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PA ce M1 poor, Pec CR ee “a, ey : i 4 “% yo ¢ Oi BS a Sot hel as om a et — me are Ro es ay |S x al * ad | wy iu pt tals ' gh af | RS Or i Ny, a SS O “Dy, Oo fos ‘he | Jat. , we #7. ee cs ryt ay a ibagt ate DE wc 4 Se a ‘y yy Sh ro ag Hs 7 isis? “8 < Lo a i i i iS, rea ees “oy, SF cS) ————— Ss 8 “4 i Lp “3 7 te, ei : S, fi so oN ‘Ee af a HRN f a oan cal vo & Tilia ey NS aay ip sl tans? “y i enw ripet “ct : Ce ul ee sil li ‘ei FS SNA ie St ies + ne S ae eS ORES PDS SS THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY ‘STATE OF NEW YEO Ke [Ex-OFricio TRUSTEES OF THE MUSEUM. | [oMmMIinrreED TO THE LEGISLATURE MAY 2, 1878. ALBANY: THE ARGUS COMPANY, PRINTERS. whi rae ee 1 Cn vere STATE OF NEW YORK. i io a indie sree N ” ters, =. Pg ppt? HG GA i, O. 109. a , AY 7 a ea re i -_-__—eeoeoeoee—e di 4 ‘IN SENAT B&txrce.” May 2, 1873. TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, BY THE ReoeN ts OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: Orrice OF THE REGENTS, Arpany, May 2, 1878. To the Hon. Jouy C. Rosrnson, President of the Senate ; Sir.—_I have the honor to transmit the Twenty-Sixth Annual Report on the State Museum of Natural History, by the Regents of the University. I remain, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, JOAN WN by BRUYN, Chancellor of the Oniwersity. EGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY. [Ze officio Trustees of the State Museum of Natural History.] JOHN V.L. PRUYN, LL.D., CaAancector. | ERASTUS C. BENEDICT, LL. D., Vicze-CHanceryor. EX-OFFICIIS. JOHN A. DIX, LL.D., GovERNorR. JOHN C. ROBINSON, LiEvuTENANT-GOVERNOR. G. HILTON SCRIBNER, SECRETARY OF STATE. ABRAM B. WEAVER, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. PROSPER M. WETMORE. ALEXANDER 8S. JOHNSON, LL.D. ROBERT G. RANKIN. GEORGE W. CURTIS, LL.D. GEORGE W. CLINTON, LL.D. WM. H. GOODWIN, D.D., LL.D. LORENZO BURROWS. FRANCIS‘KERNAN, LL.D. ROBERT S. HALE, LL.D. OSWALD OTTENDORFER. ELIAS W. LEAVENWORTH, LL.D. JOHN L. LEWIS. J. CARSON BREVOORT. HORATIO G. WARNER, LL.D. GEORGE R. PERKINS, LL.D. HENRY R. PIERSON. MARTIN I. TOWNSEND. SAMUEL B. WOOLWORTH, LL.D., SzcretTARy, DANIEL J. PRATT, Assistant SECRETARY. STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE REGENTS, SPECIALLY CHARGED WITH THE CARE OF THE STATE MUSEUM. 1873. THE GOVERNOR. MR. LEAVENWORTH. THE SECRETARY OF STATE. MR. BREVOORT. MR. CLINTON. MR. JOHNSON. MR. PIERSON. DIRECTOR OF THE STATE MUSEUM. JAMES HALL, LL.D. ASSISTANTS IN THE MUSEUM. R. P. WHITFIELD, In GroLogy AND PAL ONTOLOGY, J. A. LINTNER, ry Zoonoey. CHARLES H. PECK, in Borany. CHARLES E. HALL, Gmnerau Assistant. CHARLES CALLAWAY, Spectra AssisTANT IN DISTRIBUTION. my Reet Red: To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of New York: The Regents of the University, as Trustees of the State Museum of Natural History, respectfully submit this their Twenty-sixth Annual Report: The condition of the Museum in its collections and their arrange- ment has been much improved during the last year. Valuable addi- tions have been made, especially to the Zodlogical Department. Among these are a group of the Buffalo (male, female and a calf), and a male and female Elk—animals formerly inhabiting this State, but not now found within its limits. These were killed, the former in Nebraska, and the latter in Montana, and in size and beauty have rarely been excelled. The Trustees of the Museum gladly availed themselves of the opportunity of obtaining them, which will proba- bly hereafter be rare. They were secured through Professor Ward, of Rochester, whose skill in this line of work is most favorably | known to naturalists. A skeleton of the Buffalo has also been obtained, and that of the Elk is in the eourse of preparation. The other additions, both by gift and purchase, appear in the cata- logue hereto annexed. The specimens in Mineralogy, nearly all of this State, are being mounted, catalogued and re-arranged. This Department is receiving the special attention of the Director, and it is confidently expected that it will soon compare favorably with the other departments. It ought to contain the best specimens of every mineral found in the State. Several private collections are now offered for sale, the pur- chase of which is very desirable, as they would add greatly to the value and perfection of the collection. The want of means has alone prevented the Trustees from obtaining them. The report of the Botanist presents the most gratifying evidence of his industry, and with the collections which he has made, embrac- ing many species not before found in the State, constitutes a valuable contribution to Botanical science. vi TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MuSEUM. The report of the Director exhibits the general condition of the Museum. Appended to it are descriptions of the Bryozoa and Corals of the Lower Helderberg Group. : The visit of the Director during the past year te many of the museums of Europe, will be of great value to his work in this Museum. To his abilities and zeal and to that of his assistants, the Trustees bear the most willing testimony. Respectfully submitted in behalf of the Regents. JOHN V) LS PRUE: : | Chancellor. REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. OO et ny, pan ret eae | CONTENTS. , PAGE Muueeror ie Director ......................... Pa ataterta che stata uvthe aatapetsictoa tn: 5 Additions to the Museum during the NAST NIGH EM eg IER i aR i List of Iron Ores in the Economic Collection of the N. Y. State Museum.... 27 Record of Borings of Gardner Oil Well No. 3, at Hast Shamburg, Pennsy1- (LL ens Ieee duel ava svelievene apie inna ie sa ahs Cis oe ee are. oil RMIT C220 NI ee A yee i uk i cata a? 93 ny a sant oradi. ¥ a per Ww ere sdanostoath ore ies pyc santts Fees atghes tan te op Hatt. ‘i ‘anita 0 . f A * s wor : es . ‘ _ “ * eh . ' ’ - ‘?- ete, AN 5 Si aaa RES SS Lee Oi a eee a ae dene aa MAS YA kot) asd BINA epic RAD ghey Dias 9 a Oe Se 2 ee Obs REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. Aupany, January, 1873. To the Honorable the Board of Regents - the University of the State of New York: GentLemen.—I have the honor to men herewith the following report upon the condition of the State Museum of Natural History, with a brief statement of the additions made to the collections, and the work done in the several departments. The collections already arranged in the Museum are in good con- dition, and I confidently expect that the rearrangement of the entire mineralogical collection, