals  (o  the  lar;^e  (jiiadran^iidar  ))lnte.  In  }<'iin^' 
K))eciineiis  ( I'lale  111.,  I''ig.  Ill),  llie  oials  are  as  large  as  in  llie  adidi  ( I'lale 
liXIX..  l''ig.  Ii)  ;  tliey  are  even  more  icgidarly  arranged,  and  stand  out  ecjn- 
s](ieuoiislv  over  the  sorroiinding  |iart  of  the  disk  ;  the  aniimlaera  are  shorter, 
and  the  interanilmlaeial  sjiaees  consist  of  oid\  live  or  six  jiieces,  ol'  which 
the  niiilille  one  hears  a  central  nodi',  ('olinnn  decidedly  ellij)li(',  e\ce])t  the 
proximal  joints  which  are  eiri'ular,  and  it  has  a  ra|)id  twist.  The  length  of 
the  stem,  as  oiiseiveil  in  several  sjiecimens,  does  not  exceed  Ifi  cm.;  its  telini- 
iial  pari,  after  giving  oil  a  few  short  iateial  cirri,  ends  in  a  shai'p  point. 

Jl'iiizdu  iiiid  Lmidilji.  —  Kinderhook  group;   Le  (ir.uiil,  .Marshall  Co.,  Iowa. 

Ti/iii>f  in  the  collection  of   Wa<hsniiilli  and  Spiinger. 

lidiKiil,^.  —  This  species  dilfers  from  /'.  Jj/r^'-.x,?/ of  the  same  hori/on.  in 
llie  more  spreading  cal\  \,  heavier  plalis.  giooveil  siilnie  lines,  and  the  sh<irl 
and  idiinded  hasal  ciqi  witli(jiil  project ing  rim. 

Platycrinus  pileiforinis  II  mi.. 

Phi.  I. XIX.  i-\.j.  r,,  »/„/  rial,  I. XX.  ri.jx.  hh,,  h. 

l>i:,S.       II. U.I   ;    (h.,1     |(,|,     !„«:,,   V.,1.   I.,   I':,rl    I  I  .  p.   f.J'.l,   I'l;,!,- V.   \.,.j..   |„,  /,,  ,-. 

h^il.     \\    iiiid  Si-  ;  Iti'viniiiii,  I'iiii  II  ,  |i.  ("  Ht'iwciril.  Aiviil.  Niil    Sci.  I'hil.-i,  |i.  ils). 

^m.  /'.  ,;i,r/ir>iu,,i  fS.  A.  .Mil.i.Kii  ;  (m'i\.  Suiv.  (if  .Mi-viiin,  liiill.  t,  p.  a:),  i';,,ii    1,  l"!;.'-.  d,  7. 

Of  medium  size,  llors.il  cup  deep,  iihoiit  as  high  iis  wide,  somewhat 
expanding  upwards,  louiided  at  the  liase.  I'lales  lather  thin,  e.\cepl  the 
radials  Induw   the  facets;    surface  smooth. 

IJasal  Clip  hasin-shaped,  evenly  rounded,  its  height  fully  half  the  length 
of  the  radials,  the  miildle  portions  slightly  excavated  for  the  column  facei. 
whicli  is  circular;  interliasal  sutures  rari'Iy  visilde.  Ifadials  a  little  longer 
than  wide,  the  sides  almost  paialld.  the  upper  I'ai  es  dee)ily  notched,  the 
iioti'h  of  th(!  anal  side  considerahly  wider  ami  ninch  deeper,  giving  to  tin; 
])osteiior  radials  an  asymnu'triiid  form.  Facets  senn-eircular,  less  than  hull' 
the  width  of  the  plates,  their  upper  margins  hut  slightly  excavated,  ('ostitis 
triangular  in  outline,  generally  occiipsing  the-  full  widlli  of  the  facets,  those 
of  the  same  ray  in  sutiiral  contact  laleially,  fully  lwii'(^  as  wid<'  as  long,  and 
giving  off  two  arms  eai  h.     Anns  four  to  the  ray.  very  hea\y,  Huhcylindrieal, 


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tapering  only  noiir  tlio  (ipw ;  iIh;  two  lower  artn  plates  i<iitiirally  ('oiincclcd 
mid  (luailranj^iilar;  llie  live  or  nix  fiiccci'dinjr  ones  wciljfc-l'onii  and  iini- 
Hi.'rial,  tlioHc  hcyoml  inli'rlo(,'kin<^,  and  jrradiially  tin'iiinj,'  into  two  .scries  of 
traiiHVifrr'L'  jjieccn  with  jiarallel  upper  ami  lower  faces.  I'innnlc.s  JM'avy, 
knil'u-liko,  lliL'  jointM  long  and  tliickciicd  at  llie  ends.  \'enlral  disk  liiilf  the 
Iieiglil,  ol"  IIk!  dorsal  cup,  fialtoiiLMl  at  tiio  miinniit,  \\iv  sides  sleep,  almost,  in 
n  vertical  line;  with  liie  radiaJM.  The  interainhidacral  spaces  at  the  lour  regu- 
lar sides  generally  Consist  of  nix  pieces,  arrangi'd  in  two  rows;  the  middle 
one  of  the  lower  I'ow  large,  the  two  at  the  sides  very  lidlc  cm  \'ing,  the  three 
upper  ones  Small.  The  inleranihuhu'rals  of  th(;  anal  siile  consideriilily  wider, 
the  middle  plali'  of  tli(j  first  row  shorter  and  desceuiling  to  a  lower  level  than 
the  coii'espondiug  plates  of  th(!  other  sides,  its  lower  facen  making  a  riiiht 
angle;  the  plates  ahov.;  numerous,  forming  a  small  protuheranco,  which 
opeiLs  out  la1(-'rally,  ami  is  separateil  I'rom  the'  cjrals  hy  several  moderately 
large   plates, 

//(//■('.;■(///  (//((/  l,ii<<iHli/.  —  fiower  Hurlington  limestone,  15iuliiigl(in,  Iowa, 
and  llannihal  and  Scdalia,  Mo. 

7///"'  in  the  (WorthenJ  Illinois  Stale  collection,  Spriiigliidd. 

Jiiiiiar/i'n.  —  This  cpecieH  ntsemhles  /'.  /)iir/iii;//ii>ii iisis,  hut  differs  in  the 
more  elongate  form  of  the  calyx  ;  it  has  no /such  anal  tuhe  as  tli.at  species, 
its  amis  consisting  of  a  simple  o])ening  directly  thiough  the  disk. 

Miller's  y.  rdrc/iiHiniii,  as  de.scrihed  from  the  basals  and  ladials  only,  can- 
not he  separated  from  I'.  iidiifdVnilx. 

Platycrinus  corbuliformis  Kowm  v  an.i  Hahi:. 
Plate  LXXl.  /•'/>.  Ila,h. 

l>^'./|       K.'iiisi.s  City  Srii.jili.,!,  ji.  I  i;i,  I'l.'ili'  :(,  KiV's.  1  .■iimI  2. 

01."  the  ty|ie  of  /'.  biii'/iiii/loiicnuin,  hut  tlie  plati's  heavier  and  more  spread- 
ing. I)cscrihc<l  from  ispi-cimens  in  which  oidy  the  hasals.  railials  :ind  a  few 
of  the  inlerradial  plates  are  presci'\cd.  Dorsal  cuj)  hasin-shaped.  rallier 
rapidly  s|)readiiig.  and  distinctly  (luiiapadohatc'  at  the  np|}er  end  -.  the  plates 
convex  and  jn'rlectiy  smooth;  inlerbasal,  hasi-radial  and  interradi.il  suture 
lines  rather  deeply  depressed. 

lliiHalM  forming  a  shallow  cup,  with  a  dcej)  circular  de|tression  at  thii 
lower  face  for  the  reception  of  tla;  column,  whic'i  <j"(nipies  ahout  one  third 
the  diameter  of  the  cup;  the  lower  margins  a  lililc  liulging,   and   cinviiig 


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gently  iipwiinl  to  iiiet't  the  riuliolH.  Kiidiiil.s  as  wide  as  long,  one  fourth 
wilier  near  the  toj)  tlmii  at  the  holtoin ;  facets  very  large,  oceii])ying  more 
than  a  third  the  width  of  the  j)late.s,  and  reaching  down  to  alniowt  one  half 
their  length  ;  tiiey  are  directed  ohliijiiely  upwards,  suhcircular,  and  but 
slightly  notched  at  the  upper  end ;  the  surface  concave,  and  perfectly 
smooth.  The  limhs  of  the  radiuls  bend  a  little  inward,  their  upper  faces 
abruptly  truncated  ;  they  sujiport  three  rather  small  interradial  i)lates,  of 
which  the  outer  ones  face  the  costal.s,  and  are  in  part  interundiulacral. 

Ilorizon  unci  Locdili/.  —  Da.se  of  the  Lower  IJurlington  limestone;  Bui  • 
llngton,  Iowa. 

'I'l/pis  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  R.  R.  Rowley  of  Louisiana,  Mo. 


PlatycrinuB  aequitemua  s.  A.  Millkr. 
riatc  LXXI.  Fly.  12. 

1S91,     S.  A.  MlM.KIi;  liiill,  4,  (icol.  Surv.  Missouri,  p.  W,  I'latc  1,  Fif;,  13. 

Svn.   Vluliji-niuti  ciirryriUrniis  KdWi.Ky  and    IIakk,  IS'Jl  ;  K.-iiiMis  City  Sciciilisl,  ]i.  98,  Pliclc  2, 
I'iR.  5, 

A  moderately  smnll  .species  of  the  type  of  P.  jnlcifonni/i  Hall ;  described 
from  the  basals  and  radials  only.  Dorsal  cup  to  the  top  of  the  radials  obcon- 
ical,  as  wide  as  high,  truncated  below,  the  sides  very  little  convex;  cross- 
section  somewhat  quin(|uel()bate.  Plates  flat  and  without  ornamentation  ; 
suture  lines  not  grooved  and  rather  ob.scure. 

Basals  closely  anchylosed,  forming  a  truncated,  rapidly  expanding  basin, 
equal  in  height  to  half  the  length  of  the  radials;  the  lower  face  sufficiently 
depressed  to  contiiin  (he  proximal  stem  joint,  which  is  circular  and  slightly 
serrated  around  the  edge.  Radials  longer  than  wide,  gradually  expanding, 
convex  longitudinally,  the  convexity  increasing  toward  the  facets;  the  sloji- 
ing  u])per  faces  toward  the  ontd  side  deeper,  and  forming  a  broader  notch ; 
tlie  fiicets  of  the  two  posterior  radials  puslied  to  one  side.  Facets  semi- 
ovoid,  slightly  concave,  the  upper  edge  a  little  excavated  ;  they  occupy  half 
the  width  of  the  plates,  and  nearly  one  third  their  length,  jiroject  abruptly 
outward,  and  face  laterally. 

ILirhon  and  LomUfi/. — Chouteau  limestone;  Sedalia,  Mo. 

T//2>e  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  F.  A.  Sampson,  Sedalia. 


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Flatycrinus  insolens  Kowi.kv  and  iiauk. 
riate  LXXI.  Fi,j.  lo. 

1801.     Kinisiifi  City  SciiMilisI,  p.  'JS,  I'liiti:  2,  Vij;.  4. 

Type  of  P.  hnrJiii(jl(ini'um ;  dusciilji'd  from  the  basals  and  radiul.s.  These 
plates  form  a  moderately  small,  spreadini;  cup,  with  very  sliyhtly  c(jiivcx, 
neai'ly  straight  HJdus,  and  hiowlly  truncated  base ;  cro.-s-,section  near  the 
upper  end  obscurely  pentangular.     Plates  rather  strong. 

Base  saucer-shaped ;  ujjper  face  produced  into  sharp  angles;  lower  face 
perfectly  flat,  spreading  outward  into  a  short,  well  defined  rim,  fully  twice 
as  wide  as  the  column,  and  somewhat  fluted  at  the  margin;  column  facet 
round.  Interbasal  sutures  invisible ;  basi-radial  and  interradial  sutures 
slightly  depressed.  I{a<lials  about  one  fifth  wi<ler  at  the  top  than  at  the 
bottom,  their  length  equal  to  their  greatest  widtii ;  longitudinally  convex,  a 
little  contracted  at  the  upper  end ;  the  faces  supporting  the  interradial  pieces 
almost  horizontid,  and  but  slightly  truncated  at  the  anal  side.  Articular 
facets  occupying  one  third  the  width  of  thi;  plates;  directed  obliquely  upward, 
their  surfaces  being  covered  with  fine  radiating  striaj  and  an  obscure  trans- 
verse ridge,  but  without  perforation. 

Iloriion  and  Lornlih/.  —  Cliouteaii  limestone;  near  Curryville,  Mo. 

7}/pes  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  Rowley. 

Jlcmarks.  —  This  species  resembles/'.  ai/in'/enviH  Miller;  but  tlie  latter 
has  a  more  concave  base,  the  facets  of  the  radials  are  more  jnojecting  and 
directeil  almost  horizontally.  It  also  approaches  /'.  JJiiU.sl,  but  the  radial 
facets  are  nuich  wider  and  larger  generally. 


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PlatycrinuB  Britsi  «  A.  Arir,i,i;n. 
Plate  LXXI.  FUj.  JO. 

1991.     S.  A.  Mii.i,En ;  Hull.  Nn.  4,  Gi-ol.  Siirv.  Missouri,  p.  23,  PInIo  3,  Fi^^s.  3  niul  4. 

Comparable  with  P.  (cquilcrnns  Miller,  and  P.  Imolcm  Rowley  and 
Hare.  Of  medium  size.  Caly.x  to  the  top  of  the  radials  cup-.shaped, 
wider  than  high,  bro.'ully  truncated  at  the  bottom,  the  sides  convex, 
more  rapidly  expanding  at  the  basals  than  at   the  radials.     I'lates  thick. 


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THE   CKINOIDKA   CAJIERATA   OK   NORTH   AMERICA. 


their  surface  smooth  ;  basi-mdial  and  intermdinl  suture  lines  distinct,  but  not 
grooved. 

Biisals  forming  a  low  basin,  with  a  short  rim  extending  outward  from  the 
lower  end ;  the  bottom  slightly  excavated  for  the  reception  of  the  stem ;  the 
plates  closely  anchylosed,  and  interbasal  sutures  invisible.  Column  facet 
large,  circular,  the  extreme  outer  margin  striated ;  axial  canal  very  ,«mall. 
Radials  as  wide  as  long,  a  fifth  wider  near  the  top  than  at  the  bottom, 
thickened  around  the  facets;  the  sides  supporting  the  interradials  very 
short.  Facets  unusually  wide,  occupying  three  fourths  the  width  of  the 
platO'',  directed  obliquely  upwards,  a  little  concave,  and  provided  with  a  low 
transverse  ridge.  The  costals  occupy  the  whole  width  of  the  facet,  are 
extremely  short,  and  very  slightly  angular ;  their  sloping  faces  with  a  trans- 
verse  ridge  and  a  shallow  fossa  to  the  outer  side  of  it.  Structure  of  all 
other  parts  unknown. 

Horizon  and  Locality.  —  Chouteau  group,  at  Pin  Hook  bridge,  Mo. 

Ti/jK  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  Sampson. 


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Flatycrinus  pisum  Rowley  and  Hare. 
Plate  LXXI.  Figs.  13a,  h. 

1S91.    Kansas  Citv  Scientist,  p.  113,  Plate  3,  Fig.  3. 

A  very  small  species.  Calyx  spherical,  about  as  wide  as  high,  the  dorsal 
cup  a  little  higher  than  the  tegmen,  the  sides  almost  at  right  angles  to  the 
truncated  base.  Plates  finely  granular,  the  sutures  moderately  grooved, 
except  those  between  the  basals,  which  are  invisible. 

Base  disk-like,  flat,  only  the  edges  curving  upwards;  the  place  of  attach- 
ment for  the  column  circular,  elevated  slightly  above  the  plane  of  the  base ; 
its  extreme  outer  margin  striated.  Radials  a  little  wider  than  long,  the 
sides  parallel ;  facets  occupying  half  the  width  of  the  plates,  and  nearly 
a  third  of  their  length,  semicircular,  having  no  notch  at  the  upper  edge. 
Interradial  plates  somewhat  depressed  and  directed  obliquely  upwards,  ex- 
cept  at  the  anal  side,  where  they  are  erect  and  form  the  base  of  a  rather 
prominent  anal  protuberance,  composed  of  minute  plates.  The  orals  are 
large  and  convex ;  they  rest  upon  the  first  row  of  interradials  and  against 
a  large  radial  dome  plate,  there  being  no  covering  plates  in  the  calyx. 
Structure  of  arms  unknown. 


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Ilorhon  and  L  ^alit//.  —  Bnso  of  Lower  Burlington  limestone  ;  Louisi- 
ana, Mo. 

Ti/pe  in  tlio  collection  of  Mr.  Rowley. 

Jiaiuirks.  —  Fron»  the  small  size  of  tiie  .specimen,  and  the  structure  of  the 
ventral  disk,  we  are  inclined  to  believe  that  it  represents  a  very  young  form 
of  P.  biirluii/Zuiwiisis. 

Platycrinus  quinquenodus  White. 
Plate  LXXI.  Figs.  Ua,  b,  c. 

1S02.    Wlllir. ;  Proceed.  Boston  Society  Niit.  Hist.,  p.  IS. 

1S81.     W.  and  Sr.  i  Revision,  Part  II.,  p.  71  (Proceed.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Pliila.,  p.  2l«). 

Syn.  P  pliinoiasali)  Howlkv  and  II.\nK,  1891;  Kansas  City  Scientist,  p.  97.  Plate  2,  Fig.  1. 

Of  moderate  size.  Calyx  rather  rapidly  and  evenly  spreading  from  the 
truncated  base  to  half  the  height  of  the  ventral  di.sk ;  the  lower  brachials 
directed  almost  horizontally.  Ventral  disk  as  high  as  the  cup,  distinctly 
convex,  extended  outward  to  the  top  of  the  distichals,  and  forming  well  de- 
fined lobes,  which  give  to  the  calyx  a  sharply  quinquclobate  outline.  Plates 
of  the  dorsal  cup  heavy  and  without  ornamentation,  except  that  the  base  is 
marked  by  five  rounded  nodes,  interradially  disposed  and  directed  down- 
ward.    Basi-radial  and  interradial  sutures  channeled. 

Basal  cup  deep,  fully  two  thirds  the  length  pf  the  radials,  truncated  at 
the  bottom,  the  sides  gradually  spreading.  Eadials  as  long  as  wide,  wider 
above  than  below,  the  median  portions  below  the  facets  much  the  thickest  ; 
the  lower  faces  almost  straight,  the  upper  angles  deeply  truncated  and 
forming  with  the  corresponding  sides  of  adjoining  plates  deep  notches;  the 
notch  of  the  anal  side  considerably  deeper,  extending  down  to  fidly  one 
third  the  length  of  the  plates.  Facets  semicircular,  facing  almost  horizon- 
tally, the  upper  end  not  notched,  or  only  a  very  little.  Costals  pentangidar, 
the  upper  faces  concave.  Distichals  nearly  twice  as  wide  as  long,  those  of 
the  same  ray  in  sutural  contact  laterally,  the  upper  ones  axillary.  Structure 
of  arms  unknown.  Plates  of  the  disk  nodose,  except  the  interambulacrals  of 
the  anal  side,  which  are  barely  convex.  Orals  very  large,  almost  symmetri- 
cally arranged  ;  the  posterior  one  a  little  larger  and  wedged  in  between  the 
others.  The  plates  of  the  disk  ambulacra  large  and  tuberculous,  extending 
out  to  the  ends  of  the  distichals  and  forming  rigid  tubular  extensions.  Inter- 
ambulacrals three,  the  middle  one  twice  as  long  as  the  two  at  the  sides,  but 
without  touching  the  orals.    The  middle  plate  of  the  anal  side  considerably 


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smaller  tliaii  tlie  corresponding  plates  of  the  other  sides,  and  placed  at 
a  higiier  level  than  the  middle  one.  The  plates  surrounding  the  anal  opening 
not  projecting;  the  opening  low  down,  and  directed  laterally, 

IJur'aun  (w<l  Locul'di/.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington.  Iowa. 

Tijpi;  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 

lUnmrkx. — This  species  dilTors  from  all  others  of  this  group  in  the  abrupt 
spreading  of  the  lower  brachials,  and  the  quinquclobato  outline  of  the  calyx. 
The  nodes  upon  the  basals,  although  quite  distinct  in  the  type,  are  in  other 
specimens  but  faintly  represented,  and  sometimes  absent  altogether. 

Platycrinus  Halli  Siu.m. 
Plate  LXXII.  Fiijs.  da,  h,  ami  T<i,  h. 

HI15,     SiirM\nn;  Ciiliil.  I'lilivoz.  y,iss.  Xorlli  AiniT.,  p,  3S?  (Tniis.  Ar:iil.  Sci.,  St.  Lduis,  Vol.  TI.)- 
1S73.     .\ltKK  ami  WcjiiTiiKx;  (iccil.  lii'p.  llliiiciis,  Vul.  V.,  p.  4JI-,  I'lali'  3,  Kijis.  3ii,  h,  c,  il. 

Svu.  /'./,/„,;«,«  Ham,  (iiul  ().  iiml  Sin  M.)  ;  Grol.  li.p.  luwii,  Wil.  1„  V-m-\  II.,  I'biio  S,  File's,  tw,  b. 

Svn.  V.  i.liii  Hai.i,,  ISOl  {mil  Dk  Koxinck  mul  I.Kiiox  ISjH);   Doscr.  Nc»v  Spec  Ciiii.,  p,  10. 

A  rather  largo  species ;  the  calyx  large  in  proportion  to  the  length  of 
the  arms,  one  fifth  higher  than  wide;  height  of  the  ventral  di.-k,  as  compared 
with  that  of  the  don^al  cup,  as  two  to  three,  the  former  hemisi>herical,  the 
latter  bell-.shaped.  widest  around  the  (iicefs.  Plates  of  the  dorsal  cup  slightly 
conve.v,  thickened  below  the  facets,  and  rather  heavy  throughout ;  inter- 
radial  sutures  somewhat  depressed,  giving  to  the  cup  a  slightly  pentangular 
outline. 

Height  of  base  equal  to  half  the  length  of  the  radials,  the  outer  surface 
regularly  rounded,  except  beneath  the  colunm,  Avhich  rests  within  a  circular 
depression  ;  sutures  l)efween  the  plates  oiten  visible.  Eadials  a  little  longer 
than  wide,  .slightly  spreading,  somewhat  irregular  in  form,  espcciidly  the 
])osterior  ones,  which  arc  frequently  wider  than  the  others  and  asymmetri- 
cal, owing  to  the  wider  and  deeper  truncation  of  the  n]iper  angles  at  the 
anal  side.  Facets  rather  wide  and  deep,  .semicircular  to  semiovoid,  the  npper 
edges  slightly  notched.  Costals  irregularly  pentagonal  with  concave  upper 
faces ;  rarel}'  trigonal.  Distichals,  palmars  and  post-palmars  from  once  and 
a  half  to  twice  as  wide  as  long ;  the  distichals  of  the  same  ray  in  sutural 
contact  laterally,  but  among  the  palmars  and  post-palmars  onl}'  the  plates 
of  the  same  subdivisions.  Arms  seven  to  eight  to  the  ray,  quite  short  and 
moderately  heavy,  their  two  or  three  proximal  plates  cuneate  and  alternatel}' 
arranged,  the  succeeding  ones  arranged  biserially  ;  the  latter  rather  long, 


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llieir  upper  nnd  lower  faces  pnrnllel,  the  outer  lateral  faces  provided  with  a 
sharp  projection  placed  in  front  of  the  pinnules. 

Ventral  disk  convi'x,  j^riidunlly  curvinj^  to  the  siimiiiit,  quin(|Uclobatc  as 
seen  from  uliove,  the  plates  slightly  convex.  Orals  rather  a.'^yintnetrically 
arranged  ;  the  posterior  one  larger  than  the  other  four,  and  pushed  in  be- 
tween them.  Anibulacrol  plates  of  the  first  order  consisting  of  but  few 
large  pieces  of  rather  irregular  arrangement,  those  of  the  second  order 
about  one  half  smaller.  Intenimbulacral  jilates  of  the  regular  sides  five 
in  two  rows;  the  middle  one  of  the  first  row  huge,  elongate,  hexangular, 
much  narrower  at  the  top  than  at  the  bottom,  and  deeply  wedged  in  between 
the  radials ;  the  two  at  the  sides  very  narrow,  the  edges  toward  the  ambu- 
lacra deeply  .scalloped  by  adjoining  covering-pieces.  Anal  side  considerably 
larger,  the  notch  between  the  radials  deeper  ;  the  middle  plate  much  shorter, 
wider  and  pentangular,  supporting  upon  its  sloping  upper  faces  two  smidler 
pieces,  which,  being  at  a  higher  level,  form  with  their  lower  faces  and  with 
the  sloping  lower  sides  of  the  middle  plate  a  sharp  angle;  the  plates  of  the 
first  row  arc  followed  by  nmnerous  smaller  ones,  which  form  a  largo  rounded 
protuberance,  containing  the  anus.  Column  moderately  large  ;  the  three 
upper  joints  circular,  the  lower  ones  distinctly  elliptic. 

Horizon  (did  Lcrd/i///.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

licitHir/fs. — This  sjiecies  resembles  P.  plhlforinix  in  the  form  of  the  calyx  ; 
but  the  plates  are  heavier,  the  arms  comparatively  shorter,  not  so  heavy,  and 
much  more  numerous. 


Platycrinus  acclivus  s.  A.  jriLi.F.u. 

1S91.     S.  A.  Mii.i.i:k  ;  (i.nl.  Suiv,  Missouri,  Bull.  1,  p.  U,  I'lulc  1,  Figs.  9  nnd  10. 

According  to  Jliller,  the  dorsal  cup  somewhat  obconoidal,  nearly  one  half 
higher  tiian  wide,  .slightly  "  angular  in  the  direction  of  the  arms,"  sutures 
distinct  but  not  beveled,  surface  apparently  smooth,  but  the  specimen  may 
not  have  preserved  the  surface  ornamentation.  Basals  form  an  obconic,  sub- 
pentagonal  cup,  a  little  wider  than  high,  and  truncated  below.  Eadials  a 
little  longer  than  wide,  very  slightly  expanding  above,  and  terminating 
in  an  upward,  central  prolongation  for  the  reception  of  the  oostals.  Facets 
facing  upward ;  less  than  one  third  the  width  of  the  plates,  subcircular  in 
outline,  with  the  exception  of  a  slight  truncation  at  the  inner  side,  and  a 
small  concave  ambulacral  furrow.     Column  round  at  the  proximal  end,  "  the 


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plates  riuliutfly  furrowed  nenr  tlie  outer  iiiiirgin."  Miller  i^iiys  :  '•  This  species 
need  not  Ijc  mistaken  for  nuy  other,  beeause  in  /'.  fi/diiim,  uud  others  huvin^f 
any  resemblance  to  it,  the  angularity  of  the  eup  follows  the  radial  sutures, 
and  there  are  deep  exeaviitions  lor  the  insertion  of  the  second  rudials 
(costals)." 

Ilnri-nn  ami  LordHtij.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone  ;  Sedalio,  Mo. 

Tiijic  in  the  collection  of  S.  A.  Miller,  Cincinnati. 

JltiiKirlis.  —  We  do  not  ((uite  understand  what  Miller  means  by  "  radial 
sutures;"  whether  he  alludes  to  the  liitcrhmal  sutures  which  are  radially  dis- 
posed, or  to  the  /wto'-radial  sutures.  The  species  was  described  by  Miller 
from  an  imperfect  specimen  in  which,  as  shown  by  the  figure,  only  the  basals 
and  jjortions  of  the  radials  were  preserved,  and  it  is  possibly  identical  with 
some  other  Hiulington  species.  Our  description  is  made  after  Miller,  we 
having  no  specimens  for  comparison. 

Flatycrinus  inoomptus  White, 

Plate  LXXI.  Fitjs.  1,  2,  J;  P/atc  LXVII.  Fhj.  G. 

lSfi2.     WiilTK  ;  liiist.in  JiHini.  Nat.  Hist.,  V,il,  VII.,  p.  ,",0;!. 

\<n.      -MtKK  .■liul  WollTllEN  J   Grcil.  Hep.   Illiiinis,  Viil.  v.,  )..  ■t,")9,  I'llltC  3,  Fig.  7. 

18S1.     W.  mill  Sr.;   Hcvisii.n,  I'lirt  II.,  ji.  ri  (Prnrooil.  Acail.  Xiit.  Soi.  riiili.  ,  p.  2in). 

Almost  as  large  as  P.  Ilulll,  and  in  the  form  of  the  calyx  often  closely 
resembling  it,  but  differing  essentially  in  the  branching  of  the  arms.  Height 
of  dorsal  cup  compared  with  the  width  as  four  to  five  in  large  specimens, 
and  as  three  to  four  in  small  ones,  the  base  of  tlie  latter  being  proportion- 
ally shorter,  and  rather  distinctly  flattened ;  the  sides  .somewhat  convex. 
Plates  moderately  heavy,  the  .surface  smooth  or  indistinctly  granular,  their 
edges  slightly  beveled,  and  the  basi-radial  and  interradial  suture  lines 
depressed  or  broadl}'  channeled. 

Ba-nls  more  or  less  truncated  at  the  bottom ;  the  intervening  siitures 
frequently  visible  in  young  specimens.  Radials  about  as  long  as  wide,  the 
height  rarely  exceeding  the  width,  a  little  wider  near  the  top  than  at  the 
bottom  ;  the  median  portions  of  the  plates  much  heavier  than  their  mar- 
gins; the  upper  faces  on  either  side  of  the  facets  sloping  and  forming  a 
notch,  of  which  the  one  at  the  anal  side  is  wider  and  deeper  than  the  others. 
Facets  semi-circular  to  semi-ovoid,  facing  obliqucl}'  upwards,  very  little  ex- 
cavated, their  upper  edges  straight ;  the  ambulacral  notch,  if  represented  at 
all,  very  small.    Costals  pentagonal  or  trigonal  in  the  same  specimen.    When 


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trigoiml,  the  outer  end  of  tlic  first  distichiil  barely  toucliCM  tlic  radials.  Dis. 
ticlmlw  pliu'cil  o!)li(iiiely,  iiboiit  us  long  as  lialf  tlieir  wicltli,  tlio  axillary 
obtusely  angular  above.  There  are  IVoni  six  to  nine  higher  orders  of 
br  "  iuls  above  the  costals,  of  whieh  the  proximal  ones  consist  of  two 
piccv-s  oaeh,  the  succeeding  ones  of  three  each,  all  giving  ofT  from  their 
axillaries  at  one  side  an  arm,  and  from  the  opposite  side  the  next  order 
of  brachials.  The  plates  of  the  diirerent  orders  decrease  in  width  upward, 
but  not  in  length,  those  of  the  higher  orders  being  almost  as  long  as  wide, 
vhilc  those  of  the  lower  orders  in  largo  specimens  arc  almost  twice  as  wide 
as  long.  In  young  s|)ecimens  idl  the  bi'iichials  are  proportionally  longer,  and 
the  bifurcations  extend  to  nearly  the  full  length  of  the  rays;  while  in  the 
adult  they  rise  to  only  half  way  tip.  Arms  biserial  from  the  secoiul  plate 
after  the  axillary,  short  for  the  size  of  the  cnlyx,  and  all  rise  to  the  same 
lieight.  They  arc  comiiosed  of  moderately  long  joints,  ami  each  one  has 
a  well  defined  lateral  projection  for  the  support  of  a  pinnule. 

Form  of  the  ventral  disk  unknown ;  we  observed,  however,  from  a 
crushed  specimen  that  it  is  composed  of  convex  pieces  apparently  of  a  simi- 
lar  arrangement  to  that  of  P.  IInlll,  except  that  the  ambidacral  pieces  are 
more  projecting  ond  comparatively  smaller.  The  large  interanibidacral  plate 
of  the  first  row  at  the  anal  side  is  somewhat  bulging  outward,  and  wider  than 
long.  Column  elliptic  and  twisted,  the  long  diameter  of  the  joints  being  at 
25  cm.  from  the  calyx  twice  as  long  as  the  short  one.  The  joints  increase 
gradually  downward  to  three  times  the  length  of  those  at  the  top,  and  near 
the  base  of  the  stem  give  off  from  their  sharp  ends  two  rows  of  small  cirri, 
whicn  follow  the  twist. 

Horizon  and  LocalUy.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone  ;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Ttipc  in  the  Museum  of  Cotniiarative  Zoiilogy. 

linnarJifi.  —  In  the  branching  of  the  arms  this  species  approaches  the 
genus  Endaihcrlmis,  but  while  in  the  latter  the  .successive  orders  of  brachials 
form  tubular  appendages  of  the  calyx  closed  from  all  sides,  in  P.  incomplm 
they  retain  the  characteristics  of  arm  plates,  being  provided  with  open 
furrows.  The  type  specimen  shows  the  bifurcations  only  to  the  third  axil- 
laries above  the  costals,  and  it  was  supposed  the  species  had  but  foiu-  arms 
to  each  side  of  the  ra}- ;  while  in  fact  it  has  from  seven  to  ten,  or  as  many 
as  twenty  arms  to  the  full  ray  in  some  specimens. 

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FlatyOrinUB  lodensls  IlAi.r.  ami  Wnnr. 
Plate  LXXI.  Fii).  G. 

1S75,     II\M,  ami  WlllTPlHI);  (li'iil.  l(c|i.  Ohio,  Vnl,  II  ,  |>nrl  II.,  p.  IflS,  riiilo  11,  Fi)?.  3. 
1S81.     W.  mill  Siv;   UcvUioii,  I'iiil  II,,  |i.  ',i  (I'mcccd,  Acail.  Niil.  Sci,  I'liilii.,  p.  iil«). 

Of  iiR'iiiimi  ^^izl'.  Dorsal  cup  deoply  eup-nliiipi'd,  (lie  wides  iiliiiont  pnr- 
allfl !  tlic  plutes  tliiii  und  without  ornaint'iitution  ;  the  sutiiru  linos  not 
groovi'd. 

lla.siil.s  placed  alniost  hoii/ontally,  forming  a  very  sliallow,  Hauccr-sliapcd 
Ijcntangiilar  di.sji,  witii  a  wliglitly  jirojccting  column  I'awt.  Kadials  ratlicr 
large,  their  lieight  equal  to  the  wiilth  or  slightly  exceeding  it;  their  sides 
almost  parallel,  thickened  toward  the  facets,  the  upper  liices  ii  little  sloping 
at  the  end.s  and  forming  a  small  notch.  Radial  facets  deeply  excavated  to 
fully  two  thirds  the  width  of  the  plates.  Costals  trigonal,  the  lower  face 
distinctly  convex.  Distichals  two ;  the  first  resting  completely  within  the 
facet,  once  and  a  half  as  wide  as  long;  the  second  a  little  wider,  and  free  at 
the  outer  side,  but  suturally  connected  nith  its  fellow  of  the  same  ray;  the 
upper  angle  obtuse,  supporting  two  .'iruis,  making  four  to  the  ray.  Arms 
proportionally  long  and  heavy  throi  gii')ut  their  full  length,  rounded  on  the 
back  and  sides.  They  are  composed  from  the  second  or  third  plate  up  of  a 
double  series  of  short,  transverse  pieces.  Structure  of  ventral  disk  unknown. 
Cohunnar  joints  very  slightly  elliptic. 

Horizon  and  Lorii!!/i/.  —  Cuyahoga  shales,  Waverly  group,  at  Lodi,  Medina 
Co.,  and  at  Royalton,  Ohio. 

2'i//ic  at  Columbia  College,  New  York. 

]iiiit(ii7rn.  —  The  'o.'v  and  size  of  the  disticlmls  are  not  correctly  repre- 
sented in  Hall  and  Whitfield's  figure,  and  were  changed  in  our  figure  from  a 
specimen  in  our  collection. 


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PMc      XXL  Fig.  8. 

1803.    II.M.i,  niiJ  WiirrriFin;  (7(^1  Ij^p,  \.  y.  Smt.:  Ci.li  Nul.  Ilisi  ,  p.  51;  mid  is;,'),  (ic  :.  Smv.  i.f 
Ohio,  V.il,  1„  ISii  II,,  [.  \m,  I'luh-  11,  Kic  1. 

Tliif*  Hpcc'ioH  wo  only  know  from  flio  (k'scription  ami  fijriiiv.  Dorniil  oiii) 
broad,  nhort,  concave  at  tlic  bant'  for  tbo  reception  of  a  larj,'L'  colinnn.  I'latos 
without  ornamentation.  Huso  one  third  tlic  length  of  the  (b.i'sal  ciii).  fonii- 
iny  IV  sharp  angle  at  tiie  lower  edge,  ami  Mlightly  projecting  outward. 
Kadialx  wider  than  high,  noniewhat  .spreading.  Costal.s  nubpentangular. 
with  (tliort  lateral  faces.  Tiie  tlistichal.s  longer  than  the  costal.s.  Arms  four 
to  five  to  the  ray,  short,  strong,  and  biserial.*     All  other  parts  unknown. 

Ifirivnn  (i/iil  Lordliti/.  —  Shales  of  the  Waverly  group  at  UiehfieUl,  Sunnnit 
Co.,  Oiiio. 

Tijjm  in  the  New  York  State  Cabinet  at  Albany. 

FlatycrinuB  ollioula  s.  a.  JiiLT.i;n.t 

1391.     8.  A.  MlLLKUi  (inil.  Hep.  Missouri,  Hull.  \,  p.  19,  I'liite  2,  Firs,  7.  8. 

From  medium  si/.c  to  larger.  Dorsal  cup  tub-shaped,  having  a  wide,  flat 
bottom,  .slightly  constricted  at  the  top  of  the  basals,  whence  it  expands  very 
gradually  upward.s.  Plates  thick  and  convex  ;  sutures  beveled  ;  surface 
finely  granular.  Basals  stretched  out  horizontally,  forming  a  disk  of  which 
the  edges  project  beyond  the  lower  ends  of  the  radials  in  the  form  of  a  rim, 
the  latter  being  the  only  part  of  the  base  seen  in  a  side  view.  Kadials  a 
little  longer  than  wide,  slightly  spreading,  their  greatest  convexity  below 
the  facets,  the  lower  face  forming  a  straight  line,  the  up|)er  faces  not  notched 
nt  all,  or  very  little.  Facets  shallow  but  wide,  occupying  more  than  two 
thirds  the  width  of  the  plates,  and  facing  upwards.  All  other  parts 
unknown. 

Horizon  and  Loculiti/.  —  Chouteau  group,  at  Pin  Hook  bridge,  and  at 
Loucke's  quarry,  near  Sadalia,  Mo. 

Type  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  Sampson. 

•  Tlio  (Icicriptinu  siivs  fcuiv  nrms  in  llic  thrre  nulcrior  rays,  nnd  five  in  the  two  posterior  ones ;  liut  if  tlio 
position  of  llu'  snmll  Imsiil  is  com'clly  llgnrisl,  Ihc  livi'  arms  do  not  occur  in  llic  posterior,  but  in  the  anterior 
mys. 

t  We  are  unable  to  give  a  figure  of  this  species,  and  the  description  is  uuulo  uflcr  Miller's. 


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j'LAXLs  anoip. 

Ciilyx  olonf^iito  ;  tlio  pliitoi  tliiii  ami  without  oriinincntntion  ;  upper  faces 
uf  the  riuliiilH  titruiglil.  or  M'ly  little  xlupiiig  tuwiird  the  uiigieH. 

PlatyoriDua  planus  <>  and  sn. 

J'lotr  /.XIX.  Flijx.  Ju,  h,  r,  ,1. 

W){).  t)«-KN  mill  SiiiMMiii;  .Tiiiiiii.  Aniil,  Nii(.  !Sri.  I'liilii.  (iii'W  nciici),  Vnl.  II.,  Tiirt^  T.  niiil  II.,  p.  'il  \ 
iiUii  L'.  .S.  Uo'il,  8iir\.  Minn,  l.nni,  iiml  Wisiv,  |i.  rjST,  I'liili'  fj./,  I'ik.  \,i  (mil  M,  /•. 
I'fiillfni), 

ISsI.      \V.  mill  Si'.;   lliviMnii,  I'mt    II,  |i    H  (I'mirnl,   Aoiiil.  \:it.  Sci.  Vliilii.,  p.  il'*).     (iint  /'. /)/,(»»» 
ll>i.t,,  (li'iil.  Ili'|i,  Innii,  Vul.  I..  I';iii  II.,  I'liiln  S,  |''i«..  (),/,//      /'.  Il.illi :  imr  f. /,liiiiii.u  Mkk.k 
mill  WolirilKs,  (ii'iil.  lii'p,  llliliuis  Viil.  111.,  I'l;ili'  111.  I'iK.  (1        /'.  l'r,iH.;ii). 
Svii,  I'Ifif'/i'i-iiiiK  lilaomJirlilfMih  S,  .V.  .Millkk,  IsT'Ji  Juuni.  Ciuc'iii.  Soo.  Niil.  Hist.,  Vnl,  II.,  I'liilO 
I. -I,  t'lK    *• 

A  inoilomtely  largo  Hpocies.  Ciilyx  elongiito.  Dorsal  cup  goblot-nlmpc(l, 
liijiiiiT  liiiin  wiilo  ill  liir;,'o  Hpeoiiiii'U.M,  hoiglit  and  width  about  equal  in 
HinidiiT  DiK'H ;  l)a.-<id  o'.i[)  deep,  obconical,  slightly  truncate  nt  the  holtoin; 
radial.i  a  very  little  spreading  to  the  facets,  the  latter  projecting  so  as  to 
give  to  the  cnp,  as  sec;!  from  aliove,  a  slightly  pentagonal  outline.  I'iates 
thin  and  pei'leeily  smooth  ;  the  sntiu'e  lines  rather  indistinct. 

Masai  cup  large,  obconical,  its  hciglit  ('(pial  to  two  lil'ths  the  height  of  the 
dorsal  cup;  the  lowi'r  face  slightly  truncated  but  not  excavated,  obscurtdy 
elli|p|ic.  and  covered  completely  by  the  cidinnn.  Kadials  longer  than  wide, 
the  sides  almost  |)arallel  ;  the  lind)s  somewhat  intlected  and  knifedike  at 
their  superior  edges,  where  they  form  almost  a  straight  line  with  those  of 
adjoining  plates  ;  the  median  portions  of  the  plates  slightly  thickened,  thin- 
ning out  graduidly  toward  the  sutures.  Width  of  the  facets  one  third  the 
diameter  of  the  plates;  horse-shoe-shaped,  deeply  excavated,  and  facing  up- 
wards. Costals  short,  trigonal,  occupying  the  whole  width  of  the  facets, 
their  slo[)ing  upper  faces  concave.  Disticlmls  twice  a.s  wide  a.s  long,  aiul 
as  long  as  the  costals;  the  lower  ones  of  the  same  rny  in  sntural  contact. 
Palmars  and  post-palnuirs  three  fourths  as  long  as  wide,  their  lower  plateo 
coiniected  by  suture.  Arms  four  to  each  subdivision  ;  or  eight  to  the  ray  ; 
very  long,  rounded  on  the  back,  and  but  very  slightly  decreasing  in  width. 
The  arm  joints  nioderatidy  short,  the  intervening  suture  lines  distinctly 
waving.  Pinnules  long  and  in  close  contact  laterally.  The  ventral  disk, 
so  far  as  ob.sorved  from  the  frogments  preserved,  extends  up  almost  vertically 


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to  nonr  tho  top  of  the  flrnt  row  of  intmrmliul  pieceiN,  which  cuivo  abruptly 
inwuril,  BO  iw  to  form  with  tho  otlior  plutoH  ii  Hat  Hurrnco  at  tho  top.  Tiio 
NUiiimit  plutoN  flightly  convex.     Aiiuh  I'.xoeiitric. 

I/orhon  iiml  /.oca/i/i/.  —  l.itww  lliirliiij,'t(iii  limcstoiio;  Hiirliiij{toii,  lown, 
ami  at  tho  saiiu-  horizdii  in  Ilaniiihiii  and  Sfihiliu,  Mo. 

licmnrks.  —  This  MpoeicH  may  hv  readily  ruongni/eil  by  IIm  oxtronioly  thin 
phitex,  conical  base,  narrow  and  deei>  hor.Mu->>lioo-Nhapod  liicetM,  hwg,  xlendcr 
arms,  eight  to  flic  ray,  and  tho  waviiij^  sutnro  lincM  lutwccn  the  arm  plates. 

We  rej,'ard  /'.  ih/mis.  described  by  Ifnil  in  the  iJoslon  "Journal  ol'  Natural 
History,"  a.i  a  young  J'htlj/irlHiis  f/lmiiis ;  the  type  Ims  unisorial  arms,  and 
a  round  stem,  which  dearly  shows  that  it  is  an  immature  specimen.  The 
ligin-o  which  Kali  gives  of  it  in  Hull,  t  of  tho  N.  Y.  Slate  Cabinet  is  crushed 
and  somewhat  misleading  with  regard  to  the  form  of  tho  dorsal  cup.  which  is 
not  tnrbinatu  as  described,  but  tlio  siden  are  almost  parallel  along  tho  raflials, 
nnd  upread  u|iwards  but  littlo,  if  any.  We  (igure  on  Plate  LXIX,  Fig. 
2</,  a  similar  specimen,  but  somewhat  more  mature,  which  already  has  inter- 
locking plates  in  the  upper  half  of  the  arms,  while  in  the  lower  part  the  arms 
aro  zigzag,  and  their  joints  long  and  uniserial.  The  joints  of  the  young  stem 
nro  remarkably  long  and  circular,  resembling  those  of  a  young  Comatula  in 
tho  Pentacrinus  stage,  being  at  .'Jem.  from  tho  calyx  almost  as  long  as  wide, 
and  there  are  no  internodal  joints  interposed  between  them.  Another  speci- 
men in  oiu-  collection,  whi(di  in  all  other  respects  agrees  with  the  preceding 
one,  has  unisorial  arms  throughout  like  IlaH'H  /'.  ifiymts. 


PlatycrinUB  AgaSSizi  W.  and  Sr.  (nov.  spop.). 

P/iitc  LXJX.  Fiij.  4. 

Syii.   /',  /)/,/,;«,,  (?)  VI.  mill  Sp.  (not  Oukn  iui.I  Sirt  m  );  fifol.  Kcp.  Illinois,  Vol.  VIU  ,  11.  198   VhW  10, 

Vig.  S. 

Smaller  than  P.  j>f)iiiiis.  Dorsal  cup  elongate,  the  sides  along  the  nulials 
almost  cylindrical,  very  slightly  expanding  at  tho  middle,  its  lower  margin 
produced  into  a  sharply  edged  projecting  rim,  which  in  foi'm  resendjies  an 
upper  Ktcm  joint,  but  is  larger  and  tripartite.  Plates  v..,y  thin,  without 
ornamentation,  and  the  suture  lines  without  groove ,. 

IJa.sals  forming  a  shallow  basin,  in  height  from  ono  fourth  to  one  third  the 
length  of  the  dorsal  cup.  Hadials  quadrangular,  a  little  longer  than  wide;  the 
plates  .somewhat  thickened  longitudinally,  giving  to  the  facets  some  pronii- 


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rilK   CUINOIDK.V   CAMKUATA   Ol'    NoKlII    AMl'.HIC'A. 


lU'iice ;  tlii'ir  uppi'i'  iini^flcH  iiol  trunciilcMl,  (jr  vfiy  ulij^flitly,  and  tlic  Miipdior 
I'act'M  of  iicljoiiiinj^  linihs  loririini^  iil/no.st  ii  n(iiiiglil  lino.  Uiuliiil  I'liculs 
lallicr  f^liiillow,  facing  npwai'cls.  (JomIuLs  wliort,  ocenpying  tliu  full  width  of 
tliL'  Hii'ctM,  nid)trij(onal,  tlni  tij.'ijor  anglo  obfnsi?.  niHli(dial.s  and  palnuir.s  <is 
lonu'  us  tlu!  cost als,  and  fully  on(!e  and  a  half  iw  wide  as  lonj;;  (lie  lower 
plates  of  llie  same  ray  sutnnilly  connected.  Arms  si,\  to  the  ray,  e.xception- 
ally  two  or  four  in  one  of  llu!  suhdivisions;  (liey  are  lonj^,  cylindrical,  and 
hut  slii^htly  taix'rinif.  Arm  plates  placed  ol)Ii(|Ucly,  slopinj;-  to  the  sides,  the 
lines  of  union  somewhat  wavin;,^  Pinindes  closely  packed.  The  siructuru 
of  tlie  ventral  disk  has  not  heen  observed,  heing  almost  completely  covered 
hy  the  arms  in  our  specimi.'ns;  (,idy  portions  of  the  middle  plate  of  the  (irst 
interradial  row  are  visible,  which  at  tin*  four  regular  sides  are  nuirked  hy 
a  conspicuous,  sharply  triangular  conv(!\ity,  while  at  the  anal  side  the  con- 
vexity is  (luailrangular,  and  the  plate  it>ielf  bulges  outwanl,  indicating  the 
presence  of  some  sort  (jf  j)rotrusion  in  counectiou  with  the  anus.  Stem 
distinctly  elliptic,  the  two  upper  joints  circulai',  ami  smaller  than  the  dia- 
meter (jf  the  basal  rim. 

Iforiznii  and  Ldfiilili/. — Kinilerhook  group;  Le  (Jrand,  Marshall  Co., 
Iowa. 

TiJinx  in  the  collection  of  U'achsmuth  and  Springer. 

Uiiiini-ks. — Tliis  form  was  referr(Ml  by  iis  in  IS'.IO  with  considerable 
loulit  to  I*,  jiliiinis  ().  and  Sh.  More  perfect  specimens  since  obtained  show 
that  it  (iillers  from  that  species  more  distinctly  than  we  had  supposed,  and  in 
reilescribing  it  as  a  new  species  we  name  it  in  memory  of  Professor  Louis 
Agassi/..  /'.  ji/>niiis  is  a  larger  speei(!s  than  /'.  Af/(is>il::t,  the  base  is  conical  in 
plac<!  of  roimded,  and  it  has  no  such  rim  at  the  lower  end.  This  rim,  which 
is  represent(.'d  in  every  specimen,  is  so  conspicuous,  and  rescmldes  so  closely 
a  stem  joint,  that  we  wi're  at  (irst  inciineil  to  reg.'ird  it  as  su<'h,  but  on  grind- 
ing its  Hinfaci!  wo  discovered  plainly  the  interbasal  suture  lines.  P.  iihiims 
also  has  a  greater  lunnber  of  arms,  the  arm  joints  are  longer  and  about 
horizontal,  while  ill  7*.  A'/(issi::i  they  slope  at  ipiite  an  angle  outward.  It 
(Iillers  from  J'.  J'riillnii  in  the  much  snndler  si/e  of  the  caly.x,  and  in  having 
proi)ortionally  much  longer  arms. 


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Platyorinus  Prattonl  Wiktmk.v. 
riati:  AAA',  /'/(/v.  //,  /,', 

iHdO.     Wdhtiikn;  TruMS.  Kvm\.  Sci.  HI.  I.oui.i,  Vol.  I.,  p.  .")(;'.l. 

IbSl.     W.  inid  Si'.  ;   Kcvi.siu]!,  I'liil  II.,  |i.  7KI'i-„ ,1,  Aciul.  .\ii(.  Sri.  I'liilii  ,  |..  -US), 

K\ii  l: /,/,i,iiii  {ill  |i:irl)— (»«'i;.s  Mini  HimimahI);  M.S.  (i.^ul.  lic|i.  ol  .Mini,.  Iiiwii  ini.l  Wim'.,  |i. 
;ii7,  riair  ,'■),/,  Ki;,'.  I// (licit  |.„).  AUii  Mkkk  iiinl  \V()iirMi..N,  |>ii;ii;  c,,,]  ll,.,,.  Hlii,,,;^  Vnl 
III.,  |i.  1117,  I'liilf  Hi,  Ki^m;. 

A  largo  H|)f('ic.M  of  tlu!  (y|H;  of  I'. phnms.  (J.ilyx  cloiipilc,  very  I.iiirc  in 
propoitiuii  to  tli(!  Iciij^lli  of  llii;  iiriii.s.  Dor.siil  (Mip  once  iiml  a  half  a«  lii;i,li  as 
wiilo,  almost,  cylimlrical  alon^-  iIk;  radials,  hnt  nijiidly  s|.rcailin;<  at  tliu  l.u.sals, 
wliicli  lorni  u  nio(K;ratily  (lt'ci>  pcnlanifiilar  lia.-in  with  its  nppiT  anji;!es 
slij^htly  curving  npwanls;  the  lower  niiiiMins  projecting  onlwanl  ami  roiin- 
iiig  a  conspicuous  rim  around  the  edge,  which  ol'len  is  twice;  as  wide  as  the 
colmnn.  I'lates  (piito  thin  and  perlcctly  sniootii ;  the  radials  sligiitly  tiiick- 
eiiod  along  the  median  lino. 

Height  of  hasal  cup  almost  one  hall'  the  length  of  the  radials,  its  upper 
edges  very  thin,  and  overlapping  the  lower  edges  of  the  radials ;  inlerliasd 
sutures  oh.solete.  IJadials  ahout  once  and  a  hall'  as  hnig  as  wide;  tin;  side.s 
parallel  or  very  slightly  constricted  at  the  lop  and  l.oltom;  the  lower  lace 
convex,  the  U|)per  angles  .scaic(dy  truncated.  The  lower  lacrs  ^)^  the  radi.tls 
and  the  upper  faces  of  tho  hasals  in  some;  specimens  coiiliiin  tootli-liLe  pro- 
jections fitting  into  each  other  like  int.'rlociung  sutures.  Uadial  facets  seiui- 
circnlar,  occupying  nearly  half  the  width  of  the  plates,  and  (illed  completely 
hy  the  costals,  which  are  suhtrigonal,  with  concave  iipjier  faces.  Arms  from 
ten  to  tw(dve  to  tho  ray,  comparatively  short,  rather  thin,  ami  very  little 
tapering.  The  arm  plates  moderat.dy  short  and  .slightly  waving.  Piuiiiiles 
long  and  in  close  (;onta(d,  hiteially.  Of  the  ventral  disk  only  the  midiile 
plate  of  tho  (irst  interradial  row  has  heen  oh.served,  which  is  comparativol  v 
small  and  suhtrigonal.     The  two  pro.vimal  joints  of  the  column  circular. 

Ifiri:r'ia  mid  A//<v(///y.  —  Lower  IJuiliiigton  limi'stoiie;  lUirlington,  Iowa. 

T//pf  in  tho  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

liiiiiiii-h:t.  —  This  speci«!s  was  confounded  hy  Owen  and  Shumard,  and 
also  hy  Meek,  with  I',  ji/anif.'i,  from  which  it  dill'ers  in  the  larger  size,  the 
proportionally  much  smaller  and  thinner  arms,  the  projecting  rim  u{  the 
hasal  Clip,  and  in  the  nndulaled  hasi-radial  suture  lines. 


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TUK   t'UlNUIUKA   CA.MKUA'IA   OK   NUinil   AMKKICA. 


Platycrinus  graphicus  TtAi.i,  and  Whhk. 
riatc  LXXI.  Fi,j.  7. 

ISO:!.     Ham.  nml  WiriTHiKi.i);   17ili  llip.  N.  Y.  Slnlc  f/ili.  Nat.  Mist.,  p.  55;  and   1875,  Guul.  .Sun.  Oliio 

Vi.l.  II..  I'arl  II.,  p.  Wi,  I'lair  II,  I'if,'.  i. 
ISSI.     W.  and  Si'.;  Ili'vision,   I'arl  II.,  p.  li  (I'mirc-d,  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  I'liila.,  p.  iiKi). 

Syii.  /'.  rirliliidilfiiaix  U.M.I.  and  Wllil'l'.;  IS(5,  Cic(d.  Suiv.  of  (Jliiu,  Vcl.  II.,  I'art  II., p.  HI?,  I'lain 

II,  Kil,'.  1. 

Hclow  iiXMliuiii  hIzc.  'iTio  known  Hpccinions  of  tlii.s  species  are  Ijiully 
(M-ii.sIkmI,  iuid  it  i.s  iinpo.s.silile  to  give  the  I'orni  and  proportiun.s  ol'  the  calyx, 
Itnt  probably  tiiu  dorsal  cup  was  moderately  wliort  and  rounded  at  the  banc. 
The  plal(!.s  are  thin  and  without  (jrnainentation. 

Basal  cnp  apparently  deep,  its  hciu^Iit  beinj^  probably  equal  to  half  the 
l('n;;'th  of  the  radials.  iiadials  wider  tiian  long,  Hulxpiadrangular,  thickened 
ill  the  middle,  tiie  iip|ii!r  laces  of  the;  limbs  very  slightly  sloping,  and  but 
little  excavated  for  tlu;  facet,  whiidi  laces  upwards,  and  occupies  half  the 
width  of  th((  plate.  Costals  ratiier  l.irgc,  the  upper  angle  sliarply  pointed, 
the  upper  sloping  faces  distinctly  concave.  J)islichals  free  from  their  origin, 
considerably  narrower  than  the  costals,  a  little  longer  tlian  wide.  Arms  four 
to  tli((  ray,  rather  didicate.,  tlie  four  or  live  lower  joints  wcMlge-lorm  and 
alternatidy  arranged,  the  siicc(!eding  ones  arranged  in  two  sc'ries  and  sub- 
(|ua(lriingnlar;  all  joints  moderately  long.  'I'iie  pinnules  in  adult  specimens 
in  contact  laterally.  Structure  of  ventral  disk  unknown.  (Jolumn  joints 
nearly  cirinilar,  angular  around  their  (Mlgcs.  'J'he  column  is  composed  of 
r.'ither  long  joints,  which  alternate  with  shorter  ones,  from  which  we  infer 
that  this  species  ])osse.s.sed  internodal  joints. 

Ui)ii::iin  imd  L'lculilij.  —  Siiales  of  the  Waverly  grou]),  Kichfield,  Snininit 
Co.,  Ohio. 

TiJiii'  ill  the  New  York  State  Cabinet  at  Albany. 

Ituninrhs.  —  Tiie  specimen  figured  by  Hall  and  Whitfield  as  /'.  rir/iflil- 
dcns'tH  undoul)t(!dly  represents  an  immature  sjiecimen  of  /'.  'jra/i/iiiitx.  'I'lie 
authors  admit  the  strong  resemblance  of  the  two  forms,  but  separate  them 
upon  the  arm  structure.  They  described  the  arms  of  P.  rir/ijiihli)i>iis  as 
being  '•'  composed  of  a  double  series  of  obtustdy  wedge-form  jilatcs  in  the 
lower  [upper]   part,*   the  sharp  or  narrow  edges  of  which  extend  nearly 

•  The  dcsrripliun  s.ivs  "  luwcr  part,"  wliicli  obviously  i»  meant  fur  u;i/i,r  pari,  and  "upper  pari  "  In  llic 
noxt  line  ffir  /'>//•'■/■  jiart. 


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ncroHH  the  arm;  in  the  uppur  [lower]  puit  tlie  iiriii  iiliilfs  me  proportionally 
lonj,'cr,  and  extend  cntin^ly  acrosH,  but  Hepiiratiiij,'  veiy  .slightly  the  (wo 
iidjiieent  pliite.s  on  the  opposite  side,  making  a  Hingle  range  of  plates,  with 
their  longer  faee.s  alternately  on  opposite  Hides. "  Thi.s  is  (exactly  the  con- 
dition of  the  arms  in  every  young  I'Uilijr.rliMii  when  it  enter.s  the  bi.seriul 
Htago. 


Platycrinus  Sampsoni  s.  a.  .Mn.i.iat. 

riiiir  Lxx.  viij.  10. 

lS'.tl.     S.  A.  Mii.i.Kii;  (ji'i.l.  Siiiv.  MisMiuri,  Hull.  \,  p.  i:i,  I'liclc  1,  I'ii-.  11. 

A  Inrgo  species  of  a  very  unusual  form.  Dorsal  eup  cylindrieal  almost 
thronghout  its  full  length,  perhaps  a  little  narrower  at  the  upper  end  ;  tlu; 
base  !)roadly  truncated.  Plates  thin  and  smooth,  the  suture  lines  very 
slightly  grooved.  The  has.al  cup  resembles  a  very  low  disk  with  nearly 
erect  sides;  it  is  very  broadly  truncated  at  the  bottom,  the  sides  slightly 
expanding;  the  u])per  laces  form  an  idmost  straight  lino  around  the  cup, 
the  angles  being  so  obscure  as  to  ho  sciirc(dy  pcM-cejjtible  ;  height  of  the  (;up 
ecpial  to  a  little  more  than  one  third  the  length  of  the  radials;  the  inter- 
basal  suture  lines  barely  vi.sible.  Hadials  of  unecpiid  size,  some  of  them 
much  wider  than  others,  the  widest  ones  about  once  and  a  half  as  wide  ns 
long,  th(!  Tuirrow  ones  almost  twice  as  long  as  wide  ;  the  sides  parallel, 
placets  surrounded  by  a  projecting  rim;  they  are  narrow,  moderately  deep, 
and  dire(^ted   ujjwards.     All   othcir  ])arts   unknown. 

Ilnrir'.dii  'hill  /.iirn/i///.  —  Up])er  Murlington  limestone,  Hurlington,  lowii, 
and  Sedalia,  .Mo. 

T,'//ii'  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  Sampson. 

Jtniiiirka.  —  Described  by  Miller  from  a  natural  cast,  but  the  species  is  so 
remarkable  that  it  is  readily  identified.  We  possess  of  it  a  ne.arly  [jcrfect 
dorsal  cup  from  which  our  description  was  ma<le. 


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THE  CKIXOIDEA  CAMERATA  OF  NORTH  AMERICA. 


Flatycrinus  cequalia  Hall. 

r/d/e  LXXI.  Figs.  ^«,  b,  and  o. 

1801.    IIat.i.  ;  Desor.  of  'Acw  Sppo.  of  Crinniils,  p,  17. 

lS7:i.     -Mkkk  iiiul  WoiiTiiEN ;  (in.l.  Ui-|..  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  p.  456,  riiite  3,  Fis.  S. 

ISSl.     AV.  mid  Si'. ;  Uevisi.ni,  I'ail  11.,  |i.  70  (I'locral.  Acad.  Niil.  Sci,,  riiila.,  p.  H\). 

Svu.  P.  biiliolft  S.  A.  MiLLEU  i  Gcol,  Surv.  Missouri,  Bull,  i,  p.  ii,  I'hilc  3,  Tigs.  1  niui  3. 

Calyx  of  nicdiuni  size,  the  arm.s  {)i'oportioniilly  long.  Dorsal  cup  bell- 
shnpcd,  rouiuliiig  below  to  near  the  colunni  facet,  which  is  distinctly  elliptic 
and  .''omewhat  protuberant,  giving  to  tiie  sides  of  the  base  just  above  a 
siiglitly  concave  outline ;  the  radial.s  a  little  convex,  and  more  or  less 
spreading  to  the  facets,  which  are  surrounded  by  a  thickened  rim.  Plates 
a  little  thicker  than  in  the  preceding  species,  moderately  convex,  and  with- 
out ornamentation.  The  ba.-^i-radial  and  interbasal  suture  lines  generally 
fonr.ing  broad,  sliallow  depressions, 

Tia'-al  cup  deep,  its  height  about  two  thirds  the  length  of  the  radials, 
somewhai  quinquelobate  as  seen  from  below,  a  little  bulging  in  a  radial 
direction,  depressed  interradially ;  the  upper  margin  slightly  beveled,  pro- 
ducing a  moderate  constriction  along  the  suture  line.  Eadials  quite  thin  at 
tlieir  edges,  tiiickened  in  tiie  middle,  a  little  longer  than  wide,  and  usually 
wider  at  the  upper  end  than  at  the  lower ;  the  sujjerior  angles  slightly  trun- 
cated.  The  facets  subquadrangular,  deep,  rather  long,  their  width  equal  to 
one  hidf  the  transverse  dimension  of  the  plates.  Costa's  trigonal,  very  small, 
occupying  but  one  third  the  width  of  tlic  facets,  which  enclose  one  or  l)otii 
distichals.  Distichals  and  palmars  twice  as  wide  as  long,  free  above  their 
first  plates.  Arms  varying  from  six  to  ten  to  i!-e  ray  :  long,  widest  at  the 
middle,  gradually  tapering  to  the  tips,  the  dorsal  surface  somewhat  flattened. 
Tbe  three  or  four  proximal  arm  pieces  cuneate  and  singly  arranged,  the 
biserial  ones  above  .shorter  and  present'ng  a  curious  flexure  or  genicula- 
tion  in  tlie  middle,  so  as  to  give  a  zigzag  appearance  to  the  transver.se 
sutures  between  them.  Pinnules  in  close  contact,  and  composed  of  joints 
three  to  four  times  as  long  as  wide.  Ventral  disk  unknown.  Column 
elliptic,  ;ho  long  diameter  of  the  joints  more  than  twice  as  great  as  the 
shorter  one. 

ILiriznii  and  Lom/iti/.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone,  Pleasant  Grove,  and 
Burlington,  Iowa. 


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Tuiic  in  the  Museum  of  Coinpiinitivo  Zoiilogy. 

Itanwks.  —  Tlie  peculiar  form  of  tlie  dorsal  cup,  the  elliptic  projecting 
column  facet,  combineil  with  the  ann  structure,  distinguish  this  species 
readily  from  all  others  known  to  us. 

TRUNCATULUS  GROUP. 
Plates  without  ornamentation  ;  costals  two. 


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Platycrinus  truncatulus  Hall. 
Plate  LXriI.  Figs.  11a,  h,  and  Plate  LXXI.  Figs.  lS<t,  h. 

1S58.     Ham.;  Goul.  Hep.  Iimii,  Vul.  I.,  I'lUl  11.,  ]..  olis. 

ISSl.     AV.  mid  Si'. ,   Kcvisidii,  rrirl  II.,  |i.  73  (I'rocml.  .Vend.  Nut.  Sci.  I'liihi ,  \\.  3Hi)- 

A  small  species.  Dorsal  cup  basin-shaped,  more  than  once  and  a  half 
as  wide  as  high,  broadly  truncate  at  the  bottom,  the  sides  slightly'  conve.\ 
and  moderately  spreading.  Plate.s  heavy,  considering  the  small  size  of  the 
species;  surface  smooth  ;  suture  lines  not  grooved  and  difficult  to  see.  Arms 
unknown. 

Basal  cup  very  .shallow,  only  the  >ipper  angles  and  the  e.xtrcmc  upper 
margins  of  the  sides  visible  in  a  si<le  view  ;  these  curve  abruptly  upwards  b}' 
a  sharp  angle  ;  the  lower  face  perfectly  Hat,  except  that  the  cohmm  facet 
is  surrounded  by  a  small  circidar  ridge;  the  intcrbasal  .suture  lines  somewhat 
eievated.  Radials  one  fourth  wider  at  the  upper  end  than  at  the  lower,  the 
width  of  the  lower  face  equal  to  the  length  of  the  lateral  faces,  the  ujiper 
angles  distinctly  truncated.  Facets  narrow,  semicircular,  the  excavation 
limited  entirely  to  the  outer  edges  of  the  plates,  the  inner  edges  forming 
a  straight  line.  Costals  two,  the  lower  plate  shorter  than  the  upper,  twice 
ns  wide  as  long  and  quadrangular,  the  upper  one  hex.igonal,  its  upper  angle 
truncated,  and  the  distichals  separated  b}'  a  wide  gap.  Distichals  two,  as 
long  as  wide,  the  second  axillary  indicating  another  division  above.  Ventral 
disk  slightly  convex,  the  plates  almost  flat.  Orals  rather  rcgtilarly  arranged, 
and  small.  The  ambulacral  piece.?  rising  above  the  general  level ;  very 
narrow,  small,  and  as  regularly  arranged  as  in  an}-  of  the  recent  Crinoid.". 
Interambulacral  plates  numerous ;  the  first  of  the  regular  sides  very  large, 
its  .sides  resting  against  the  first  costals,  the  two  at  the  .sides,  which  in  this 
species  are  extremely  small,  touch  but  slightly  the  second ;  the  plates  above 
very  minute.     At  the  anal  side  there  are  three  plates  abreast ;  the  middle 


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one  nanowL'r  ami  .shorter  tlian  the  corresponding  plate  of  the  other  sides, 
the  adjoining  ones  a  little  smaller.  The  snccceding  plates  are  small,  and 
form  a  tubular  inliation  wliieh  contains  the  anus.  Of  the  colinnn  only  the 
six  proximal  joints  have  been  observed,  all  of  which  are  circular. 

Iluvhun  iiml  LiicaJ'ttij.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Ti/iic  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfitid. 

liaiiarliK.  —  Tliis  and  the  succeeding  .species  diiler  from  all  other  riatij- 
crini  known  to  us  in  having  two  costals.  That  this  is  not  an  abnormity,  but 
a  constant  cl-.aracter  in  this  species,  is  proved  by  the  fact  that  we  observed 
the  same  thing  in  four  specimens  and  in  all  the  rays.  The  species  also 
departs  from  others  in  having  but  one  interradial  in  contact  with  the  radi- 
al.s,  and  the  stem  joints  are  apparently  circular.  If  we  were  certain  that 
the  latter  structure  also  occurred  in  P.  eriensis,  we  should  propose  for  the 
two  species  a  new  generic  name. 

Platycrinus  eriensis  Hall. 

ISfia.     Halt,;  ISIli  Hop.  N.  V.  Slate  Cab.  of  XaUinil  History,  p.  119,  Plate  1,  Fig.  1. 

A  small  species,  the  dorsal  cup  scarcely  more  than  5  mm.  in  height,  the 
arms  three  times  as  long.  Ba.«als  anchylosed,  curving  gently  upwards  ;  the 
column  facet  comparatively  large,  bordered  by  a  thickened  rim.  Kadials  a 
little  wider  than  long,  slightly  spreading ;  the  interradial  sutures  marked 
by  a  sharp  line.  The  median  line  of  the  pltites  more  prominent  below  the 
facets.  Facets  nearly  one  third  the  width  of  the  plate.  Costals  two,  the 
first  (piadrangiilar,  the  .second  pentangular,  giving  off  two  simple  arms.  Arm 
joints  uniserial,  as  far  as  preserved,  .strong,  subangular,  thickened  at  their 
extremities,  and  supporting  strong  pinnules.  Surface  of  plates  granulose. 
The  strong  subangular  joints  of  the  arms,  and  the  strong  pinnules,  are 
marked  characters. 

IlirLvon  ami  Lucality.  —  In  the  shales  of  the  Hamilton  group,  near  Ham- 
burgh, Erie  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Tiipc  supposed  to  be  in  the  N.  Y.  State  Cabinet  of  Natural  History, 
Albany. 

L'vmad's.  —  To  judge  from  the  arm  structure,  the  description  was  made 
from  a  very  young  specimen  ;  but  it  is  interesting  as  having  two  costals  like 
P.  tnincatulus.     Our  description  is  made  after  Hall. 


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Tlio  plates  of  tlio  dorsal  cup  smooth  or  ol)sciirfly  gramiloso  ;  tlio  inter- 
basal  sutures  raiscil  into  ridges  hy  excessive  secretion  of  calcareous  matter 
during  ancliylosation  ;  the  stem  with  internodal  joints. 

Platycrinus  Sarse  ilAr.r,. 

Plate  LXIX.  Fhj.  7,  awl  P/atv  LXX.  Fi</.  1. 

Iv.'i.    Ham.;  (In.l.  Hep.  [(avu,  Vol.  I.,  Piiii  II.,  p.  i;7;i,  I'hiiu  Is,  Kig.  t. 
IbSl.      W.  iiiul  Si'.  ;   Ucvisilill,  I'urt  II.,  p.  71.. 

Syn.   riiili/niiiKs  ilmnjei,  ll.\l.i.i  Siippl.  (!coI.  lic|),  Inwn,  p.  82. 

Syii.  /'.  i„;ill,i„i„i!s  M.  .111(1  \V. ;  (n(,l.  Kep.  IlliiidU,  Vol.  11„  p.  2iU,  riate  20,  Fig.  2. 

Syii.  /'.  moiiiwii'i.i  WdliTllK.v;  Mi/.,  Veil.  VII.,  p.  ;i()f>,  I'liilc  W),  l-'ig.  9. 

Dorsal  cup  goblet  .shaped,  gibbous  in  the  middle,  broadly  truncate  ot  the 
ba.so.  Surface  of  plates  smootli,  or  covered  with  a  few  obscure  ridttes  na.ssin<' 
out  from  tiie  fleets  to  I  lie  lower  angles  of  the  radials. 

Basals  forming  a  .saucer-shaped  dish,  occupying  fully  one  third  the  height 
of  the  dorsal  cup  ;  the  lower  end  broadly  truncated,  the  outer  margin  pro- 
jecting and  forming  a  rim ;  the  lower  face  a  little  concave,  and  wider  than 
the  upper  stem  joints.  Interbasal  sutures  distinctly  elevated  above  the  fen- 
eral  surface,  and  formed  into  ridges,  liadials  quadrangular,  as  wide  as  long, 
and  as  wide  at  the  lower  end  as  at  the  upper.  Facets  deeply  indented,  em- 
bracing the  costal  and  one  or  both  distichals.  Costals  very  small,  triangular. 
Distiehals  once  and  a  iialf  as  wide  as  long,  giving  off  an  arm  to  the  outer 
side  of  the  plates,  their  inner  sides  two  palmars  with  two  arm.s,  making  .-^ix 
arms  to  the  ray.  Arms  biserial  from  the  second  or  third  joint,  of  moderate 
size  ;  the  tips  somewhat  tapering.  Pinnules  very  long  and  closely  set ;  their 
joints  more  than  twice  as  long  as  wide.  Structure  of  the  ventral  disk  un- 
known. Column  very  slightly  oval  ;  composed  of  nodal  and  internodal 
joints,  the  former  wider  and  higher  than  the  internodals.  Whether  the 
upper  and  lower  faces  of  the  joints  have  transverse  ridges  could  not  be 
ascertained  from  the  specimens. 

Ilorkon  and  Localiti/.  —  St.   Louis  group ;   St.   Louis,  Mo.,  and  Jersey 
Co.,  111. 

T>jpcs  in  the  (^Yorthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 
Remarks.  —  P.  Sara-  was  described  from  a  very  large,  somewhat  crushed 
specimen,  showing  indistinct  traces  of  ornamentation  ;  P.  Georrjii  from  a  dis- 


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tortetl,  iiiiieh  snmllur  specimon,  willi  .siiiootli  jjliili.s.  In  iliu  Ivjiu  of  P.  jnnt- 
kiiKiiiO',  whicli  preservL'd  its  iiatiiral  loriii.  tiie  lini  iiruiiiiil  tliu  base  iii'uji.'cts 
inoie  tluiu  in  llio  t\  pe  of  7'.  Sara-  as  liyiuvd  1)V  Hall,  but  tlio  base  is  not 
correctly  reprcsenteil  in  that  (iyiue.  1'.  innHi'iH'ii.sii  is  a  ver}-  ^oiing  speci- 
nicn  in  which  the  arms  are  as  yet  uniseiial,  '/igzag,  and  the  plates  wedge- 
Ibi'in,  with  nothing  to  indicate  that  it  dill'ered  Iroui  the   jneceding  rmnis. 

Platycrlnus  HuntsvUlsD  iHnc.si  .Ms. 
Plate  LXXIH.  Fijs.  0,  7<i,  f>,  S, .'),  JO.  IL  12. 

1SI9.     Tuoost;  I'rooci'd.  .Vniir.  .\ms.  .\iIv.  Si'i.  nf  l^^y.  p.  01  (HitlKiiil  (li'>ori|iliiiii). 

Svn.  Vl.ili/cfiiiic  iifiiifilliit  M.  mill   W..  l^'iO;   I'l'iicci'd.  .\mA.  Nut.  Si'i.   I'liil.i.,  ji,  liSO ;  iilso  (Icnl. 

Ilcp.  Illiluiis,  Vol.  11.,  II.  m\,  I'llili'  HI.  Kl!,'^.  (•«;,  li.r. 
Svii.  I'ldljiiviiiiii  ji/e^iiin  .\1.  uimI  W.,  Isiii);   I'riipi'i'il.  \vmI.  Nut.  Sci,  riiihi.,  p.  'M);  ulsuCiciil.  l!e|i. 

llliiiiiis,  Veil.  II.,  p.  SCi?,  I'i.iti'  21),  V\if.  W. 
Svii.  I'lii/i/i-riiiu.i  (iliilniiiirima  S.  A.  MlLLKU,  1^'Jl ;  Adv.  Sli:cl>  Ulli  liip.  (iiul.  Siirv.  Iiiiliiimi,  p.  uO, 

I'liili.'  y,  Fii,'.  a. 

Ai,  extremely  vjiriid)le  .«peeies  ol'  the  ty|)e  of  P.  Sunt,  varying  consid- 
erably in  the  ibrm  and  orniimentation  of  the  cidy.x  plates  and  in  the  nmidjcr 
of  arms  ;  but  readily  recognized  by  the  peculiar  iind  unique  Ibrin  of  the 
brachials,  imd  the  presence  of  ii  large  piniiide  up(ni  the  first  distichid.s  and 
first  pidmars.  Dorsal  cup  generidly  a  little  wider  llitin  high,  cup  or  bowl- 
shaped  ;  the  sides  in  most  of  the  specimens  nearly  strtiight,  curved  longi- 
tudinally, but  sometimes  distinctly  convex  and  constricted  tit  the  arm 
regions  ;  bit-^e  ol'  the  cup  rather  broadh'  trunctited. 

Uiisids  forming  ii  short  saucer-shai)ed  "uj)  with  a  flattened  or  .slightl}' 
eonciive  lower  ftice,  which  exceeds  the  width  of  the  stem  at  the  upper  end  ; 
the  interbiisid  sutures  visible  by  moistening  the  specimens,  tlieir  lines  highly 
elevated  above  the  surface,  and  formed  into  ridges  which  at  the  lower  e<lges 
of  the  cup  ternuuiite  in  smidl  tubercles.  Rtiditds  subcpiiulrangular,  tibout  as 
wide  us  long  in  nniture  specimens,  proportionally  a  little  shorter  in  the 
younger  ones;  the  sides  very  slightly  cxptinding;  the  .superior  Jatertd  angles 
distinctly  truncated.  Facets  directed  upwtird  ;  small,  occupying  only  one  third 
the  width  of  the  plates,  and  extending  but  a  short  distance  downward.  Cos- 
tals  trigontd,  much  wider  than  long,  occupying  the  full  width  of  the  facets ; 
the  superior  faces  concave,  tiiid  indented  at  the  median  portions  for  the 
reception  of  small  proces.ses  passing  out  from  the  lower  edges  of  the  di.s- 
tichals,  and  forming  waving  sutures,  which  resemble  those  of  the  Ichtii^'o- 
crinidtc.      Similar   suture  lines  occur  between  the  distiiduds,  ptdmar.s,  and 


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between  tlio  (ivo  or  six  proxiiiml  pliitcs  of  tlio  nrnis.    Distidml.s  two,  tliici'tud 
upwiirtlH,  ratluT  liirao,  tlio  first  nvavly  oiirc  luid  a  linlf  iih  wide  as  long,  nnd 
pinnule-beiirinn' ;  the  .second  a  little  longer  nnd  axillin'y  ;  their  upper  angle.s 
ncnt«.     The  di.stiehal.s  generally  support  a  single  arm  on  either  side  ;  occa- 
sionnlly,  however,  one  of  the  plates  — or  both  of  them  —  gives  oft'  an  arm 
from  its  outer  side,  and  two  palmnra  with  two  arms  from  the  iinier  one.    The 
two  palinar.<<,  when  represented,  are  as  large  as  the  distiehals,  hut  proportion- 
ally higher.     Arms  free  above  the  first  disliolials,  from  four  to  six  to  the  rnv, 
the  lunnber  often  varying    in  the  same  specimen  ;  rather  heavy,  especially 
at  midway,  where  in  adidt  specimens  they  are  often  twice,  and  even  three 
times,  as  thick  as  near  the  calyx.     They  are  biserial  at  the  upper  end,  uni- 
serial  to  the  fifth  or  sixth  ji.int ;  the  hitter  phites,  which  are  moderately  long 
and  wedge-formed,  are  alternately  arranged  and  gradually  interlock.     The 
distichals  and  the  cunoafe  arm  pieces  are  constricted  in  the  middle,  and  pro- 
vided laterally  with  sharp,  thorn-like   projections  at  their  upper  and  lower 
ends,  which  sometiines  extend  to  the  biserial  portions  of  the  arms.     Pin- 
nules stout,  long,  closely  packed,  and  composed  of  long  joints  ;  the  one  from 
the  first  disticiial  stouter  than  the  rest,  and  less  erect.     Of  the  ventral  disk 
only  the   middle  jdate  of  the  interand)ulacral  series  has  been  observed  ;  it  is 
visi!)le  in  a  side  view,  and  crowned  by  a  small  tubercle  or  short  spine.     Stem 
joints  elliptical  and  moderately  long;   the  nodal  ones  nt  the  lower  part  of  the 
stem  quite  prominent,  and  their  margins  in  well  preserved  .specimens  sur- 
rounded by  bead-like  nodes  or  short  thorns. 

IIorhoH  iiwl  LoralUi).  —  St  Louis  limestone,  Ilunt.sville,  .\la.,  and  Hardin 
Co..  111.  At  Ilunfsville  it  is  found  about  sixty  feet  below  the  Paifmid/cs 
Gixl'iiii  beds,  where  it  occurs  in  small  pockets  in  large  number.s. 
Ti/pcs  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 
fk'fiinif/.s. — The  nnmo  Plafi/rriiws  Hitiili^vlllai  appears  in  Troost's  List  of 
the  Crinoidea  of  Tennessee,  ptddished  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  Cambridge  meeting.  18-10,  witii- 
out  figure  or  description,  and  has  ever  since  been  applied  by  palaeontologists 
and  collectors  to  the  only  form  of  PM,/criiiiis  occurring  near  Iluntsville. 
AVo  are  aware  that  this  does  not  establish  Trooft's  name. 

In  1860,  Meek  and  'Worthen  described  as  P.  pcnicUlux  and  P.  pJcniis  two 
specimens  from  Hardin  Co.,  111.,  both  of  which  we  have  examined,  and  which 
we  have  reason  to  regard  as  aberrant  forms  of  P.  Iluntsvilla.  Looking  at 
the  two  specimens  alone,  one  would  say  at  first  sight  that  they  are  distinct 


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ppccit'«,  mill  iliniTent  IVcuii  /'.  J/nnfxrllltr ;  liiit  iiiinii  examining  tlic  iiini 
structure,  babuls  and  Htmi,  it  will  Iju  rouml  tiiiit  tlnv  (IjlTi'r  only  uliglidv  in 
tlic  form  of  the  oalyx  ami  tiio  matter  of  oinMini'iitalioii,  one  IxMiig  cnp-^^liaiu'd 
and  ornamonti'd,  the  oilier  glolndar  and  smooth.  On  eompurin;;'  tlii'm  wiili 
tho  specimens  from  llimtsville,  it  will  ho  seen  that  similiii'  viiriiitioiis  oeeiir 
among  them  nlso,  along  with  all  sorts  of  transition  loriiis.  The  two  lomis 
were  evidently  regarded  by  Meek  and  Worthen  as  spceilieally  distinet  licmi 
/'.  Iliiiitsrilhv,  for  the  Worthen  eollection  eoiitains  a  large  nmiiher  of  fine 
specimens  from  Alaliama,  labeled  /'.   IfitiitKrilhv. 

In  ISOl,  S.  A.  Miller  described  nnder  1'.  (iliihuiiiiiisis  a  small,  crnshed 
speci  ncii  from  Ilnntsvillo,  but  neither  (igure  nor  description  gives  a  correct 
idea  of  tho  species,  and  he  did  not  state  in  which  division  of  the  "  Snbear. 
bonifei'ons  rocks"  it  was  found.  He  did  not  define  the  peculiarities  of  the 
arm  structure,  which  are  so  characteristic  of  /'.  //iiiifsrilke,  and  indeed  tho 
description  would  apply  equally  well  to  otiier  forms.  It  is  very  curious  that 
Meek  and  Worthen  described  the  arm  structure,  but  did  not  represent  it  in 
their  liguro  ;  while  on  the  other  hand  Miller  indicated  it  in  his  figure  witli- 
out  mentioning  it  in  the  description,  Priority  would  give  the  first  of  Jleek 
and  Worthen'8  names  to  the  species,  if  any  of  tho  above  descriptions  are  to 
apply;  but  this  would  lead  to  confusion,  and  would  establish  an  aberrant 
form  for  the  typical  one.  Under  all  the  circumstances,  we  have  tlKuiglit 
best  to  redescribe  tho  species  under  'I'roost's  name,  thus  giving  the  credit 
til  the  iiionocr  naturalist  who  discovered,  recognized,  and  called  attention 
to  the  new  form. 

For  the  last  ten  years  one  of  us  has  spent  a  month  or  two  every  year  at 
Huntsville,  and  obtained  of  this  species  over  a  thousand  specimens,  in  all 
kinds  of  preservation,  and  of  all  si/.e.s,  from  0  mm.,  including  arms,  to 
."■lO  mm.,  and  intermediate  stages,  which  give  most  valuable  infoinialion 
ii]ioii  the  variability  of  this  s])ecies  and  the  Crinoids  generally,  and  also 
upon  the  changes  due  to  growth.  If  wo  were  following  the  practice  ot 
some  ])a];i'ontologists,  we  would  ho  able  by  ])icking  out  individual  speci- 
mens to  Tiiake  out  of  this  one  species  half  a  dozen  or  more.  In  some  speci- 
mens the  plates  appear  altogether  smooth,  without  showing  in  other  j'arts 
an}'  evidence  of  erosion  or  weathering;  while  others  have  well  marked  nodes, 
separate  or  confluent.  In  still  others  the  proportion  of  height  to  width  of 
the  calyx  varies  considerably.  All  these  s])ecimens,  however,  are  character- 
ized by  certain  peculiarities  by  which  they  can  bo  identified  nt  once  as  be- 


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l()?ij{ing  to  ono  Hpoeii'H.  In  all  of  tlicm  there  appear  nmuiul  llic  sdni  ilnue 
coiiHpicuoUM  iioilcH,  wliicli  aiu  cuntiiiucil  to  tlio  upper  edges  of  (In-  lia^al  (li>l\; 
and  in  all  may  lie  i^een  llie  uni(|iu'  arliculalion  liutwccn  llie  lowei'  InacliialH 
nnd  uini  platen  ;  while  the  inllation  ol'  tlie  arms  at  their  middle  purtionn  is  a 
lVe(|\ient  eharaeti-r  in  mature  .specimens.  Hut  far  more  striking'  are  the  dif- 
CerenceH  caused  \>y  ^Towth.  Comparing  the  snadler  speeiniens  wiih  the 
hirger  ones,  it  will  he  loinid  liiat  the  arms  in  the  smallest  or  youngest  ones 
are  not  o)dy  uinserial  throughout,  hut  decidedly  zig/ag,  and  that  their  joints 
are  proj)ortionally  much  longer  than  those  of  the  adult  In  more  advanced 
Hpecimens  the  tips  of  the  arms  are  hisi'rial,  and  the  liiserial  part  extends 
downward,  as  the  specimens  grow  larger,  by  tlie  introduction  of  adilitiomd 
joints  at  the  top,  and  the  ]irogressive  interlocking  of  the  cuneate  plates. 
The  modificatiouH  here  exhihited,  and  due  beyond  all  rpu'stion  to  individual 
growth  alone,  are  so  renairkahle,  that  without  a  knowledge  of  the  ontogeny 
of  the  Crinoids,  the  earlier  stages  of  this  species  might  readily  he  taken  as 
representatives  not  only  of  dill'erent  genera,  but  even  of  difl'eient  groups. 

Flatyorinus  boonyillensis  s.  A.  Mi  run. 
Plate  LXXII.  FI(jH.  S,i,  h,  ,01(1 !). 

I'^ni.     S.  A.  .MlM.KIi;  Hull,  4,    In.l.  Siirv.  Mi-suuii.  p   S,  \'\nW  I,  l'ii;«,  1  mid  2, 

A  rather  large  .•species  of  the  type  of  /'.  hi/r/iiii/tniiriisin.  Calyx  to  the 
top  of  the  radials  bowl-shaped,  wider  than  high,  slightly  pentagonal  os  set'U 
from  above.  Plates  moderately  heavy,  the  sinface  smooth,  or  nearly  so; 
the  hasi-radial  and  intcnadial  sutures  grooved.  IJasals  closely  anchylost'd. 
the  lines  of  union  elevated  into  ridges  ;  they  form  a  low.  rapidly  spreading 
basin,  distinctly  pentangidar  at  the  ujiper  end,  broadly  truncateil  at  the 
lower,  the  bottom  deeply  excavated  so  as  to  form  a  rounded,  rugo.so  rim 
around  the  column.  Column  facet  circular,  occupying  one  half  of  the  width 
of  the  concavity,  its  face  covered  with  radiating  stria\  Radials  a  little  wider 
than  long,  gradually  expanding  upwards,  slightly  nmre  elevated  along  the 
median  line,  and  somewhat  beveled  toward  the  sutures.  The  facets  occupy 
less  than  half  the  width  of  the  plates;  they  are  shallow,  directed  upwards, 
and  surrounded  by  a  projecting  rim. 

IlorUon  ami  Loraliti/.  —  Lower  part  of  War.saw  limestone  ;  Boonville,  Mo., 
and  Spiu'gen  Hill,  Ind. 

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IliiiKiihs. —  I)(.'.-<('iilj('il  I'iDiii  till'  )mi.'<iiU  ami  railiiil.'^,  all  tin'  iitliiT  |iarlH 
Ih'Iii^  uiikiiuwii.  Tlio  iiiti'i'liaHul  i<iitiit'i'.i,  whicli  ari>  ivproHi'iitcil  in  Imili  nf 
Milii'i's  Cij^iircH.  lire  111)1  vixililo  in  llic  i-iu'i'Iiiu'Iim  ;  Imt  tlio  pliiceH  wlieiu  liny 
hImmiIiI  bo  are  indicutod  li^'  ulcvali'il  ii(l(',i'H. 


PlatycrinuB  niotonBls  M.  ami  w. 
l'l,il,  LXXl.  Fiij. !). 

ISflJ.     MkkkiiimI  WniiriiKSi  I'mcT,!.  Anul    Nut,   Sri    I'hilii ,  p.  Kli;  niul  firnl.  II, 'ii.  Illiiici",  Vul.   FII. 

ii.  SIM,  Kitf.  ;i. 

bSl.     \V.  nil, I  Si'.  ,  U,\l,i,iii,  I'liri  II  ,  |..  ;:i  (I'lurci'il.  Afiiil.  Xiii.  Sci.  I'liilii.,  |i,  i\7). 

A   very  tunall    Hpecics.      Calyx   Ih'Iow  the  miniinit  of  tlio  rndinlH  cnp- 

uliiiped.  the  nides  di.-'tiiiclly  nnmdeil  in  the  type,  scareely  eoiivox  ill  other 
Hpeciineiis  ;  the  liiise  short.  Iiii^in-shaped,  hi'oadly  trniieated  at  the  boltoni. 
l'latu'<  Miiiuoth  and  sli^^htly  eoiivex,  the  hasj-rnilial  and  iiiterradial  xutiireH 
distinct,  but  not  jfrooved. 

liasiils  ioiininjr  a  short  enp  of  one  third  tlie  lieij;ht  of  th(>  radials,  the 
lower  rim  somewhat  projecting;  outward,  the  lateral  margins  of  the  plates 
«lij(litly  raised  toward  the  suture  lines,  and  forminj^  indi-tinet  ridjrcs  and  ii 
umall  projection  at  the  lower  extremity  of  each  suture.  Ivailials  larife.  as 
loni^  as  wide,  or  a  little  longer,  widening  moderntely  from  below  upwards; 
sulnpiailranguliir.  tlu^  superior  iiugle  slightly  Iruncated  by  the  iiiterradial 
pliites.  Facets  shallow,  nnil  occupying  about  half  the  width  of  the  plates. 
Costals  trigonal,  rounded  at  the  lower  end,  completely  filling  the  liicets.  Dis- 
tielials  two.  both  one  third  wider  than  long.  Arms  four  to  the  ray,  rather 
lienvy  throughout,  and  biserial  from  the  second  or  lhir(l  plate.  Column  near 
the  base  compressed  and  tortuous,  being  composed  of  alternalu  thick  and 
thin  <dliptic  joints. 

Il'i-hiii  ami  Luriih'ti/.  —  KeokuU  group;  Niota.  III..  Indian  creek  and 
Canton,  Inil. 

T'lpi'  ill  the  Illinois  State  .'jllection, 

Itcmiirkii. — The  figure  of  the  typo  specimen  in  the  IlIlnoiM  Report  i.s 
somewhat  nii.slending ;  the  base  is  made  too  high  and  the  radials  too  short. 
It  also  ajipcars  as  if  one  of  the  rays  had  but  three  nrins,  while  it  actually  has 
four,  like  the  other  rays.  The  species  is  closely  allied  to  1'.  Sura;  but  is 
considerably  .smaller,  and  its  arms  less  numerous  and  jiroportionally  stronger. 
It  resembles  still  closer  P.  bonocnsis,  but  that  has  five  to  six  arms  to  tlio  ray, 
niid  the  arms  are  shorter. 


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Platyorlnua  bonoonsli  U'iutk, 
I'hk  LXIX.  I'iij.  (1. 

b7t.     WiiirK,  I'rncml.    Anui.  Niil.  ^f\.   I'hiU.,  |<.  ;i'l;  iiiul  l-^il,  I',  »,  (muI.  Siirv.  'IVrr.  bj   llii^il.n, 

C.Miir.  lo  I'lilii'iMit    Nil  ri,  |i.  Kill,  I'liili'  ID,  Kit(  5. 
llSl,     W.  mill  Mr. ;   llrviMiiM,  I'liil  II  ,  |i.  ',»  i  I'r nl.  Aniil,  Niit.  >*ri    riiilii..  |i.  i\\). 

Ifl;ii.  l>,iHrfmilh».  A.  Mll.i.Kii.  I><lll  ;  (ir'il.  Siiiv.  Mi^hmiii'J,  Hull,  t,  |i.  ||,  I'liili'  j,  KiK-  8. 

Hjfii.  /'.  iW«''(i<  it.  A.  MiLLiii,  WJi ,  Ailv>  bliiili  I'liil  \W\>.  Utul.  fiirv,  nr  liiiliuim,  p.  13,  I'luli' 

n,  KiK.  i;). 

Clo.ioly  iilliod  to  tlio  preceding  Mpeciex,  hut  Imvinj;  five  to  xix  nniiM  Id  tin' 
ray  iiiKleiid  nf  four,  and  lliese  uro  |)i'o|i()rli()iiidl_v  ^linitci,  iiinrt'  clofiidy  piickcd, 
and  licaviiT.  Doi'muI  (Mip  wider  tlmn  liijili,  lM)\\l->lmpud,  a  iitlli'  sprt'iidiii;,'.  llic 
iMai'giiis  ol'  the  plaU'M  Mli^litly  licvcli'd,  giving  In  liie  ccnlial  puitionx  a  ^iigiit 
coiivoxity.     Snrl'ace  witliont  ornamentation. 

llasaln  proportioniliy  KniaJl,  forming  a  hIiuIIow  liaHiii.  Iiroiidly  truncated 
Im'Iow  and  excavated  at  liio  liottom,  liie  siden  .somewhat  con.-tricled  ho  as  to 
liirm  a  rounded  ])roiecting  edge  aroinid  liie  louer  margins;  llie  interlinsal 
tituie  lines  slightly  elevated.  Ihidials  wider  than  long,  gradually  expanding 
iipwanls,  the  upper  angles  truncated,  deeper  at  llie  anal  side.  Facets  iVoui 
one  half  to  two  thirds  the  width  of  the  radials  ;  semiciicular.  Costals  siuiill. 
trigonal,  rarely  covering  the  full  width  of  the  facets,  and  the  distichals  ahut 
ngainnt  the  radials.  First  dislichals  oiu'c  anil  a  half  as  wide  as  long,  the 
axillary  one  a  little  wider  ami  somewhat  higher.  The  latter  gives  olT  an 
arm  to  the  outer  sid(^  of  the  ray,  and  HU|)ports  at  the  imu'r  two  palmars  with 
two  arms,  luakiiig  thri'e  arms  to  ciudi  sididivision.  or  six  to  the  ray.  excep- 
tionally five.  The  arms  arc  stout,  especially  in  the  middle,  aiul  quite  short  ; 
they  are  uniserial  to  the  fourth  plate,  lu'vond  this  hiserial.  Column  slightly 
elliptic,  and  twisted. 

Jlorlziiii  mill  Lnriilifi/.  —  rppeimost  part  of  the  Keokuk  group  and  lower 
beds  of  the  Warsaw  limestone.  Hoiio.  Lawrence  Co.,  Ind.,  and  lioonville.  Mo. 

Ti/iicx  in  the  collection  of  W.  F.  V,.  (Imley.  and  R.  A.  Blair  nt  Sedalia,  Mo. 

sunspiXL'L  OS  us  a  no  up. 

Basal  cup  ainmst  as  high  as  the  radials,  aubcylindrical.  Surface  of  plates 
smooth  or  ornamented. 


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Platycriniis  siibspinulosiis  Hai.i.. 
y '/,(/-■  I.X\I.  l-'iijs.  J,i,  /-.  ,111,/  I'M,'  I. XX.  F!,j.!). 

\'<M.     II  Ml.;  Siip|il.  (n.il    Ki'p.  In\i:i,  p.  SI,  Willi  ili:ii;raiiini:ilic  liirnri'. 

Is^l.     \\ .  .111.1  .^r.  1  Ki\i>luu,  I'ail  II  ,  y.  75  (I'loiciil.  Ai-id.  N;.l.  Sci,  I'liilii ,  p.  211). 

l?fli>w  iiu'diiim  si/.o.  Ilci^lit  of  dorsal  ciip  about  equal  to  flu-  width  nt 
the  lower  I'dj^a's  of  tlic  radiiil  I'liccls,  vlicrc  llit'  ccclion  is  disliiiotly  (|iiiii(|no- 
lolialo.  owiiiir  lo  a  tliickonini;  ol'  tlu>  radials  at  tlu<  inodian  liiu>  toward  tlic 
fai't'ls.  Plates  tliiii  at  llicir  i'(li;es,  1ml  (iiiile  liea\_v  at  tiie  middle ;  covered 
with  short  s]iiiies  or  ('(Hispieiioiis  nodes,  wliieh  uiioii  tlic  basal  cup  are  (luito 
in(>i;'idail_v  distributed,  some  of  them  beinu;  thieklv  set  and  poniliient,  other.s 
dispersed,  especially  in  the  iipju'r  portions  of  the  cup.  The  spines  upon  the 
radials  are  arranj^ed  in  thi'ee  rows,  two  of  them  proeeedinij;  from  the  facet.s 
diaitonallv  to  the  lower  aiiifles  of  the  olates.  the  other  vertically  to  the  basal 
ciij).  liiterradial  sutures  at  the  bottom  of  a  shallow  angular  depression,  not 
j^rooved  ;  iiiterbasal  sutures  obsolete. 

JJasal  cup  subcylindi'ical,  a  little  widest  at  the  ujiper  end  ;  the  colunni 
facet  projectinj.'  and  distinctly  elliptic.  IJadials  slightlv  spreadinjr.  nearl\' 
once  and  a  half  as  lon^i-  as  wide;  the  facets  horse-shoe  shaped.  Ion j;'er  than 
wide,  profoundly  excavated,  and  havinsj;  a  deep,  rounded  notch  at  the  ujiper 
end.     Structure  of  arms  and  ventral  disk  unknown. 

J/iirir.iin  Kiiil  l.<ii;ililii. —  I'pper  IJurliufjton  linu'stone.  Burlington,  Iowa. 

T;ijii  in  the  Illinois  State  Mu.seuin  of  Natur.'d  Ilistor}'. 

Platycriniis  Davisi  w.  .iiul  Sr.  (nnv.  ^hv.). 

i'i,ii,'  i.xx.  Fi.i.  /;. 

Below  medium  size.  Dorsal  cup  de|)ressed  bell-shaped,  a  little  wider 
than  high,  rounded  at  the  base,  the  sides  concave  along  the  basal  cup.  con- 
vex along  the  radials.  Plates  rather  heavy;  the  suture  lines  very  slightly 
grooved. 

Mas.il  cup  deep,  wide  at  the  bottom,  its  height  equal  lo  two  thirds  the 
lenglii  of  liie  radials.  its  lower  face  (piinquelobate.  having  five  short,  rounded 
nodes,  iiiterradialiy  disposed  and  extending  over  the  whole  width  of  the 
plates;  they  are  separated  by  a  Well  delined  groove,  giving  to  the  base  the 
appearance  of  being  (piinqiiepartite.     Attachment  for  the  stem  circular  and 


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slightly  (lopresscd.  Riuliiils  inotlenUcly  .s|in'!i(linj,'  mid  soiiu'wlmt  irrcgiiliir 
in  loriii ;  tlio  two  postt-rior  oiios  fully  a,s  wiile  iis  loiijr,  the  othcr.s  a  liltlo 
loiigiM-;  tliu  iiietliiin  portions  of  the  pliites  abniiilly  riiisi'd,  lorniing  n  ((niid- 
rangidar  elevation  of  whii-h  the  niargins  are  parallel  to  the  edges  of  the 
plates.  Costals  siihtrigonal,  rather  short.  Ventral  di.sk  convex,  llatlcned  at 
the  sinnniit.  The  orals  very  large,  the  posterior  one  larger  than  the  lour 
others;  the  latter  elongate,  at  the  four  regular  sides  of  the  calyx  resting 
against  the  lirst  row  of  interradial.s,  of  which  the  middle  one  is  wedged  in 
deeply  Iielween  the  radials.  The  middle  plate  of  the  anal  side  is  miicli 
wilier,  and  supports  a  niunl)er  of  small  plates  which  forsu  the  anu.s.  And)u- 
lacial  plates  few  upon  the  disk.  Anrl  ojicning  exccntric,  directed  upwinnls 
Structure  of  arms  unknown. 

//(//■/•..)«  Kii,/  J,iiriillli/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  Hannihal,  Mo. 

Tiipc  m  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

Unnarka.  —  This  species  resenddes  /'.siilis/iiiiii/nsKfi  Hall,  hut  difl'ers  in  the 
Ibrni  of  the  calyx  and  in  the  surface  marking.s. 

The  specific  name  is  in  honor  of  Rev.  .lohn  Davis,  of  Louisiana,  JIo.,  to 
whom  we  are  indebted  for  the  type  .specimen. 

Platycriniis  allopliylus  s.  .\.  :\iii,i.i:rt. 
J 'Mr  LXXI.  rill.  IT. 

ISni.     S.  A.  Mii.i.Ku;  Hull.  \,  (iiol.  Surv.  Missduri,  p.  9,  I'lalc  1,  Ki^-s.  H  iiml  \. 

A  small  species,  in  its  form  nnlikc  any  other  P/nh/rninis.  Dorsal  cup 
.slender,  once  and  a  half  as  high  as  wide,  cylindrical  to  the  top  of  the  hasals, 
then  expanding  gracefidly  to  (he  arm  Cacets;  the  lower  face  hroadly  (nmcalcd. 
Sin-face  of  plates  apparently  smooth;  their  margins  toward  the  hasi-radial 
ami  interradial  sutures  slightly  hevcled  ;  the  interhasal  sutures  rarely  visible. 
Hasals  as  long  as  the  radials.  forming  a  cylindrical  cup  with  a  short  expanded 
rim  a'ound  the  lower  end.  the  bottom  truncated,  and -slightly  im])re,s.scd  Cor 
the  reception  of  the  lir.st  stem  Joint,  which  occiijiies  less  than  half  the  dia- 
meter of  (lie  lower  face.  Haiiials  longer  than  wide,  moderatelv  expanding 
above,  rounded  along  the  back,  depressed  at  the  sides,  their  facets  projecting. 
The  latter  occupy  fully  one  half  the  width  of  the  radials.  and  more  than 
a  third  their  length;  they  are  semicircular,  arc  deeply  notched  at  (he  upper 
end,  and  directed  outward  almost  horizontally.     Costals  short  and  axillarv; 


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the  iiitcrradial  plates  erect.  Ventral  disk  convex;  covered  with  spinous 
plates.     Column  small,  obscurely  elliptical. 

Horizon  and  Locality.  —  Chouteau  limestone ;  six  miles  southeast  of 
Sedalia,  Mo. 

Ti/pci  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  Sampson. 

AMEUICANUS  GliOCP. 

Dorsal  cup  rather  short  and  but  slightly  spreading;  base  nearly  flat; 
plates  ornamented  by  coarse  granules  or  row.s  of  conlluent  nodes. 


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Flatycrinus  americanus  o  ami  .Sii. 
Pktr  LXXV.  Fujs.  10,  11,  12,  13n,  h,c. 

\^'<i.     OwKN  aiul  SlII'MviiIi;  ('.  S.  (iciil.  Siirv.  Wisr.,  Iowa  niul  Minn.,  p.  .T.U,  Vl:ile  'ill,  Figs.  In,  i. 
ISbl.     W.  iiml  Sr.;  Ucvision,  I'urt  II.,  p.  7^  (rincei'd.  Acail.  Nat.  Sci.  I'liila.,  |i.  HI). 

S.vM.  l'lu/y,-r.  Iniii.'iilii^  IIai.i.;  (le.il.  Kip.  I.iwa,  V.il.  I  ,  I'ail  11.,  p.  ."ili; 

CO  Sjn.  '/'.  llm,„//i,;„/i  .S.  .\,  Mii.i.Kli  ;  1S'.)1.  Onil.  Surv.  Mi>>uuri,  Jlnll.  4,  p.  '21,  I'lat.'  i,  Fii;.  15. 

Calyx  sul)glol)Osc,  a  little  higher  than  wide.  Dor.^al  cup  more  than  once 
and  a  half  as  wide  as  higii,  sliglitly  spreading,  the  base  broadly  truncated. 
Height  of  ventral  disk  about  equal  to  that  of  the  dor.sil  cup.  Plates  orna- 
nieuted  i)y  coarse  granuh's  or  irregular  nodes,  arranged  in  concentric  lines 
around  their  margins,  covering  tlie  entire  surface.  Edges  of  the  plates 
beveled,  and  tiie  basi-radial  and  interradial  suture  linos  chanueli'd. 

Basals  forming  almost  a  plane,  rarely  more  than  their  beveled  edi^e"' 
visible  in  a  side  view;  the  coluuui  facet  very  slightly  depre.-ised  ;  interbas- 
sutures  indeterminable,  liadials  a  little  spreading,  one  fourth  wider  than 
long ;  the  outer  ends  of  the  upper  faces  moderately  .^^loping.  except  toward 
tiie  anal  side  where  they  form  a  deep  and  broad  notch.  Facet  semicircular ; 
the  notch  at  the  summit  very  small,  if  rt'pre.xented  at  all.  Costals  rather 
large,  much  wider  than  long  ;  pentangular.  Distichals  and  palmars  as  long 
as  the  costals  but  narrower,  a  little  constricted  across  the  middle.  Arms  six 
to  the  ray ;  of  moileratc  size,  biserial  abo\  e  the  second  or  third  ])late  from 
the  bifurcation  ;  the  joints  rather  long ;  the  pinnule  .sockets  projecting, 
especially  in  young  specimens,  and  the  pinnules  strong  and  in  contact  later- 
ally ;  the  proximal  one  being  given  off  from  the  first  distichals.  Ventral 
disk  hemispheric,  the  plates  convex.  Orals  large,  rather  regularly  arranged. 
Ambulacral  plates  small  and  not  elevateil.  ]nterand)ulacrals  three  and  two ; 
the  middle  one  of  the  first  row  longer  than  wide,  that  of  the  anal  side  much 


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larger,  and  wiiler  than  long,  followed  by  numerous  small  pieces  forming 
a  protuberance,  which  is  pierced  Ijy  the  anus;  the  opening  directed  laterally, 
Column  snudl. 

ILnhon  anil  LochUIi/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  Burlington,  Iowa, 
Quincy,  111.,  and  in  rocks  of  the  same  age  throughout  Missouri. 

JuiiKtrh.  —  Of  this  species  we  obtained  several  very  joung  specimens 
(Plato  LXXV^.,  Fig.  11),  in  two  of  which  the  arms  are  as  yet  unisorial 
tiiroughout,  in  others  biserial  only  at  their  tips.  In  these  specimens  the 
arms  have  a  distinctly  waving  outline,  their  jjints  are  proportionally  longer, 
sliaped  lii\e  axillary  plates,  and  the  sides  supporting  the  pinnules  are  greatly 
projecting. 

We  have  examined  tlie  type  of  P.  (nniralii-i  ITall,  in  the  Illinois  State 
collection,  and  regard  the  specimen  as  identical  with  P.  (i)n(r!(((iiii><,  although 
it  has  apparently  no  ornamentation.  It  agrees  with  the  latter  in  tlio  form  of 
the  dorsal  cup,  the  channeled  suture  lines,  tlie  large  and  deep  notch  between 
the  two  posterior  radials,  as  well  as  in  the  arm  structure.  Miller's  P.  Broad- 
hradi,  in  all  probabilit}',  is  also  identical  with  this  siocies ;  it  was  doscrilied 
from  an  imperfect  dorsal  cup,  and  neitiier  figure  nor  description  enabled  us  to 
make  a  critical  comparison. 

Platycrinus  tenuibrachiatus  -^r.  m\A  W. 
Plate  JjXX.  F'kj^.  7,  S. 

1809.     Meek  nml  Woutiikx  ;  I'idociiI.  .\™1.   N;il,  Sci.  I'hilii,,  |i.  His ;  .■mil  ls;;i,  Gcdl,  Rep.  Illinois,  Vol. 

v.,  p.  4.-ii»,  I'liilu  ;i,  Fisf.  \u  (nut  \l.). 
ISSl.     \V.  .iiul  Siv  ;  KcviMnii,  l>;iii  11.,  p.  7.")  (I'rneord.  Aciiil.  N.'it.  Pci.  riill;i..  ]i.  2+'.0. 

Of  medium  size.  Resembling  P.  amcn'canu.i,  but  the  calyx  proportionally 
wider,  and  also  more  discoid.  Dorsal  cup  I)asin-shaped,  three  times  as  wide 
as  high  ;  the  base  concave,  only  its  upper  angles  seen  in  a  side  view ;  tiio 
sides  rapidly  spreailing,  very  .slightly  curving;  basi-radial  and  interradial 
suture  lines  channelud.  Surface  of  plates  covered  with  rugose  markings 
or  irregular  rows  of  nodular  ridge.s,  parallel  to  the  outer  jiiargins  of  the 
plates,  and  forming  concentric  lines. 

Base  largo,  ratiier  Hat;  the  median  portion  decidedly  depressed;  the 
inter'iasal  sutures  grooved.  Radials  uniformly  spreading;  the  upper  end 
nearly  one  third  wider  than  the  lower ;  the  sides  a  little  shorter  than  the 
width  of  the  lower  face ;  the  upper  angles  truncated,  forming  a  small  but 
deep  notchj  which  is  filled  by  a  liexangular  interradial  plate.     Facets  semi- 


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circular,  occupying  one  tiiinl  the  wiiltli  of  the  iilntcs.  CostiiLs  subtrigonnl, 
the  sloping  upper  faces  concave,  and  their  angle  rather  sharp,  Distichals 
and  palniars  once  and  a  half  as  wide  as  long.  Arms  from  six  to  eight  to  the 
n»y,  of  nearly  uniform  size  throughout,  biserial  from  their  fourth  or  fifth 
plate  ;  the  joints  moderately  long,  united  by  slightly  waving  sutures.  Pin- 
nules strong,  composed  of  long  joints.     Structure  of  ventral  disk  iniknown, 

Ilurizmt  ami  Ldcd/i///.  —  Upiier  Burlington  limestone,  Burlington,  Iowa, 

2//j)C  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoiilogy. 

Rvmarks.  —  In  this  species  Meek  and  Worthcn  included  onother  form, 
which  we  have  described  under  the  name  of  P/ii/'/rii'iiiis  iiodoatriatiis,  and 
which  dilTers  essentially  in  the  form  of  the  basal  cup,  and  in  the  style 
of  ornamentation. 

Platycrinus  breviaodus  Hmi.. 

J'Mc  LXX.  /'/V/s.  J,  .7.  (;„.  h. 

ISfll.     Ham,;  \l-in:  New  Spir.  f'liM.  |i.  t,  ;iii,l  |i>.-l.  .Imini.  N:il.  lliM.,  ji.  280;  flixuml  1872,  X.  Y.  Si;itc 

Mubi'iihi,  Hull.  I,  I'hto  2./,  I'ii;. .'.. 
1S81.     W.  :iii,l  Si'.;  HfviM.,11,  l';irt  II.,  [>.  7il  (I'rocenl.  Arail.  Xiit.  Sci.  Pliila..  p.  2H). 

A  rather  small  species.  Dftrsal  cup  nearly  twice  as  wide  os  high,  slightly 
spreading,  broadly  truncate  at  the  base.  Basids  proportionally  large,  disk- 
like, truncate  below,  only  the  extreme  upper  ends  turning  upwards,  very 
little  concave,  and  the  outer  margins  surrounded  by  a  row  of  conspicuous 
nodes,  directed  outwanl  and  giving  to  the  edges  a  crennlated  outline;  the 
interbasal  sutures  obsolete,  Kadials  wider  than  long,  a  little  widest  at  the 
top;  subr[uadrangul;ir;  the  outer  ends  of  the  upper  face  but  .^lightly  sloping, 
except  tho.se  of  the  anal  side,  which  form  a  distinct  notch,  and  sui)port  a 
rather  large  hexagonal  plate.  Radial  facets  shallow,  occupying  half  the 
width  of  tiie  plates.  Basi-radial  and  interradiid  suture  lines  grooved.  Cos- 
tals  triang  ilnr.  moderately  large,  occupying  the  whole  width  of  the  facets. 
Disticlials  two,  free  from  the  costids  up,  the  first  once  and  a  half  as  wide  as 
long  ;  the  second  as  long  as  wide.  Palmars,  when  present,  but  little  larger 
than  the  succeeding  arm  plates.  Arms  fovu'  to  six  to  the  ray  in  the  same 
specimen,  rather  slender  and  tapering;  their  proximal  ends  composed  of  five 
to  six  cuneiform  pieces,  which  gradually  turn  ir:'o  biserial  above.  Piniudes 
placed  somewhat  distant.     Structure  of  ventral  di.-^k  unknown. 

JTorizon  and  Lora/lh/.  —  Described  from  the  Keokuk  group  at  Keokuk, 
Iowa;  but  occurring  also  at  the  same  horizon  at  Indian  creek.  Montgomery 
Co.,  Ind.,  and  in  the  Burlington  and  Keokuk  transition  beds  near  Burlington. 


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T//pe  specimen  in  the  Americnn  Museum  of  Natural  History,  New  York. 

lieiHdrk's.  —  The  Indian  creek  Hpceiniens  sonietimu.s  have  an  additional 
row  of  ridges  pa^^sing  out  to  the  sides,  hut  otherwise  agree  with  those  from 
Hurlington  and  Keokuk.     Their  arms  also  vary  from  f(jur  to  .six  to  the  ray. 

Platycrinus  canalioulatiis  Hall. 
riate  LXXV.  Fuj».  7a,  b. 

Is.-iS.     TIai.i.;  fionl.  licp.  Iowa,  Vul.  [,,  Vn\\  II.,  ]i.  5;!9. 

is^l.     W.  iiiul  Si'.;  Kcvision,  Pint  II  .  p.  71  (I'md'eil  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  I'liila.,  p.  215). 

Calyx  small,  a  little  higher  than  wide,  widest  acro.ss  the  hase  of  the 
radial  facets  ;  subovate,  slightly  truncateil  at  the  poles.  Dorsal  cup  once 
and  a  half  as  wide  as  high,  the  upper  edge  slightly  inllectod.  Surface  of 
plates  marked  by  a  few  rather  conspicuous  nodes,  of  whicli  generally'  twenty 
occupy  the  basal  disk,  two  directed  to  each  upper  angle  of  the  plate,  while 
two  others  are  parallel  with  the  sides;  the  latter  placed  so  close  to  the  mar- 
gins as  to  give  to  tiie  edges  a  serrated  outline.  Tlie  radials  have  three  pairs 
of  nodes  passing  downward,  two  of  them  nnniing  obliquely  to  the  lower 
angles  of  the  plates,  the  other  pair  vertically,  following  the  median  line. 
Two  other  nodes  are  placed  close  to  the  upper  ends  of  the  plates,  one  to 
each  side.  Basi-radial  and  interradial  suture  lines  canaliculate,  and  the  edges 
of  the  plates  beveled. 

Basals  forniiug  a  flat  di.sk,  of  which  only  the  outer  edges  are  seen  in  a 
side  view  ;  the  middle  portion  has  a  more  or  less  deep  rounded  depression, 
wide  enough  to  contain  the  top  stem  joint.  Radials  one  fourth  wider  than 
long,  very  little  spreading ;  the  upper  angles  .sligiitly  truncated  ;  the  facets 
semicircular,  occupying  nearly  one  third  the  width  of  the  plates,  thickened 
around  tiie  edges.  Costals  small,  trigonal,  their  upper  faces  deeply  notched. 
Ventral  di.sk  as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup,  distinctly  stellate  as  seen  from  above. 
Orals  small,  rather  regularly  arranged,  forming  an  elevated  area  from  which 
the  ambulacra  pass  outward  aiul  downward.  Covering  pieces  .strongly  con- 
vex, and  conspicuously  elevated  over  the  interambulacral  spaces,  which  slope 
abrupt!}'  from  the  orals  at  an  angle  of  nearly'  sixt}-  degrees,  and  form  deep 
trigonal  depressions  containing  three  plates  each :  a  verj'  large  and  nodose 
lower  one,  and  two  smaller  plates  above.  The  two  plates  at  the  sides  of 
the  larger  one  are  narrow,  and  curve  abruptly  outward.  A  nis  and  column 
unknown. 

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THE  CRINOIDKA   CAMKR.»TA   OK   NORTH   AMKRICA. 


Ilur'aon  and  Zonili/i/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

l]/jic  in  the  ^Wortlien)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

Ji\in(ii7tS.  —  This  species  was  described  from  a  poor  specimen,  in  which 
only  the  basals  and  railials  were  preserved.  The  markings  of  the  type  .ipeci- 
inen  are  less  distinct  than  in  the  one  we  figure,  but  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  both  belong  to  the  same  species.  The  form  and  ornamentation  of  the 
dorsal  cup  resemble  very  closely  7',  brcriiux/ua  Hall,  from  the  Keokuk  group, 
and  it  is  doubtful  if  the  two  species  are  not  identical.  A  satisfactory  eoni- 
parison  cannot  be  made  as  long  as  nothing  is  known  of  the  structure  of  the 
ventral  disk  of  that  species,  and  in  this  nothing  of  the  f.rm  structure. 

Flatycrinus  asper  ^l.  and  ^\'. 
Pla/e  LXVIIL  Flys.  9a,  h. 

ISfll.     jrKEK  mid  Wouthf.x  ;  I'moml.  Aoa.l.  Nat.  Sci.  riiila.,  p.  120:  nlso  Gcnl.  Tti'p.  Illinois,  V.pI.  III., 
p.  KiS,  I'lule  18,  Fi),'.  U. 

18S1.     \\.  ,111.1  Sr.  ;  Ucvisi I'uit  U.,  p.  7ii  (rroc.Til.  Aciid.  Xiil.  Sci.  I'liilii.,  p.  i\\). 

(Xi't  r,  iryit'r  fidlilt'ii'^s  =^Sfiu-fhinffinTini4s  tin^fr). 

Below  medium  size.  Dorsal  cup  twice  ns  wide  as  high,  gradually  spread- 
ing, the  sides  nearly  straight ;  the  base  depressed,  and  abruptly  and  deeply 
excavated  so  as  to  form  a  narrow,  thickened  rim  with  an  nndulatinjr  or  roui'li- 
ened  surface.  A  similar  rugose  rim  borders  the  lower  and  lateral  margins 
of  the  radials.  leaving  a  small  quadrangular  depression  beneath  the  facet.s. 
Sides  of  the  basi-radial  and  interradial  sutures  broadly  beveled  ;  the  inter- 
basal  suture  lines  distinctly  grooved. 

BmsmIs  rather  large,  only  their  outer  margins  seen  in  a  side  view  ;  the 
excavated  iinier  part  considerably  wider  than  the  diameter  of  the  column. 
Hiulials  wider  than  long,  widening  moderately  upwards,  the  lower  face 
straight,  the  outer  ends  of  the  upper  face  .sliglitlj-  ,«lopiug  ;  facet  semi, 
circidar,  its  width  eiiual  to  h.ilf  the  width  of  Uie  plate,  and  .-lightly  pro- 
jecting. Costals  subpentangular.  the  slojjing  upper  faces  concave.  DistichaLs 
once  and  a  half  as  wide  as  long,  narrower  tlnn  the  costals,  an<l  not  in  con- 
tact laterally.  Palmars  nearly  as  large  as  the  distichals  and  of  the  same 
general  form.  Anus  of  medium  size,  four  to  six  to  the  ray — six  being 
[imbably  the  noruud  number — composed  above  the  a.xillaries  of  ."harply 
cuneate  pieces,  which  gradually  turn  into  biserial ;  the  costals.  distichals, 
and  palmars  transversely  grooved  at  the  nii<ldle.  Ventral  disk  iiigli.  bulg- 
ing, composed  of  rather  large,  slightly  convex  pieces  ;  the  ambulacral  plates 


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small,  slightly  projecting  near  the  arm  bases.  The  intcramlnilacral  spaces 
aiv  formed  of  five  plates,  of  which  the  middle  one  of  the  first  row  is  twice 
as  large  as  the  others,  and  hexagonal.  The  two  or  three  upper  stem  joints 
circular,  the  succeeding  ones  elliptic. 

IIiii-i::iiii  iinil  Luntl'ihi.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone  ;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Ttipc  in  the  Mu.seuni  of  Comparative  Zoiilogy. 


SCULPTUfi  OllOUP. 

Basals  and  radials  forming  a  deep  cup;  the  ba.se  high  and  distinctly  con- 
vex ;  the  plates  ornamented  by  transverse  lines  of  conllucnt  no<les  following 
the  margins  of  the  plates.     Kadial  facets  small ;  arms  moderately  large. 


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Platycrinus  sculptus  Hsi.i.. 
Plate  LXVJIl.  Fhj.  r,.  wul  Plate  LXXV.  Flf/.  8, !). 

185S.     IIm.i,;  n.vil.  |{o|).  I.mu,  Vnl.  I.,  I'lirl  II  ,  p.  yM\.  IMiilc  S,  Kin.  H. 

ISSl.     W.  nnil  Si'.  ;   Uevisimi.  I'lirl  !(.,  p.  7.".  (rnicml.  Acml.  Nat.  Si'i.  I'liila..  ]>.  2V^). 

Syii.  I'liiii/i'i-iiim  riiliialiit  S.  A.  Mai.Ku;  Uuul.  Siirv.  Missuuri,  Hull,   i,  p.  •'(),  I'liile  2,  Fiu's.  U 
and  1:;. 

Dorsal  cup  of  mediiuu  si/c,  in  very  mature  specimens  higher  than  wide, 
a  little  wider  than  high  in  small  ones,  growing  i)rop()rtionaIly  higher  with  age; 
the  sides  evenly  convex  from  the  stem  upw-ards.  Surface  of  plates  orna- 
meiiled  with  rows  of  conllucnt  nodrs  or  undulated  ridges,  the  base  being 
covered  by  three  to  live  rows,  running  parallel  to  the  ui)per  margins  of  the 
plate  ;  live  others  radiate  from  the  column  to  the  upper  angUs.  Similar 
rows,  varying  from  three  to  six,  according  to  the  ago  of  the  specimen,  fol- 
low the  uiargins  of  the  radials,  and  three  rows  proceed  from  the  facets  to 
the  lower  face;  two  of  these  dii-ected  diagonally  to  the  outer  angles,  the 
middle  one,  which  is  sometimes  unrepresented,  placed  vertically. 

Base  from  one  fourth  to  one  third  as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup,  basin- 
shaped  ;  the  median  portions  slightly  trnncated  and  a  little  excavated  ;  the 
upper  margins  of  the  plate  somewhat  beveled,  giving  to  the  basi-radial 
sutures  a  slight  depression.  Radials  quadrangular,  the  lower  edge  convex, 
the  sides  very  slightly  sjireading.  the  upjier  face  but  little  .xloping  to  the 
angles.  Facets  small,  .semicircidar,  directed  obliquely  upward.s,  occupying 
but  one  third  the  width  of  the  plates,  and  only  a  small  portion  of  their 
lieight.  Costals  small,  trigoiud,  sometimes  narrower  than  the  facets,  so  that 
portions  of  the  first  distichals  come  in  contact  with  the  radials.     First  di.s- 


CM 


TIIK  CHIXOIDKA    CAMKUATA  OV  NDUTIl   AMKHK'A, 


ticlmis  sinull,  twice  as  wide  ua  long,  placed  obli(inely,  tlie  two  of  the  Hiiino 
vt\y  connected  Ititeriilly.  Second  diHticlials  coiisidenibly  wider  tlmn  tlie  first, 
but  not  longer.  Piihnars  a.id  po.st-palniars  of  the  Ibrui  of  the  distichaln, 
but  somewhat  smaller.  Aruis  eight  to  the  ray  ;  cylindrical,  moderately 
strong,  biserial  from  the  start;  the  upper  edges  of  the  plates  forming  a 
small  thicivcned  ridge  projecting  over  the  lower  margin  of  the  succeed- 
ing plate.  Structure  of  ventral  disk  unknown.  Column  small  for  the  size 
of  the  specimcMs,  elliptical  and  twisteil ;  the  transverse  articular  ridge  of 
apposed  faces  prominent,  with  a  distinct  fossa  at  each  side. 

Horizon  and  JjOcdUtij.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Ti/pc  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

lionnrhs.  —  The  ornamentation  in  some  specimens  is  more  conspicuous 
than  ill  others.  The  length  of  the  radials  and  the  depth  of  the  basal  cup 
are  also  i(uite  variable.  The  latter,  however,  may  be  uuderstood  by  consid- 
ering that  the  rows  of  nodes  surrounding  the  margins  of  the  plates  repre- 
sent lines  of  growth,  and  increased  in  number  with  age,  and  as  the  plates 
grew  faster  longitudinally  than  horizontally,  they  became  in  the  older  speci- 
mens proportionally  longer. 

This  species,  with  slight  modifications,  apparently  occurred  also  at  Lake 
Valley.  New  Mexico.  A  specimen  from  that  locality  (I'late  LXVIII.,  Fig. 
o)  shows  the  structure  of  the  ventral  disk,  which  had  not  been  observed  in 
any  from  Burlington,  but  as  the  arms  are  not  preserved  there  is  some  doubt 
as  to  its  specific  identity.  It  agrees  with  the  Builiiigton  specimens  perfectly 
in  the  oriiaiiieiitation  of  the  plates,  but  the  second  joint  of  the  stem  is  de- 
cidedly elliptic,  the  radials  somewhat  more  convex,  producing  slight  angular 
depressions  at  the  basi-radial  and  interradial  sutures,  the  upper  angles  of  the 
plates  arc  more  inflected,  and  the  facets  apparcntl}-  a  little  deeper.  The 
ventral  disk  is  depressed-homispherical,  decidedly  flattened  at  the  top,  the 
posterior  side  somewhat  bulging,  the  orals  comparatively  small  and  very 
slightly  convex,  the  covering  pieces  tuberculous.  There  are  but  three  inter- 
ambulacral  plates  to  each  side,  of  which  the  middle  one  is  extremely  large, 
and  erect  except  that  the  upper  end  curves  abruptly  inward ;  those  of  the 
regular  sides  are  subtrigoual  in  outline,  but  actually  hexagonal ;  the  anal 
one  wider,  subcpiadraiigidar,  and  the  top  slightly  excavated  to  form  the 
anal  opening,  which  points  upward. 


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Platycrinus  glyptus  Mvix. 
rint,'  LXVII.  Fiijs.4,0. 

ISfll.     TIm,i.  i  Drinriptions  of  Ni'W  Ciiiioids,  |),  U'l, 

bsl.     W.  !iml  !Sr.  (viir.  ol' i".  uni/ii/m);  Ituvibimi,  I'lirl  II.,  |v  H  (I'MfCfil.  Arml.  Xnl.  Sci    I'liilii ,  |i.  H:i). 


As  liiri^o  lis  the  iiroceding  siiecics,  mid  resenibling  it  in  tlie  roi'iii  cf  tl 


10 


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iinentiitioii ;  but  the  arms  more  miineroiis,  11 
cute,  mid  compivrativL'ly  sliorter.  Dorsal  cup  goblet-flinped,  height  and  wiilth 
about  ei|ual,  in  very  largo  speeiiuens  the  height  somewhat  greater.  Surface 
ma'-ked  liy  irregular,  tindulated  ridges  or  rows  of  obscure  ii'^des,  lollowing 
the  margins  of  the  plates,  and  increasing  in  number  in  the  g, owing  Ciinoid  ; 
the  radials  traversed  by  two  diagonal  ridges  from  the  facets  to  the  lower 
angles  of  the  plates.     l?asi-railial  and  interbasal  sutures  canaliculate. 

Basal  cup  comparatively  deep,  its  height  equal  to  one  third  the  height 
of  the  calyx  to  the  arm  bases,  the  lower  end  rather  abruptly  truncated 
and  slightly  excavated  ;  interbasal  sutures  faintly  visible.  L'adials  longer 
than  wide ;  the  lower  faces  convex  —  those  nieeting  the  interbasal  sutures 
distinctly  angular — anil  .slightly  beveled  along  the  edges;  the  sloping  upper 
faces  forming  a  rather  deep  notch,  which  at  the  anal  side  is  twice  as  w  ide  as 
at  the  other  sides,  and  filled  by  a  rather  large,  lozenge-shaped  plate.  Radial 
facets  small,  occupying  .carcely  a  third  of  the  width  of  the  plates,  and  ex- 
tending but  little  downward.  Costals  subtrigonal,  moderately  large.  Dis- 
tichals  twice  as  wide  as  long,  and  not  in  contact  laterally.  'I'he  iiigher  orders 
of  brachials  to  the  last  axillary  slightly  constricted  in  the  middle,  and  gradu- 
ally dccren'^ing  in  width  but  retaining  the  .same  length,  .«o  that  the  ujiper 
ones  ore  as  long  as  wide,  and  even  longer  in  young  specimens.  Arms  rather 
delicate  and  short  for  the  si/e  of  the  species;  they  are  very  numerous,  there 
being  from  six  to  seven  to  each  division  of  the  ray,  or  twelve  to  fourteen  to 
the  ray,  the  bifurcations  extending  to  fully  one  half  the  length  of  the  anus, 
and  above  the  palmars  given  ofT  from  the  third  plate.  Structure  of  vi  'tral 
disl<  and  anus  unknown.  Column  rapidly  twisting;  the  two  or  three  prox- 
imal joints  circular,  the  others  elliptic,  increasing  in  length  downward  ;  tlu^ 
long  diameter  of  the  joints  fully  twice  the  sliorter  one. 

Ilorkoii  <i)ul  LociiJitij.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
and  Henderson  Co ,  111, 


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cm 


Tin:  cuiNoinKA  C'ami:iiaia  or  nouiii  amkuica. 


llnHtiiha.  —  'I'liis  .x|i(  I'ii'.x  is  iipiii  riiilly  a  ilodcuiidanl  of  1'.  sviil^itiis ;  \\* 


iu'in,s,  liowcviT.  are  (Ii.'<Iiik'I  uikpii^Ii   lor  spci'ilic  Mi'iuiraliin 


It 


(IplU'DMl'lU'H 


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h'licliiiliiiriiiii^  in  tliu  bil'iiri'atioii  of  llic  uniis,  liiit  llie  liiiicliialrt  fiuiii  >\lii('1i 
till'  iirms  ari"  ^ivi'ii  olV  to  oik"  liall'  tlic  li-nglli  of  tlii^  froc  ra^  t»  aiu  not  foriiu'il 
into  rigiil  tubes,  hut  retain  liir  eiiaiaeler  ol' arm  plates. 


FlatycrinuB  SalTordi  llu.t.. 

J'/a/c  I.XVII.  Fhjx.J,.',.:. 

]85«.    Ham.:  flcol.  Hep.  Invm,  V..I.  1  ,  \'.n\  II.,  |.  'i:!.-!.  I'ImIc  is,  IV  n  nml  fl. 
l'■^l.      \V.  iiiLii  M'.  i   Itivisi.pii,  I'iul  11.,  |i.  n  (I'liinril.  Aciul.  Niil.  Ni.  I'liihi.,  |i.  lib). 

A  lar),'o  .«|ioi'ii'M.  Ciilyx  i.lilon^'.  uiiusunllv  larjje  in  iiroportion  to  tlie 
mnis,  Dor.xal  ciiii  iini-sliMpciI.  tlic  liottoin  lii(>a<llv  tniiicateil.  tlic  sides 
i;railually  sprcailin^  to  tlie  l)asi  lailial  suture,  and  almost  ryliudrieal  nlouj; 
tlie  radials.  OrnaUK  ntalion  of  the  plates  as  in  tlie  two  preceding  speeies. 
l)Ut  irenerally  somewliat  coarser  upon  tlic  ba.sals,  while  less  distinct  at  the 
upper  portions  ol'  the  radials. 

Basal  cup  larjje  and  scry  deep,  its  lieijfht  almost  of|unl  to  three  fourllis 
the  lenLTlh  of  the  radials;  the  holtoni  Itroadly  triuicated,  almost  Hat;  the 
lower  edjfc  sharp,  with  an  luululated  outline.  Ilailials  sul)(|na(lrangular. 
anil  in  large  specimens  nearly  once  and  a  half  as  long  as  wide;  the  nnd- 
ilh'  pniiions  a  liiile  elevateil,  csi)ecially  toward  the  facets,  the  upper  angles 
sligiilly  inllectt'd.  leaving  a  shallow  angular  depression  at  the  suture  line; 
the  sides  of  the  p'ntes  parallel.  Facets  siu.dl,  restricted  to  the  cNtremo 
u])]H'r  end  of  the  plates,  and  occupying  hut  one  third  of  their  \\  idlli.  Dis- 
tichals  anil  the  plates  of  the  higher  orders  to  the  uppermost  axlUai'v  nioder- 
•ately  long,  tin-  (irst  plate  of  each  order  narrower  than  the  second,  and 
all  free  from  the  costals  up.  Ai'uis  short  and  of  niodeiato  -ize.  given  olT 
alternately;  biscrial  from  the  . second  plate  succeeding  the  a.xillaries ;  there 
me  from  four  to  six  arms  in  each  suhilivision,  or  as  nuiny  as  twelve  to 
tlie   ray. 

A'entriil  disk  ilepressed  honiispherical,  tlio  jilates  more  or  less  con\t'X. 
covered  with  numerous  small  piisiidi's.  and  each  one  crowned  with  two  or 
three  conspicuous  nodes.  Orals  ver\-  little  larger  tliiin  the  adjoining  pieces; 
the  amliiilacral  plates  on  the  pnmo  piano  with  the  iuleramlinlacrals.  The 
latter  are  arranged:  .1.  2.  1  ;  the  tuiddlc  one  of  the  first  row  large  and  licx- 
nngular,  that  of  the  anal  side  a  little  wider.     Anus  cxceiitric  and  directed 


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lutiM'ivIIy.  Colmim  oli-'crvcil  to  ii  loiijttli  of  -'>  fin.  witlioul  Hliowiiijf  cirri. 
Tlio  joiiitM  cimiigu  riipiilly  fVoin  circular  to  ()Iii|iticiil,  itml  in  \vi<Itii  fmni  7  mm. 
t(i  17  mm.  witliiii  41)  mm.  IVom  tliu  crown,  iiml  iVom  I  nun.  lo  .'(  mm.  in 
ji'n^'tli.  Tlifir  outer  nmr^inM  aro  anifiiliir,  nml  tin'  iniilillo  portions  com  rod 
witli  a  tran.svt'rxo  row  of  iil-ildincil  nodcM. 

//'■ri:"ii  mill  Lini/l/i/,  —  Upper  Huriiiijjton  lime.xtoiic  and  Keokuk  gronj) ; 
Indian  creek,  Moiitjfomery  <'o.,  Ind.  ;  Keokuk,  Iowa,  and  thron^liont  Ken- 
tncky,  'ri'iMi('s-<e(>,  Illinois,  and  Missouri,  at  the  .same  ifcdloifical  liori/ons, 

7'i//)f  in  the  (Worlhen)  Illinois  State  collection.  Springfield. 

/u'liinr/.'n.  —  In  a  paper  on  "Transition  forms  in  (hinoids"  (Proceeil. 
Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  I'hila.,  187X,  p.  liM),  we  made  this  and  the  precedinj,'  specie.'* 
varieties  of  P.  xckIji/hs.  They  agree  so  closely  in  the  form  of  the  dorsal  cup. 
and  in  the  style  of  ornamentation,  that  it  is  impossihie  to  separate  them 
unles.s  tlio  arms  arc  preserved,  and  even  these  do  not  diller  es.sentially  except 
ill  numSer.  We  now  rank  them  as  full  species.  Imt  Ijelieve  that  /'.  uli/pliix 
and  P.  S'lJ/'onli  are  lineal  descendants  of  /'.  snilji/iis. 


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Platycrinus  scobina  M  iml  w. 

riitk  LXVIir.  F!ij^.  I.',iijj. 

ISOl.     .Mi:kk  anil  AViiliTiii  v;   I'mri'id.  \nA.  .Niil.  Sci.  I'l,;:,,  ,  p,  rJ'J;  ;ils(i  (Icul.  Iti'p.  Illinois,  V.i  III., 
p.  HW).  rintc  111,  V\i-.  9. 

ISSl.     \\.  Mud  Si'.;  Ui'visiini,  l';ii-t  U.,  p.  7')  (rnioml.  .\niil.  Niil.  Sci.  I'liila..  p.  s!HO. 

Syt.  l'/ii{i/i-i-iiin.i  i-lijlif — Itvi.i.,  IMil  ;  I'rcliiii.  Dcscr.  New  Spec,  din.,  p,  \\  iilso  lioslciii  .liiiini. 
Niil.'llist.,  Vol.  VII.,  p.  2S(1;  li^'nircl  is;^,  X.  y.  Sli.te  .\In».  N;.l.  Ili^l.,  Hull.  1,  IMiit.'  i.t, 
Viir.  t,  ami  Mum.  Am.  Mns,  Nat.  lli,|.,  Vol.  I,,  I'art  f.,  p.  2,  I'liil,'  ;!,  Fi-.  fl. 

A  small  species.  Dorsal  cup  basin-shaped,  more  than  once  and  a  half  as 
wide  as  high,  the  radial-s  sliglitly  convex,  especially  helow  the  facets.  gi\ing 
to  the  transver.se  .section  of  the  cup  an  ob.scnrely  pentangular  outline,  and  to 
the  interradial  sutures  a  shallow  angular  depression.  Surface  of  cup  orna- 
mented with  muncrons  small  nodes  or  coarse  granules,  ratln'r  sharply 
elevated,  closely  set,  and  irregularly  arranged,  which  produce  a  I'asp-like 
appearance. 

15a.sal.s  clo.sely  anchylosed,  leaving  no  groove  or  mark  ;  they  form  a 
rounded  basin,  which  rises  to  two  fifths  the  height  of  the  dorsal  cup;  the 
column  facet  .small,  and  almost  on  a  level  with  the  truncated  lower  face. 
Radials  a  little  broader  than  long,  widening  somcwliat  upwards,  and  present- 
ing  a  subquadrangular  outline;  the  superior  faces  almost  straight,  tlieir 
outer  ends  l)eing  but  very  slightly  truncated.    Radial  facets  small,  occupying 


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M'iiiri'l^-  dill'  tliinl  ilic  wiilili  III'  till'  |iliitcM,  mill  t'xti'iiiling  Iml  lillli'  iiiwiinl. 
Coxtali*  Hiilitriuiigiilir,  tin-  .xlnpiii;;-  (i|)|ifi'  liu'i'i  concavi',  tlic  imgU'  cIimiii 
i)iMticliiiIs  iiiMi'ly  an  long  um  wiilr,  iml  in  coiilart  latonilly,  cacli  oiio  giving 
olT  twi>  aniii.  Aniii  loiir  lit  tlio  my.  nitlitT  di'licnli'  from  flu'ir  origin,  cnni- 
inKi'il  ni  I'liiiL'atc  piri'i'H,  wiiii'ii  inii'riiicii  IVoni  tin'  I'Dintli  or  iil'ili  piti'i'  and 
Iji'poMU'  liiHi'i'iai ;  ilnir  joinln  aro  long,  ami  all  niori'  oi'  less  c'()n-<tricli'il  ir'I'ohn 
till' uiiiMli'.  Viiilnil  ili'U  nioilonitoly  high,  licniisplicrii- ;  il.-*  iilnliv  iHini<r- 
on-'.  TIk'  intrraniliiilacrai  [lii'ccs  of  tin-  ri'gnlar  hIiIi'm  cnnsist  nl'  ihri'i-  ami 
l\Mi  plali's,  >o  far  as  olLservi'il.  of  which  the  iniiiilli'  one  of  tho  lir.xt  row  is 
largo;  llu' anal  wiilu  lian  (ivo  in  tho  lirst  langi',  followoil  liy  nuim-ronM  vory 
Hinall.  consH'X  pii'i-o.'*,  forining  a  largo,  will  doliiioil  jiiotuhoraiu'e,  which 
oncliisos  tho  anus.     Orals  ami  aiidmlacrid  plates  not  visil)li'  in  the  >pccinions. 

Jf'iiT.'iii  (iiiil  hirii///i/,  —  liowor  llurlington  liiiicstiau'.  IJiirlinglon,  Iowa. 

'J}//>e  ill  tho  Mnsoinn  of  ('omparativo  ZoiHogy, 

Uniiarl.^.  —  IImU's  /'.  (/////s  is  a  young  Hpociiiion  of  /',  unih'nin  M.  ami  W., 
ami  the  fornior  iimuk'  should  have  priority  if  tlu'  form  had  boon  satisfactorily 
doscriliod ;  liiit  iinfiii'liin;iti'ly  the  short  |iroliniinary  iiolioo  of  it  which  Hall 
gave  is  in-iMllicionl  for  spocKic  idonl ideation,  and  wo  nuist  in  justice  to  Mi'eU 

and  Worthen  epi    their  n,uno.      Hall's  more  elalmrate  description,  «hiih 

npiioared  in  l.'^'lil*,  is  misleading,  for  ho  deserihes  the  Hpeeies  as  having  only 
three  arms  to  the  ray.  in  Avhich  it  would  he  nniiiue  among  (dl  Plntycrinidie. 
Hall's  typo  was  imperfect,  and  the  arms,  (lecording  to  the  llgiire,  are  iini- 
seriid  thronghoul.  as  in  all  young  specimens  of  /'/nt^criiins. 


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Platycrinus  parvinodiis  iIai.i.. 

/'A,/,    A.V /■///.   ri;/s.  (I,,,  h. 

]<r>l.     II  Ml  ;  llr^rr.  Ni-w  SpiT.  of  CrinniiN.  p.  17. 

|v^l.      \\.  :,M,1  Si    ,    It.vlMMli,  I'iiil   It  ,  p.  7:t  (l'|-n,-,T,l.    \c<.\.  \:il     Sci.  I'hil.l..  |i    2ir) 

A  siiiidl  speciei.  Dorsal  cuj)  w  ider  than  high,  hroadly  caliriilate,  slightly 
(ilieiinic:d  at  the  lower  end.  the  sides  ovenly  eouNox,  I'latos  oxtrenuly  thin, 
markeil  hy  irregular  linos  of  sharp,  very  small  nodes,  pa.«sing  from  the  radial 
facets  to  thi>  lower  !\ngles  of  tho  plates,  and  from  the  rolumnar  facet  to  the 
upper  angles  of  the  ha-al  cup.  with  a  few  similar  nodes  irrognlaily  scattered 
upon  tho  surface.  The  nudes  in  some  spociinons  are  only  vislhle  with 
a  magnillor.  Rasi-radial  and  interradial  suture-  on  a  level  with  the  general 
surface  of  tho  plates. 


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Dniuil  I'lip  Hoiiu'wiiiit  iiliCDiiiciil,  witli  II  r<li;.'lit  ti'iiiii'atiiiii  at  llio  lnuci  iinl, 
lurroiiniluil  \>y  ii  miiiuII  cinMilur  ri<lg(' ;  lii-lglit  ojumI  in  onu  liull'  (lio  li'ii|;tli  of 
tliu  riulialM;  hilciltiimil  NUtiii'i'x  oliliolcto.  ilailiiiln  Imi^tM'  tliaii  wido  in  llit' 
niliilt,  11  litlli'  wIiIlt  ill  yoiiiij;  H|ifi'iiii('nH  ;  llic  Iciwcr  Hk-o  roninli'tl  nt  tin- 
iniii'^in  ;  llio  niiii'M  Mli},'litlv  ciirNiiij;  iiiwanl  iumii'  tin-  li(|)  ;  tin'  ii]i|)i'r  I'aci' 
aliiio.>it  Htrai^flil,  .-Idiiiiig  viT.V  littlu  ut  the  outtr  finis  ;  tin-  tiiil.T  liicc  nli. 
rii|itly  ulovatcil  liciii'iilli  tlu<  I'ari't,  fDnniii^  a  inoiiiiticiicc  nr  iid'Ic  almnt 
t'qiial  in  r-'wM  to  the  co^lal.  Kaci'ls  very  kimmII.  (lin'clcd  ii|i\VMiii-.  i»  iii|i_\  iiij; 
rarely  nioii'  tliaii  one  loiii'lli  the  widlli  of  llic  rinliiil",  ami  not  ciiU'iin^ 
llio  lioily  of  lilt'  |iliit(',  or  only  vory  nliglilly.  ('o,«ImI.'  iiio>,MiIaiIy  pciitaii^fii- 
liir.  tilt-  nlopin^  upper  Hhm"*  concave,  the  aiiglo  Mliiiip.  l)ij«ticlialM  iwo.  as 
loiij;  as  wiile,  giviiij;  olT  two  arms  IVom  each  Hi<le.  which  icniain  Miniplo. 
Ai'iiiH  rather  Hinall,  coinposeil  ol"  inodenilely  ion;;,  iMiiieate  pieces,  which 
((nulimliy  interloi-k,  and  from  tlie  rndials  np  are  constricted  at  iln"  miildle  ; 
tho  sockets  for  the  attachment  of  the  piiinnles  projcetinj.'.  I'innnles  not  in 
contact,  rii  lier  larj;e.  Inlerraiiial  plates  erect,  five  so  far  as  ohsi'rved  ;  the 
iniild'o  Olio  lai'j^e.  siiiM|iiailraiij{iilar — that  of  the  anal  side  widest  — it  is 
(landed  at  cacii  side  liy  two  small  pieces,  which  toj;eiher  rarely  reach  the 
liei>j;lit  of  the  middh  one,  and  liotli  are  in  siitiiral  contact  with  the  disiiclnils. 
thus  Iteiiig  ^  lictly  iiiiurlinichiiil  in  position.  All  oilier  parts  of  the  tci^mcn 
unknown 

//"/■/'■.  '■!  mill  h  in  tin 'I. —  r<ow'cr  niirlinjiton  limestone,  liiMlin:;toii.  Iowa. 

Tjiiif  ill  the  Must  ■'.'.'.  of  Coinparativo  Z(«ilo^y. 
'  iiiinis.  —  This  spe<'ies  reseiiihles  /'.  fn'ohiim  M.  ami  \\'.\  hut  is  readily 
distinj^iiished  liy  its  much  sum'"!'  mid  sharper  nodes,  which  are  .«parinj.'ly 
scattered  upon  the  surface  ;  while  those  of  that  species  are  densely  crowded. 
It  :s  also  remarkahlo  for  the  ahriipt  elevation  lieiieath  the  radial  facet,  whieli 
appears  almost  hh  if  constituting  a  part  of  the  costals. 


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Flatycrinus  geometricus  w.  ami  Sr.  (m>v.  s|iic.). 

Pfii/r   LXVH.  I-y.  10,, mil  Pl.i/r  I.XVIII.  F,}/.  S. 

A  small  species  soinewlint  resemhiing  /'.  siu/iiiui,  from  which  it  differs  in 
the  greater  height  of  tho  dor.«al  cup,  in  tho  ornamentation,  and  in  the  pecu- 
liar form  of  the  arm  plates.  Dorsal  cup  bell-shaped,  about  as  high  as  wide, 
slightly  spreading  upwards.     Surface  of  plates  covered  with  kiiife-like.  con- 

si)icuous.  undulated  ridges  or  rows  of  sharp,  confluent  node,<,  passing  out 

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TIIK  (UINOIPKA   CAMKUATA  OK    NORTH   AMKUICA. 


from  the  nrin  Imses  to  the  lower  niigk's  of  tlie  riuliiils,  where  lliey  meet  with 
oilier  ridges  racliiitinjj;  from  the  column  I'lieet,  witli  wliieli  together  tiiev  form 
wi'H  (lefmed  rhonihs.  Similiir  riilges  proceed  horizontally  from  the  radiiil 
facets  to  the  r^iiles  iif  tile  plates,  constituting  a  ring  around  the  upper  end  of 
the  cup.  K.ieh  rlionih  encloses  about  twelve  prominent,  densely  arranged 
nodes,  and  other  nodes  (ill  the  triangular  si)aces  helween  the  rliomhs.  Iiasi- 
radial  and  interradial  suture  lines  not  grooved,  the  interliasal  ones  otisolete. 

Hasal  cup  broadly  obconical,  its  height  equal  to  iialf  the  length  of  the 
radials;  the  column  facet  narrow.  IJadials  slightly  spreading,  subqnadrangu- 
lar.  three  fourths  as  long  as  wide  ;  the  lower  face  cfpial  to  the  lateral  ones  ; 
the  limbs  at  the  sidi's  of  the  facets  a  little  sloping,  supporting  a  very  largo 
interradial  plate  ;  the  flieets  extremely  small,  occupying  less  than  one  fourth 
the  wiilth  of  the  plates,  and  entering  but  slightly  the  upper  margins.  Cos- 
tals  pi'ntangular.  as  long  .MS  wide,  shai'ply  angular  at  the  toj) :  the  distichals 
as  Icmg.  but  a  little  narrower.  Arms  four  to  six  to  the  ray.  (piite  dilieate.  and 
composed  <if  long,  cnneate  pieces  which  gradually  interlock.  The  brachials, 
tioni  the  radials  up,  jirovided  wilh  well  defined  sharp  projections  at  bdlb  the 
up[ier  and  lower  eiiils;  the  middle  porlions  deeply  constricted,  proiliicing  a 
.'omewhat  /ig/.'ig  !ippearance  ;  the  lines  of  union  rather  gaping.  Pinnules 
moderately  strong,  and  not  in  contact.  The  ventr.'d  disk  is  eovereil  by  the 
anus  ^n  t\n'  two  specimens  exaniiiu'cl.  wilh  the  exception  of  the  interradials 
of  the  lirst  row.  the  middle  one  of  whicdi  is  proportionally  large  and  covered 
wilh  nodes  similar  to  those  upon  the  radials.  the  two  at  the  sides  being  nar- 
row and  without  oi nai'ienlalion.  Proximal  stem  joints  circular,  wilh  small 
nodes  surrounding  ibi'ir  juargins. 

Ilnri-.iiii  <niil    /.'  iiillfi/.  —  I'|i|)er  Burlington  limestone  :  nurlington,  Iowa. 

'J';/jn^  in  the  Museum  of  (.'omparalive  ZoJilogy. 


Platycrinus  nodo-striatus  w.  iin.l  .'^r.  dinv.  spop ). 

]'/<!/>■  LXVr.  /•%/>••  ->'•  ''.■  P/"'--  /-A'.V.  /•'/>■■  'l-f"-  ''.  '•• 

ftf  medium  size.  Calyx  globular,  about  as  wide  as  high,  rounded  at  both 
eii'ls.  Widili  of  dor-^al  cni)  once  and  a  half  to  twice  its  length,  the  entire 
surl'ace  of  ibe  jilales  densely  covered  wilh  more  or  less  conlliu'iit  uoiies. 
arrangeil  in  concentric  lines  around  their  margins,  and  traverseil  by  two  well 
delined  ridges  or  rows  of  nodes  p.'issing  out  from  the  facets  to  the  lower 
angles  of  the  plates.     The  iiocles  sui'ionnding  the  column  facet  more  pronii- 


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neiit  and  larger,  forming  a  sort  of  rim  around  tlic  stem.    Siitiirc  lines  slightly 
grooved,  except  the  inteibasal  ones,  wliieh  are  invi>il)le. 

Basal  cup  moderately  deep,  its  height  equal  to  almost  one  half  the  length 
of  the  radials;  the  bottom  slightly  truncated,  and  having  a  circular  depres- 
sion wide  enough  for  the  reception  of  the  proximal  stem  joint.  Itadials  a 
little  wider  than  long,  slightly  spreading  upwards,  the  outer  ends  of  the 
upper  face  distinctly  truncated  ;  the  facet  semicirculnr,  deep  hut  rather 
narrow,  directed  ohlitpiely  upwards,  slightly  notched  at  the  top.  Costals 
small,  sometimes  not  occupying  the  fidl  width  of  the  facet.  Disticlials  twice 
as  wiile  as  long,  free  above  the  costals.  I'almars  as  long  as,  hut  nanower 
than,  the  ilistichals.  Arms  six  to  eight  to  the  ray.  rather  long,  the  three  or 
four  proxinud  plaies  above  the  axillary  cuneate  and  uui^erial.  those  beyond 
gradually  passing  into  biserial.  Ventral  disk  one  third  slau'ter  than  the 
dorsal  cup,  sub-pyramidal,  the  plates  convex.  Posterior  oral  larger  anil 
more  prominent  than  the  others,  the  latter  twice  as  Inrge  as  the  adjoin- 
ing covering  pieces.  Andndacra  almost  on  a  levid  with  the  general  surface, 
dividing  upon  the  disk.  Interainbulacral  plates  3  iind  '_'.  those  of  the  (iist 
row  in  ])art  interbrachial  and  almost  tint ;  the  middle  one  hexngonal  and 
longer  than  wide;  the  two  at  the  sides  scarcely  bending  outward.  The 
middle  plate  of  the  anal  side  projecting  and  fornnng  with  the  plaies  above, 
which  are  quite  small  and  very  numerous,  a  low  riilge  following  the  median 
line.  Anus  low  down,  directed  almost  hori/ontally.  Cnluinn  facet  circular  ; 
the  stem  joints  eUi|itic  and  twisted,  those  close  io  the  root  nearly  three  times 
as  widi!  as  the  proximal  ones. 

JItirl~.ijii  (iiiil  Locnlit;/.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone  ;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

7'//yw  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

Juiiitcrhs.  —  .Meek  and  Worthen  have  referred  this  form  to  /'.  tmiii- 
hnirliiiihix,  as  their  figure  4f)  on  Plate  .1,  \'ol.  V.  of  the  Illinois  lieport 
eviilently  represents  this  species,  the  ornamentation  not  being  correctly 
given  in  the  figure.  It  differs  from  that  species  in  the  more  elongate 
form  of  the  dorsal  cup,  the  much  deeper  bas(>.  and  the  surface  markings. 
Specimens  of  this  tyjie  exhibit  miu'li  variation  in  number  of  arms,  nine 
arms  to  the  ray  being  sometimes  found.  Figs,  'ut,  h,  on  Plate  I.W'l.,  repre- 
sent a  variety  from  the  Lower  Burlington,  which  we  cannot  distinguish  from 
this  species. 


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THE  CKIXOIDKA   CAMERATA  OF   NOBTH   AMERICA. 


Platycrinus  peouliaris  w.  an.l  Si-.  (nov.  siiec). 
J'late  LXVIII.  Fl,js.  7a,  h. 

Of  niediiim  »\7.c.  Calyx  one  third  liiglitM-  tliaii  wide  ;  the  dorsal  cup 
about  as  wide  as  high,  obcouical  at  the  baso,  oyliudrical  along  tho  nulials  ; 
the  platos  rather  thin.  The  ornamentation  of  tiie  plates  cannot  be  accu- 
rately ascertained  in  the  speciinens,  but  tlie  surface  shows  traces  of  obscure 
ridges  passing  down  diagonally  from  the  radial  facets  to  the  lower  angle."  of 
the  radials.  and  from  the  colmun  up  to  the  angles  of  the  basal  cu]).  which 
suggests  that  the  surface  was  marked  in  a  similar  manner  as  in  P.  scidjitiw, 
but  perhaps  less  distinctly.     The  sutures  slightly  grooved. 

Basal  cup  basin-shaped,  its  height  eipial  to  one-half  the  length  of  tho 
radials.  gradually  expanding  upwards,  and  slightly  beveled  aroinid  the  upper 
margins;  tlie  eoUuun  facet  small,  souu'what  projecting,  aiul  the  interbasal 
suture  liiu's  distinct,  lladials  sulxiuadraugular,  nearly  as  wide  as  long,  the 
median  line  sometimes  a  little  elevated,  the  lower  faces  very  slightly  convex  ; 
the  lateral  faces  almost  piiralld.  the  sloping  upper  faces  wide  and  forming 
luoad  interradial  uotehes.  of  wliich  that  at  the  anal  side  is  deeper  than  tho 
others.  Facets  extremely  small,  not  occupying  more  than  one  foiu'th  the 
wiilth  of  the  plates,  and  often  considerably  less.  Costals  small,  as  long  as 
« ide.  occupying  the  entir<'  i'acet.  Distiehals  narrow,  ahuost  as  long  as  wide, 
all  in  sutinal  contact  with  adjoining  interradial  platos.  and  as  such  constitut- 
ing a  part  of  the  calyx,  although  having  the  form  of  free  arm  plates.  Ven- 
tral disk  hemisphiTic.  slightly  l)ulging  at  the  anal  side,  studded  with  nmnerou.s 
sm:ill.  nodose  pieces,  of  very  nearly  equal  size.  The  or.ils  unusually  suuiU  ; 
the  ambidacral  pieces  on  a  level  with  the  other  disk  plates,  and  of  the  same 
size  ;  they  are  very  regularly  arranged,  and  branch  upon  the  disk.  The 
interradial  plates  consist  of  three  rows  of  three  each  ;  those  of  the  first  row 
.are  perfectly  flat,  and  interbrachial  in  position,  the  others  being  noilose  and 
interambulacral  ;  the  middle  ])lalc  of  tho  first  row  very  largo,  oblong  and 
hept.igoual.  the  two  .at  the  sides  as  long,  but  very  nuich  narrower.  Anus 
exceutric,  at  the  top  of  a  small  protuberance.     Number  of  arms  unknown. 

If'irir.mi  Kid  l.'u-uJ'dj.  —  Lower  Burlington  linu'stone  ;  Lake  Valley,  New 
Mexico. 

Tijpr.  in  the  collection  of  Waehsmutli  and  Springer. 


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liemarls.  — l\c>i{!m]>Vmi^  P.  jwrrinodiiK  in  its  gciiernl  structure,  but  diiTer- 
wg  in  the  details.  It  is  readily  distinguished  by  its  more  elongate  form,  and 
having  the  lower  brachials  to  the  top  of  the  distiehals  always  preserved  in 
tlie  specimens  by  reason  of  their  sutural  iniion  with  the  interradial  plates. 

onxiaiiANUL  US  an o i v. 

Basals  and  radials  forming  a  cup  with  moderately  .spreading  sides,  the 
radial  facets  deep  and  wide ;  arms  short  and  vu-y  heavy  throughout  j  the 
plates  covered  with  coarse  granules  or  irregular  nodes. 

Platycrinus  ornigranulus  McChksxkv. 
Plate  LXVI.  Fhj.  S,  an,/  I'Mc  LXVIII.  Flys.  Mh.  h.  c,  lJ,i,  h,  nwl  12n,  h. 

ISOO.     McCiiKSNKV  ;  Dcscr.  New  I'lilicoz.  I'ciss.,  p.  5;  niulTriins,  Cliic;i!,"i  Acail.  of  Sci.,  p.  3,  I'latc  5, 

ISSl.     AV.  luul  Si'.;  Ki'visi(jii,  Tart.  II.,  p.  7;i  (rnifcnl  Aciid.  Nut.  S<-i.  I'liila.,  p.  217). 

Svii.  l'l,i/'/,;-iii„.i  m'/ii/ii-iim  llu.l,,  185:!  (iiul  (lolclfuss,  ISli:;);  Ccol.  llcp.  1uh-:i,  Vul.  I.,  I'lirl  If., 
p.  5U. 

Caly.x  of  medium  size,  cup-shaped,  moderately  spreading  ;  the  ijase  but 
.'ilightly  convex,  the  lower  part  truncated,  ami  the  median  portions  abruptly 
depre.s.sed  for  the  reception  of  the  column.  Surface  of  plates  entirely  and 
closely  covered  1)3-  small  granules  of  irregular  si/e  and  form,  those  nearest 
the  margins  .smaller  and  more  closely  in  ranged,  those  surrounding  the  col- 
mnn  facet  continent  and  more  or  less  ill-defined.  Similar  granides,  but 
smaller,  cover  the  arms,  each  plate  generally  having  two  rows,  transversely 
arranged. 

Basals  forming  a  very  shallow  saucer,  of  which  the  boltom  is  flattened 
and  only  the  outer  margin  is  visilile  in  n  side  view  ;  the  columnar  attach- 
ment circular,  and  marked  by  distinct  radiating  striie  ;  interba.sd  sutures 
altogether  ob.^olete  ;  basi-radial  and  interradial  sntin-es  .slightly  grooved. 
Railials  about  ns  wide  as  loivr.  the  sides  nearly  stiaight.  the  width  of  the 
lower  face  nearly  equal  to  the  length  of  the  lateral  ones,  the  upper  faces  at 
the  sides  of  the  facets  deeply  nc.tclicd.  Facets  large,  occupying  nearly  one 
half  of  the  width,  and  fully  two  fifths  the  length  of  the  plates;  slightly 
thieUened  around  the  edges;  concave;  directed  outward;  the  margin  of  the 
face  crenulated.  Costals  triangular,  .short  but  wide,  covering  the  whole 
facet;  their  sloping  upper  faces  concave.  Distiehals  two.  the  npper  one 
larger  than  the  lower,  the  latter  y-ivinsj  ofT  an  arm   to  the  outer  side,  and 


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TIIK   CiUNOIDK.V   CAMKUATA   OK    NOHTII   AMKHK'A. 


two  j)uliiiar>  witli  two  iiiiiis  to  tlio  inner.  Arms  cyliiulriciil,  verv  stout  for 
tlio  size  of  tlie  species,  and  not  tapering  except  at  the  tips  ;  tiieir  plates 
sliort.  Pinnules  strong  and  closely  set,  the  joints  three  to  four  times  as  long 
as  wide.     Structure  of  the  ventral  disk  unknown. 

Ifirk'in  dill  Lxnilili/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

T1//1C  destroyed  in  the  great  Chicago  lire. 

liinmrh. — 'I'iic  ornamentation  of  this  species  is  vciy  varialile,  as  shown 
by  the  illustrations.  In  some  specimens  the  entire  surface  of  the  plates  is 
covered  with  small  hut  distinct  nodules,  in  others  the  nodules  are  confluent 
and  the  surface  appears  to  be  coarsely  granulated  ;  still  others  have  irregu- 
lar larger  nodes  at  the  median  ])ortion  of  the  radials.  The  basul  disk  is  also 
Hatter  in  some  specimens  than  in  others. 


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Platycrinus  WorthoDi  II  vu,. 
I'liitr  LXVILFItj.O. 

lv-.<«.     IIh.l:  fi.v.l.  lirp  I..«:,.  VmI,  T.,  I';uI  II..  |.  WM).  VUw  S.  Fi<:.  1. 

bbl.     W.  and  Si'. ;   H^^i^mu,  I'^irl  II..  |i.  ~,i\  (I'looivil.  Acail.  .\at.  Nm.  I'liiln..  p.  a.VO. 

Of  medium  size.  The  species  is  of  the  type  of /*.  ^xvvrsyx  ;•,  and  has  a 
similar  orn.-imentation  ;  Ijut  the  dorsal  cup  is  more  elongate,  the  nodes  upon 
the  plates  are  less  regular,  and  angular  instead  of  muuded  ;  also  the  basal 
disk  is  proportionally  larger,  the  radials  longer  and  more  erect,  and  each 
half  of  the  rays  has  four  to  five  arms  instead  of  three.  Dorsal  cup  oup-shajied. 
angular  along  the  interradial  sutures,  and  truncate  at  the  base  ;  its  whole 
siu-face  deu-^ely  covered  by  prominent  granules  or  subspiniform   nodes. 

Basal  disk  concave;  sharply  pentagonal;  the  extreme  outer  margins  on  a 
level  with  the  lower  eilges  of  the  radials  ;  the  proximal  stem  j(>ints  circidai'. 
Hadials  as  long  as  wide  at  the  upper  end,  subiju.idrangular.  the  lower  faces 
truncated,  the  sides  very  little  expanding  upwaiils.  F.'icets  wide  an<l  deep, 
surrounded  by  a  projecting  rim.  the  u))p('r  margin  broadly  excavated.  Basi- 
radial  and  interr.ulial  sutures  slightly  grooved,  the  intcrbasal  sutures  obso- 
lete. Costals  small,  trigonal,  wider  than  long.  Distichals  short,  nuire  than 
twice  as  wiile  as  long,  and  the  first,  as  well  as  the  second,  resting  within  the 
facets,  their  inner  faces  suturally  uniteil.  as  also  those  of  the  palmars.  The 
plates  of  the  two  succeeding  oiders  of  bracliials  ore  but  slightly  smaller  tliau 
the  distichals,  ami  the  second  plate  of  each  order,  as  in  the  case  of  the  dis« 
tichals,  is  wider  than  the  first.     Arms  eight  to  ten  to  the  ray,  rather  stout, 


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very  graiUmlly  tapering  iipwunl,  and  covered  tliroiigliout  tlieir  full  length 
witli  granules,  similar  to  those  upon  the  dorsal  cup,  but  smaller.  Structure 
of  the  ventral  disk  unknown. 

Jfurixiiii  and  Lick/I/i/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

'J]/jic  in  the  (Worthcn)  Illinois  State  collection. 

IIEMISPHEIUCUS  GIlO UP. 

Calyx  to  the  arm  bases  more  or  less  cup-shaped  ;    the  sides  slightly 
spreading;  the  plates  covered  with  distinct  nodes.    Aiuis  of  moderate  size. 


Platycrinus  hemisphericus  ^r.  ami  w. 

riate  LX  VI.  Fhjs.  ]„,  h,  c,  d. 

ISfiS.     Mv.yy.  nnd  Wouthkx  ;  I'r.irccd.  Ac.-ul.  Xiil.  Sci.  l'liil;i.,  p.  lOi  ;  iilso  ISCO,  Gi'ol.  Rep.  Illinois,  Vol. 

III.,  p.  .'ill,  I'l.itc  JO,  Kills,  i„,  I,. 
ISM.     W.aiulSp.i  Itcvi.siim,  I'ait  11,  p.  7i  (I'roricd.  Acail,  Xal.  Sci.  I'liilii.,  p.  ■ill',). 

Caly.\  subgl()1)oso,  rather  largo  in  [)roportion  to  the  arms.  Dorsal  cup 
liowl-.-iJiaped,  twice  as  wide  as  high,  the  bottom  excavated  for  the  reception 
of  the  column.  Basi-radial  and  interradial  sutures  slightly  depressed  but 
not  grooved.  Surface  of  plates  covered  with  rounded,  rather  large  and 
prominent  nodes.  There  are  generally  five  rows  of  such  nodes  at  the 
base,  three  or  four  to  each  row,  which  pass  out  from  the  column  ficot 
to  the  upper  angles  of  the  plate,  forming  triangles,  which  are  filled  by 
adilitional  nodes.  From  the  radial  facets  two  other  rows  of  nodes  pro- 
ceed to  the  lower  angles  of  the  radials,  which  are  triangularly  arranged 
like  those  upon  the  base,  aial  the.-<e  al.M)  enclose  a  variable  numb(>r  of 
similar  nodes.  The  sides  of  the  plates  are  covered  with  smaller  nodes  of 
irregular  arrangement, 

Ba.sds  forming  a  shallow  basin  with  a  .flight  depression  at  the  lower  end  ; 
the  interbasal  sutures  indeterminable,  Radials  subfiuadrangular,  wider  than 
Icmg,  moderately  expanding  in  width  upwards ;  the  upper  faces  at  the  sides 
of  the  facets  very  slightly  sloping,  except  at  the  anal  side  where  they  form 
a  broiid  and  deep  notcli.  Facets  horse.<hoe  .>*haped.  occupying  one  third  the 
width  and  height  of  the  plates  ;  directed  obli(iuely  upward  ;  the  face  con- 
cave ;  the  upper  end  deeply  notched,  Costals  very  small,  trigonal.  Dis- 
tichals  free  above  the  first,  which  is  very  short  ;  the  second  a  little  longer. 
Pahuars,  and  post-palmars  when  present,  as  long  as.  or  longer  than,  the 


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TIIK  CKINOIDK.V   CAMKKATA   OK    NOUTII   AMKIJKA. 


ili.Hticlmls.  Arms  from  fix  to  oiylit  to  tlie  my,  given  ofl"  alteriiatcl}'  IVcmi 
opposite  sides;  coinpariitivel^'  thin,  unci  gnuluiilly  tapering  to  ii  slinrp  point. 
They  are  even  in  the  most  mliilt  specimens  uniserial  at  the  proximal  end. 
being  com|)Osecl  of  cunente  pieces  to  tlio  fifth  or  sixth  plate  above  the  bifur- 
cation. Tiie  interlocking  of  the  plates  evidently  took  place  in  this  species  at 
a  late  period  in  tiie  growtii  of  the  individual,  lor  in  a  specimen  in  which  the 
crown  measures  22  mm.,  they  are  still  uniserial  to  tlu'  very  tips,  'i'he  joints 
are  ratiier  long,  and  tiieir  surface  is  covered  by  small  granules,  so  minute 
that  they  ai'  ■visible  only  with  the  help  of  a  magnifier.  The  edges  of  ap- 
posed faces,  from  the  costals  up,  are  distinctly  serrated,  and  the  median  por- 
tions of  the  lower  brachials  arc  provided  with  a  small  transverse  ridge. 
Pinnules  closely  arranged  in  the  adult,  separated  in  young  specimens ;  the 
joints  very  long. 

N'entral  disk  hemispherical,  slightly  bulging  at  the  sides,  the  plates  tuber- 
culous, large,  and  nearly  of  equal  size.  In  some  s])ecimens  the  orals  are  some- 
what larger,  and  the  posterior  one  sometimes  bears  two  or  tiirei'  nodes 
instead  of  one.  The  covering  plates  are  arranged  in  rows,  and  pass  out 
from  the  orals.  lnterami)ulacral  pieces  apparently  lour.  Tiic  amis  is  located 
low  down  at  the  side,  and  is  very  rarely  seen,  being  most  generally  covered 
by  a  Ctijiiilu. 

Stem  moderately  large,  circidar  at  the  extreme  upper  end.  then  tiu-ning 
to  elliptical.  The  joints  gradually  increase  in  length,  until  tiiey  are  at  the 
lower  end  of  the  stem  three  times  as  long  as  at  the  ujiper.  The  outer  mar- 
gin of  the  upper  ones  is  surrounded  by  a  row  of  small  nodes  placed  at  ccjiial 
distances,  but  on  approaching  the  lateral  a])penilages  there  arc  but  two. 
which  are  larger  and  placed  at  the  long  diameter  of  the  joints.  Length  of 
the  stem  not  I'xceeding  25  cm.,  but  generally  shortey,  terminating  in  a  sharp 
point.     Lateral  cirri  short  and  circular. 

Horizon  mill  Luculi/i/.  —  Keokuk  group.  Found  in  large  quantities  and 
excellent  preservation  at  Crawfordsville,  Ind.  ;  rare  at  Keokuk,  Iowa. 

l'i/j>e  in  the  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 


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706 


FlatjrcrinuB  vemxoosus  Whitk. 
Plate  lXVI.  FIijs.  Ju,  b,  ami  Pkk  LXVIII.  Fijx.  la,  h,  c,  d. 

ISGi.     WiiiTK  ;  llost.jii  Juurii,  Not.  Hist.,  Vol.  VII.,  p.  flOi. 

Of  mc'Jium  size.  Calyx  below  the  arms  deeply  enp-.ihnpcd,  n1)oiit  na 
wide  n.s  high  ;  the  Hiden  almost  straight,  and  the  suture  lines  not  grooved. 
Surface  of  the  cup  marked  by  somewhat  scattered,  very  prominent,  wiut- 
liko  nodes,  elevated  abruptly.  They  are  irregularly  distributed,  except  upon 
the  basals,  where  a  row  of  ten  large  elongate  nodes  surround  the  column 
facet,  their  sharper  ends  jjointing  to  the  coUnim,  the  thicker  and  wider  ends 
directed  outward  ;  tliese  are  enclosed  by  an  irregular  row  of  somewhat 
smaller,  rounded  noilcs.     Surface  of  the  arms  not  ornamented. 

Ua.sal  cup  large,  saucer-shaped,  pentangular  in  ouiline.  the  angles  point- 
ing upward  ;  Hat  at  the  bottom,  the  colmun  facet  circular,  moderately  large 
and  but  slightly  depre.s.sed  ;  the  interbasal  suture  lines  indeterminable.  Ra- 
dials  sometimes  a  little  longer  than  wide,  the  lateral  faces  straight  and  nearly 
parallel,  the  lower  faces  convex,  the  upper  faces  at  the  sides  of  the  facet 
short  and  but  slightly  sloping.  Radial  facets  less  than  half  the  wiillh  ot 
the  plate.s,  and  occupying  but  a  small  portion  of  their  length.  Costals  small, 
trigonal,  Distichals  of  the  same  ray  in  contact  laterally ;  the  first  very 
small,  the  second  ."omewhat  larger.  Palmars  larger  than  the  distichals. 
Arms  four  to  si.v  to  the  ray;  smooth,  rather  long,  moderately  heavy  at. 
the  proximal  end,  but  tapering  slightly  upward.  They  are  eomjiosed  of 
rather  long  pieces,  which  become  biserial  above  the  third  plate.  Pinnules 
long.     Structure  of  the  ventral  disk  and  column  unknown. 

ILirh.im  and  Ijinilif//.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

TyjK'  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 


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Flatyorinua  pooilliformis  \l\u.. 

I'luk  I.XVJII.  Fhih.  J,l,  h. 

|V,S.      II1I.I,;  (ii'ul.   1(,|,.  1h«;i,  Vul,  I  ,  I'.ill   |l„  |,.  .-,J<.  I'liltl'  S,  Fit's.  i„,  h. 

b>l.     \\   ;ui,l  Si'  ;   Urii.siuii,  I'liil  II.,  ji.  71  (I'r.c.ril,  .\ciul.  Niil.  S'i,  I'iiihi.,  p.  SIS) 

A  little  sliortiT  tliiiii  the  prt'cedin;^  .>*i)c('ic'f(.  Calyx  to  the  top  of  the 
liiiliiils  (•iip-sliiipi'd.  wilier  than  hij(h  ;  the  heij;lit  of  the  hasaln  eijiial  to  nearly 
oiii-  thiril  the  length  of  the  enp ;  the  wiile.s  very  .-^lightly  expanding  to  Iho 
middle,  the  npper  ends  at  right  aiigle.s  to  the  hase  ol'  the  enp  ;  the  .siitnro 
lines  not  grooved.  Surface  of  plates  marked  hy  rather  chort,  rounded 
nudes,  wliieh  upon  the  liasals  are  arranged  in  douMe  or  triple  rows,  a  row 
of  three  extending  IVoni  tiie  eolmnn  facet  to  the  uj)i)er  angles.  The  radials 
geiuraliy  have  a  row  of  four  or  hve  nodes  running  from  the  radial  facet 
to  the  lower  angles  of  the  plates,  which  eiiclo.so  four  or  five  others,  and  there 
are  three  or  lour  at  eatdi  side. 

15a>id.-<  forming  a  Hat,  pentagonal  cup;  the  colunni  facet  small  and  handy 
imiires^ed  ;  tiie  inteihasal  suture  lines  indistinguisliahle.  Ihidials  ii  little 
widi'i'  than  long,  (|UMdrangnlar,  the  upiier  face  constituting  an  almost 
straight  line  ;  facets  snuill,  directed  ol)li(|uely  npwaril.  restricted  to  the 
upper  ends  of  the  plates,  and  occupying  l)ut  one  third  tlieir  \\idth. 
Arms  apparently  live  to  the  ray,  and  ornamented  with  small  nodes. 
Jl''i'i~"H  and  /."Cdli/i/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

7}//ii  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection.  Springfield. 

Hi  iiKiika.  —  Dilfering  from  P.  n rri'i'usns  in  the  shorter  calyx,  in  having 
less  prominent,  and  dill'erently  arranged  nodes,  and  in  the  ornamentation  of 
the  arms. 

Platycrinus  Yandelli  o.  nnd  sn.  (tyjiicii  Umn). 

Phiic  LXVI.  Firjx.  (la,  h,  r;  and  Plutc  LXVITL  Flijs.  .'„,.  h.  c. 

1S5J.     'Ihks  .■mil  Sill  MAHii;  L'.  S.  CnH.  Hep.  Wise,  Iciwn  mid  Minn.,  p.  IJ*;',  Plate  ."1./,  I'V.'s.  fui,  b,  e. 
1-sl.     \\.  !„ul  Si'.  ;   K.'visinii  I'lilit'orr.,  I'lirt  II.,  p.  7i"i  (I'nici'cil.  .\c.'iil.  Nut.  Sci.  Pliihi ,  p.  iM). 

Of  medium  size.  Dorsal  cup  low  cnp-shapcd.  ohscnrely  pontan"ular  from 
a  dorsal  view,  the  interradial  suture  lines  forming  the  angles;  the  sides 
nearly  straight,  slightly  expanding.  The  radial  facets  almost  in  the  .same 
plane  with  the  surface  of  the  plates,  and  nnnsnally  large,  occuiiying  fully 
half  the  length  of  the  plates  and  two  thirds  their  width.     Surface  of  hasals 


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mill  niiliiilf'  covciim)  wiili  coiiipiirativt'ly  few,  irn'^rnliirlv  cli^iiiliiitiMl,  riitln'r 
largo  mill  |)riiiiiiii(Mil  iioduH,  which  «oinotiinc.><  iilnioxt  liikt-  liii-  cliiiiin'tcr  "f 
siiiiu's.  Till!  costuls.  ilisticlmls.  mid  lower  piilniiirs  liiivo  from  two  to  thrco 
iioik'M,  which  lU'i!  soniewlmt  siiiiiUlt  tliiin  tlioso  of  tlu'  calvx,  mul  triiiisvorsrly 
iirr!tnj;('(l,  while  the  biseriiil  arm  jilatcs  have  hut  one,  iilnceil  near  (he  inner 
(Mill,  forming  together  with  luljoiiiing  ones  two  rows  along  the  hack  of 
tlio  arm. 

IJasals  t'orming  n  pentiigon,  willi  a  eirciilar.  rather  ileep  eoiicavity,  wide 
enough  to  admit  the  two  upper  stem  joints.  Inleihas.il  sulures  fie(|uently 
iiivisihle;  the  hasi-radial  and  interradinl  suture  liiie-i  slightlv  grooved.  Hadi- 
als  hexangnlar.  Mio  upper  oikIh  of  the  plates  one  third  wider  than  the  lower. 
Facets  w^'v  large,  facing  outward,  shallow,  transversely  idliptical ;  the  upper 
end  slightly  excavated  for  the  aiuhulaeral  jtassage.  Coslals  lai'ge.  triangular, 
occupying  the  full  width  of  the  facet.  There  are  normally  live  arms  to  tiie 
ray  (exceptionally  four  or  si.x),  one  division  with  three  arms,  the  other  with 
two,  the  former  having  two  distichals  lo  the  inner  side ;  anus  of  moderate 
size,  their  lower  ends  curving  slightly  downward  ;  the  arm  joints  rather  long. 
N'entral  disk  from  a  third  to  a  half  higher  than  the  dorsal  cup;  the  outer 
ends  of  the  amhulacra  slightly  protruding;  the  [ilatcs  highly  elevated,  their 
summits  crowned  by  two  or  three  sharp  tiiherdos.  Orals  large ;  the  posterior 
one  pushed  to  the  anterior  far  enough  to  he  in  a  straight  line  with  tiie  two 
postero-latcral  ones.  Amhulacral  plates  large,  arranged  tjuite  regularly  in 
two  rows.  Intcramhulacral  plates  from  four  to  five,  except  at  the  anal  side 
where  the  iniddle  one  of  the  first  I'ow  is  much  larger  than  the  corresponding 
plate  of  the  other  sides,  and  followed  hy  a  great  nuniher  of  small  tumid 
pieces,  which  form  a  large,  conspicuous,  suhceiilral  protuherance  containing 
the  anus.  The  two  plates  at  the  sides  are  twice  as  long  as  wide,  and  longer 
than  the  niiddie  one.  Column  distinctly  twisted;  the  joints  slightly  angular 
around  the  margin  ;  their  long  diameter  diual  to  twice  the  shorter  one. 

Ildrh.nn  find  J,iiiii/l/i/.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  llurlington,  Iowa. 

JuniKi'ls.  — The  dorsal  cup  of  this  species  ia  less  discoid  than  it  appears 
in  specimens  with  the  arms  preserved.  The  arm  facets  enter  deeply  upon 
the  plates,  and  the  lower  jiaits  of  the  arms  are  directed  hori/onlally,  often 
with  a  downward  tendencv. 


«,l 


708  THE  CUIXOIDEA  CAMEUATA  OF  XUIUII    AMKKlCA. 

PlatycrinuB  Tandolli,  vai.  poraapor  sm  m. 

riui,  LXViJi.  Fi^/x.  4<i,  i>. 

l>illj.     P./iirin/hr  —  8mil\H|ii  (',ir:il    I'liliiiij:,  Khm.  nf  Nnitli  Arncr  ,  |i.  ;t'>9. 

18>1.     J',  i^iiw/i^r  —  W .  nwA  Sv. ;   H,  \i<j.iii,  I'lirl  II  ,  |i.  ;:i  (I'l i  il.  Aiml.  Nut    Sim    I'liilii.,  |i,  817). 

S\ii.  /'.  HuilohraekmlH'  llur,,  ImII  >w,\  bro);  Diwr   New  t<|nc'.  cil  (Vin..  y.  17. 

In  tliu  foriii  uf  the  ilorHul  ciii),  tliu  iiropoi'tiuiLs  uf  its  pIntcH,  niiil  the  >i/u 
of  (lie  ai'iiiH,  cIoMoIv  ri'xi'iiiiiliii};  /*.  ViiikIiIH.  Init  tlio  ikhIoh  covoriiij?  the  niir- 
fai'o  imicli  iiioro  nunicrous ;  llicy  iire  pliictMl  close  toj^t'tlior  willimit  bciiij; 
coiitlianl.  arc  very  piomiiii'iit,  and  covor  tlie  (lorsul  Mmlaci'  of  lint  anns. 
Tliosc  upon  the  hnicliiiils  to  the  Inst  axiilaiy.  altlioiij^h  Hnialler,  are  e(|iiMlly 
well  (lelined.  and  are  ai'riinjied  iriiiisversely  in  fwn  rows  of  from  lour  to  live 
nodes  to  eaeh  row,  those  upon  the  hiserial  arm  plates  in  oidy  one  row.  The 
latter  are  more  or  less  eonfluent,  and  form  an  nndulated  riilj;e  at  the  iip|ier 
od^e  ol"  the  plates,  wliieli  ujves  to  the  transverse  ontures  a  \va\  inj?  outline. 
This  variety  j^enendly  has  si.\  arms  to  the  ray.  whiidi  are  sli^ditly  llatlened 
on  the  hack  and  ohseiirely  jrrooved  aloiii;  the  meilinn  line.  The  stem  twisl.s 
rapidly,  and  is  eoitiposed  at  its  |)ro\inial  end  of  short  elliptic  Joints. 

lliiri'iiii  iiiitl  I.iiotlil;/.  —  [iower  Hiu'linu'ton  limestone,  Darlington,  iowu. 

Tijpi:  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 

Flatyorinus  spinifer  w.  wwA  ^w  (nov.  bjicp.). 
I'hii,'  rxVI.  /■'!//.  7. 

Closely  rcsendding  P.  Vninlilli,  hut  somewhat  larger.  Porsal  cu]i  saucr- 
shapeil.  the  hasaN  proportionally  large,  the  radials  distinelly  enrxing.  tiieir 
faootH  projecting  outward.  I'lates  thin.  eovere(l  with  huge,  rather  sharp 
nodes,  placed  in  concentric  lines  parallel  to  their  margins;  there  heiug  gen- 
erally three  sueli  lines  upon  the  hasals.  and  two  or  three  upon  the  radials, 
the  latter  arranged  .so  as  to  form  a  diagonal  line  from  the  facet  to  each 
lower  angle  of  the  plate.s.  Similar  nodes,  hut  somewhat  smaller,  cover  the 
.•iruis.  every  ]ilate  ahove  the  costals  having  three  nodes — the  costal^  four  to 
five  —  tran.svcrsely  arranged,  and  occupying  the  meclian  line  of  the  plates; 
sometimes,  however,  in  the  up|)er  part  of  the  arms,  the  nodes  hecomo 
confluent  and   form  undulated  ridges. 

Ba.sals  large,  .slightly  convex  e.xoept  the  nii<ldle  part,  which  is  abruptly 


;i 


VLATVnilXID.K. 


TOO 


(IcpruHscd  for  llio  roocplion  of  tho  coliniiii.  Tlie  iiitoibamil  mituro  liiU'.M 
iiiilult>riniiiiil)lu  ;  tliu  liiini  riidiul  ami  iiiti>rrailiiil  KtituruM  on  ti  livcl  wiili 
tho  |iliit<'.'<.  Uiuliiili  nipiilly  ><i>rL'Uilin^,  t(iiisi(l»'nil)ly  wulur  tliiiii  Imi^ ;  tin- 
K'li^tli  of  the  liiteriil  liiec^'  Icsm  timii  lliu  wiillli  nf  tlie  Iowit  out- ;  tlu-  liiiil).-* 
inciiivinj?,  Hlopiiig  oulwanl  iiinl  fortninj?  witio  inn)  dfcp  notihcH  hctwcfii 
tlio  pliiti'M;  tliuir  upper  cihIm  Hliurply  iinjfultir  and  liighcr  tlian  tlio  upper  part 
of  tlic  facet.  FiicelM  larj;e,  (U'eiipving  half  the  width  and  fully  one  third 
tho  len^lh  of  the  plates;  deeply  .uid  hroadly  excavated  at  the  np|)er  end. 
Coslal.t  liroaiUy  liianj,'nlar,  rapidly  xlopinj;  at  the  miildlo,  their  lateral  e.xlen- 
wiiin*  knife  like.  Fir:<t  dixtiehal  placed  oliliipiely,  the  ^'ec()nd  wider  and 
hi;j;her  than  the  (irsf,  and  overlapping'  it  laterally  ,■«)  as  to  tinich  the  costals. 
I'alinarn  of  the  Maine  proportion.-*  a.s  the  di^ticlials.  Aiin.n  j:;enerally  livo  to 
the  ray,  exceptionally  six;  cylindrical,  very  iieavy  anil  proportionally  hhort. 
The  ventral  disk  of  this  species  was  hi^h.  as  indicated  f-oni  fraginei\(ary 
])arts  preserved  in  one  of  the  specimens.  'I'he  inlirainlnilacral  regions  appar- 
ently consisted  of  live  plates,  of  which  the  niiildle  one  of  the  (irst  row  is  very 
Inye.  and  nearly  twice  as  wiile  as  hi;;h,  the  two  at  tho  sides  ns  lonj;  Init 
narrower;  the  former  havini,'  a  eeiitnil  spine.  Colmnn  distinctly  elliptic, 
tho  edges  of  tho  joints  stndded  with  ninneioiis  smidi  nc  des, 

J/iir!:i)ii  mill  l.iiiiilil//.  —  l.cwer  Hmlington  limestone;  Hnrlington,  lown. 

Tiji'ii  in  tho  collection  of  \Vacli>mnth  and  Springer. 

Uiiiiiiik.'*.  —  We  were  at  first  inclined  (o  regard  this  fi.rm  a.s  a  variety  of 
/'.  YiiiKhll! ;  Imt  the  diiTerences  in  the  si/o  of  the  hasal  disk  and  tho  propor- 
tions of  the  arms,  as  well  as  in  tho  form  of  tho  doisal  cup.  are  so  rcmarkahlo 
that  we  ccMicliidi'd  eventiinlly  to  treat  it  as  a  fnll  s])oeies.  It  agrees  in  tho 
form  of  the  dorsal  cup  with  the  Discoidons  gronp.  hnt  in  tlie  ornamentation 
and  arm  strnctnro  it  is  nearer  /'.  VninhUi,  P.  r<rrnriJ!<ii.i,  and  1'.  heitiixjiJariciw, 
and  it  donhtless  represents  a  transition  form. 


t 


FlatycrinuB  spinifer  var.  elongatus  w.  ami  Sr.  (nov.  var.). 
Plate  LXVII.  rhj.  7. 

Verv  closely  allieil  to  P  spi!)l/rr ;  the  dorsal  cnp  deeper,  hnt  very  little 
expanding,  the  hiisnl  di.-k  larger  and  almost  Hat.  The  radials  rest  npon  the 
inner  edges  of  the  hnsals.  and  are  as  long  as  wide;  their  facets  mnch  wider 
than  high,  directed  ohlirinel^- upwards ;  they  extend  to  less  than  one  third 
the  length    of  the  plates,  hnt  oecnpy  half  their  width.      Cost.ils   trigonal, 


Till 


rilK  (  lllNOIItKA   CAMKIIAIV   Dl'   NOIITM    AMIIIK  A. 


not  taking  u\i  ilic  lull  vviiltli  uf  ih  •  fuci't*  Arim  Hm-  Io  fix.  iiniiiiKfi!  i\»  in 
/'.  MjHiiiJ'rr,  and  i-ovort'il  by  Hiniiiur  u-x'  •  aUd  ilii-  plalt'i*"!  tlio  ilDinal  I'lip. 
Vciiliai  (lisi<  high;  the  t'liils  luigo,  '  '  a  ^liirhlv  fic\ato<l  n'ntral  noilc, 
wliii'h  at  tiiL«  top  (livi(K'.'<  into  two  or  i'  •  .-in.  p  prociwcs.  The  inlnainliii- 
liicnil  |iialt««  Mat  ami  t'lfi'l  ;  the  niiihlli'  one  of  liio  l.-.M  row  hIuh'IiI^'  hosan- 
giihir.  ami  ln-aring  u  nniali  (•cuiiai  liilu'icli'. 

Jliirizmi  iiiiil  f.iiiiif!/'/.  —  Siiiiii'  M^  laf<t, 

J'l/jitu  in  the  coili'ciion  of  Wai'hi^imilh  and  Springer. 

Ji'iiiiiiiin.  —  MoMt  of  tho  npiH'imi'nn  of  ihiH  Hpei-ii'M  agri'c  in  (lie  form  of 
tlic  (ior:^Ml  cup  with  the  Dict'oiilons  grinip.  Iml  in  the  ornanifnialion  and  nrni 
Mtnifturi'  rcfiiniilL'  /'.  ri  rrnruKiis,  P.  /iniiiyi/nrii  us,  nui\  J'.  YiimhUi.  'I'hi'rc 
art'  oilier  Hpeeinienx,  however,  in  all  eKMenlinl  points  agreeing  with  Ihe 
former,  in  wliieh  the  cup  i»  deep  and  oblong,  for  which  tlio  name  P.  sjilni/er, 
var.  i/iiiiijiiliis  is  propoxed. 

HKCAUs  annrn. 

Cnl.vx  cup-shaped,  the  piaies  indistinctly  ornamented  ;  the  arms  curving 
outward,  and  very  heavy   throughout. 


U        I 


Platycrinus  regalia  Hm.i.. 

J'/atr  /.XXU.  h'i'js.  I.  J. 

1»|'>1      lt\T.i.:  IVwr.  nf  Ni'W  S|ii-r.  nf  (■^lll..ill^,  p,  |il;  lii.'Mii(l    {^r!.  Ni'vv  Ynik  Stall'  \\w>.  nf  Nut.  llisl., 
I'Uh'  i.l.  Kiu'.  "1. 

l-M,     \V..,n,ISri   U,'M,i I'ail  11,  p.  TKl'runT.I    ,\™l    Niil.  Nr  I'lula.,  |..  •it'*). 

Smi.  /'.  (lirriii  Mkkk  mill  WiiKriiiN  ;  rnicTfil.  Ai-iiil.  Niil.  Sci.  I'lilla.,  \<.  IJU. 

A  rather  largo  spei'ies.  ('alyj;  liroinlly  eup->hiip('d.  and  hut  slightly 
spreading;  liase  large,  rounded  lielow  ;  radial  facets  greatly  projecting. 
Arms  at  lirst  direeleil  outward,  in  some  specimens  .>^preadiiig  hori/.ontally  to 
almost  one  thiril  their  length,  the  upjjcr  ends  curving  iinvanl  until  the  tips 
rest  upon  the  ventral  disk.  Surface  of  the  plates  marked  hy  two  or  three 
undulated  ridges  or  rows  of  indistinct  nodes,  parallel  to  the  upper  margins  of 
the  plate.s,  and  similar  ridge.s,  hut  narrower,  surround  the  edges,  giving  to 
the  sides  of  the  plates  a  sonu-what  heveleil  appearance. 

Hasal  cup  unusually  large,  pentagtnial,  its  inner  edges  resting  against  the 
lower  faces  of  the  radinls,  sometimes  overlapping  them  ;  the  interha.snl  .^nlnres 
distinctly  grooved.  Radials  generally  a  little  longer  than  wiile.  slightly 
expanding,  the  lower  faces  convex,  the  upper  faces  at   the  sides  of  the  facets 


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I'l.ATVCHIXID.K. 


711 


iliNtini'ly  Hlopin^,  ami  iIminc  towiinl  tliu  iiiml  mJiIc  ciiimiiloriihly  wiiliMl,  giving 
to  (lie  I'lici'tH  111'  llio  piistLTioi'  rii^s  nil  i-xci'iitrii!  iiifition.  Kiici'ti  oo'ciiiniiig 
uiui  lliini  tliL<  wiillli  iif  till-  |iliitt'<«,  iil)i'ii|)ll_)'  |iM)jtM'liii^,  tlif  fac'i"4  .tli^^'lilly  cuii- 
vex,  till!  iiiiicr  iniirgiii  ci'i'iiuliitt'il,  iiml  the  iiiciliuii  |ii)rliiiiis  inDviilcil  wiih  an 
ulixenio  triiiii«vi>i':<o  I'iil^i*.  CuhIiiIn  iiuiduratL'ly  largt>,  |H'iitiingiiltki',  roiiinli'il  on 
llio  liiick,  tliu  ii|i|ioi'  aiiglt>  olitiiHt',  tilt!  iippfr  Hlopiii^  facoM  coiiravi',  hoiiiu* 
liiiii"*  ri|iri'siMiti'tl  l»y  two  plaliw.  Diftlii-liaU  two,  a^*  l:ir;;<'  a"  tlit'  costuls,  ami 
tlio  iippi'i'  pJMli'  iai^'t'i'  lliiiii  till'  lowur.  Tiii'V  j{i\o  olV  an  arm  iVom  llic  miliT 
nIiIo,  mill  two  palmare  from  tin-  .unci',  uliirli  latter  Nupport  an  arm  at  llic 
Olio  Hiilo,  mill  two  poxt-pulmaiH  with  two  aiiiiM  at  tlio  otlii'r;  l'ri'<|ni'iitly,  liow- 
cviT.  tlicri' i.t  no  I'lirtliiT  division  almvi!  the  pahnai'M.  The  numln'i' of  arms 
VMrit's  rroiii  n'w  to  nine  to  the  ray,  anil  often  in  the  HMine  specimen;  the  iirniM 
are  very  Ntiint,  ami  taper  hut  sli^^htiy ;  their  [liate-*  up  to  tiie  iant  birnrnitiiiii 
nrc  constricfeil  in  the  miiMlo,  ami  the  riil^es  altovc  mid  helow  in  well  pro- 
nerved  .ipeeimeii-*  are  oh-'curely  nodo-'e,  lhoi<>  of  the  liiserial  upper  part 
hli^'iiily  eonvex.     Siriii'tnre  of  liiu  ventral  ilisl<   mil\nown. 

Cidninii  unidiially  iiiorenHin;;  in  widtli  to  alioiii  "li  mm.  from  the  i  nd, 
whenee  it  t.ipers  rapidly  to  ii  point.  Its  entire  ieiit:lli,  ai  pre-.eiited  in  ii 
moderately  lar^e  specimen  I  I'liite  liXXII.,  Fi;,'.  1 1,  is  aliont  two  leel  from  tho 
crown  to  the  Ulifonn  ends  ol'  llie  root.  !(  Iia.s  imnsiiajly  loiij;  twists,  aini  (ho 
joints  iiicroiiso  coiiiinnally  in  Ienj,'lli  m*  they  grow  wider ;  they  are  oval,  ex- 
cept the  two  or  three  proximal  ones,  whieh  are  eireidar.  'l"ho  lower  end  of 
the  stem  is  provided  with  '-iiri.  the  upper  oC  which  have  a  width  of  .'!  mm., 
tlie  lowi'r  ones  »)f  'J  mm.  at  their  proximal  ends.  The  latter,  which  j;ro\v 
very  slender,  are  preserved  in  tlio  siiecinien  to  a  length  of  10  nun.,  but  woro 
evidently  longer. 

Jf>rhiii  mil/  Li'i'ii/ih/.  —  Lower  nmlington  limestone,  Hnrlinglon,  Iow:i. 

7//JIC  in  the  Mnseiiin  of  Comparative  Zoology. 


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Tin:  cinxoiDK.v  camkhat.v  m-  xoinii  amkrica. 


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PlatycrinuB  eminulus  iiAir.. 
rialr  LXVIII.  I'iiis.  J.hi,  K  c. 

ISIil.     llvii,;   Dixr.  New  S|HC.  iif  CriiiiiiiN,  |i  17. 

A  smalliT  spi'cios  tlian  1'.  iri/nlis ;  llio  dorsal  ciii)  more  sproiidiiiLT,  '"id 
moro  distinctly  peutiiiij^uliir ;  llii"  liaso  i)ro|i()rtioiiiilly  snialiiT  ami  IJMttor. 
I'illicr  smooili  or  inmkod  liy  oI)simiii'  coiicfiitric  bands  paralltd  to  tlio  niar- 
triii-'  of  the  plates,  sometimes  si-paratinj^  into  di:4inet  laeliiTmosi?  nodes. 
Hasi-iiulial  and  interradial  siitnres  dei'ply  j^roovtul,  and  the  nmrgins  of  ad- 
jacent plates  lliicki'iu'cl  and   liiiildy    Ijeveled. 

Hasals  forming  a  >liallow  l>asin.  of  wliieli  the  median  portions  nro  rather 
deeply  depressed,  and  oidv  the  beveled  outer  marj^in  is  visibh-  from  a  side 
view;  inlerbasal  sutures  rallier  distinct,     liadials  lormiii^' an  an;{le  of  about 
•I')'  witii  tlie  bottom  of"  the  cup;  once  and   a  half  —  or  less — as  wide  as 
lonjr.  and   not   (piite  one  half  wider  at    the   top  than  at   <lie   bottom.     The 
notches  towanl   the  rciruiar  interradial  spaces  sliiillow,  that  at   tlie  anal   side 
consid('ral>ly  deep 'r  ;   the  mc(Iian  portions  stronj^ly  thi<'keni'd    to  lorm    the 
facet,   which   occupies  cbout   one   thir<l   the   width   of  the    upper    face.      The 
facet  is  semi-ovate,  deeply  notched   at   the   upper  end.  the  sinface  perfectly 
flat  and  directeil  horizontally.     Cosials  almost  as  Ioul;-  as  wide,  wider  at  tin- 
top  than  at   the  imttom,  the  upper  angle  obtuse.     Dislichals.  ])a1mars,  and 
post-palmars.   two   to    each   order;    the    plates  wider    than    long,   gradually 
decreasing  in  size;  but  the  ujipi'i  one  of  each  order  larger  tliaii   the  lower, 
wider  and  also  higher.     .\rms  eight  to  the  ray.  given  olT  as  in  the  preced- 
ing species  ;  ipiite  heavy,  very  little  tapering,  ami  curving  outwanl.    Ventral 
disk  of  about  the  same  height  as  the  dtu'sal  cup  ;  composed  of  a  few  large 
j)latos.     The  orals  sharply  tumiil  ;    t!ie  posterior  one   resting   between   the 
other    four,  somewhat   larger,   and   provided    with   a  stronger   node.      The 
ambulacral  plates  large,  but  smaller  than  the  orals,  arranged  (|uite  regularly 
in  two  rows.     The  interambulacral  spaces  depressed,  formed  of  three  ti-an.s- 
vcrsi'ly  arrangeil  ])ieces,  of  which  tlie  niiildle  one  is  as  large  as  the  orals,  but 
perfectly  Hat  ;  that  on  the  anal  side  larger  and  curving  longitudinally  ;  the 
opening  locatecl  in   the  middle  of  a  small,  nnnided  protuberance,  composed 
of  small   Jiieces. 

JJurhun  iiiitl  l.iirnHlij.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone,  Bmlington,  Iowa. 


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DISCOID  E  US   O IIU I  j: 

Dorfal    Clip    low    bnsin-slirtped,  tlio  rudiiils  (ind   nriii-'    s[iroiuliiig    almost 
liorizoiitiilly  outwiinl;  tlic  nnns  reinirviny  over  tin'  ilisU. 

Platycrinus  discoideus  '».  inul  sm  m. 
I'liil,  in.  F;,j.  j:,  a,id  I'Mc  LXVI.  Fills.  10,1,  h,  c. 

b'l.'.     0«i  N  .iiiil  Sin  MMiii;  I'.  S.  (ii'cil.  Siiii.  \\  i.e.,  liiwa  iiiiil  Minn.,  |i.  ri>>^,  I'liitc  'i./,  Tiirs.  1./,  /,. 
l'>sl.     \\.  ;iriil  Si'.;   Iii\i>inii  ruhioi'iv,  I'url  II.,  p.  71  (I'lni., cl.  AchI,  .\;iI    Sci.  I'liilu.,  21'.). 

Sui.  /•  .•nrni,/,i/ii-  ().  .■mil  Sill  M  ,    IS.V,'  ;   1.'.  S.  {m.iI.  Snrv.  \'Mn,  WIm'.  :>ii<I   .Minn  ,  v.  ,'iS;),  I'j.ite 

."»./,  Ki^H.  :?./-*■. 
(ill. I  /'/.  .//■,v,-.,(./f««   llil.l.,  ls.-,S;  ficil.   Itr|..  |..\v:i,  Vnl.    1,,    I'art  II.,  |,    j'M,  I'hW  s,    KL-s.  s.,,,  /,  = 
E'li-Iti'luft-iii/i^  /t/'ttnii'tuiintt.*  W'iiili). 

Svil.   /'    th'inln-ilflliiihii  Ham.,  IMll  ;    l)|.sri'.   N'i.«-    SpiT.  t'lill.,  |V.  \;   iiIm)  Hi,..1iii1   .liHiril.   N.ll.   Hist. 


I   * I  ■  ■  I  '  •-.-■■"•■  ■' '1.  .'■•".  ill-.., 

p   J^;  (liiiiiml  |s;iiii  Hull.  N.  V,  Sl:ili.  .\lii>    Ni.l.  Mist.,  \'hw  i.  I'l-v  i  niiil  It  (Ti pi- in  (•.,ll,c- 
tlmi  (if  \V.  .'iiiil  S|,.).     UhiUhld;    .\Irin.  Am.  .Mll^.  N.ii.   Ili^l.,  V..I.  I.  I'.ui    I.,'  p.    1,  I'utc 
;t,  KiL'i.  i  I.I  I. 
Syii    /'.  i,iiillihrii,-lii,ii,(i  Mkkk  iiiiil  W.iUTiiKV,  I'lfil;   I'roc.  Acii.l.  N;il,  S.'i.  I'i.il.i.,  p.  \.\i, 

Syil     /'.  xhunhd-'liltlili  II  MI,.    IS.'iS;    C..,,!.   H.-p.    |.,h;i.    V..I.   I..  T.-Ill    II.,  p,  y.Vi,   I'hllr   S.   Fi..'.  .-1. 
Syil    l\  piilrhrHioS.  A    .Mil. 1.1,11,   IMIl  ;   (u'.il.  It.p    MisM.lili,  Hull,   I,  p,   11,   I'l:,!,.  1,  I'l^r.  7, 

Cnlj-x  pyrniniiliil.  wider  tlum  liiuli  ;  tlic  diii>^al  c\\\i  di.^^i'uid.  almost  llaf 
to  tlic  iiiidillo  of  llic  radials,  llicii  cinxiiiir  rnpiilly  iiiiwards  until  tlic  limli<, 
wliicli  rise  far  mIiovc  tlic  lop  of  tlic  facets,  stain!  at  ri,i.;lit  angles  to  tlic  plaiic 
ol  tlic  hase,  i'lali's  covci'cd  li_v  well  dedncd  corrugations,  wliicli  in  some 
s|iecimciis  arc  g.itlicrc.l  into  imhricatiiig  folds  covering  tlic  whole  siirf.'ice  ; 
ill  oilers  arranged  In  coin-cntric  lines  confornialdc  to  tlic  sides  of  tlic  iil.ites, 
IJa^c  ]icntiigoiial.  with  a  deep  concavilv  in  the  (•cnlr<'.  slightly  coine.x  toward 
the  outer  margins,  Coluiiiii  facet  circular;  the  interhasal  sutures  inviMld", 
1!  idiiils  almost  as  long  as  wide,  allowing  for  the  curvature,  and  near  the  siini- 
inil  almost  twice  as  wide  as  at  the  hase,  li'a.lial  facet-;  l.irgc.  lyic-sliapcd.  the 
vertical  diameter  cipial  to  one  half  the  length  of  the  plates;  the  lower  rim 

projectin._r  and  on  a  Icvcd  with  the  hasn]-.     'I'hc  siiifu f  the  facets  concave. 

aid  cov.'i-cd  with  Sine  ndiatiiig  sliia'  without  other  markings.  IJa^i-radial 
and  intorrailial  sutures  deeply  grooved,  the  edges  of  the  plates  stroii..ilv 
lievclcd.  CosImIs  triangular,  occupying  the  full  width  of  the  facet.  Dis- 
tichals  and  palmais  twice  as  wide  as  higli.  .\nns  from  six  to  eight  to 
the  ray  ;  one  suli.livision  in  the  sjime  specimen  may  have  hut  throe  arms, 
the  other  four  and  exccption.illy  five.  The  anus  arc  rather  stout,  simple 
and  liiserial.  and  are  finely  striated  longitudinally.     Disk  almost  throe  times 


i 


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ij 


I' 


ill 


Tin;   CUINOIDKA   CAMKUATA   OK   XOUTII    AMKIIICA. 


\l 


as  high  as  lla-  dorsal  ciiii.  Aiiiliulacni  liiglily  fk'vateil,  forming  lnoail  ridges 
composed  of  two  sories  of  largo  spiiiiform  plates  altcriiatt'ly  arranged,  which 
pass  out  from  between  adjoining  orals.  Orals  sjjine-bearing.  and  larger  than 
the  covering  pieces;  the  posterior  one  larger  than  the  other  four.  Tnter- 
radial  spaces  depressed,  composed  of  five  nearly  (lat  pieces,  arranged  in  two 
row'.s,  all  of  which  are  interamhulacral.  Tlie  middle  plate  of  the  first  row 
wry  large  ;  the  two  at  the  sidi-s  as  long  as  the  other,  hut  niueli  narrower. 
Anus  at  the  summit  of  a  short  protutierance.  opening  out  lateially.  and 
placed  between  the  plates  of  the  fii'st  and  second  row,  which  together  with 
the  four  smaller  orals  ami  tiie  njiper  plate  of  the  two  posterior  nmhulacra 
form  a  ring  around  the  larger  orals,  giving  to  the  latter  a  strictly  central 
po-ition.  Column  twisted  ;  the  proximal  joint  circular,  the  succeeding  ones 
elliptic  ;  and  increasing  in  length  downward. 

Ifi'i-iidii  mill  Liinilil'i.  —  Lower  IJurlington  limestone,  Burlington,  Iowa, 
and  at  the  same  horizon  in  New  Mi'xico  and  Missouri. 

Jviiiuf/.'s.  —  This  species,  although  well  characterized,  is  quite  variable  in 
details  of  structure,  and  has  been  described  under  several  names,  in  some 
.specimens,  the  corrugations  upon  the  plates  are  more  distinct  and  coarser 
than  in  others,  and  sometimes  are  obsolete  near  the  facet.  The  form  of  the 
dorsal  cup  also  varies  considerably,  being  in  some  specimens  much  deeper 
than  in  uthers,  and  the  outer  e<lges  of  the  basal.s  rise  slightly  above  the 
plane  of  ilie  radiaN.  Owen  and  Sliumard's  figiu'e  of  7'.  i/isniii/ii(f<  repre- 
sents iin  exirfpicly  llat  specimen,  and  its  corrugations  are  very  coarse.  In 
their  /'.  ini-ni;/ii/iis,  on  the  other  haixl,  the  markings  are  line,  and  the  dorsal 
cup  consiilerably  deeper,  the  two  representing  the  extremes  of  the  sju'cies. 
Hall's  tyjie  of  I'.  s/ri"hnirfii'iitiit.  which  lias  the  arms  preserved,  has  the  orna- 
iniiilalion  of  /'.  inrrio/ii/ii.-:.  Init  the  form  of/',  ilisniiiliiis.  In  Hall's  J'.s/ni- 
iiiiirili'diii^  the  corrng.itions  are  less  conllueiit.  and  take  almost  the  form  of 
granul's  oi-  nodes,  less  marked,  however,  than  indicated  by  the  figure.  In 
/'.  iiiu/filiriiiliiii/iis  M.  and  W.,  the  eoriiigations  do  not  exteml  to  the  median 
portions  of  the  radials.  7'.  jiii/rl,i//ii.f  is  a  yoimg  specimen  of  the  type  of 
7*.  striiilii'iirliin/iis. 

The  f//pr  of  7".  sJiiiiiiiiriJiiiniiif  is  in  the  Illinois  State  colleciion.  Spriiigfli'ld. 
those  of  /'.  striiihfiirliiiit.is  miuI  7'.  iniillihrniliiiilitK  in  the  .Museum  of  Com- 
parative Zoiilogy  ;  the  fate  of  those  of  P.  illKnilihn^  and  /*  inrniijutn.i  is 
unknown. 


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rLATYCUIXID.E. 


m 


PlatycrinuB  cavus  Mvix. 
riute  LXr/I.  FI<js.S,i,b. 

1S5S.     Kali.;  (iml.  l{c|i.  Icnva,  V.il.  I.,  I'.irl  1 1  ,  |..  .V.>7.  I'l.'t.'  M,  Ki;;s.  1,;,  h. 

ls<sl.     \V.  mid  Si',  i   Hrvi»iuii,  I'lirt  II  ,  ...  71  (rmcml.  .\™l.  \;il    S.'i    I'liihi.,  p.  2i:,) 

Of  iiiL'diuin  size.  Dorsal  cup  saiieer-.sliapcd;  tlic  l)a'<al  disk  slijrlitly  pro- 
jecting l)cdi)\v  tiic  lower  inarj^iiis  of  tlio  radials  ;  llie  latter  eiirviiii;-  ;.;eiiily 
ujiwards.  Tin;  facets  face  soinewliat  outward,  aud  have  a  >!i.i;lit  depres- 
sion around  tiieir  lower  margins.  Surface  marked  liy  concentric;  lines  of 
notles  or  granules,  wiiich  are  sometimes  conlluent.  There  are  two  or  three 
langes  of  these  nodes  parallel  to  the  margins  oi'  the  liasal  disk,  and  similar 
ranges  of  nodes  surround  the  radials,  leaving  a  plane  space  eipial  to  the 
granulate  portions  hetwecn  the  hitter  and  the  edges  of  the  fiicets.  Has!- 
radial  and  inierradinl  sutures  ehann(ded,  and  the  .sides  of  the  plates  slightly 
beveled.      Neutral  disk  high,  pyramidal  ;  the  plates  moderately  convex. 

l>asal  disk  rather  largo,  concave  in  the  miildle  to  the  width  of  the  stem  ; 
the  interbasal  sutin'e  lines  grooved,  hut  tlie  sutures  invisihle.  Width  and 
length  of  tile  projecting  radials  as  tour  to  three.  Facets  projecting,  semi- 
circular; slightly  notcheil  at  the  upper  end;  the  surface  concave.  Costals 
suiitrigonal,  moderately  large,  occupying  the  full  width  of  the  facets;  much 
wider  than  high.  Distichals  rather  short;  placed  ohliipiely  against  tiie  cos- 
tals, Mud  directed  outward.  The  higher  orders  of  brachials  are  not  pre-erved 
in  tlie  specimen,  but  portions  of  the  arms  indicate  tliat  the  si)eeies  liad  from 
six  to  eight  iirms  to  the  ray,  wiiich  were  comparatively  delicate.  A'entral 
disk  twice  as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup;  the  inteiamludiicral  spaces  depressed, 
the  aml)ulacra  rising  abruptly  above  the  general  surface  of  the  di.^k.  Orals 
iiicoMipletely  visible  in  the  specimen,  so  that  their  arrangement  could  not  Im; 
ascertained,  but  the  [liates  are  lai'ge.  Covering  nieces  alternately  arranged 
in  two  r(jws  ;  all  eijual  in  si/e.  Interambulacral  [ilates  .'!  ami  12;  the  two 
outer  ones  of  tiie  lirst  row  curving  outwaril,  and  the  ntiddli'  one  larger  than 
the  others.  TJie  middle  plate  of  the  anid  siile  soinewli:'!  the  wide<l  and 
shortest,  and  its  upper  margin  slightly  furrowed  by  the  anus,  which  is  placed 
low  down  upon  the  tlisk  an<l  directed  laterally. 

IlnfU'iii  ami  Lucali/i/.  —  Lower  part  of  Upper  Burlington  limestone  ; 
Burlington,  Iowa. 

'/}/jii  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  Slate  cidlection  at  Springfielil. 


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71(5 


TIIK   (  UINOIDKA   (AMI'.  RATA   OK   XoUTII   A.MKHU  A. 


I!()narJ:s. — Tliis  spooien  is  of  tlio  typi'  of  /'.  i/ixrnidnin,  but  llio  ilorHiil  cup 
is  ilet'iu'r.  the  facets  shorter,  seiiii-circiihir  instead  of  lyri^siiiiped,  and  the 
limbs  do  not  extend  aliove  the  iieij,'ht  of  the  facets.  It  also  deiiart;!  from 
tiiat  species  in  (lie  orna'nentation,  and  comes  from  a  higher  iiori/.on.  Tiie 
description  is  made  from  tlu'  type  specimen  sliown  in  the  Iowa  Iteport,  Plate 
8,  Fij,'.  !(/.  wliich  is  -oniewhat  crushed  at  the  base  ;  figure  1?),  on  the  same 
plate,  is  from  a  dilTerent  specimen,  which  iiuiy  be  of  amxher  species. 


r 


It 


Platycriniis  Gorbyi  s  A.  Mh.i.ku. 

/•A,/,  Lxr/ii.  f;,j.  at. 

1S91.     S.  A.  MiLi.i;ii;  GoiloijkMl  ;>urvc.v  uf  .Mi>suuru  Hull.  4,  p.  15,  Vl;ilf  I.,  Kis'.  U. 

In  the  form  of  the  dorsal  cup  and  the  proi)ortions  of  the  plates  clo.sely 
resemliling  /'.  riirii-\- ;  but  t'  ornanieutation  is  coarser,  anil  the  radial  facets 
smaller,  more  projecting,  and  their  faces  tiat  instead  of  concave. 

Dorsal  cup  decagonal  in  a  dorsal  nsjiect  :  the  ba.sal  di.sk  projecting  ili.s- 
tinctly  below  the  lower  margins  of  the  radials  ;  the  sides  of  the  latter  t'X- 
|iandiiig  ra|iidly  so  as  to  form  a  Hat.  spreading  cup.  The  ]dates  moiK'rately 
stioMg;  their  surface  covered  wilh  two  irregular  rows  of  rather  large  nodes, 
of  which  the  outi'r  ones  are  freipieiitly  conlluent.  and  form  an  undulated 
ridge  aroun<l  the  beveled  edges  of  the  plates.  The  basi-radial  and  inter- 
radial  sutures  dee|dy  i-hanMeled.  Basal  disk  regulaily  pentagonal.  Hat  around 
the  min'gin,  with  a  slight  funnel-shaped  depression  in  the  middle;  the  |iroxi- 
nial  stem  jnint  iMicular  ;  interbasal  sutures  obsolete.  IJadials  one  tliiiil 
wider  tliau  long,  the  ends  of  their  limlis  almost  on  a  level  with  the  upper 
ends  of  the  facets.  The  t'acets  semi-ovate,  and  but  slightly  notclied  at  the 
upper  end  ;  tlii'V  occupy  about  a  third  of  the  width  of  the  plates,  and  not 
ipiite  one  half  their  length.     All  other  |iarts  of  the  species  iniknown. 

Jliir'c.mi  iiiiil  I.nriiH/'/.  —  T.ower  liurlington  limestone.  Hurlington.  Iowa, 
and  Sedalia.  Mo. 

T>/jie  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  H.  A.  IJlair  o'"  Sedalia. 


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TI.ATYCIUMD.K. 


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Platycrinus  subspiDosus  Ham,. 
J'l.itc  LXVI.  l-'hjs  '),tj>. 

ISr.S.      Ham.:   (1...!.  liip.   |..«:i.   Vnl.  1  ,   |':,il    II..  p.  .ViCi,  I'lliti'  ><,  I'i'.'H.  0  mill  10. 
isr.li.     Mi.ih  Mini  WcmniKs;  (icnl.  It.  p    llliiinis,  \nl,  II.,  p   i;:>.  I'liiii'  l.-|,  ri'.-.  r,. 

Smiiller  tlmn  /'.  disfdli/cn.-! ;  its  ilor.^iil  ciij)  Im.-i  a  siiiiiliir  t'onn.  Ixit  lie 
.xuifiice  of  tlio  iilntes  is  Minoolli  or  very  oli.'^ctirely  corniirntcd  ;  tlio  vit,  nil 
(li.sk  shorter,  eoiivex  instead  of  in'raiiiidal,  and  eomposed  of  but  few  large 
plates;   tlie  arms  iicavier.  .shorter,  and  without  striiu. 

Hasai  ilisU  rather  small,  hroadly  and  deejtly  fiiiniel-shiiiK'd,  the  excava- 
tions extending  almost  to  the  outer  margins.  'J'he  iuterhnsal  sutures  very 
slightly  grooved,  hut  the  hasi-radial  and  interradial  sutures  d-jep,  and  the 
edges  of  the  plates  -trougly  heveled.  IJadials  ahout  oiiee  and  a  hall'  iis  wide 
as  long,  anil  nearly  iwiee  as  wide  at  the  upper  end  as  at  the  lnwcr.  rising 
very  gradually  to  tlie  facets,  whieh  project  distinetly  outward;  the  li:iilis 
eurviiig  rapidly  upward  ••ind  slightly  inwai'd  'I'iie  I'aeets,  whieii  are  not 
tiiicliened  around  the  edges,  are  dirceted  hioi/onlally,  and  their  faces  are 
perfeclly  Hal  ;  tiiey  are  wider  than  high  and  rather  large,  occujiying  nearly 
two  thirds  llie  width  of  tlio  plates.  Costals  very  large  for  the  genus,  and 
comparatively  long ;  pentagonal;  directed  outward  and  slightly  downward, 
so  that  the  succeiiding  distiehals  are  sometimes  at  a  lower  levtd  in  the  sjH'ci- 
men  than  either  radials  or  hasals ;  the  upper  angle  ([uile  ohtuse.  Distiidials 
two;  the  first  (piadrangular ;  the  second  pentangular;  hut  Iilll<'  smaller 
than  the  costals,  giving  olT  an  arm  to  the  outer  side  of  the  ray.  and  two 
p.dmars  to  the  inner  side;  the  latter  supporting  an  arm  to  the  inner  side, 
anil  two  post-pahuai's  to  the  outer,  then-  heing  normally  four  arms  to  eaidi 
main  division  and  eight  to  the  ray,  exceptionally  six  or  seven.  Arms  heavy. 
nioderat(dy  short,  rounded  on  the  ha(d\ ;  composed  of  rather  long-,  slightly 
convex  pieces.  Tlioy  arc  generally  outstretcdied  to  al)out  half  their  lengih. 
then  curve  rapidly  invvard  mitil  tlii'ir  tips  rest  \i]ion  the  outer  margins  of 
the  tegmen.  Disk  <leeidedly  f|ninfiiieloliate.  higher  than  the  dcusal  cup; 
the  amliulaeia  highly  elevated  into  ridges.  Orals  very  largo,  snhsiiinous. 
occupying  one  half  of  the  ventral  siu'face  ;  rather  regular  in  their  arrange- 
ment. Disk  andmliwra  sh<u't.  composed  of  hut  few  tinnid  piece.«.  The  iiiter- 
anihulacral  spaces  small,  sonietinn's  formed  of  a  ;ii!igle  row  of  throe  plates,  of 
which   the  middle  one  is  (piite  large,  the  outer  ones  as  long  hut  narrower. 


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Tin;  (  UINOIDK.V   C'AMr.KAlA   111'   NOinil    AMr.UK'A 


Tlio  liitter  L'lirvi'  outward  to  tlio  <'()stiil-<,  niiil  incut  (lie  Cdvciiiig  pieces. 
Wlicii  tlicrc  lire  imirc  tliiiii  tliicc  pliitc?*,  tlic  ii])[)cr  ones  v.yr  very  suiiill 
Anns  jilii^    il  liotwei'u  the  two  posterior  oriils.  tlie  opening  direcleii  liitcrallv. 


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rc'U 


tnitl  L'ifiilitii. —  I,<.wer  Turlington  iinieslone;  IJurliugton,  Iowa, 


and  Lako  A'allcv,  Now  Mexico, 

'I'lJl'i'  in  tile  (Worllicn)  Illinois  State  collei'tion  (a  rallier  poor  spccinicn). 

Ill  iiiiii-l,K.  —  In  a  very  line  specimen,  evidi'ntiy  ol'  this  species.  I'lalc 
IjX\'I..  V\,i.  0'/,  llierc  is  an  indistinct  node  within  tlic  five  angles  oftlu"  lia^al 
di«l<.  and  lliree  others,  even  more  oiiscine,  npon  the  hevelod  edges  at  tiie 
lower  enil  of  tiie  ladials. 


Platycrinns  excavatua  iim.i.. 
I'hte  L.Wi.  I))/..;. 

l^i'il.     H\i,i.  I  Di'MT.  New  S|Mcii'»  Ciiji ,  |i,  t:  itU,  H.isl..ri  .I"iirn.  Nal.  Ili«l.,  Vnl,  VIl  ,  p.  ■J-C  (liiinroil 
iNi  N.  V.  SMIr  Mil,    .\:.l.  Ili-l  ,  Hull    I  ,  I'luti-  i.l.  1-iir    1). 

b'j;i     Will  in  I  in;  M. \iii.  Mil,.  Nm.  Ilisi  ,  V.it.  I  ,  I'uri  I    y.  H,  l'!,ii-  III  .  Kii:.  5. 

S>ii.  I'l.iii/.-niiini  siil,;ili(i  Miri.K.ii,  Is'.M  ;  (u'nl.  Surv,  Mi,,.iiin,  Bull.  4   p.  Ill,  YU,-  i,  \\.,.  J. 

A  rather  rohii-t  ,  iieiies,  not  .liiove  inediuni  size.  Dorsal  cup  discoid, 
forming  a  flat  ha-ln.  Only  (Ik-  extreme  outer  mari;in  of  the  hasal  di-k 
|irojecting  helow  the  margin  of  the  radials.  the  inner  portions  deeply  di- 
j)ressed  so  as  to  emhrace  the  three  or  four  proximal  stem  joints,  whiidi  do 
not.  however,  touch  the  sides  of  the  concavity.  The  radials  expand  ver\' 
ra)iidly.  curving  hiil  liille;  their  upper  faces  twice  as  wide  as  the  lower  one-; 
the  lacets  suhcirculiir,  s(Mnewhat  concave,  and  directed  (uitward  and  slighlly 
downward.  Interhasal  sutures  ohscure.  the  hasi-radial  and  interradial  ones 
profoundly  and  widely  channeled  ;  the  sides  of  the  li;i<.il  disk  and  radials 
heveled.  Outer  margins  of  radials  sni'ronnded  hy  w  thickened  rim  or  rugose 
swelling,  anil  the  facets  hy  a  slight  ridge,  producing  a  rather  ahrupt  depres. 
sioii  in  the  meilian  portions  of  the  plates.  Surface  of  hasals  snuioth.  Co-tals 
triangular.  frei|uentiy  not  occu]iying  the  full  width  of  the  ficel  ;  the  distiehals 
then  toucliing  the  radials.  and  their  sloping  upper  faces  making  n  right 
angle.  Di-^tiehals  two;  the  lower  one  twice  as  wide  ns  long;  the  iippei' 
wider  than  the  lower,  the  upjier  angle  ohtuse.  Arms  four  to  tlu'  ray.  \ery 
stout  and  short,  sliglitly  tapering  at  the  tips.  Structure  of  the  ventral  di-k 
unknown,  except  that  the  aims  was  at  the  end  of  a  tidie  which  extended  to 
tiio  full  height  of  the  arms,  ami  was  composed  ol' spinifon.i  jilates. 

lL'il::i'a  and  L'nUdi). —  Lower  Burlington  limestone.  IJurlington.  Iowa. 


J 


I'LATYCUINinK, 


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Original  ////»  wiiid  In  he  in  the  Wliite  collection  iil  Ann  AiImh',  Miiii.,  Imt 
not  certiunl_)'  idi^ntilied. 

Ill  Hill  lis, —  OiU' clesL'i'i|ition  was  niiule  I'lom  the  (|iiile  jierfeet  s|)eeiiiien 
(ijjnreil  (111  Piute  fiW'I..  l•'iJ,^  1.  wiiicii  we  have  ifU'iitilied  ms  liidtinyinjj;  tn  thi.-t 
Hpucle-'.  ultlion^jli  niiich  smaller  tiian  Hall's  t}'pe.  and  the  s[ieciinuii  lij.nii'i'd 
l)y  Miller  as  the  tvpc  ul'  /'.  sulivtim.  The  specimen  (Ij^ured  Uy  Whitlield  as 
Hall's  type  is  somewhat  inipeifeet  in  the  hasal  disk;  the  very  larj,'e  |)entapet- 
iilons  opening  in  the  centre  is  dui.-  to  accident,  as  no  /'/iih/iriiiii.\  in  its 
normal  cimdiiion  had  an  opening  in  the  hase  for  the  central  canal  of  any 
sucli  size  or  shape  as  the  lignro  shows.  The  species  is  interesting'  us  lieing 
the  lirst  authenlic  r/uf'/iriini.-:  in  America  in  wlii(di  a  lung  anal  tnhe  has 
heen  olisei'ved.  It  is  plainly  shown  in  our  specimen,  hut  is  hripkeu  oil'  just 
within  the  lips  of  the  arms,  and  does  not  appear  from  the  view  giscn  in 
our  fiifure. 


EUCLADOCRINUS  Mii'k  (.incMilci  \V.  an.l  Sr.). 

1^71.     Mn  K  :  t,'    S.  (iiiil.  Surny  mI'  Mi.uliin.i  liy  IliiMliii.  |i  .'t;:! 

l-rv     \\.  :iii<l  S|..  ;   I'm (I    \,'w\    N.I.  Si'i.  I'iiilii  ,"|i.  -ill,  :.ij.l  Msl,  HrvM„ii,  l';irl  II.,  p.  Tfl  (I'rn.w.l 

Ao:iil.  N;il    .Sri    I'liilii.,  |i.  iM) 
Isyo.     S.  \.  Mii.l.i  h;  .v.. nil  Aimr.  (i.-..!.  mii.I  I'alu-.nl..  \>   2H. 
Sjll.   /V./A/.V(«".  (ill  inirl)  llo.l.  IS.-iS;    Wllllt    l>'li-.>. 

Construction  of  the  dorsal  cup.  ventral  ilisk  and  colunni.  as  in  riiifi/i-riiin.^. 
hut  the  hrachials  exiendeil  outward  and  toiiuing  lar;;e  tnhular  appendages 
or  arm  trunks,  whitdi  pass  out  from  the  caly.x.  and  givi'  ofV  the  aims  alter- 
nately from  opposite  sides,  These  trunks  are  extensions  of  the  calyx,  com- 
])osed  of  II  greater  or  less  nnndier  of  successive  (U'ders  of  liraehials,  of  two 
plates  to  eai'h  onler;  liiey  are  roofed  over  hy  large,  rigid,  or  ni.irly  rii;id. 
covering  plates  throughout  their  whole  length,  forming  a  good  si/.eil  tnhular 
passage  underneath,  which  commuincates  with  the  innei'  part  of  the  calyx. 
There  are  generally  two  such  trunks  to  the  ray,  which  are  in  contact  to  near 
tiie  ti>p  of  the  [lalmai's.  and  support  a  single  arm  from  excry  axillary.  Some 
species,  howcNcr,  have  hut  one  appendage  to  the  ray.  and  their  arms  are 
uiven  off  ii\  clusters  of  four  or  more  from  evrrv  second  lirachial.  The  arms 
are  of  moderate  si/e,  hiserial  and  pinnule-hearinn-.  hut  were  apiiareiilly  shoit, 
and  the  lowt'r  ones  did  not  rise  to  the  top  of  the  crown. 

I)!filr!''iili'in.  —  IJestrictiMl.  so  far  as  known,   to   the   upper  part  of  the 
Rurlington  and  the  lower  heds  of  the  Keokuk  groups  of  .\merica. 
y'l/jii  of  the  genus;   Eiii-liiihirr'niiis  iiioiiIiiiuiikIx  Meek. 


Illi;   (  IflNttllH.A   CAMMiAIA   dl'    NoIMIl    A.\li;l!U  A. 


;  i 


lit  murk. t.  — 'I'liix  gi'iiUH  Ijoiirs  tin-  wiim.'  relation  ti)  J'/nli/rriiiiin  that  S/ii/<i- 
luirrinii-i  (loos  to  Af/iii'irniin.'t.  In  Ijoili  j^nnipi  tin-  I'liys  hnincli  in  llu-ir  IVi'i' 
Mtati' ;  l)iit  wliilo  in  l'/'il//iriiiiiK  ami  Arlliinirliiis  liu'  rovi-rin;^  platox  aiv 
luiivalilo  IVoni  llii'  co-iiiiU  iip,  llicy  aii-  in  -ntnial  contact  in  Kiirliidnvriiiiis  ami 
Sfn/iiiiiiffliiiis  to  llic  ciul  ol'  tlic  appcnilagi',-*,  and  liic  latter  jnaclicaliy  I'orni 
i'\lcn>ion-<  ol"  lliL'  cai_\  \. 

In  rart  II.  of  llu'  l!cvi>i(Mi  wi-  placed  lunlci'  this  i^cnus  only  tlu).>'c  specio 
in  wliicli  llio  aim  trnids-i  i'\tcnil  lo  llic  lull  lici;4lil  of  tlic  cinwii,  ami  in  wliicli 
till'  anas  arc  jrivcn  oil"  singly  t'ldni  opposite  sides.  'I'liis  cNclndcd  such 
loiin»  as  ••  I'/ii/i/rriiiii''"  /'/■/./»////'">  and  "  J'/n/'/friims"  hiln  i-'isns,  which  have 
inii|iiesiional)ly  the  clni'aetoiistics  ol'  h'luhi'li'iriiws,  but  k'ss  cuniplotely 
developod. 


Eiicladocrinus  millobrachiatus  vv.  ami  Sc. 

I'/o/r  /..v.Y///.  /•';/.  /.  '^"/  /'A,/,  A.VA/r.  /•';-/>.  .'. .;. .;.  .7.  (;,  7.  s.  n. 

!»>.     \V   :ni.l  Sr,  ;   I'p.c'i',1    Aim.!    Nm.  Sci    I'liila..  p.  iU.  :iii>l   bM,  |{.\isi..ii,  |';,ii  1|  ,  p.  ;;  (IVnn'iil. 
Ai.ul.  Ni.l.  Sri    I'liila.  |i.  -'.-.I). 

A  ralher  lai',u'e  sprcii's.  resendilinj;'  I'/dli/friiuis  ij/'/jitiia  in  the  I'onn  of  the 
calyx  and  «!yle  of  oinainentation.  Dofsal  cup  hell-.sha|)ed.  a  little  lii}:hei' 
than  widi'.  ihe  rays  extended  outward  and  loiniini;  aliove  the  distichals  ten 
pondeious  tnhnlar  appendajjes,  two  to  the  lay.  which.  cnr\in<.'  downward, 
expose  the  vi'iilial  sinhice.  and  jjivo  oil  simple  aims  to  iieai'ly  the  full  heijjhl 
of  the  crown.  N'eiitral  disk  vi'ry  short  and  llalleiu'd  on  the  top.  Surface 
ol  lia^aN  and  ladiaN  marked  liy  row-*  of  small  nodes  aiicl  rnii'ose  ridjres. 
ariiiMjied  parallel  to  (he  maij;'ins  of  the  pli.tes.  and  radiatinjr  to  their  angles. 

IJasals  roriniuy  a  s.Lncer-sliapt'd  dish,  eipial  in  height  to  one  third  the 
length  of  the  dorsal  cup,  truncatiM]   at   the  holtom.  the  middle   portions  de- 

pie 1  to  the  widih  of  ihe  coliunn:   the  interliasal  sutures  invisible.    l!adial> 

longer  than  wiile.  very  >liglilly  increasing  in  width  upward,  a  little  gihhous 
ill  liie  middle,  ami  swelling  toward  the  facets:  the  edges  of  the  plates  not 
lpe\eled.  and  the  interradial  suture  lines  ill-delined.  Facets  large,  semi- 
circular, facing  almost  horizontally  outward,  occupying  two  thirds  the  width 
of  the  plates  and  ni'arly  one  third  their  height;  the  surface  slightly  pitied 
in  the  middle.     Cosials  very  sliort   lint  wide,  lilling  the  entire  siirfai'c  of  the 

f I-.   ami   aliiilting  against    the   lowi'i'  end   ol"  the   interradial   plates;    the 

di^lal  face.s,  although   the   plates  are  axillary.  aliiio<t  parallel  with   the  proxi- 


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iiiiil  fnce,  Imviii^  only  a  Hiniill  niigiilar  projcotion  iit  l!i"  iiu'iliini  lino.  Dif 
ticliiil.-i  two,  mIioiI,  four  (iiiii's  us  wide  n-*  liij^li,  lliosc  of  the  Mime  niv 
HUtuniily  I'onnecteil  us  far  un  the  midille  ol'  the  Mcund  jihite,  whieli  latter 
gives  oiT  an  arm  tci  ihi'  outer  xitlu  of  llu'  ray.  The  Huceeeiliiig  orders  of 
brachials  furiii  the  dormil  nido  of  the  niipuiida^^es ;  tla  y  an  iiiinposed  of  an 
iiidelinile  niiinher  of  successive  orders  of  two  plalcs  eacli.  of  wiiidi  every 
seconil  plate  is  an  axillary,  thus  K'\'"n  "'^  alternately  from  the  one  side  an 
nrn>,  and  from  the  other  the  next  order  of  brachials.  The  arm-liearinj,'  faces 
are  much  tlie  -liorti'sl,  and  slope  altrupily  downward;  the  olhcrs  funii  a 
nearly  hori/.oiilal  line,  so  that  the  plates  of  the  n])pcudMj.'es  an?  transverse 
but  not  exaetly  parallid,  as  the  axillaries  aro  slightly  eiuieale.  The  trunks 
are  three  to  four  times  thick'-r  than  the  arms;  they  decrea.se  I>ut  little  in 
size  upwards,  and  tcnninale  in  two  sIkiiI  arms;  the  plates  are  of  nearly  the 
name  length,  about  three  times  as  wide  as  long,  rounded  on  the  bacU,  and 
transversely  angular  at  the  outer  faces.  The  length  of  the  arms  cannot  be 
accurately  ascertained  from  the  s|)eciiiV'ns.  but  it  appears  as  if  the  prosiiual 
ones  did  not  rise  to  the  top  of  the  crown  ;  they  are  biserial,  of  niixlerate 
Hizo,  iiinnule-beariug,  and  they  decrease  slightly  in  width  upwards.  The 
jiroxinial  nrni  jilntes  are  rather  deeply  set  into  the  rny.  and  while  they  rest 
ciiielly  upon  the  cuncMle  axillary,  llu'y  abut  also  agains  die  adjoining  (ilates 
above  and  bidow,  which  are  truncated  for  theii-  reception.  In  one  of  the 
specimens,  the  arms  near  the  calyx  touch  live  plates,  but  higher  up  only 
four,  which  is  the  general  rule.  The  arms  are  very  numerous  ;  in  a  speci- 
men of  medium  si/e  we  counled  twenty-foiu'  arms  to  one  branch,  but  the 
extreme  end  is  not  preserved;  and  we  have  reason  to  believe  that  they 
averaged  in  largo  specimens  at  least  ten  more,  which  would  make  about 
tliiriyfive  to  the  half  ray,  or  throe  hundred  and  fifty  to  the  individual. 
IJi'iioath  each  arm,  within  the  appendngos.  there  are  two  well  defined  respi- 
ratory i)ores,  one  piercing  the  upper  edge  of  the  arm  facet  and  lower  end  of 
the  node-bearing  plate  above,  the  other  placed  at  the  angle  formed  bj'  the 
same  plate  and  two  adjoining  bnichiiils. 

Ventral  disk  depressed,  the  orals  modei'ately  large,  almost  central,  and 
tlie  middle  pnit  of  tlio  [dates  elevated  into  rounded,  papillate  nodes  with 
rougliened  or  wrinkled  surfaces ;  the  node  of  the  posterior  orid  largest. 
Intorambuliu'ral  plates  ilat  and  without  surface  markings  ;  they  generally 
consist  of  four  <il)loiig  plates,  of  which  the  three  of  tlie  first  row  are  exposed 
in  a  side   view,  only  their  upper  ends,  which  bend  abruptly  inward,  being 


roo 


Till".  (Hixoinrv  (.\MrnATA  ui    Noriiii  ami:iika. 


Iiidilon.     Tlio  covoi'ing  pIntoK  of  iho  niiil)iiliicrit  |ii'i)i>(>tMl  tVoni  tli<'  oittor  niiKm 
til'  tin-  oriilf"  lo  till'  fnil"  i)f  jIio  nppciuliijfi'H ;  tlicy  lUf  Kiifiriillv  I'oimcrit'il 
llii'dii^'liiiiit  llii'ir  lull  It'ii^rtli.  Mini  loriii,  lugi'tlicr  uitli  llic  philrs  iil°  the  (|iir<<al 
xiilt',  nliiio'^t  rigid  tiibi'^.     TIiuhi'  uI'  (Ik-  (link  ino  !iii'^i>,  at  long  iix  wiilo,  iiitil 
tlu'ir  FiiirriiccN  Hal ;  tlioxv  ol'  the  appcixla^'i'^  in  part  arc  oovcinl  wiili  Mtnui^ 
nitiK's.     'I'lic  plate  ovi>i'l}'ing  tliu  coxtalA,  IVoni  wliicli  tliu  liifinration  of  tlio 
aiiiliiilarra  taki'x  |ilaoi'.  \*  large  :i>vl  nodoti'.      It  in  niicrofilcd   li_v  two  rowM  nl" 
trancvfiso  plaifw  nl'  iiivgular  •<']/>'.  cf  wliicli  llio  larger  onon  aic  {•rowi.cd  liy 
nudi'!4  Hiiiiilar  tu  tlio^u  upon  tiic  oi'al.<«,  Imt  niuro  pi'ouiini'nt,  and  witli  coai'Mcr 
nittikings;    tliey  nil'  ananged  tiaUHVoiM-ly,  like  t)io  plnti'»  lioaring  tliom. 
'I'lio    larger  plates  an-  ><>  di-ipn-ii'il   that   llu-re  in  oiii'  nt    the    hane    <>f  eacli 
arm,  and  liy  ronnting  tin-  nodcv  llic  niiiiilpur  of  llie  arinn  i  ,in  lie  nicortaiii'  d 
from  tlii'ni  a>  readily  an  from  llie  liraoliials.     Iteiween  every  two  mxla!  platen 
are  two  or  three  riuialler  onen,  wliieli  are  Hat.  except   lor  the  genonil  curva- 
ture.    Aiiun  low  down,  faeiiig  laterally.     Column   large   and   long,  iipidly 
twisting  J  the  pro\imaI  joint  eir'Milar,  the  nneceeding  ones  turning  ahruplly 
into  eiougMte-elliptie — tin-  long  diameter  twice  the  nhorter  one  —  and   tlieii' 
longitudinal  ihicknenn  iiicrenning  an  they  recede  from  the  calyx.     Kacli  joint 
in  twisted  no  tliat   the  long   axes  of  its  reverno   facen  make   a  oonnideralde 
angle  with   each  other;   ihe  other  rim   in   heveled   to   an    edge,   from   which 
small  tooth-like  spines  |)roceed  imtwanl.     The  articular  lidgc  well  (lefincd, 
and  honlereii  at  the  niden  liy  deep  fonna\     Axial  canal  e.xtromely  nimill. 

Jliifl'mi  iiii'l  f,iii(i/ifi/.  —  Transition  hed  hetween  the  I'pper  IJurlingtoii 
and  Keokuk  heds  ;  near  Ituilinglon  and  at  Pleasant  drove.  Iowa.  Also  in 
the  lower  part  of  the  Kiokuk  /unjnr  at  Niota  and  N'auvoo,  111. 

7'iijiis  in  the  collection  of  Wachnmnth  and  .Springer. 


Eucladocrinus  millobraohiatiis  v:ir.  immaturus  w  m\<\  si>. 
J'/oIr  AAA'///.  ^V.  2,  3. 

There  occur  at  Burlington  in  the  same  hed  with  Einliiihrrhvin  millc- 
hi-<tihiiitits  very  much  smaller  specimens,  whiidi  are  no  closely  nimilar  to  that 
species  that  they  may  reiiresent  its  younger  form;  hut  an  no  intermediate 
stages  have  liecn  discovered,  and  the  gap  is  rather  wide,  we  deem  it  advin- 
ahle  to  place  them  at  present  as  a  variety  under  that  species.  The  cnlyx'  in 
these  specimens,  of  which  we  ohtained  five  examples  in  excellent  [ircicrva- 
lion,  is  luiich  shorter  than  wide,  the  dorsal  cup  paucer-.sjiaped.  the  bnnnl  disk 


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iiliMu^t   lliit,  iiihI   ruvi'ii'il  witti   iii>li<tiiu>t  ii< 


wllilc  llir    I'lliliilN,  wllit'll    lU'U 


wiclcr  lliiiii   liiii^r,  lire  I'titiich  ^iiiiniili 


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ic  nilNcmi'  niiiiiii(lii^,'i"<,  which   in 


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line  of  till  III  iliv  prcNfrVLMl  to  lln'  ili-lal  ciiil,  lii'iil'  liiit  liru'li.-)'ll  iillll^  ill  lliu 
lin'm'^t  HjH'ciini'ii,  wliicli  iin-  |iro|i(»i'liiiiiiill)'  iiillii-r  wiilily  Hopuiiilui'  !•  nil 
ittlicr  rr^|»'Cf«.  llic  form  in  i|iu'Mti<iii  aurei"*  willi  A',  inil/iltrni liiulr  .  1j  .»l.'"h 
it  Im'.-i'i  iiIkiiiI  ilic  ••nine  I'flaliiiii  a.'*  S/ii/iiiiii,;iiiiis  iirniiititiiH  to   i.  :.•  ii'ii^/dhhh. 

//../•/'tii/i  mill  l.iiiiiliti/,  —  Itiirlingtoii  uinl  Kuokiik  TraiiMtiJii  bud,  near 
niir!iii<;luii,  Iowa. 

Tjjiii  ill  till'  c'lillictioii  of  Waclismiitii  and  S|iiin>;('r. 


EucladocrinuB  moDtanoiiHiM  Mmk. 

J'lak  AAA//.  /Vy.  J. 

l"*,'!.     Mrru;  Ilnyilfii'i  K.'|i.  f,  S  (i.ul.  Sun   ..I   MmiIhhh,  p.  3;:l. 

nnrj<iil  cup  appiu'i'iilly  mibovnid,  ii  liltlo  lii^jlicr  tlian  wide,  vvidi't't  at  llic 
nrin  Iiiki-i.  SuiIih'i' of  platci  siiionlli.  na^c  lia^in-^iiaiicd,  foniiiiij;  nearly  one 
tliii'd  the  liei^'lil  of  llio  dorsal  cii|>.  UadiaU  suliiiiiadraii^^iiiar.  a  little  Ion;;!'!- 
than  wide,  Klij;hlly  upreadinj;  ;  the  lower  faec  ii  litilf  convex;  the  ii|i|ier 
nn^rk'x  Homcwhat  tnincaled.  Facets  nioderatily  deep,  their  width  aliont 
eipial  to  the  width  of  the  radiaN.  Coslals  very  fliort.  sn|iportinu'  fwo  rather 
KJeinler  appendages,  composed  of  nniiierons  l^acliials  of  successive  orders, 
of  two  plates  eai'li,  which  iVoin  the  second  plate  respectively  jrive  olT  the 
iirnis.  Anns  roundnl  at  the  dor-al  side.  Iiiserial  anil  pinniiledioarinj;.  .Ml 
oilier  parts  of  the  species  unknown. 

Iluri-.iiii  iiiiil  l.iiviiUlii.  —  Sniicarlionil'en  II" ;  Molilalia  (the  exact  locality 
not   lieinjr  jrivenl. 

7'///"'  in  llie  ."Smithsonian  Institution.  No.  7S(l5. 

It'iii'iiL^.  —  This  species  proliahly  reseinhlcs  Kiifliffiirri'iiiin  viUfifirnc/iiiitiin 
W.  and  .*^p.  ;  lint  the  plates  are  not  ornamenteil.  the  app.  i'dajjes  ,'ein  to 
have  lieen  more  slender  ami  erect.  It  w;is  dcsciihed  iVom  a  .•<inj{le  very 
inipeili'cl  specimen,  in  which  the  liase  is  liadly  distorted,  and  only  small 
portions  of  the  calycine  appendnj^os  are  prescrvcil ;  tliese.  liowexor,  show  the 
structural  pecnliaritie.s  of  the  ^.'I'lins.  while  the  sin'cinieii  is  loo  imperfect  to 
mlinit  of  an  accnrale  specific  description. 


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Euoladocrlnus  pleuroTlminus  White. 
Plate  LXXIII.  Fig.  4,  Plate  LXXIV.  Fhj.  1. 

lSfi2.    PlalyiTiima  pteiirorimiiiiin  —  Wiiitk;  I'lMcrcil.  Bost.  Soc.  Niit.  Hist.,  Vul.  IV.,  p.  17. 

1S73.    EaclwluerbiKa  iileiiruviiiiiiiia  —  W.  iirid  Sp. ;  I'roCL'cd.  Acad.  Xat.  Sci.  I'liila.,  j).  2U,  niul  1881,  Re- 
vision, Part  II.,  ]).  77. 
Syii.  Pliili/(-riims  iliscoiileiis  II.vi.i.!  IS.18  (iiul  Owen  and  Sliuu.  1S52)  ;  Gcul.  Upp.  Iowa,  Vol.  I., 
Tait  II,,  |).  5;)5,  Phte  8, 1'igs.  8(/,  b. 

A  very  large  species ;  the  calyx  sometimes  reaching  a  width  of  CO  mm. 
The  form  of  the  dorsal  cup  extremely  variable,  from  discoid  to  low  cup- 
.shapcd,  and  from  distinctly  decangular  in  its  dorsal  aspect  to  almost  circular; 
its  height  in  some  of  the  specimens  scarcely  a  tliird  of  the  width,  in  others 
equal  to  one  half.  Plates  of  the  cup  very  heavy,  and  frequently  higidy  ornn^ 
mented  over  the  whole  surface,  sometimes  only  around  the  margins;  while  in 
some  cases  they  are  almost  devoid  of  any  surface  markings  wiiatever.  In 
most  of  the  specimens,  however,  the  surface  is  covered  by  irregular  wrinkles 
and  rugose  ridges  parallel  to  the  margins  of  the  plates,  and  similar  ridges  pass 
from  the  lower  edge  of  the  radial  facets  to  the  inferior  angles  of  the  radials, 
and  from  the  coUnnn  to  tiie  upper  angles  of  the  basals.  Other  specimens 
have  a  broad,  roughened  single  ridge  at  some  distance  from  the  margins  of 
the  plates,  and  deep  grooves  at  either  side  of  it ;  but  in  all  of  them  the 
edges  of  the  plates  are  distinctly  beveled,  and  the  basi-radial  and  interradial 
suture  lines  channeled.  Ventral  disk  as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup,  and  some- 
times a  little  higher,  its  outer  margin  rising  almost  vertically  from  the  upper 
edges  of  the  radials;  the  median  portions  depre.s.sed.  The  species  has  ten 
arm  trunks  given  off  from  the  radials  almost  iiorizontally,  those  of  the  .same 
ray  being  in  sutural  contact  to  the  top  of  the  first  palmars ;  they  are  quite 
heavy  at  the  proximal  end,  but  taper  gradually  upward,  and  curve  gently 
from  above  the  palmars  upwards  and  inwards,  supporting  from  the  side  of 
every  second  plate  a  simple  arm. 

Base  pentagonal,  with  a  funnel-chapcd  depression  occup3'ing  two  thirds 
the  diameter  of  the  plate,  the  margin  convex  and  on  a  level  with  the  beveled 
lower  end  of  the  radials.  The  interbasal  suture  lines  more  or  less  deeply 
grooved,  the  basi-radial  and  interradial  ones  at  the  bottom  of  a  broad,  shal- 
low channel.  Rpdials  moderately  spreading,  the  lower  face  wider  than  the 
laterfil  ones,  the  upper  end  slightly  inflected  to  meet  the  interani.bulacral 
plates,  and   the  angles  broadly  truncated  for  their  reception  ;  the  plates 


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are  thickened  around  the  facets,  which  project  considerably  and  face  almost 
horizontally.  Facets  concave,  semicircular,  the  8>u'face  crenidated  at  the 
margin,  their  midillo  portions  distinctly  granular,  the  upper  end  provided 
with  shallow  fossa" ;  the  distal  faces  directed  obliquely  outward  and  support- 
ing a  large  covering  plate  at  each  side  of  the  ainbulacral  passage.  Costals 
depressed  pentagonal,  five  to  six  times  as  wide  as  hmg,  the  upper  angles 
obtuse.  Distichals  as  long  as  the  costals  at  the  median  line,  those  of  the  same 
ray  interlocking  laterally  with  each  other  and  with  the  palmnrs  above  ;  the 
axillary  rhomboidal,  the  arm-bearing  face  directed  obliquely  to  the  side,  the 
opposite  one  horizontally.  The  palmars  have  the  same  form  as  the  dis- 
tichals, but  are  a  little  shorter.  Plates  of  the  succeeding  orders  more  cunoate 
and  less  regular  in  their  arrangement ;  the  axillaries  upwards  from  the 
fourth  or  fifth  order  decidedly  triangular,  while  the  plate  below  is  but 
little  higher  at  one  side  than  at  the  other,  an  arrangement  which  gives 
to  the  iipper  part  of  the  trunks  a  waving  outline.  The  arms  are  set  deeply 
into  the  trunks,  and  their  two  or  three  proximal  plates  actually  form  part  of 
them,  being  suturally  attached  to  the  sides  of  four  or  five  brachials,  which 
are  truncated  for  their  reception.  The  arms  are  directed  obliquely  upwards, 
are  biscrial  from  the  second  plate,  thicke"  at  the  proximal  ends  than  at  the 
distal,  and  they  are  not  very  long,  the  lower  ones  not  rising  to  the  top  of 
the  crown.  The  ventral  covering  of  the  ajipendages  has  not  been  observed 
in  this  species,  being  hidden  by  the  arms,  but  the  transverse  section  shows 
that  it  was  similar  to  that  of  E.  mUlehrachintm. 

Ventral  disk  composed  of  comparatively  few,  large,  very  heavy  and  con- 
vex plates,  among  which  the  posterior  oral  occupies  the  central  part.  This 
is  surrounded  by  eight  plates  of  nearly  the  same  size,  viz.,  the  four  other 
orals,  the  proximal  covering  pieces  of  the  posterior  ambulacra,  and  two 
plates,  which,  together  with  two  others  of  equal  si/e,  form  a  protuberance 
enclosing  the  anal  opening.  The  covering  pieces  ire  large,  but  decrease 
somewhat  in  size  as  they  approach  the  appendages.  There  are  but  three 
interambulacral  plates  in  this  species,  transversely  arranged,  of  which  the 
middle  one,  although  less  convex  than  the  other  disk  plates,  is  larger  than 
liny  of  them  ;  it  is  hexagonal,  somewhat  elongate,  concave  at  the  sides,  and 
it  stands  erect,  being  completely  visible  in  a  side  view. 

Column  similar  to  that  of  E.  millchmehktm,\>nt\i\{\\o\\t  nodes  ;  the  lonw 
diameter  of  the  joints  proportionally  greater,  and  the  twist  more  rapid  than 
in  that  species.     The  joints  increase  in  length  rather  rapidly  near  the  calyx, 


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TIIK  CRINOIDEA  CAMEUATA   OF  XUUllI   AMKUICA. 


but  lesH  so  toward  the  root,  and  from  Btein  fragments  wo  liavo  seen  \vc  judge 
that  the  stem  must  liave  been  quite  long. 

Ilurlxon  (Old  Lwalili).  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone,  Burlington  and 
Augusta,  Iowa. 

Tiipc  in  tl'.e  Wiiite  collection  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Jieinar/i  — Thi,s  is  one  of  the  most  magnificent  known  species  of  Camer- 
ate  Crinoids,  and  one  of  tlie  two  finest  specimens  of  it  ever  found  at  Bur- 
lin^rton  is  in  the  British  Museum. 


Eucladocrinus  prsenuntius  w.  and  Si>. 
Plate  LXXIII.  Fig.  5. 

1S7S.     PUili/mmm  yirmunlUis  —  W.  nnd  Si'. ;  I'l-ucced.  Aciul.  >i'ut.  Sci.  Thilr.,  p.  249,  Plntc  2,  Figs.  1  niiJ 
2  ;  also  llcvisiou,  I'lirt  IF.,  p.  71. 

Of  the  type  of  Eudmlocnnus  platrovimimis,  but  .smaller,  the  tubular 
extensions  from  the  caly.x  much  shorter,  and  giving  oft'  less  than  half  the 
number  of  arms.  Dor.«al  cup  saucer-shaped,  its  sides  sharply  angular.  The 
lower  part  ot  the  radials  projecting  over  the  deeply  excavated  basal  disk, 
and  not  visible  in  a  side  view,  or  only  the  points  of  the  angles  visible,  which 
are  thickened  and  formed  into  rounded  nodes.  The  margins  of  the  radials 
are  surrounded  by  a  broad,  thickened,  rugo.se  rim  ;  while  the  space  around 
the  facets  is  depressed  and  without  markings.  The  edges  of  the  plates  are 
profoundly  beveled,  producing  deep  channels  all  along  the  basi-radial  and 
iuterradial  sutures. 

Basal  disk  pentangular,  very  deeply  funnel-shaped  below ;  the  sides 
slightly  concave ;  suture  lines  invisible.  Eadials  rapidly  spreading,  twice  as 
wide  i's  long,  moderately  curving;  the  truncated  upper  faces  but  little  slop- 
ing toward  the  regular  interradial  spaces,  rather  deeply  at  the  anal  side. 
Facet  projecting,  facing  outward,  semicircular,  concave,  very  slightly  notched 
at  the  upper  end;  the  extreme  outer  margins  striated.  Costals  wedge-.shaped, 
not  extending  to  the  full  depth  of  the  facet.  Distichals  two,  both  quad- 
rangular ;  the  .second  narrower  on  top  than  at  the  bottom,  its  lateral  outer 
face  giving  off  an  arm  to  the  side,  the  lateral  inner  face  suturally  united  with 
that  of  its  fellow  of  the  adjoining  division.  The  horizontal  upper  face  sup- 
ports four  or  five  successive  orders  of  brachials,  each  one  consisting  of  two 
rather  large  pieces,  and  the  upper  one  irregularly  axillary  ;  one  of  the  sides 
sloping  and  giving  off  an  arm,  the  upper  face  the  next  order  of  brachials. 


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Arms  from  six  to  seven  to  cnch  main  division,  or  twelve  to  fourteen  to  the 
rny ;  thej  stretch  outwnrd  to  the  length  of  the  piilinnrs,  and  then  bend 
upward  and  inward,  being  rounded  on  the  back,  (lattened  at  the  sides,  and 
biserial  from  the  second  joint. 

Ventral  disk  fully  twice  as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup,  rather  bulging;  the 
plates  large,  heavy,  and  highly  convex.  Orals  in  contact  laterally  ;  the 
posterior  one  central  in  position  and  larger  than  the  others,  which  are  o))long 
and  pushed  to  the  anterior  side.  The  fixed  covering  plates  of  the  ambulacra 
extend  out  from  the  orals  beyond  the  limits  of  the  calyx  to  about  one  half 
the  length  of  the  arms,  and  form  together  with  the  different  orders  of 
brachials  large,  tapering,  tvibular  trunks,  from  which  the  arms  are  given 
off  alternately  at  the  sides.  Interambulacral  plates :  3,  2,  1,  all  large,  but 
especially  the  middle  one  of  the  first  row.  At  the  anal  side  the  middle  plate 
is  still  larger,  and  is  followed  by  nine  or  ten  small  plates,  which  take  the 
place  of  the  second  row  of  plates  at  the  other  sides,  and  form  a  small  pro- 
tuberance enclosing  the  anus.  Above  these  plates  there  are  two  larger 
ones,  which,  together  with  the  smaller  orals,  form  a  ring  around  the  pos- 
terior one.  Anal  opening  directed  laterally.  Stem  elliptical,  rapidly  twist- 
ing, its  long  diameter  nearly  three  times  the  shorter  one;  the  joints  slightly 
increasing  in  width,  and  their  proximal  and  distal  faces  provided  with  a  well 
defined  ridge. 

Horizon  and  Locnlity.  —  Lower  part  of  the  Upper  Burlington  limestone, 
Burlington,  Iowa,  and  several  places  in  Missouri. 

Types  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

licmar/cs.  —  This  and  the  next  species  have  the  characters  of  the  genus 
less  pronounced  than  in  the  typical  forms,  and  they  represent  transition 
forms  in  different  degrees  from  Platycrinus. 


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Euoladoorinus  tuberosus  (il.M.t.). 
r/ak  LXXII.  Fi<js.  J,  4  a,  b,  c. 

1S.)S.     riiifi/friiim  liitirro'iis~\\>.\.\.;  Gcnl.  l(i'|i.  linvn,  Vol.  I.,  I'iii-t  II.,  p.  W.W,  Vliilo  8,  Fi'rs.  la,  h. 
ISbl.     I'liili/i'i-iiim  lii/irrusiis—  W.  iiiiil  Sf. ;   Ui'visiciii,  Tart  II.,  p,  7C>  (I'rnc.  .Viviil.  Nut   S'i.  I'liil.,  p.  i.jO). 
Svn.  Pliili/miiia  um.h.it.i/i-  ;>.  .\.  .Mii.i.KK,  IS")!  ;  (ifiil.  Siirv.  Misxiuri,   liiill.    t,  p.  10,   I'liili'   1, 
l''ij,'s.  5,  0. 

Ctilyx  wider  flian  liigli,  Iicini.'<plieric  to  subjiymmidal,  slightly  peiitangiilnr 
in  outliiio.  Dorsal  cup  di.scoid  and  very  short,  re.sting  on  the  projecting 
margins  of  the  radial  facets;  the  lower  edges  of  the  facetij  directed  slightly 
downward,  the  limbs  bending  upward  at  a  right  angle.  Ventral  disk  .>'oine- 
what  bulging  at  the  posterior  side,  and  portions  of  the  interambulacral 
j)lates  visible  from  a  dorsal  aspect.  Plates  tiiin,  without  ornamentation,  and 
very  little  elevated  ;  the  suture-i  slightly  grooved.  This  species,  in  the  form 
of  its  brachial  trunks,  of  which  there  is  but  one  to  the  ray,  and  in  the 
arrangement  of  its  arms,  which  are  extremely  short  and  given  off  in  clusters 
from  the  sides  of  the  trunks,  resembles  certain  species  of  Oni/cJiocrlinis. 

Basal  disk  proportionally  small,  with  a  small  depression  in  the  middle  for 
the  proximal  colunm  joint.  Interbasal  sutures  oljsoleto.  Radials  subhex- 
ngonal,  lying  horizontally  to  near  the  facets,  whore  they  are  twice  as  wide  a-^ 
at  the  bottom.  The  facets  occupy  less  than  half  the  width  of  the  plates ; 
they  are  semi-elliptical,  greatly  projecting,  directed  more  or  less  obliquely 
downward ;  they  are  deeper  excavated  in  the  miildle,  and  the  margin  is 
obscurely  striated.  Calycine  appendages  heavy  but  slu)rt,  their  transverse 
section  olilong.  They  are  directed  obliquely  downward  to  their  full  length, 
and  are  composed  of  five  successive  orders  of  brachial.;,  whicii  give  off  arms 
from  the  outer  sides.  The  different  orders,  except  the  costals,  consist  of  two 
plates  each,  and  are  roofed  by  two  series  of  rigid,  very  large  covering  pieces. 
Costals  extremely  large,  reacliing  a  length  of  0  to  7  mm. ;  they  .re  rounded 
on  the  back,  the  sides  abruptly  curving  inward,  and  the  distal  faces,  although 
axillary,  almost  straight.  Distiehals  2  X  2,  a  little  wider  than  long  and 
quadrangular;  the  second  pentangular  and  irregidarly  axillary.  The  latter 
plates  give  off  2  X  2  X  2  palmar.s,  of  which  the  outer  ones  support  a  cluster 
of  arms;  while  the  inner  ones  take  part  in  the  calycine  appendages.  The 
lower  plates  of  the  outer  series  are  trigonal,  and  rest  upon  the  sloping  upper 
faces  of  the  distiehals  and  against  the  sloping  lov.-er  faces  of  the  inner  palmars 


PLATYCRINID.E.  729 

in  such  a  manner,  that  the  direction  of  tlie  arms  is  at  riglit  angles  to  thi- 
trunks.  The  second  pahnars  of  the  inner  sides  support  two  orders  of  post- 
palmars,  tiie  lower  one  giving  olT  one  arm,  the  upper  two.  One  of  the  latter 
arms  hranches  again  in  its  biserial  stage  so  that  there  are  four  arms  to  each 
cluster.  Similar  sets  of  arms  are  given  off  from  the  fourth  order  of  brachials 
at  both  sides  of  the  trunks,  and  also  from  the  distal  end. 

The  plates  of  the  ventral  disk  are  comparatively  large  and  rather  promi- 
nent; the  posterior  oral  moie  elevated  than  any  of  the  rest,  and  slightly 
excentric,  leaning  to  the  posterior  side ;  the  four  others  somewhat  smaller; 
all  sharply  angular  and  sometimes  spiniferous  at  their  summits.  The  cover- 
ing pieces  of  the  disk  are  quite  regularly  arranged  in  two  rows.  Interambu- 
lacral  plates :  3,  2,  1 ;  the  middle  one  of  the  first  range  almost  as  large  as 
the  posterior  oral,  and  the  corresponding  plate  of  the  anal  side  even  larger. 
Column  rather  small  for  the  species,  the  long  diameter  of  the  joints  not 
more  than  once  and  a  half  that  of  the  shorter  one ;  the  pro.vimal  joint  cir- 
cular, and  those  succeeding  it  increasing  moderately  in  length. 

Horizon  ami  Localitij.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone,  Burlington,  Iowa, 
and  Sedalia,  Mo. 

Ti'pe  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

Ilenuirlxs.  —  This  species  departs  in  its  arm  structure  from  all  other 
known  Platycrinoids,  and  also  is  readily  identified  by  the  form  of  the  dorsal 
cup.  There  is  no  other  species  known  from  the  Burlington  limestone  in 
which  the  arm  facets  are  directed  downward,  and  in  which  the  calyx  rests 
upon  the  projecting  edges  of  tlie  radial  facets ;  nor  any  in  which  the  basal 
disk  is  so  small  proportionally  as  in  this  species.  It  is  extremely  rare,  and 
was  always  recognized  with  ease  by  the  Burlington  collectors;  but  one 
specimen  has  ever  been  found  showing  the  structure  of  the  arms,  and  that  is 
the  crushed  specimen  in  our  own  collection,  which  we  have  figured. 


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THE  CUlXOinEA   CAMERATA  01'   NOKTII  AMEHICA. 


ItM. 

1S57. 
181)0. 
1S78. 
1879. 
I'iSl. 
IS'JU. 


MARSUPIOCRINUS  riuLi,. 

(Not  .Viimi/ji'viiiitct  Bi.Ai.vvir.i.K  ^---  Miimi/ji/i:<  Manx.,  nor  Maraupiocrinilet  llill'=  fyriocriiim). 

I'liH.i.ii's  npiul  MniciMsdv  ;  Siliir.  Svsluiii,  p.  (172. 

Aisns  J  Aim.  ami  Xliig,  Niil.  Ili>l.,  Vul.  X.,  p.  lUO. 

I'liTi.T;  Triiili'.  lie  I'liliuul.,  Vul.  IV.,  p.  'i:ii. 

DrjAUiiiN  1111(1  Ilri't;  llisl.  iiiilurcllc  iles  Zoophytes,  p.  119. 

Anoki.i.n  ;  li'du.  Ciiiioiil.  Suoo.,  p.  i. 

ZiriKi.;  lliindl).  iliT  I'alifuiil.,  Vol.  I.,  p.  .'105. 

W.  ami  Si'.  ;   UcvisI riii-l  II,,  p.  Hi'  (I'lnoicil.  Acad.  Nut.  Sci.  I'lilln.  p.  SM), 

S.  A.  Mii.i.eH;  North  Aiiii'i'.  (ii'nl.  ami  I'alii'oiit.,  p.  Mi), 

Syii.  I'liili/i'riims  (In  part)  —  F.  Uukmeh,  ISIlll;  Siliir.  l'"aiiiiii  AVcsl.  Ti'iiii.,  p.  35. 
Syn.  Ciiiiflhirriiiiis  —  TiiiinsT;    1>>50,  List  Crlii.  Ti'im.,  p.  61;    doscrlhcd   by  Shum,  ISOBj    Cut. 
I'uhi'u/..  Fossils  (Tiaiis.  St.  Louis  Acad.  Sci.,  Vol.  II.,  p.  301). 

Closely  rcliitcd  to  Plat/iorlniis,  but  tiio  lower  brachials  and  the  first  plate 
of  the  iiiterradiiil  series  entering;  rather  more  into  the  dor.sal  cup ;  the  radial 
fiiccta,  Instead  of  being  excavated,  are  nearly  straight;  the  column  circular 
instead  of  elliptic ;  and  the  axial  canal  very  much  larger  and  pentagonal. 

Dasals  arranged  as  in  Plali/cr'nuiii,  and  similarly  anch3'losed.  Radials 
largo,  hexagonal  in  outline ;  tlie  upper  face  supports  not  only  the  costals 
but  also  the  disticiials  ;  it  is  straight,  or  slightly  indented  for  the  reception  of 
each  plate.  Costals  one,  very  small  and  trigouid.  Distichtils  one  when  there 
is  another  bifurcation  above ;  they  are  siiudl,  resting  with  their  lower  faces 
upon  the  radials,  with  one  of  their  lateral  faces  against  a  large  interbrachitil 
plate,  and  at  the  oppo.sito  side  against  the  adjoining  distichal  of  the  same 
ray.  Anns  from  two  to  (bur  to  the  ray,  rather  stout  and  biserial ;  the 
pinnules  large.  Ventral  disk  hemispheric ;  the  orals  rather  small,  pushed 
anteriorly,  and  quite  asj-iumctrieally  arranged.  The  ambulticral  i)latcs  con- 
sist of  regular  rows  of  covering  pieces,  which  l)riinch  upon  the  disk,  and  are 
separated  from  those  of  adjoining  rays  by  rather  large  interamliulacral  plates, 
and  the  branches  from  one  another  by  one  or  two  interaxillaries.  Column 
of  uniform  .size  throughout,  and,  ,«o  far  as  oihserved,  without  cirri,  except 
periiaps  at  the  extreme  end.  The  joints  circular,  each  pair  of  nodal  joints 
enclosing  an  internodal ;  the  axial  canal  moderately  large  and  pentagoiiiil. 

DistrUnd'ion.  —  The  genus  occurs  in  Europe  as  well  as  America,  and  is 
restricted  to  the  upper  Silurian. 

Tijpe  of  the  genus  :  Jfarsiijjiocrimis  ccdatiis  Phill. 

Remad:s.  —  Among  his  list  of  the  Crinoidea  of  Tennessee,  Troost  gives 
under  CiqwUct'cniuis  the  following  species:  CupdlcKrhius  Buehi,  C.  coiruffoius, 


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C.  wjlatiis,  C.  Iwris,  C.  moyvlficm,  C.  jiaihiyoiuilin,  C.  riiKufunnlx,  C.  sltlludis, 
und  C.  atiiMtm,—  o.\\  fioin  Dociitiir  Co.,  Westurn  Tuniieswec  — wliich  in  all 
probability  arc  mere  variotiea  of  M<iitiiij>hivrhius  lriiiiisn(it,.si!i  (Iiouiiier).  A 
ligiiro  of  tlic  VL'iitnil  side  of  M.  ilrprcssiin  Aug.,  from  tbe  I'liiicr  Silurian  of 
Gotland,  Sweden,  is  given  on  Plate  HI.,  Fig.  li.'i. 

Marsupioorinus  tennesBeensis  (Roemku). 
Plate  LXX  V.  Fi<js.  lOa,  b. 

ISfiO.     Pla/^mniis  lennmrciixis  —  Wn.WY.v.;  Siliir.   Fimim   West.   Trnn,,  p.  ;15,  ri.ilc  3,  Fi(»s.  -U,  h,  e, 

(I,  f,f. 
BSl.     Mumiiiim-i-iiiiis  /niiirsmmh  —  W.  mid  Sr. ;   Uuvisioii.,  rurt  II.,  p.  155  ( I'rocfcd.  Aniil.  Niil.  Sei. 

riiiiii.,  ji.  2;i'j). 

A  rather  large  species.  Calyx  greatly  depressed,  its  width  about  twice 
its  height,  the  latter  equally  divided  between  cup  and  tcgmen.  Dor.<al  cup 
saucer-shaped,  the  base  Hat,  the  sides  slightly  convex,  rapidly  spreading, 
riatos  moderately  thin  and  flat,  the  ornamentation  somewhat  variable.  In 
the  majority  of  specimens  the  surface  of  the  plates  deu.sely  covered  with 
somewhat  irregular,  very  fine,  closely  arranged,  longitudinal  and  transverse 
striaj ;  the  longitudinal  ones  running  in  almo.st  parallel  lines  from  the  upper 
edges  of  the  radials  to  the  foot  of  the  basals ;  the  tranHver.se  ones,  wiiich  are 
restricted  to  the  lateral  margins  of  the  radials,  traverse  the  sutures,  and  meet 
the  longitudinal  ones  at  an  angle ;  the  successive  angles,  ns  they  follow  tlie 
plates,  forming  an  oblique  line  from  the  top  of  the  radials  to  their  lower 
angles.  In  other  specimens  the  striie  are  broken  up  into  rows  of  sin  til 
nodes,  some  of  which  arc  round,  but  most  of  them  elongate,  giving  to  the 
surface  a  peculiar  rugose  appearance.  Sutures  not  grooved,  and  often 
dilHcult  to  see. 

Basals  spreading  horizontally,  forming  a  flat,  sharply  pentangular  disk; 
the  column  facet  surroimded  by  a  small,  circular  riilge,  and  the  space  within 
slightly  excavated;  the  axial  canal  rather  large  and  pentagonal.  Radials 
hexagonal ;  greatest  width  to  length  as  seven  to  four,  rapidly  spreading  to 
two  thirds  their  height,  the  upper  faces  al  nost  straight,  being  but  very 
slightly  indented  for  the  reception  of  the  -jnls;  the  sloping  upper  faces 
forming  a  deep  notch  with  corresponding  f\ic..  of  a<ljoining  jdates.  Costals 
extremely  small  even  for  the  genus,  trigonal,  a  little  wider  than  long. 
Distichals  two,  quite  unlike  in  form  and  size;  the  first  rather  large  and  sub- 
lunate,  one  of  its  sides  abutting  against  the  costals  and  meeting  above  with 


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its  fullosv  of  tlio  Miuiio  ray,  tlio  opiuwito  side  iigiiinst  tlio  liirgu  intorrndiiil 
jiliitu,  the  lower  face  rostiiij^  miDii  llie  ni(1iul«.  Tlio  Meeoml  ilisticluvl  trigonitl, 
very  small,  not  larger  timii  the  costals,  the  two  of  the  Mamo  rny  together 
I'oniiiiig  a  triangle,  from  the  sloiiing  .sides  of  which  the  arms  are  given  off,  tho 
lower  arm  plates  resting  partly  upon  the  distichalM.  Arms  two  to  tho  ray, 
divergent,  rapidly  tapering  at  the  base,  and  rather  slender  ahove ;  they  aro 
liisirial  from  their  origin,  and  the  proximal  row  ol'  arm  plates  takes  part  in 
the  oalyx.  First  jdato  of  the  interradial  series  very  largo,  its  lower  portion 
constituting  a  part  of  the  dorsal  cup,  the  uitpor  part  cntorijig  into  the 
ventral  disk;  it  hends  abruptly  inward  at  two  thirds  its  height,  forming 
a  sharp  edge  along  the  margin.  The  lower  end  of  tho  plate  deeply  wedged 
in  lietween  the  radials,  the  middle  portion  resting  against  the  sides  of  tho 
distichals,  tho  inllectod  upper  end  against  the  covering  plates  of  the  ombu. 
lacra.  This  plate  at  the  four  regular  sides  is  followed  by  two  rows  of  inter- 
andndacral  plates,  generally  arranged  three  and  two,  of  which  tho  upper 
row  abuts  against  the  orals.  The  anal  side  has  from  ten  to  twelve  plates 
of  irregular  arrangement.  Ventral  disk  depressed  hemispheric,  the  plates 
tumid,  with  a  small  tubercle  in  the  middle.  Orals  oxcentric  atid  asymmetrical, 
the  posterior  one  wider  than  long,  but  not  larger  than  the  others.  Ambu- 
lacral  plates  much  smaller  tiian  the  surrounding  plates;  the  primary  ambu- 
lacra roofed  by  three  series  of  plates,  the  two  outer  ones  consisting  of  short, 
transverse  piece.s,  separated  by  a  few  elongate  plates.  Tho  covering  pieces 
of  the  secondary  ambulacra  much  smaller,  and  separated  by  one  or  two 
largo  intoraxillary  pieces ;  they  are  composed  of  two  rows  of  regularly  alter- 
nating plates.  Anus  almost  central.  Column  round,  so  far  as  observed; 
the  axial  canal  pentogonal. 

Ifiiri-MH  ami  Loralihj.  —  Niagara  group ;  Decatur  and  Wayno  Cos.,  Tenn. 

2'iJiH's  in  the  Mineralogical  Museum  at  Breslau,  Germany. 


* 


Marsupiocrinus  striatus  w.  nnd  .Si-.  (nov,  spec,). 
Plate  LXXV.  Figs.  17, 18. 

A  little  larger  than  the  preceding  species,  sometimes  attaining  a  width  of 
G  cm.  Calyx  twice  as  wide  as  high,  height  of  the  dorsal  cup  about  equal  to 
that  of  the  disk.  Dorsal  cup  truncated  to  near  the  middle  of  tho  radials, 
then  abruptly  spreading  upwards,  the  upper  end  .slightly  curving  inward. 
Plates  densely  covered  by  fine  stria)  passing  from  the  radial  facets  out  to  the 


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intcrrndiiu  nml  IjiiNi-radiiil  xutiircN,  mihI  iVdin  llio  lait(  r  to  tlio  column.  Siituru 
line's  faintly  gioovi'd,  except  tlic  intoibaHiil  onen,  wliicli  aio  obHolctc.  Ventral 
dixk  low  lieiiiiNfiiierical,  the  platen  convex. 

Uasal  ili^k  a  little  concaNe,  large,  decagonal  in  outline,  the  faces  meeting 
the  radials  being  more  or  less  dislinelly  angidar.  Column  facet  small,  cir- 
cular, slightly  excavated,  and  surrounded  by  a  faint  ridge ;  the  a.sial  canal 
largo  and  ob.tcurely  pentagonal.  Itadials  at  their  widest  place  twice  as 
wi<lo  ns  long.  C'ostals  extremely  small.  Disticlials  large,  their  outer  lateral 
faces  longer  than  those  meeting  the  costals,  their  lower  faces  resting  upon  tiie 
rndialM.  Intcrrrdial  plate  largo,  placed  vertically;  tho  extreme  upper  end 
slightly  incurving;  its  lower  faces  rest  between  two  of  the  radials,  the  lateral 
ones  between  the  second  costals,  and  the  three  upper  support  three  intcram- 
bulacrals,  which  are  followed  by  two  others  in  the  next  row,  and  these  liy 
the  orals.  Orals  quite  asymmetrical  and  small.  Ambulacra  exposed  at 
the  di.sk,  tho  covering  pieces  very  regularly  arranged;  composed  of  rather 
short,  transverse  pieces  alternately  disposed. 

I/iiraon  mid  L<icallt>/.  — Niagara  group;  Decatur  Co.,  West.  Tennessee. 

Ti/ppK  in  the  collection  of  Wachsniuth  and  Springer. 

Iii:)n(trks.  —  This  species  dilTera  from  M.  /onicsansis  in  the  very  much 
larger  basal  disk,  which  in  this  species  is  generally  decagonal.  The  differ- 
euces  in  the  ventral  di.^k  are  also  quite  marked,  the  ambulacral  plates 
especially  being  much  larger. 

Marsupiocrinus  tentaculatus  *  (Ham.). 
Piute  LXXV.  luijs.  19a,  h. 

1S,)S.     rinh/miiiisleiil,ii-iihitii'  —  \\ku.;  I'lilininl.  N.  Yiirii,  Vul.  III.,  p.  110,  Plntc  5,  Figs.  1-4. 
\is\.    Mdrsii/ii'ii-ri/iim  Inildi'iiluliia  —  \V.  iiiul  Se. ;  Kcvisicni,  I'art  II.,  p..  li.')  (I'rocccil.  Aciul.  Nat.  .Sci. 
J'hila.,  p.  2;ty). 

A  much  smaller  species  than  the  preceding  one,  and  having  twice  as 
many  arms.  Dorsal  cup  short,  bowl-shaped,  slightly  lobcd  at  the  top. 
Surface  of  plates  ornamented  by  radiating  ridges,  of  which  seven  or  eight 
proceed  from  the  lower  edge  of  the  costals  to  tho  basi-radial  and  interradial 
sutures,  and  to  the  basals,  where  they  end  in  a  circular  rim  surrounding  the 
column  facet. 

*  The  specific  name  has  refcrcut'c  to  tlio  large  piiiimlis,  wliii-h  by  some  of  tie  earlier  writers  were 
culled  tentacles. 


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IIIK   »  IIINUIDIIA    lAMI.ll.Vi.V   Ol'    NolMIl    AMKIJU  A. 


MumiiIh  hIioiI,  the  .tuim(.'H  vliiMo.  Itiidiiils  mil  i|iiii«'  iih  w'uU-  um  loii;;,  Iiox* 
aiiguliir;  tlu'  ii|>|i('r  liicu  I'ur  tlit-  I'cci'iilioii  of  llio  cu^italM  and  iliMticliiilN  u  littlu 
coitcuvu;  tliu  Mlu|iiti^  ii]i|)i>r  Iucoh  t'oniiing  ii  dui-p  iiutcli  for  the  ro  I'litioii  ol' 
a  htrgi*  inU'i'lirachiul  phile.  CuntalH  iiiudui'ati'l^y  lai'gu  lur  thu  guiiim,  trigunal, 
wiiU'r  (liaii  high.  DiNtiehals  a  little  laiyer  than  the  euitajn  ;  |)eiitag<>iial  and 
iixilhuy.  Tliey  re«t  with  their  lower  laeen  npon  the  radialw,  and  with  ono 
of  their  hiteral  onus  against  each  other,  with  the  o|i|io.«ile  one  against  a  large 
interhrachial,  wliicli  rineH  to  tho  top  of  thu  firnt  arm  plate,  incorporating  this 
with  the  calvv.  Ann-*  four  to  the  rav  ;  thu  five  or  six  proximal  arm  platen 
wedge-form,  nnd  arrunged  in  a  ningle  Herien;  tho  wncceeding  onen  gradually 
changing  from  cuneatu  to  pentangular,  and  dinpoHod  in  tworowH;  the  niir- 
fnco  of  thu  platcH  itomewhut  convex  and  thickened  in  the  direction  of  the 
piiinuluM.  Pinnules  heavy,  composed  of  long  joints,  Ihiekeiied  at  the  ex- 
tremities, and  slightly  constricted  along  the  niiildle.  The  proximal  j)ininilo 
of  tiie  two  inner  arms  of  tho  ray  is  given  oil'  from  the  inner  wide,  that  of  tho 
two  outer  arms  from  tho  outer  nido  of  the  ray.  JStructuro  of  ventral  disk 
unknown. 

JliirUuii  awl  Localili/.  —  Lower  Ilelderberg  group ;  Schoharie,  New  York. 


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('.')  MarsupioorinuB  priematiiruB  (IFm.i.  nmi  Wmn.). 
rinte  LXXIJ.  Fi,js.  J  la,  b. 

Is'r).     riatiii'i-iiimi  pMimitiirim—WKl.l.  niiil  WiilTKlKl.D!    (ioiil    Suiv.  Oliiii,  Vul.  Tl.,  p.   12t,  Plntn  n, 

I'itfs.  ;i  1.1  ft. 

1835.     Miir.viiiiiii'riiiu.1  iiriniiiiliirui  —  W.  iiiiil  Si'.  ;   Itc'visiciu,  I'nrt  III.,  p.  Uj   (I'luri'id.  Ai'.'id.  Nut.  .'*i'i. 
I'hila.,  p.  337). 

Of  medium  si/e,  Dorsal  cup  not  as  high  a.s  wide,  strongly  qiiinqudohate 
in  a  dor.sal  aspect,  owing  to  the  thicki'ued,  tumid  character  of  the  radials, 
which  form  the  widest  part  of  tho  calyx;  the  sides  of  the  cup  rapidly 
contracting  to  both  end.s.  Plates  heavy  and  strongly  convex ;  tho  surface 
smooth. 

Basals  moderately  large,  constituting  only  a  small  proportion  of  the 
height  of  the  dorsal  cup ;  their  centres  tumid,  and  projecting  downward  in 
the  form  of  throe  strong,  rounded  nodes;  tho  inner  portion  of  the  plates, 
which  form.s  the  columnar  attachment,  deeply  concave.  The  interbasal  sutures 
distinctly  grooved.  Kadials  largo,  more  than  once  and  a  half  as  wide  as  long, 
the  facet  for  the  reception  of  tho  costals  and  distichals  somewhat  indented, 


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I'LATYCRtNID.T;. 


7;irj 


tho  oiitor  mill  to  tlio  Man  of  (lii'  liicotM  Hlijflitly  triinniU'd  by  fl"  (liHt  inter- 
rniliiil  pliitt',  wliich  in  xtriclly  inlorljiiu'liiul,  r'\»'u\if  only  to  tliii  top  of  ilio  (liMt 
ilinticlmlH.  Co-tiils  Hniiill,  ns  lonj^  iim  « idc,  trigonal,  tlio  niilcM  convex;  tlicy 
occupy  II  tliiril  of  llic  riuiiai  lacetM,  tiio  (itlicr  two  tiiirtls  licing  occiipicil  l<y 
tlio  iliAticlialM,  DisticiialH  two;  tho  Ih-Nt  a  little  larger  tluin  tliu  coxtaN. 
thoHO  of  llio  Maine  riiy  mt't'tiii;^  aliovo  tlio  latter.  Secoml  diHticlials  fiil)- 
f|iiaili'aiignliir.  Kcparuleil  fioin  the  CwM  liy  a  deep  groove  ;  their  outer  eclgew 
distinctly  excavated  at  tho  upper  end,  I'orining  ii  well  deliiied.  .-(emieircular 
fncot  for  tho  ruocption  of  tho  nriiiH,  which  llico  nearly  hori/ontiil.  Second 
diHtichals  He[)arated  interradially  hy  two  very  Hiiiall  interlirachial  plates. 
Anns  two  to  the  ray;  their  Htriictiire  and  that  of  tlu'  ventral  disk  unknown. 

Jftiii-.'iti  mill  I.iiiiili/i/.  —  Niagara  group;  near  (Jrecnville,  I)arko  (>'o.,  and 
at  Cedarvillo,  Ciroonc  Co.,  Ohio. 

7Jy/'c  in  tho  collection  of  Hev.  H.  Ilert/.er  of  Herea,  Ohio. 

li'iiiiiir/,s.  —  The  description  and  (Igiiro  w  'ro  made  hy  Hull  from  n  giittn 
percha  impression  of  n  natural  mould  in  the  rock.  The  specimen  ligurcd 
on  I'iate  I,XX\'.,  Fig.  11,  may  represent  a  Mursiiphicriiiiia,  hut  is  more 
prohahly,  wc?  tliiiik,  a  Citliivcriniis.  It  was  found  in  the  Niayiira  at  Miujuo- 
keta,  Iowa. 


CORDYLOCRINUS  \sut.. 

]S7S.     Am.kiin;   liviiiciiir.  CiiiMiidcnniiii  Sin'ciii',  |i,  It. 

1S*9.     ZiTTH.;   Iliiiiilli,  .111-  I'lilii Iiilnuii.,  v.. I.  I.,  p.  lilV>. 

ISSl.     W.  nrul  8p.  ;  ltivi»iiin,  I'lirt  II..  p.  «()  (I'l^ccnl.  .Vcnil,  Nal.  Sci.  riiiln.,  p.  illl). 

8jn.  I'liilneriiim  (ill  piiil)  —  I'liii.i.irs;  MiuchiKoii's  Siliiriii,  iA  nl.,  I'liili'  1 1,  I'ii;.  9. 

Angolin  defines  this  genus  ns  follows:  "  Basalia  tria,  eonnatn.  Radialia 
primaria  porniaxinm.  cetera  magnitudine  mnltoties  snperantia  ;  ."ccimdaria 
et  tertiaria  transversa.  Interrailialia  in  trihus  verticillis.  Brachia  ([iiin- 
(|iio  hidigitata,  pinniiliv  longissimie."  lie  places  tho  genus  niidor  the 
Platycrinidic,  and  refers  (o  it  a  single  species  from  flotland,  of  which 
he  gives  a  ligiiro.  This  s])oci(>s  Ims  close  nfTmities  with  the  three  Aiiier- 
ican  species  which  TIall  ( Palo'ontolojry  New  York,  Vol.  II.,  pp.  11.'!  to 
110)  described  as  P/nfi/rriiuis  ji^innofnia,  I',  piirnin,  and  P.  riiiiiii/iisii)<. 
The  latter  nndouhtedly  are  generically  identical  with  a  small  form  from 
tho  Wenlock  group  of  Dudley,  known  nnder  the  name  of  P/nti/rriinin 
retlnriiis  Phill..  and  with  two  other  iindescrihed  species  which  also  occur 
in  the  neighborhood  of  Dudley :  one  with  four  arms  to  the  ray,  the  other 


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somowlmt  larger,  wiUi  only  two  arms  like  "  J*hit;/rrliiiis "  rtt!<irii(s,  but 
these  beautifully  sculiHureil.  All  those  species,  iiieUuliiig  Conli/lovriiiHs  cam- 
tiii>,  agree  in  the  basala  and  ratlials  witli  I'M;/cn'iiiis,  but  have  two  costals 
instead  of  one,  and  their  arms  are  uniserial  as  in  the  young  Pluti/criims,  (heir 
])innules  large  and  not  in  eontact  laterally.  The  only  point  of  doubt,  and 
upon  which  possibly  a  generic  separation  from  the  Gotland  form  might  be 
justilied,  is  tiiat  the  American  and  Dudley  specimens  h"ve  whorls  of  cirri 
(Vom  all  their  nodal  joints,  which  arc  not  indicated  in  the  Swedish  (Wdi/h- 
rriiin.i  roin/iis.  However,  cirri  may  have  been  represented  also  in  that 
species,  and  until  their  absence  is  satisfactorily  proved,  we  must  refer  oil  the 
above  forms  to  that  genus.  The  interradial  plates,  which  Angelin  dcsciibed 
as  distributed  in  three  scries,  in  all  those  species  form  a  part  of  the  disk, 
only  the  lower  one  resting  between  the  brachials.  Hall  describes  a  "  probos- 
cis" in  ••  Pliifi/crinus"  j)Iiimosiis,  which  is  imperfectly  shown  in  the  specimen, 
and  it  is  po.ssible  that  the  other  species  have  a  similar  structure.  We  propose 
the  following  generic  diagnosis:  — 

Basals  and  radials  as  in  P/n/i/criiiits.  Costals  two,  narrow,  attached  to  a 
small  facet.  Arms  from  two  to  four  to  the  ray.  When  four,  the  last  bifur- 
cation takes  place  from  the  si.xth,  or  as  high  .is  the  ninth  disticlml.  Tin- 
arms  are  long  and  uniserial ;  composed  either  of  wedge-form  plates  alter- 
nately arranged,  or  of  quadrangular,  transverse  pieces.  Pinnules  stout  and 
long,  not  in  contact.  The  first  interradial  plates  resting  against  the  costals. 
Column  round,  with  numcrovis  internodal  joints,  and  cirrus-bearing.  The 
cirri  very  long,  directed  npward,  the  upper  ones  rising  to  almost  half  the 
height  of  the  crown,  and  arranged  in  whorls  of  three  to  four  to  the  arm 
joint. 

DLstrifiKtidii.  —  This  genus  is  restricted  to  the  Wenlock  group  in  England 
and  Sweden,  and  to  the  lTi)per  Helderberg  in  America. 

Tijpc  of  the  genus :   Curdz/kcriiius  covitus  Angl. 


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rLATYClJIMD.i;. 


Cordylocrinus  plumosus  (I  I  am). 

riak  Lxxv.  rill.  JO. 

1839.     IV.ili/rriiiHS iiliimnsi,^  —  \\s\.\,;  I'.ilicml.  Ni'w  Y«d,  V.il.  111.,  |>.  1  Hi,  l'l;ilc  I.  V\'f».  1  to  5. 

18S1,     Cur,/i/liiiriiiii.i  iiliiuimii.i — \V.  ami  Si'.;   Ki'visioii,  I'.ul    11.,  p.  lio  (I'lnir.il.  ,\ciiil.  Niil.  Sri.  I'liilii,, 

p.a.'U). 

Sj-n.  I'/ii/j/rriiiiit  /uirnii  —  n.\u,;   i'aliiMiiil.  Ni'W  York,  Vol.  111.,  p.  1  U,  I'liilc  !■,  l''ii;s.  (1  to  I). 
Sjn.  Con/i/lofriiiiis  /iiirriis  —  W.  ami  Siv  ;   Ki-vi^inii,  I'ait  11.,  |i.  (ill. 

A  ^!^i^ll  spccios.  Dorsal  (,".ii)  suhpoiitiinj^uliii',  oxpiiiuliiij;-  ti)  tlio  iirni 
biiso.s ;  surfiico  of  platos  lliioly  j^nimiliitt'il.  IJii.^iil.-*  wvy  thin,  widor  tliiiii 
long,  the  coluinn  fiu'ot  .smiill.  l\;uliiil.s  o.xoiivaltMl  l\ir  tlio  rocoption  of  tlio 
oos(m1.><.  Till)  tlirco  radiul.s  nu'etiuj;  'iii  iiiU'Hia.xal  .•^iituro  di.stiiu'tly  anj;ular 
at  tlio  lowor  oiid,  tlio  (wo  otlior.s  no'irly  stinij^'lil.  TliO  upper  Du'os  of  ilioso 
udjoiuiiig  tlie  anal  .sido  I'orniing  a  deep  notch,  occupied  \>\  a  larjie  penlaii- 
fi;ular  ])lato,  wiiich  is  succeeded  oy  a  snuiller  plate  forming  the  base  of  a 
probo-icidifonn  tulu'  (Hall,  I'late  I,  Kig,  .'I).  Costals  two.  Aims  two  to  the 
ray,  c()in|)0.seil  of  transverse,  slightly  wedge-form  pieces,  giving  oil"  largo 
pimiules,  which  are  not  in  contact  laterally.  Column  composed  of  nodal 
and  iiiternodal  joints,  the  latter  rapidly  increasing  in  number,  the  nodal 
joints  giving  off  whorls  of  cirri,  one  to  each  side,  interradially  arranged.  The 
cirri  are  formed  of  short  pieces;  they  are  liliform  and  dirceted  upwards, 
often  so  long  that  the  tips  of  the  proximal  ones  pa.ss  up  to  the  top  of  the 
arms. 

IfiirlzDii  (iihI  Ltwdli/i/.  —  Tiower  Ilelderbcrg  group;  Schoharie,  TIerkimor 
Co.,  N.  Y. 

l{<iiiiirh.  —  We  have  not  examined  Hall's  types,  but  doubt  if  they  show 
much  more  of  the  structure.  Tiio  form  whicii  Hall  descrilicd  as  J'laf^rrliiiis 
jiiirvits  is  in  our  opinion  a  yomiger  form  of  Cordi/hcrlnux  pliimmtus. 


i 


t' 


(.')  Cordylocrinus  ramulosus  (II.m.i.).* 

1S.')S.     rUiliifrinm  nimii  .«■«.«—  ll.u.l,;   rala'iinl.  New  Yiirk,  V,,l.  HI.,  |,    1 1.",,  I'lalc  I,  b'iu"^.  10  In  I.'!. 
1?>SI.     Cofihfl"\'riiinn  ri.iiiiilv^iis — \V.  ami  Sr. ;   Kcvisioii,  Tarl    II.,  p.  (10  (Pritci'fil.  .\ratl.  Nal.  Sci.   IMiila., 

p.  2;u). 

Dorsal  cup  small.  Hasals  wider  tlian  long.  Hadials  comparative!}'  large, 
wider  th;ui  long,  very  {)rominent  below  tlie  facets,  and  contracted  toward 
the  upper  lateral  angles.     Costals  two,  very  smidl.     Arm.s  bifurcating  from 

•  This  .species  nwy  lieloiii;  l.i  a  w\s  (liiri'irnl  !;nmp.  11  was  iipp;\ri'iilly  deserilicil  IVcini  vciv  iiiipi'rfecl 
specimens,  ami  luil  liavini,'  .seen  the  types,  we  yive  Hall's  (lese:ipliiiu  wiih  our  teruiimilogy. 

93 


U 


7jS 


TIIK   CniXOIDEA   CAMKRATA   OF   XORTII   AMERICA. 


the  second  costals,  and  again  from  tlie  tenth  distichal.  Ann  joints  wider 
than  lony,  rounded  on  the  back,  and  with  strong  pinnules  composed  of  joints 
a  little  longer  than  wide.  Column  round,  rather  large,  the  joints  growing 
thicker  downward.     Cirri  have  not  been  observed. 

Iloraon  and  LucaUty.  —  Upper  Ilelderberg  group  ;  Schoharie,  Herkimer 
Co.,  N.  Y. 


I 


COCCOCRINUS  Mi'LLEu. 

1855.  JoTr.  MClleiii  Vcrli.  Naturliist.  Vcroiii  Uhcinliindc,  Vol.  XII.,  p.  20. 

18,57.  ricTKr;  Triiilo  do  P.iluoiit.,  Viil.  IV.,  p.  310,  I'liilo  100,  I'ig.  3. 

ISrtO.  F.  lloEMKU;  Fuss.  I'liuna  West.  Tennessee,  p.  51. 

lSfi2.  DiM.vitnix  mill  IIii'B!  Hist.  Niitiir.  des  Zocjphylcs,  p.  107. 

1S70.  ZiTTKi,  J  llaiidl).  dor  I'aliuoiit.,  Vol.  1.,  p.  3t7. 

ISSl.  \V.  and  Si'.,  Revision,  Part  II.,  )).  58  (I'meeed.  Aead.  Nat.  Sci.  Pliiln.,  p.  232). 

18U.  P.  llKitB.  Caium;xtkii;  CliallenijiM-  Kep.  ol'tlic  Stalked  Crinoids,  pp,  160  to  lfi3. 

13S5.  \V.  and  Se.;  Revision,  Part  HI.,  p.  Ill  (Proceed.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  I'bila.,  p.  336). 

1887.  W.  and  Si>. ;  Proceed.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  I'liila.,  p.  22. 

18S',).  Neim.wr;  Stiininic  des  Tliicrreiches,  p.  170. 

1890.  S.  A.  Miller;  North  Anier.  Geol.  and  I'alniont.,  p.  232. 

S.yn.  Phili/criiius  (in  part)  Roemeh;  Rheia.  Ucberganijsiiel).,  p.  63,  Plate  3,  Fig.  3. 

Ci)rcorriiins  U  the  simplest  po.sfiiblo  form  of  the  Camorata,  the  calyx 
consisting  only  of  tiiree  basals,  five  radials,  two  costals,  five  small  inter- 
briichitils  and  five  orals.  As  in  Pliit//cr!ni(s,  two  of  the  basals  are  larger  and 
equal,  and  the  third,  which  is  but  half  the  size  of  the  others,  has  the  same 
orientation  as  in  that  genus.  The  radials  arc  large,  as  in  all  Platycrinida3, 
and  excavated  at  the  upper  end  to  form  a  facet  for  the  reception  of  the 
costals,  which  consist  of  two  short,  transverse  pl.".tes  (not  of  one  as  here- 
tofore supposed).  The  upper  costal  is  axillary,  and  supports  two  arms, 
which  apparenth'  were  delicate.  The  interhr.achials  rest  at  all  sides  upon 
the  trimcated  upper  angles  of  the  radials.  and  against  both  costals.  The 
ventral  disk  is  covered  entirely  by  five  large  orals  which  slightly  touch  the 
radials ;  thej'  meet  in  the  centre,  but  are  parted  on  approaching  the  arm 
bases,  where  they  leave  narrow  slits,  at  the  bottom  of  which  sin.ill  portions 
of  the  di.sk  ambulacra  make  their  appearance;  while  they  are  at  the  upper 
end  altogether  subtcgminal.  The  lower  margin  of  the  posterior  oral,  and 
the  upper  of  the  intorbrachial  plate  below,  are  deeply  excavated,  and  form 
a  large,  circidar  anal  opening.     Column  round. 

Distrihutlon.  —  Two  species  have  been  described,  one  from  the  Niagara 
group  of  Western  Tennessee,  the  other  from  the  Middle  Devonian  of  the 
Eifel,  Germany. 


PLATYCRIXID.E. 


iO\) 


-I 


T//pc  of  the  genus :  Coccoen'niis  rosaccm  (Roemor). 

Remarks. —  Coccocrinm  has  close  affinities  witli  Cidhcncriiim  Miillor.  closer 
even  than  has  been  generally  supposed.  The  former  was  described  by 
Jliiller  as  having  only  one  costal,  while  he  recognized  two  in  the  latter,  and 
made  this  the  principal  distinction  between  the  two  genera.  Specimens  iu 
our  collection  show  conclusively  that  not  only  C  hacca,  but  also  C.  rosacms, 
has  two  costals.  The  only  difference  in  the  calyx  upon  which  a  generic 
separation  might  be  upheld,  is  that  in  Culkocrhms  the  disk  ambulacra  are 
completely  subtegminal,  while  those  of  Cuccocrinus  are  partly  exposed.  The 
disk  ambulacra,  which  are  indicated  in  our  specimen  of  C.  rosaccus,  are  very 
narrow,  and  composed  of  minute  alternating  pieces,  but  too  small  to  bo 
satisfactorily  represented  in  our  figure  14  on  Plate  III. 


Coccocrinus  bacca  Kokmek. 
Plate  LXXV.  Fig.  15. 

1800.     F.  RoEMEii;  Silur.  F:iiiim  dcs  Wcsll.  Toiin.,  p.  51,  riafo  t,  Fif;s.  ha.  b,  c. 
18S1.    W.  ami  Sp.  ;  Ucvisiou,  Part  II.,  p.  CO  (I'locceil.  Aciul.  Nat,  Sci.  Pliil'a.,'p.  234). 

A  small  species.  Dorsal  cup  bowl-shaped,  wider  than  high,  subpentan- 
gular  from  a  basal  aspect,  and  somewhat  a.symmetrical  in  its  general  form. 
Plates  smooth  ;  the  suture  lines  not  grooved  and  frequently  invisible. 

Basals  large,  forming  a  low,  rounded,  pentangular  basin,  provided  with 
a  small,  circular  facet  for  the  reception  of  the  column.  Radials  a  little 
wider  than  long,  the  sides  nearly  parallel,  the  median  portions  slightly 
curved  longitudinally  and  projecting  outward.  Three  of  the  radials  of 
similar  form  and  symmetrical,  the  two  posterior  ones  of  irregular  otitline : 
the  limbs  toward  the  anal  side  rising  considerably  above  the  level  of  those 
of  the  opposite  side;  radial  facets  occupying  two  thirds  the  width  of  the 
plates.  Costals  two,  very  short ;  the  upper  one  axillary  with  obtuse  upper 
angle.  The  interbracliial  pieces  as  large  as  the  two  costals  together ;  their 
lower  ends  resting  within  a  small  notch  formed  by  the  radials,  the  sides 
against  both  costals,  and  against  tl,e  ambulacra,  the  truncated  upper  face 
against  the  orals.  Four  of  the  plates  are  equal  and  stand  at  the  same  level, 
their  upper  ends  inflected ;  the  posterior  one  is  erect  and  elevated  above 
the  others.  Anus  excentric,  at  the  top  of  the  posterior  interbrachial,  which 
at  its  upper  end  bends  longitudinally  inward  so  that  its  sides  meet  and  form 
a  small  tube.     The  orals  unknown. 


i'W 


HO 


THE   CRINUIDEA   CAMEBATA   OF  NOKTII  AMERICA. 


IlurUon  and  LucaVitij.  —  Niiigara  group ;  Perry  Co.,  Tenn. 

Ti/iii's  in  the  Minenilogiciil  Museum  at  Breslau,  Germany. 

liemurks.  —  liocnwvA  figures  are  misleading.  The  calyx  is  not  symmet- 
rical, as  he  represented  it,  and  the  interbrachial  pieces  bend  but  slightly 
inward,  even  at  the  lour  regular  sides.  Neither  do  we  find  the  small  plates 
at  their  sides,  nor  the  linear  luibulacral  .slits;  the  spaces  between  the  upper 
ends  of  the  intcrbracliial  plates  are  occupied  by  several  small  pieces,  whicii 
are  probably  covering  plates  of  the  ambulacra.  He  also  fails  to  represent 
the  costals;  they  are  plainly  seen  in  two  of  the  four  specimens  in  our  collec- 
tion occupying  the  part  which  in  Roemer's  figure  appears  as  if  constituting 
a  projection  of  the  radials. 


.A, 


HEXACRINID.E   W.   and   Sp. 


jrONOCYCLIC.  RaDIALS  IN  CONTACT  EXrKI'T  AT  THE  POSTEniOR  SIPE,  WHERE  TllEV  ARE 
SKrAKATED  1)Y  AN  ANAL  PLATE.  BasaLH  I'ORMLNO  A  HEXAGON.  StBUCTUHE  OTHER- 
WISE   A.S   IN   THE   rLATYtltINII)-E. 

Amiti/si's  oft/ii!  Genera, 

A.  Basai.s  3. 

1.     C'ostdl.f  1  or  2. 

Arms  ill  furiii  of  iii.iin  trunks  giving  off  liiti'ral  branches;  uiii- 

scrial Ifcxncriniis. 

Arms  branching,  biserial.      I'kitos  of  tlie  caly-\,  and  some 

of  the  free  bracliials,  covered  with  movable  spines      .      Arflinicunthit. 

B.  Basals  2. 

1.  Custiih  2,J'iriii!iii/  "  si/-:i/ffi/. 

riates  tliin,  cobiiiin  nmiid Di-linrrlnus, 

Column  crcsccnt-shaiii'd,  giving  olT  two  rows  of  long  cirri  .     .     CmiijifucriiiKS. 

2,  Cosfdh  1 ;  fr!;/oiial,  riri/  miiu//,  snnniimeK  h'nhh'n  hij  the  dist'ifliiils, 

ir'itli  jirst  ji(i/m<irs  titHrliiinj  the  railliih  ;  (irniK  hiserlnl. 
Plates  thirk  ;   anal  plate  in   form  and  size  resembling  the 

anterior  radial Tulurocriiuis. 

Anal  plate  much  smaller  than  tlie  radials;  radial  dome  plates 

produced  into  wing-like  appendages Ptcrotncriiins. 


I 


.Sfei'-~": 


! 


1V2 


THE   CRIXOIDKA   CAJIKRATA   OF  NORTH   AMERICA. 


Geoluijkiit  «ni!  fii'oi/rdjihlnil  DUtribution, 

Number  of  known  species. 
(Open  figures  iudii'iiti'  Anifrii'iiu  j  IIkisu  iiuuknl  (),  Europenn). 


VnHMATloV. 

IIKXAIIIIMI.V;. 

American. 

Si         en 

.1  9  S 

3 

.s 

'Ih 

1 

s 
c 
X 

1 

a. 

en 

B 

•c 

3 

5 

1 
1 

3 

1 
1 

u 
c 

Ivuskaslcia. 

3 

1 

8 

St.  Louis. 

1 

1 

c 

Warsaw. 

(> 

Keokuk. 

C 
1^. 

ii 

1 

I'liper  Hurlington. 

7 

Lower  liurliugton. 

Kiiulci'liook 

;} 

'S 
e 

1 

Chemung. 

O 

Hamilton. 

Holgiuni. 

2(.S) 

1 

Upper  Helilerberg. 

Eifcl.          (21) 

Total  species     ....    85  -  /..T,., 

2     1      ,'5 

.so 

0-') 

2 

7 

8 

jv 


IIEXACiaXIIKE. 


748 


Fig.  2i. 


i 


Fi!,'.  20.  Ti^.  21, 

i  =  b:isiil5;  /<  .  =  railials  ;  .(' =  siieciiit  niiiil  pl.itu  ;  •' =  syzygy. 

Remarl-s.  — Tlie  Hcxncrinidii)  are  closely  allied  in  general  strnctnro  niul 
habitns  to  the  Pliitycriniihi",  but  arc  at  f>nce  distinguished,  a.s  already  pointed 
out  in  the  remarks  upon  that  family,  b-  having  a  largo  anal  plate  between 
the  two  posterior  radials,  and  a  hexagonal  base,  the  basals  thus  supportiiii.- 
six  plates,  instead  of  live.  The  base  of  the  IIcxacrinid.T  may  be  composed 
either  of  three  plates,  or  only  two ;  but  in  either  case  the  plates  are  suli- 
stantially  equal,  and  form  a  cup  with  six  salient  angles,  and  cither  two 
or  three  re-entering  angles  at  the  upper  margin.  ^Yhen  the  base  is  bipar- 
tite, the  suture  runs  from  the  anal  plate  to  the  anterior  radial ;  but  when  it 
is  tripartite,  the  sutures  are  directed  to  the  anal  plate  and  the  right  and  Id't 
antero-lateral  radials.  In  either  case,  therefore,  there  is  always  an  interbasal 
suture  running  to  the  middle  of  the  anal  side,  whereas  in  the  Platycrinida> 
tlie  nearest  interba.sal  suture  to  the  anal  side  runs  to  the  middle  of  the  right 
posterior  radial. 

The  genera  which  we  refer  to  the  Tlexacrinidaj  were  always  placed 
among  the  Platycrinida>  until  we  separated  the  two  families,*  and  fm-ther 
investigation  only  confirms  the  validity  of  their  separation.  It  is  based  on 
a  fundamental  structural  modification,  for  which  we  find  an  exact;  parallel 

*  Revision,  Piirt  III.,  p.  93. 


1 


744 


TIIK   CHINOIDKA   CA.MKUATA   UK    MtUTll   A.MKUKA. 


At 


ill  lilt'  topical  section  of  tiiu  C'liiiii'riitii  l)C't\veen  the  MelocriiiiiUu  anil  IJnto- 
ciiiiidii'.  Ill  both  cases  tlic  group  witii  iR'iilagoim!  Ikim.-,  ami  in  which  tho 
anal  is  iinreprescntcil,  is  tlio  earliest  in  gcolojjical  sei|Uonco. 

The  llexacrini(la)  have  not  been  discovereil  in  any  I'oiniation  oliler  than 
the  Devonian;  but  there  they  occur  abundantly-  in  the  Kii'cl  liniestoiies, 
from  wliicli  twenty-four  species  have  been  described.  Tiny  iiiiiye  through 
the  different  divisions  of  the  .Siibcarboiiiferous,  and  are  leiireseiited  in  the 
last  niombcrof  that  system,  the  Kaskaskia  group,  by  twelve  species.  ISeyond 
that  they  are  not  known  ;  but  we  shall  not  be  surprised  to  hear  of  a  Ile.xa- 
crinoid  being  found  in  the  Carboniferous. 

Tiic  Ilexacrinidtc  arc  the  only  Camerata  in  which  the  arms  are  uiiiseiial 
throughout  the  Devonian ;  they  gradually  become  biseii;il  in  the  Subcarlio- 
niforous,  in  the  lower  part  of  which  all  gradations,  from  uniseriiil  to  strictly 
bLserial,  are  found  together  in  the  same  genus. 

The  family  consists  of  six  genera  and  eighty-five  species:  fifty -two  from 
America,  and  thirty-three  from  Europe. 


HEXACRINUS  Ai  stiv. 


ISm.     AisTIN",  Mdiiiisr.  Hcc.  iiml  t'ciss.  C'liimiils,  p.  IS. 

IS.Vi.     Hi.Ku.visc  K  iiM.I  Li;  IImn  ;   K.cliri-.  Crin.  Ciiili.  IMy.  p.  IGO. 

ISj.'i.     !•'.  KiiKMKii;  Lcthii':!  drill,'.  (Aiim;.  H).  p.  iH. 

Isjr.    Jim.  .MCli.kk;  X<'iii'  Kcliinciil.  I')ill.  Knlk,,  p.  217. 

lS,-,7.     I'lCTKT;  Tniili'  (!.■  l';ilninl.,  V(.l.  IV.,  p.  lilii. 

1862.     DujAiuns  .mil  llrrt;;  lli>l.  nalur.  dcs  /diiplivlcs  F.cMikhI.,  ]i.  l,j.j. 

Isfl7.     Stiii-|.TZKi  .\1 fir.  EchiiMid.  hill.  Kiilk.,  p.  71. 

1S79.     M'.  mill  Sp, ;   I'lcic'ciil.  Aciiil.  N;il.  Sci.  I'liila.,  p.  232. 

IsSl.     M'.  mill  Si'.;  Ucvision  I'iilivnor.,  It.,  p.  7!'- 

ISSl.     \V.  mill  Si'.;   Ui-vi.^oM  I'alii'ud-..  HI.,  p.  llCi  (l'r.ici'i-,1.  Ar.iil.  N.'il.  Sri.  I'iiilii.,  p.  :!:i-), 

Svii.  /'/((///.■/•///».>—  I'lm.i.ii'.s,  ISIl  (niil  \^'M)\  I'lilu'iiz.  I'n^--.  Ciinnv.,  p.  Js. 

Svii.  I'/ii/i/critiiix  —  (iiii.ntrss  (iii  p,irl)l   IS'tS,  Novii  Act.i  .\c.  Lnipniil.     .MX.,  p.  lil'i. 

Svii.  J'/ii/i/rniian  —  .Viiv.s.siz  (in  purl);   IS.'i.j,  .Mnii.  Sue.  Xi'iiciiiil.  1.,  p.  \\)7. 

SvM.  /V(//y/v;//«.t  — AisTix  (in  purl);  1S12,  .\ini.  mul  .\l;if,'.  Niil.  Hist.,  Vol.  X.,  p.  lU'.t. 

Syii.  Pliili/criiiiin  —  C.  K.  ItoEMKIi  ;  l**!;!,  Vi'rsli'iii  di'S  lIiirzijohirRi's,  p.  9. 

Syii.  I'liili/rrifiim — V.  A.  Uii:;MKll;  l^U,  liliiinisli.  Ui'lirrffiiiftsiicliiri;!',  p.  fiH. 

Syii.  I'liiti/rriiiKH  —  F.  .\.  lioi.Mi:i<;   l'^.Vl,  Verlimiill.  ii:itiirli.  Vrrriii'i  I'.  Hlii'iiihiuln.  p.  W'i. 

Syii.  Phil;in-iiiiiS'-'\.'«^'i;  ISdO,  Trmis  Aini-r.  I'liilos.  S.ir,  Vnl    .Mil  ,  p.  l.V.). 

The  dorsal  cup  composed  ahiiost  exclusively  of  basals  and  radials ;  the 
latter  enclosing  a  large  anal  jilate.  The  basals  consist  of  three  sube(|ual 
pieces,  forming  together  a  rather  large,  more  or  less  deep  cup  or  basin, 
hexagonal  in  outline.  Radials  large,  subquadrangular;  their  superior  faces 
excavated  so  as  to  form  a  facet  for  the  reception  of  the  costals;  the  limbs 
slightly  truncated  to  receive  the  fir.-it  row  of  interradials.     The  intervening 


'*ffl>^,ff''tl 


IIKXACRINID.K. 


745 


Jl 


nnul  pliito  \h  generally  of  the  Kttine  wi/e  nn  tiie  rndiiil-*,  but  obtusely  angular 
at  the  loner  face,  and  broadly  truncate  at  the  upper.  Costaln  one  or  two ; 
very  small,  in  most  cases  not  filling  the  whole  width  of  the  fucct.  When 
two  costals  are  represented,  the  plates  are  closely  united,  and  form  a  sy/ygy. 
Anns,  so  far  as  known,  consisting  of  ten  stout  main  trunks,  witii  armlets 
froM)  one  or  botii  sides  at  intervals.  Main  arms  us  well  as  arndets  composed 
of  quadrangular,  single  joints,  and  the  plates  of  bolh  pinnule-liearing,  except 
the  nxillary  ones.  The  piiniules  are  given  off,  so  far  ns  observed,  from 
one  side  of  the  arms  only,  not  alternately  from  opposite  sides. 

Tiie  first  iiiterradial  row  of  plates  consists  of  one  or  three  pieces,  wliieli 
are  in  contact  with  the  lower  bracdiials,  and  occupy  the  peripheral  portions  of 
the  caly.x.  They  are  followed  by  inter-ambulaerals  which  enclose  the  orals. 
Ventral  disk  from  low-convex  to  hemispherical ;  the  plates  more  or  less 
nodose.  Orals  generally  well  defined ;  the  posterior  one  largest,  almost 
central,  and  pushed  in  between  the  other  four.  The  plates  covering  the 
food-grooves  consist  either  of  a  few  largo  plates,  or  of  two  rows  of  small 
pieces,  alternately  arranged. 

Column  roinid  ;  axial  canal  small  and  circular. 

DisfrifiiiHon.  —  Ilcairriiins  is  restricted  to  the  Devonian.  From  America 
only  two  species  are  known,  both  from  the  Hamilton  group,  and  of  these 
but  one  or  two  specimens  have  been  obtained;  while  in  Europe  the  genus  is 
represented  by  many  species,  r>nd  specimens  are  quite  abundant. 

7}/pe  of  the  genus:  Hr.vucrimis  )nd<i  Austin. 

lliniarhs.  —  It  is  wortiiy  of  note  that  the  two  American  species  of  Ihxa- 
crhvis  have  two  costals.  while  the  European,  ,so  far  as  known  without  excep- 
tion, have  but  one.  They  agree,  however,  in  other  respects  so  closely  that 
■we  doubt  the  propriety  of  making  this  a  generic  distinction,  especially  as  the 
two  plates  obviously  form  a  sy/.ygy,  and  take  the  place  of  one. 


Hezaoriaus  occidentalis  w.  and  Sp.  (nov.  spec). 
PhUe  LXXriII.  F!</.  10. 


A  small  .species.  Dor.sal  cup  higher  than  wide,  broadly  truncate  at  the 
base,  very  gradually  spreading  to  the  arm  bases;  the  sides  a  little  convex; 
the  plates  moderately  thick  and  without  ornamentation ;  the  suture  lines 
iudistiuct. 


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I    \, 


Bawil  Clip  projecting  latonilly  in  lonii  of  n  rim ;  its  lower  fiiue  xliglitly 
cxciiviited  fur  the  reception  of  ii  large  r*teiii.  liaiiialH  about  one  third  longer 
than  wide,  n  little  wider  at  tlie  top  tiian  at  the  bottom;  I'aeetn  for  the  recep- 
tion of  the  costals  about  two-thirds  the  width  of  the  plates;  wemieircidar, 
and  somewhat  thiekcned  at  the  lower  margin ;  tiie  limits  hut  slightly  trmi- 
eated.  Costals  two,  forming  a  nynygy,  the  lines  of  union  obscure ;  the 
liypozygal  joints  very  short  and  siibquadrangular,  the  epizygal,  of  which  the 
lower  part  in  placed  within  the  facet,  considerably  longer  and  pentangular. 
Arms  ten;  stout,  cylindrical,  composed  throughout  of  rather  long,  single 
joints,  of  which  the  upper  and  lower  faces  arc  parallel;  the  nuiin  trunks 
giving  ofl'  arndets,  one  from  each  fifth  or  sixth  joint,  the  intervening  joints 
pinnule-bearing.  The  armlets  extend  to  the  same  height  as  the  main  arms, 
but  have  only  half  their  width,  Hoth  are  composed  of  quadrangular  joints, 
which  are  somewhat  shorter  than  wide ;  while  the  pinnules  arc  short,  and 
their  joints  fully  twice  as  long  as  wide.  Arndets  anil  piiuiules  are  borne 
only  on  one  side  of  the  arms :  in  the  anterior  ray  from  the  inner  side,  in  the 
lateral  rays  from  tlu"  outer  one.  There  is  but  one  intcrbraehial  plate,  but 
tliifj  was  apparently  followed  by  several  rows  of  small,  nodose,  interambu- 
lacral  pieces.  Form  and  position  of  anus  uid^nown.  Column  round;  the 
nodal  joints  considerably  widest,  and  distinctly  rounded  at  their  edges. 

llarizoH  and  Londify.  —  Hamilton  group,  near  Davenport,  Iowa. 

Ti//)c  in  the  Museum  of  the  Davenport  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences. 

Jii'mfir/t's.  —  This  species  is  peculiar  for  its  arm  structure,  but  still  more 
for  the  arrangement  of  the  pinnules.  In  the  latter  point  it  approaches 
AndiHuhtcrlnun  cajmni/ontiis ;  but  while  in  that  species  the  position  of  the 
pinnules  changes  from  one  side  to  the  other  after  each  bifurcation,  in  this 
they  are  apparently  given  off  from  the  same  side  throughout  the  full  length 
of  the  arm. 

Hexacrinus  Leai  (Lvon). 

Plafe  LXXVIII.  Figs.  12a,  h. 

ISOO.     rh>;/i-niim  leni —  '[Ann;  Trans   Amnr.  Pliil.  Snc.  riiiln,,  Vol.  XIII.,  p.  159,  Tlutc  2t,  Vign.ff.ff/. 
ISHl.     Ilejtiii-rinii^  L'lii — W.  .anil  Si'.;   Hcvisiuii  PiilH'oor.,   rail  II.,  p.  SO. 
13S9.     Vliilgrriiitts  Leai  —  S.  A.  Miller;  X.  .\iiicr.  CIimjI.  luiil  I'lilivont.,  (i.  i'i\. 

Of  moderately  large  size.  Dorsal  side  of  the  calyx  .semi-ovate ;  plates 
thin  and  without  ornamentation ;  the  suture  lines  not  grooved  and  rather 
obscure. 


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nuHiil  Clip  largo,  broadly  oltcoiiii'iil,  its  licighl  aI)oiit  tliioo  oiglitiiH  ilio 
loiiglh  of  tho  calyx  to  tlio  aniin,  itx  lower  eiid  slightly  itroji'ding  mul  Irim- 
cated,  tho  trimcatt'd  part  coinpletcly  occupied  by  tl'o  largo  ii])pcr  Htoiii  joint. 
Radialn  gradually  spreading,  their  upper  faces  nearly  one-third  wider  than 
tho  lower,  and  e(|iial  to  the  length  of  tho  pliitos  ;  the  lower  faces  in  three  of 
tho  plat(!H  a  little  convex,  in  tho  two  meeting  the  interlmsal  sutures  slightly 
angular  J  facets  deep,  soniicircniar.  Tho  outer  surface  of  tho  radials  iw 
marked  hy  a  median  ridge,  rather  faint  at  tho  lower  end,  but  growing  wider 
and  (piit(<  prominent  \ipward.  Costals  two.  short,  twice  as  wide  as  long, 
rounded  on  tho  back.  Of  tho  disticlmls  only  two  single  plates  are  preserved ; 
thoy  nro  as  wide  an,  but  shorter  than,  tho  costals,  and  are  connected  laterally. 
All  other  parts  wanting  in  the  two  typo  specimens,  with  tho  exception  of 
a  few  joints  of  the  stem,  which  arc  round  and  extremely  short.  The  nodal 
joints  arc  very  much  the  wiilcst,  their  projecting  edges  exceedingly  thin  and 
knifo-Iike  ;  while  tho  edges  of  tho  intornodal  joints  arc  rounded. 

llirlziiii  and  LiicaHli/. —  Lower  part  of  Hamilton  group ;  Louisville,  Ky. 

Tijiic  in  the  collection  of  tho  late  Major  S.  S.  L)  on. 


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ARTHRAOANTHA  Wh.mam^. 

ISS.I,     n,  S.  Wru.uMs;  rrncml.  Aiiicr.  riiiliis.  Sor.  (.\|iiil),  p.  St. 

ISSj.     W.  mill  Si', ;  Ui'visiciii,  I'lilinirr ,  I'tiit  HI.,  p.  11(1  (I'rocccJ.  Acnd.  Nr.t.  Sci   riiiln,,  p.  33S). 

18S7.      WlllTKWH.S;   I'ulltr.  til  Clilllul.   I'illn'iillt.,  Vol.  I.,  p.  1)1). 

18S9.     S.  A.  .Mii.i.Ku;  N.  Aimr.  (i.'nl.  mul  I'lilinml.,  p.  i-a. 

Svii.  Ili/tlricriiiiif  lliNiiKj   1S>>.),  Ann.  nnil  Miij;.  Nut,  Ilisl.,  p.  I."i3. 

Pliitos  arranged  a.s  in  JfrKcriniin,  but  covered  with  numerous  tubercles, 
each  of  them  having  a  small  pit  for  the  reception  of  a  movable  spine.  Uasals 
tlirei,  large,  suberiual,  and  pentangular.  Eadials  and  anal  plate  as  in  Ifcm- 
rn'iiiis.  Costals  two,  comparatively  large,  and  forming  part  of  the  doival 
cup.  Disticlmls  three  to  four,  small,  curved  like  arm  plate.s  ond  directed 
outward ;  those  of  tho  .«anie  ray  .separated  by  intoraxillarios  or  in  contoct 
laterally.     Arms  ])ranching,  bi.><erial ;  pinnules  of  moderate  size. 

Literradial  plates  numerous,  covered  like  the  plates  of  the  dor.«nl  cup, 
with  irregularly  arranged,  spine-bearing  tubercles.  Anal  opening  cxcentric. 
Column  round. 

Uix/n'bi(tlon.  —  Up]ier  Devonian,  and  only  found  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Lake  Ontario. 

Type  of  the  genus :  Arthracuntha  ithacams  Williams. 


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I'liiuirls.  —  Tlio  fdi  III  imdt'r  foiiNidi-intioii  wiih  difliu'd  in  1S8.1  liy 
WilliiiinM  ar*  Aif/iriKiriiiit/i'i,  Itiil  the  initiic  uiim  aricrwaidH  rliaiigi'd  hy  Iliiidf 
Id  //>/n/rlirliiiin,  ln'ciiiim'  it  \vaf<,  nn  lit'  inniiitaiiiod,  iiicori'iM'tly  foniicd,  and 
II  naino  tot)  Niinilur  (o  Arlhrnidiilltnn,  prcvioiiNly  cinplnyod  liy  Sclnnardn 
lor  II  gonns  of  liolnloiiu.  We  Imvu  IoiiiutIv  in  I'nit  III.  of  llio  Ifcvivion 
c>xprof<.«iMl  till*  ()|iinion  lliiit  nccordiii)^  tu  tlio  iuIcm  of  niiincniliiliirc  Williuiiih' 
nnino  would  liavo  to  lio  lotaiiu'd,  nn  it  was  Hiidiilcnily  diHtinrt  from  llio 
oflipr.  even  if  clinnircil  to  Arlhrnrnnllnt.  'I'lu*  kiiiiic  view  of  tin'  vwi^  via* 
liiki'ii  l>y  I'lol'i'.i.Hor  Wliitriivi'H  and  .Mr.  S.  A.  Miller,  lioth  nft'('|itiii;i'  Williams' 
naiiio.  li'  till"  (|iii'stl()n  wi'io  to  Ik-  (Iccidi'il  hy  notno  antlioritativo  Ijody  of 
nafiirali*l.«,  we  hIiooIiI  vote  in  fuvor  of  Kiippro.s.sini,'  Art/iriiiinnil/nt  and  K'gi- 
tiini/iii^'  Iliiide'H  name,  on  the  gronnd  that  no  author  should  he  permitted, 
at  lliii  day,  to  e.'^tahliMh  a  yeniis  of  ('liimid.s  under  any  name  which  does  not 
end  with  the  recojinizeil  termination  —  "  i-riniis."  As  it  is,  we  have  eon- 
eluded,  thougli  with  miieh  reluctance,  to  retain  the  name  proposed  hy 
Williams,  hut  writiiij^  it  Aillivunnillid. 

Arlhrnniiilliii  is  closely  allied  to  J/udfriitiis,  from  which  it  differs  in  Iiaviii;;' 
hiseriiil  arms,  and  niovahlc  opines  \\\wu  the  calyx  and  arms,  The  spines 
were  jirohahly  attached  to  the  plates  hy  elastic  lij^aments,  no  as  to  yield 
when  accidentally  lirouj^ht  in  contact  with  other  olijecis  ;  hut  we  douht  if 
they  represent  either  functionally  or  structurally  the  spines  of  the  Kchini. 
In  this  wo  dilTer  from  Williams,  who  thouj^ht  that  this  structnro  cstahlishes 
a  relationship  hetweon  Crinoids  and  Perischiechinoidea.  He  compares  them 
with  the  spiiie-bearinj,'  jdatcs  of  hrjiidirinlrxx  i IJ'il!iiiiii/<  Miiller.  an<l  is  led  to 
helieve  that  these  were  proliahly  plates  in  the  "vault"  of  a  true  Ciinoid 
like  Arllimniiilha.  We  can  sec  nothinj^  to  support  this  view;  the  Eifel 
species  is  undouhtedly  an  Echinoid,  and  the  i)lates  of  the  two  forms  have 
a  superficial  rescmhliinco,  hut  are  not  homologous.  The  movalde  spines  of 
Art/irfiniiil/iii.  in  our  opinion,  represent  the  sharp  point  of  an  ordinary  spini- 
ferous  Crinoid  plate,  united  with  the  hasal  portion  hy  ligament-^,  and  iis 
such  are  of  hut  little  importance  in  classification.  Wo  therefore  consider 
the  mohility  of  llie  Pi)ines  of  only  generic  importance,  difiTering  therein 
from  Williams  nn<l  Ilindo,  who  wore  inclined  to  make  ArZ/inminl/ia  the 
type  of  a  distinct  family. 


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740 


Artbraoantba  ItbaoonRla  Wiii.iam*. 
J'litlv  LXXVl.  /Vj/.w.  1,1,  U,c. 

1SS3,      VVlM.I*W'>i    I''   -mil.    AllllT,   riiilns.  (*nc.,  p.  '<,^.   nilll  It  |iluU'. 

J»*5.     \V.  iiinl  .->  •■   I     viM.Mi  rulir.icr,,  I'iUl  III,  p.  II'J 

Spt'fimonM  rntluT  Ic-low  nu'diiiiii  si'/x'.  Calyx  oliconifiil.  iiinro  rnpidly 
H|ir('ailiii^'  .  llif  liasi-riidiitl  mittiic  tliaii  from  tliiTi!  vipwanU.  Tin'  i\^)\xi\\ 
cup  as  wide  as  liigli ;  tlio  vi'ntnil  .lisk  Hat.  a  lilllo  (Ii'iuv^-'imI  in  (hi;  iiiiilillo. 

\hw\U  I'oriiiiii),'  a  low,  olK-onicul  cup,  wilh  six  well  dcliiiiMl  ndiiiil  and 
(liri'c  ro-onti-riiig  angles ;  ilic  latter  facing  the  distal  eiidn  of  the  inteihasal 
BiitiuxH.     Suture  lines  faintly  ^iroovcd  ;  the  column  facet  small  ami  round. 
Itadials  rapiilly  Hpreadinj^;  their  upper  faces  one  third  wider  than  the  lower, 
and  aliout  eipial  to  tiio  length  of  the  plates;  facets  somewhat  projecting  and 
occupying  from  one  third  to  one  half  tho  width  of  the  upper  faces;  the  lindis 
at  both  sides  slightly  inflected.     Costals  two.  fidly   twice  as  wide  as  long; 
the  upper  one  shari)ly  angular  above,  its  ,>*li)iiing  upper  faces  concave.     Arms 
free  heyond   the  Hrst  di.-ticlials  ;   lirandiing.  divergent,  bifurcating  at   least 
twice  ;  composed  of  two  series  of  deeply  interlocking  plates,  from  which 
nt  both  sides  are  given  oil'  delicate  thread-liUe  pinnules.     The  anal  plate  has 
the  same  form  as  the  antero-lateral  radials,  all  being  slightly  angular  below. 
Tho  arrangement  of  tho  plates  in  the  ventral  di.sk  is  not  satisi'actorily  shown 
in  the  specimens;  enough  is  seen,  however,  to  show  that  there  are  live  sets 
of  rigid  covering  pieces  above  tho  food  grooves,  which  branch  close  to  tlu' 
arn\  bases,  each  set  composed  of  two  rows  of  plates  alternatidy  arranged. 
The  covering  pieces  are  formed  into  rounded  ridges,  which  grow  more  prom- 
inent ns  they  oppronch  the  arms.     The  intcrbrachials  consist  of  three  plates, 
followed  by  several  rows  of  interandjulacral  pieces,  and  these  by  the  orals. 
The  anus  is  excentric,  surrounded  by  a  number  of  moderately  snmll,  slightly 
convex   pieces,   which   form  a  little  rouiuled   protuberance  near   the   outer 
margin  of  the  disk.     Calyx  and  arm  plates  profu.sely  covered  with  spine- 
bearing  tubercles,  of  which  there  are  thirty  to  thirty-five  upon  each  radial, 
and  a  proportionate  number  upon  the  basals;  tho  costals  apparently  have 
two,  the  free  arm  plates  and  the  covering  ])ieces  one  each.     The  tubercles 
arc  wanting,  so  far  as  observed,  on  the  interambulacral  plates,  except  upon 
the  anal  side.     The  tubercles  arc  of  nearly  uniform  size ;  circidar,  rounded 
and  narrower  at  the  top,  and  pitted  nt  the  apex  for  the  reception  of  tho 


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THE  CRINOIDKA   CAMKRATA  OF   NOUTII   AMKUICA. 


spine.  The  Mpiiies,  which  bristle  iipwiud  unci  outward,  arc  ncieuhir,  very 
limy  and  slender,  varying  in  length  from  ten  to  twelve  mm.,  somewhat 
thicker  near  the  jiroxinial  end,  and  sligiilly  pitted  at  tlie  bottom.  Colunni 
roim<l  and  coini>aratively  thin. 

Horizon  and  Localiii).  —  Chemung  group,  Ithaoa  division;  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

7//^/(.v  in  the  collection  of  Prof.  Henry  S.  Williams  at  Cornell  University. 

JlciiHirka.  —  Tiie  description  was  made  fi'oin  natural  moulds  formed  in 
the  rocU  after  disintegration  of  the  calcareous  test,  aud  from  gutta  percha 
casts  therefrom. 


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—  Arthracantha  punctobrachiata  Williams. 

Plate  LXXVI.  Figs.  2a,  b. 

l^S:!.     AVii.i.iAMs;  Pi'imril.  AiiuT.  I'liiliis.  Sue.  (Api-il),  pp.  S3  nnd  S6. 

l^^.-).     W.  :iiiil  Sr.;   I(l■vi^i^ll,  I'alu'ocr.,  I';iil  111,  p.  lit). 

1SS7.     WlIlTKWHS  ;  Coiilr.  to  (jiiiiiil.  J'liliviinl,,  Vdl.  I.,  p.  93,  I'liilc  13,  Fip;9.  1,  Iff. 

Svii.  I'liili/.riiiiis  {'i)  /iii,i,/a//ini/iiii/iis  Ham.  (ligurcil  b^'  llall  1S7'.',  in  Bull.  1.  N,  Y.  Slate  Museum 
Nai.'llist.). 

Svu.  Ili/sliiiriiiiis  Oirpriiffri  IIlXDK,  18S,5;  Ami.  niid  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.,  p.  Ifi2,  I'latc  4. 

Dorsal  cup  obcoiiical ;  more  rapidly  spreading  at  the  basals  than  at  the 
iiidials;  the  latter  somewhat  inflected  at  the  upper  ends.  Ventral  disk 
hoiuisphei'ical.  Iliittencd  in  the  central  ptirt.  Pltites  witliout  ornamentation, 
but  thickly  covered  by  ininute  spine-bearing  tubercles,  which,  when  well 
l)fcserved.  resemble  small  cones  truncated  at  the  upper  end.  The  sj)ines 
are  elongate,  cylindrical,  and  measure  from  fifteen  to  thirty-five  mm.  in 
length;  they  have  a  short  neck  at  the  proximal  end,  iind  taper  distally. 
The  distribution  and  iirriiiigement  of  the  tubercles  is  quite  irregular;  they 
are.  a^  a  rule,  more  numerous  upon  the  basals  sind  rtiditils,  but  the  number 
varies  even  among  correspomliug  phitcs  of  the  same  individuid.  There  arc 
but  \cry  few  U})on  the  disticlials  and  interbr.achials,  but  they  arc  crowded 
idong  the  median  portions  of  the  disk,  where,  according  to  Ilinde,  they  are 
shorter  and  comparatively  thicker  than  at  the  arms. 

Ba'^iils  large,  almost  of  uniform  size;  the  suture  lines  indistinct;  the 
lower  end  truncated  to  the  width  of  the  column.  Radials  somewhat  irregular 
in  form,  tlie  two  facing  the  anal  phite  narrower  at  the  lower  face  than  at  the 
upper,  iind  narrower  throughout,  the  others  almost  rectangular,  and  nearly 
as  long  as  wide.  The  upper  faces  are  straight,  except  the  median  part, 
which  is  slightly  excavated  for  the  reception  of  the  costals;  the  outer  faces 


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Tol 


angular  along  tlic  meilian  line.  Costiils  two ;  llic  first  niiirow  and  very 
sliort;  the  seconil  sharply  angular  abovo  ;  its  sloi)ing  uij^ier  I'at'es  coiicaM'. 
Disticlials  thiL'o  in  the  calyx;  ihosc  of  the  same  ray  in  contact  laterally,  or 
separated  by  an  interdistichal.  Anns  biserial,  generally  from  the  first  free 
plate.  There  arc  three  interbrnchials  to  each  regular  interradius,  of  uhich 
the  inner  one  is  larger  than  the  two  outer,  the  latter  curving  outward  so 
as  to  meet  the  disticiials.  'Die  intcrbrachials  are  followed  by  nmnerous  rows 
of  small,  rigid  intcrambulacral  pieces,  of  which  the  npper  ones  from  each 
side  meet  in  the  summit,  there  being  apparently  no  orals.  'J'he  fnst  anal 
plate  is  narrower  than  the  radials;  it  is  succeeded  by  live  plates,  of  which 
the  middle  one  is  larger  and  somewhat  bulging.  Anus  c.xcentric,  placed 
within  a  small  protuberance.  CoUnnn  round,  formed  at  its  upper  end  of 
short  joints  with  sharp,  knife-like  edges. 

Horizon  and  Localili/.  —  Hamilton  group ;  Arcona  and  Rartlett's  Mill, 
Ontario,  Canada. 

]ti)H(ir/is.  —  Dr.  G.  J.  Ilinde  described  this  .species  as  ILjdrkrhuiK  Car/Kii- 
krl.  Wo  have  heretofore,  in  Part  111.  of  the  Revision,  stated  that  in  our 
opinion  Williams'  prior  name  should  bo  retained.  Williams'  description, 
although  merely  comparative,  is  amply  surticient  for  the  identification  of  the 
species ;  this  view  is  also  held  by  Professor  Whiteaves  and  Mr.  S.  A.  Miller. 


.  'T 


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Arthracantha  depressa  w.  ami  Sr.  (nov.  spec). 

Flute  LXXVI.  Fitjs.  3a,  h. 

Dorsal  cup  short,  twice  as  wide  as  high.  Basals  so  closely  anchylosed 
that  the  lines  of  union  are  rarely  seen ;  they  form  a  very  shallow,  hexagonal 
basin,  which  near  its  outer  margin  is  surronided  by  two  indistinct  corrugated 
ridges.  A  single  ridge,  oven  more  obscure,  follows  the  lower  margins  of  the 
radials,  parallel  to  the  basi-radial  sutures.  Kadials  once  and  a  half  as  wide  as 
long,  their  lower  faces  nearly  straight,  the  upper  ones  to  fully  one  half  their 
width  deeply  excavated,  their  outer  ends  truncated  and  distinctly  sloping. 
Costals  two,  on  the  same  plane  with  the  radials,  unusually  large  for  the 
genus,  both  of  them  constituting  a  part  of  the  dorsal  cup;  they  are  three 
times  as  wide  as  long,  and  of  a  similar  form,  except  that  the  first  is  angular 
below,  the  second  angular  above.  Of  the  disticiials  only  the  two  lower  ones 
take  part  in  the  caly.v  ;  they  are  quadrilateral,  and  twice  as  wide  as  the 
succeeding  ones.     The  free  disticiials  arc  cuneatc  to  the  second  or  third 


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TIIK  CRINOIUKA   CAMERATA   OF   NORTH   AJIKRICA. 


plate,  above  wliieli  the  nrnis  are  biserial  and  widely  divergent.  Whether 
they  branch  again  is  not  known.  There  ia  but  one  intcrbraeiiial  at  the  four 
regular  sides,  which  is  located  within  the  dorsal  cup;  it  is  wider  than  long, 
very  large,  and  extends  to  the  full  height  of  the  distichals.  The  ventral 
disk  is  (|uite  low,  and  depres.sed  in  the  central  portions,  the  ambulacra  cou- 
spieuoiisly  projecting,  especially  on  approaching  the  arms.  The  j)Osterior 
area  is  wide,  bulging,  and  composed  of  a  great  number  of  plates,  which  form 
a  large,  rounded  protuberance  containing  the  anal  opening,  which  is  directed 
upward  and  surrounded  by  very  minute  pieces.  Orals  arranged  in  the  usual 
way ;  the  posterior  one  large,  its  diameter  shorter  from  the  anterior  to  the 
posterior  side.  The  plates  covering  the  food-grooves  rather  large ;  consisting 
of  two  rows  of  pieces  alternately  arranged.  The  sockets  for  the  reception  of 
tlic  spiiu's  rather  irregularly  distributed  and  far  apart;  they  are  large  and 
circular,  and  have  a  shallow  pit  at  the  upper  face.  The  form  of  the  .spines 
is  not  known,  but  they  were  evidently  large. 

Horizon  and  Loailify.  —  Lower  Chemung  group ;  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y. 

J'l/pcs  in  the  collection  of  Waclismuth  and  Springer. 

Iii')iiar/<s. — This  species  is  known  only  from  natural  moulds  and  gutta 
percha  casts.  We  had  for  description  two  specimens,  one  showing  the  dorsal 
cup,  the  other  the  ventral  disk,  both  presented  to  us  by  Prof.  J.  M.  Clarke 
of  Ali)any.  The  species  is  readily  distinguished  from  Arthmcanth<i  jxiiwto. 
bnirliiiita  Williams  by  the  more  depres.sed  form  of  the  calyx,  the  greater 
width  of  the  costals,  the  presence  of  but  one  intcrbrachial  piece  and  the  fact 
that  this  is  located  almost  entirely  in  the  dorsal  cup,  and  by  the  less  number 
and  greater  width  of  the  .spine-bearing  sockets. 


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DICHOCBINUS  Mi'NSTER. 

I'^SS.  MOnsteii  ;  'Boitr.  ziir  ritrcfaclcnkundc,  T.,  p.  2. 

ISi!).  AfsTiN  ;  Sliiiuigr.  Urc.  unil  Foss,  Criiioiils,  p.  tS, 

1850.  D'OiiiiKiXT;  I'l-oilr.  dc  riilroiit.,  I.,  p.  15fi. 

lSr)2.  0\VK\  mill  SiiLMAiii);  CIciil.  Ui'p.  lown,  Wise,  anil  Minnosotn,  p,  589. 

lSj3.  ])K  KoMMK  mill  Le  Uox;  lluch.  Criii.  Curb,  liclg.,  p.  140. 

1857.  I'lCTET ;  Ti-.iili''  lie  Pali'mil.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  3;t3. 

1800.  JIekk  mill  WnnriiENi  I'meooil.  Araul.  Nut.  Sci.  riiiin.,  p.  381. 

1500.  ll.u.y,;  Suppl.  (Icul.  Hop.  lona,  p.  83. 

I'm'iO.    Casskdat  ami  Lviix  (in  pmi) ;  I'nicecd.  Acad.  Arts  and  Sci.,  Vul.  V.,  p.  10. 

1501.  IIai.i,;  liiisl.  .Imirii.  Nat.  Hist     Vol.  XIT..  p.  288. 

ISOi.     DiMAiijiiN  and  IIi'i'k;  Hist,  niinrilli?  di's  ZiKiplutrs  licliin.,  p.  155. 

1S03.     M'lliTE;   I'ldCC'i-d.  Bust.  >TMnrn.  Nat.  Hist.,  Vol.  ix.,  ji.  19. 

ISOO.    Mei:k  and  WoiiTiiEN ;  Gi'ol.  Hop.  Illinois,  Vol.  II.,  pp.  107  and  203. 

1S79.     ZiTTKL ;   llandli.  drr  l'alaeontolof,'ie,  Vol.  I.,  p.  305. 

ISSl.     W.  ami  Si'.;  Ucvision  I'ala!ncr.,  I'ait  II.,  p.  81. 

1S83.     I)e  Lorioi,;  I'ali'ont.  Franvaiso,  C.'rimiidcs,  I'art  T.,  p.  33. 

1S83.     AVuKTllEX  ;  Cii'ol.  lU'p.  Illinois,  Vol.  VII.,  p.  313. 

18S5.     W.  and  Sp.  j  Itrvision  I'alrcoor.,  Part  III,,  p.  110  (Proceed.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.  Pliila.,  p.  311). 

1S90.     ^V.  and  Sr. ;  Ceol.  Kep.  Illinois,  Vol.  VI II.,  \i.  190. 

1890.     S.  A.  Mii.i.Ku;  North  Anier.  Geolo-iy  and  Palicontolopy,  p.  239. 

Not  Hall  IS.jS;  Gi'ol.  Hep.  Iowa,  Vol.  I.,  Part  II.,  pp.  05 1  and  089;  nor  Slinmard  1S57;  Trans. 
St.  Louis  Aeail.  Nat.  Hist.,  Vol.  I.,  p.  5. 

Svii.  Pldlitri-iiiiis  (ill  part)  —  Phillips;  Geol.  of  Yorlisliivc,  Vol.  II.,  Plate  3,  Pigs.  21  ami  20. 

Syn.  Coli/leiluiioci-iiiiis  —  Cass,  and  Lvox,     1800,  Proc.  Am.  Ac.  Arts  and  Sci.,  V.,  p.  20. 

Calyx  oblong,  conical  to  alino.st  cylindrical.  The  dor.sal  cup  consists 
almost  exclusively  of  basals,  radials,  and  a  largo  anal  plate.  Tiie  costals  and 
disticlial<,  .iltliough  laterally  connected  by  interbracliials,  and  taking  part  in 
the  composition  of  the  calyx,  more  or  less,  retain  the  form  of  arm  plates. 
Plates  deliciite ;  their  surfaces  smooth,  or  covered  with  longitudinal  stria)  or 
rows  of  small  tubercles.  Basals  two,  the  suture  lino  running  from  the  anal 
plate  to  the  anterior  radial.  They  form  together  a  deep  obconical  or  rounded 
cup,  which  in  height  often  equals  the  length  of  the  radiid.s.  Radials  largo, 
subquiulrangular,  except  the  anterior  one,  which  is  pentangular;  their  upper 
fiices  excavated  for  the  reception  of  the  brachials.  Costals  two,  very  short 
and  narrow.  In  some  species  the  axillary  costals  support  the  arms,  in  others 
those  of  the  distichals  or  palmars,  and  the  first  .and  second  plate  of  each 
order  are  united  by  s3'Z3-gy.  Arms  thin,  either  uniserial  or  bisorial,  some- 
times pendent.  Pinnules  unusually  long  and  rather  stout.  Interbracliials 
three,  arranged  transversel}- ;  they  rest  upon  the  upper  faces  of  the  radials 
and  are  succeeded  by  a  number  of  interambulacral  pieces.  The  covering 
plates  of  the  ambulacra  generally  exposed  and  forming  continuous  rows. 
Anal  plate  frequently  a  little  smaller  than  the  radials,  pentangular,  narrower 
at  the  upper  end  than  at  the  lower.     Anus  cxcentric,  placed  within  a  wart- 

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TUIC  CKINOIDKA   CAMKUATA  OF   NOUTII   AMERICA. 


like  i)iotul)eiiuice,  or  at  the  outer  end  of  a  sliort  conical  tube.  Column 
101111(1;  axial  canal  minute. 

Didnbiittiiii-  —  This  genus  is  largely  ropresentcil  in,  and  nearly  to  tlio 
close  of,  the  Carboniferous,  both  in  America  and  Europe ;  but  not  a  solitary 
species  is  known  from  the  Devonian,  nor  from  the  Coal  measures. 

Tiii>c  ol  the  genus;  Dtvhncriiiug  radiatus  Munster. 

licntufks.  —  There  has  been  some  diilerence  of  opinion  as  to  the  number 
of  "primary  railials"  in  Dicliocrinits.  The  Austins  represent  their  D.  fusi- 
formis*  with  throe  costals,  and  De  Koninck  and  Le  lion,  in  their  generic 
formula,  fix  tiie  number  of  "primary  radials"  at  four,  on  the  strength  of 
Austin's  figure.  Shumard,  on  the  other  hand,  describes  two  of  his  species, 
D.  ciirnifjcnts  and  D.  sexlobatus,  with  a  single  large  radial  followed  directly 
by  the  distichals.  Cassoday  and  Lyon  give  the  number  of  "radials"  as  one 
to  three,  and  with  this  Meek  and  Worthen  agree. 

From  a  careful  examination  of  extensive  material,  we  are  convinced  that 
all  sjiecies  of  iJic/iocriitiis  have  three  so-called  radials,  i.  e.  two  small  costals 
above  the  radial,  united  by  syzygy;  but  that  D.  corniijcrns,  D.  scxlahatus, 
and  the  other  species  for  which  we  proposed  the  genus  I'alwommis,  have 
but  one,  and  this  so  extremely  small  that  it  was  overlooked  by  Shumard. 

The  genus  Cot(jlvihnocrinus  Casseday  and  Lyon  is  based  on  incorrect 
observation.  Examination  of  the  type  specimens  shows  that  C.  jyenialohiis, 
the  type  of  the  genus,  has  two  basals,  followed  by  a  ring  of  six  plates,  and 
not  by  five  as  described  by  the  autliors. 

Dichocrinus  lachrymosus  Hall. 
riatc  LXXVII.  Fif/s.  2a,  I,  c. 

1SJ9.     T>it-/in.\-iiiiis  luchn/iiiosiis  —  IIau.  ;    Siippl.  Gcol.  Krp.  Iowa,  p.  Si;  figured  Bull.  I.  N.  Y.  State 

Museum  of  N,il.  Hist.,  I'liilc  iA,  l-'ii;.  ]1. 
ISSl.     Vldli/i-riiitts  milj'iiimitosiis  —  W.  and  Sp. ;  Hcvisioii  rulTocr.,  Part  II..  p.  75. 
1SS5.     Vi.-liucriiiiin  liielii-i/mosKs  —  W.  and  Si'. ;  iliid..  Part  111.,  p.  1 19. 

A  rather  large  and  grotesquely  ornamented  species.  Calyx  large  in 
proportion  to  the  size  of  the  arms,  broadly  conical,  as  wide  as  high ;  sides 
rapidly  and  uniformly  spreading  from  the  base  of  the  basal  cup  to  the  base 
of  the  brachials ;  the  radials  rounded  on  the  back,  producing  angular  depres- 
sions along  the  suture  lines.  Surface  of  plates  covered  by  series  of  prominent 
wart-like  proces.ses  of  abrupt  and  irregular  form,  those  of  the  same  plate 
being  generally  confluent.  On  the  ba.«al  cup,  these  processes  occupy  the 
lower  end,  there  being  two  or  three  of  thom  to  each  basal,  each  set  separated 
•  Rcc.  nad  Foss.  Criu.,  Plate  5,  Fig.  04. 


IIKXACRIXID.E. 


100 


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by  nn  obscure  groove,  nnd  similar  grooves,  but  dccpor,  marli  (lie  :ii(ci1)iisal 
suture  lines.  The  processes  upon  the  radiiils  occupy  tiie  upper  two  tliirds  of 
the  plates,  leaving  their  lower  ends  and  the  upper  portions  of  the  basals 
almost  free  from  ornamentation.  The  facet  which  supi)orts  the  costals  is 
surrounded  by  a  thickened  collar,  from  which  three  —  exceptiounlly  two  — 
ridii-cs  or  series  of  nodes  pass  downward  ;  the  two  outer  ones  in  the  direction 
of  the  lower  angles  of  the  plates,  the  other  following  the  median  line. 

Ba.sal  cup  large,  occupying  over  two  fifths  the  lieight  of  the  caly.x. 
Radials  considerably  wider  above  than  below,  their  Kngth  about  e(iual  to 
their  width  at  the  upper  end ;  the  lower  faces  very  little  convex,  the  upper 
slightly  excavated ;  the  facet  directed  upwards,  occupying  one  third  the 
width  of  the  plates;  the  limbs  somewhat  inllected  but  not  notched.  Costals 
two,  rounded  on  the  back,  the  lower  very  short  and  linear ;  the  second 
a  little  longer  and  axillary,  its  sloping  upper  faces  at  right  angles.  Dis- 
tichals  three,  narrower  than  the  costals ;  the  two  lower  ones  coml)ined  but 
little  longer  than  the  third,  and  united  by  syzygy,  the  second  giving  off  a 
strong  pinnule  to  the  outer  sides  of  the  rays;  the  third  axillary.  Arms  gener- 
ally four  to  the  ray,  occasionally  five  to  six  in  one  of  the  three  anterior  rays, 
or  in  all  of  them ;  they  are  widely  divergent,  comparatively  thin,  rather 
short,  and  composed  of  a  single  series  of  cuneate  pieces  alternately  arranged. 
Ventral  disk  depressed-convex,  the  median  portions  flattened  and  occupied 
b}'  five,  small  but  well  defined  onds,  from  which  five  rows  of  comparatively 
wide  but  short  covering  pieces  pass  out  to  the  arms.  The  three  interbrachial 
plates  are  followed  by  eight  to  ten  interaml)ulacral  pieces,  distributed  in  four 
ranges.  Anal  plate  a  little  narrower  at  the  top  than  below,  succeeded  by 
five  small  pieces  transversely  arranged,  which  in  turn  are  followed  by  numer- 
ous smaller  plates  forming  a  protuberance  which  contains  the  anal  opening. 
Tiie  anus  is  almost  marginal  and  opens  out  laterally.  Column  small,  round ; 
the  joints  short,  the  nodal  ones  somewhat  projecting. 

Uorkon  and  Locality.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone  ;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

7)/pe  in  the  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection. 

licmarl's.  —  This  species  is  readily  distingui.ihed  from  anj- other  of  this 
genus  by  its  peculiar  style  of  ornamentation,  in  which,  however,  it  closely  re- 
sembles Platijcri)ws  stthqjiiiuhsiis  Hall,  to  which  we  erroneously  referred  it  in 
Part  II.  of  the  Revision.  The  type  specimen,  which  wo  had  examined,  was  im- 
perfect, showing  neither  the  anal  plate  nor  the  form  of  the  calyx.  Fine  speci- 
mens since  obtained  by  us  in  considerable  number  leave  no  doubt  that  it  is  an 
exceedingly  well  marked  species,  and  was  correctly  described  as  a  Bic/iocrtiitis. 


4 


700  THE  CRINOIDKA  CAMERATA  OF  NORTH  AMERICA. 

Dichocrinus  polydactylus  Casskday  ami  Lvon. 
Plate  LXXVII.  FUjs.  la,  b. 

1800.    Casskday  unci  Lyon  ;  rrocccd.  Ainer.  Aciul.  of  Arts  ami  Si'i.,  Vul.  V.,  p,  IS. 
1S81.     W.  niul  Sr.-,  Uovismn  I'liliiwr.,  Vnrt  II.,  p.  8t. 

S\n.  J)ii-/ioeriiiii<  r.r/ni/iiiis  MtEK  nml  WuiiiiiKN  (lint  l)e  Koiiiiick  nml  Lc  lion  1S63);  Proceed. 
Acail.  Xal.  Sci.  I'liila.,  p.  3U;  also  (itul.  Hop.  Illinois,  Vol.  V.,  p.  SOU,  I'lalu  11,  I'ig.  1. 

Of  tho  typo  of  D.  l((cIiri/)iiosiis.  Calyx  oxpiiiuling  rather  rapidly  along  the 
ba.sals,  thence  more  abruptly  to  the  top  of  tho  radials,  where  its  width  is  once 
and  a  half  its  height.  The  calyx  in  a  dorsal  aspect  is  shurjily  hexagonal, 
owing  to  the  convexity  of  the  radials  and  anal  plate,  especially  in  the  upper 
parts  where  the  median  portions  are  conspicuously  gibbous,  producing  an 
angular  depression  along  the  interradial  sutures.  The  basi-radinl  and  inter- 
basal  sutures  arc  olso  slightly  grooved,  and  the  margins  of  the  plates  some- 
what beveled.  Surface  of  plates  ornamented  with  scattered,  irregular, 
wart-like  nodes,  which  show  a  tendency  to  form  vertical  rows.  Similar 
markings  occur  upon  the  radials,  where  they  start  from  the  projecting 
upper  rim  and  run  to  tho  lower  end  of  the  plates. 

Base  large,  its  height  almost  one  half  that  of  the  entire  cup;  its  lower 
face  surrounded  by  conspicuous  nodes,  which  are  sometimes  confluent  and 
form  a  rim  around  the  lower  margin.  Kadials  nearly  twice  as  wide  at  the 
upper  end  as  at  the  lower,  the  upper  face  almost  equal  to  the  length  of  the 
plates;  the  facet  bounded  by  a  heavy,  thickened  rim.  Anal  plate  wider  and 
longer  than  the  radials,  strongly  convex  in  the  middle,  somewhat  inflected 
at  the  top.  Co.stals  two,  twice  as  wide  as  long.  Distichals  three;  the  first 
and  second,  like  the  first  and  .second  costals  generally  united  by  sy/.ygy, 
their  suture  lines  being  less  distinct  than  those  between  the  other  bracliials ; 
the  third  distichal  largest  and  axillary ;  it  supports  on  its  outer  face  a  simple 
arm,  which  .slopes  oljliquely  upward,  and  on  tho  inner  face  two  palinars 
arranged  almost  in  vortical  lino  with  the  distichals,  and  resembling  them  in 
form  and  size.  Tho  .second  palmar  bifurcates  again,  giving  off  in  the  same 
manner  as  the  preceding  axillary  an  arm  from  the  outer  side,  and  from  tho 
inner  two  or  three  post-palmars,  which  support  two  simple  arms,  making 
four  arms  from  each  main  division,  or  eight  from  each  ray.  Arms  biserial 
from  the  fourth  or  fifth  plate ;  they  are  long,  rounded  on  the  back,  and 
taper  ver}' slightly ;  pinnules  closely  set  and  of  moderate  length.  Ventral 
disk  higlicr  than  tho  dorsal  cup,  composed  of  comparatively  largo  plates; 


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the  summit  somewlint  flattcnud  nnd  covered  hy  large  oriil.s,  from  which  two 
row.s  of  tuberculous  covering  pieces  puss  out  to  the  arms.  Iiiternidial  spsices 
slightly  depressed  and  paved  by  numerous  riither  large  plates,  all  having 
a  small  tubercle  in  the  centre;  the  anal  interradius  has  (Ivc  plates  in  the 
first  row  as  against  three  at  the  otlier  sides,  and  is  very  wide  and  bulging, 
the  plates  throughout  being  large,  except  those  innnediately  surrounding  the 
anus.  The  anal  opening  is  placed  near  the  summit  in  close  proximity  to  the 
posterior  oi'al.  Column  round,  of  moderate  size,  slightly  tapering  downward, 
the  nodal  joints  but  little  wider  than  the  internodals. 

ILirhdu  011(1  L'lcdliti/. —  Keokuk  limestone;  Crawfordsville,  Ind. 

Ti/jjin  in  the  collection  of  the  late  Major  Sidney  S.  L\on,  Jefl'erson- 
ville,  Ind. 

RiiiKir/iii.  —  Dkhocrbuis  c.r/wH«»s  Meek  and  Worthen  is  undoubtedly  iden- 
tical with  this  species,  nlthough  the  specimen  figured  has  only  six  arms  to 
the  ray.  Moreover,  that  name  was  pre-occupied  by  De  Koninck  and  Lo 
Hon  in  1853. 

Dicbocrinus  striatus  0.  ami  Sm  m. 

rintt  LXXVn.  Fi,js.  J  J  a.  h. 

1S52.    0\vi:n  .iiiil  SiiiMUin;  I'.  S.  Godl.  Ucp.  Wise,  Iciwa,  imliI  Minn.,  p.  590,  rintc  5./,  Kigs.  10^,  b. 
Ibbl.    W.  1111(1  Sp. i  Uc'visiiiu  I'liliiupi-.,  I'iirt  It.,  |).  85. 

Calyx  subglobose,  widest  at  the  basi-radial  suture  ;  compo.«ed  of  thin 
plates,  which  are  thic^kly  covered  with  conspicuous,  abruptly  elevated,  longi- 
tudinal ridges.  These  ridges  form  around  the  calyx  six  well  defined  rhombs, 
which  meet  interradially  at  the  basi-radial  suture,  the  acute  upper  angles  of 
five  of  them  reaching  to  the  radial  facets,  that  of  the  sixth  to  the  upper  part 
of  the  anal  plate,  and  their  lower  angles  to  the  lower  ends  of  the  basals. 
The  rhombs  are  subdivided  into  two  triangles  by  the  basi-radial  suture,  and 
the  included  spaces  are  occupied  by  three  or  four  vertical  ridges,  often  with 
smaller  ont's  between,  which  all  cross  the  sutiu'e  line  unbroken.  Other 
ridges,  but  less  distinct  and  easily  overlooked,  fill  the  triangles  formed 
between  the  upper  sides  of  adjoining  rhumbs,  and  these  as  well  as  those 
within  the  rhond).s,  when  examined  under  a  lens,  have  an  iindidated  outline. 

Basal  cup  hemispherical,  slightly  trimcated  at  the  lower  end ;  column 
facet  well  defined  and  bordered  by  the  lower  ends  of  the  ridges;  height  equal 
to  that  of  the  railials;  superior  margin  distinctly  hexangular.  Railials  quadri- 
lateral, narrower  at  the  top  than  at  the  bottom;  the  width  at  the  lower  faces 


758 


TIIK   C'lUXOIUKA    CAMKHATA   OI"   XOHTIt   AMKHICA. 


tMiimllo,  or  greater  tlinn  the  Ii'iigtli ;  tlieir  upper  fiires  one  lliiid  narrower; 
facets  heiiiieireular,  directed  ii[)\VMrtl,  and  oceiipviiij,'  one  liall'tlio  widlli  of  the 
plnteH.  Anal  plate  of  a  niniilar  form  to  the  radiidf",  lint  narrower  at  the  top, 
the  upper  portion  somewhat  bidyiii},''.  CoHlals  two,  vei'^'  f<liort.  Arms  two 
from  eaeh  ray,  rather  strong,  hiseriul  from  the  (iflli  plale;  Ihittciied  on  tin' 
haek.  Arm  joiiitw  twice  us  wide  as  long.  Pinnules  heavy  and  unusually 
long  even  for  this  guniiM.  Column  tsmall ;  the  nodal  joints  consideraMy 
widest,  and  their  edges  knife-like  and  serrated. 

Iloi'kon  and  Lurulili/,  —  Upper  IJurlingtou  limestone ;  Burlington,  Iowa, 
uiul  several  places  in  western  Illinois  and  Missouri. 

Dichocrlnus  plicatus  Hu.i,. 
rialc  LXXVn.Fi,js.r,a,b. 

]^r,\.     IIai.i.;  W^Um  imm.  N;it.  lIUl.,  Vul.  Vll.,  p.  2ss. 

18sl.     W.  mill  Sr.  ;    \WsWm»  1";.1,ti«m-.,  I'miI  11.,  [..  s|  (I'n.crtl.  Adul,  XmI,  Sci.  riiilii.,  p.  2J''). 

Of  the  type  of  D.  .ifrialiis,  which  it  resendiles  in  the  style  of  oriiamentn- 
tion ;  but  the  plates  are  thicker,  the  ridges  upon  the  plates  comparatively 
larger,  loss  in  number,  and  the  species  is  snuiUer  throughout.  Calyx  globu- 
lar, slightly  conical  at  the  lower  end;  greatest  diameter  at  the  lower  part  of 
the  radials,  the  upper  part  curving  gradually  inward.  The  ribs  or  ridges 
covering  the  surface  are  undulated  and  very  strong,  the  inlervening  grooves 
deep  and  wider  in  the  middle  than  at  the  ends.  They  form  six  well  defined 
rhombs,  distributed  around  the  calyx  in  a  similar  manner  as  tho>e  in  (ho 
preceding  species;  but  their  inner  spaces  are  occupied  liy  one  or  two  in 
place  of  three  to  foiu'  ridges,  and  the  triangles  at  each  side  of  the  I'hombs, 
which  are  longitudinally  divided  by  the  interradial  sutures,  nie  .smooth  or 
oidy  occupied  by  low  pustules. 

J?asals  longer  than  the  radials,  forming  a  deep  cup  with  rounded  .sides 
and  slightly  truncated  lower  end.  Kadials  sidjcpiadrangidar,  widest  at  the 
lower  margin  ;  facets  wide,  occ\ipying  two  thirds  the  width  of  the  plate,  and 
directed  upward.  Anal  plate  generally  a  little  narrower  than  the  radials. 
Costals  two,  small,  supporting  two  arnis.  Arms  thin,  long;  composed  of 
rather  long  cuneate  pieces,  which  interlock  from  the  fourth  or  fifth  plate. 
Pinnules  stout  and  very  long,  the  joints  three  times  longer  than  wide. 
Column  small. 

Ilorhon  ami  Lacaltly.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Ti/pcs  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 


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IIKXACUINID.i:. 


7.VJ 


Dichoorinus  oblongua  w.  ami  Sp.  (nov.  spec). 
I'htcLXSVII.  Fiij.O. 

Til  tlio  stylo  of  orimiiicntation  rcsemhliiiy  1).  ''ifits,  from  wliicli  it  (lilTt'r.M 
cssfiitiiilly  in  it^  vory  cloiigiitc  cnlyx,  and  in  tlie  proportions  of  tlio  pliitos. 
Ciilyx  iiImoHt  twico  iis  liigli  its  wiilc,  oJjconicnl,  not  contnicti'tl  nt  tlio  upper 
end;  tlio  sides  convex.  Surface  covered  by  six  nets  of  from  five  to  six  rather 
prominent,  lon^iludinal  ridges,  wliiuh  in  gentle  curves  pass  from  the  facets 
of  tlie  radiiils  and  lop  of  the  anal  j)lale  to  Iho  foot  of  the  linsals.  These 
ridges  do  not  cover  tiio  entire  siiriaoe  of  the  calyx,  but  leave  upon  ihe  lateral 
margins  of  ntljoiniiig  rndials  a  trigonal  space,  divided  by  the  interradial 
suture,  and  covered  by  obscure,  longitudinal  ridges,  which  rest  obli(iuely 
against  tlie  otiier  ridges. 

Basal  cup  conical,  iilniost  as  high  as  the  radials,  and  nearly  as  high  as 
wide;  slightly  truncated  at  tlie  bottom;  the  upper  face  but  little  excavated, 
liudials  .....0  and  a  half  as  long  ns  the  width  of  the  lower  end,  a  little  wider 
above  than  below,  the  lower  face  almost  straight  ;  facets  narrow,  a  little 
concave,  ami  slightly  protruding  outward.  Structure  of  arms  and  ventrnl 
disk  not  known. 

Horizon  ami  Loculili/.  —  Warsaw  limepionc.  near  Woomington,  Ind. 

Ti/j)c  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

Dlchocrinus  liratus  Hall. 
riate  LXXVIL  Fhja.  Ja,  h,  ami  Plate  LXXVI.  Fi(j.  8. 

ISnO.  IIai.1.  ;  I'l-iliin.  Dcscr.  (if  Nrw  Pnln'oz.  Criii.,  p.  5. 

ISOl.  IIau;  lio^l.  Jniim.  Niil   llisl.,  Veil.  VII.,  |i.  -290. 

T<72.  IIau,  ;  N'.  Y.  Slalc  .Mus.  NmI.  lliM.  (linll.  l),  I'lalc  2./,  Figs.  7,  8. 

ISSl.  W.  mid  Sp.;  Revision  Piilieocr.,  I'int  II.,  p.  8t. 

Of  the  type  of  D.  jxili/iliit'ti/liis  and  D.  larhri/nwsus,  difTcring  from  the 
former  in  having  four  or  five  instead  of  six  to  eight  arm.s  to  the  ray,  and 
showing  a  tendency  toward  the  rhombic  sculpturing  of  D,  striatus.  Calyx 
abruptly  spreading  to  the  basi-radial  suture,  and  more  moderately  from 
there  to  the  arm  bases,  at  which  the  width  \s  about  equal  to  the  length. 
Surface  marked  by  a  few  strong  radiating  ridges,  somewhat  tending  to  form 
triangles  or  rhombs,  modified  by  transverse  lines;  eompo.sed  of  small,  closely 


I 

I 


ruo 


niK  CltlNolDKA   ('A.MKUAIA   Ul'   NolMll    A.MMdl  A. 


sot,  l)c'ii(l-liko  iiKico.iKCS,  which  give  to  llio  riilgett  n,  soiiiuwhut  Hornitod  ucpcct. 
Suturo  liiK's  i)li>c'ui'o. 

IJasals  Iiir;ic,  occupying  two  finii.i  to  one  Imlf  tho  height  of  the  doimil 
cup,  ihiir  iowi'i'  oiiiU  projei'tiiig  into  ii  siiliunt  nmrgin;  their  suifiice  covered 
with  I'i-lil  riiige.s,  t<ix  of  tlieni  nidiuting  from  tlic  column  to  tho  nix  fidiciit 
luijrles  wliicii  foiiii  tlio  upper  nmigiii  of  tiiu  (U)r.-'al-  cup  ;  tlie  two  ollici> 
fdiiow  tho  inlorbaciil  suture.  Kadiaitt  as  long  us  their  width  at  tho  toi),  tho 
median  portions  obtusely  angular,  projecting  outward,  especially  in  I  he 
upper  part,  where  the  outer  nuirgins  of  tho  plates  Ibruj  a  depression  or 
groove  along  the  inlorradial  sutures;  tho  outer  edges  of  the  facets  sur- 
rounded by  a  large,  (|uito  proininent,  thickened  rim,  from  which  two  ridges 
pass  out  Id  tho  lower  angles  of  tho  jdates.  The  spaces  between  tiieso  ridges 
and  those  of  tho  basals  arc  marked  with  a  few  small  nodes,  wliich  below  tho 
bii.si-radial  suture  are  arranged  in  transverse  lines.  Tho  upper  lateral  angles 
of  the  ladials  are  not  truncated,  and  the  facets  are  shallow.  Anal  plate 
similar  in  I'oiin  to  the  radials,  but  narrower  and  angular  at  the  top.  (Jostals 
two.  short,  and  closely  united.  Distichals  throe;  tho  length  of  tho  two 
lower  plates  tog.'liii'r  about  eipial  to  that  of  the  third.  Arms  four  to  tho 
ray,  suljcylindrical,  very  little  tapering;  composed  of  two  rows  of  rallier 
largo  interlocking  pieces.  Pinnules  long.  iStructuro  of  the  disk  not  known. 
Column  round  and  of  moderate  thickness;  the  joints  veiy  even  and  short 
near  the  calyx,  but  growing  longer  downward,  and  the  nodal  joints  project- 
ing above  the  internodals. 

Jfiiri.V'in  Kill!  f.'niili/^.  —  Upper  Biu'lington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa. 
T'/j/c  in  tho  University  Museum  at  Aim  Arl)or,  Michigan. 


DichocrinuB  ovatus  o.  .uut  .s;iii  >i. 
PM.'  LXXVf.  nil.  r,  and  Phifr  LXXVIl  /'/>.  8r/,  h. 

\<ii.     Owr.N  :inil  SiirMMin;  V.  S,  fii'ol.  l(i|i.  \Vi«c,  Imvn  nml  Minn.,  I'iiil  II.,  p.  SOU,  riato  .')./,  l'ii:>. 

11./,  Ii,  c. 
ISSl.     AV.  :uM  Si'.  ;  l(,vi»i(iii  I'alivncr.,  I'lirt  II.,  p.  SI. 

Form  of  caly.x  ovoid,  higher  than  wide,  widest  across  the  middle  of  the 
radials;  the  edges  of  the  plates  slightly  beveled,  and  the  suture  lines  well 
defined  ;  plates  strong.  The  basals  form  a  rounded,  .somewhat  conical  cup, 
which  at  its  lower  end  is  truncated  and  slightly  excavated.  The  truncated 
part  is  completely  filled  by  the  upper  face  of  the  column,  and  there  is  around 
its  edge  a  ring  of  well  defined  spinous  nodes.     The  sides  of  the  cup  are 


IIKXACHINID.E. 


701 


(k'liMily  covered  hy  small  gmiiiik.s  nnanged  in  row  some  of  wli  i  run  from 
tlio  truiiciited  Inver  part  tu  the  upper  faeex,  and  n  wvmowlmt  stru  -^r  one  t" 
each  angle;  otlier-<  run  parallel  to  llie  undulating  upper  niaigiu. 

Ilasals  largo,  occupving  more  than  tlireo  I'iglitlis  tlio  lieiglit  of  the  eal^Tl. 
HailiaU  varialilc  in  form,  hut  alwayn  lunger  than  vviile,  nn<l  narrower  ni  t, 
upper  face  than  at  the  lower;  their  orujimenlation  is  himilar  to  that  of  thu 
hasnlf",  con.xiHting  of  narrow  rows  of  granules  passing  up  and  ilown  the  plates, 
and  others  crossing  them  transversely;  facets  occupying  ahout  one  half  the 
•wiilth  of  the  radials  at  their  upper  end,  shallow,  and  direcled  upwards.  Anal 
l)late  generally  \vi<ler  at  the  hottom  than  the  radials,  an<l  narrower  ahove ; 
the  lower  faces  distinctly  angular.  Costals  two;  the  first  shorter  than  the 
hii'urcating  second.  Arms  ten.  strong,  slightly  tapering  upward,  and  hiserial. 
PinnulcH  very  long  and  closely  packed  ;  composeil  of  si.\  or  seven  joints, 
each  one  about  eight  times  as  long  as  wide,  Structure  of  the  ventral  disk, 
and  form  and  position  of  the  anu.s  unknown.  Column  round,  the  nodal  joints 
larger  and  rounded  at  their  edges,  the  internodals  (|uilc  short. 

Ilurlznn  iiiid  Lvcalifi/.  —  Lower  Ilurliugton  limestone,  Burlington,  Iowa. 


DichOOrinUS  linoatUS  "SU-.m  mul  \V(iiirm:\. 
Phitc  LXXVI.  Fiijs.  4a,  0,  c. 

1309.    Mbkr  nml  Wortiikn  j  PrDCrcd.  Acnd.  Nut.  Sci.  I'liilii.,  p.  fiO. 

Wi.    Mkbk  nnd  W.jutiieni  (iv«\.  Ili'p.  Uliiiuj.,,  Vul.  V.,  p.  IHl,  I'lale  3,  Fi(,'s.  l/(,  6,  e. 

18S1.    W.  nml  Sim  Uivisidii  I'liln'ucr.,  I'liil  11.,  \<.  St. 

A  large  species,  intermediate  between  D.  ovuIkh  nnd  JJ.  jhxhdi,  with 
delicate  longitudinally  striate  ornamentation.  Calyx  pyriform,  about  as 
wide  as  high,  not  rounded  at  the  base  as  in  the  former,  nor  llattened  as  in 
the  latter ;  it  is  widest  at  midway,  and  contracts  but  little  at  the  upper  end. 
Sinface  densely  and  uniformly  covered  with  minute,  closely  arranged  longi- 
tudinal ridges,  proceeding  in  parallel  lines  from  the  upper  part  of  the  radials 
downward;  those  following  the  median  portions  of  the  plates  continuous  to 
the  foot  of  the  basal  cup,  the  outer  ones  meeting  at  acute  angles  ^,'ith 
corresponding  ridges  from  adjacent  radials.  On  the  anal  plate,  in  which  the 
upper  face  is  mucli  narrower  than  the  lower,  the  ridges  run  parallel  to  the 
lateral  margins  of  the  plate,  and  nieeL  the  inner  ridges  at  acute  angles  in 
a  similar  manner  to  those  upon  the  basals. 

Basal  cup  conical,  with  slightly  curving  sides ;  its  height  equal  to  the 
length  of  the  radials.     Basi-radial  and  interradial  sutures  rather  well  defined. 


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762 


TIIK  C'RINOIDKA  CAMKUATA  OK   NOUIII    AMKUICA. 


liiulialft  11  lilllc  loii}(or  limn  wido,  tlio  lowi-r  Iiu'cm  moiK'mli'l>' convex ;  tlic 
liiloriil  iiiii'H  iiaiiill«.'l ;  llif  ii|ipi'i'  nuiirly  ftiiiiglit.  not  ,>.1(i|m'(1  itl  tlio  oiitiT  cikN, 
iiMil  bill  lilllo  iiniiiLwc'd  lit  the  liioct,  wliicli  !.•<  narrow  and  nonu'wlial  lliii'k- 
L'nod  aioiuid  the  margin.  Anal  pluto  genemlly  wider  at  the  lower  end  than 
the  nulialH,  an<l  one  fourth  narrower  at  the  top;  its  lower  face  ohtucely 
angular.     All  parts  ahove  the  radials  unixnown.     t'ldunm  roinid  and  small. 

Jl'iiixmi  mill  /,'iiii/i/>/, —  Lower  Hurlingtun  limestone,  IJurlington,  lowu, 

'J'l/jii.  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zottlogy. 

Dicboorlnua  omatua  w.  miil  sp. 
I'liik  LXX\'I/.ri!/.n. 

bSl.     Dii-hfi-iiiiit  iiriiiilim  —  W.  iiiiil  Hp.i  Hcvinluli  I'lilinicr.,  I'lirl  II ,  p.  SI. 

Svii.  Itirtiuniiii'  sriili,lin  —  i'\*M\>\\  niul   I.VdN  (mil  Di'   Kniiiiick  iiiiil   I,i!  lliiii,  Wh\)\  I'rnoccil. 
AiiiiT.  Aciicl.  Arts  ami  Sci.,  Vul.  V,,  |i.  ijj. 

A  very  small  speeien.  Calyx  to  the  top  of  the  radials  ahont  tt.s  wide  no 
liiyli ;  regularly  cup-shaped ;  hroadly  trimcaled  at  the  lower  end  ;  the  sides 
a  little  convex  ;  the  upper  margin  slightly  contracting.  IMati'.s  covered 
by  cons|iicuous.  irregular,  undulating  ridges,  two  of  which  descend  from  the 
top  of  the  dorsal  cup  to  the  foot  of  the  basals,  two  others  olditiuely  in  the 
direction  of  tlio  lower  lateral  angles  of  the  radials,  touching  slightly  the 
upjicr  end  of  the  hasals,  and  two  shorter  ones  pass  out  to  the  lateral  faces  of 
the  railials. 

llasal  cup  sancer-slmpcd,  occupying  two  fifths  the  height  of  tho  calyx ; 
the  truncated  lower  face  surrounded  by  a  well  defined  undulating  rim. 
Itadiiils  a  little  longer  than  wide,  widest  at  the  top;  facets  small  and  pro- 
jecting outward.  Anal  plate  almost  us  large  as  the  radials,  narrowest  ahove. 
Costals  two,  short;  occupying  less  than  one  half  tho  width  of  the  radials. 
Disiichals  two  or  three.  Arms  four  to  the  ray,  slender ;  composed  of  long 
cuneate  joints  which  gradually  interlock  without  being  truly  bi.serial.  I'iii- 
iiules  long.  The  arms  in  most  of  the  specimens  are  spread  out  horizontally. 
Ventral  disk  low-convex  ;  ntius  directed  laterally.  Column  round  ;  the  nodal 
joints  projecting  and  provided  with  one  or  two  long  cirri. 

Jfnrizon  mill  LnntJilij.  —  St.  Ijouis  group;  tho  typo  specimen  in  the 
collection  of  Major  S.  S.  Lyon  caino  from  Ilardin  County,  Ky.,  that  figured 
by  us  from  near  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa. 

liiiiiiirl-^.  —  This  is  tho  smalloat  known  species  of  Dwhorriinis,  and  is 
readily  recognized  by  tho  spreading  arms,  long  pinnules,  and  tho  stria; 
along  the  calyx  plates. 


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IIKXAMIINID.K. 


7C3 


DlohoorlDiia  ooxanui  WonTiirx. 
/•A//,  I.XXVl.  yiu.o. 

liir    WonTiir.N  ;  (icnl.  llrp  Illiiuns  Vnl.  VII.,  |i.  III.).  I'l.iir  il7,  Kiirn.  7. 

Its.V     W,  iiihl  Si',  i   III  UMnii  I'ul cr,,  I'lirl  III  ,  |i.  I  Ji<  (I'mcnil.  Arm!.  Nul.  8ri,  Pliiln.,  |<.  Wi). 

A  very  mimll  iiml  »lt'iitlor  upocioH  of  tlic  \y\M'  nf  />.  iininhia.  Culyx  ovnto, 
nliiio,st  poiiiti'd  lit,  till'  liiwiT  cml,  coiiHtrieUMl  uciiw.'h  tlii'  I'Of^tulH ;  gruiilfHt  tlin- 
iiu'ti'r  11  littlo  uliovo  lln'  Ita^'i-i'udial  siitiiii'.  Siiil'iiuo  of  tin-  plutes  covtMi'd 
^vit)l  irrci^niliir  Inii^riliuliiiiil  I'id^a'H,  iVnui  {\\\w  (o  four  locacli  plate,  wliicli  nni 
|iiii'alli'l  to  tlio  latfial  liorilui'H  ol  tlu>  railiuU,  and  art'  t'onliiiiu'd  aloiij^  tliu 
bannU  to  the  coliniiii. 

Dawalrt  iiM  Ioti{?  M  tlio  radials ;  foriiiiiig  a  rntlior  liij,'li,  obronicnl  oiip.  with 
a  very  iiiirrow  columnar  iittiiolmuMit.  IJadiulM  loiij,'('r  tliaii  wido,  tlicir  lowtM* 
fiici's  iiiodi'i'atcly  coiivi'x.  tilt!  Iiitcriil  rncc.'H  nearly  pandlel,  tliu  upper  margins 
constricted  and  to  nearly  one  liall'  tlieir  width  excavated  for  the  I'acetM. 
Costal.t  two,  very  whort.  forming  a  t^yy^y'  Arms  ten,  Hlcndcr,  roinided  on 
(he  hack;  composed  of  .><lightly  cuneatc  piece-*.  I'iininles  long.  All  other 
parts  nnknown. 

IIiir'r.iiH  mill  f,iiriili/i/.  —  Upper  part  of  Keokuk  limestone  (Crnwfordsvillo 
division),  Hamilton,  Illinois. 

7''//>c  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  T-.  A.  Cox,  Ki'okuk.  Iowa. 

Ill iinirhs.  —  IHrliiirn'iiiin  in iiiiliix,  w\i\\  which  this  spceien  ha^  the  closest 
nfnnities.  has  twenty  arms  instead  of  ten,  the  calyx  is  less  ctunlracted  at  the 
arm  hascs,  broadly  truncated  at  the  lower  end,  and  it  conii  ^  from  a  dilVerent 
hori/on, 

Dlchoorinus  pisum  Mkkk  nni  Wdiniu-N-, 
Plate  LXXVJ.  Flij.  o,  „>iil  Phil,'  LXXVII.  Fig.  10. 

l«nn.     Mkfk  mimI  Wmutiikn;  I'rocci'il,  Aivul.  Nut,  Sri,  riiilii.,  y.  li'J. 

!><;;),     .\ln  K  mi.l  W.iUTMKN ;  (l.nl.  Itc|,.  llliiHiis,  V.il,  V„  p,  tH,  I'lnlc  3,  Fips,  in.  //,  c. 

I'o-l,     W.  ,'iiul  .><.■.;  Iti'visiiiM  r.ilinirr.  I'lirl  II.,  |i.  SI  (I'nicci'il.  Acn.l.  Nat.  8ci.  I'liilii.,  |i.  i.')'). 

Of  the  type  of  7).  /i/!rii,,is,  hut  the  calyx,  instead  of  globular,  sub([uadran' 
gular  in  outline,  the  basal  portions  more  or  lc,ss  flattened,  and  the  .sides  along 
the  radials  but  very  slightly  convex.  It  also  re.seud)les  D.  Uncdlim  in  the 
stylo  of  ornamontation,  but  the  ridges  are  coarser  and  more  prominent,  and 
the  b.isal  cup  proportionally  smaller  and  less  conical.  Height  one  fourth 
loss  than  the  width.     Plates  thin;  the  radials  covered  by  from  six  to  eiglit 


(04 


TIIK   CKIXOIUKA   CAMKUATA   OV   NORTH   AMKHICA. 


striic  '.(.•rliciilly  arranged,  and  all  contimicil  to  the  basals,  whore  the  coire- 
sponiliiig  OIK'S  meet  witli  tlioso  from  adjoining  radials  at  acute  angles;  the 
stria'  in  well  preserved  specimens  showing  a  rliombic  arrangement. 

Basal  cup  rather  Hat,  i)resenting  a  shallow  basin;  the  columnar  attach- 
moiit  very  small.  Kadials  a  little  longer  than  wide;  the  lower  faces  a  little 
convex ;  facets  shallow,  occupying  about  one  half  the  width  of  the  plates. 
Structure  of  the  di.sk  and  arms  unknown. 

IJiiriion  and  Loaditij.  — Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Ti/iic  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 


Dichocrinus  oinctus  :\riLLF.i!  and  Giulet. 
Phdc  LXXV.  Fhj.  ,5,  and  Platv.  LXXVII.  Figs.  4a,  b,  c. 

ISflO.     ^tii.i.KR  iiiul  GrHLKV;  Joura,  Cinciii.  Scic.  Nnt.  Hist.,  Vol.  XIII.,  p.  21,  Tlatc  i,  Figs.  10  to  12. 

A  small  and  slender  species.  Calyx  fusiform,  widest  across  the  middle 
of  the  radials,  whence  it  tapers  both  ways;  cross  section  circular;  suture 
linos  indistinct ;  surface  of  plates  highly  ornamented.  The  radials  are 
covered  with  five  or  six  longitudinal  ridges,  which  follow  the  median 
portions  of  the  plates  to  near  the  foot  of  the  basals.  The  ridges  do  not 
quite  reach  the  top  of  the  radials,  and  their  upper  ends  are  rather  obscure ; 
but  toward  tlie  lower  end,  and  especiiiUy  upon  the  basals,  they  grow  quite 
prominent,  and  terminate  in  a  sort  of  thickened  collar  around  the  column 
facet,  giving  to  the  specimens  an  appearance  as  if  the  inner  part  of  the 
base  con.-^isted  of  an  independent  set  of  plates.  The  longitudinal  ridges 
are  faced  laterally  by  horizontal  ones,  which  traverse  the  interradial  sutures, 
and  enter  the  margin  of  the  adjoining  plate. 

Basal  cup  obconical,  rising  to  two  fifths  the  height  of  the  calyx,  the 
upper  angles  slightly  bending  inward  ;  radials  somewhat  projecting  next  to 
the  facet  into  a  lip ;  facets  directed  upward,  not  occupying  more  than  one 
third  the  widtii  of  the  plates.  Costals  short,  very  closely  united.  Arms  free 
after  the  first  bifurcation  ;  simple,  slender,  long,  and  iiniserial  throughout ; 
joints  convex,  slightly  cuneate,  and  very  short;  the  two  proximal  ones 
united  by  .syzygy,  with  striated,  apposed  faces  (Plate  LXXVII.,  Fig.  4c). 
Pinnules  in  close  contact,  and  of  moderate  length  and  width.  Anal  plate 
longer  thiin  the  radials,  and  more  inllectod  at  the  ujtper  end.  It  supports 
a  number  of  small  irregular  plates,  which  form  a  small  protuberance  enclo.s- 
ing  the  anus;  the  latter  opening  out  laterally.     Ventral  disk  low-pyramidal; 


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the  summit  coverud  by  a  largo,  single  oral  plate,  from  the  sidcw  of  which  the 
covering  pieces  pass  out  to  tiie  arms.  Column  large  compared  to  the  size  of 
the  species ;  composed  of  liigli  joints  with  serrated  edges. 

Iforhoii  ami  Lmilifi/. —Khuhn-hook  group,  Le  Grand,  Marshall  Co., 
Iowa. 

7"i/pts  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  Wm.  F.  E.  Gurloy,  Danville,  Ills. 


n  ■ 


Dichocrinus  leevis  Hall, 
Pkle  LXXVII.  Figs.  7a,  h,  c. 

1SJ9.     II.iLl ;  Suppl.  Gcol.  Rep.  Iciwn,  V(.l.  I.,  p.  S3. 
ISbl.     W.  nnd  Sr.j  Revision  I'lilivocr.,  Part  II.,  p.  St. 

A  beautiful  little  species.  Calyx  goblot-shaped,  obconioal  to  the  basi- 
radial  suture,  not  expanding  above;  the  cross  section  slightly  hexagonal. 
Plates  remarkably  thin  and  flat,  their  surfaces  thickly  covered  with  small 
granules. 

IJasals  forming  a  small  obconical  cup,  which  extends  to  about  one  third 
the  height  of  the  calyx,  and  sometimes  a  little  higher.  Radials  nearly  as 
long  as  wide ;  the  sides  parallel,  except  in  the  tivo  posterior  rays,  where  they 
are  wider  above ;  the  lower  faces  moderately  convex ;  the  upper  almost 
straight;  facets  small,  occupying  but  one  third  the  width  of  the  plates; 
their  lower  margins  slightly  thickened.  Costals  two,  a  little  wider  than 
long ;  the  second  sharply  pentangular.  Distichals  almost  as  wide  as  the 
costals,  the  lino  of  union  between  the  first  and  second  loss  distinct  than  that 
between  the  succeeding  joints ;  the  second  giving  off  cither  a  very  large 
pinnule  or  an  arm;  in  the  former  case  somotimes  another  bifurcation  takes 
place  higher  up.  Arms  unisorial,  long,  rather  stout,  very  little  tapering; 
composed  of  cuneate  joints  alternately  arranged,  which  at  the  tips  do  not 
touch  the  opposite  side  of  the  arm.  Pinnules  long,  very  stout,  and  not  in 
contact;  the  joints  as  wide  as  long.  Intorradials  not  visible  from  a  side 
view.  Anal  plate  a  little  higher  than  the  radials,  narrowest  at  the  upper 
Olid,  and  distinctly  angular  at  the  basi-radial  suture.  Anus  placed  near  the 
margin  of  the  ventral  disk,  in  the  middle  of  a  small  protuberance.  Column 
round,  small. 

Ilorl~oii  (tnd  Loccditij.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone  ;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

The  specimens  figured  are  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  F.  M.  Fultz,  of  Bur- 
lington. Towa. 


TOG 


THE  ClUXOIDEA  CAMKHATA  OF   NORTH   AMKUICA. 


Dichocrinus  delicatus  W.  and  Pp.  (nov.  spec). 
Flak  LXXVIL  Ftcj.  IJ. 

Of  tlie  type  of  Z).  irvix,  but  siniillur;  tlie  calyx  more  elongate,  Its  hoiglit 
twice  its  width;  cros.s  suction  circular;  plates  thin  anil  aiiparently  without 
oinanientation  ;  suture  lines  indistinct. 

Uasals  occupying  two  fifths  the  height  of  the  dorsal  cup,  the  sides  a  little 
convex.  Kadials  fully  twice  as  long  as  wide  ;  the  lateral  faces  about  parallel; 
tlie  upper  I'acc  nearly  straight,  not  sloping  a.  the  sides;  the  facet  for  the 
reception  of  the  brachials  slightly  indented,  occupying  less  than  one  half  the 
width  of  the  plates.  Primary  brachials  two,  siioit,  of  eipial  width;  the  sec- 
ond a  lillle  longer,  its  upper  sidfs  rorniing  an  obtuse  angle,  and  giving  off 
two  anus  which  remain  simple  throughout.  Arms  long,  cylindrical,  but  little 
tapering;  uniserial,  composed  of  very  short  qua('irangiilar  Joints  ;  their  upper 
and  lower  faces  almost  parallel;  the  pinnules  in  rather  close  contact,  long, 
.slender.  Anal  plate  of  etiual  length  with  the  radials,  the  upper  end  narrower 
than  the  lower.     Ventral  disk  and  anal  opening  not  visible  in  the  specimens. 

Ilorivi))).  (Di'I  Lordllti/.  —  Kinderhook  group  of  Jlarsliall  Co.,  Iowa,  and 
Lower  ]5iu'liiigton  limestone  of  lUirlington. 

T'/jKx  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

llijiiiiirks.  —  Diiliocy'iiiti^  (Ji/ivafia  made  its  ai)pearance  before  D.  keris,  and 
may  bo  regarded  in  a  phylogenetic  •ense  as  the  earlier  stage  of  that  species, 
as  indicated  by  the  arm  structure;  the  arm  joints  are  rpiadrangidar  i?i  the 
several  specimens  found,  while  in  that  species  they  are  cuneate  and  inter- 
locking at  the  tips  of  the  arm.s.  Besides,  this  has  invariably  two  arms  to  the 
ray  instead  of  four  as  in  D.  hvrk,  and  the  specimens  are  generally  smaller. 

Dichocrinus  siiperstes  w.  ami  Sr.  (nov.  siicc). 

P/a/r  LXXVT.  F/ff.  11 

A  small  species  of  the  type  of  Z>.  di/icitlitx.  Dorsal  cup  obconical,  higher 
than  wide,  spreading  more  rapidl}- at  the  basal  cup  than  from  there  upwards. 
Cross  section  hexangular,  owing  to  an  angularity  passing  from  the  radial 
facets  and  upper  part  of  the  anal  plate  to  the  lower  ends  of  the  basals. 
Plates  without  ornamentation,  thick,  and  the  sutures  obscure,  except  the 
interradial,  which  are  somewhat  grooved  at  the  upper  end. 


iiexac'uimdj:. 


roT 


Biisal  cup  iiboiit  two  thirds  as  Iiigli  as  tlie  rndials ;  the  saliuiit  angles 
obtuse  and  lie  uitervening  spaces  very  little  concave ;  cohunn  facet  small, 
rtadials  from  one  third  to  one  half  longer  tlian  wide;  irregular  in  form,  some 
of  them  much  wider  above  than  below,  otiiers  of  nearly  equal  width  through- 
out ;  the  upper  faces  distinctly  sloping  at  the  sides,  forming  rather  deep 
notches  for  the  reception  of  the  interbrachials ;  facets  but  slightly  excavated, 
occupying  a  little  more  than  one  tiiird  the  widtii  of  the  plates.  Anal  plate 
generally  narrower  than  the  radiids.  Costals  two,  comparatively  large, 
supporting  two  simple  arms,  which  from  the  third  or  fourth  plate  up  are 
composed  of  two  series  of  transverse  pieces  alternately  arranged.  The  arms 
are  heavy  throughout,  bisorial,  and  rounded  on  the  back.  Pinnules  cylin- 
drical, \pry  long  and  stout.     All  other  parts  unknown. 

Ilorlnon  and  Luculiti/.  —  Kuskaskia  group;  Pulaski  Co.,  Ky.,  and  Ilunts- 
ville,  Ala. 

Ti/2)c  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

L'<  marl's.  —  The  form  of  the  calyx,  thickness  of  plates,  deep  notches  for 
the  reception  of  the  interradials,  and  the  stoutness  of  the  arms,  arc  character.s 
which  distinguish  this  species  readily  from  I).  (hUvatus. 


Dichocrinus  scitulus  Haii.. 
riate  LXXVIII.  Fnp.  lui,  h,  and  I4. 

Isiil.     IIau,;  ,Touni.  Host.  Soc.  Nut.  Ilisl.,  p.  2>^9. 

l^li.     IIm.1.;  \.  Y.  Sliito  Museum  X.'it.  Hist.,  Hull.  I.,  I'liitc  2./,  Fitrs.  12  aiul  13. 

ISiil.     W.  iuiil  Sr.;  Uovision  ralavicr.,  I'lirt  11.,  p.  St. 

Svii.  Dli-h'vriinis  iwrillim  Hai.i,.  \^f<\  ;  h»m\.  nc.sl.  S.ic.  X;it.  Hist.,  p.  291  j  figured  Bull.  I.  N.  Y. 
State  Mus.  Nut.  Hist.,  F  .te  i.l.  Figs.  10  iiud  17  {""t  11  =  D.  I,tch). 

Larger  than  the  two  preceding  species,  the  calyx  more  conical,  the  radials 
comparatively  shorter.  Calyx  obconical,  less  rtipidly  spreading  at  the  radials 
than  along  the  basals.   Plates  thin ;  their  surface  smooth  or  iinely  corrugated. 

Basal  cup  nearly  one  half  the  height  of  the  calyx  to  the  arm  bases ; 
column  facet  small,  circular,  sliglitly  projecting.  Badials  a  little  wider  than 
long,  narrowest  at  the  lower  end,  the  upper  face  but  little  sloping  at  the 
sides ;  somewhat  elevated  longitudinally  in  the  middle,  forming  an  ob.scure 
ri<lge,  which  disappears  before  reaching  the  basals  ;  facets  semi-circular,  nar- 
row, occupying  less  than  one-third  the  width  of  the  plates  at  the  toj). 
Costals  small,  bending  outward ;  the  first  very  short,  linear ;  the  second 
depres.'?ed  pentagonal,  sharply  angular  at  the  top.  Distichals  divergent,  as 
long  as  wide,  and  almost  as  wide  as  the  costals ;  the  second  one  axillary, 


708 


rilK  CUINOIDKA   CAMKllATA   01"   NOHTIl   AMKKirA. 


siippoi'tiiig  (wo  ni'iiis  from  eacli  division,  or  four  to  tlio  nxy.  Anus  divorgciil. 
long  and  riitlier  slender;  composed  of  modenitely  long  cuneiUe  pieces,  wliicli 
griidnaliy  intorlociv,  and  from  about  tlie  eighth  piate  are  strictly  biserial. 
Anal  plato  narrower  than  the  nidials,  its  sides  almost  parallel.  Form  and 
position  of  the  anus  uid\iio\vn.     Cohnnn  roimd  and  small. 

Ilurizim  and  Localili/.  —  Upper  and  Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Uurllng- 
ton.  Towa. 

The  specimens  figured  arc  in  the  collection  of  Wachsnuith  and  Springer. 

7i'r;H«/'/'s.  — Hall's  D.  jiocillum,  Bull.  I.  N.  Y.  State  .Afuseum,  Plate  2.1, 
Figs.  IG  and  17,  is  a  large  example  of  this  species,  and  his  figure  11  on 
the  same  plato  is  probably  D.  livrln. 

Dichocrinus  angustus  Whitk. 

P/utcLXXVf.Fii/.Jl. 

isr,2.     Wmn;;  I'l-doccil.  liost.  Soc.  Nut.  Hist.,  p.  1!). 
ISSl.     AV.  and  Si'.;  ltc\i>iciii  I'alxdPr ,  I'ail  II..  )).  «3. 

A  small  and  slender  species.  Calyx  nciirly  twice  as  high  as  wide  ;  sub- 
ovoid  ;  \{iry  little  spreading  above  the  basals,  the  upper  end  slightly  con- 
trading.  Plates  without  ornamentation  or  convexity  beyond  their  general 
curvature.     Suture  lines  not  grooved  or  indented. 

Basals  forming  a  cup  with  rounded  sides;  the  face  for  the  attachment  of 
the  column  not  protuberant ;  it  is  circular  and  proportionally  larger  than  in 
the  precL'ding  species.  Radials  nhnost  twice  as  long  as  their  width  at  tho 
basi-radial  suture  ;  fiicets  wide,  but  shallow,  and  pointing  upward.  Costals 
two.  forming  a  syzygy,  each  i)late  marked  b}-  two  small  nodes.  Distiehals 
thiee ;  the  two  lower,  which  form  a  second  f'yy-yiiy,  together  but  little  larger 
than  tiie  third,  or  axillary.  Arms  four  to  the  ray,  composed  of  a  single  row 
of  sliglitly  wedge-shaped  plates.  Pinnules  long.  Anal  plate  a  little  wider 
below  than  at  the  top.     All  other  parts  unknown. 

llnri-on  ami  Localitij.  —  Upjjer  Burlington  limestone;  near  Burlington, 
Iowa. 

Tijiiix  m  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoiilogy. 

liciitiirl\i.  —  This  species  is  so  closely  allied  to  D.  hrrU  Hall  from  tho 
Lower  Burlington  limestone,  that  there  is  reason  to  doubt  whether  it  is 
a  gooil  species;  however,  as  a  rule,  tho  specimens  from  the  upper  bed  are 
smaller,  the  arm  plates  less  cuneate,  and  there  are,  so  far  as  observed,  always 
four  arms  to  the  ray,  which  are  invariably  given  off  from  the  third  distichal. 


IIKXACIUMIU:. 


7C9 


Dichocrinus  crassitostus  White. 
riute  LXXVI.  Fiyn.  Ga,  b,  c. 

18fi2.     Wiiitk;  Vrnoccil.  Host.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist.,  p.  19. 
ISSl.     Vi'.  iiiul  Sr.  J  Ituvibiuii,  rulteucr.,  VmI  11.,  p.  S3. 

Of  motlcratc  size.  Calyx  up  to  the  arm  bn.scs  once  and  a  half  as  liifili 
ns  wide;  cylindrical  along  the  radial.^  obconical  below;  the  posterior  side 
extended  into  a  short  conical  tube,  siii)ported  by  the  larj;e  anal  plate  ; 
ventral  disk  depressed-convex ;  plates  perfectly  smooth ;  the  suture  lines 
rather  obscure. 

Basal  cup  fully  one  third  the  length  of  the  cal^-x ;  conical,  the  sides 
straight,  the  lower  end  sufhciently  truncated  to  form  the  columnar  attach- 
ment. Kadials  twice  ns  long  as  wide,  the  sides  parallel  or  nearly  so,  th(( 
lower  margins  convex  (at  the  anterior  plate  obtusely  angular) ;  the  upper 
faces  excavated  to  three  fourths  their  width,  slightly  sloping  at  the  ends. 
Costals  two,  linear,  their  combined  length  less  than  their  width,  and  so 
closely  nnchylosed  that  the  lines  of  union  are  seen  with  dilTiculty;  upper 
face  of  the  second  plate  very  obtusely  angular.  Distichals  2  X  10,  nearly 
one  half  narrower  than  the  costals,  equally  short,  and  anchylosed  in  a  similar 
manner.  Arms  four  to  the  ray,  rather  delicate,  twice  as  long  as  the  cal^x  ; 
composed  throughout  of  a  single  series  of  short  joints,  united  by  parallel 
sutures.  Pinnules  of  moderate  size.  Anal  plate  of  the  same  width  ns  the 
radials,  but  considerably  longer;  its  lower  face  distinctly  angular,  the  upper 
truncated,  slightly  sloping  to  the  sides,  and  supported  by  three  medium-sized 
plates,  which  form  the  base  of  an  anal  tube.  The  tube  is  rather  short, 
conical,  placed  at  the  margin  of  the  disk,  but  bending  inward  to  a  position 
between  the  arms.  The  plates  of  the  interradial  series  are  not  numerous  ; 
the  three  in  contact  with  the  radials  are  followed  by  two  intcrambulacrals, 
and  these  by  a  third.  Column  small,  composed  of  circular  joints,  which 
increase  in  length  downward,  the  nodal  joints  longest  and  widest. 

Horizon  and  Locality.  —  Upper  Burlington  limestone ;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Ti/j>e  in  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology. 

Ecmarks.  —  This  species  diflers  from  all  others  heretofore  described  in 
the  form  of  the  costals  and  distichal.?,  and  in  having  an  anal  tube. 

97 


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770  THE  CKIXOIDKA   CAMERATA   OV  NOK'l'II   AMEUICA. 

Dichoorinus  conus  Mm-k  and  Wouthek. 

I'M.  LXxr.Fi'j.a. 

ISOO.     Mkkk  and  Woutiiks;  I'l-ncixd.  Aciul.  Nul.  Sci.  riiihi.,  p.   ;^^l  ;  niul  (ic(il.  Ui'p    Illinois,  Vii  II, 

p.  lfi',1,  I'liilo  1(5,  Kics   5//,  4. 
ISSl.     \V.  Hill!  Si'.;  Ucvisioii  I'liliiMicr.,  I'liil  II.,  p.  SH. 

Largo  for  tliis  goims.  Ciil3-\-  ol)conicnl ;  widtli  nml  length  ns  four  to 
five ;  constricteil  nt  the  upper  end ;  distiiiptly  licxasroiial  in  outline,  a  keel- 
like angularity  proceeding  from  tlic  radial  faeet  all  the  way  to  the  lower 
end  of  the  hasals.  Plates  thin,  without  ornamentation,  and  unite''  by  closely 
fitting  linear  sutures. 

Basal  cup  obconieal,  nearly  as  high  as  the  radials,  the  sides  perfectly 
straight ;  the  basal  concavity  unusually  small,  being  not  larger  than  the 
widtii  of  the  column;  the  re-entering  angles  at  the  upper  face  deep.  Radials 
varying  in  size,  their  length  from  once  and  a  halt  to  twice  their  width, 
the  antero-lateral  ones  wider  than  the  others,  but  nil  increasing  in  width 
upwards ;  facets  surrounded  by  a  thickened  angidar  vim,  occupying  nearly 
one  third  the  width  of  the  plates,  and  extending  down  to  about  one  fifth 
their  length,  forming  large  limlis  at  the  sides,  which  bend  decidedly  in- 
Avard.  Anal  plate  narrower  than  the  radials,  hexanguhir,  fully  twice  ns 
long  as  wide;  the  sides  nearly  parallel.  All  other  parts  of  the  species 
unknown. 

IIi>rh.(in  ami  LnraJil//.  —  Lower  Burlington  limestone;  Burlington,  Iowa. 

T'//H'  in  the  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 

RemarJcK.  —  DilTering  tVom  nil  other  species  in  the  Inrger  size,  the  angu- 
larities which  extou<l  to  the  whole  length  of  the  cup,  the  constriction  of  the 
cup  at  tiie  upper  end,  and  the  great  depth  of  the  radinl  facets,  with  well 
defined  limbs  at  the  sides. 


Dichocrinus  inornatus  w.  ami  Sp. 

Pl<ttc  LXXVII.  Fi,j.s.  12,1,  b. 

1S90.     W.  and  Sp.  ;  Gc.d.  Ucp.  lllinnis,  Vol.  VIII.,  p.  190,  Pliite  IC,  Fig.s.  I  and  2. 

Not  above  medium  size.  Calyx  subovoid ;  the  sides  uniformly  curving 
from  the  column  to  the  arm  bases;  the  ventral  disk  almost  fiat.  Surface  of 
plates  devoid  of  ornamentation  or  other  marking.s,  except  a  faint  longitu- 
dinal angularity  along  the  middle  of  the  radials. 


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Biisals  largo,  occupying  fully  one  tliinl  the  height  ol"  the  ciilyx,  and  lorui- 
ing  a  rounded  cui)  with  obtuse  angles  uiiuu  the  upper  face ;  the  eoluuin  faeet 
circular  and  slightly  projecting.     Radials  one  (juarter  to  one  half  lunger  than 
wide,  a  little  contracted  at  their  lower  ends,  somewhat  bidging  at  the  middle 
portions,  and  abruptly  inflected  at  the  upper ;  facets  less  tlian  half  the  width 
of  the  plates.     Anal  piece  about  the  size  of  the  radials,  but  narrower  at  the 
top  and  more  distinctly  bulging.    Costals  two,  small ;  the  first  quadrangular, 
twice  as  wide  as  long;  the  second  a  little  larger  and  triangular,  the  upper 
angle  rather  .sharply  pointed  and  bending  inward,  its  sloping  sides  concave. 
The  line  of  union  between  the  two  costals,  compared  with  those  above  and 
below,  quite  obscure,  constituting  a  s^zygy,  the  cpizygal  joint  supporting  an 
arm.     A  second  syzygy  unites  the  two  proximal  arm  plates,  with  a  pinnule 
given  off  from  the  second.     Arms  two  to  the  ray,  twice  or  three  times  as 
long  as  the  calyx,  comparatively  stout,  tapering  to  the  tips,  and  biserial  from 
the  third  plate  up.     Arm  plates  of  moderate  length,  with  faces  transversely 
parallel ;  tlie  two  series  united  by  a  zigzag  suture.    Pinnules  extremely  long, 
rather  stout  and  closely  packed;  they  are  composed  of  from  ten  to  fourteen 
joints,  about  three  times  as  long  as  wide.     Plates  of  the  regular  iuterradial 
scries  three  and  two,  all  forming  a  part  of  the  ventral  disk.     The  anal  side 
has  five  plates  in  the  lower  range.     Orals  arranged  in  the  usual  way ;  the 
posterior  one  largest  and  pushed  in  between  the  other  four.     They  form 
a  slight  elevation,  from  which  six  well  defined  ridges  pass  out  to  the  margin, 
five  of  them  ambulacral,  which  divide  and  follow  the  arms ;  the  sixth  con- 
nects with  the  anus;  the  ambulacra!  ridges  are  composed  of  two  rows  of 
irregular  pieces.     The  column  in  .several  perfect  specimens  averages  eight 
to  nine  inches  in  length ;  it  terminates  in  a  fine  point,  and  gives  ofi'  at  inter- 
vals, one  by  one,  short  cirri.     All  stem  joints,  except  close  to  the  calyx,  are 
of  equal  le.gth,  and  the  older  or  nodal  joints  cannot  be  distinguished  from 
the  intervening  younger  ones.     Axial  canal  minute. 

Ilorison  and  Lncaliti/.  —  Kinderhook  group ;    Le  Grand,  Marshall  Co., 
Iowa,  where  it  is  one  of  the  most  abundant  species. 

Ti/pcs  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 


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772 


THE  ClUNOIUEA  CAMEUATA   t>l'  XOUTIl  AMERICA. 


Diohocrinus  Ulrlchi  >rii.Lr.nan(lGiuLKY. 

1S90.    Joiiru.  Cinoiii  Soc.  Nat.  lli,-t.,  Vnl.  XIU.  (Aiillior's  Eil,  p.  IS),  I'lut.'  8,  Tig?.  12  mid  13. 

A  .small  species.  Cnlyx  subovoid.  once  mid  a  Imlf  n.s  liigh  ns  wide, 
somewhat  constricted  at  tlie  upper  end,  pointed  at  the  lower;  the  plates 
smooth.  Ba-^nl.s  large,  forming  a  higli  oijconical  cup,  with  a  deep  notch  at 
the  anal  xide;  the  column  facet  small.  Radials  nearly  twice  as  long  as  wide, 
spreading  upwards,  reaching  their  greatest  width  at  three  fourths  their 
height,  contracting  at  the  upper  end;  the  sides  slightly  dopresscJ,  leaving 
the  sutures  rather  distinct ;  facets  narrow,  and  occupying  but  one  third  the 
width  of  the  radials.  Costals  two,  apparently  united  by  syzygj',  as  well  as 
the  two  proximal  disticli.als,  both  being  so  closely  iniited  that  the  lines  are 
frequently  invisible.  Arms  two  to  the  ray,  rather  long  and  comparatively 
stout;  they  are  composed  of  single  joints,  of  which  the  upper  and  lower 
edges  are  almost  parallel,  and  not  so  decidedly  eunoate  as  '^gured  by  Miller 
and  Gurley.  Pinnules  coarse,  long,  ar  ^.  closely  packed.  First  interbrachial 
plates  visible  in  a  side  view.  Anal  p!  .tc  a  little  longer  and  narrower  than 
the  radials. 

Ilarhon  and  Locali/y.  —  Upper  part  of  the  Keokuk  group ;  Bono,  Law- 
rence Co.,  lud. 

Ti//jc  in  the  collection  of  Wm.  F.  E.  Gurley. 

licmarl's.  —  This  species  resembles  so  closely  Dkhocrinus  sd/iihts  from 
the  Upper  Burlington  limestone,  that  wo  doubt  if  the  two  forms  represent 
dillerent  species.  Wc  find  it  impossiljlc  to  separate  them  in  our  collection, 
in  which  we  have  specimens  from  both  horizons. 


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DichocriQus  Hamiltonensis  WonrnEx. 
Pkttc  LXXVI.  Fig.  10. 

1852.     Bulletin  I.,  llliiiiiis  Sl.ito  Miispuin  Xiit.  History,  p.  35. 

iss;i.   (icoi.  R.'ii.  iiii.iuis,  V..1.  VI 1,,  |i.  ;n;i,  riati'  -2;,  ri^-.  in. 

A  little  larger  than  the  preceding  species.  The  specimen  from  which  the 
description  was  made,  and  the  only  one  known  to  us,  is  badly  crushed,  and 
the  exact  proportions  of  the  calyx  cannot  be  given.  From  its  appearance, 
however,  we  take  the  length  of  the  dorsal  cup  to  bo  about  equal  to  its  width, 
and  the  height  of  the  basals  about  half  that  of  the  raditds.  The  latter  are 
subquadrangular,  narrower  at   the  lower  end,  the  length  equal  to  their 


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IIKXACIMMD.K.  773 

greatest  wiiUli,  the  .sides  stniight,  the  facet  for  tlio  reception  of  tlio  costals 
narrow  and  but  slightly  excavated.  Costals  two,  opi)arcntly  followed  liy 
a  single  distielial,  no  lino  of  division  being  visible  in  the  speeinien.  Arms 
four  to  the  ray;  of  niedimn  length,  lather  strong,  and  composed  of  long, 
cuneato  plates,  which  slightly  interlock.  Pinnules  stout,  long,  and  not  in 
contact.  Anal  plate  narrower  than  the  radials,  but  longer  and  ratiior  dis- 
tinctly angular  at  the  lower  end.  Structure  of  the  ventral  disk  unknown. 
Plates  of  the  calyx  without  ornamentation. 

ILiflmi  ami  Lucttli///.  —  Up[ier  part  of  Keokuk  group ;  Hamilton,  Ills, 
RviiKirks,  —  Profe.s.sor  Worthen  described  this  species  as  having  probably 
two  arms  to  the  ray,  which  is  certainly  incorrect.  It  is  clearly  shown  from 
the  type  specimen  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  Lisbon  A.  Cox,  whi<di  we  have 
figured,  that  it  has  four  arms,  and  ])ut  two  costals  followed  by  a  disticluil, 
instead  of  three  costals,  as  he  supposed. 

Dichocrinus  Huntsvillse  w.  and  Sr.  (nov.  spec). 
riute  LXXV.  F!u.  4. 

Sv'i.   Pliili/criiiiD  pumilim  Meek  imcl  Wuutiien;    18ii5,  Gcol.   Ui'p.  Illinois,  Vol.  V,  p.  5J5,  Pliite  20, 

'r>s-  7. 

Of  very  small  size.  Dorsal  cup  gradually  spreading  to  the  fop  of  the 
basals,  the  sides  along  the  radials  almost  parallel.  Plates  delicate  and  per- 
fectly smooth,  the  suture  lines  indistinct.  Dasals  forming  an  obconical  cup, 
of  which  the  height  is  equal  to  two  fifths  the  length  of  the  calyx  to  the  arm 
bases.  Kadials  twice  as  long  as  wide ;  the  two  posterior  ones  considerably 
wider  above  than  below,  tlie  sides  of  the  three  anterior  ones  almost  parallel ; 
the  upper  faces  nearly  straight,  their  median  portions  but  sliglitly  excavated, 
and  the  sides  but  little  sloping.  The  anal  plate  narrower  at  the  top  than  the 
radials,  but  wider  at  the  lower  end.  Costals  two,  more  than  twice  as  wide 
as  long  and  about  half  the  width  of  the  radials;  the  upper  faces  of  the  axil- 
lary somewhat  concave.  Distichals  two,  frequently  as  largo  as  the  costals, 
the  first  sometimes  a  little  narrower.  Arms  four  to  the  rn}-,  small,  rounded 
on  the  back.  They  are  composed  of  a  few  transverse  single  pieces,  followed 
l)y  cuneato  ones,  which  gradually  interlock,  but  the  smaller  ends  do  not 
reach  tlie  sides  of  the  arm.  Pinnules  long  and  stout.  Structure  of  ventral 
disk  not  known. 

Horizon  and  LocaUti/. —  St.  Louis  group;  Iluntsvillo  and  Whitesbnrg,  Ala. 

Ti/pcs  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 


Tin:  c'i;iNnii»i;A  camku.vt.v  oi'  mumii  a.mlkic.v, 


Dicbocrlnus  pendens  w.  iin'l  si .  (nuv.  hiicc). 
I'hilr  LXXVIll.  /•/'/.  AT. 

Of  iiieiliiiiii  si/i'.  Calvx  iipiKuontl}'  suliovoiil.  a  little  liij;Iit'r  than  wiilr  ; 
tlio  jilutL's  very  dulicate  ami  willioiit  oniamoiitalioii ;  the  wutiiie  lines  not 
grooved  ;  tlie  arms  j.  ■lulenl. 

Dasal  ciiii  buwl-HJiaped,  the  plates  a  little  shorter  than  tho  radials.  Badi- 
al-i  nearly  imee  and  a  hall'  a.i  wide  as  loiij,',  widest  at  one  third  their  height, 
the  .sides  heinj^  dislinctly  convex;  radial  facets  directed  iii)waids,  rather 
shallow,  hnt  wide,  and  occnpyin;^  I'onr  fifths  the  width  of  the  plates  at  tho 
upper  end.  C'oslals  two,  short,  tiie  njiper  wider  than  the  h'^ver.  Distielials 
two,  axillary,  giving  off  loin'  arni.i  to  the  ray.  The  arms  from  tiie  fouilli  or 
fifth  pahnnrs  cnrve  abruptly  downward  in  sneli  a  maimer  as  to  envelope  the 
caly.\  and  ihe  njiper  part  of  the  stem,  exposing  the  ventral  furrows  of  ariii.s 
and  pinnules.  Arms  ton,  l)i>erial  at  the  np|H'r  ends,  the  lower  arm  joints 
cnneate,  nlternately  arranged.  Pinnules  stout,  long,  and  llattened.  Colnuin 
round  ;  the  nodal  joints  w  ider  and  longer  than  the  internodals,  the  latter, 
po  far  as  ohserved,  consisting  of  a  single  ossicle  to  tiie  internode. 

J/iiir.dii  1(11(1  LdddUj.  —  I'pper  ]5urlingU)n  liiiieslone  ;  IJnrlingtoii,  Iowa. 

7''/^;i >  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

Ii((((i(ii.s.  —  Distinguished  from  all  preceding  species  Iiy  the  pendent, 
anus,  which  is  a  constant  feature  in  half  a  dozen  specimens. 

DichOCrinUS  flCllS  'ass.  and  Lvov. 

riuh  LXXVIll.  Fi'js.  Ida.  h. 

IsfiO,     CAssrOAV  ami  T.Yox  ;  Prncp<'(l.  Amcr.  Acad.  Arls  niul  Sri.,  Viil   V.,  p.  3t. 

ls;:i,     Mkkk  ami  WnuTiux;  (1.^)1.  lirp.  Illinois,  Vul.  V.,  \y  SUi,  I'late  11,  Figs.  5«,  A  (not  iljiJ.,  Vol.  VI., 

I'lalc  i'.),  I'i-.  7). 
Issl.     W  au.l  Sp.  ;  Itovi.siim  Paln'on-.  I'ail  11..  ]i.  '-:!. 

A  small  and  very  .slender  species.  Calyx  ovate,  twice  n.s  long  as  wide, 
widest  near  the  middle  of  the  radials,  whence  it  curves  gradually  and  evenly 
to  the  end  of  the  basals,  and  .somewhat  more  rajjiilly  to  the  arm  bases. 
PJate.s  .smooth,  without  markings,  except  a  small  angularity  following  up  and 
down  the  median  portions  of  the  radials. 

Ba.sals  formed  into  a  doop,  obconieal  cup,  about  as  high  as  wide ;  only 
truncated  for  the  reception  of  the  column,  the  'owcr  face  slightly  concave. 


IIK.XAt'lllNMD.i:. 


778 


nniIiiiKs  onco  and  a  Imlf  n-*  loiij,'  ms  widf,  widest  nrrosi  tlio  iniddlo  ;  the  iippoi' 
liu'OH  deeply  exciiviiti'd  to  more  tlinii  diu-  liiill'  llio  widlliof  llio  idiiti's.  Coslid.t 
two,  olosfly  iiticliyloML'd  and  very  Annt,  tlioir  combiiUMl  k-ngtli  Ichm  tliaii  tlicii" 
widtli;  till,'  lowLT  pliito,  and  partly  tlii)  upper,  resting;  ('(jiiiplcti'ly  williin  tlio 
facet,  the  distal  fa(!eH  of  tlio  upper  Imt  slij,ditly  niii,'idar.  Distidials  tliree; 
the  two  lower  plates  no  closely  anehylosed  that  the  Mutiire  line  is  t'reiiuently 
obsolete.  The  costals  ami  distiehals,  in  place  of  takiii)^'  the  usual  uutwanl 
eiuve,  heud  slightly  inward,  so  as  to  make  the  width  of  the  specimen  directly 
ahove  tlie  radials  less  than  the  width  of  the  cup.  .\ruis  twenty  (not  twelve, 
us  stated  iiy  Casseday  and  Ly<Mi),  closely  folded  at  their  i)roxiuial  ends, 
recurving  ahove  the  .second  hifureation.  and  tiie  tips  hanging  downward, 
exposing  the  ainhuhicra.  Pinnules  long.  An.'d  [ilato  of  the  same  width  as 
the  radials,  hut  the  U)wcr  margin  distinctly  angular,  and  the  upper  concave; 
it  is  followed  hy  nuui' loiis  ^mall  plates  forming  a  small,  rounded  protuber- 
ance.    Position  of  the  amis  almost  marginid.     Column  round. 

Jlorizon  and  Lo'nlllij.  —  Keokuk  limestone;  Crawfordsvillo,  Ind.,  and 
Hardin   Co.,  Ky. 

T1//1111  in  the  collection  of  the  late  Major  Lyon  at  JefTersonville,  Ind. 

L'i'iiutrks.  —  The  specimen  which  Professor  Wortheii  erroneously  figured 
in  the  Illinois  Geol.  liepoil  of  1871!  under  tiiis  name  has  but  ten  arms,  while 
JJ.  firiix  has  twenty,  liesides,  it  dilTeis  ((uilo  essentially  in  the  I'orin  of  the 
calyx.  Curiously  enough,  Worthen  described  his  specimen  as  having  five 
radials  and  six  costals,  evidently  supposing,  as  Ca.s.seday  and  Lyon  did,  that 
the  anal  plate  sup[)orted  two  arm.s. 

This  sp'cies  approaches  D.  iHiuknn  in  its  tendency  to  pendent  nrms;  but 
the  latter  is  larger,  the  dorsal  cup  proportionally  wider,  the  base  .shorter,  and 
bowl-shaped  instead  of  obconical. 


DichOCrinuS  pontalobUS  (Cass,  and  T-von). 
Piik  LXXVIII.  rirjs.  11a,  h,  c. 

lSf)0.     Cotnlntminerhms  p<-/ilii/ii'iiis —  Cx'^srAtw  riiicl  I.von  ;  I'niccnl.  .\incr,  AfnJ.  of  Arts  and  Sci.,  Vol. 

v.,  p.  2C,. 
isr,5.     (?)  ('■  tghiloiinrriiiiin  i)''iil<iluljiix  —  SiM'M.uui;  Oiliil.  I'.'ilii'nz,  Viiss.  X.  Amer.,  Y  .'iGO. 
1S77.     (:,h/l,-,fi,iinr,-i,iii<  i)-ii/(i/n/,iii  —  S.  A.Mit.i.Kii;  (';iliil.  Aiiicr.  I'.ila'iiz  ,  Fuss.,  p. 'J2. 
ISSl.     (?)  t 'u/i/lf(lo)iod-iiiii.i peii/iilo/iii3  —  UpvWmn  Tiitirncr.,  Piirt  TI,,  p.  7S. 

Calyx  elongate ;  plates  thin  and  without  ornamentation.  Ba?als  largo, 
forming  a  sub-ovoid  cup  with  a  thickened  rim  around  the  lower  margin ; 
bottom  but  partly  occupied  by  the  column.     Radials  gradually  increasing  in 


770 


Tin;  (UINOIDKA  t  AMI'.II.VTA  or   Noiiril   A.MKIIK  A. 


;  I 


■I 


wiilili,  \\iiK>t  lit  two  lliinl'*  tla'ir  liciijlit ;  xliglitly  coiifrncti'il  m  ilu'  loji  ninl 
twice  iiN  long  III*  tlicii'  width  iit  tliu  botloiii;  tliu  outer  Nurfacu  ii  little  convex, 
mill  soiiiewlmt  aiitrnliir  aioiij,'  the  nietliim  line  ;  ruectH  deepiv  eveaviiti'd  Id 
ahiio.it  the  lull  widlli  of  the  jdate,  ieaviiij,'  a  ^li^ht  tniiieatioii  at  each  ."ide. 
Contain  and  difttiehali  two  each,  united  \iy  "}  zvgy,  their  eoinhined  length  ahout 
ei|Ual  to  the  widih;  liotli  contaU  mid  the  lower  dir^tielud  eoiii|detely  resting 
within  the  radial  liicit.  Lines  of  union  In  .ween  the  hv|ioz\^'al  and  e|M/y.i.'al 
joiiit.i  Mtraigiit,  liiit  those  between  the  eostals  and  distiehals,  and  between  tiie 
(listichals  and  |iidniai'H,  decidedly  waving  and  much  more  distinct.  The  up|ier 
laces  of  the  epizygal  joiutH  proviilud  with  lougue-liko  processes,  which  enter 
enrresponding  recesses  upon  the  lower  I'aees  ul'  the  plates  u[  the  suceeeiling 
order.  First  palmar  deeply  e.veavateil  along  the  ujiper  I'aee,  and  constituting 
n  part  of  the  calyx ;  the  succeeding  oiien  are  free  nrni  plates,  and  bend  ab- 
ruptly outwnril.  Anns  twenty,  »trong,  simple,  biserial  and  pendent,  resting 
by  their  dorsal  surfaces  upon  the  radials  and  anal  plate,  which  are  slightly 
impressed  thereliy.  I'imiiiles  stout  and  long;  tbcii' aiiibiilaeral  furrows  wide, 
and  roofed  over  by  small  covering  plates.  N'entnil  disk  .slightly  convex, 
almost  (lat.  tlu'  amhulacni  exposed  to  view.  Four  of  the  interradil  have  but 
one  ])late  in  contact  with  the  radials,  while  the  anal  plate  supports  three,  the 
I'uiiiier  as  well  as  the  latter  abutting  against  the  second  distichals,  but  not 
against  the  first,  nor  against  the  costals.  which  rest  within  the  radial  facet. 
Anal  opening  subcentral,  pa.ssing  through  the  Hat  surface  of  the  di.sk.  Column 
round  and  small. 

If'iri:('ii  and  Loni/iti/.  —  KaskasUia  group;  Grayson  Springs,  Gray.son  Co., 
Ky.,  and  .Sloans  Valley,  I'ldaski  Co.,  Ky. 

2}/j)cs  in  the  Major  Lyon  collection,  .leffcr.sonvillc,  Ind. 

licinarks.  —  A  strict  enforcement  of  the  rules  of  nomenclature  would, 
amu'ding  to  some  o[)iiiions,  re(|iiire  the  above  speeilic  name  to  bo  rejcetcil 
on  account  of  erroneous  composition.  After  being  so  long  recognized  in 
Hcientific  literature  we  prefer  not  to  clinnge  it,  —  at  least  not  until  greater 
necessity  api)ears  for  doing  so. 


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IIKXACllIXID.i: 


Dioboorlnuii  diohotomuR  \i.\u.. 

l"«5n.     II\|,I,  ,  Sm|.ii1   (;,..|.  I(i|i,  |m»,i,  p    s-,  (,|i,i((iniu  I'liilc  1.  I'lit.  5). 

bM.     W   iihil  Sr;   Iti'viMnii,  I'iilir.irr..  I'ltrl  II  ,  |>,  M.  .  ' 

Aocoidiiij^  to  Hull,  tlio  calyx  is  hlmllciw  oii[i-r(iiin,  tlio  l)nKnli^  occuiiyin^ 
ono  tliiid  In  lii'i;;lit.  IJailiiil^^  wiiliT  than  lon^',  ilif  lower  inar>,'in  of  llif  I'acc  t 
fliglilly  tliicUi'iifd.  C'o.«tals  I'xtii'iiii'Iy  tlioit  and  narrow,  icciiji^  ing  Hoarcciv 
tlio  lil'lli  part  of  tlio  widlli  <il  llic  ladials  at  tliu  lo]).  Al'liix  dicliotoiiii/iii^ 
twice  or  oftoiuT.  uni^'oiial  in  the  lower  portions  j  comiiosed  of  eniientc  iilate^i, 
wliieli  (gradually  inleiiijcU  U|nvard.  Suilaee  of  iilatc.-*  "  ininctale  or  iimrked 
l)y  f<li;(lit  rounded  dejiressionn,  Hcparaled  liy  narrow,  elevated  lines." 

IJorhnn  anil  Local i/i/.  —  V-'armw  limestone,  Warnaw,  III. 

lumar/cs.  —  Tliis  ppocicM  wiim  descrilied  from  a  eniHlicd  fpociineii  in  llie 
collection  of  llic  late  I'rofex.tor  Wortlieii,  from  which  the  characters  cannot 
bo  mitisliictorily  asccrluined. 


II 


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Dichocrlnus  Humburgi  H.  \.  :\tit,M:ii. 

l<ifll.     S.  A.  MiM.ni;  (i,"l.  Suit.  Mi«»iin,   Hull.    I,  p.  2(\,  I'liilo  3,   I'ij,"..  1)  nml  in,  nml  Ailv.  Sheds 
Kill  Hep.  (Irnl.  Siirv.  Iniliiiiiii,  p,  ;!ii,  I'liitc  (1,  Fiu'.  .'is. 

Descrilied  from  two  HpecimeiiH,  which  are  only  preserved  to  the  second 
piiliiiars,  nnd,  according  to  Miller,  "  show  considerable  variation  in  Hize  und 
relative  proportions,"  the  radials  of  the  one  "only  about  one  half  loiij^er 
than  wide,"  in  the  other  "  twice  as  long  as  wide."  Hasal  cup  a  little  less 
tlum  h;df  the  length  of  the  calyx,  obeonical,  truncated,  and  slightly  concave 
nt  the  botloiii,  the  cidninn  not  tilling  the  lower  concavity,  the  re-entering 
angles  "hardly  disct'iiiiMe  on  either  side."  Kadials  expanding  byt  little. 
the  facets  oceiiii)ing  nearly  the  entire  width  of  the  plates,  ("ostals  "one," 
thill  and  axillary.  Distichals  two.  Arms  twenty,  uniserial  so  far  as  observed. 
Anal  plate  a  very  little  smaller  than  the  radials,  the  upper  end  contracting. 
Surface  of  plates  smooth. 

Ilurizoii  and  LiivaHtij.  —  Lower  part  of  Warsaw  limestone  ;  Boonville,  Mo. 

7//p  in  the  eidlection  of  Mr.  R.  A.  lUiiir,  of  Sedalia,  Mo. 

L'oniirl,!^. — The  two  specimens  alluded  to  aliove  not  only  differ  in  the 
proportions  of  the  plates,  but  also  the  reentering  angles  meeting  the  basi- 
radial  suture,  which  in  the  one  were  .«aiJ  to  be  "  hardly  discernible,"  are  in 
the  other,  according  to  figure,  imusually  deep.     The  speciinen.j  evidently 


778  TIIK   CniXOIDKA   CAMKRATA   OF   NOKTII   AMKHICA. 

have  two  costals,  as  all  other  D'lclwcrbu,  and  Miller  overlooked  the  syzjgial 
suture,  which  is  often  quite  obscure  in  this  genus.  This  form  should  bo 
compared  with  D.Jiciis,  with  which  it  is  probably  synonymous. 


Dichocrinus  parvulus  s.  A.  jiilleh. 

1S91.     S.  A.  .MiLl.tii;  Clool.  Siirv.  Missouri,  UuU.  t,  p.  27,  I'liitc  4,  Figs.  7,  3. 

Caly.\  small.  Dorsal  cup  higher  than  wide,  somewhat  obconi  ^al ;  sutures 
slightly  depressed,  giving  a  little  convexity  to  the  plates;  surface  granular. 
Biisuls  forming  a  short  obconical  cup,  twice  as  wide  as  high,  pointed  to  the 
small  colunm  below ;  the  re-entering  angles  toward  the  basi-radial  suture 
deeper  at  the  posterior  side  than  at  the  anterior.  Eadials  one  half  longer 
than  wide;  their  width  increasing  upwards;  the  facet  broad  and  but  slightly 
excavated.  Costals  one  —  according  to  Miller,  but  probably  two  —  a  little 
wider  than  long,  and  occupying  three  fourths  of  the  width  of  the  radials. 
Arms  ten,  rounded  on  the  back,  and  composed  of  a  single  series  of  short 
cuneate  pieces.  Pinnules  heavy  and  closely  packed.  Anal  plate  a  little 
narrower  than  the  radials.     Cohunn  round. 

Ilurcon  and  LocaU/y.  —  Lower  part  of  AVarsaw  limestone;  Boonville,  Mo. 

2'i/j>c  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  R.  A.  Blair,  Sedalia. 


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DichOCrinus  Blairi  S.  A.  Miller. 
Plate  LXXr.  Fig.  3. 

1^91.    S.  A.  Miller  ;  .Vdv.  Sheets  17th  Hop.  Geol.  Surv.  Iiuliaim,  p.  Sfi,  Phitc  8,  FIr.  12. 

Calyx  short,  obconoidtd  or  hubtnrbinatc;  plates  thin;  surface  granular. 
Basal  cup  a  little  more  than  one  third  the  length  of  the  calyx  to  the  top 
of  the  radials ;  the  re-entering  angles  rather  deep.  Badials  slightly  ex- 
panding-, twice  as  long  as  wide,  longitudinally  convex,  and  projecting  at 
the  facets,  which  occupy  half  the  width  of  the  plates,  and  slope  downward. 
Costals  two,  supporting  2X2  distichals,  which  apparently  are  free  from  the 
costal  axillary.  Arms  four  to  the  ra}-,  large,  long,  and  composed  of  a  single 
series  of  short,  cinieiform  pieces.  Pinnules  long  and  heavy.  Column  round, 
composed  of  short  pieces;  the  nodal  ones  somewhat  projecting. 

IIor!.;oii  and  Locdllly.  —  Same  as  last. 

Ti/pc  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  R.  A.  Blair. 

liaiuulis,  —  The  calyx  of  the  type  specimen  is  much  flattened,  and  it  is 


IIEXACRIXII).!;. 


771) 


dilTicult  to  make  comparison  with  allicil  foniis.  The  descriptions  of  thi.s  and 
tlie  two  preceiling  species  are  made  after  Miller,  we  having  no  authentic 
specimens  for  comparison. 

CAMPTOCRINUS  W.  ami  Sr.  (MOV.  siil.gcn.). 
(xa/iTrros  Ijliailt,  k(u'ioi'  a  lilj'.) 

In  the  construction  of  the  calyx  and  arms  identical  with  Dlchocrhms,  but 
differing  in  the  structure  of  the  stem,  wliicii  in  all  the  .siiecimcns  in  which 
we  observed  it  is  curled  around  the  crown.  The  .«tem  joints  are  circular 
near  the  calyx,  but  at  some  distance  off  gradually  turn  into  crescent-shaped, 
and  the  two  horns  of  the  crescent  give  off  long,  stout,  and  pliant  cirri  IVom 
every  joint.     The  stem  coils  to  the  concave  side. 

The  structure  of  this  stem  reminds  us  of  Hall's  genus  ^f//clo(h(cti/liis  *  of 
the  Niagara  group;  and  similar  stems  occur  in  the  Wenlock  limestone  of 
Dudley,  England,  and  Gotland,  Sweden,  which  have  been  referred  by  Angelin, 
and  also  by  Bather,  to  the  inadunate  genus  Uirjiclocrinus  Salter,  a  genus 
with  close  allinities  to  Ilitcrocrlnus.  Such  stems  are  also  found  among  the 
Potcriocriiiiikv  of  the  Kaskaskia  group,  showing  that  they  occur  not  only  at 
various  horizons,  but  also  in  very  dilTercnt  groups ;  and  we  doubt  if  this 
structure  is  of  much  importance  for  classilication.  We  therefore  place  Caiiip- 
tovriniis  Rubgenorically  under  Dlc/iocriiius. 

DiKtrihidhn.  —  Found  from  the  Keokuk  limestone  to  the  Kaskaskia  group, 
and  apparently  restricted  to  America. 

7,'^2)C.  —  Camplocriinis  mydodadijhts. 

Camptocrinus  myelodactylus  w.  ami  Si>.  (nov.  spec). 

riak  LXXV.  Fhjx.  1,  2a,  h. 

A  small  species  with  curving  stem  and  long  paired  cirri,  which  are  given 
off  in  longitudin..'.  rows  on  the  concave  side,  as  in  Hall's  Mi/dodaclyhis.  Calyx 
elongate,  slightly  spreading ;  the  plates  smooth ;  the  suture  lines  indistinct. 
Base  one  third  the  height  of  the  dor.sal  cup,  its  sides  convex.  Radials  twice 
as  long  as  wide  ;  the  facets  not  excavated,  and  the  costals  resting  upon  the 
straight  upper  faces,  occupying  throe  fourths  their  width.  Costals  two,  very 
short ;  the  second  obtusely  angular  above.  Arms  two  to  the  ray,  in  close 
contact  laterally,  twice  and  a  half  as  long  as  the  calyx,  and  composed  of 
•  PaliEout.  N.  York,  Vol.  II.,  ik  233,  Piute  \i,  Figs.  5,  G,  and  Pliitc  45,  Figs.  7,  8,  9. 


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THE   CRIXOIDEA   CAMERATA   OF   NORTH  AMERICA. 


rather  long  quatliangular  pieces.  Pinnules  long.  Anal  plate  in  size  anil 
form  resembling  the  radials.  Anus  and  ventral  disk  not  visible  in  the 
specimens. 

Column  near  the  calyx  straight,  but  at  5  mm.  from  the  calyx  it  curves 
abruptly  back  upon  the  crown,  then  it  enlarges,  and  by  a  reverse  curve  coils 
upon  itself  and  the  included  calyx  and  arms,  giving  off  from  alternate  joints 
at  the  concave  side  two  rows  of  long  cirri,  which  .sometimes  completely 
envelope  and  conci'al  the  crown.  Near  the  calyx,  the  stem  joints  are  short 
and  circular,  but  they  gradually  grow  longer  and  crescent-shaped,  their 
width  increasing  from  2  to  3  mm.  The  cirri  arc  very  long  and  stout  at  their 
proximal  ends,  but  terminate  in  a  sharp  point.  They  arc  composed  of  about 
sixteen  to  eighteen  joints,  which  arc  as  wide  as  long,  and  radiate  from  the 
centre  of  the  .spiral  curvature  of  the  stem. 

Hiinzon  and  Locality.  —  Keokuk  group ;  Indian  creek,  Montgomery 
Co.,  Ind. 

Types  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 


Camptocrinus  cirrifer  w.  .ind  Sp.  (nov.  spec). 
Plate  LXXVI.  FIffs.  13a,  b,  c. 

In  its  general  aspect  closely  resembling  the  preceding  species,  the  calyx, 
however,  shorter,  especially  the  basal  part,  which  occupies  only  one  third 
the  length  of  the  dorsal  cup,  being  but  slightly  convex  at  the  bottom,  and 
rather  deeply  depressed  in  the  centre  for  the  reception  of  the  column.  Eadi- 
als  once  and  a  half  as  long  as  wide,  the  sides  nearly  parallel,  the  upper  faces 
slightly  excavated  to  one  halt  their  width.  Costals  two,  very  short,  the 
intervening  sr^ure  lines  obscure;  the  first  linear,  the  second  subtrigonal,  its 
sloping  iipper  'aces  at  right  angles.  Arms  two  to  the  ray,  simple,  slender, 
divergent,  thread-like  in  the  upper  portions,  and  composed  of  long,  quadran- 
gular joints.  Pinnules  of  moderate  length  and  not  in  contact.  All  plates 
perfectly  smooth.     Structure  of  ventral  disk  and  anus  unknown. 

The  column  is  narrow  in  the  up])er  portions,  but  gradually  increases  in 
width  downward,  until  at  an  inch  and  a  half  from  the  basals  it  is  twice  as 
wide  as  at  the  top.  Close  to  the  calyx  it  bonds  abruptly  upward  to  a  level 
with  tlie  top  of  the  radials,  then  reversing  it  curves  downward,  either  gently 
to  the  end,  or  —  more  generally  —  forming  a  coil  around  the  crown.  The 
stem  joints  are  short  and  circular  near  the  calyx,  hut  soon  grow  longer,  and 
the  section  becomes  oval  and  gradually  crescent-shaped  with  the  concave 


IlEXACRINIDvE. 


7S1 


side  inward.  Both  liorns  of  the  croscont  give  olTE  cirri  from  nUer.intc  plutcs, 
communicating  with  tlie  axial  canal  of  the  stem,  which  is  oval,  its  long  dia- 
meter at  right  angles  to  the  curvature  of  the  column.  There  are  no  cirri  in 
the  upper  part  of  the  stem ;  {\wy  commence  at  some  distance  from  the  calyx, 
and  are  restricted  to  the  convoluted  part.  In  specimens  with  a  closely  coiled 
stem,  tiio  ends  of  the  cirri  meet  in  the  centre,  and  resemble  the  spokes  of  a 
wheel ;  they  are  stout  at  the  proximal  end  and  extremely  long,  being  com- 
po.scd  of  thirty  or  more  pieces,  of  which  the  five  proximal  ones  are  longer 
than  wide,  the  upper  somewhat  shorter. 

Iforkoii  ami  LocaJitij.  —  Kaskaskia  group,  near  Sloans  Valley,  Pulaski 
Co.,  Ky. 

Typca  in  the  collecti(m  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

TALAROCRINUS  AV.  ai.,1  Sp. 


ISSl.     W.  nml  Si'. ;  IJiivisiiiii  TuIic  lor.,  P.iit  11.,  |v  S,j  (IVicrrd.  Arul.  X:it.  Sci.  riiiln.,  p   250). 
l^<\.    S.  .\.  MiT.i.i.K!  Ciiliil.  .\iMir.  I'liluM/..  Fciss.  (Sicdud  Kilil.),  'JSS. 

lS^j.     W.  luul  Si'.;   Kcvisi.iii  I'lil.i'Hcr,  hut  III  ,  p.  120  (I'rticci'il.  Aciid.  Nat.  Sci.  riiilii.,  p.  313), 
ISSa.     S.  A.  Mii.i.Kii;  X.  Amcr.  (Icdl.  mid  I'ldicdul.,  p.  2--,). 

Sj'ii.  IHrhorriiiiii  (in  part)  —  Sin  MMUi;  Tiaiis.  St.  Lniiis  Arad.  Sci.,  Vid.  I.,  p.  71. 

Svii.  Dii'/iocriiins  (ill  part)  —  Ciss.  and  Lvon  ;  Vrncfi'd.  Aiiii'r.  Arad.  .\rts  and  Sci.,  pp.  10-23. 

Sj-ii.  rtrrutocriiiiis  (iu  pail)  —  S.  A.  .\lii.i.Kii ;  Catal.  Amcr.  I'alii'uz.  Foss.  (First  Kdit.),  p.  S'J. 

Specimens  small.  Calyx,  as  a  rule,  higher  than  wide ;  the  ventral  disk 
as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup ;  the  plates  thick  and  devoid  of  ornamentation. 

Basals  two,  of  equal  size  and  similar  form,  the  suture  between  them 
passing  from  the  tmal  plate  to  tiie  anterior  radiid  ;  they  form  together 
ii  shallow  cu]),  which  is  more  or  less  tran.sversely  elongate,  and  somewhat 
excavated  at  the  bottom  ;  tlie  superior  margin  of  the  cup  octagonal,  six 
angles  being  salient  and  two  retreating,  the  latter  directed  to  the  sides 
which  correspond   to  the  longer  ditimeter  of  the  ba.se. 

Radials  five,  enclosing  an  anal  plate  of  the  same  size  or  even  larger;  fi)ur 
of  them  having  .slightly  convex  lower  faces ;  while  the  anterior  one  is  angular 
below.  The  upper  faces  are  somewhat  excavated  in  the  middle,  and  trun- 
cated at  the  outer  ends.  Costals  one,  very  smtdl,  often  completely  hidden 
IVom  view  by  the  distichals  ;  when  visible,  triangular  in  outline.  Distichtds 
one  or  two,  small ;  their  lower  faces  resting  obliquely  against  the  costals ; 
tlieir  sides  touching  the  radials.  The  third  order  of  brachials  supports  the 
free  arms,  of  which  there  are  four  to  the  ray.  The  arms,  so  far  as  observed, 
are  simple  and  biscrial. 


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THE   CRIXOIDEA   CAMERATA  OK   NOKTII   A.AIEUICA. 


Inturradiiils  one  or  tlircc  in  tlie  first  row,  followed  by  one  or  two  in  the 
second,  all  forming  a  part  of  the  ventral  disk.  The  largo  anid  plate  of  the 
dorsal  cup  is  generally  followed  at  the  tcginen  by  two  rows  of  three  plates 
each,  and  these  by  a  large  number  of  minute  pieces,  which  enclose  the  anus. 
The  anal  opening  is  directed  laterally  and  placed  near  the  upper  end  of  the 
anal  area.  The  posterior  oral  occupies  a  central  —  or  nearly  central  —  posi- 
tion ;  it  is  highly  protuberant,  and  very  large  compared  with  the  other  four, 
which  arc  small,  scarcely  convex,  and  ])ushed  to  the  anterior  side ;  but 
sometimes  they  ma}"  be  unrepresented  altogether.  In  this  case,  small  cover- 
ing pieces  follow  the  sides  of  the  posterior  oral ;  but  when  all  the  orals  arc 
represented,  generally  largo  radial  dome  plates  of  a  first  and  second  order 
take  the  place  of  the  covering  plates. 

Colmnn  round,  small;  axial  canal  minute. 

Dint rihiit it'll.  —  Probably  restricted  to  the  age  of  the  Warsaw  and  St.  Louis 
groups. 

T^/jic  of  the  genus:  TalarorrhniH  coruii/criifi  (Shumard). 
licinar/i-s.  —  Tnhtrorrliuis  forms  a  transition  Ijctwecn  Didwcrinm  and  Phro- 
focriiiifs.  It  preceded  J'/cro/ocriitiis  in  geological  time,  while  Dic/iocriiiii'!, 
although  surviving  Tidurocrinus,  reached  its  climax  before  the  latter  was 
introduced.  The  species  U|)on  which  the  genus  was  founded  were  originally 
described  by  Slannard  and  Casseday  and  Lyon  under  DkhocriiuiK,  whence 
S.  A.  Miller  removed  them  to  Ptcro/vcrlniis. 

Tiihirommts  difTers  from  Dir/iocn'niis  in  the  more  massive  plates,  and  in 
having  but  one  costal  to  the  ray.  The  latter  is  the  case  also  in  Ptcrotocrimis, 
but  the  distichals  in  that  genus  are  comparatively  large,  and  form  an  import- 
ant part  of  the  calyx  ;  while  those  of  I'li/iiriirrliii'S  are  small,  and  retain  the 
form  of  free  arm  plates.  Besides,  Pliratocr'nuis  has  large,  wing-like  ai)pendages 
fastoned  to  the  surface  of  the  test,  like  which  nothing  is  foimd  in  Talnro- 
rriiiKS ;  the  corresponding  plates  of  the  latter  are  much  sr'.dler  and  are 
inserted  between  the  other  plates,  instead  of  resting  against  their  be\  led 
outer  edges. 


A. 


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llEXACRINID^E.  7S3 

Talarocrinus  oornigeruB  (Sntsi.). 
Plate  LXXVIII.  Fiij^.  Ga,  h,  and  7a,  h. 

1858.     Dii-hrriiiiia  coriiii/mis  —  Smawiu;   Tnins.  St.  Louis  AciiJ.  Sri.,  Vol.  I.,  p.  7i,  riato  1,  Figs. 

hi-(l. 
ISO,'.     Pfm/oi'i-iiiiis  roniiyrrus  —  SinniAun;  C'nliil.  Palicoz.  Foss.  N.  Aincr.,  p.  39:i. 
1877.     I'/entMriiittn  rur/ii'i/mis  —  S.  A.  Mii.lkii;  Ciiliil.  Ainci.  r.iliuoz.  Foss.  (1st  Kdit.),  p.  S9. 
18S1.     Tiiliiron-iiiKH  coniir/friis —  \V.  iiiiil  Si'.;  R.-visinu  I'lilu'ocr.,  I'lU't  11.,  p,  '•7. 
1S83.     2'iiliinrri/iiis  coniy'-riis  —  S.  A.  Mii.i.Kli ;  C;iliil.  Amei-.  Fala'c)/..  Foss.  (l'(1  Edit.),  p.  2S8. 

Ciilj'X  ovato,  the  bn-ic  sliylitly  truncated  iiiid  cxcavntcd  at  the  bottom. 
Dorsal  cup  a  little  lower  tlian  the  ventral  disk,  and  .soniewliat  shorter  than 
wide;  the  plates  strong,  moderately  convex,  but  without  other  markings; 
suture  lines  distinctly  grooved. 

Basiils  forming  a  shallow  cup,  which  is  transversely  elongated,  and  occu- 
pies about  one  tliird  the  liL'ight  of  the  dorsal  cup ;  it  is  concave  at  the  lower 
face,  and  the  cavity  is  only  partly  filled  by  the  column.  Kadials  sub- 
quadrangular,  slightly  increasing  in  width  upward,  their  length  equal  to  the 
greatest  width ;  the  plates  arc  a  little  tumid,  the  greatest  convexity  being  at 
two  thirds  their  height,  whence  they  .slope  considerably  to  the  upper  margin, 
producing  a  moderate  depression  or  constriction  beneath  the  arm  regions. 
Anal  plate  considerably  longer  than  the  radials,  its  upper  face  on  a  level  with 
the  top  of  the  distichals,  its  lower  face  angular,  the  lateral  faces  parallel. 
Costals  and  distichals  very  small,  the  former  trigonttl,  often  not  visible 
externally,  and  the  distichals  appear  as  if  they  rested  upon  the  radials,  as 
described  by  Shumard  ;  they  bend  slightly  outward,  and  are  wider  than 
high,  their  upper  faces  concave,  forming  a  sharp  angle.  First  palmars 
narrower  and  shorter  than  the  distichals,  rounded  like  arm  plates ;  the  two 
outer  ones  touching  the  radials.  Arm  openings  four  to  the  ray.  The  arms 
are  not  preserved  in  any  of  the  specimens.  Ventral  di.sk  highly  elevated 
and  bulging  ;  the  interambulacral  spaces  depressed,  and  the  plates  flat. 
The  radial  dome  plates  strongly  tuberculous,  the  other  disk  plates  con- 
vex. Posterior  oral  strictly  central  and  of  extreme  size,  forming  a  large 
ovato  tubercle,  the  shorter  diameter  facing  the  posterior  and  anterior 
sides.  The  other  orals  quite  small  and  scarcely  convex.  Four  of  the 
interambulacral  spaces  narrow,  and  the  plates  elongate;  arranged  1,  2,  2, 
with  sometimes  one  or  two  small  accessory  pieces  interposed  between  them. 
The  posterior  interradius  is  wide,  being  composed  above  the  anal  plate 


784 


TIIK  CKINOIUKA   CAMKRATA   OK   NOKTU  AMKUICA. 


of  four  or  (Ivo  inoilerutc  sized  pliitc-',  followed  by  n  very  liivgo  miniber 
of  small  pieeeM,  foniriig  nn  elongate,  convex  area,  wliieli  rises  from  tlie 
largo  nnal  plate,  nnd  extends  to  the  posterior  oral,  being  siu'rounded  on  all 
sides  by  a  sliallow  groove.  The  plates  of  the  area,  although  irregular  in 
form,  arc  arranged  with  a  certain  regul.'.rity,  and  the  lower  ones  arc  con- 
giderably  larger  than  those  surromuling  the  anal  opening,  wliieh  are  very 
minute.  The  nnu.s  is  located  in  the  upper  part  of  the  area,  and  opens  out 
laterally.     Column  .«mall  and  round. 

ILtrhm  and  Locaflti/.  —  Upper  part  of  St.  Louis  group  ;  Fran'vlin  Co., 
Ala.,  and  Tateville,  Pulaski  Co.,  Ky. 

Ti/jic  in  the  Shumard  collection  at  the  Museum  of  Washington  University, 
St.  Louis. 

Talarocrinus  sexlobatus  (.'^m  m.). 
Plate  LXXVIII.  Fnjs.  ;■!,  h,  c. 

ISJC).  Dichocrinuf  sej-lu'/ii/iix  —  SiiuMMin;  Tniiis.  St.  l.iniis  Acail.  Sci.,  Vol.  I.,  p.  73,  I'igs.  3,  3a-e, 

I'^fij.  P/rrol'ifriiiii.i  si-x/ii'mi/iis  —  ^'Uysiww,  Catiil.  I'lilii'n/,.  Fuss.  N.  .\mrr.  p.  3!)i. 

ISfi;.  l'/,;-u/'jcriiiiis  srxh/M/ii'  —  S.  A.  .Mir.Miir,  C'al.'il.  AiiiiT.  I'ala'nz.  Fuss.  ()st  Kilit  ).  p.  SO. 

18SI.  Tiiliirorriims  scxlu/,iif,is  —  \V.  anil  Si\  ;   Ki'visimi  I'ahv.icr.,  I'ai't  1 1.,  p.  S7. 

18S3.  Tiihirocriiiiis  scxlubuliii  —  i*.  A.  Mll.l.Kii ;  Catal.  Aiiur.  Palanz.  Fuss.  (2(1  Eilit.),  p.  2SS. 

Calyx  a  little  higher  than  wide,  constricted  at  the  arm  regions,  and 
Furmounted  by  five  short  heavy  .spines.  Dorsal  cup  more  depressed  tlian 
in  the  preceding  species,  the  plates  more  rapidly  sin-eading  and  more  tmuid, 
making  the  outline  of  the  cup,  as  seen  from  below,  (piite  distinctly  six-lobed. 
The  plates  devoid  of  ornamentation. 

Ba.sal  cup  shallow,  its  heiglit  from  a  side  view  less  than  one  fourth  the 
length  of  tlie  radials;  tiie  salient  angles  at  the  upper  margin  very  obtuse, 
ns  are  also  the  re-entering  angles  toward  the  anal  plate  and  anterior  radial; 
the  centre  .^lightly  excavated  for  the  reception  of  the  column.  Hailials  about 
as  wide  as  long,  widest  at  two  thirds  theii  height,  very  thick  and  tumid  in 
the  middle ;  their  greatest  convexity  is  near  the  ui)per  end,  whence  they 
slope  rapidly  to  the  arm  bases,  forming  a  rounded,  transverse  node.  The 
lower  faces  in  four  of  the  radials  are  straight,  or  nearly  so,  in  the  anterior 
one  obtusely  angular;  all  the  superior  faces  are  deeply  excavated,  and  their 
outer  ends  project  somewhat  like  the  limits  of  the  radials  in  Blastoids.  The 
anal  plate  is  longer  than  the  radials.  and,  like  them,  tunud  near  the  top  nnd 
widest  across  the  middle.  Costals  very  small,  not  visible  externally,  being 
perfectly  covered  by  the  distiehals.     Distiehals  comparatively  large,  resting 


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i\ 


IIKXACRINID.E. 


785 


completely  within  the  radial  facets;  wider  thnn  long,  shnrply  angular  at  the 
top,  their  sloping  upper  faces  concave.  Arms  four  to  the  ray,  their  structure 
unknown.  Ventral  disk  liiglily  elevated,  resting  upon  the  inflected  upper 
ends  of  the  radials  and  anal  plate,  and  hence  narrower  than  the  dorsal  cup; 
the  sides  almost  vertical,  and  the  sunnnit  Hat.  The  posterior  oral,  which  is 
subcentral,  is  large  and  strongly  convex,  tiio  four  others  considerably  nar- 
rower and  almost  flat ;  the  outer  ends  of  tlie  latter  curve  abruptly  down- 
wanl,  and  take  part  in  the  sides  of  the  disk.  Tiie  radial  dome  plates  rest 
at  right  angles  between  two  orals;  they  are  quite  large,  and  are  extended 
into  short,  heavy  obliquely  directed  spines.  The  first  range  of  interradials 
consists  of  three  pieces,  of  which  the  two  outer  ones  are  very  narrow  and  do 
not  touch  the  radials;  they  are  followed  by  two  small  interambulacrals,  and 
these  by  the  orals.  The  anal  plate  supports  upon  its  truncate  upper  face 
a  rather  large  quadrangular  piece,  and  upon  its  upper  slopii  faces  an  elon- 
gate narrow  one,  followed  by  other  rows  of  three  plates  of  smaller  size,  and 
by  a  moderate  number  of  other  pieces,  which  form  a  small  protuberance 
containing  the  anus.  Anal  opening  on  a  level  with  the  posterior  radial 
dome  plates. 

Il>ri::on  and  Loral'ttij. —  Upper  part  of  St.  Louis  group;  Russell ville,  Ky.; 
Logan  Co.,  Ky.,  and  Fiagpont,  Va. 

The  tijpe  specimen,  formerly  in  Dr.  Shnmard's  collection,  could  not  be 
found  in  the  Museum  of  Washington  University  at  St.  Louis,  and  is  probably 
lost.  The  specimens  figured  are  from  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and 
Springer. 

Eonarls, — This  species  is  readily  distmgnished  from  T.  cornujerus  by  the 
greater  depression  and  tumidity  of  the  dorsal  cup,  the  constriction  at  the 
arm  bases,  tiie  erect  form  of  the  disk,  the  narrowness  of  the  anal  interradius, 
and  the  comparatively  small  number  of  disk  plates. 


780 


TIIK  tUlXOIDKA   CAMKUAIA   Ol'   NDIMII    AMKIUCA. 


Talaroorinua  symmetricua  Cas".  nml  Lvov. 
Plate  LXX  Vflf.  Fir/a.  4a,  h,  ami  -7. 

ISnO.     /lir/iurriiiHii  nyiimelriciif  —  CAssi.nw  ninl  TiV(i\  ;   I'mcri'il.     .nrr.  Ariid.  Ails  ami  Sci.,  Viil.  V.,  p.  i\. 

ISftli     I)i,-lin,-riiiiiA  ri/iiiiiirtri,-ii.i  —  SiiiMMin;  Ciil.il.  I'.ilimz,  Kn-  .  N.  AiiiiT.,  |i.  .'1117. 

1S77.     lticho,-riiiii»  >i)iiimelni'ii>  —  S.  A.  >lii,r.iii;  Ciiliil.  I'lilnn/..  Fuss.  Anicr.  (1st  Kdil.),  p.  76. 

1S31.     Talitrufriiiiis  syuimi'/rieii.' —  W.  niiil  ^^l'.  i   lti'\\>inii  Talii r.,  I'lii't  II.,  p.  S", 

18S3.     Tiihrocriiiiii  >;/mnirlri,-iif—H.  A.  Mll.I.FIi;  Ciil.'il.  Till.  l''n»s.  Aiiicr.  (lM  I'Mii.),  p.  2SS, 

8\ii.  /lii'iiu'i-iiiii)  cliyiiiif  —  Lvos  niul  ('\ss.j  I'mriTil.  Aiiicr.  Acml.  Arls  iiiiil  Sci.,  Vdl.  V.,  p.  22. 

Sya.  T'lliiiwriiiaa  cUyuns  —  \V.  niul  Sr.  J  Itrvisimi  ]':ihi'cirr.,  J'arl  II.,  p.  '-7. 

This  .><peeie9  is  closely  nllicd  to  tlic  proci'diiiir  one,  liiit  somcwlmt  sinnllcr; 
tho  (lor.'ial  cup  is  more  doprcxscd,  the  form  of  tlio  vuiitml  disk  more  conical. 
Ics.s  contrncted  at  tho  periphery,  mid  tlie  anal  nreii  wider.  Dorsal  cup  semi- 
glohose,  slightly  lobod  ns  seen  from  above  or  below,  tho  plates  without 
ornamentation  ;   suture  lines  distinctly  giooved. 

Basal  cup  quite  shallow,  widest  at  right  angles  to  the  interhasal  suture. 
Radials  .spreading  rapidly  to  the  middle,  le.ss  rapidly  in  tho  upper  portions; 
the  superior  faces  a  little  excavated,  and  their  outer  edges  slightly  truncated. 
Anal  plate  longer  than  the  radials,  widest  in  the  middle,  the  upper  end 
inilected,  making  the  lateral  faces  convex.  Costals  nnd  distichals  very  small ; 
not  exposed  upon  the  surface  ;  they  are  hidden  by  the  two  inner  palmars  of 
the  first  row,  which  ovcrla|)  them.  The  two  outer  palmars  of  the  first  row 
rest  upon  the  radials,  their  lateral  faces  support  an  interbrachial,  which 
also  slightly  touches  tho  rndials.  Palmars  four  in  the  calyx,  in  contact  later- 
ally,  short  and  rather  deeply  e.xcavated  for  the  reception  of  tho  higher 
brachials,  which  are  not  preserved  in  the  specimens.  The  arms  of  the  same 
ray  are  equidistant,  while  those  of  dilferent  rays  are  farther  apart  and  sepa- 
rated by  a  shallow  groove.  Ventral  disk  higher  than  the  dorsal  cup.  Tho 
interambulacral  spaces  filled  by  one  nnd  two  narrow  plates  follcv,ed  by  tho 
orals ;  tho  first  radial  dome  plate  is  conical.  The  large  anal  plate  supports 
tiiree  plates,  of  which  the  middle  one  is  considerably  wider  than  high  and 
somewhat  depressed,  the  two  others  (piite  narrow.  The  second  row  also  con- 
sists of  three  pieces,  and  these  are  succc  .'ded  by  numerous  smaller  ones, 
which  form  an  elongate  roimded  lidge  containing  tho  anus.  This  ridge, 
which  is  bounded  laterally  by  a  .shallow  groove,  extends  to  tho  posterior  oral 
in  an  almost  vertical  line.  The  primary  radial  dome  plates  alternate  with 
the  orals ;  they  are  large  and  either  spinous  or  strongly  tuberculous.  The 
secondary  radial  dome  plates  are  elongate  and  enclose  a  largo  interdistichal. 


^ 


r 


1- 


IIKXACUINID.E. 


787 


Jliin'ivn  and  LucaUhj.  —  Uppor  part  of  St,  Louis  liiiiuHtoiic ;  Gni)>oii, 
PMinoiidson,  iiiid  I'uliiski  Cos.,  Ky, 

JuiiiKr/i^.  —  Tliu  iy[)o  «i)uciiiic'n,  wliicli  i.s  liyiirud  on  I'liito  LXXVIII., 
Fig.  5,  is  in  tliu  Lyon  culioctiun ;  tiuit  of  Figs.  4<(,  0  on  tlio  miniu  pluto  i.s  in 
the  collection  of  Waclisnmth  anil  Springer. 

Diihumnus  de(j<tm  Cii^H.  and  L3on,  in  our  opinion,  belongs  to  this  species. 
Tiii^  type  specimen,  wliicli  is  badly  crushed,  is  po.ssibly  u  little  more  lobid  at 
the  ventral  disk,  but  that  alone  is  not  sullicient  to  make  it  a  (lilYerent  species. 
The  differences  to  which  the  authors  refer  are  not  borne  out  by  the  facts. 
Tiilurnrruuis  ti)/)innctr!ci(f>,  like  T.  dvyms,  has  four  arms  to  the  ray,  and  not 
two,  as  stated  in  the  description. 

TalarocriDus  ovatus  WoisTurN 
riiilc  LXX  VIII.  Fl'j...  2a,  h. 

1892.     AVoiiTilKNi  Bulk-till  I.,  'liiiKiis  SInIc  Miis.  N:il.  Ilisl.,  p.  30. 

1>>SI).     AVullTMKNi  (iw.l    llup.  llliiiuis,  Vol.  VII.,  p.  .'tl  t.  I'liilu  ii',1,  l'\'.  U. 

1S8.').     W.  anil  Si-.  ■   itcvisiou  I'lilivdcr.,  I'lirl  111.,  |i.  UO. 

Calyx  more  elongate  than  in  the  preceding  species,  ovate  in  its  general 
outline,  the  dorsal  cup  proportionately  higher  and  less  spreading,  the  radials 
more  evenly  convex,  and  not  tumid  at  the  upper  end.  Basal  cup  compara- 
tively large  and  deep,  truncate  at  the  bottom,  and  slightly  excavated  for  the 
reception  of  the  column;  the  sides  but  little  expanding.  IJadials  somewhat 
longer  than  wiilc,  a  little  wider  aljove  than  below,  .slightly  inllected  at  the 
upper  end ;  their  lower  faces  .straight,  except  at  the  anterior  plate  where 
they  are  distinctly  angidar ;  the  upper  deeply  excavated  to  about  one  half 
their  width,  and  the  facet  directed  obliquely  outward.  Anal  plate  longer 
than  the  radials  and  heplagonal.  The  costals  rest  oblifjuely  upon  the  radials, 
and  are  larger  than  usual  in  tliif  genu.s,  forming  a  small  triangle  with  con- 
cave sides.  Of  the  distichals  only  one  row  of  plates  is  visible,  which  arc 
short  and  excavated  at  the  upfjcr  face.  Tiiis  may  have  been  followed 
by  an  axillary  distichal,  or  have  directly  supported  the  arms.  The  number 
and  structm-e  of  the  arm.?  unknown.  Ventral  di.>:k  highly  elevated,  the 
intcraiubulacral  spaces  depressed,  especially  near  the  arm  bases.  Anal  area 
projecting,  giving  to  the  ventral  disk,  as  seen  from  the  -^unnnit,  a  distinctly 
hexagonal  outline.  Interradial  plates  three  and  one ;  the  middle  plate  of 
the  first  range,  and  the  upper,  very  large,  the  two  at  the  sides  small,  about 
half  as  long  as  the  middle  one  and  considerably  narrower.     Anal  area  clou- 


t 


'i 


788 


TIIK   CKINOIDKA   CA.MKHATA   OV   NOIMII    A.MKKU  A, 


giito  convex  1111(1  lioiilert'il  !)_)•  II  giDovi';  it  Iiiim  tlnee  nulici'  liirgi'  platus  in  tiio 
lirst  row,  iiiid  tiiroo  in  tin-  hocoii'I,  roilowud  \ty  ii  niuilenitu  iimiiljor  of  winalli'r 
pioci's;  tlio  opening  is  iliiectoil  obliiiiiely  upwind.  Posterior  oral  twico  tlio 
Hiz.0  of  tlio  other  four  and  i<pinoii.s,  while  the  latter  are  uliglilly  convex. 
radial  doiiie  plate.s  large  and  tiihereuiouH.  ''''• ,  arrangement  of  tlie  other 
di.sli  phites  is  Himiiar  to  that  of  tiie  pieeeiliiig  .speeie.s. 

lliir'aim  und  Luculiti/.  — ('.')  Kaskaskia  group;  Monroe  Co.,  III.1. 

Tiie  (1//11:  aiu",  only  known  .speeinien  is  in  the  llIinoiM  State  collection. 

Iii:iii(ivln.  —  Professor  Worthen  gives  the  horizon  of  this  Hpecies  hh 
•' Chester  liinesloiu-,"  which  piohalily  should  he  changed  \\\U\  upper  \wvi  ol 
St.  Louis  group.  Wo  infer  this  from  the  preservation  of  the  upecimen,  and 
the  fact  that  all  the  other  .species  como  from  that  horizon. 

TalarocrinuB  deoornis  w.  ^unl  Sr.  (mov,  siicc). 
riute  nXXVIII.  Fi<jx.  3ii.  />,  c. 

(?)  Syii.  r)i-ho.-riii«i  eoii»lri-lii>  M.  ;iiul  \V;  M',0,  (I..  1.  Ii,  p.  111>.,  p,  Jfiri,  Vol.  II  .  Hate  10,  FiRs.  2i/,  b,  c 

Siiiidler  than  any  of  the  preceding  .species.  Calyx  once  and  a  half  as 
wide  as  high,  eliiiitical  in  outline,  the  aim  bases  jirojecting,  the  interradial 
spaces  depressed.  Dorsal  cup  iiigher  than  the  ventral  disk;  the  plates  con- 
vex and  without  ornamentation  ;  suture  lines  slightly  grooved. 

Basiils  large,  foriuing  a  rounded  cup.  which,  viewed  in  i)rofile,  has  about 
half  the  height  of  the  radials;  lower  face  of  the  cup  a  little  concave,  lladials 
erect,  a  shade  wider  at  the  top  than  at  the  bottom,  about  as  wide  as  long; 
their  lower  faces  nearly  straight,  the  upper  excavated  to  one  half  their 
width  at  the  middle,  and  the  outer  ends  distinctly  truncate<l  for  the  reception 
of  a  small  iiiterbrachial.  Anal  plate  a  little  longer  than  the  anterior  radial, 
the  upper  eiiil  somewhat  inflected  so  as  to  form  a  widl  defined  (l(|iressioii  at 
the  upper  end.  Distichals  two;  the  lower  one  quite  short,  re-^ting  completely 
within  the  radial  facets,  and  not  coining  in  contact  with  the  iiiterbrachial 
plate.  Second  distichals  much  larger,  sharply  angular  above,  and  directed 
slightly  outward.  The  first  palmars  take  part  in  the  calyx;  the  others  are 
iVee.  Arms  four  to  the  ray,  biserial  above  the  third  or  fourth  jilate;  they 
are  rather  stout,  rounded  on  the  back,  and  composed  of  moderately  long, 
slightly  convex  pieces,  which  interlock  by  a  zigzag  suture  lino.  Ventral  disk 
liighly  convex;  the  summit  surmounted  iiy  an  immense  nodose  jilate.  Tntor- 
ambulacral  spaces  narrow,  deeply  depressed,  having  a  single  elongate  plate 


T 


lIKXACHIMD.r.. 


780 


ill  tlio  first  row,  wliieli  is  followed  liy  n  Mtiinllcr  one.  TIic  nnnl  intfrriuliiin, 
which  is  iiitii'li  tho  widust,  1ms  oiu'  [ihito  in  tire  two  [iroxiiiml  rows,  I'oUowi'il 
\>y  siimll  piuces  foriiiing  a  littlo  pioliihcruiico  aroiiiul  tho  nmw.  Onils  n-pic- 
wonted  ]ty  a  siii^Io  [licco,  from  tin-  sidi-s  of  whicii  tlie  covcriii;^'  iiliitcs  of  tho 
ainhiihiPiii  puss  out  to  tln'  miiis ;  thu  pinto  is  liit,dily  coiivi'X  or  nodoso,  nnd 
us  iiii'j^o  ns  the  fivo  ornls  in  otJK'r  spocies.  Aiiibuliicra  projfctiii}^,  tho  cover- 
iiif?  pintos  consisting;  of  two  iowh  of  »tnmll  pieces,  which  iiro  nltorniitcly 
urnui^^i'd  ;  they  hifiiiciid'  on  ii  riitlior  Inrgo  nxiliiiry,  and  tho  two  lirnnchos 
are  sopiiratod  l>y  a  lnr;;o  intordistichid. 

Jlorixon  (iiiil  Luntli/i/.  —  Upper  part  of  St.  Louis  group  ;  Tate\illi', 
Pida^lu  Co.,  Ky. 

Ti/iiin  ill  tho  collection  of  Wachsmnth  nnd  Springer, 

livinnrkK.  —  This  spe(;ies  is  reinarkalile  for  having  'jut  a  single  oral  plate  ; 
tho  other  four  orals  are  either  undeveloped,  or,  more  prohahly,  were  resorhed 
ill  tho  growing  criiiuid.  Another  pecnliarity  of  this  species  is  tho  uhsenco  of 
spines,  and  the  presence  of  regular  covering  pieces  in  tho  disk. 

JleeU  and  Worthen's  Dlclinrriiuin  ciiiftrlrtnn  may  possildy  ho  identieid 
with  this  species,  but  as  only  tho  busuls  and  radiuls  are  known  no  satis- 
factory comparison  can  ho  made. 


Talarocrinus  subglobosus  w.  and  sp.  (nov  si^c). 
r/ato  LXX/X.  Fl.js.  hi,  h. 

A  small  species.  Calyx  proportionidly  shorter  than  in  T.  dccornh,  and 
snbglohoso  instead  of  ovate;  tho  interradial  spaces  depressed  at  the  arm 
regions;  plates  of  the  dorsal  cup  ronmleil  and  a  little  conve.x;  suture  lines 
somewhat  grooved. 

Basal  cup  small  and  quite  shallow  ;  widest  at  right  angles  to  tho  suture 
line;  tho  lower  face  slightly  excavateil.  Radials  about  as  wide  as  long, 
rapidly  spreading  from  the  base  upward,  tumid,  nnd  a  little  inllected  at  tho 
upper  part ;  radial  facets  broadly  excavated,  and  the  limbs  slightly  trnnrnted 
for  tho  reception  of  tho  interbrachials.  Anal  plate  larger  than  tho  radials 
and  considerably  widest  across  the  miildle.  Costals  (|uite  large  for  the  genus, 
filling  almost  the  entire  width  of  tho  facets  in  whicli  the}'  rest.  Distichnls 
2X2,  short,  those  of  tho  first  range  .slightly  touching  tho  radials,  and  all, 
together  with  tho  costals,  facing  outward.  Anns  four  to  tho  ray,  free  above 
the  distichals.     Ventral  disk  subpyramidal,  a  little  shorter  than  the  dorsal 


rito 


llli;   <  I(INU||I|;.V   (  AMI.IIAIA   (II'    MMilll   A.MI.ltK  A. 


cuji;  till.'  iiitiTi'iiiliiil  h|iiu'('M  (l('|>i'i'«!<('il  mill  wilier  llmii  iiniitil  in  llii.i  giMUin; 
tlii-y  iiio  t'om|io,-<i'il  of  lour  jilutos,  nf  wliirli  the  tlnoo  of  llii'  (iret  row  rent 
iilioii  till!  niiliiil'*,  llicir  xiiK'.s  luiuliiii};  llio  ili>tii'lml.'<,  tliu  utlicr  lieing  much 
Iarj{i'r  mill  iiili'i[ii),«r(l  lifiwccii  lliu  nuliul  ilmiH'  |i1iiIi'm.  OmU  vi-r^'  irregular 
ill  tlii-'ir  iirrmii^i'iiii'iil ;  tlu'  posicrior  oiio  i-trirlly  ccntiiil,  wry  l.irge  uiul 
^<l>illl)ll■' ;  till'  iillii'is  iK'uii}'  llat,  tin;  |iu>itii>ii  ol'  ilic  iiiitorinr  one  ^tljt'tl_)•  iiitiT- 
railial,  wliilo  tlmt  of  the  two  miti'ro-lati  nil  oiit'i  iiii|i('arj<  to  bo  iiIiiiomI  railial. 
Till'  cii.i'riiig  jru'ci'i  I'lilor  llio  I'alvx  al'lrr  tin'  lir.it  iliNinioii  of  llio  aiiiliulaora, 
ami  till-  two  liraiicla'.t  are  MOparateil  \ty  a  ralliiT  larj,'!-  platt'.  The  anal  opi'ii- 
iiig  t)PtMi|iifs  till'  ii|)|u'r  part  of  a  wi'll  di'lliii'il  iirotulporaiu'i',  a  sort  of  rtniinli'il 
viTtioal  riiljfL',  wliii'li  uxti'iuls  froiu  tlio  K|)ei'ial  anal  jilato  to  tlie  ^)o^*t^.■rior 
oral,  anil  i^  Hiirrouiidt'il  \>y  a  lU'i'p  groove. 

J/i'ri.ioii  tiiiil  Liiridi/i/.  —  I'lipLT  jtart  of  tlii'  St.  Louis  group,  at  Tatoville, 
Pula-ki  Co.,  Ky..  assoriaii'il  with  tin-  pri-ci'ilinj.'  spi'i'ii's, 

T^/jiai  ill  tlio  collection  oi"  \Vaeli."*inutli  ami  .Springer. 

TalarocriniiB  aimplox  (Smim.). 

i'/.,t,  i.xxviii.  rh/s.s„,  h. 

I^,"i7.     Hi.-i'irriiiHi  tiiii/i/'-r  —  SiiiMMUi;  Tniis.  SI.  I.iiuis  Ai'iul.  Sci.,  |i.  '  i,  I'liilo  1,  Fit'i.  ;'.(.  i. 
IS.-.s.     /ii,'t,„viiiii.r  fii.i/i/.'X  —  Ihi.i.;  (iiol    \W\K  lu»a.  Vul.  I.,  I'iirl  II.,  \i  (ijt,  riutt'  iii,  Kit,'!".  IJ.i,  «. 
l^Si.     l)i:-liiii-riiiHn  iiiiiiil''x  —  W.  niul  Sr. ;  llcvisiuii  I'liln'ncr.,  Part  II.,  p.  Si. 

A  .■iiiiall  spi'cic'.-i,  tliu  wiiltli  of  tlio  calyx  varying  from  5  to  0  mm.  Dor.sil 
cup  generally  a  little  higher  than  wiile,  wiile.st  at  the  ha.'^i-railial  .xiituro  or 
a  little  ahovr,  .•<i)iiii'wliiit  c_\  liinlrii-.I  along  the  median  portions,  and  gradually 
loiilracting  towanl  the  arm  ha.ses.  I'lates  thick,  and  without  ornamentation 
or  other  markings;  suture  lines  distinct,  hut  not  grooved. 

15asal  cui)  large,  semiglohose,  extending  to  fully  one  half  the  height  of 
the  calyx  ;  the  lower  end  slightly  llatteiud.  the  central  part  excavated, 
I'orining  a  narrow  circular  pit  of  considerahle  depth  ;  the  salient  angles  at  the 
upper  margin  ipiite  ohtuso,  the  re-entering  angles  toward  the  anal  plato  and 
anterior  radial  conqiaratively  shaii>.  IJadials  slightly  dilTering  in  form,  some 
i)eiiig  wider  than  others,  luit  all,  as  a  rule,  longer  than  wide  ami  narrowest 
at  the  top.  The  .superior  faces  of  the  plates  are  directed  ol»lii|uely  inward, 
and  the  ends  are  but  slightly  truncated  ;  they  are  excavated  to  one  half 
their  width  by  the  facets  which  contain  the  coslals  and  distichals.  Anal  plate 
generally   wider  at   the  bottom  than   the  radials,  but  narrower  at  the  top. 


>. 


iii;xA(RiMi>.i;. 


''I 


Conlnl*  very  niiimtc.  I)i;.ficIinlH  I  X  10  in  flio  rnlyx;  of  flio  oaiiio  piopDifiDii'* 
(iH  tlio  ovi'rlyiiiK  '"'"  iilnti".  Ahih  niiimii'iitly  liii,  ilu'ir  Mtnicttiru  iiml  tlint 
ol'llii'  vciitnil  (link  iiiikiiiiNvti, 

ll>ii.i>i\  iiiiil  l.iiiiilili/.  —  WiiiHiiw  llmcwfoiii',  Kciiiiiil  lit  S|i('i'p'ii  Hill.  IihI,, 
Coni'vicvo  Co.,  Mo.,  iiml  in  iimiiy  iiIiu'ch  in  Ktiiliuky  iiihI  Tciiiii'^i't'. 

Iiiii»irl,».-'V\iU  Hpocii's  liiiN  hiiii  liorotoforu  icri'iinl  in  Ifiili'irn'mi.t,  willi 
wliich,  no  (lonlif,  it  hnn  Honic  iiHinitit.'H ;  tlio  in'cwfiifi',  liowuviT,  of  n  i»inj{Io 
voi'v  niiinito  I'tHtiil,  ili(>  I'oini  iiml  arnin^cnicnt  of  tlic  ili'^licliiilH  in>il  .xurct't'il- 
ing  linicliiiiN,  mIihw  ilisiinclly  its  closo  ri'lulion.H  wiili  'I'lilniurriniix.  Tli" 
(•pc'cinnMH  vary  consicitTiiliIy  in  si/o  ami  •^unu'wliiil  in  I'dini  ;  in  im  -I  n| 
flu'iu  the  .xiili's  (if  liio  fiilyx  arc  i-vcnly  rianidi'il.  uhilc  in  otlu'iH  tlicy  are 
cnnfrni'tt'fl  alini'i  the  liasi-radial  .-nfnri-.  Mn'k  ami  Wmilicn  di'^iciilicd  a 
(tpuoiincn  of  tliix  kind  ax  ii  ili.»tint't  mjiocIi'm  nndiT  tiic  naino  />.  innslriititH. 


PTER0T0CRINU8  I  n-n  hM  Cam. 

I'.V).  t.vnx  mill  CxNi.;  Anii-r.  ,1 i.  S,i.,  Vul  "XIX.,  p.  M. 

ISIill.  Mkkk  iiimI  WiiliniKN;   lii'ul.   Iti'|>    llliuniH,      'il.  ||„  p.  ;><tS. 

Itim.  Sim  MAiMi;  'rniiis.  Si.  L.mln  .\iiul.  Spi.,  V  '.  It.,  p.   lUt. 

1S7!),  Wniii  iiiiv  1  .liiiini.  Ciiiriii.  ,"<ii|..  Nui.  111-'.,  Vol.  II. 'April  iiiiii '  ir). 

!">*'.•.  Wkiiihiiiv;  M/V.  (I  Ii'IhIkt  iiiinilici). 

\^Vi.  /.UTKI.;  lluMilli  ili'i'  I'mIiioiiI  ,  Vul.  I.,  p.  an.'i. 

l^^l.  \\.  iiM.l  Sr.  J  l|riiM,,ii  |\iliii,cr,,  I'lirt  II ,  p  s7. 

1>H-,.  W.  ■.m\  Sp. ;  ,l,i.l..  I'ail  III,,  p.  \H). 

ISMJ.  S,  \.  .MiM.KIi;  N.  .\iiuT.  V,mWy  mill  I'lilinnil.,  p.  r,(\. 

Smi.  .lsi,,:irri.iH>  I.viiv  (m.i  Miiii-i,  i-  |s:;;i);  (I,.. I.  II.  p.  Ki'iiliii'l>,v,  V..1. 


p.  17.'. 


Calyx  nioiv  or  K-sx  tnrliinalc;  llio  plali'M  lioiivy  nnd  \.iili(Mit  ornivion. 
lation.  Dorsal  cnp  sant'i'r-flai|K'd,  wider  than  li'jl  ;  the  vciilnil  di,  ■•  ,iy- 
raniidal,  hijflicr  than  the  cnp.  'I'lii;  disk  has  l,vo  \\'iy  larjfo  oonspicnous 
plates  (M"  procossos  disposed  radially,  wiiieh  in  the  I'orMi  of  wings  or  Imrns 
j)a.ss  ont  from  hetween  the  arms, 

llastds  two.  liotli  pentaj;onal ;  the  sntnre  passing  from  (ho  posterior  to 
the  anterior  side  of  the  ealys.  Masai  eiip  shallow,  and  upon  the  posterior 
and  anteriiir  sides  angnlarly  eseavated  for  the  U'Ception  of  the  anal  plate 
anil  the  anterior  radial.  Hadials  wider  than  long,  rapidly  increasing  in 
width  npwards;  snl)f|iiadrangular  in  onlline.  except  the  anterior  one,  which 
is  angular  helow,  while  the  others  are  tnnicate;  the  snjierior  faces  slightly 
nndnlated.  Cosfals  hiit  one  to  the  ray,  which  is  often  hidden  from  view,  anil 
is  always  minnto  and  triangular.  It  snpports  two  distichnls,  both  axillary, 
which  meet  over  the  ape.x  of  tli?    o'-  d,  their  lateral  faces  renting  npon  the 


702 


TllK   CIMXOIDKA    CAMKUATA   VV   .NOUTII   AMKHK'A. 


i' 


I.  i 


radials.  tluii'  slojiiiig  u\t\wv  faces  ciippoi'ting  from  1  (o  3  X  4  fixed  palinars, 
of  wliicli  llie  proximal  oius  toucli  with  tlieir  outer  faces  the  radi.ils.  There 
arc  no  intorradials  iior  ititeraxillaries  witliiii  '.lie  dorsal  cup,  aud,  as  a  rule, 
there  is  hut  one  anal  [dale,*  whieh  is  elonyate-suhtriangular,  aud  always 
considernhly  smaller  than  the  radiais.  The  plate  generally  I'ises  to  the 
height  of  the  railials  and  sometiuies  beyond  tlioni,  but  occasionally  is  shorter, 
and  the  two  jiosterior  radiais  meet  over  its  apex.  Anns  twenty',  short,  bise- 
rial,  simple,  arranged  in  groups  of  four,  separated  by  the  aiipendage.s,  so  as 
to  divide  the  arms  ot  the  same  ray  among  two  compartments.  Pinnules 
short;  in  (do.'O  contact.  Tegnien  highly  elevated,  p^'rainidal,  pentagonal  in 
outline;  the  sides  of  the  pyramid  interradially  disposeil,  and  longitudinally 
depressed  so  as  to  form  niches  for  the  reception  of  the  arms;  the  angles  arc 
excavated  or  pierced,  and  support  the  large  radial  iirocesses,  which  do  not 
necessarily  pierce  the  test.  Four  of  the  interradiid  spaces  are  of  similar  siz?, 
and  composed  of  tiiree  to  six  oblong  plates;  the  posterior  one  is  widest,  and 
its  plates  are  most  numerous.  The  first  interambulacral  rests  upon  the 
."iloping  outer  ends  of  two  ailjoiuing  palmars,  and  between  two  secondary 
I'adial  dome  plates  ;  it  is  Ibilowed  by  others,  which  are  distributed  around 
the  bases  of  the  wing-like  appendages.  The  anus  is  almost  central,  and 
surrounded  by  a  large  numlier  of  minute  pieces,  which  form  a  little  cone, 
or.  moie  frei|uently.  a  sort  of  mammiform  protuberance.  Orals  large,  resting 
directly  upon  the  intcrambulacr.tN  ;  the  posterior  one  wedged  in  between 
the  oilier  four. 

The  wing-like  append.iges,  which  probably  represent  the  first  radial  dome 
plates,  form  tlie  nio-^t  cii:ua('teristie  feature  of  this  genus.  Their  form  is  very 
variable,  being  in  some  species  spatulatc,  in  others  daviform  or  cuneiform ; 
in  somi!  thin  and  knife-like,  in  others  thick  and  rounded,  while  they  bifurcate 
in  still  others.  Tiie  plates  rise  to  the  fidl  height  of  the  disk,  and  extend  later- 
ally far  beyond  it  and  beyond  the  arms;  they  generally  rest  upon  the  surface 
iif  tiie  disk,  within  pits  or  grooves  formed  by  the  bevel'ed  or  inclined  lateral 
edges  of  the  intcrradial  and  oral  plates.  IJeneath  them  there  arc  over  each 
ray  two  smaller  radial  dome  plates  of  a  second  order,  which  rest  against  the 
plates  of  the  dorsal  cup.  and  enclose  a  large  interanibulacnil  jdatc.  The 
upper  edges  of  the  latter  plate  arc  excavated,  an<l  form  the  lower  ends  of 
the  sockets  tor  the  appendages.  Ambulacra  subtegminal.  Colunni  round  ; 
axial  canal  small. 

•  111  mil'  -|«'ciiiii'ii  \vc  iiIkciviiI  .1  siniill  Iri.'iugiilir  piece  abiivr  the  rcu'nlar  .iii.il  jil^iti',  wliich  wc  rog.inl 
as  iiiciili'iital,  auii  imI  uf  .structural  value. 


f 


V^: 


IIKXAClUNID.i:. 


703 


Dklribution.  —  Restricted,  so  fur  as  known,  to  tlic  Kiiskaskiii  group  of 
North  America.  Detiielied  appeniliiycs  are  found  in  larj^e  numbers  in  certiiiu 
localities  of  Alabama,  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  anil  Illinois,  but  perfect  speci- 
mens arc  extremely  rare. 

Type  of  the  f^enus;  I'tcrdlorriiii's  rajiilalls  (Lyon). 

Remarks. — This  genus  was  originally  described  b^' Lyon  under  vl.sVtvc- 
crinu.i,  a  name  jirt'occupied  l)y  Miinr.ler.  Meek  and  Worlhen,  in  ISCiCi.  in 
revising  the  genus,  stated  that  in  some  species  the  inlerradials  rest  upon  the 
superior  lateral  laces  of  the  ra<lials,  wiiich  is  the  case  in  the  allied  Talnvucriiiim, 
but  not  in  I'liro/'irn'iiiin.  Wetherby  regarded  the  small  trigonal  costals, 
which  Meek  and  Worthcn  identilied  as  ''second  radials,"  and  which  Lyon 
and  Casseday  had  overlooked  entirely,  as  accessory  pieces.  These  plates, 
although  present  in  every  specimen,  are  in  some  cases  completely  covered 
by  the  distiehals. 

Ci/a//iocriiiii!i  protiificmiis  Hall  very  probably  belongs  to  this  genus,  but  as 
only  the  basals  and  portions  of  radials  arc  known,  wo  are  unable  to  descril)C 
it  .satisfactorily. 

It  is  very  interesting  that  the  anus  in  almost  every  .specimen  of  this 
gemis  is  covered  with  a  Pluljccms,  and  in  every  case  the  anterior  uuirgin 
of  the  shell  is  diretsted  to  the  posterior  side  of  the  crinoid,  contrary  to  the 
cases  of  7V'(/'/o'/,'))/.s-  /irmifji/urii'iiK  and  (lilhirls'irnimK  /iifu roans,  m  wliicli  the 
anterior  margin  of  the  shell  lies  to  the  anterior  side  of  the  crinoid.*  That 
the  Gastcropod  invariably  occupies  the  same  position  prove>,  we  think,  that 
its  presence  then-  is  the  result  of  h.abit  and  not  of  accid'.-nt.  In  PliroforriiiKS 
it  could  not  have  been  washed  in  by  the  currents  of  the  arms,  as  suggested 
by  Meek  and  Worthen  in  the  case  of  I'luli/criiitisi  hrniis/i/icn'riis,  for  the  arms 
in  some  species  of  I'/rrol(wriiiiis  are  so  short  that  they  do  not  reach  the  sum- 
mit of  the  calyx. 

I't,  roforriims  is  an  aberrant  and  highly  diffi'rentiated  form.  It  approaches 
the  typical  form  of  the  Camerat.i  in  the  couiparatively  large  si/o  of  the  fixed 
brachials,  which  to  the  third  onler.  contrary  to  what  is  the  case  in  all  tyjjical 
llexacrinida>.  constitute  a  part  of  tin;  calyx  proper.  The  genus  has  its  closest 
aiVmities  with  Tiilitrorr'nuis!,  which  precedes  it  in  tiuu\  and  is  doubtless  its 
ancestral  tyi)(\  Their  structural  peculiarities  tend  in  the  siime  direction; 
but  while  feebly  indicated  in  the  latter  form,  thoy  attain  in  P/rrnlocrliii(s  the 
climax  of  extravagant  development.     rur"l"rriiiiis,  so  far  as  wo  know,  is  the 

•  To  lliis  fact  ^^r.  riiiiHcs  it.  Ki'vcs  ilircclcil  allonliim  in  liN  iiilrrotiiiL.'  |i.'i|u'r,  On  (lie  Allacluiiuit 
of  I'lat.vccnis  In  raliroci'iiiuuls  (l'roci.'cil.  .Vuur.  riiil'>^  IS")-.,  Vul.  X.W.,  p.  i'i7)- 


791 


TIIK  CRIXOIDKA  CAMKRATA   OK  NORTH   AMKHICA. 


Inst  surviving  genus  of  the  Ilex.icriiiitliV! ;  and  it  is  most  interesting  to  find 
here  again  euipiiasi/.ed  the  truth  which  Palivontology  teaelics  us  b\-  so  many 
examples,  tiiut  extravagance  of'  lorm  and  rank  development  in  any  group  is 
the  signal  for  its  speedy  extinction. 


Fterotocrinus  capitalis  (Lrox). 
Phtto  LXXIX.  Figs.  Ga,  b. 

l"!,??.     Atterncriims  cd/ii/iili' —  Lvox ;  (iicil.  Krp.  Kentucky,  Vul.  III.,  p.  i'i,  Phlc  3,  Figs.  1,  la-*. 
Isj'J.     J'/iYutwri/n^f  ni/ii/ii/is  —  Lviix  iiiul  CAs^^:DAT;  .\iiicr.  Juuni.  Sci ,  Vi.l.  XXIX.,  p.  OS. 
1891.     Plerolucrliim  ciij)i/ii/is —  W.  and  Si'. ;  Uevisiiiii  I'alipncr.,  l*:irt  II.,  p.  UI. 

Crown  as  viewed  from  above  irregularly  star-slmped,  in  profile  resembling 
the  form  of  a  Corinthian  capital.  Dorsal  cup  about  as  wide  as  high,  the 
plates  heavy  and  without  ornamentation. 

Basals  proportioi\alIy  larger  tiian  in  any  other  known  species  of  the 
genus,  forming  a  rather  deep  Ijasin,  almost  as  large  as  the  remaining  portions 
of  the  dorsal  cup  together;  the  sides  rounded,  contracting  at  the  upper  end, 
and  somewhat  llattened  at  the  bottom  ;  the  median  portions  slightly  concave, 
with  a  deep  pit  iu  the  centre,  completely  filled  by  the  column.  The  upiier 
margin  of  tiie  basal  cup  is  indented  for  the  reception  of  the  radials,  and 
deeply  notched  for  the  anal  plate.  The  latter  extends  to  the  full  height  of 
the  radials.  but  is  considerably  narrower ;  it  is  trapezoidal,  the  upper  angle 
being  acute,  the  lower  one  obtuse.  Radials  ver}'  short,  their  width  almost 
four  times  their  height ;  the  lower  face  convex,  the  upper  excavated  by  the 
radial  facets.  Costals  larger  than  usual  in  the  genus,  wider  than  long,  trian- 
gular; the  lateral  faces  a  little  concave.  Disticlials  twice  the  si/e  of  the 
costals,  wider  than  long,  the  upper  angles  oijtuse.  Fixed  ]iMliiiars  ]  X  4,  in 
contact  laterally ;  the  two  outer  ones  resting  with  one  of  their  lower  faces 
upon  the  radials,  with  the  other  against  the  disticlials;  the  two  inner  plates 
of  the  rays  supported  exclusively  liy  the  disticlials;  all  succeeding  brachials 
free.  Arms  four  to  the  ray,  short,  rather  strong,  tapering  to  the  tips,  and 
incurving.  They  are  biserial  from  the  second  plate,  and  tiie  two  series  arc 
united  by  a  zigzag  suture.  Structure  of  the  greater  jiart  of  the  ventral  disk 
not  known.  Tiie  orals,  of  which  portions  are  exposed,  are  elongate  and 
almost  —  sonic  of  them  completely  —  .separated  by  the  wiug-likc  ajipendages. 
The  latter,  as  viewed  from  the  side,  are  elongate  subtrigonal,  wilii  rounded 
outer  angles ;  they  are  massive,  deep,  and  llattened  at  the  sides,  thicker  at 


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I 

c-4 


IIKXACRIXID.E. 


795 


the  upper  end  tluiii  at  the  lower,  inul  stouter  in  the  niitlille  than  along  tlie 
margins.  Tlie  sockets  in  wliicli  they  rest  have  not  been  observed,  but  must 
have  been  large,  and  probably  extended  to  near  the  arm  bases.  Anus  sub- 
central.     Cohunn  round  and  small. 

Ilorkmi  'iiid  fjicality.  —  Kaskaskia  group;  Crittenden  Co.,  Ky. 

l^ijpe  in  the  Lyon  collection. 

Iiiiiitir/,'s.  —  Lvon  described  this  species  as  having  but  one  "  primary 
radial,"  and  two  series  of  "secondaiy  radials,"  oF  wliieh  the  first  series  is 
said  to  consist  of  two,  the  other  of  .^ur  plates.  He  overlooked  the  small 
costal,  and  regarded  the  two  succeeding  rows,  which  are  partly  distichals 
and  partly  pahnars,  as  "  secondary  radials."  He  further  supposed  (lie  wing- 
like appendages  to  bo  composed  of  three  pieces ;  but  the  fact  is  that  the 
suture  lines  indicated  in  his  B'iguro  \h  on  Plate  .3  are  cracks  in  the  specimen, 
and  that  plate  evidently  does  not  belong  to  this  species. 


t 


Pterotocrinus  coronarius  Lvox. 
Flafc  LXXIX.  Fiijs.  To,  h. 

1SJ7.     Jsleroiriiiii)  (?)  i-oroiiariiis  —  Lvox  ;  Geol.  Uip.  Kentucky,  Vol.  III.,  p.  4"fi,  Plate  1,  Fips.  1,  l<i. 
1'5J9.     l'/i'rii/i>i'fiiiii-i  ci)miiii,'iii.t  —  Ij\us  iuhI  Cass.,  Svu.  List  I'ulii'oz.  Kuliimid.  (I'l-uuced.  Ainer.  Acad. 

Arts  ami  t!i'i.,  VdI.  IV.,  p.  Wt-2). 
lS~il.    Plci-ohn'i-iiiits  f'lrniKdiis —  W.  mill  Si'.  J  Revision  Paia'ocr.,  Part  II.,  p,  91  (I'rocceil.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci. 

Pliiia.,  p.  iir>). 

The  structure  of  the  dorsal  cup  is  not  known,*  but  the  parts  preserved 
are  so  characteristic  of  the  genus,  and  again  dilTer  so  essentially  from  the 
same  parts  of  all  other  known  species,  that  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  they 
belong  to  a  distinct  .species.  The  tegmen  is  remarkable  for  the  extravagance 
of  its  wing(Ml  processes,  which  project  out  almost  horizontally  from  the  calyx, 
an<l  form  with  it,  as  seen  from  above,  a  five-rayed  petaloid  star.  The  petals, 
viewed  from  above,  are  broad,  narrowest  at  the  extremities  and  slightly 
bending  downwiird  ;  the  margin:'  of  the  upper  face  curve  upward  and  form 
a  well  defined  riin  around  the  median  portions.    The  ai)pcndages  are  massive 

•  This  sju'cirs  was  doscrilicd  hy  T.ynii  from  a  single  "  unique  criuoidal  fragment,"  having,  as  lie  said, 
"nrilluT  l)a>al,  radial,  nor  arm  p.lales."  This  is  tl:c  type  spoeimen  wliieli  we  li.ave  Hgiircd,  and  no  other 
i^  known  to  have  heen  discovered.  Yet  il  is  a  singular  fact  that  tlicre  is  in  ihe  Museum  of  (.'omparative 
Zooloiry  at  Candu'idge  a  learl  east  of  what  seems  to  have  heen  the  same  specimen,  lint  having  the  nussing 
dorsal  portion  of  :lu'  ealy\  intact  and  showin?  all  the  eliaraelers  of  the  genus.  This  east  is  supposed  to  have 
liecn  given  to  Professor  L.  Ag.assiz  ahout  ISJO;  but  whether  il  was  un\de  from  a  partial  n'sloration  of  the 
specimen  which  afterwards  became  I.yon's  type,  or  from  another  almost  duplicate  spcciuien,  or  vvhelher  the 
lypo  was  couipleic  as  originally  fouiul,  and  the  dorsal  cup  broken  off  and  lost  before  Lyon's  description  was 
made,  can  only  be  conjcclnrej. 


720 


THE   CRINOIDEA  CA5IERATA   OE   NORTH   A3IERICA. 


and  form  irregular  triliedron.s  with  uiululating  faces  and  rounded  angles,  the 
side  by  which  tiicy  are  nttacheil  to  the  calyx  touching  with  one  end  the 
orals,  and  with  the  other  the  plates  of  the  dorsal  cup.  Tiie  median  part  of 
the  tegmen  (the  nucleus  of  the  star)  is  concave,  except  its  posterior  side, 
which  is  slightly  raised  by  the  anal  structures,  which  occupy  fully  one  third 
of  the  central  space.  Anal  opening  subcentral ;  surrounded  by  numerous 
small  plates,  wliieli  are  cnclo.-icd  by  larger  ones  of  irregular  arrangement. 
The  orals  vary  in  size  as  well  as  in  form;  the  posterior  one,  which  is  wedged 
in  between  the  others,  is  pushed  over  to  the  anterior  side ;  it  is  rather  snnill, 
slightly  convex,  and  subtrigonal  in  outline,  though  actually  pentagonal ;  the 
two  anterior  orals  are  larger  than  the  lateral  ones.  The  extreme  outer  cnd.s 
of  the  orals  are  bent  abruptly  downward  so  as  to  produce,  together  with  the 
depressed  inner  ends,  sharp  edges,  which  connect  with  the  projecting  mar- 
gins following  the  appendages,  forming  with  them  n  well  defined  rim  around 
the  whole  upper  surface  of  the  calyx.  The  .spaces  between  the  appendages 
are  placed  at  right  angles  to  the  ujiper  face ;  they  are  snbtriangular  in  out- 
line, and  distinctly  grooved  for  the  reception  of  each  separate  arm.  At  the 
four  regular  sides  there  are  apparently  six  interambulacral  pieces,  and  prob- 
ably eight  at  the  anal  side. 

II<in~.on  and  L"calitij.  —  Kaskaskia  group ;  Crittenden  Co.,  Ky, 

I'Ujic  in  the  Lyon  collection,  Jeflfersonville,  Ind. 

Pterotocrinus  depressus  Lyon  and  Cass. 
Phde  LXXIX.  Figs.  2a,  h,  c,  d,  e. 

1559.  LvoN  mill  Casskoav;  A)iicr  .Inurn.  Sci.,  Vol.  XXIX.,  p.  fiS. 

ISdO.  SiHMAKD-,  Trans.  C't.  I.ouis  Ara<l.  of  Sci,,  Vi.l.  II.,  p.  MI. 

ISi.l.  MekK  illlil  WoUTllKN;  Orol.  Hep.  mill. .is,  V.,1.  v.,  p.  55U,  V\:\W  21,  Figs.  1,1,  13,7-C. 

ISsl.  AV.  mill  Si'. ;  H.'visi.iii  ralicuci-.  Tart  II.,  p.  91. 

This  .species  is  distinguished  from  all  otliers  by  its  enormous,  flat,  knife- 
like appendages,  and  by  the  po-^ition  of  the  anns,  which  occupies  the  top  of 
a  central  slender  cone.  C.ilyx  a  little  higher  than  wide;  the  dorsal  cup 
shorter  than  the  ventral  disk,  doprt'ssed  howl-shaped  ;  the  sides  straight  or 
slightly  convex;  the  lower  portions  rounded.  Plates  smooth  and  the  suture 
lines  rather  indistinct. 

Basals  of  moderate  size,  but  very  .slightly  projecting,  with  a  shallow  con- 
cavity at  the  bottom,  which  is  completely  filled  by  the  column.  Radials 
irregularly  pentagonal,  the  sides  rapidly  .spreading,  especially  tlio.se  facing 


A 


niCXACRINID.E. 


(97 


the  nnul  pinto;  the  uiipor  faces  at  both  onds  nro  sliglitly  oxo.avntod  for  tlio 
reception  of  the  two  oiUor  pnliimrs  of  the  proximal  row,  and  tliL're  are  similar 
excavations  at  the  middle  portions  for  the  costals  and  distichal.s.  The  anal 
plate,  whiidi  is  placed  within  a  notch  formed  by  the  basals,  is  either  pentan- 
gular or  triangular;  when  pentangular,  its  lower  part  rests  between  the 
rndials,  the  upper  between  two  of  the  palnmrs;  when  triangular,  the  two 
posterior  radials  meet  over  its  apex.  Costals  small,  trigonal.  Distichals  as 
largo  as  the  fixed  pnlinars.  The  latter,  of  which  there  are  throe  plates  to 
each  series,  are  wider  than  high,  and  quadrangular,  except  the  outer  ones 
of  the  first  row,  which  arc  cither  pentagonal  or  hexagonal.  Anns  short, 
slightly  tapering,  flattened  on  the  back,  and  bi.xerial  from  the  fourth  or  fifth 
plate.  They  are  composed  of  very  short  transverse  pieces,  which  are  united 
laterally  by  a  .sharply  zigzag  suture.  Pinnules  strong  and  closely  packed. 
Ventral  disk  conical,  once  and  a  half  as  high  as  the  dorsal  cup ;  the  plates 
arranged  similarly  to  those  of  P.  pijrutuHliili'i ;  but  the  posterior  oral,  instead 
of  being  central,  is  pushed  completely  to  the  anterior  side  by  tho  anus.  The 
anal  opening  is  located  at  tho  top  of  a  small  elongate  cone  or  short  tube, 
which  occupies  almost  tho  centre  of  tho  disk.  Tho  interradial  spaces  are  lon- 
gitudinally grooved  to  their  full  length.  Those  of  tho  four  regular  sides  are 
constructed  of  three  good-sized  interambulacral  pieces,  succeeded  by  the  oral 
plates.  The  posterior  side  has  2,  3,  and  4  pieces,  followed  by  numerous 
smaller  ones,  which  sui)port  the  anal  tube.  The  sockets  for  tho  reception  of 
tho  winged  appendages  are  narrow,  the  appendages  leaf-like,  perfectly  fiat  on 
their  lateral  faces,  and  thickest  at  the  place  of  attachment,  whence  they  thin 
out  gradually  into  a  sharp,  knifo-liko  edge.  As  seen  in  tho  specimen,  they 
look  like  fivo  innnenso  blades,  which  project  out  in  all  directions  far  beyond 
the  limits  of  the  arm.s.  The  interdistichals  and  seconchny  radial  dome  plates 
are  comparatively  small,  the  former  le.ss  protuberant  than  in  the  preceding 
spi    ios. 

Ilorizmi  and  LocnJihj.  —  Kaskaskia  group ;  Gray.-^on,  Edmonson  and  Pu- 
laski Cos.,  Ky. 

T'ljpes  in  the  Lyon  collection. 


VJS 


XUK  I  inXOIDKA    CAMKHATA   Ul'   NUIMII   AMEUICA. 


Pterotocrinus  pyrimidalis  Taon  ami  Cass. 
riute  LXXIX.  Fhjs.  4,1,  b. 

1859.    I.voN  niul  Cassbp.w  ;  Ampr.  Journ.  Sci.,  Vol.  XXIX.,  p.  CO. 
ISOfl.     SlUM.lUD;  Trans.  SI.  l,i)uis  Aciid.  Sci.,  Vol    II.,  p.  3Ui. 
ISSl.     \V.  iiiul  Si'.;  Hivi.Mim  I'aln'ocr.,  Tart  11.,  p.  Ul. 

A  litl.'  liirj^er  tlinu  tlio  preceding  .<<|iccios.  I)or,«iil  cup  fiiiicor-«liapetl, 
broadly  truncttte  at  tlie  lower  end ;  llie  sides  rapidly  8prea<lini;,  especially 
from  tlio  top  of  the  rudials  upward,  liringing  the  upper  portions  into  a  nearly 
liorizontal  po.sitioii.     riates  tiiick  and  without  ornamentation. 

Basal  cup  very  short,  a  little  projecting  laterally ;  ohlong,  the  longer 
diameter  transver.«o  to  the  suture  ;  the  (H)[)er  margin  distinctly  notched  for 
the  reception  of  the  aual  plate,  and  somewhat  less  toward  the  anterior  radial. 
Radials  subfiuadrangular,  rai)idly  spreading,  fully  one  third  wider  at  the 
upper  end  than  at  the  lower ;  the  median  portion.^  of  the  upper  faces  slightly 
excavated  for  the  reception  of  the  distichids  and  the  middle  part  for  the 
costals.  Costals  very  small,  trigonal.  Distichals  snuiUer  than  the  palinars. 
The  Hrst  and  second  palmars  lai'ger  than  the  third,  and  forming  part  of  the 
calyx  ;  the  third  partly  free.  The  lirst  palmars  of  the  two  outer  divisions  of 
tlie  ray  are  pentangular,  and  rest  with  their  lower  faces  against  the  sIoi)iug 
upper  faces  of  the  disticlials,  with  one  of  their  lateral  faces  upon  the  radials, 
and  the  other  against  the  (hst  palmar  of  the  inner  division.  The  second 
palmars  are  sujiported  by  the  llrst.  and  rest  at  one  side  against  the  second 
and  third  of  the  two  inner  divisions,  and  at  the  op[iosite  side  against  the 
})almars  of  adjacent  rays.  The  three  palmars  of  the  two  inner  divisions  thus 
meet  laterally,  and  interlock  with  those  of  the  outer  divisions.  Arms  four  to 
the  ray,  short,  biserial  above  the  third  palmar.  Anal  plate  lo/enge-shaped, 
largo,  its  upper  cud  inllectiil  and  not  seen  in  a  side  view.  Ventral  disk,  the 
appendages  removed,  pyramidal,  the  sides  llattened  or  slightly  concave,  cov- 
ered with  longitudinal  grooves  for  the  reception  of  the  arms.  The  iuteram- 
bidacrais  at  the  four  regular  siiles  consist  of  three  plates  in  two  rows ;  they 
are  of  (djout  equal  .size,  and  all  longer  than  wide;  the  first,  which  is  Hanked 
by  two  st'condary  radial  dome  plates,  is  hexagonal,  the  two  succeeding  ours 
j)entagonal  and  in  contact  laterally  with  those  of  adjacent  sides.  The  latter 
plates,  as  also  the  orals,  are  bevelled  olT  at  one  side  to  a  third  of  their  width, 
and  the  depressions  thereby  produced  form  the  sockets  for  the  ujipeudages, 


1 


11 


IIKXACIUXID.K. 


709 


wliich  in  tliis  spwiiw  do  not  iH'netriitc  the  test,  but  rost  cxclusivi'ly  iigninst 
the  sloping  faces  of  iidjoining  plates.  The  nnal  xhh  lins  two  intorninbulacial 
pieces  in  the  firsft  row,  and  three  in  tho  second,  wliiuh  latter  arc  followed  hy 
ninncrouM  siiialler  plates.  Anal  openini,'  Hulicontral.  directed  obliciuely  up- 
ward.x.  The  posterior  ornl  Ofcupies  a  central  position,  being  pushed  in 
between  the  other  lour;  tlie  latter  rest  against  the  interanibuliieral  plates. 
Tiie  form  of  tiio  appendages  is  not  dednitely  known,  but  we  judge  from  the 
form  of  the  sockets,  which  are  narrow  and  elongate,  and  from  fragments  in 
contact  with  tho  specimen,  fiiat  they  were  probably  similar  in  form  to  tho.se 
figured  by  Lyon  (Geol.  l{ep.  Kentucky,  Vol.  III.,  Plato  111.,  Figs.  1,^,  /;), 
which  he  mistook  for  tho  appendages  of  P.  cajjitalis.  The  interdistichal 
plates  are  large,  greatly  projecting  and  angular  in  the  lower  portions,  while 
tlioy  form  deep  grooves  in  tho  upper.  Arms  unknown,  t'ohnnn  round, 
narrower  than  the  concavity  which  it  occupies. 

lI'iiT.mi  (iitd  T.iH'dlltji.  —  Kaskaskia  group;  Edmon.son,  Grayson,  ami 
Brockenridge  Cos.,  Ky.,  and  Morton  Co.,  ind. 

Type  in  the  Lyon  collection. 

Pterotocrinus  acutus  WEniKunv. 
rinte  LXXIX.  Fhjs.  3rt,  h,  c,  <1,  c,f,  g. 

X'-l'i.    Wktiieiuiv  ;  .Imini.  rincin.  S,.r.  N;it.  Hist.,  Vul.  II.  (Ooli.lifr  \t),),  riiilo  11,  Fijrs.  'ia-e. 
IS^l.     \V.  iimlSp.  i  li(vi>inu  I'iilii'ncr.,  I'art  II.,  |i.  91. 

Sui.  Vli',-ni,„Tii)m  xjin/iit.i/iin—  \\"i;riiKiiiiv  ;  Joiirii.  C'iiichi.  Scic.  Xal.  Hist  ,  Vul.  11.  (October  \o.), 
n.il.-  11,  Fiijs.  .•!,/-<•. 

Svii.  (-)  l't'-rolocriiiu.i  ni^otiis  —  I, vox  mid  Cass.,  ISj'J;  AiiiiT.  Jouni.  Sci.,  Vol.  XXIX.,  |i.  71. 

Of  tho  typo  ol' P. p//r<im!ih(/iK  Lyon  and  Cass.;  but  the  basal  cup  much 
smaller  and  the  bottom  less  deeply  excavated  than  in  that  species,  the  radials 
proportionally  longer,  tho  anal  plate  smaller,  and  tho  sockets  for  the  recep- 
tion of  the  radial  appendages  wiiler.  Tlio  appendages  have  the  .shape  of  a 
horn  terminating  in  n  point  instead  of  an  edge.  Dors.il  cup  low  basin-shaped, 
the  upper  portions  flanging  outward  ;  pentangular  .across  the  arm  bases. 

IJasal  disk  very  shallow,  rounded  at  the  outer  face,  not  truncate  at  the 
bottom,  and  but  slightly  excavated.  Neither  the  interba.sal  nor  basi-radial 
sutures  are  grooved.  IJadials  .short,  somewhat  irregidnr  in  form  :  their  upper 
faces  moderately  concave ;  once  and  a  half  as  wide  at  tho  top  as  at  tho  bot- 
tom, and  twice  ,as  wide  as  long.  Anal  plate  lozengo-shapod,  the  acute  upper 
angle  wedged  in  between  the  radials,  the  obtuse  lower  angle  resting  upon  the 


bUU 


llli:   (  Ul.NOIDKA   C'AMKliATA   OK   XOIMII    A.MKlilCA. 


?:,» 


L.'iMiils,  Tlic  co-tii!s  vt'i'v  iiiiiuilo,  suiiu'liiiios  coiiiiili.'li'ly  cowivd  hy  tlie  dis- 
ticliiils,  wliicli  are  a  littlu  laigci'  tliiui  llio  paliiiars.  'I'lie  latter,  to  the  liuight 
of  tlio  third  plato,  I'onsist  of  sliyit,  traiisvoisi',  siiij^lc  pioct's,  tlic  [dates  of  tin.- 
two  lowor  rows  beiiiy  iuLdiidud  in  tiie  calyx ;  wliilo  those  of  the  third  row, 
which  are  siinnouiitcd  oii  the  hack  hy  a  small  sjiiiie  or  eloiigiite  node,  are 
free.  i\nns  hiserial  ['nmi  the  iburth  plate,  and  coniiiosed  of  two  rows  of  veiy 
short  pieces,  which  aw  uniti'd  laterally  hy  a  zijf/.aj,'  snture.  The  arms  are  Hat, 
tiiperinij.  and  so  short  that  their  ends  do  not  meet  npon  the  siunniit.  \'en- 
tral  disk  pyramidal,  a  little  shorter  than  wide.  Interamhulacral  spaces  trian- 
gular, and  to  their  full  height  covered  with  small  longitudinal  grooves  in 
which  the  arms  rest.  At  the  fom'  regular  sides  theie  are  four  jilates,  three 
of  them  intera;nl)ulacral.  arrangt'd  :  1  and  '2,  followed  by  an  oral  plate.  The 
two  upper  interaml)ulacral  pieces  and  tlie  orals  are  strongly  hevelieil  at  one 
side  to  form  the  sockets  for  the  appendages.  The  upper  i>arts  of  the  four 
smaller  orals  hend  abruptly  inward,  and  form  a  sort  of  platform,  which  is 
almo-^t  inviirial)ly  occnjjied  by  a  sjucimen  of  I'iitli/i'inis  rluslimixi ,  ><o  as  to 
ciiver  the  anal  oiiening  and  the  posterior  oral.  Anal  interradius  a  little  the 
widest,  and  e()m[iost'il  of  a  much  larger  nnnd)er  of  plates.  It  has  also  only 
one  plate  between  the  arm  bases,  but  this  is  followed  by  three  or  four  pieces, 
and  numerous  others  wliicii  gradually  decrease  in  size  upwards.  'J'he  pos- 
t.rior  oral  is  conve.K  and  semiliniate.  one  of  its  sides  being  excavated  by  the 
anal  opening,  which  is  almost  central.  The  sockets  for  the  appendages  are 
widest  at  the  top.  whence  they  tap  ;r  gradually  downward,  and  form  a  sharp 
angle  which  enter-  the  upper  end  of  the  interdistichal  I)elow.  'i'hc  appen- 
dages are  long  and  somewhat  variidde  in  form  ;  as  a  rule,  they  are  wider  on 
top  than  at  the  bottom,  a  little  deener  than  wide,  deepest  at  the  jiroximal 
ends,  and  they  terminate  either  in  a  sharp  point  or  a  transverse  edge. 
Column  small  and  round. 

Iluri.von  aiitl  Loi-aJil;/. —  K.'isknskia  gronji ;  Sloans  A'alley,  Pulaski  Co.,  K  v. 

T'/pcn  in  the  collection  of  Professor  Wctherby. 

Rihvtrhs.  —  We  regard  Ptcnitiifn'mts  Kjiatiil'dus  AVetherby  as  identical 
with  the  above  species.  The  two  were  said  to  dilTer  in  the  form  of  their 
ajipenilagcs,  the  one  being  awl-shaped  at  the  distal  end,  the  oilier  more 
spatulate.  Comi)aring  the  figures  of  the  type  siu'cimens.  the  iliHen'Uce  is 
very  slight,  and  a  comparison  of  a  large  uninber  of  spines  collected  from  the 
(linnps  of  the  Sloans  Valley  tunnel  shows  condusivt  ly  that  there  are  within 
the  limits  of  this  sjiccies  even  greater  vaiiations  than  those  referred  to. 


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lIKXAC'UIMD.i: 


801 


Lyon's  Ptcrotocriniis  rKi/Dniin  is  prolmlily  also  iiUMitical  with  this  sju'cii's, 
but  as  tiic  type  siiocimcii  is  frngineiitarv  iiinl  hadly  I'l'iishuil,  no  trilicMl  coiii- 
parisoii  is  pussiijiu,  ami  \vu  think  it  advisaMo  tu  accept  Wclhurby's  naniu. 

Pterotoorinus  acutus,  vai.  biftircatus  (Wethkuiiy). 
rinte  LXXJX.  Fhjs.  Ua,  b. 

ITO.     'Wktiieiuiv  ;  Jcmrn.  riiioin.  Sue  Nui.  lli»t.  ((liMnliir  Nn).  I'liilc  11,  Fiu".  1.',  *,  r. 
1>>S1.     W.  iiiul  Si'  J  Ucviji.m  I'ah.dor.,  I'lirt  II  ,  p,  ',11  (I'niciid.  .\fiul   Nal,  Sci    I'liilii.,  y.  il):i). 

Tlii.s  vaiiuty  ni^rei's  in  the  genL'nil  unanjienicnt  of  its  i)lali's  witii  /'.  (irit- 
tus,  but  differs  from  it  in  the  form  of  tiie  dorsal  cup  and  tiie  form  of  the 
appcmhigcs.  The  cup  is  higher  and  more  conical ;  tiie  liasals  proportion- 
ally deeper,  their  lower  faces  distinctly  excavatt'd,  and  sharply  eilged  around 
the  margin.  The  appendages  are  long  anrl  extremely  heavy  thronghont ; 
they  bifurcate  widely,  in  such  a  way  that  the  divisions  fiom  adjoining  rays 
meet  at  their  ends  and  .sometimes  overlap  each  other.  Column  small,  fdling 
Bcnrcely  one  half  of  the  basal  cavity. 

Iloiuon  and  L(irn!il;/.  —  Ka.skaskia  group;  Sloans  Valley,  Pulaski  Co.,  Ky, 

Ti/pe  in  the  collection  of  Prof.  A.  G.  Wetlieiby. 


Fterotocrinus  crassus  .Mi:i:k  and  Wfiuxnicx. 
r/atc  LXXIX.  Fiij.  S. 

ISfiO.     niciocrinus  ( Pl''ro/orrinnt)  rrantiit  —  Mki;k  iinil  \Vii|itiii:n  ;  rrnoccd.  Acad.  Nut.  Sri.  riiiln.,  p.  ,'(92. 
ISiiO.     I'h-i-otoriiiiiii  rr«<«M— .\1kkk  niiil  WuiiTilKN ;    (icul.    I(c|i.    llliiKiis,    Vol.   II.,  j).  2'JU,  l'l;ite   2;i, 

Fi«i  2./,  4. 
18S1.     rtenli>criiiii.i  criistHS  —  \\.  niiil  8p. ;  Ui'visiim  I'liln'dor.,  I'liil  II.,  ji.  91. 

This  species  has  its  clo.sest  alTmities  with  P.  jii/nniiiihi/is  Lyon  and  Cass., 
but  is  .somewhat  larger,  the  basal  cup  deeper,  the  arms  longer  and  heavier. 
Dorsal  cup  basiu-slmped,  more  than  twice  as  wide  as  high,  very  broad  at  the 
base,  the  sides  less  spreading  than  in  any  of  the  preceding  species,  and  some- 
what constricted  at  the  basi-radial  suture. 

IJa.sals  very  large,  forming  a  rounded  shallow  cup.  distinctly  concave 
below,  and  widening  gradually  from  the  rounded  lower  margin  to  the  con- 
stricted upper  face.  Radials  a  little  convex,  broader  than  long,  considerably 
wider  above  than  below ;  their  njipcr  faces  slightly  concave,  supporting  the 
costals,  distichals,  and  the  outer  palmars  of  the  (irst  row.  Anal  plate  snb- 
quadrnngular,  contracted  above,  the  upper  cid  inflected.    Costals  very  small, 

101 


802 


IIIK   CUIXOIDKA   CA.MKUATA   Ol"   NolMIl    A.MKIMCA. 


oflon  iiltogetliur  hidden  from  viow.  Distieliiil.-t  and  lower  iinii  plates  nearly 
of  eiiiial  size.  The  arm.s  tree  IVoin  tlio  Hocuiid  jdate,  and  biseri(d  from  tlio 
fourth ;  they  nrc  umiMiially  xtroiig,  rounded  nt  the  haek,  and  eoniiiorted  u{ 
two  roWH  of  short,  transverse  pieees.  I'innule.s  slender  and  elosely  arran;,'ed. 
'{"lie  appendages  are  thin  and  knii'e-liko  at  their  upper  edges,  nuieh  thicker 
below  (J[eek  and  Worthen)  tiian  above.  Constrnetion  of  the  ventral  disk 
nnknown.   Coliiinii  round,  occupying  about  one  fourth  of  the  basal  concavity. 

IL'r'coii  iiiid  Ldciilitij.  —  Kaskaskia  group;  Ilardin  Co.,  Ills. 

Tijitc  in  the  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 


J 


Pterotoorinus  ohesterensis  Mi^k  ami  Wurtmek. 
riate  LXXIX  Flifs.  Sii,  b. 

l^fiO.     Diiiocriiiuf  (Plfi'oloeriim))  eiffleremh  —  Mt.f.f.  iiiiil  Woutuin;  I'lnccnl.  Aonil.  Nnt.  8ci.  riiila. 

p.  ;)MI. 
I'^ijfl.     Pli niturriiins  ci,tlmn.<it ~  Mr.r.ti  mid  Wuiitiiks;  Gi'ul.  Ucp.  Illinois,  Vul.  II.,  p.  2'J2,  Pliiti;  23, 

Fig».  !<•,  t,  c. 
ISS],     PlirotofriiiHa  cieileri'mh  —  W.  iiiul  Si'.;  Ilt'visicm  Piilivocr.,  I'lirl  II.,  p.  'Jl. 

Tlio  smallest  known  species  of  tho  genus.  Sides  of  the  dorsal  cup  dis- 
tinctly concave,  rapidly  sjireading  upwards;  the  base  truncated,  and  its  lower 
margin  projecliiig ;  the  plates  without  ornamentation,  and  the  suture  lines 
not  grooved. 

Basal  cup  aliout  one  thinl  the  width  of  tho  calyx  nt  tho  arm  buses,  nnd 
about  three  times  as  wide  as  high,  truncated  and  concave  below,  the  concav- 
ity surrounded  liy  an  angular  rim.  Kadials  not  quite  twice  as  wide  as  long, 
wiilcuiug  rather  rapidly  from  below,  tho  superior  faces  a  little  excavated 
ex<i']it  'lie  outer  ends,  which  are  .slightly  triuicated.  Cosfnls  small,  trian- 
gular. Distichals  irregularly  pentagonal.  Fixed  palmars  four;  the  two 
outer  ones  in  tho  same  line  .villi  the  distichals,  an<l  like  them  reposing  upon 
the  nidials.  Anal  piece  subovoid,  its  broadest  end  about  as  wide  as  tho 
radials  nt  their  lower  faces,  tho  upper  end  angular.  Arms  biserial  from  the 
third  pinto  up,  small,  .ind  rounded  on  tho  back.  Structure  of  ventral  disk 
anil  form  of  the  appendages  unknown. 

Ifiiri.iiH  mill  LiiriiUhi.  —  Kaskaskia  group;  Hardin  Co..  Ills. 

TtjiK  in  tho  (Worthen)  Illinois  State  collection,  Springfield. 


1 

4 


ACROCIUNID.K   W.  nml  Sp.  (\m^). 

MOXOCVCLIC.  FJaSALS  HEPAHATFI)  KIIOM  TIIK  IlADtALS  IIY  A  LAIKIK  I1KI.T  OK  ACf  KSSOIIY 
l'IK(E8.  HvMIAI.S  IN  CONTACT  KXCHI'T  AT  TIIK  I'OSTKIIIOU  SIDK,  WJII.IIK  TIIKY  AIIK 
BKrABATKD  UV  AN  ASAL   I'LATK.      KTIiUCTUUK    OTMKIIVISI.;    AH   IN   TIIK    IIkXACIIIMD.E. 

O'l  'i/ii'jicdl  mill  (lii:iji'(ij,lili't(l  JJiilriliiitioii. 
Number  of  known  speclei. 


FollMATIoX. 

Ai  iiiHiirMH. 

Carboiiifciroua. 

Coal  Measures. 

1 

Subcarboniferous, 

Kaskaskia  group. 

1 

St.  Louis  group. 

1 

Total  spccii's 

.1 

luinarl-.t.  — This  family  consi.sts  of  tlio  single  gemis  AcrdrriiiKu,  which  i.s 
only  known  from  Ainorlcn,  where  throe  species  have  heen  foiinil :  one  in 
eacii  of  the  upper  memhers  of  the  Snlicnrboniferous,  and  one  in  Die  Conl 
Measures.  It  represents,  therefore,  tlio  end  of  the  Camerata,  so  far  n.s  our 
invstnt  knowlegc  goes.  It  appeared  after  all  the  other  families  wore  extinct, 
except  a  small  remnant  of  the  Platycrinid!i>  represented  I;y  a  small  but  very 
prevalent  species,  and  the  IlexacrinidiB.  from  which  its  derivation  is  very 
apparent.  It  survived  in  the  Carboniferous,  from  which  ii  single  very  .small 
^pccimen  is  known. 

In  the  interposition  of  accessory  pieces  between  the  primary  plates  of  the 
calyx,  the  AcrocrinidiV)  approach  the  IJeteocrinlda) ;   but  the  two  families 


i 


801 


Till",   (  IIINOIDIA    fAMKIJATA   OI'   XOHTI!   AMKIMCA. 


ililTor  OHHontiiilly  in  diIht  ro»iioctH.  In  the  I{i'teoi'riiiiiIii>  tlii'ito  piori'N  mo 
inti'odiiceil  iiloiig  (li(>  nidcM  ol' llic  i'ii<liiil.H  ntnl  llii'  lower  lii'iicliiiil-<,  iiinl  ticlwccii 
tlu'  iiriiiiMiy  iiitc'rliiai'liialri,  Imi  in  tlii>  Arrociiiiida'  hohiw  tlio  railials  iiiiil 
lii'twueii  tlu'in  mill  tliu  bnwils.  In  the  one  ^'lonp  the  haMiilii  me  in  contnct 
witli  the  i-niliiil.",  ami  the  radial^  are  xopaiiiti'il  all  nioniul,  while  in  the  other 
the  radial-t  are  in  eonliict  eNce|it  at  tln'  anal  hide.  l)iit  are  widely  >'ei)aiate(l 
tVoiM  the  liasaN  liy  a  new  net  ol'|ilate.i,  for  which  ihi'  term  "  MiibradialM,"  if  it 
iiad  nut  been  utherwi.ie  umciI,  wuiild  be  Mpprupiiute. 


to 


i    6. 


i5H> 


ai 


f^ 

Fiu'.  '21.     Jcrnrri/iH-t. 
i  =  lms;ili;  If  =  milinl8i  /=costiil»;  r-    «|«'ci:il  iiii.'il  |iliili'.    All  llic  ullnr  pl^trs  nrc  Kiipiili'innilnry  piici*. 

Tlie  Aci'oorinida'  arc  niidoiibtedly  closely  related  to  the  Ilexacriniiliv ;  in 
fact  the  introduction  of  a  narrow  belt  of  supplementary  pieces  between  the 
l)asals  and  ra<lials  would  be  sullieient  to  transform  any  /)ii/i'>i;-iiiiis  into  an 
^iif'iilnns.  In  both  genera  there  are  two  e(|ual  basals,  the  radials  of  both 
enclose  an  aual  plate,  in  iiotli  of  them  the  arms  are  souietimcs  pendent,  and 
neither  one  has  iiiterbrachials  entirely  within  the  dorsal  cup.  Considerinj^ 
that  the  number  of  these  supplementary  pieces  increases  with  the  j^rowth  of 
the  orinoi<l.  as  is  shown  conclusively  from  the  specimens,  it  .seems  to  u.s  more 


I 


$< 


A(  l«i(  ItlMD.i:. 


Mo 


lliiiti  iinilnil)Ii'  flmt  Arrorriniix  rcpri-r*!-!!!'*  |)livIi>K('in>lii"ulIy  ii  lii^'lily  ilifToron- 

lialfd    fiHlll    of    Jiirlmrilllili.       TIlis    i.t    I'lll'tllOl'    Cliiilii  lliril     liv    tliu    I'lK'l    lllllt 

Arrorrliiii^,  wliilo  in  imrt  ci)iitt'iii[iiiiuiit'ou.s  uitli  /tii ho, linns,  u,  to  fur  a* 
kimwii,  tliu  la.it  Niuviviiiij  gciiiH  ul'  tliu  Ciuiiuruta. 


ACROCRINUS  V.vM.eiL. 

l^'ij,     Y\Nnt:ii.;  Ani.r.  .Iniirii,  Sii.  uihl  Ail<,  Vul,  \X.(iii'W  •cr.),  |i.  1115. 

IViS         ||»|,,.;    (i,.,,l.   |(,.|..    I.,«„,    V,,l,    I,,    I'lilt    II.,    |).   'IVJ. 

I'".',     »'i(i|..Mi  til;  llill.  I.  IIImiuii  SlHlii  .Mm-cmiii,  |i    H;  nnil  (iiul.  II,  p.   IIII11..1.,  V..1.   VII  ,  |i    ;li:l, 
hW     W.  iiii.l  Nr  ■,   |(rti,|„ii  I'lilii'iicr ,  Vnrl  III  ,  p    l.'l  (IV nl.  Atvul.  X,,t.  S,  1.  I'lnla  ,  y.  ;!l'i) 

Calyx  iiiiiiiliom-  or  uni-sli;  |ic(l,  loiij^ei'  tliaii  wiili'.  JJa.xals  two,  ccnial. 
roi'iiiiii^  a  low  liuMin  or  (lat  (li.«U  ;  tlio  Miitiiru  linu  pa.xsiii)^  IVoiii  tliu  anterior  to 
ilic  |iii-ii'rior  Miilu ;  tin'  iiinicr  j'ai'o  straijflit.  lia<)iaN  xoparatod  fimn  liic 
lia^ialM  liy  an  inildiniti'  niiinlicr  of  .Miipiilcnu'ntary  pieces  placi'il  in  row.x,  alter- 
iiatuly  arrangt'il,  o.\e<'|il  ili(>.i('  su|>|i()rliii^  tlio  anal  |'lale  ami  anterior  radial; 
those  of  every  sneeecdinj^  low  are  .soniewliat  larjrer.  The  plates  are  in  part 
radial  and  in  part  inl('rr:idial.  llie  latter  consiilerahly  the  most  nnineroiis  at 
tile  [losterior  .side;  the  n|ipernio-t  row  .supports  the  radials,  which  are  moder- 
ately huj,'e  and  enclose  an  anal  plate.  Hadials  at  their  n|)per  faces  hroadly 
aiiil  deeply  excaval<Ml  for  the  reception  of  the  costals  and  di.stichals.  L'o.-tnis 
very  small,  snlitrij^onal.  Dislichals  two,  the  lower  one  placed  against  the 
-loiiinj;  faces  of  the  costals  anil  npon  the  radials.  Palmars  two  if  there  is 
another  hilurcalion.  Arms  hiserial,  either  erect  or  pendent;  in  the  latter 
case  the  aiuliidacra  esposeil.  I'innides  long  and  clo.sely  packed.  \'entral 
disk  Hat,  coini)o.scil  of  sm  ill  plates.  Anal  opening  eccentric,  near  the  margin 
of  the  disk. 

I)islrili'i/i',ii. — Arrnrriiiiis,  tho  only  gonns  of  the  Acrocrinidir,  is  ropro- 
senled,  so  far  as  known,  only  in  America,  and  there  only  hy  three  .-pecic.s, 
which  lange  from  the  St.  Louis  gronp  to  the  Coal  Measnre.s. 

7///"'  of  the  genus:   Air'<rr!iiiis  Sliiiiiinnli. 

/i'- /////•/■<.  —  In  the  Hevi-ion,  Part  111.,  we  descrilicd  this  gpnno  as  having 
•'three  radiids,"  or,  as  we  would  s,ay  now,  a  radial  and  two  costals.  Since 
then  we  hav(!  olitinneil  v(mt  much  better  .xix'cimens  than  were  ever  known 
before,  and  these  prove  conclusively  that  the  so-called  first  radial  is  merely 
nn  .accessor}'  piece,  and  tliat  the  plate  above  it  is  the  true  radial.  Our 
interpretation  seemed  to  be  rpdte  reasonable  in  the  case  of  A.  Wnriln ni, 
in  which  the  lower  face  of  the  radials  rests  upon  a  single  plate,  which  natu- 


806 


Tin;   (  lilNOlDK.V   CAMK.UaTA   ok   Nolilll    AMKKK  A. 


rally  occtijiii's  a  riidial  iiosilioii ;  l)iit  it  doi-.s  not  agri'o  witli  A.  SliiniKinH.  In 
tliis  .spoc'ius  tluTo  arc  oiilv  two  plates  in  radial  .snt'co.-sion  ;  lliu  jilatc  wliirli 
wu  (it'.-<cril)od  as  the  "  second  "  radial  rests  upon  two  contiguous  plait's,  whifli 
luc  both  iiiti'irndial. 

Tilt'  ai'co-sory  pieces  wore  multiplied  by  the  addition  of  new  rings  above 
the  basals.  This  is  well  shown  by  the  snuill  speeiini'U  of  ,1.  Wurlhaii,  and 
liy  some  of  the  smaller  si)eciinens  of  ^1.  (itiijiharu,  in  whieh  the  plates  of  the 
last  ring  are  yet  trigonal,  while  in  the  la.ger  spoeiuiens,  with  additional 
rings,  they  are  heptagonal. 


Acrocriniis  Shiimardi  v.\MM:r.i.. 

riiii  Lxxx.  r!<,s.  J  >,  J. 

1"  17.     YAViin.i.  .■mil  Si'i  m  mih;  ConlriliiUinii'i  (leiln^n  Ki  iiliickv.  I'l.ili'  1.  ,.;,■.  ^  (iK'iiri'il  wilhoul  ili'scri|i- 

tiuli  ni-  liaiiu). 
1^.").'),     YiMH  I.I.;  ,\iurr  .limni.  Sr'i   mid  .\rl.s,  Vi'l.  X\.  (mw  sit.),  p.  \'^'>  («illi  liciirr). 
Isja.     W.  »m\  Si'.  ;  Hr\ir>iciii  I'alinicr,  l';irl  111  .  p.  IJJ. 

Svii.     ./.■.■".•/■///«.<  «rtwyu/-/«iji  —  ll.\  1.1. J  l!?."'^,  (iiul.   Kij'.  !ii«:i,  V»l.  I.,  riut  U.,  p.  O'.IO,  I'liitc  !!.'>, 
Fii,'s,  \)fi,  //. 

A  large  speeies.  Calyx  nrn-shaped.  a|)parontly  more  limn  twice  as  long 
ns  wide  ;  tlu'  plates  thin,  almost  Hat.  and  williout  ornamentation. 

n.isals  lonuing  a  large  i)asin  ;  the  lower  face  rather  broadly  truncated, 
and  extended  oulw.ir.l  into  a  siuidl  rim  ;  the  interbasal  suture  slightly 
grooved.  The  [jlates  separating  the  basals  from  the  I'adials  arranged  in 
fourteen  to  twenty  rings,  more  or  less,  each  ring  containing  from  twenty-live 
to  lhirt\'  plates,  except  the  np|)er  on,  whieh  has  but  eighteen.  They  are 
arranged  in  a  similar  manner  as  in  .1.  U'-y/Z/i/'/.  gradually  increasing  in  size 
upward,  ami  the  lower  ones  longer  than  wide,  the  up|ier  as  wide  as  louii. 
IJadials  irregularly  heiitagonal.  larger  than  any  of  the  pii'ceding  plates,  slm!  t 
but  extreuu'ly  wide,  llirir  width  being  tiu'ee  to  lour  times  their  height  ;  the 
up|ier  l'a<'e  of  the  railials  is  exca\atecl  to  fully  three  fourths  its  width,  form- 
ing a  deep.  r(juu.Ieil  facet,  which  enclosi's  the  eo-tals  and  both  distichals. 
Anal  plate  a  little  longer  than  the  radials,  and  like  these  suppcaled  by  foiu' 
jilati's.  Costals  one.  minute,  trigonal,  occupying  about  one  tenth  the  widili 
of  the  face;.  Oistichals  and  palmars  two,  transversely  linear;  the  latter  but 
half  the  width  of  the  distichals.  Arms  apparently  eight  to  the  ray.  erect  and 
biserial.  The  structure  of  the  disk  has  not  been  observed,  but  it  was  doubt- 
less llat.  and  the  anal  opening,  as  shown  by  the  Hpecinuns.  IVei|uenlly  was 
covered    by  a  (iasieropud.     ('ohunu  of  nitnl'M'ate  size,  comjjoscd  of  rather 


A(  UOC'UINID.K. 


8U7 


short  joints,  wliieli  nonr  tlio  oiily\,  iit  intervals  of  five  to  six,  iiro  intcrniiUeil 
iiy  Ionj;oi-  aiul  soinuwiiat  witliT  iilates. 

JIi>n'.viiii  (did  Loatlifi/.  —  Kaskaskia  group;  Grayson  and  Pulaski  Cos.,  Ky. 

7}/jie  in  tlio  Yau'lcl!  collection  at  I,ouisville. 

/u'liiarliS.  —  The  fragmentary  specimen  from  the  same  horizon  of  Popo 
Co..  ills.,  for  which  Hall  proposed  the  name  Acrocflni'K  iirmi/nniiis,  is  in  all 
prohahility  identical  with  this  species.  It  has  preserved  only  tin-  hasals  and 
a  lew  liiij^s  of  the  intercalated  plates,  which  arc  not  siilllcient  for  acciu'ato 
comparison. 

Acrocrinus  Worthoni  Wm  ir.sMCTn. 

r/(itc  LXXX.  Fh/x.  Mi,  b. 

1S^2.     W«iisMrTii;  Hull.  I.  Illiuui-i  Stiilc  Miisfuiii  Niil.  Ilisl.,  p.  U;  iiml  (lc(il.  l!i-|i.  jlliiini'i,  Vul.  VII., 

p.  .'ilH  (willi  ili;ii,'niiii). 
ISSJ.      \V.  lllhl  Si'.;    ItivUiMii  |':,I.'. r,  I'.'ul  III.,  p.  12J. 

This  species  was  dexM-ihed  from  a  sini,de  specimen,  of  which  onl3'  the 
dorsal  cup  is  preserved.  This,  however,  is  in  excellent  preservation,  ami, 
notwilhstandinj^  its  smidl  size,  every  plate  can  he  readily  traced,  'i'he  cup  is 
cal^'culate,  hroadly  truncate  at  the  liottom,  whence  it  curves  rather  abruptly 
npward,  its  width  slij.ditly  decreasinj^  to  the  upiier  end.  The  entire  lenjjth 
of  the  specimen  is  hut  o  mm.  hy  1,^  mm.,  its  {iroatcst  width,  and  I  mm.  across 
Hie  top  of  the  radials.  The  surl'ace  of  the  plates  is  without  ornamentation, 
but  sulliciently  convex  lo  lirinj^  out  the  suture  lines. 

Basals  eomparativel)  larj^e,  restricted  to  (ho  truncated  lower  face  of  the 
calyx,  and  not  visiliie  f  on  a  side  view  ;  they  are  si'i  arali'(l  iVom  the  radials 
hy  si.\  rin;j;s  of  plates,  which  increase  in  size  uinvard.  'lliere  are  twelvi- 
plates  in  the  first  riii>r,  trian}i;ular  in  outline,  whiidi  are  so  niiuute  that  it 
retiuires  a  i^ood  inaynirur  to  discover  them.  Aiiollier  row  of  twelve  some- 
wiuit  larger  plates  constitutes  tlu;  second  riiii;.  The  latter  are  jdiiied  hy 
their  lateral  faces,  the  lower  nnirjes  resiiiif^  hetwoen  the  sides  of  the  preced- 
ing; plates.  Five  of  them  arc  place<l  rai'ially,  seven  interradially.  one  at  each 
leifidar  iiiti>rradial  side,  and  three  at  the  anal  side.  Ten  of  the  plates  are 
hexagonal,  the  middle  one  of  the  anal  side  and  the  anterior  radial  one  heji- 
tagonal  and  truncated  above,  'i'he  third  ring  consists  ol  fourteen  jiieces, 
larger  than  the  preceding  ones,  hut  less  regular  in  their  arrangement  ; 
twelve  of  them  alternate  with  the  plates  of  tin-  second  ring,  and  the  two 
others  re.-t  ii[)on  the  truncated  upper  faces  of  the   two  larger  heptagonal 


808 


TllK   CKINOIDKA   C'AMKHATA   OK   NOIilll    AMKHICA. 


pieces  of  tlie  aiiU'iiur  and  jjcisterioi'  si  les ;  liv  this  iiirangeineiit  tlie  jiiece 

ilirecteil  uiiterioilv  is  the  only  radial  plate  of  this  ring;  live  plates  oeciijjy 

the  anal  interradius,  and  the  limr  oilier  sides  laeli   have  two.     The  I'ourlii 

ring  has  sixteen  plates;  some  hexangiilar,  others  peiitnngnlar,  five  of  them 

radial,  the  others  interradial;   of  the  latter,  live  oeenpy  the   posterior  side, 

one  the  postero-lateral   sides,  and   two  the  anicro-lateral  ones.     The  fifth 

ring  contains  twelve  plates,  all  of  which  are  interradial  and  arranged  in 

groups  of  4,  L*.  '2.  '2.  2.     At  fom-  sides,  the  two  adjoining  ]ilates  of  dilVerent 

interradii  meet   radially  liy  their  lateral  angles;  but  at   the  posterior  side. 

which  has  four  plates,  the  two  middle  ones  are  separated  hy  plates  from  the 

fourth  and  si.\tli  ruigs,  which  meet  between  them.     Of  the  sixth  ring,  which 

is  followed   by  the  radials,  five  of  the  jjlates  are  radial,  seven   interradial ; 

three  of  the  latter  occupy  the  anal  side,  two  the  regular  sides,     'i'liere  are  in 

all  seventy-eight  accessory  pieces,  of  which  sixteen  are  radially  disposed,  the 

others  interradially.     Tiie  radial  jdatcs  of  the  anterior  side,  and  the  plates  ol 

iiiljoining  interradii   together,  are  arranged   exactly  like  the   plates  of  the 

posterior  side,   there  being  :n  eitiier  case  an   iniintorruptud  series  of  four 

plates  arranged  longitudinally,  and   ten   plates  to  each  side;  but,  while  the 

one  row  supports  a  radial,  tlie  other  bt'ars  an  anal  plate.     The  true  railials  of 

the  spi'cies  are  larger  than  the  plates  whicdi  support  them,  wider  than  high, 

and  iiexaiigular ;  their  truncated  lower  faces  rest   upon   the  radial   plates  of 

tlie  preceding  ring,  the  lower  sloping  faces  upon  the  adjoining  interradial 

pieces.     The  upper  faces  of  the  radiids  are  excavated  to  three  fourths  their 

width  into  a  rounded   facet  similar  to  that  of  I'/uh/iriiuts.     The  anal  plate 

is  somewhat  longer  than  tlu'  radials.  but  unrrower. 

I/iirliiiii  mill  L"rii/it//.  —  L'oal  AFeasurcs;   I'eoria  Co.,  Ills. 

2'i//i<i  in  the  Illinois  Slate  coUection  at  Springlield. 

Acrocrinus  amphora  w.  .'nil  sr.  (mov.  ppec). 

j'/,iir  rxxx.  ri>,s. .;  ^-  n. 

Smaller  than  .1.  Sluiiininli.  Calyx  urn  sliM|ied.  more  tlinii  twice  as 
high  as  wide,  gradually  widening  IVom  tiie  lower  I'lid  to  the  middle,  then 
contracting  a  little  to  the  top  of  the  radials.  The  plates  thin,  very  .>-lightly 
convex,  and  wiilniut  ornamentation. 

IJasals  small  for  the  genus,  (orming  a  rapidly  spreading  l)p«in  with  a 
slight  truncation  at  the  lower  cud,  corresponding  to  ihi'  width  of  the  cdliiinii. 


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The  bnsnls  nro  followed  hy  from  fifteen  to  twenty  rings  of  ncco.isory  pieces  — 
the  number  viiryinj^  nniong  the  specimens  —  and  eiicli  ring  consists  of  twenty 
to  twenty-four  piiites,  except  the  two  upper  rings,  wiiich  contain  ijut  twelve. 
Of  tiie  upper  ring,  seven  plates  nre  nrranged  inlerriidially  —  three  occupy 
the  anal  side  and  one  the  regular  sides  —  which  alternate  with  the  radial 
pieces.  Most  of  the  accessory  pieces  are  hexagonal,  and  angular  at  top 
and  bottom  :  but  at  the  anterior  and  posterior  sides  those  constituting  the 
middle  series  are  truncated  at  both  ends.  Hadials  large,  one  third  wider 
than  long,  deeply  excavated  at  the  upptr  face  into  a  facet  which  contains 
the  costal  and  both  distichals.  Anal  plate  of  the  s;une  width  as  the  radials 
but  considerably  longer.  It  supports  several  snudl  plates,  which  projcf't 
outward,  and  may  bo  readily  taken  for  the  base  of  an  arm.  Costals  wiiler 
tiian  in  the  two  preceding  species,  jjut  e(piaily  short ;  the  ilistichals  propor- 
tionally longer  and  narrower,  rounded  on  tlio  back,  and  distinctly  curving 
outward.  Paliuars  free  from  the  second  or  third  jjlato,  ciuving  outward  and 
downward,  bringing  the  arms  into  a  pendent  position,  their  backs  next  to  the 
eal3'x.  and  the  ambulacra  and  pinnules  on  the  outside.  Arms  twenty,  moder- 
ately long,  descending  far  beyond  the  basals;  they  are  composed  from  the 
fourth  or  (ifili  plale  of  two  scries  of  rather  short  joints,  and  rest,  apparently 
iiumovably,  with  tlicir  backs  within  deep  longitudinal  grooves  or  impressions 
on  tiie  s\u'fac(?  of  th(>  ilorsal  cup.  Pinuulcs  long,  closely  packed  ;  composed 
of  long  joints  tlu'cc  times  as  long  as  wide,  their  ventral  furrows,  like  those 
of  the  arms,  lined  by  two  rows  of  covering  pieces.  A'entral  disk  Hat, 
the  midillc  portions  comjiosed  of  numerous  small  perisomic  plates,  from 
wliicb  well  dilinrd  auibula  Mid  pieces,  alternately  arranged  and  suturally 
united,  cuive  downwan!,  and  pa.>.s  out  into  the  iM'ms,  Anus  eccentric,  on 
a  li'V(d  with  till'  upiicr  surfacr.  placed  about  half  way  between  the  centre  of 
the  disk  aiul  its  outer  margin.  Column  round,  the  joints  nearly  of  equal 
mo. 

Iloi-'iy.oii  (Hill  L'li'i!!/;/. — ^{.  TiOui<  group-  near  Iluntsville,  Ala.,  where 
we  obtained  a  eon.-idcralile  nundicr  of  specimen^. 

7//y/'.v  in  the  collection  of  Wachsmuth  and  Springer. 

Iiiiiiiiil.s. — This  species  is  readily  distingui.xlicd  from  ^1.  SJnimanH  by 
its  smaller  si/e  and  iccuudicnt  arms,  and  from  ^I.  Wtirlliini  hy  the  <lilYerent 
form  of  the  calyx  and  the  mueh  smaller  nundjcr  of  acces.sory  pieces  of  that 
species. 

The  arms  of  this  species  were  appurontly  immovable,  as  is  indicated  by 

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the  structure  of  the  vcntrnl  disk,  in  which  the  covering  platen  of  the  different 
arras  for  (juite  a  distance  are  suturally  connected,  so  as  to  prevent  moiion. 
It  is  further  shown  by  the  deep  impressions  upon  the  surface  of  the  dorsal 
cup,  whicii  evidently  originated  from  constant  pressure  of  the  arms  upon  the 
plates  in  the  growing  crinoid. 


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INDEX   TO  AUTHORS  CITEP. 


.\;.'assiz,  Ali'xnii.Icr,  L'S,  4:»,  J",  .".1,  1  U. 

AgtHsi/,,  Loiii.s,  1 1,  G17. 

Aj;iiiol!i,  1 1. 

Alliiiaii,  G.  '.,  -JH,  n;). 

Aii^'.liii,  \.  1'.,  ;;ii,  riK.  or.',  2^0,  xw,  a.ir). 

Aii'liii,  I'liDinas,  mill  'I'Iioiiuih,  Jr.,  Ij,  22,  W,), 

Ilanit,  Will.  H.,  21,  321,  ;!2.">. 

Itaiidis,  C,  28. 

llalli.T,  !■'.  A.,  22,  31.  ;i2,  .'IT,  .Vi.  (;7,7rt,  II  I, 

115,  120,  127,  12'J,  132,  130,  13«,  l.W,  li7- 

10!. 
Itill,  !■'.  .1.,  2H. 
Ilryiicll,  K.,  2.1. 

l!illiii-M,  K.,  21,  110.  177.  27:1. 

l!illiiij;s  WaltiT  K..  21.  137.  l;t8. 

liliimriilincli,  .1.  ]•'.,  12. 

llioiiii,  II.  (;.,  2'.i|. 

liuc'li,  Ixiip.  voii,  17. 

limy,  II.,  2M.  -iM.  O".,  I. ".3. 

Cai'iH-nler,  1'.  Ilfiboit,  22,  27,  2H,  32,  1.".,  47, 

4!l,  .')0,  Til,  .■>2,  :>3,  :.l,   02,  0'.»,  7",  80.  H.".. 

hit,  '.111,  III,  112.  Ill,  103,  101,  lO.-i,  UW,  111, 

112.  111.  ll.-i.  117,  120,  111,  111,110,  IIH, 

2.10. 
C'nriiL'iiti'1%  Win.  It.,  22,  2x.  1  ID. 
Cassnlay.  S.  A.,  IH,  300,  307. 
CliaiMiian,  K.  .1..  21,  .-.O. 
Clarke,  J.  .M.,  2'.ih,  7.">2. 
Coiiiail,  \x. 

('ill  >l"'ilaiiil,  fi.,  13,  22,  230. 
t'livicr,  t)..  12. 
I  Kile  Chiaji',  II. 
Dujar.liii  anil  IIiipi',  IS,    \f<\),   101,  210,230, 

i;ii;. 

Kiclinal.l,  K.,  23. 
Ktlii'iiil^o  and  CarpiMikT,  '.U,  111). 
Ktlii'iiilfio.  .Ir.,  K.,  23. 
Folliii.'ili,  Otto,  23,  2111. 


Kraipoiit,  ,1.,  2.3. 

Cciiiil/..  II.  II.,  210. 

(loi'lto,  A.,  2)H,  01,  H2. 

(;.il(lfiis!.,  (i.  A.,  13,  -.'3,  33.'),  017. 

(iivplT.  H..  2H. 

(iii'iiMl.  .1.  (1..  22,  237. 

(lioninuli,  ('.,  23. 

(iiicltanl.  .1.  I-:.,  II. 

Hall.  .laiii.H.  l«,20..'-iO.  00,  112.  IIH.  1113.  237, 

202,  2H2,  -JX't,  2X11,  2110,  2111.311,  3-JO,  3.!.'i. 

310,  307,  3M1I,  :i;i7,  41.3,  42M,  l."iii.  470,  .'iiin, 

.■)20,  •)7."i,  .'iH7,  0112,  013,  010,  O.jj.  GOD,  73."). 
Hall  ami  WliillicM,  Oi'.i'.. 
Iliiiili'.  (i..l.,  7I.S,  7.M. 
lliiHiiijicr,  W.,  1  1. 
Ili'iisiiijirr.  ('.  I'"..  1  I. 
.laikfl.  Otid.  23.  .jl. 
.Ii'lTii'yH,  .1.  (i..  28. 
Ki'vt's.  C'lm8.  It..  7113. 
Kiiiiiipk,  (V.  mill  1.0  Hon.  11,  17,  21,  23,  OS, 

77.  WO.  210.  2.30,  2114,  .335,  041",  757. 
I  KiiiiiHi'li,  H.,  23. 
l.miiai'C'k,  .1.  It.  (U'.  12. 
1,1'iiikail.  V.  S.,  27,  144. 
LiiiiH'.  C,  12. 

Loiiul,  I'.  lU'.  22,  53,  01,  Olt,  117. 
I.0V1I1,  S.,  22. 
I.iiilwig.  11..  2H. 
I.iilk.'ii,  V.  v.,  22. 

I.yoii  nml  CnHwday,  21.  2.".0,  775.  782.  7113. 
I.yon,  S.  .S..  21.  .53.  311,  313,  327,  321»,  7115. 
i.yon.  Victor  W.,  311. 
.Miiiit.ll,  C,  14,  22. 
Mi'Coy.  v..  22.  2.1.  017. 
MiCliisni'V,  .1.  II.,  -liu.  434. 
Mcik,  l'".  ii.,  22,  or..  272.  071. 
.Mi'ik  ami  Wortlu'ii,   21.  •J.'.7.   238,  3.sO.   113. 

431,  434,  483,  4.>'0,  551,  010.  i;i  1,  035.  07;i, 

O.lll,  7113. 


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I.NDKX    10   AITIIDUS  CITKI) 


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Mivtr.  n.  voli.  -.M. 

Mil'l.T.  .1.  S..  I-.',  .•.L'd,  .'■.v..  C.IT. 

MiiiiT.  s.  A.,  L'l,  ;i(i,  111,  :>■>.  (Wi,  w,  i;i. 
J7.').  iN'.i,  r.'T,  L'(i|,i(i:.,  ;ll.:.'17,  l'.p:M'i;7, 
2".'l,  :'•■<.'.  r.'ii,  l«."i.  I.H(!.  .'iiil,  .M7,  .l-Jil,  .'illi, 
f>7,><.  .V.t7,  (iltl,  (■.,■)((,  Ciji,  ti(;;l,  (Hil,  7ltt,  ■.■ii, 
777. 

Millrr,  S.  A.,  niul  DviT.  ;i:l.s. 

MilUi\  S.  ,\..  1111(1  Ciirl.'.v.  .'IHI,  liilt. 

Mnll.r.  .loll.   II.  a;l.  tJH.  HI,  117.  1 1'l,  i:,-J, 

r.H.  -.".'I.  iHii.  .M.'i.  iJiCi,  (;i7. 

.Miiii^trr.  (iiiif  von.  1 1.  2;l.  71i.l. 

Miinhisoii.  |{.  I..  I  I. 

N.iiiii;iyr.  .M.,  •J.l,  :;;i,  17.  '.>\.\K>.  Its.  lOJ.  11."), 

1|N. 

(h'lil.Tt.  I)..  1':'. 

Orlii^'iiy.  A.  .r.  II.  111.  till.  21(!,  017. 

Ohiii  mill  Sliiiiniinl,  IH,  (171. 

I'uihl.T,  C.  H..  11. 

I'iii'kitiMoii,  .1..  i'2, 

I'lTriiT,  K.,  L'«. 

riiillij.s.  .1.,  II,  -.>:',  -J-Mk  M.l.-i.  r,|7. 

IVici.  K.  .1..  17.  1111.  ill'..  :.';tt;,  iiic. 

roiirtiilis.  I..  V.  <1.',  2N,  .^H, 

i,iii.Mistnii.  F.  A..  a;t,  ;w. 

Hiniriii'liirf.',  K.  X.  S.,  L>l,  ;tl('.. 

lioiiii.T.   Ki-rd.,  l.">.   Hi,  \H,  i:\,  cs,  1 1(1,  l«ii, 

illi.  -SMu  -'(17.  I'm,  .•Id:',  a.'Hi,  33."),  ■1.S3,  ,^s7. 

(Ml!,  710. 
llnU:  -J:'.  -.'37. 

iio>IUII-<.    11. 

l>o«li  V  mill  Ilari",  21. 
Sanillii  ri.'«r.  (1..  "-'3. 
Siirs.  .M..  -.'I. 
.Savijiiiv.  .1.  C  11. 


.Say,  T.,  II. 

Sriilolhriin,  K.  K.,  13. 

.S(liiilt/>',  I-.,  •.'!',  I'.l,  (ill,  i'M. 

Si'li«ii).'f.'i'r,  A.  I'".,  li'. 

.Scilt;\vi('k  ami  .Miiicliison,  1  I. 

.Sliiiiiiaiil,  It.  !•'.,  \H,  2N(I,  7"'2. 

.SoHiTliy,  (i.  n,,  II. 

Slciiiiii};i'r,  A.  F.,  II,  i;!. 

.siriiiinaiiM,  (i.,  23,  .'111. 

'riiiinipsoii,  <l.  v..  1  I. 

■I'lioiiisoii,  .Sir  Wyvilli',  22,  1'.),  111. 

l'rmil.Hcli(ilil,  II..  23,  .so. 

TiooM.  (1..  lit,  11711. 

riiich.  K.  (»..  21. 

\'o;j;t  anil  Viini.',  2.S. 

Voll)oilli,  A.  voii.  23. 

\Vaaj;.'ii.  W.,  23. 

WailiMiiiilli.  C,  22.  2.^  '.m,  111. 

Waflisiiiiilli  anil  Sliriiij.'i'r.  2.'i.  21'),  2«,  20,  .')!), 

(13.  70.  ;ni.  Ill,  112,  113,  lO.s,  1  ID,  K)7,  171. 
Wa^'inr.  H.,  23,  117. 
WalliiiT,  .1.,  23.  M.  M. 
W.tli.iliy.  A.  <;..  21,  MC,  703. 
Wiiij^cii  and  ZciliT,  210. 
Wliiliavos,  J.  F.,  21,  71H,  "."il. 
Whil..,  (".  A.,  21.  2.J2.  3(17.  131'). 
WliillU.lil.  I{.  r..  21.  102,  3;)M,  .i'J.S. 
WilliaMiH.  ,S,  H.,  21,  (10,  7ls,  7.")1. 
Woitlim,  A.  H.,  21.  (10.  207,  773,  77."),  7.ss. 
Vanili'll  anil  Sliinnaril,  \S. 
Z.'iiKir.  .1.  ('..  II. 
/.ill.l.  Carl  von.    1.").  '23.  "i3.  .M.  (10,  01,  ll.'). 

117.  1 10,  1«0,  101,  210,  207,  2«2,  330,  33.'), 

(vm. 


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it 


GKNKUAL    liNDKX. 


Abaooorinui,  .1(13. 
Aliiifiiiiiil  SjMl.'in.  |.|iilt'M  of.  38. 
Aliiiiiiniiil  griiwllis,  VX,,  ,-.17.     (I'l.  IV,  II.'h 
!l  17.)  "  ' 

Aoaooorinm,  ,Si;l>,  515. 

amerioanus,  516. 

Elrodi,  515. 

Ai-iiiilUiifriniiH,  21(!,  21,s. 

Iimijiniiiiiiin,  211). 

AoroorinidaB,  :,->,  h;3,  K)-,,  \r,\^,  170,  803. 
Aoroorinui,  «i),  |.s,-,,  hki,  805. 

amphora,  mx;,  808.    (I'l.  I.XXX,  ih'n 

lit.) 

Shumardi,  nor,,  806,  .-soit.    (pi    LXXX 

liu'".  i-;i.)  '  '  '  ' 

'iniw/iirinin,  .SOU. 

■ Wortheni,   Id.-,,  SOG,   807,    uni).      (pi 

l.\.\.\,  liu's.  lOa,  b.) 

•Vilinal  SyMl, plali's  of,  ;]x,  88 

ActinocrinidEB,  7:i,  xo,  ii;,-,,  i7((,  550, 
■iliinncriiiilfx.  |();i,  .l;(i,  ,-,ii). 
Actinocrinm,  i.t,  (i:i,  s,3,  m,-,,  i.)o    i-))     j.),, 
;"H;1ii.^,  in;.,  11:1,  ls.i.Aii.,;ii7,;;'^,;,  552; 
i'.'l,  .j78,  :,h<\,  cm,  ,;2(i,  720. 

iiliiioniiin,  'ili], 

iiyllojis,  (!2.'^. 

■  'i'iiinli.i,  :\7l. 

■  iiiixibntr/iiiitiin.   110. 

var.  .//,(;„,,,  .|  |i_ 

■ — ■  iilificd,  (;;!2, 

(iiiiji/iora,  tiH', 

ilmji/ii!),  ,'',2(),  •|,^(). 

iintfrpiiw'fiiuin,  (.IS. 

iirtmpotus,  .181. 

Ariit)!ili,  r,->\, 

arrosus,  577.     (P|.  i.v,  ligs.  7-,Sc.) 


I  Actinocrinm  aiperrimui,  575.     (PI  LX    iIith 
.X  fi.)  *■  ■ 


-  (iflcfiiin,  I't'iH. 

-  (i.tlrrinciis,  .|  1 1 . 

-  hiliii-hhititiin,    127. 

-  /yAi(V(,  i;2.->. 

hrvi'lriiriiis,  ,);!;l,  :,;Jj. 

-  Iirruin,  'ill, 
•  Jli'iftsi\  i'»;i7. 

lirmi/cs,  ■'1(12. 

Ciih/i'ii/iiiilis,  ;!ll5. 

nihipsn,  \H,\. 

•  fiin'rit,  ^^H 

Ciiruli,  121. 

Cassi'iliiiii,  Ik;). 

i'((iiliviilii.i,  |n;1. 

cliliii'i.i,  ri7l. 

chouteauensis,   570. 

Ila  1,.) 

•  C/in'sli/i  .Slniiii.   IIJII. 

C/irinli/i  ]1„U,  1U1>. 

vldfiis,  (i|2. 
'■//«),  ;(ii;), 

chiUii,  .'V.IH. 

fhljivilliis,  ;i,S(). 

riittttiin,  (',]H. 

roiicarn.t,  1.S2. 

c'liiriiiDii.i,  .■)H2. 

Co;)c(,  51)8. 

corbiilh,  3!)0. 

cnniicKhi!),  .■ill. 
cnriiiiKrii.t  Hull,  \:m. 

cnrniijorus  I.iioii,  .ILS. 

r'li-DiKiliis,  Id;}. 
Coreiji,  ,")l(l. 


(I'l.      XI.VI,     lijrs. 


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8ir. 


(iKXKUAl,   IXDKX. 


Actinocriniu  fiiiliinfin.'.  Ci\\. 

-aaphue,  fl74.     O'l.  l.VI.  life'.  I.) 

— -  lUriifiiis,  It'iW. 
lUliciitiln,  (ii'N. 

——  litHl'/l  flllllK,     lll.'l. 
llinfoilll'IIK,    Mli'.l. 

■  iliniiiiilliin,  'l.'iH, 
. liii'i'riji'wt^  .*».HM. 

■  llililiritiltlitilhlH,    Id'i, 

-  ilni'h,  ;I7I. 

ifliiimn.  III  !• 

Vt'luhtH^  (iliO. 

I  ;7/.i'.  Ili.'i, 

(''(i7i(l/'/.i,  ."il'.l, 

^—  vtu'cti'tSt  ■l;tll, 
— ^  i.tii  rjiliiK,  mil. 

Jhr,lli,.i,  :,]j. 

jiii'ill'iSilH,  .'I'ilt. 

t'iiHlrri,  liOl. 

iji'iiiiiii/DnniH,  ll'J. 

lllllllH,    ClJ"). 

ijblliliis.  I'lKl. 

'r/«"/i/,,  i.h;. 

gracilia,  572. 

•jt-.i„.i:^.  .-is), 

brifli'.hi,  568, 

y/.,.,,,..  11.-.. 

/,./(>..    I  si. 

— -  viir.  (/•/.I.  I-<I. 

-  Uiiiiiliiililii,  .'i.'i.'i. 
Iiiirilliiii'is,  lldl. 

/fiLSfV/llf'/v/wN,    .'til'*. 

-  llll^'■(lll  iii(.«.  ii.'i. 

illjIllll'K,    .V.I  I  . 

ififi-i^ininH.  lldl. 

—  iiii'i'ii'tlim,  :i'''i. 

inK'nl/.t,,..,.  (,:in. 

jugoiui,  563.     il'l   I. IV.  li.u    I., I 

hi'iiturfi-ititnts,  .*il-*<, 

A'diii'iH'Ai',  117. 

1,1,11'IKl,    I'.lll. 

. /,„,,'i,rnl„s,    l.-lil. 

/,ii;,-.l.  ;i.si. 

himlns.  :17-.', 

/,,„•,«/„.   .101. 

tiniiihriKlildliis.  Cms. 

^■,•■•".9.  r.:!!!. 

loUtni  1  IliiU  i.  557.     ( I'l.  I.l  I.  t:. 

I.;   I.IV.  Hi;.;!  ;   I.V.  li-s.  l;i.  I..) 


M'l.  l.VI.  li-    1 1.1 

III.  .•.I'T. 

(IM,  I. II.  111;.  7.) 


Actinocrinni  h.'-iins  ( Il'.rf/n/.i,  .*i;7. 

I, u-i  II iiH,  r.ii.'i. 

— ^—  luiniii'imli'lii,   112. 

-  liiiiij'i.i.  i;ii;i, 

—  towei.  562      ,n.  I.IV.  li-.  •.'.) 
i,i,-iii,t,  i;ii:l. 

maguiflcui,  .•.>■>,  567.     i  I'l   I. III.  ilg.  .i.) 

iii'ilitlti,  il'.ii'i. 

vnr.  iiiiiiiiiiiiii,  Wi. 

Virki,  I'lMI. 

mining  .*i;l;l.  .'kI.'i. 

ittii*r*innifijih  iiHin»  VIU".  «y""<»/;/(  /.  'li'i'it 

iiihHDiirli'iiKh,  H'l.'t. 

inniiili/'Dniiiii,  .'liO, 

iiiii/liliiiiiliiiil"'.  111". 

vnr.  irhiiiiiliiK,  1117. 

,i,nll!,:„;,nH.   .•lll'.l. 

multiradiatui,  |ii;i,555.     (I'l.  1.11.  li^;-. 

;i  c. ) 
mnltirnmoius,  ■"••'•I.      (I'l.  I. III.  Hi;.   1; 

I.V.IIji.  :l.) 
I'liniNiliH  uf,  .'iili'i.  . 

m>iiiihihi!t,  WH'i, 

Xiishrilh;  l;).-.. 

viir.  militnti'liiH,  i'-W. 

iimltilirii'lii'ihis,  I'l'.'L'. 

iitnlitttun,  lIOl, 

iihM'is.  l.'ll. 

(tpiis'iilus^  1)1 17. 

»C»i('('.v.S('//l".'l.  IlL'l. 

iiniiiliin,  .V.I". 

IIIUlllIK,   •'ilH'i. 

—  i,„iiilliiiiis,  ;i.si). 
imrrun,  l.'i.'i.  177. 

llllllll'llH,    ll'iM,    170. 

-.  /»*  iti'iiilns^  r.;i.'i. 

jt'iiliiijimiiK,  .">7ll. 

I  I'liiii.ifihiiiH.  :;ii'.i. 

—  pernodnaua.  561.     1  I'l.  I.V.  ligN.  Ja.  li.) 
fifriiihln'osH^^  (l;i.s. 

-  Iiislilllj'iiniilii,  VM, 
Iilslilhi^.  ;I7M. 

Illilllllllil.lili'.l.  .'iN.S,   ."I'.lll. 

i  l,l,ii,i,ii:.i,uis.  Ill, 

/i/»(H'W".i  (lU'liiclii'il  Mini*). 

I iioci'lhiiii,  I  ■"it. 

imh/ililrt.illis  (liniiiiin.   •.".M',. 

Iiiihlihli-liiliis  {.Willi  I-).  i'.H'i. 

y./'iir/(/-.1<l/%    I.Sl. 

limlmnciilitli.'i,  I'lMl. 


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Aotinoorinni  itrtimieimh,  170. 

— —  iiiiii'dtiin,  fid:), 

■  iii/riimiil'iliin,  612. 
— —  fi^fi'i/nniiii*^  4.'t7. 
var.  riiilii,  \M. 

' f/Hftth'l.'<fllllUltf  ."iMM,  .'illO, 

iliiitleriiiiHiiH,  (1111. 

var.  Hiiliifjiriin,  mil. 

</iiiiiiiii(iiiiiiiliiiii,  I''*,  120, 

tjuitiifHi'ln/nis,    ItiO. 

rdiiiiilDiiin,  UK'. 

fiyiilin,  ti.lH. 

lUinlhl'ilrlil'illlIM,  :\HH, 

nliriildtilK,  fill,'), 

riiliiiiiliiH,  {'M, 

i'ikIi'h,  fi'MK 

tcitulm,  559.     (I'l.  I.V,  l1«x.  ycu.) 

.ii- II I  J, I  IIS  (Hull),  .■)«;). 

niiiljftiin  (  Mail  r),  (dotachi'il  I'oliiiiiiin), 

— ■ —  UTiinin,  uM. 

ni'ilitlinmin,  'ih't, 

— ^  Kniili'iiiliiiliiK,  L'Ml). 

.ifiiiin'ii.H,  ."I'.l". 

ni'.i'iiriiiiiliin,  (il.'i. 

Si/linifint\  ."i.MI, 

niiiiilin,  ;iHi'. 

SIHUOHUSf  'AH'i. 

sin'i'fimiin^  (>;W. 

niiiiiiilii'nchiiihin,  .'p'.ll, 

Sfu'ltnsufim^    I  T'*^. 

.tlihiiilriiliiriilnn,  {'<\'^. 

atellarii,  ln'.i. 

snhiiriifi'ilfiis,    I7<i. 

niiliiviiiiillln,  ;ii;',i. 

ttiihtni'hiniihis.   \\'A\, 

Kiiliiimlironiin,  (i:l.'I. 

siibrpiitrifosiiH,  .V.l.'l. 

Kiiliri-litiKs,  .im;!.  ■i;i.'5. 

1*11111  iiipfrieiin,  '177 

fl'li'llilisrlis^  .'piiil,  .VU. 

liiiiitraili'ilus    (/lii/l,    ISOI,    lint    is'il 

tenuisculptns,  'i."!.'!,  571,  ."i71,  lioii,  C-j 

(I'l.  I.V,  li^'s.  Ill,  h.) 
Iliiillii,  IK) I. 

l/lOllli.H,   (101. 

^/.i7m,  (111. 

Ihiiiis,  (KLI. 

thuliis,  iVJt'i. 

triacoutadactylut,  oj.5. 


Actinocrinui  tnVni-iih,  ir,M,  I7(i. 

trijugU,  576.     (I'l.  I, IV,  llyi.  la.  h.) 

h-iiinihi^.  |i;7. 

tuberculoiui,  573.     (I'l.  I.I  I,  llgH,  Ha  v.) 

-  liirliiiiiitiiH,  .'I7i'. 

vnr.  rlii:  iim,  ;17(I. 

itiiihmiiiiii,  (ii'^ 

. iiiiifiii'iniitmi,  'I'll. 

-  —  iiiiironilii,  KlH. 
— —  iiiiiHjilmin^  -Id?. 

II  fill  I  y  .'i.'i.'i. 

■  iiriiiifiii'iiii'M,    117, 

I'lltlilim,  !iK-i, 

I'l'llfl'l'l'iiHIISt   .")'.>.*l. 

var.  fiiiifiViiliin,  .MO. 

var.  iiiliriioiliiiK,  iV.iM. 

var.  vilifiiliiliin,  ."I'.l.i. 

•  VI'ftll'lliU'tHIII*^   i."l(l. 

verrnooim,  558,  MX.     (IM.   1,11,   ti};-t. 

2a  <•.) 

riiilirilK,  .'■(.'i.'i. 

riml'liiltis^  ^I'M). 

U'ltrli.iiiliitlii  (  W'liilo,  IStW),  ."i.VJ. 

(  Wliili,  l.s.su),  anl. 

-  H'A.Vi  /,  ■'■)-j(i,  i'lyo. 
]\'lii>jiilili,  :rj->. 

Yiiiiil.lli,  .111. 

.Irliiiiii'ilril.    IC. 

Actinometra, '.)'.).  212. 

.\il-aiiilnil:nT:il  (ir  siilc-iiioccM.  M,  10(1. 

Agnricocrinua,  Kil,  ;ti;:>,   i;)i.  Is|.  486,  .^.sd. 

-  americanui,   1n7,  488,   !«;».     (I'l.  Xl.ll, 
fl;,'s.  la-L'li.> 

MIC.  tuberosui,  489     (I'l   Xl,,  lij,'. 

•1;  Xl.ll,  ilfj.  I.-) 

bellatrema,  506.    (I'l.  Xl.l,  lifin.  la-.l.) 

var.  major,  507.     (I'l.  XLI,  lli;.  .I.) 

—  ]tiii!ri.  .^(l.•^. 

brevis,    .''ill.       (I'l.    XXXVIII,     tl^rs. 

bullatin,  l.s'.i,  i:i;i.    (i>i.  xi.I,  lifjs.  2ii-(l.) 

—  —  I'liiiiiti'iiiii'ii.'iis^ .'(((."(. 

conious,  601.      d'l.  XXXIX,  lli:w.  7.  m.) 

convexus,   508.      i  I'l.    XXXVIII.    IIlts. 

1m.  I).) 


Coreyi,  .MO.     (I'l. 

cnrni,jiifii/i,  'i\-2, 

crassus,  499,  ."ido. 

2a,  t.;  XI.,  n^'.  1.) 

ii'i'iiriiin,  .j(i;!. 

ili.i.'iimUis,  iHH. 


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AgaricoorinuB elegans,  500.  (I'l.  XL,  figs. an,  b.) 

eris,  481. 

excavatus,    4Si),    491.      (I'l.    XXXIX, 

figs.  3-.^) 

flsoellus,    512.      (PI.    XXXVm,    (Igs. 

3a-c.) 

tjcometricim,  TiOH. 

riermaiiiis,  itOo. 

Gurbi/i,  -lit'). 

— -  gracilis,  513.     (PI.  XLI,  figs.  S.-i-c.) 

hclke,  481. 

imlinnensis,  iO'). 

inflatus,  502.     (PI.  XLI,  figs.  Ki-d.) 

Maradantsi,  IDM. 

nodosns,  inn,  493.     (Tl.  XLIII,  fig.  It.) 

nodulosus,  497.     (Pl.XL,  lig.  -' ;  XLIII, 

ligs.  Va,  b.) 

var.  Macatlanisi,  498.  (PI.  XXXIX, 

fig.  6.) 

ornotrema,  500. 

j)('»(r(;/OH».t,  I'.l.'i,  4!>5,  500. 

var.  C'jdiv.vv.s',  508. 

planoconvexus,    503.      (PI.    XXXVIII, 

figs.  Oa-c.) 

pyramidatus,  512.     (PI.  XXXVIII,  figs. 

4a-5c.) 

Sampsoni,  50.").    (PI.  XLVI,  fig.  5.) 

splendens,  495.     (PI.  XL,  figs,  la-c.) 

!<jiriiiijefi\  .")10. 

stellatus,    508.      (Pi.    XXXVIII,    figs. 

7.1-c.) 

titberosiis,  490. 

Whitfleldi,    496.      (PI.    XLII,    fig.    3; 

XLIII,  figs,  .sa,  b.) 

Wortheni,  4.s.s,  490,  493.  (PI.  Ill,  fig.  22  ; 

XXXIX,  fig.  9  ;  XL,  figs.  5a-(l) 
Agassizocrinus,  17,  45,  ,59,  145. 
••  Albatross  "  dredgiiigs,  28. 
AUagecrinus,  28,  78.  87,  h9.  92,  150,  172. 

Carpenteri.     (PI.  VIII.  fig.  11.) 

AUoorinus,  124,  2(15,  2G7,  306. 

Benedicti.  308.     (PI.  XXTV,  figs.  8a.  b.) 

typus,  307.     (PI.  XXIV,  figs.  7a,  b.) 

AUoprosallocrinns,  3r,i,  406,  414,  4.'iO. 

conicus,    407,    431.      (PI.    XLII,    figs. 

14a-c.) 

(Icprcssus,  407. 

eucouii.i,  407,  4.30. 

Ourleiji,  407. 

Altoriiate  airangcineiit  of  parts  below  radials, 
GO. 


Ambulaora,  .35,99,  100,  101,  120,  155. 

of  Cnnicrata,  lUO,  107,  114. 

of  Kistuluta,  99. 

of  Ichtliyocriiiuliu,  101,  123. 

of  Larvifonnia,  101. 

of  Recent  Ciiiiolds,  101. 

Ambiilacral  canal,  lUO. 
Anibul.aeral  plato.s,  35,  101,  119. 
Anibulacial  skeleton.     (PI.  IV,  fig.  0  ;  PI.  V, 

figs.  1  ami  10.) 
Ambiilacral  vessels,  3G. 
Americanus  group,  C8G. 
Amphora,  58G. 
Amphoracrinus,  85,  454,  483,  48G,  550,  554, 

586. 

anierifitnnn,  488, 

hellalrema,  500. 

coDcarus,  482. 

divergens,  588.    (PI.  LXII,  figs.  5-10.) 

var.  iiiuItiramosHs,  588,  590. 

pj'cnratiiii,  491. 

Oilbertsoni,  5m7. 

injlattis  (Jlall,  l!^(!0),  591. 

inHatu.i  {IliiU,  ISOl),  502. 

jerseijensis,  587. 

jilanobasilis,  588. 

■  pUwoeonrcrus,  503. 

(jitiiilrinpiitus,  588. 

spinobrachiatus,  591.     (PI.  LXII,  figs. 

1-4.) 

snhturhinatus,  4(10. 

viminalis,  587,  690.     (PI.  LIV,  fig.  8.) 

Anal  plates,  17,  33,  105,  124,  139,  147,  105, 

304. 

development  of,  131. 

• — -  special  or  first  (PI.  X),  34,  125,  147. 

Anal  tube,  35,  134. 

abnormal  growths  of,  135.    (PI.  IV,  figs. 

9-17.) 
An-ambulacral  plates,  35. 
.\ncbylosis.  37. 
Ancyrocrinus,  45,  50. 
Anisocrinus,  77. 
Anomalocrinus,  41,  57,  07,  71,  78,  110,  130, 

l."i8. 

caponiformis,  740. 

Antedon,  82,  147,  153. 

Pentacriuoid  larva  of,  152.    (PI.  VI,  figs. 

13-15.) 

regalia,  107. 

rosacea,  04.    (PI.  VI,  figs.  IS,  lo.) 


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Anthemocrinus,  77,  ^iri. 

Anus,  21,  :!."),  124,  KM,  139,  U,5. 

of  Carabocriuus,  137. 

of  CupresBocrinus,  137. 

of  Cyathocrinus,  l;!7. 

of  Haploorinus,  91,  137. 

of  Hyocrinus,  '.)!. 

— —  of  Ichthyocrinus,  138. 

of  Fisocrinus,  13C. 

— -  of  FoteriocrinuB,  137. 

of  Symbathocrinus,  13T. 

covei'Oil  by  a  (iastei'opocl,  210,  .500,  701, 

703. 
Aoroorinus,  3fi2,  470,  1^7,  .517. 
canaliculatus,    475.      (PI.    XLV,    (Igs. 

C.a,  b.) 

Cas3edayi,483.    (PI.  XI.H,  flu;s.  1  la-12.) 

concavus,  482.     (PI.  XLII,  ligs.  13a-c.) 

elegans,  480. 

helice,  481.     (PI.  XLV,  fig.  2,  t,.) 

immaturus,  471. 

parvibasis,  473,  477.    (PI.  XLV,  ligs. 

3a,  b.) 

parvus,  477.    (PI.  XLV,  (Igs.  11a,  b.) 

radiatus,  472.     d'l.  XLV,  lig.  1.) 

spinosulus,  478,  isi.    (PI.  XLIII,  fig.  4 ; 

XLIV,  figs.  Ha,  b.) 

subaculeatus,  476.    (PI.  XLV,  flga.  7a,  b.) 

Apiocrinidte,  ri3,  TiO,  6'),  117. 
Apioorinus,  13,  10,  00,  C.i,  117,  l.")2. 

roissyanus,  24,  1 17. 

Archieoorinus,  119,  17.'),  21.5,  249,  253. 

desideratus,  257.     (PI.  X,  figs.  4a,  b.) 

lacnnosus,  2.51,  255.     (PI.  X,  fig.  1.) 

innrijiimfiiK,  275. 

microbasalis,  256.     (PI.  X,  figs.  2a-c.) 

prhftis,  27."*. 

pyriforniis,  255.     (PI.  X.  figs.  3a,  b.) 

sciiliiliis,  251. 

Armlets,  34,  82,  IGO. 

Arm  opoiiiiigs,  311,  8G. 

Arm  platos,  or  "  f rcG  brachials,"  33,  73. 

Arms,  33,  73,  88,  155. 

biserial,  34,  7.s,  1.55,  Ifll. 

imiscrial,  34,  'iK,  155. 

paired,  8(1. 

commence  at,  09. 

mobility  and  mode  of  union,  87,  155. 

mode  of  brandling,  75,  l^i,  80,  155,  101, 

304. 
Arthracantha,  741,  747. 


Arthracantha  depressa,  751.     (PI.   LXXVL 

figs,  .'la,  b.) 
ithacensis,  747,  749.    (^Pl.  LXXA'I,  figs. 

la-c.) 
punctobrachiata,  750,  752.    (PI.  LXXVI, 

figs.  2a,  b.) 
Arlirh'S  hnwhiattx,  17. 
Artioulata  (W.  and  Sp.),  20,  33, 149,  152,  154, 

109. 

(,L  S.Miller),  13,  152. 

(.loh.  Jlrdler),  15,  152. 

(Zittcl),  23. 

.Vrlicnlation,  37,  87. 

Arliyilosa,  153. 

.Uti'i-ia,  12. 

Asteroblastus,  140. 

.Ulcrnci-iiois  (Jfihifiter),  292. 

Asterocrinns  (L>ion),  292,  791,  793. 

■  cajiitnlis,  794. 

mmiianns,  795. 

Antracrinoidea,  IC, 
Aslrocriiu'tes  (Cumberlnnrl),  292. 
A.itrocriiiiti's  {Cnnrad),  292. 

jiaclii/dacli/liis,  290. 

^Utmci-iiins  (Ether,  and  C((''i).),  292. 
Adropoiliru  047. 
Astylhhi,  10. 
Asti/Jocn'iiiis,  17. 
Astylocrinidee,  172. 
.\symmetry,  140. 
Atelestocrinus,  132,  148,  159. 
Aulocrinns,  138. 

Agassizi,  138.     (PI.  VII,  fig.  9.) 

Axial  canal,  33,  30,  45,  100,  140. 

Axial  cords,  30. 

Axillaries,  34. 

Baerocrinns,  72,  131,  14.8,  158. 

DalanocrhiHS,  207. 

scuq^ii.t,  208. 

Barrandeocrinus,  302,  484,  485. 

sceptrum,  485.    (PI.  VIII,  fig.  1.) 

Barycrinus,  41,  45,  82,  132,  100. 

liiisaHa,  15. 

li.asiils,  15,  17,  27,  33,  52. 

anchylosis  of,  57. 

cvolntion  of  different,  54-50. 

inferior  face,  158. 

orientation  of,  57,  153. 

orientation  in  Blastoids,  57,  153. 

outer  face,  158. 

upper  face,  37. 


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Base,  33,  rr2,  fifi,  152. 
Iii|)!iitite,  51,  ;")(). 

lit'xiigoiiiil,  i(ir>,  jiO;). 

pentiigoiml,  1(J.'),  (il5. 

qiiiKliiparlito,  .VI,  ofi, 

tiii'  irtite,  .VI,  ,')(!. 

Bathyp  .nus,  11,  (>;!,  112. 

aliliiclieiisis,  05.     (I'l.  VI,  fig.  10.) 

BatocrinidsB,  70,  hi;,  124,  105,  170,  361. 

liatocriiiites,  77,  MO,  .'501,  30(i. 
.    Batocrinus,  77,  109,  115,  120,  301,  366,  113, 
551. 

ubscinsus,  431. 

wqiialiilis,  3(il». 

ffiqualis,  371.    (I'l.  XXVIII,  fjgs.  5,  0.) 

(pijiiibmcliiatiin,  '1 10. 

var.  nlattis,  411. 

aijitatus,  451. 

altiuscuhis,  409. 

aialreirslamin,  433. 

aspratilis,  380. 

(istcrhcus,  441. 

bi.ilimckhititi!,  409, 

bilii'-bimitiis,  427. 

Blairi,  401. 

— ^  booufilk'nsl.i,  422. 

— -  biiihns}iii,  444. 

Calvihi,  373.    (PI.  XLVI,  figs.  Ha,  b.) 

C(tli/i'iih)iih'S,  395. 

cah/fidus  (indotoi'iniiialile). 

cantonensis,  383.  (VI  XXVII,  (Igs.  7a,  b.) 

cariai,  •14.'<. 

ci^ssc'ihtinnDiK,  412. 

chin'iji'riis  (iiidctoniiiiiable). 

rlu-Iiii,  398. 

Clir!.sfi/i,  '00. 

clypeatus,  380.     (PI.  XXVII,  ngs.  8a-c.) 

mmjiarilis,  380. 

C"W.;,/(s,  399. 

critv-Jonlivillensis,  417. 

Dari.ii,  424. 

th'coris,  420. 

iliiii'oi(.leH.i,  309. 

illvah's,  425. 

iloilecaddctyliis,  432. 

)lon'i>,  371. 

exconus,  430. 

footiix,  i\H. 

JhiinuKiin,  3li9. 

(IPmmiJhi'iiii.i,  419. 

Gurbiji,  42i;. 


Batocrinus  grandis,   43,  381.      (PI.   XXVir, 
(Igs.  la,  b;  2a,  b.) 

(Im-kiii  (*■.  ,4.  Milkr),  422. 

Oitrlcyi  (Kuwk'y  uuil  Hare),  428. 

Iliiiji'ii,  415. 

icosidactylus,   307,  368.     (PI.  XXVII, 

llgs.  3a-c.) 

iitiliitneusi.i,  415. 

iiijkit'is,  414. 

inoninlim,  380. 

irregularis,  369.    (PI.  XXVII,  flgs.  4a-c ) 

—  JiichikIks,  451. 

—  KoiiiiicJii,  447. 

—  Itvtns,  375. 

—  hiijHiicubin,  453. 

—  laura,  var.  135,  384.     (PI.  XXIX,  figs. 
oa-(l.) 

—  lepidi.,.,  372.     (PI.  XXVIII,  figs.  2,  3.) 

—  kiwonia,  401. 

—  k'liriimsln'.i,  135,  442. 

—  Lord,  412. 
— ■  li/oiianuK,  427. 

Maobridei,  376,  378. 

•  mar  inns,  439. 

malutii,  39G. 

meiVocris,  422. 

■  moiitijomi'i-i/Piifiis,  428. 

mnndulus,  382. 

jV«.s/n'/ft«,  435. 

var.  siiblradiis,  43G. 

)ifij!ecti(!<,  394. 

obkitim,  431. 

pojiilkitiis,  380. 

jiinlillifurmis,  437. 

pistilhw,  378.     (PI.  XXXI,  figs.  4a,  b.) 

—  jikiiiodiscHS,  411. 

—  poculum,  378. 

—  jiiik'fu'lhis,  424. 

—  i>!/i'if'>rniis.  437. 

—  quasillus,  372.    (PI.  XXVIII,  figs.  4a,  b.) 

—  rc»iibrachi((tns,  3.S8. 

—  rotadentatus,  374.     (PI.  XLVI,  fig.  7.) 

—  mliiixJiis,  431. 

—  sc>/jiliHS,  ,384. 

—  nimilif,  382. 

—  sinuosns,  385. 
— •  sinnositu,  385. 

—  spriycnensls,  410. 

—  subsequalis,  369. 
7a-9.) 

—  snbcoiiicus,  430, 


(PI.    XXVIIL    flgs. 


,.j-<<- 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


821 


i 


Batocrinus  Skccii,  |-.'8. 

Imchi'.triis,  -1 10, 

tuberculatus,  379.    (I'l.   XXVIIT,   ligs. 

10a,  b.) 

turbinatus,  375.    (I'l.  XXVII,  ll.us.  r,n.  c.) 

viir.   elegans,  376.     (I'l.   XXVIl, 

flj,'.s.  (la,  1). ) 

iiiiiiiiiensi'n,  121. 

miiistii.i,  l.'il. 

ivriicuiliaiiii.'!,  l.'iO. 

ll'ticli.iiiintlii,  .j.sl. 

II7()7.-/,  .11(1. 

YiniiMli,  .111. 

Balemnocrinus,  11,  07,  >i-2,  172. 
liilatoi'al  symmetry,  l.'it,  1  l.s,  IGij. 
Iii^^cl■ial  arms,  ;U,  7.S,  l.j.'i,  IDl. 
JJl'iirucriiin.i,  ,")."i2,  "jo.i. 

(inri.ius,  ,')77. 

bnllittus,  ,')77. 

ti-!Jiiip.i,  'uC,  .578. 

"  lUake,"  tlrecV^iiigs,  i.s. 

ISlastoiilea,  12,  11,  IC,  .'lO,  Ml,  1  Hi,  153. 

C'ystiik'a  aiic!  C'liiioiili'a,  ILi. 

Botryocrinus,  .S2.  i:i2,  IDO. 

(lecadactylus,  li;o. 

Bourgneticrinus,  l.s,  c,.!. 
liracliiaU,  :!;!,  (iO,  7;f,  7<;.  S7. 
Briii'hiiiiKil. 

l!iMliii;j;loiiL'iisis  group,  653. 
Cilfdhdcriiiiifi,  ;!ll!. 

y'.'//'''(.<,  .'il7. 

vai\  hili'rmeiliu',  .'317. 

lamMjsiis,  311,  ;!20. 

Ii,-iilu.i,  nv.K 

var.  m>illilir<(,  31 0. 

——  sijeciosus,  .'i23. 

Tronsli,  311,  31(5. 

Cactocrinus,  .s."),  101,  107,  120,  .")r>0,  55.'),  075, 

600,  (12(i,  (;:i.S. 

pimuiK's  of,  (iOl. 

Arnoldi,  022,    624.       (PI.    LVII,    figs. 

■la.  b.) 
-clarus,   612.      (PI.   LVII,   figs,   i),    10; 

LVIII,  fig.  1.) 

orelatus,  618,  (120.    (PI.  MX,  figs,  .s,  !)  ) 

var.  spinotentaculus,  619.   (I'l.  LIX, 

fig.  10.) 

denticulatus,  606.    (PI.  LVII,  figs.  r,a,  b.) 

ectypus,  611.     (PI.  LVI.  fig.  10.) 

extensus,  616.     (PI.  LVII,  figs.  G,  7.) 

fossatus,  620.     (PI.  LV,  fig.  12.) 


Cactocrinus  glans,  102,  625,  C,2x.    (I'l.  IV,  fig. 

8;  LIV,  lig.s.  5-7.) 
limabrachiatus,  608.    (I'l.  LVIII,  ligs.  '.1, 

10b.) 

longns,  609.     (I'l.  LVII,  fig.  8.) 

lucina,  603.    (I'l.  LVI.  figs  8,  <.).) 

multibrachiatus,  617,   (118.      (I'l.   LVI, 

figs,  (i,  7;  LVIII,  llg.  .s.) 
nodobraohiatus,  622,  025.     (PI.   LVII, 

figs.  1,  2.) 

obesus,  613.     (PI.  LV,  figs.  Oa,  b.) 

opusculns,  607.     iPl.  L\'I,  figs.  5n,  b.) 

ornatissimus,  621,  (125.     (PI.  LVII,  fig. 

3.) 
probosoidalis,  102, 601,  003.     (PI.  LVIII, 

figs.  3-7(1.) 
reticulatus,  003,  605,  007.     (PI.  LVIII, 

figs.  2a.  1).) 
var.  ovatus,  606.     (PI.  LVII,  fig. 

11.) 

sexarmatus,  615.     (Pi.  LV,  figs.  10,  11.1 

thalia,  604.     (PI.  LVI,  fig.  2 ;  LVII,  figs. 

12,  13.) 

thetis,  614,  OIC,     (PI.  LVL  figs.  3,  4.) 

Calamocrinus,  2.s,  10,  51,  78,  1»S),  117. 
Calathocrinus  (vou  Jleycr),  020. 
Ciihithocrihus  iJfitll),  020,  037. 

ultlirn,  032. 

eroihis,  030. 

hisndjitiis,  030. 

CalceocrinidsB,  57,  72,  82,  131,  MS,  157,  172. 
Callicrinus,  330,  335,  353. 

aoanthinus,  356.   (I'l.  LXXXIII.  fig  18.) 

Beachleri,    355.     (PI.   LXXXIII,   figs. 

1  la,  b.) 
cornutus,  357.     (PI.  LXXXIII,  figs.  15- 

17.) 

var.  ercnratim,  357. 

murchisonianus,  358. 

ramifer  (?),  358. 

Calpiocrinns,  52,  77. 

CalyptocrinidsB,  43,  105,  170,  330. 

Calyx,  33. 

Cdli/.v  iiiterrfiijialis,  105. 

Camerata,  20,  33,  42,  00,  1  in,  151, 163. 

analysis  of  families  of,  170. 

distribution  of,  171. 

sections  of,  150,  103. 

Camptocrinas,  741,  779. 

cirrifer,  44,  780.     (PI.  LXXVI,  figs.  12- 

13c.) 


I 


82:2 


OKXKUAL  INDEX. 


-h 


Camptocrinus  niyiloilaclvlus,    11,  779.     (I'l. 
I, XXV,  llgs.  l---'l).) 

CuinlliciihdK,  'M. 
Cdiihlmcriiiiin,  l"t. 

I'liltvrxoiii,  171. 

7iV«7«()v^"»/,  171. 

Carabocrinus,  Ii;l'. 
Carpocrinus,  ."il.'). 

simplex,  .'pI.'i. 

Caryoorinus,  1 1,  1  U'<. 
Cit.^liiii'M-rii)"",  '.".12. 
CatilloorinidoB,  h->.  i:)l,  l.'>7,  172. 
Catillocrinus,  1"),  72,  112. 

Wachsmuthi,  72.     (IM.  VIII.  fi','.  11.) 

Cfiilrorniiii.i  (Aii.^liii),  ;WK  (;i7,  (!IH. 
Centroorinus  (\V.  ami  Sp.),   121,   207,   2(;.'), 
308. 

m'tffii''n'iii's,  ^AV.i. 

pentaspinus, 309.   (I'l.  XXV,  fins.  l(ii\-c.) 

iciiiiix.iif ii.ii.t,  2im;,  ;!(is. 

C'unti'oddr.sal ;  see  Tup  stem-joint,  o'i, 

Ceriocrinus,  l.'^'l,  lfi2. 

"  ClialloiiLror  "  ilivdijings.  2.'< ;   IJi'poi't,  27. 

C'lianilieriMl  oiiiari,  :!r..  KMi.  140. 

Cliarai'tors  ill  c'lassiHuatioii,  ln^,  1 1'.i,  l.">;i,  HU, 

lili;. 
C'liaracti'is,  in  oiio  firoup  worlliloss  in  otiiers. 

i.m;. 
Cheirocrinus  clarus,  .')  1 . 

Ci'iUdchirH,    Hi. 

C'iiri,  ;i2,  41. 
C'lassifioation,  144. 

of  tlio  .Viistins,  l.'i. 

of  1'.  11.  CaipciUiT,  27. 

of  C'liapman,  ;)o. 

of  J.  S.  Miller.  l:i. 

of  .loll.  MiiUoi',  \r>. 

of  Neiiniayr,  2'.t. 

of  I'ictot,  17. 

of  Uoemer,  Ifi. 

of  Stcininann,  "0. 

of  Waelisimitli  ami  Spriiigor,  '2'>. 

of  Zittel,  2;j. 

C'loiiocriiin.i,  292. 

Close  suture,  37. 

Comhtuata,  1.'!. 

Coccocrinus,  'MK  02,  HI,  ('.12,  ni.'i.  738. 

bacca,  739.     (I'l.  LXXV,  (ifrs.  l.-.a-c.) 

•  rosacens,  7.i',i.    (I'l.  Ill,  fig.  11.) 

Codaster,  IIU. 


Codiacrinua,  77. 
C'li'liac  eanal,  UKl. 

Cceliocrinuf  veutricosus.     (I'l.  VII,  figs.  Uia- 
b.) 

OiliirfiiiUH,  <l  .■>■"). 

miiciicii^,  A')'). 

Color  of  specimens,  227. 

Column  ;  see  .Stem,  1)2, 

Ciihiiiniiila,  10. 

C'liiiitnlilht,  l(i. 

ComatulsB,  12,   11,   17,    i'lO,   0.1,  59,   C5,  70, 

i;)2. 
Coujpound  radials,  71,  1.")8. 
Compsoorinus,  wo,   117,  2t;'J,   2H2,   302,   30.'), 

516. 

Harrisi,  517.    (I'l.  XXI,  fijis.  8a,  b.) 

miainieiKsis,  518.      (I'l.  XXI,  figs.  7a,  b.) 

CuiiiiCi'iiiiin  {('oinjcrhilli's'),  100. 

Cdu.inli'ihilhi'j  appumliis.  111. 

Convoluted   organ,    102,    148.     (PI.   V,    figs. 

I    12.) 
Cordylocrinus,  79,  012,  015,  017,  735. 

comtus,  730. 

jian-ii.i,  737. 

plumosus,  737.     (I'l.  LXXV,  fig.  20.) 

ramulosus,  737. 

[ retiarius.  73."). 

Corymbocrinus,  201,  2.s2. 
Costals,  13,  31,  71,  73,  77,  154. 
Cnstiilii.  15.  23. 
C'ltijlrdniioi'riiiiia,  010,  753. 

jii'nhiliibu,'^^  751,  77.5. 

Covering  [ilales  of  Ambulaera,  30,  100,  108, 

112.  155. 
Crinoidea,  12.  30,  M.5.  169.  172. 
Cromyocrinus,  h(»,  123,  102. 
Crotalocrinidae,  83.  103,  ICI,  170. 
Crotalocrinus,  10,  81. 

pulcher.     (I'l.  VIII.  fig.  2.) 

n.  sp.     (PI.  VIII.  fig.  3.) 

rugosus.     (I'l.  VIM,  fig.  I.) 

Crown,  32. 

Clniiicrliiu.i,  282,  280.  292,  291. 

hdiiilin'ihieiisin,  297. 

hrrin,  301. 

or)ial>i/i,  280. 

lupus,  29 1. 

Culicocrinus,  79,  83,  00,  92,  480,  042,  015, 

735.  739.     (PI.  LXXV,  fig.  14.) 
Ciijiilhirrinus.  730. 
Buchi,  730. 


-imsMs'-'l-Z^^^ 


CIKXEIJAL  IXDKX. 


823 


+ 


Ciipenrvcrinx.i  mrrwjiitHs,  730. 

•  iiijlittim,  7.'il. 

/(»■(•('.•),  7;!1. 

matjiiijkm,  7;tl. 

jil'lilili/rtiiiilin,  7;il. 

rtntiffiirniin,  7^1, 

slcViann,  7.'il. 

.ilrliitiia,  7;!1. 

Cupressocrinus,  i:,,  70,  87,  111,  137,  111,  l.-.x, 

172. 
Cupulocrinus,  17'). 
Ciiiiihiicriiiiti'iK,  •JO. 
CyathocrinidoB,  112,  i;,,-),  m-j,  \-,>. 

of  l!iil/ii>r,  l-,\)_ 

'/ /■•'"■ /»o-,  17. 

Cyathocrinus,  13,  17,  I,'),  77,  0'),  OS,  101,  ill, 
111,  12.S,  i;!(i,  i;-,(). 

■ iimru:inal  phites  of,  ',17,  17.'). 

or.ils  of,  0."). 

alutaoeug,   uo,    i  rr>.      (pi,    m,    (ics 

fi,  7.) 

brevisaconlus,  Ofi,  137.     (PI.  in,  fi".  2 ; 

Vri,  nj,'s.  12a,  h.) 

fdseidtus,  2HS. 

Gilesi,  II.-),  07.     (Pi.  Ill,  figs,  la,  b.) 

tevis,    (PI.  Ill,  (ig.  s.) 

malvaceus,  07. 

multibrachiatus,  Oii.    (Pi  m,  fijr.  .i ) 

nodosus,  ill),  137.    (VI  III,  iig.'"3;  VII, 

li.u.-.    ll.-*,  b.) 

planus,  17. 

protubenms,  703. 

ramosus,  1  (i2. 

tuberculatns,  1 7. 

ii'iihlrnnfiisis,  102. 

Ci//ifvrriniis,  {H'), 

niniih'eiilalus,  -18.5. 

Ci/j)/mrn'nus,  200. 

Go,!ii/i,  201. 

Cvstiilci,  12,  Ui,  30,  144,  MG,  148. 
Cysts,  13,  502. 
()//(im'itiis,  202,  204. 

/(fi'i's,  301. 

Dt'cnihrriniilir,  1  r)0, 

Deoadocrinus  grandis,   138.     (PI.  VII,   n<'s 

4,  ;■).) 
IMtoitI  jneces,  11.5. 
Denihocriniihi',  150. 
Dendrocrinus,  71,  78,  I2fl,  128,  132,  159. 

Casei,  128. 

Desmidocrinus,  70,  280,  3fi2,  515. 


Dlaboloorinns,  215,  249,  2<i2, 

hieroglyphious,    252.        (PI.     X,     figs. 

5a-o.) 

perplexus,  250.     (PI.  XI,  figs,  la,  Ii.) 

vesperalis,  251.    (PI  XI,  figs.  Ip,  d.) 

Diiimenoorinus,  «o,  215,  2i;i. 

Dichoorinus,  42,  44,  77,  70,  81,  S3,  (MC,  741, 

753,  770,  781,  m\. 

angustus,  768.     (PI.  LXXVI,  fig.  11.) 

Blairi,  778.     (PI.  LXXV,  lig.  3.) 

cheslerensls,  802. 

cinctus,    764.       (PI.    LXXV,     fig.     5; 

LXXVII,  figs.  4n-p.) 

roiisln'ctiis,  7s.s,  70). 

conus,  770.    (PI.  lAXV,  fig.  C.) 

roniif/criiii,  751,  7,s3. 

coxanns,  763.     (PI.  lAXVr,  fig.  0.) 

orassitestus,  769.      (PI.    LXXVI,    flo-s. 

(ia-c.)  ° 

missus,  801. 

delicatus,  44,766,  7(5'.     (PI.  LXXVII, 

ng.  13.) 

diohotomus,  777. 

etei/aiis  {f.i/nn  mid  Cuss.).  780. 

-  expimsiis  (,!/.  iiuit  I)'.),  750. 

flcus,  774.     (PI.  LXXVI II,  figs.  Ifia,  b.) 

fu8iforinis,  754. 

hamiltonensis,  772.     (PI.  LXXVI,  fi.' 

10.) 

Humbnrgi,  777. 

■  Huntsvillae,  773.     (PI.  LXXV.  fig.  4  ) 
inornatus,  44,  377,  770.    (PI.  LXXVII, 

figs.  12a,  b.) 
lachrymosus,  103,   754.    (PI.   LXX\'II, 

figs.  2a-c.) 
liL'vis,    765,   708.      (PI.    LXXVII,    figs. 

7n-c.) 
lineatns,  761,  703.      (Pl.  LXXVI,  fio-s. 

4a-c.) 
liratus,    759.       (PI.    LXXVI,    fig.    8; 

LXXVII,  figs.  3a,  1).) 

oblongus,  759.    (PI.  LXXVII,  fig.  0) 

ornatus,  762,   7ii3.     (PI.    LXXVII,   fi.r. 

G.) 
ovatus,    760.      (PI.    LXXVI,    fig.    7  ; 

LXXVII,  figs.  8a,  b.) 

parvulus,  44,  778. 

pendens,  774,  775.     (PI.  LXXVIII,  fig. 

1.5.) 

pentalobns,  775.     (PI.   LXXVIII,   fi^s. 

lla-c.) 


I 


^24 


(iKNKUAL   INDKX. 


Diohocrinus  pisum,  7(!3.     (I'l.  I.XWI,  11^.  .') ;  Dizygocriuuii  faoetui,  418.      i.l'l.    XXXHI 


I. XXVII,  lit;.  III.  I 

plicatus,  758.     ,;'l.  I.XXNII,  lliin.  .'la,  li.) 

•  iinrillniti,  71' (. 

polydactylus,    lii;i,  758.     (\'l    I.XXVII, 

lll,M.    Ill,   ll.) 

radiatus,  751. 

soitulus,  767,  77l'.     (VI  I. XXVIII,  li-.n. 

I.ia   II.) 

sriif/iliia  y/.i/iiit  tiinl  Cuss.},  't'r2, 

sexliihiilim,  7.1 1,  7NI. 

siiii/'/i'.r,  7'.lll. 

strifttus, 757.     (i'l.  I.XXVII.  (iitm.  lln.  Im 

Sllhsjiilllllusil.'i,   7.'ll. 

superstes,  766.     (PI.  lAXVI,  lij;.  l-J.) 

si/inmi'ln'nta.  1^*k 

iririchi.  772. 

Dicyclic.  .'l:!. 

Dicvc'lio  Cniiiiiils.  :>i,  ,')M,  00.  Ci". 

Dtftfvlif't,   .Ml,    l.'»7,    HJr'l. 

J)iiiicriirriiiiis,  l.s',1,  IHI). 

KplilU,  1112. 

tlfciiiliwhihis,  I II I. 

irosi'/iir/i/liis,  r.ll. 

li/iil'iiniiia,  1112. 

n/;,/,,/,i;ii'.i,  1112. 

irti/'/nmcnsis.  111'.*. 

Disroi.li'iis  fjrcpiip,  7111.  713. 
Disk.  211.  ;i.'),  l(t.-i. 

Uisli  iiinliiilaci'ii,  .'i.'i,  l.'il. 

I)i..t'  ivcrii'S  of  ispt'iiimus.  1!). 

I)i<l:il,  .•17. 

Dislifliiils    (Dislicliuliiu.    l.'i,  .'il,   71,   7.^,   lt7, 

1(1(1,  Ids. 
Distribution,  •jcolnijioal  mid  tii'Ofjrapliical,  171, 

IM,  2(i.'.,  3(;;i,  ."!.•.  1,  (II.;,  712.  .sii;t. 


ilf,'.  12.1 

Oorbyi,  426. 

Ourleyi,  422.     (I'l.  XXXIV,  tlj;.  in.) 

-  iiidianeusia,  11.1.415,  117.  (I'l.  XXXIIf, 

li^js.  (la,  1);   XXXV,  lij:.  :,.) 
viir.  simplex,   110.     (I'l.   XXXIII, 

li-.  7.) 
montgomeryensis,  428.      (I'l.   XXXIII, 

li«s.  ;!,  •!;  Xl.Vl.lij;.  1(1.) 
viir.    unibrachiatUB,    429.         (I'l. 

XXXIII,  llys.  i'la-c.) 
mutabilis,   111,  429.     (I'l.  XXXV,  flfis. 

N,  11,  1(1,  11.) 
originariui,    111,  421.      (I'l.    XXXIII, 

I1j;h.  la,  li;  XXXV,  lifiH.  II,  IT..) 

vnr.  adultm,  111,  422. 

rotundus,  431,  ■1.12.     (IM.   XXIX.   11^8. 

;ia-l.) 
unioneiisia,  424.     (I'l.  XXX\',  li^s.  10- 

2(1.; 

viir.    divalU,    425.      (I'l.    XXXV, 

li.iis.  21-21.) 
— ^Whitei,  419,   421.    (I'l.   XXXIII.  Iif;>». 

Kill.  1>,  11.) 
didactylus.  420.     (I'l.  XXX\',  llg-s. 

12.  i;!.i 
Solatocrinites,  201,  304. 
DolatocrinuB,  77.  122,  121,  20."..  .^(l7,  310.  .ill. 

canadensis,  315.     (I'l.  XXV,  li'is.  7a.  b.) 

excavatus,    321.      (I'l.    XXV,    li;;.    I  ; 

XXVI.  fiLts.  7,  H.) 
—   glyptus,    317,  ;!1H.     (I'l.    XXVI.   li^'9. 

2a,  b.) 
— -  ioosidaotylus,    319.      (I'l.    XXVI,    li^'s. 

.".a-il.) 
lacus.  311.     (I'l.  XXVI,  fij;s.  (ia-c.) 


Dizygocrinus,  .'ii;2,  .■i'i7,  :17I,  413. 

andrewsianus.   433.      d'l.    XXIX,  li;_'s.  liratus,  319.     ( I'l.  XXVI,  lig.  ;).) 

2a-il.)  var.  miiUilini,  319. 

biturbinatus,  427.    i:in.      (I'l.  XXXIII.   Lyoni.  314.     d'l.  XXV.  ligs.  Oa-il.) 

11,^'. '.•)  I major.  322.     (I'l.  XXV.  lig- .V) 

oantonensis,   423.      (I'l.    XXXIH.  fiL's.   Marshi,  312.     d'l.  XXVI.  lig.  la-d.) 

.><M.  b.)  I var.  hamiltonensis.  314.    (I'l.XXV, 

crawfordsvillensis.  417.  1     llgs.  2n,  b.) 

decoris,  420.     d'l.  XXXV,  (11;.  0  )  ! omnius.  ;)1 7. 

dodecadaotylus,  ■i:!2.     d'l.   XXIX.  figs. ' speciosus,  323.     (PI.  XXV.  figs.  la.  I..~) 


1  a-c.) 
euoonns,    11:1,  430.      (I'l.   XXXV.    figs. 

7a.  b.) 
var.  abseissns,  431.      (I'l.   XI.VI. 

fig.  '.».) 


triadactylus.    .Slfl,      (I'l.    XXVI,    figs. 
4a-(l.) 

tubercnlatus.  :!21.     (I'l.  XXV,  flg.  3.) 

Dors.al  Clip.  33,  l.'iO. 
i  Dorsocfutral,  33,  ll»,  r.l. 


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Dorycrinut,  Idi.  107,  121,  ncj,  111,  484,  Isi, 

is7.  :,:,\,  :,>n\.    (n.  iv,  iig.  s.) 

——  (iiiKrnus,  177. 

riimiltciiliiliis,  l.'i.'i,  170. 

cuiiritriis,  \,>'i,   |Hi, 

coii/rdf/oiiiis,   101. 

cornigerus,  4.58,  li;n.    (PI.  XI, H,  (IgH. 

0,  0;  Xl.lll.  lit;,  .'i;  XUV,  llga.  U,  7.) 
— —  <le$iiler(iliiii,  l(l;l, 

rlrl)<l>l.1,    I  HO. 

Oonldi,   456.     d'l.    XLliI,    llgrt.   •_',   3; 

XI. IV,  llgs,  I,  .-..) 

hiimiitiiriin,  171. 

iiifliitns,  iCM,  170. 

iiitermedius,  461.    (I'l.  XLIV,  llg.  1.) 

Ketliiiiijl,  X'lX. 

tiiiniliix.  'U\X. 

mississippienBis,  455.     (IM.  Ill,  llg. -'O; 

Xl.lir,  llg.  1  ;  XI. IV.  llgH.  2,  ;i.) 

viir.  sjiiiiH/cr,  I .'>.'>. 

missouriensis,  463.     (I'l.  X  1,1 1 1,  llg.  0; 

xi,v,  iigH.  i;iii-i  I.) 

ptin'ihnsUf  ■17<'1. 

IKirrun^  '177,  -171). 

peniffus,  -[M. 

quinquelobus.460.    (I'l.  X  1,1 1,  figs.  7-1).) 

war.  uili'rmeilhis,  1(11. 

railiiiliis,  172. 

Roemeri,  464.    (PI.  XLV,  figs.  l.">a,  b.) 

sphniHiihtS',  -17^. 

niilKii'iifriiliis,  l'(\. 

subtnrbinatns,    466.     (PI.    XI.II,    (Igs. 

10(1,  li.) 
tn'conii's,  'ICiM. 

unicornis,  468.     (PI.  XI.V,  (Igs.  8i\-i0.) 

unispina.  467.    (I'l.  XLV,  Iig.  12.) 

Eotenoorinus,  11,  121),  1.!.!. 

simplex,  71. 

Edriocrinus,  IkisjiU  of,  .')n,  1 10. 
Eilwiinlsiierimis.  (1 17. 
Eleutherocrinus,  MO. 
Emeiliillain,  iiO. 
EncrinidsB,  h7,  117,  ir,2. 
Encrinites,  12,  017. 

Enorinus,   11,  11,  d,  GO,  SO,  127,  133,  i.Vl 
IGO,  lf>2. 

liliiformis,  11,  SO,  110. 

gracilis,  so. 

Entrochites,  II. 
Epactocrinus  grandis.  s-3. 
Epascocrinoideii,  29,  118. 


Kpi/yHMl,  .Tl.  '^I. 

Eretmocrinui,   ;i(;i,  3(;7,  37.'i,  ;1mo,  385,    111, 
.-..il. 

inliilhiK,   122. 

oalyculoides,   395.      (Pi.   XXXIV,   n^^. 

Iii-l.) 
nodosus,  396.    (I'l.  XXXIV,  lign.  (!,  7,  H.) 

ciirii'ti,   lis. 

Clio,  ;)7.-.,  393,  301.    (Pi.  XXXVI,  (Igs. 

•ill,  1p;  XXXVII,  llgs.  Oh,  li.) 

clcBlia,  398.     d'l.  XXXVI,  llg«.  lo,  b.) 

corbulis,  399,   lol.     d'l.   XXXVI,   llgs. 

Oii-G.) 
coronatus,    403.      (Pi.     Ill,     llg.    1-^; 

XXXVII,  llgs.  7n-o.) 
depressus.  392.  ( PI,  XXXNI,  llgs.  I  In,  b.) 

t/t'inini/nnnis^  '111'. 

granuliferus,  390.     (PI.   XXXIV,    ligH. 

.")n-t'. ) 
intermedins,  404.     (PI.   XXXIII,    ligs. 

2a-c.) 

A'oiii'iirkl,  117, 

leucosia,  401.    (PI.  XXXVI,  llgs.  7o-o.) 

ti/mniiiiis,  3m(!. 

magnificns,  3(S2,  386.     d'l.    XXXVII, 

Iig.  3.) 

matuta,  396.     (PI.  XXXVII,  llgs.  On-c.) 

V!ii'.  iitleiiiiald,  307. 

minor.  391.    (PI.  XXXVI,  llgs.  lOn,  b.) 

negleotus,  301.     (PI.  XXXVI,  (Ig.  3.) 

on'giiKin'Ks,  122. 

preegravis,  405.  d'l.  XXXIV,  (igH.  0. 10.) 

ramulosus,   387,   300.      (PI.    XXXVII, 

llgs.     lil-.Kl.) 

remibrachiatus,    388.      (PI.    XXXVII, 

(Igs.  2a,  b.) 
v.nr.  expansus,  390.     (PI.  XXXVI, 

llg.  1;  XXXVII,  llgs.  la,  b;  XI.IV,  (ig.  0.) 

rugosus,  402.     (PI.  XXXVI,  ligs.  Oa-c.) 

varsorieiisis,  421. 

fmiciiilidiiiis,  100. 

Erisocrinus,  21,  80,  123,  127,  133,  102. 
EiH'iiliiptnrnniifte^  33(). 
Eucaiyptocrinns,  200,  330,  332,  353. 

nniiiisiis.  330. 

chiroffoensis,  312. 

coelatus,  336,  339.     (PI.  LXXXin,  figs. 

5-7.) 

c'celnliis  (lioemer,  not  Hall),  341. 

conicus,  330. 

constri'ctus,  342. 


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EuoalyptOCrinOi  eormiliiii,  M.l'i,  ,*)'>', 

orasiut,  .M,  343,   liiii.     (IM.    l.XXXI, 

llgs.   l-l"l.) 

—  i/,T,.ri,s  (//'(//),  aiio. 

deoorui  (I'liillips),  .■):17.    (I'l.  I.XXXII. 

llg.  1.-..) 
deprewui,    349.      (I'l.    LXXXIII,   (Ign. 

Egani,  352.     d'l.  I.XXXII,  tigs.  U.  I.'.) 

—  rllijilirHS,  Mil,"). 

Elrodi,   ;!.)«,  339,   lilO.      (I'l.    LXXXI, 

iigH.  7ii-i;).) 

ercnvaliii,  S'Mt, 

ijieHiiii,  Mli.'), 

ijlhhosus,  .'l»l'i. 

CMfimi,  a;).'). 

iwibj/l,  .'3 1«. 

inconspeotut,  346.    (PI.  LXXXIII,  figs. 

1.  -i.) 

titrh,  SXt. 

Lindahli.  347.     (I'l.  I.XXXII.  flj;.  !).) 

magnui,  348.     (I'l.  I.XXXII,  llgn.  7,  H.) 

iiiiimlin,  1137. 

luislivlliiT,  a:).'). 

obconious,  353.     (I'l.  I.XXXIII,  Og.  1.1.) 

ornatui,  340.     (I'l.  I.XXXII,  lig.  10.) 

ovalis,  344.    (I'l.  LXXXII,  llg.s.  l-(i.) 

wuliis  (/fall),  'Mi. 

jiii/iiititsKS,  330. 

J'hilUpsi.  n.'l.'i. 

proboBcidalis,  352.    (I'l.  LXXXII,  fig.  M.) 

riiiiilj'fr,  :VA'i,  ,"i,"].S. 

rosaceus,  .'l.'il,  ;W1. 

rotunduB,  350. 

splendiduB,  350. 

siiIu/IuImsus,  li'VJ, 


Euoladoorinui  pleuroviminui,  7i:i,  724,  721!. 
(I'l.  I. XXIII,  llg.  I;  I.XXIV,  llg.  1.) 

praonuntiuB,  726.     d'l.  I, Will.  llg.  5.) 

tuberoiUB,  728.    (I'l.  I.XXll,  llgn.  3-lc.) 

I''nirlni)iileii,  2.'l. 
I'.iicriiiiin,  IM'.I,  r,»2. 

iiiliii<i(litili$,  VJi. 

Im-ia,  1 112. 

iiiiii'ir,  1H2. 

uniiihii,  1112. 

— —  i/iilii(/ii(iii</iiliin'»,  11)2, 

tprrioiiis,  1112. 

veiiuilHii,  11*2. 

Eugeniaorinidee,  21.  .M. 
Eugeniaorinitet  (.1.  N.  .Millci),  |3. 

Kdi/eiiiiirri'iii'lis  (Hvinhiiier),  II. 

EupachyorinuB,  21,  4r),  «0,  123,  ICO,  1G2. 

J'lin/dle,  12. 

/•'im/iirocriii  ii/tr,  1  .'lO. 

EuBpiroorinuB  BpiraliB,   IMi,    132.     (PI.   Ill, 

llg.  r,.) 
EutrochoorinuB,  3(11,  ,'ir,7,  IOh,  .Ji  I. 
Christyi,  409.     (I'l.   III.   llg.    21;    IV, 

llg.  7j  XXIX.  llg.  (i;  XXXII,  llgtt.  la-f.) 
var.  trochiBous,  410,     (I'l.  XXXII, 

fig.  3.) 
Lovei,412.     (I'l.  XXIX,  llg.  7  ;  XXXII, 

llgs.  2n,  h.) 
planodiscuB.  411.      (I'l.    XXXII,    UgH. 

■la.  1).) 
F.voliiliiiii  of  Crinoids,  100. 
Extracrinus,  M,  01,  03,  n'l. 
lMstiilata(W.  iimlSii.),  20,  3.'.,  Ill,  117,  lOO, 

l.M,  101,  169. 
Fistiilitta  (/Ifit/irr),  1,")7. 
Fisliilfitd  (C/iiijini(iii),  30. 
Kixi'd  Hracliials,  ,'i,'!. 


IfiiiiessffT,  33."i. 

tuberculatUB,  337.     (PI.  LXXXIII,  figs.  I  Kood  gioovo,  30,  KIO. 

y-io.)  jForbeBiocrinus,  77. 

turbiuatuB,  351.    (PI.  I.XXXII,  llg.  13.)' Agassizi,  77. 

ventrioosus,  330,  341.    (I'l.  LXXXIII.' nobilis,  77.     (I'l.  VIII.  fig.s.  O.i-c.) 


figs.  11,  12.) 
Wurtlieii!.  347. 


Pralleni,  2111. 
Fri'c  Hracliials,  33. 


Eucladocrinus.  70,  Kl,    101,   G42,   010,   C4.s,  Oasterocomidffi.  141,  LJ7,  172. 


CO.").  719. 
millebrachiatus.    lOl,  720,    72.").     (I'l. 

LXXIII,  fig.  1;  I.XXIV,  iiga.  2-11.) 
var.  immatnru8,722.    (PI.  LXXIII, 

flgs.  2,  3.) 
montanensis,  710,   723.     (PI.    LXXII, 

ng.  .5.) 


Gaurorri'iiiis,  17.">,  PJ7. 

amjuliiris,  IHO. 

cngnnliis,  LsO. 

mngiiijinis,  177. 

AW//,  179. 

spkndens,  1 98. 

Gii:acnmia,  202,  204. 


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Giintrriniii  limrnaliit,  20,1. 
<M'iiiliil  ciiiittl,  :it>,  KlO. 

Oennseoorinui,  :iil-j,  Imi,  947,  O.'il, 

Ciiiie</(ii/i,  •InII. 

—^  cnnili/irii»,  .M'.l. 

euoharli,  ni'.i.    d'l.  XXXIV,  fl}{.  II.) 

kiiiiiicldi'ii-iU,    .■)l",     S48,    iVl'.i.      (I'l. 

XXXIV.  llgit.  II,  IJ,  i;). 
Gi'iwn'iiiii,  ."illl. 
(ii'olojjlciil  mill  KL'())(rii|)liitiil  iliHtriliiiliDii,  171, 

iN.s,  -ji;.'),  ,')(;;i,  .-i.-,!,  (Illl,  li'j,  jso;!. 

of  the  CilfiUTiilii,  Ui;i. 

(ii'i)liii;idil  niiif;i' (if  I'Mlu'oziiio  CriiioiiU,  IV'i. 
<lr(ilii;,'iiMll  rciMI'il,   Hi". 

Oilbertsoorinua,  ni;,  \-2-2,  ■.'!:>,  233. 

oalcaratui,  I'.iC.    (I'l.  XV,  lln.  "i.) 

diapansut,  240.     (I'l.  XV,  II^'h.  Jii-d.) 

fljoellui,  a;}.-),  2;)H,  248.    (I'l.  XVll,  (ij^s. 

L'll-(1.) 

obovatui,  2;)H,  241.     d'l.   XVll,  lli?8. 

•lii,  h.) 

reticulatus,  244.     d'l.  XVll,  n;,'H.  la,  !>.) 

ipinigeruB,  -iXi,  247.      (I'l.   XV,   (Ijjs. 

.'ill-O.) 

itellarii,  :'1'.>,  -J-.W.  d'l.  XV.  II;.;.  I.) 

.  tenuiradiatus,  246.  d'l.  XVII,  t\g.  ■\.) 

tuberoulosus,    243.  d'l.    XVll,    llgH. 

.'m-c.) 
tuberosus,  239,  703.  d'l.  XV,  (l^s.  la.  I) ; 

XVI,  n^'M.  i-c;  XVll,  iij;.  i;.) 

typus,  242.      (I'l.    XIV,   ligs.    1,  2,   3; 

XVII,  llgs.  7a,  b.) 
Gissoorinus,  l.v.i. 

ObijiUtster,  17,'),  IHO. 

armosiig,  211. 

liiiir/iitilKs,  I'.U,  l'J,5. 

A>/H/'.  11)2. 

inontittitft^  lU.'l. 

i)critlciit<ills,  H).'i. 

var.  in  creliescens,  10.5. 

-  priilii)ir/)il(iri.i,   102. 
Gli/ii/astcriilrr,  ISO. 
G/i/jiton-in!il(r,  17'),  180,  207. 

Glyptoorinus,  11.(111,  70.  Kl,  li;i.  117, 117, 171. 
107.  200,  2i:i,  267,  201,  SlO,  -lil. 

angittarh,  100,  I'CiO. 

(in/iitiis,  2fi0,  2H0. 

ariiwsiis,  211,  2110. 

/fdcW.  177,  IMS,  269. 

basilis,  2(i0. 

Carlei/l,  2C9,  282. 


Olyptoorinui  <-'i//'i'/'"»,  177,  2('0. 

daoadaotylm,  hI,  200,  270.     d'l.   XX, 

tljiH.  la-o;  XXI.  Ilgn.  In,  li.) 
Dyeii.  HI,  271.      (I'l.  XX,  llgs.   la-i'i 

XXI,  ;ia-f,  (1.) 

J)i/iii,  var.  miliylubiiiiiii,  271. 

i'x/iiiii»iiH,  2tlO. 

Jiiii/jriiilim,  2(iO. 

-  Fornihelli.  1..,  (Ul,  17,'-.,  267.     (IM.  XX, 
n«.  M;  XXI,  iiB.:..) 

ijlnhiihiriii,  2110. 

yritPiliH^  2(10, 

//(irrlai,  200.  2H2.  .1 17. 

tiiiiiiKHiiii,  2."i,'i,  200, 

lihiiiiio,  200. 

-  marginatui,  2.V1,  275.     (I'l.  XX,  fig.  2.) 
iiii'dini'i'iisiii,  200,  i'l  17. 

ikiIiIHh,  212,  200. 

Oiieulli,  177.  170,  200. 

ornatui,  120,  274.     (I'l.  XX,  llgs.  Oa,  b.) 

/Hin-iis,  17.'.,  100,  200. 

I'lillerioiii',  174,  200. 

jiliiiiiosiis,  200. 

primis,  lOM,  200,  278. 

i/iiiiii/iicjxirllliin,  200. 

ramuloius,  273.     d'l.  XX.  Ilga.  5a,  b.) 

Sicliiirilsuni\  171,  177,  271. 

scntptiiSy  200,  200. 

—  Shafferi,  272. 
vnr.  grrimmiii,  272. 

—  si/i/io)i(iltia,  211,  200. 

—  Bubgloboius,  171,  271. 

—  milmodosiii,  2."iO,  2C0. 

Onorimocrinns,  138. 
Goiiiuslcroittdciiitiis,  231,  237. 

JisceUiia,  21.5. 

It/oixiniis,  210, 

ohuftiliis,  211. 

reticuloliis    211, 

spinigcriis,  217. 

lenuirailialns,  21() 

tttbercitlosus,  213. 

tiilierosHii,  230. 

/i/piis,  212. 

Graphioorinus.  -14.  fiO.  80,  128,  130,  133. 

Oraphioorinns  enorinoides,  80. 

Growtli  in  Imliviilual,  70,  83,  536,  C29,  652, 

05 1,  080,  804, 
Quettardiorinns,  24,  61,  00,  117. 
Habits  of  Ciinouls,  48,  50. 
Habrocrinus,  70,  302,  515. 


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Habrociimin  (inmliin,  IIH,  ia<i. 
lla.lniciiiiuH,  77,  •.•i;."i.  :'i;7,  387. 
-      dUout,  388.     (I'l.  XXIV,  Dk   1  ) 

— — ■  niHfiiifiiiiUM^  ;l-(. 

pitniiilmui,    388,       (VI    XXIV,    llgn. 

:;it,  II.) 

Hftplocriiiui,  ill,  "'J,  Hit,   111,   n.'p,    ',17,    I;I7, 

17  J. 
mespiliformli,   h:i,  h.'.     (I'I.   Ill,   I1k«. 

I -.'a,  l>) 
IIi'ilii>|>li<'l'lrll-<  ^'l'oll|>,  703. 
Herpetoorinui,  1 1,  I.'iH, 
HeteroorinidsB.  «:/.  17:'. 
Heteroorinui,  II.  t:7,  71,  h-.>.  IJii,  l,"7,  77'.i. 

belleviUemii,  l.H, 

ll.-x:uTiiii(l;v.  h:\,  iim;.  Hi;),  in.^i,  l7o,   tii.-,. 

741,  7 1  J.  H(i;l. 
/fi:r<irn'iiitt'»,  ire  llixneriniilir. 
Hexaorinus,  7'.i,  i!l7.  711,  744.  717. 


Idlocrinui  Immaturui.  806.    (.IM.  XVIII,  fly;*. 

lOll-C   ) 

tenneiietnili,  3C6     (I'I.  XVIII,  ll)(.  II.) 

ventrieoiui,  •-'•ci,  205.     ( i  1.  Ill,  tin-  I  ">  i 

X\'lll,    II^H.     ',l||,    h.l 

Iiiipiiiiiiii:!,  |.'>:',  160,  17'.'. 

Inadunata,  :'i;,  :):i,  :i.'>,  1 17,  l.'id,  196,  1(1'.). 

/niiiiii  iiliilii,  1,1, 
liifi'i'i'iKlliiU,  'M,  71,  I'M. 
liil'nilMiniilH,  :.'i;,  ;i;i.  98.  .'>:l,  til, 

llllcllNlosiH   l)f,    .'I'.l, 

i>r  Agauizocrlnui.  ,'i',i. 

-  -  <if  till'  .\|iIi>(mIiiIiIii',  (ill. 

-  ipf  ('(lllllllullC,  .'l.l,   I,  I, 

-  -  (if  Cupreiiocrinui,  .Mi. 

-  -  <i(  Extracrinui,  ,'i,i,  ill. 

i)f  thu  I'MHliilntn,  :>h. 

(if  Iho  Klitlivofiinlilii',  ,'iH,  fil, 

-  -  (>r  Millericrinui,  ,Mt.  ci. 


Ill'  Stemmatocrinus,  .V.i. 
Leai,  746.     (I'I.  I, XXVIII,  linn.  I'.'ii.  I'.)'  Iimci'  Hour  of  t.^'iiuii.     il'l.  V,  flgs.  13-17.) 

melo,  7l,'i.  j  Inli'i'iiiiiliiihiri'MU,  34,  .'HI,  lll,-|. 

oocidentilU.  745.   d'!.  LXXVIII,  (Ig.  10  »   liitri-Mxilliiiirs,  35. 


Iloxiiijoiial  liiiHO,  IC'i,  lll!;l. 

IliHidlll'llI,    1 1 

Holupus.  11,01,  11:'. 
Homoorinut,  I.'..  7k.  I.'U,  1,V.),  Ifil. 

acopariui,  l.'>. 

Hoplocrinus,  71. 

HybocrinidoB,  :,7,  m-.>.  lift.  1 17,  Hi'.',  17'.'. 

Hybocrinus,  (17.  71.  U",i,  l,i:l,  1(1:'. 

Hybocystis,  71,  1  I'I. 

Hydreionocrinna.  ."^o. 

Hyocrinus,  :<x,  T^.  '.U,  ',(',•,  11"*. 

bethellianus.     (I'I.  Ml.  li'i.  Ki.) 

J/i//i'iiif/ioiri)iiia,  'M'2,  i!35. 
^— •  ileroriit,  O.'IO. 
//i//iiisriipn'iio!ili'(i,  20,  1  IS, 
Hyptiocrinus.  is.-^,  200. 

typus.  801.     (I'l.  XIX,  (Igs.  Oii-p.) 

lIviMizygiil  joiiitH,  ;ll.  H\. 
J/i/slricn'inis,  717. 

. Ciir/ipiitiri,  7.")0. 

Ji'/tt/ii/nrrin(irftif  'i'.l. 

Ichthyocrinidae,  10,  '>x,  (Vl,  f<7,  u:!,  1:'.!,  !.'>:', 

i:>n,  17:'. 
Ichthyocrinus,  77,  117.  1,^2. 

li'nsiiliirh/licrlnllPS,  2(W. 

Idiocrinus,  is.'^,  202. 


InlrHinii'liiaU,  34,  |o.'>. 

liitii(li>liolialH,  l.'p,  35.  lo.'i. 

Intcnial  cavity,  IO(i,  l:'0,  140. 

liitci'iKiclal    JiiliitH    and    IiiIi'I'iioiIch,    33,     lo, 

1,V.. 
Iilti'i'lialiiiiMS,  l.'i,  35.  10."p. 
Iiitrrradial  plat.s.  l.'i,  34.  lO.'i,  CiKl. 
of  Cyathocrinui,  Oft.  1 1 1. 

■-  of  till'  Urli'ni.Tillillil',  loft,  110.  171. 

of  till'  lilioilocriiiida',  loft,  217. 

of  till'  I'latvc'i'iiiiila',  ft  1(1. 

locrinus,  (I.-*,  71,  7h,  12(1,  i:io,  I.');).  I.'.H. 
LampterocrinuB,  I7.'>,  Ihh,  207,  211. 

/;///((/»,«.  •2»><. 

/njiriis.  20M. 

teimesieen«i»,  208     (I'l.  XIII,  \]gn.  lOa- 

d.) 
I.arvii  of  ('otnatnla',  infi'aliasals  In,  ft  I. 
I.ai'vifonnia,  2ft.  72.  m7,  150.  I.'.l,  lft2,  169 
lecanocrinus  Ililliii^Ki,  l.'t'.i. 

macropetaluB,  l.'io. 

LepidocentruB  eifelianuB,  7IM. 

Lilirn'ii,   1ft. 

lobocrinus,  ;!ftl.  .'1(17.  ;i7.".,  an:,,  434. 

sequibrachiatus,  .')7."i,  440.     (I'l.  XXIX. 

(IjiH.  8n,  b;  XI.VI.  li^s.  (la.  h.) 


—  elongatus,  203,  '200.     (I'l.  XVIII.  ng:s. var.  asteriBcus,  441.     (I'l.  XXIX, 

8.1-c.)  I      figs.  Ha.  li.) 


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loboorlniu  Hftjeri,  44S.     il'l.  X\X,  (!«<.  0, 
1(1.) 


Mnrlacrlniu  /nnin't/fifn/hdi,  2iirt. 


plumoiun,  '.'h:>,  384.     il'l    XMII,  l\v:». 
Infliitm,  444.     i  I'l.  XXXIV,  iI^^h.  ih,,,  i,.)       i;,  ;,) 
longiroitrli,  443        I'l.    XWIIl,   il«».  rnmoiui,  384. 

Inc.)  titmiililiillt,  ■>>*•>. 

NaihvlllsB,  439.     .  I'l.  XXXI,  il.r.  I.)  Warreni,  383,     d'l.  XXII,  ll..<.  I.) 

viir.  iubtrnotui,  430.     il'l.  XXXI.  .U.ii.sii/,inrriii,'im.  7.:m, 

HK".  ill,  I'.)  Marsuploorlnui,   ll,  T'.i,   lnM,   III,   ll-<,  ■-''■I, 


pyriformii,  417.    d'l.  XXXI.  II^h.  Iln-c.i 

robiutui,  416.     il'l,  XXX,  iI^m.  >*»,  li.) 

ipiniferui,  419,    d'l.  XXX,  lljj«.  1 1,  I'.'.i 

Yjimlolli,  441.     (I'l.  XXX.  IIijh.  7ii,  li  ) 

I.iiiiso  .^uliiii',  :17. 

Lyrioorinui,  ml,  ■.>i.'),  •2\<.k  361,  ;imi). 

- — daotylni,  il",  Jiil,  363.    (I'l.  XI,  Hhh. 

.'ill  c.) 

- — moliMa,  -.'i;,  iM',:',  363.     d'l.  XI,  (Igit. 

•In-f.) 
Hnil/iiilli  (/l(iir),  2.11. 

lriil/ili/!ll  (Millii),  •.'.'ll. 

nritlpliis^  'J.'il,  -I'l'J. 

Microciinm,  :n!l,  'M\~.  446. 

-carion,  448.    d'l.  XXX\  II.  ll'.-.  h.-) 

gemmiformli,  449.     d'l.  XXXVI.  Wi.n.) 

Koninoki,  447. 

jucundui,  481.     (I'l.  X\X.  I1l;h.  in    1 1.) 

Iftguiiculus,  453. 

verneuilianus,  I(i2.  I  l.i.  450.    i^l'l.XXX. 

ii^'M.  I."),  h'n  17,  |M.) 
Maorostylocrinus,  'JCI.  285,  .VJI. 

fasciatus,  388.     d'l.  XXII.  IIl'.  VX") 

fmibraohiatuB.  291.     d'l.  XXII,  W'^-x.  '.i. 

10.) 

granulosus,  289.     d'l.  XXII,  ll^s   i.-.n, 

I..) 

Meeki,  290.     (I'l.  XXII,  n;,'r4.  ICii,  li.)  , 

ornatus,  286,   -Jhh.      d'l.    XXIII,   ll^'s. 

Ha-p.) 
striatus,   287,    -iM.      d'l.    XXII,    ngs. 

till  p.) 

VIII'.  t/rniiutnsiis,  2i^0. 

MiiilrcporiU'  in  ('yatlinrriiiida    :i.'i,  114,  Ifi-J. 
Mariacrinus,  •.'HI,  281,  •.".»•-',  .MC. 

aureatus,  285. 

Cirleyi,  282.     (I'l.  XXI,  ll;;9,  20-0,) 

/Itirrisi,  -jxi,  ,')17. 

i/niiiiil<isiis,  282. 

iii'irriijietiiliis,  2f>'2. 

niihili'ssi'tniis,  2',li''), 

ohcnniciis,  .'i02. 

pachydaclijhut,  29G. 


(il2,  I'd.-..  ('.17,  730. 

rtelatui,  7;io, 

dactylui,  •-'(;:'. 

~    -  ilepreiiui,  IM,  12ii,  7;il.     d'l.  III.  il;,'. 

2;i.) 

pramaturui,  734.      d'l.    I. XXII,    11^14, 

llii,  ll.) 

radiatm,  1Ih.     d'l,  VIII,  lltf,  I.'..) 

itr.atm,  733.    d'l.  I. XXII,  IIkh.  17,  1.x.) 

tenneaseensii,   731,   7;i:i.     (I'l.    IAX\', 

IIl,'H.    H'.ll,   I,,) 

tentaculatui,   733.      d'l.    I. XXV,    iln-<, 

liPii,  ll.) 
Mariupites,  12,  11,  17,  ij.l,  ll.'i. 
Mcgiitocrinui,  HI.  mi,   U'li,   122,  ;ic,2,  .'iil.'i, 

.•.l!i,  833,  :<:<\. 
abnormia,  ."d.'i,  546.     d'l.  XI. IX,   ll^s. 

Ill   IM 
hnii'rurnis,  .')l(.'l. 

oonoavm,  543.    d'l.  XLVIII.  II^h.  .'m-c.) 

depresius,  84"  .Ml.    (I'l.  Xl.IX,  IIh;».  2- 

l,l.) 
Evanii,  ;V.»,  ii;i,  .■,.!2,  833.    d'l.  XI.VII, 

ll-i.  Iii-,-.c.) 

var.  craaaus,  836. 

Farnaworthi,  639.     (I'l.   XI.VIII,   ll-i. 

Ill,  ll.) 

iiifi'li'j',  .'"i2il,  ,"i2."i. 

Knii/i/)i\  .'i.ilt. 

latm,  838.    (I'l.  XLVIII,  IliiH.  .In.  li.) 

Iiliiri'iitlilllils^  ^tiW. 

multidecoratua,  '112.     (I'l.  Xl.IX,  llj,'.  (1.) 

—  nt'n's,  .*i2 1, 

nobilis,  ll'.i,  837.     (I'l.  XI.VII,  (l-n.  C- 

.sh;    I.I.  11;:.  H. 

nodosua,  841,  .1 12.    (I'l.  X I.IX,  llgs.  fm,  li.) 

Oiitiirlo,  .")  ID. 

j   'rfironlri's,  .'lUlt,  ."iaO. 

piirriis,  5;!7. 

-  jillenliis,  .111. 
fileinis,  .MM,  ."iM'i. 

rugoaua,  642,  ,>ll.     (I'l.  XI.VIII,  llgn. 

«a-c.) 


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(PI.  XLVIII, 


XXII.  figs.  lOa-c.) 
(I'l.  Xxil,  fi-s.  '.I, 


(PI.  xxni.  11^9. 


Megistooi'inus  spiuosulus,  ^11 
ligs.  lii-2.) 

IV/iilei,  i>liO. 

MelocrinidsB,  121,  lOU,  170,  264. 
Jli'locrinites,  -01,  '261, 

Meloorinus.  70.  7.s,  80,  U.-i,  201,  282,  292. 

eequalis,  301. 

amplioru,  .')87. 

bainbridgensis,  297.     (PI.   XXII,    flgs 

4.1-c;  XXIV,  lit?.  T).) 
— ^—  /irei'iti(ic(i//us^  21'  1. 
Calvini,"300.     (PI.  XXII,  fig.  0.) 

C/adei,  2117. 

. gracilis,  298.     (PI.  XXII,  (Ig.  5.) 

bieroglyphicus,  21)3. 

Uvis  (Goh//.),  301. 

Ittris  (Iioemer),  302. 

nobilissimus,  2lij.     (PI.  XXIII,  figB.  1 

2.  3.) 

iiodosiis,  2ltl. 

obconiuus.  302.      P 

oblongus,  300,  302. 

I-'.) 

~  ohjiiirtunnUtUs*  201. 

pachydactylus,  296, 

•1.  .•) ;  XXIV,  figs.  la.  Ii.) 

parvus,  303.     (PI.  XXII,  fig.  8.) 

/iiiiicidacli/his,  2110. 

I'latteni.  21(1. 

RoBmeri,  301.     (PI.  XXII,  figs.  Ua,  b.) 

sculptiis^  21*1. 

Tiffanyi,  299.     (PI.  XXII,  flgs.  Ua,  b.) 

Verneiull  (//ull),  ■>'.<[. 

Venieuili  ((Khlerl),  21)1. 

Merocrinus,  08,  71,  127. 
Mespilocrinus,  11,  77. 
Metacrinus,  l!»,  O.'i,  07.  70. 

angulatus,  O.'i.     (PI.  VI,  fig.  9.) 

Millericrinus,  30,  .53,  00,  05,  01). 

Carabofi.     (PI.  VI,  fig.  .5.) 

icauuensis.      PI.  VI,  fig.  3.) 

Milleri.     PI   VI.  figs,  la,  b.) 

miinsterensis.     (PI.  VI,  fig.  C.) 

Orbignyi,  01.     (PI.  VI,  figs,  la,  b.) 

polydactylus,  01.     (Pl.  VI.  figs.  2a.  b.) 

Mollifications,  palicoiitological,  CI,  1)8. 

Monocyclic,  33. 

Moiiocjclic  Criiioids.  .'il,  00,  105. 

derivation  of,  07. 

Muiwri/clira,  53.  157. 
Morpbological  part,  38. 


Moiitb,  21,  35,  no. 

anil  Anns,  21. 

iliscoveiy  of  in  TaxocrinuB,  93. 

Hycoorinus,  112. 
Mi/ehdticti/liii,  779. 
Myrtillocrinus,  1 II,  1,58.  172. 

americanus.     (PI.  111.  lig.  13.) 

.Myzostonia  c^'sts,  •'  1,  502. 
Ifanocrinus,  159. 
Xcie  Kiicrinite,  017. 
Neornimulen,  03.  1  It,  118. 
Nodal  joints,  33,  39. 
Ohiocrinus,  41,  71,  158. 
O/liierlniis,  236. 

fuelltis,  215. 

vbovaliis,  211. 

reliculdtim,  211. 

Sjiiiiigeriis,  217. 

leniiirndialKS,  210. 

tiibercidosiis,  213. 

— —  tiiberosus,  239. 

tt/jiiis,  212. 

Onoocrinus,  132,  100.  102. 
Onycb<^ster  attacbed  to  ("rinoids,  500. 
Onychocrinus,  4;i.  77,  138,    (I>1.  VI.  fig.  17.) 

infrabfts.als  coak-sced  witli  top  stem  joint. 

(PI.  VI.  fig.  U.) 

diversns,  123. 

Ulrichi,  123.     (PI.  VI,  flg.  20.) 

Orals,  20,  30,    30,   88,    155.     (PI.  Ill,   figs. 
2-25.^ 

of  Antedon  larva,  89,  99. 

of  Cyathocrinug,  05. 

of  Canierata,  80. 

of  Haplocrinus,  01. 

of  Larviformia,  80,  92,  98. 

of  Taxocrinus,  03. 

Orientation,  37,  57.  153,  301. 

of  tlie  axial  canals.  00,  64. 

of  the  basals,  50,  153. 

of  tlio  cirri.  13.  00. 

of  tbe  radii,  37. 

of  tbe  stem,  45,  CO,  08.     (PI.  VI,  figs. 

1-12.  18.) 
Ornigrannbis  gronp,  701. 
Ornrenind,  90. 
Oropbocrinus,  20. 
Ottawacriniis,  08. 
Ontcr  face,  158. 
Ovarian  tnbc.  30. 
Paltencrinoideii.  25,  144.  148. 


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PalivoEoIo  Crinoiils,  lOfi. 

I'lilmus  (Paliimiiii),  1"),  31,  71,  73. 

ParabiisuUa,  i);\. 

Parisocrinus,  i:.,  77,  V.Vi,  i.v.i,  ifii. 
l'!irasitic  gi'owtlis.     (I'l.  IV,  fv^i.  18-20.) 
Patelliocrinus,  7lt,  121,  2U,j,  yu7. 

rliiasludacli/liis,  2G.5. 

iltipUcntHS,  2f'i,'). 

fiilmiiuiliis,  2fi.5. 

p  nnutiUus,  2)!.5. 

Pelinrtio:on,  27,  111. 

Pelfis,  13. 

Pentacrinncea,  30 

Peiitaciinidii-,  11,  .'iO,  O,-),  117,  1.52. 

Pentacrinus,  13,  3.S,   i:.,  .ill,  GO,  05,  69,  81, 
Ml,  152. 

asterias,  05.     (PI.  VI,  fig.  8.) 

caput-medussB,  11,  il,  28. 

europseus,  11. 

■  naresianus,  5 1 . 

— -  Wyville-Thomsoni,  49. 

Pi'iitagonal  base,  1(15. 

Pvntamera,  31. 

Poiitameroua  symmctrj',  1 17,  1G5. 

Pentaphyllum,  115. 

Pentremites,  it. 

Porieolioci-iiiitos,  IG,  SG,  .^G2.  3G';,  519. 

Periechocrinus,  4G,  3G2,  3G5,  519,  520,  551. 

ampins,  530. 

Chiisli/i,  522. 

Howardi,  529, 

infelix,  525.     (PI.  L,  figs.  2a-(l.) 

mircouanus,  523.     (I'l.   L,  ligs.  in,  b; 

I.I.  lig.  5.) 

moniliformis,  520. 

neois,  521     (1*1.  I„  figa.  la,  b.) 

ornatus,  527.     (PI.  L,   figs.  3a,   b;    LI, 

fig.  7.) 

PWiformis,  52G 

■  speciosus,  521  528.     (PI.  L,  figa.  Ga,  b.) 


Phialocrinns,  80. 

Pliilllpsocriniis,  2'.ll. 

Pli^'logoiictie  history  reprcseutcd  in  iuiliviilual 

growth,  101,  IGG. 
Physetoorinug,  85,  109,  122,  548,  550,   554, 

593,  G37. 

iiMiL'r  iloor  of,  120. 

asper,  596.     (PI.  LXIII,  figs.  7a,  b.) 

Copei,  598,    (PI.  LXIII,  fig.  5.) 

dilatatus,  595.     (PI.  LXIV,  figs.  9,  10.) 

lobatus,  699.    (PI.  LXIII,  figs.  «a.  b. ) 

ornatus,  697.    (I'l.  IV,  fig.  3;    LXIII, 

figs.  1-4.) 

siihfciilri'cosiis,  593. 

ventricosus,  593.   (PI.  IV,  fig.  2 ;  LXIII, 

fig.  G;   LXIV,  figs.  l-8b.) 
Piiimistrlhi,  ]  G. 
Piiinata,  152,  1.55,  1G9. 
Pinnules,  34,  73,  80,  85,  155,  100. 
Pisocrinus,  57,   70,   72,   130,   157,  172,   205. 

(PI.  Xir,  fig.  10.) 

—  pilula,  90. 
Pl.iiiiia  group,  C08. 

Plntyccr.is  attached  to  Crinoids,  240,  560,  793, 
800. 

PlatycrinidsB,  17,  83,   100,    124,   103,    IGO, 

170.  642,  713,  803. 

distriluition  of,  643. 

Plati/n-inilrs,  047. 

Plat'yorinus,  13,  41,  40,  48,  57,  77,  79,83,  91, 

94.   90.   102,   111,   113,  135,  149,  156,  IG.i, 

042,  644,  647,  719,  730,  738,  744,  750,  753. 

(PI.  IV,  fig.  C). 

(ibseiitiriis,  050. 

acclivns,  663. 

BBqualis,  674.     (PI.  LXXI,  figs.  4a-5.) 

sequiternus,  658,  059.    (PI.  LXXI,  fi". 

12.) 

—  (Pternalls,  050,  083. 
Agassizi,  050,  669.     (PI.  LXIX,  fig.  4.) 


tennesseensis,  528.     (PI.  L,  fig.  4.)  ' al„hamei,s!s,  050,  678,  oso. 

tenuidisous,  531.      (PI.   XLVL   fig.   4;' allophylns,  685.    (PI.  LXXI,  fig.  17.) 

^^f'  "S'  «•)  I amabilis,  050. 

nrniformis,  526.     (PI.  L.  figs.  5a,  b.)        amerioanus,  686,     (PI.  LXXV  fi<rs   10- 

—  Whitei,  530,  020.     (PI.  XLVI,  figs.  1-3 ;       13c.) 

'■f-"-"^-"'  '<'•>  onnoms,  Gr,0. 

■  Whil!i,.Mi,  522,  520.     (PI.  LI,  figs.  1-1.)   nltlttnrmtm,  050. 

Periglyptocrinus,  80,  198,  204.  277.  mper  (Go!,//.),  690. 

BiUingsi,  277.    (PI,  XXI,  figs,  la,  b.)     ! asper  (AI.  and  W.),  690.     (PI.  LXVIII 

prisons,  278,    (PI.  XXI,  fig.  2.)  i     figs.  9a,  b.) 

Perisomio  plates,  36,  118.  iatlola,  050,  074. 


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Platycrinus  Bluin',  (I'lU. 

hl.t.imjiMvnsis,  (l.'id,  (Ki.'^. 

bonoensis,  Osj,  683.    (I'l.  I.XIX.  Og.  C.> 

boonvillensis,   681.      (I'l.    LWII,   ligs.  j iusolens,  659.    (I'l.  l.XXI,  lig.  15.) 

f<.l-;i.)  iiiuniiiliis,  iiol,  G.'>3. 

brevinodus,   688,  01)0.    (I'l.   LXX.  lign.   lievis,  ClU. 


PlatycrinuB  HunUvillee,  S 1, 678.   (I'l.  LXXIII, 

liga.  G-lL'.) 
incomptus,  (ilis,  664.    (I'l.  LXXl,  figs. 

1,1',;!.) 


•-'.  j,  (Ja,  I).) 
Britsi.  659.     (I'l.  I-XXI.  lig.  10.) 

llrimdhcivU,  i\M,  C.si). 

burlingtonensis,  lO.i,  (M'.i,  653,  (V.T,  tiDl, 

iM.     (I'l.  LXIX,  ligs.  ya-i.j 

ciiitKciis,  G.')0,  Gh3, 

cali/i'iilus,  G.')0. 

oanaliculatus,   689.      (I'l.    LXXV,    ligs. 

7a.  1).) 

niirhesiiim,  G.'jO,  G.'iG. 

oivus,  715.     (PI.  LXVII,  ligs.  Ma,  b.) 

,-li/N's,  (i.'il,  (!;•."). 

cliDiitciiueiisi's,  C.'iO. 

•  Collelli,  G.VJ. 

concinnits,  G.IO. 

contritus.  667.     (I'l.  LXXI,  fig.  «.) 

comtf/afits.  G."(l.  71'V 

corbuliformia,    657.      (I'l.    LXXI,    ligs. 

11  a.  I).) 
rnrn/n'//riisis^   C.'tl,  ('.Vs. 

Divisi,  681     (I'l.  LXX.  lig.  1 1.) 

discoideus   (O.  ami  .Sli.),  lo:>.  713,  TIG. 

(I'l.  in.  lig.  17;   I.XVr,  ngs.  KJa-c.) 

Himiilfiis  {Hill,  ISoSt.  71:i,  Ti'l. 

clwriircus,  G.")0. 

ilfi/iois,  GGll. 

eminulus,      712.       (I'l.     LXVIH.    (igs. 

i:!a-o.) 

. eriensis,  Gt7.  676. 

excavatus,    Gl'.i,    718.     (I'l.    LXVI,    fig. 

1.) 

cxsertiis,  fi.'il,  Ci.'i^,  G.").'>. 

geometrious,  697.     (PI.  LXVII.  lii;,  10; 

LXVII  I.  lig.  8.) 

Gi-oiyei,  6.')1,  fi77. 

-  glyptus,    693,    7-20.      (PI.  LXVII.   figs. 
1-0.) 

Oorbyi.  716.     (PI.  LXVITI.  fig.  ir,.) 

graphious,  672.    (PI.  LXXI.  fig.  7.) 

-Halli,  10:5.  662,  GGl.     (PI.  LXXII.  fig.s. 

Ga-71).) 
Iliiidrnl.  G.'iO. 

hemisphericus,  703,  700.  7113.   (PI. LXVI. 

figs.  la-U.) 


Uiitttt^,  G.')l,  COO,  Go."). 

Lciii,  71G. 

lodensis,  666.     (PI.  LXXI.  lig.  G.) 

muryimilKs,  (!,"iO. 

iiKiiiiociisis,  CJl,  G7M. 

tinillihracliialus,  C.'il,  713. 

niotensis,  682.     (PI.  LXXI,  fig.  n.) 

m:duhnu-hi,itus  {Hull.  JS61),  G.M,  70H. 

iwiliiliriic/iiiilus  {//(ill.  ISoSt.  0.-)l,  C.'ui.  0,1,'). 

nodostriatus,  G.^.^,  698.    (PI.  LXVI,  figs. 

iK\.  h:   LXX.  ligs.  3-lc.) 

ii'ii/usiis,  C.")0. 

iHiiliilosiis,  G.'il,  701. 

iiiicli'i/oniiis.  G.')l,  G.')3,  055. 

oeciilenlalis,  72H, 

».//.(  {//nil.  not  (le  A'oH.).  CJl. 

oUicula,  667. 

ornigranulus,  701.     (PI.  LXVI,  fig.  8; 

LXVIII,  figs.  Ilia  iL'l);   LXXII.  fig.  10.) 
(hrnii.  G.")l,  710. 

parvinodus,  696,  701.    (PI.  LXVIII,  figs. 

lia.  li.) 

/Kirniliis.  773. 

/larnts.  G.'tl.  73.'),  737. 

peculiaris,  70C.     (PI.  LXVIII,  ligs.  7a, 

1);   LXXI.  fig.  IG  ) 

jiiiiiri'lliis.  G.'il.  G7S. 

pi'ittiiijonus.  G.'iO. 

prrasprr.  7(1.S, 

pliiiinhnsiilis,  O.'il.  OGl. 

pileiformis,  656,  G03.     (PI.  LXIX.  fig. 

.-|;   LXX.  figs.  13.a-b.) 

pisum,  660.     (PI.  LXXI.  figs.  13a-b.) 

phniiis  l/hlh.  0.-,l,  GO-.'.  OO.s. 

planus    (O.   and    Sli.),  668,  070.     (PI. 

LXIX.  fig.s.  2a-(L) 

pleiiiis.  G.'il,  G7>*. 

plffirnrinu'ifus.  O.'tl.  721. 

pliimosjis.  G.M  ,  73.1. 

pocilliformis,  706.     (PI.   LXVIII,   figs. 

■2n.  h.) 

prirmntiiriis.  G.'il.  731. 

prcrnunfins.  G.'il,  720. 

piiillcnaiiiis,  G.'il.  078. 


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Platyorinus  Prattoni,  GG8,  671.    (PI.  LXX, 
ngB.  u,  12.) 

pukhelltis,  Col,  713. 

pumUus,  GuO. 

piinctulirncliialiii,  7.")0, 

qainqnenodui,  661. 

1  la-c.) 

ramuhstis,  fi.'il,  73.'),  7.37. 

regalh,  710, 712.    (PI,  LXXII,  ngs.  1,  2.) 

retiiin'iis,  735. 

rif/ifielilcniis,  C.')l,  672. 

rutnndm,  n.")l,  GDI, 

Saffordi,  694.     (PI.  LXVn,  figs.  1-.3.) 

Sampioni,  673.    (I'l.  LXX.  Ilg.  10.) 

SniTC,  84,  677,  CH2.     (I'l.  LXIX,  fig.  7 ; 

LXX,  tig.  1.) 
scobina,  695,  G97.     (PI.   LXVIII,   figs. 

1  la,  b.) 
soulptM,  691,  693,  GO.').     (PI.  LXVIH, 

fig.  fl  ;  LXXV,  figs.  8,  9.) 

s/iumardianus,  G.')l,  713. 

spinifer,  708.    (PI.  LXVL  Hg.  7.) 

var.  elongatns,  709.    (PI.   LXVII, 

fig.  7.) 

striobrachialus,  G.M,  713. 

subspinoins,  717.   (PI.  LXVI,  figs.  Oa,  b.) 

subspinulosns,  684,  Cs,),  704.  (PI.  LXVL 

figs.  2a,  b;  LXX,  fig.  9.) 

stilcaliis,  G.')l,  718. 

symmetricus,   103,  118,  655.     (PI.  Ill, 

fig.  10;  LXIX,  figs,  la-c.) 

leiincsseensis,  Gol,  731. 

lenlaculuttis,  G.'il,  733. 

tenuibraohiatns,  687,   C99.     (PI.  LXX, 

figs.  7,  8.) 
truncatnlns,  G 17, 675.     (PI.  LXVII,  figs. 

11a,  b;  LXXI,  figs.  18a,  b.) 

Iruncalus,  G.')l,  GHG. 

tiiberostis,  G.')l,  720,  728. 

verrucosus,  705,  70G,  709.     (PI.  LXVI, 

figs.  3a,  b;  LXVIII,  figs.  Ia-<1.) 

rexdAiVi'j,  G;"iO. 

Wortheni,  702.     (PI.  LXVII,  fig.  9.) 

Yandelli,    103,   706,  708.      (PI.    LXVL 

figs.  Ga-c;  LXVIII,  figs.  3a-c.) 
var.  perasper,  708.    (PI.  LXVIII, 

figs,  la,  b.) 

iiiulcBci'ibcd  species  from  Englr.nd,  611. 

Pleurocrimis,  G17,  G49, 
Plicatocrinidce,  30. 
Polt/crinides,  18. 


Poli/mera,  31. 

Polypeltes,  30.'i. 

Pores  ill  I'oteriociiiiidiE,  114,  IIG.     (PI.  VII, 

figs.  4,  7,  8,  II.) 
Foroorinui,  G7,  140. 
(PI.   LXXI,    figs.   Position  for  flgiiiliig,  37. 
Postpalniurs,  34,  73,  76. 
PoteriocrinidSB,  ,'>8,  8",  llG,  ^^>'^,  IGl. 
Foteriocrinus,  13,  87,  127,  159. 

missourienais,  78. 

Pradoerimii,  519,  521. 

ampins,  530. 

Primary  liracliials,  34. 

Priiiiaiy  i)hites,  38. 

Pioxiinal,  37. 

Proximal  phites  (proximals),  90,  95. 

Proximal  ring  of  base,  54. 

P.sendomonooycliea,  59. 

Pterotoorinus,  77,  79,  83,  112,  741,  781,  791. 

(PI.  LXXIX,  fig.  1(1.) 

acutns,  799.     (PI.  LXXIX   figs.  3a- g.) 

var.  bifarcatus,  801.    (PI.  LXXIX, 

figs.  9a,  b.) 
oapitalis,  793,  794,  799.     (PI.  LXXIX, 

figs.  Ga,  b.) 
— -  chesterensis,  802.    (PI.   LXXIX,  figs. 

5a,  b.) 

cornigeruf,  783. 

coronarius,   795.      (PI.    LXXIX,    figs. 

7a,  b.) 

crassus,  801.     (PI.  LXXIX,  fig.  8.) 

depressiis,  796.    (I'l.  LXXIX,  figs.  2a-c.) 

pyramidalis,  798.     (PI.  LXXIX,  figs.  4a, 

b.) 

riigosiis,  799,  801. 

sexlohalus,  7m. 

■  sjuitiilatiis,  799. 

Ptyohocrinus,  188,  197. 

angularis,  199. 

-parvus,  177,  199.     (PL  XVIH,  figs,  la, 

b,  2.) 

.  priscus,  198. 

splendens,  198.     (PI.  XVIII,  figs.  3a,  b.) 

Pi/cnocriniJees,  1 7. 
Pycnocrimis,  175,  268,  273. 

S/iaffi-n;  272. 

Pi/xldocrhitis,  519,  521. 
Qiiinqiielocular  or  Dorsal  organ,  45. 
Radials  (Radialia),  15,  33,  68. 

compound,  71,  158. 

limits  of,  C7. 

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Riuliiil  tlome  plates,  30,  103,  10». 
Rmlial  facets,  87,  Itil. 
Rmlianal,  35,  72,  126. 
Reeuperativo  power,  135. 
Rogalia  group,  710. 
Uospiratory  pores,  3."),  122,  238,  311, 
ReteoorinideB,  lOC,  113,  117,  173,  8U3. 
Reteoorlnus,  G7,  113,  119,  17J,  176. 

. Bierl,  177,  18,j. 

cognattts,  180. 

flmbriatus,  177,  179.     (PI.  IX,  fig.  I.) 

. — —gracilis,  177,  1  !•'.'. 

magnifloug,  181.    (PI.  IX,  fig.  2.) 

Onealli,  179.     (PI.  IX,  ilgs.  la-f.) 

Pallersoni,  177. 

Richardsoni,  177,  271. 

stellaris,   77,   177,  178.     (PI.  IX,   figs. 

3a-c.) 
Rhaphanocrinus,  21.'>,  2.'i8. 

sculptus,  260.     (in.  XI,  fig.  3.) 

subnodosus,  250.    (PI.  XI,  lig.  2.) 

Wachsmuthi,  2,')l). 

Hhizocrinus,  28,  10,  40,  58,  G2,  91,  1 12. 

lofotensis,  03,  70. 

Rawsoni,  51.  03,  70.     (PI.  VI,  figs.  7ii. 

h.) 
RhodocrinidsB,  IOC.  121,  105,  170,  215,  2.38. 
Rhodocrinus,  13.    tl,   11,  GO,  83,  215,  218, 

233,  238,  249,  201. 

iisppt'nfiis,  251. 

Barrisi,  230.     (PI.   XII,   figs.  3,  4a-d, 

5:1,   ll.) 

var.  (lircrgens,  230. 

var.  striatus,  231.     (PI.  XII,  fig.  G.) 

Benedicti,  224. 

coxanus,  222.     (PI.  XIII,  figs.  6,  7.) 

ccelaitis,  228. 

gonidudes,  80,  219. 

i/racilis,  220. 

///(//)•,  190,  219. 

-Kirbyi,  44,  226,   228,  337.     (PI.  XII, 

n.,'s.  la-il.) 

meliss'i,  219,  203. 

microlmsilis,  192.  219,  250. 

— -ninus,  41,  228.      (PI.  XI,  figs.  7a,  b; 

XII,  figs.  2a,  1).) 

nDdulosus,  225.     (PI.  XIII,  fig.  8.) 

parvus,  229. 

/I't'i/daHi/Ins,  222. 

pgnformis.  192,  219,  255. 

quinqtu'luhiis,  192. 


Rhodocrinus  rectus,  220. 

sculptus,  228. 

spinosus,  220. 

stMaris,  219,  236. 

trunoatus,  231.     (PI.  XIII,  figs.  2a-f ) 

tuberculatus,  232.    (_P1.  Xlll,  figs.  3,  i  j 

varsoviensis,  220. 

verus,  219. 

vcspcrulis,  219,  251. 

Wachsmuthi,  222.     (PI.  XIII,  figs.  5a-d  ; 

XV,  fig.  7.) 

watersianus,  221,  229.     (PI.  XII,  fig.  9.) 

Whitei,  223.     (PI,   III,   fig.  24;    XIII. 

Ilgs.  la-c;  XV,  figs.  Oa,  b.) 

var.  Imrliiiglunensis,  223. 

Wortheni,  220.     (PI.  XI,  fig.  G;    XIl, 

figs.  7a-c.) 
var.  urceolatus,  221.     (PI.  XII,  figs. 

8n,  b.) 
Ripidocrinus,  70,  8G,  215,  202, 
Higlit  aiul  left,  37. 
Hoiit,  32,  39. 
Rosette,  54,  141. 
Siircorrinus,  519,  522. 

lieiiciUcli,  527. 

C/iristi/i,  522,  525. 

Kgani,  525. 

Gorhiji,  521. 

— —  IfoH-ardi,  529. 

iiifidix,  525. 

marroniniiis,  523. 

vcris,  524. 

oritdtns,  Ty'21, 

piriformis,  526. 

semiradialiis,  289. 

speciosiis,  521.  528. 

teniiesseeiisis,  528. 

uriiifi>rmis,  520. 

W/iilfrldi,  522. 

M'/u'lci,  530. 

Sagenocrinus  expansuB,  219. 

Sar-TB  group,  677. 

Saumi)l:itte!ien,  sec  covering  plates,  30. 

Scaphiocrinus,  44,  159. 

elegans,  138.     (PI.  VII,  figs,  la,  b.) 

unicus,  138.    (PI.  VII,  fig.  6.) 

Swallovi,  138.     (PI.  VII,  fig.  8.) 

Scnpultr,  13. 
Schizocrinns,  77. 
Sculptus  group,  091. 
Scyphocrinus,  204. 


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Soytalocrinna,  100. 

validus,  VM.    (Vl  VII,  2a,  b,  3.) 

iiov,  sp.     (in.  VI 1,  flj;.  7.) 

robuatus,  50(5. 

Seeomliiry  Ijrucliiiils,  31. 

Siilo  pieces;  see -Vdiimlnilncr.al  pliitcB,  100. 

Siphonoorinus,  l-'O,  )  -.',  Lsm,  209. 

armosus,  1U7,  U'i,  811.    (I'l.  XIX,  llgs. 

3a-c.) 
nobilis,   212.      (PI.    XIX,    ligs.    la.   b, 

2a-c.) 

pentagonus,  213     (PI.  XIX,  figs,  -la,  b.) 

Species,  recogiiiliuu  of,  10.j. 

characters  of,  l.'iCi. 

tleacriptioiis  of,  (l.")2. 

Si)iiies,  movable,  71H,  700. 

Splucrocrinus  co/icants,  182. 

Spliieronites,  1.'). 

Spliaroidocrinacea,  29. 

SiiharoulocrinhliP  =  sijn.  of  Cumeriita,  25. 

S/iyridwcrintis,  SCtj. 

Steganocrinus,   7C,  8.'),   101,  110,   2i)3,   o.")0, 

Ool,  578,  C39,  720. 
araneolus,    1(JU,  581,   723.      (PI.   LXI, 

flg9.  2a,  b.) 

Henedicti,  507. 

eoncinnus,  582.    (PI.  LXI,  figs.  5a,  b.) 

globosus,  585.    (PI.  LXI,  fig.  G.) 

pentagonus,  110,  112,  579,  723.      (PI. 

LXI,  figs.  3!i-lb.) 
soulptus,  78,  8G,  ICO,  293,   583.      (PI. 

LXI,  figs,  la-f.) 
Stelidioorinug,  79,  2G1,  279. 

argutus,  280.     (PI.  XXIV,  fig  C.) 

capitulum,  280. 

lavis,  280. 

ovalis,  280. 

Stem,  32,  38,  155. 

figures  of;  PI.  I  and  II ;  VI,  figs.  11,12. 

growth  of,  39. 

divided  loiigitiuliiiallj',  41. 

res|)iratory  fiinctioii  of,  47. 

semi-free,  49,  51. 

with    coalesced    iiifrabasals.      (PI.   VI, 

fig-  11.) 

of  Barycriniis,  45. 

of  Cupressocrinus,  45. 

of  Uegistocrinus,  4G. 

of  Flatycrinns,  42. 

of  BhizocrlnuB,  G3. 

of  Strotocrinus,  G39. 


Stem  joints,  32,  41. 

tup  joint  (centrodorsal),  33,  59,  01, 

G4. 

_ top  joint  (youngest  joint).  59.  GIl.GO. 

Stemmatocrinus,  59,  8(i,  127,  133,  IGO,  1G2. 
StephanoorinuB,  IIG. 
—  angulatus.     (PI.  VII.  figs.  12,  13.) 
Stereoorinus,  77,  121.  2(;5,  324. 

Barrisi,  326.     (Pi.  XXV,  figs.  9a.  b.) 

triangulatus,  325,  32G.     (PI.  XXV,  figs. 

8a,  b.) 

var.  lirdtiis,  320. 

Stoniatijcii'iwi'den,  25,  1 IH, 
Storthingocrinus,  57,  G17. 

—  tiapcr,  090. 
Strotocrinus,  70, 85,110,  551 , 554 ,  G2G, 637, 038. 

aaper^  59G. 

(isperriiiiiis,  575. 

aijilu/is,  (i28. 

bluonijicldensis,  038. 

clifosits,  G30. 

dihlalus,  595. 

eclijpus,  Oil. 

erodiis,  030. 

glyptus,  640.    (PI.  LX,  figs,  la-c  ;  LXV, 

figs.  2a,  b.) 

insciilpliis,  030. 

li'mtiis,  G33. 

pcnnnhrosus^  038,  010. 

regalis,  39,  638,  G40.     (PI.  IV,  fig.  1  ; 

LXV,  figs,  la-d.) 

rudis,  030. 

siibumlirosm,  033. 

teniiiriiduitiis,  034, 

vmfirosiis,  028. 

Sl,/lid>i,  17. 

Sith-bfts(ds^  00. 

Siiliradials  (soiis-rndndis).  17,  30. 

Subspinnlosna  group,  683. 

Siibtegminal,  35. 

Sul)tcntacnlar  canal.  30.  100. 

Superimposed  plates,  119,  121. 

Super-radi.ils,  33. 

Supplementary  plates,  31,  38,  105,  154. 

Sutnrc,  37. 

Symmetry,  bilateral.  134,  148. 

irregular,  14G. 

pcnt!\merous,  134,  140,  148,  105. 

Symbathocrinns,  57,  87,  91,  130,  157,  172. 
Wachsmuthi.     (PI.  IH,  fig.  25;   VIII. 

figs.  8,  9.) 


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GEXEIUL  INDEX. 


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Symbathoorinus  Swallovi.    (PI.  VIII,  fig.  7.) 

Syzygy,  a  I,  hi. 

Talaroorinui,  7li,  711.  781,  7Hi,  71t;l. 

sp.C.')     (IM.  LXXVIII,  ligs.  I'll,  l>) 

oornigerui,   783,   7HJ.     (I'l.    LXXVIII, 

figs.  (!a-71). ) 
deoornw,  788.  (I'l.  Ill,  llg.  Ill ;  LXXVIII, 

figs.  Jill-C.) 
—  cleyrnis,  iHCi, 

ovatus,  787.    (PI.  LXXVIII.  figs,  ia,  b.) 

sexlobatns,  784.     (PI.   LXXVIII,   llgs. 

In-c.) 

simplex.  790.   (PI.  LXXVIII,  figs.  Sn,  b.) 

siibglobosiis,   789.     (PI.    LXXIX,   figs. 

In,  b.) 

symmetrioui,  786.    (PI.  LXXVIII,  figs. 

4a-5.) 
Tanaocrinns,  f,7.  17.3,  185. 

typns,  186.    (PI.  IX,  figs.  7a-c.) 

Taxoorinus,  17,  -.'h,  .i;5,  70,  9;<,  Uh,  13S,  1  lit, 
(PI.  VI,  fig.  IC.) 

intermediui,    118.     (PI.    Ill,    fig.   11; 

VIII,  figs.  5a.  b.) 

Thiemei,  1.!:). 

Technocrinus,  I'lM,  304. 

Andrewsi,  ;!()«.     (PI.  XXIV,  fig.  3.) 

srti/pliis,  nO.">. 

spinulosus,  305.    (PI.  XXII,  fig.  3.) 

striiitiis,  'Mo. 

Tognien,  33. 

imior  fioor  of,  lOG.     (PI.  V.  figs.  13-17.") 

of   Actinocrinug  and  Batocrinas,    lOSi, 

121. 

of  Olyptocrinus,  I'-l,  113,  120. 

of  Platycrinus,  21,  111. 

Ti'gininal,  3.5. 

Teleiocrinus,  «.•,,  102.  121,  1  l;i,  r>r,o,  o.Vl,  ")7C, 
626,  G37.    (PI.  IV,  fig.  1.) 

adolescens,  635,  (VM).     (PI.  LIX,  fig.  I.) 

{Tf/i/ojis,  02H. 

althea,  638.    (PI.   LX,  fig.  4;    LXIII. 

fig.  !l.) 

clifisiis,  030. 

emdiis,  ()30. 

iiisciil/t/us,  (130. 

liratus,  633.    (PI.  LX,  fig.  3.) 

rndis,  630.     (PI.  LIX.  figs.  1-3.) 

tenuiradiatus,  634.    ( PI.  LI X,  llgs.  '),r,) 

umbrosus,  .50,  628,  G31.    (PI.  LIX,  fig. 

7;   LX,  figs.  2a-<l.) 
Tcrmiiial  plates  of  stem,  48,  51. 


Ti'raiinology,  32,  76. 
Temelldla,  15,  23. 
Tvtramerii,  31. 
Thaumatoorinn*,  72,  117,  139. 

renovatns.    (PI.  Ill,  fig.  9.) 

Thylaoocrinua,  215,  248. 

Clarkei,  248.    (PI.  XIII,  figs.  11a,  b.) 

Vannioti,  2 18. 

Thy«anoorinid»,  72,  121,  1C5,  170,  188,  217. 
Thysanoorinui,  188, 190. 

aciilealus,  192. 

brachiatM,  105.    (PI.  XVIII,  fig.  7.) 

cniirili'ciilittiit,  192. 

Halli,  196.     (PI.  XIII,  figs.  9a,  b.) 

imiiialurus,  192,  200. 

inornatui,  liU,  193.     (PI.  XVIII,  figs. 

fia-d  ;  XIX,  fig.  5.) 
liliifonniB,  191,  192.     (PI.  XVIII,  fig. 

i-) 
ocoidentalii,    194.      (PI.   XVIII,    figs. 

5a-c.) 

var.  increbcscens,  195. 

ini'cnibtisilis,  192,  256, 

pyifi'miis,  192,  255. 

Tiaracrinus,  146. 
Transition  forms,  146, 
TieitKitneriiiiis,  231. 

Jiscellits,  245. 

papilldtus,  242. 

retiiiilatiis,  214. 

■ — —  rohuslus,  239. 

sphiiijeriis,  247. 

tuberciitosiis,  243. 

ti//>iis,  2  1 2. 

Tn'dcriiiiis,  57. 
Tribrachiocrinus,  148,  158. 
Trimera,  31. 
Trochncrinitea,  519,  521, 

hvvis,  521. 

Trocliitos,  11. 
Triincatiiliis  gronp,  675. 
TnjhUnrrin  us,  216. 
Tiirblnncrhiites,  292,  294. 
Uintacrinns,  63,  145. 
TTlocrinns.  i:!:). 
I'niserial,  34,  78. 
Uperocriniis,  .'16(),  434. 

pistilliforinis,  437. 

pi/rlformi's,  434,  437. 

fppor  face.  37. 

"  L'p  "  and  "  down,"  37. 


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Vault,  20,  105,  121,  1 18. 

is  ft  niodifled  disk,  124,  Ml). 

Ventral  disk,  3n,  35,  05,  118,  121,  150,  154. 

(PI.  Ill,  nga.  1-25  J  IV,  llgB.  1-5.) 
Veiitml  sac  (lubo),  ;J5,  114,   12;',   157,   ICl. 

(IM.  VII,  llgn.  1-12.) 


Water  pores,  12;1. 
Xenoorinns,  IJ7,  17:1,  17.'i,  188. 

Baeri,  183.    (IM.  IX,  (Igs.  Sn-d.) 

penioillus,  183.     (I'l.  IX,  figs,  lia,  b.) 

Zeaorinui,  52. 
Zophoorinut,  140. 


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41! 


I'UBLICATIONS 

or  THR 

MUSEDM  OF  COMPARATIVE  ZOOLOGY 

AT    IIARVAKD    COIiLEQE. 


There  have  been  publiBhed  of  thfl  Bullbtins  Vols.  1.  to 
XXIX.;    of  the  Memoirh,  Vols.  I.  to  XXIl. 

Vols.  XXVJII.  aiid  XXX.  cf  the  Bullktin,  and  Vole.  XIX. 
aud  XXIII.  of  the  Mimoirs,  ant  now  in  courae  of  publication. 

A  priee  lilt  of  the  publieationi  of  the  Mmeum  will  be  unt 
on  application  to  the  Director  of  the  Muteum  of  Comparative 
ZoiAoyy,  Cambridge,  Mate. 

ALEXANDKR   A0AS8IZ,  Direetor. 


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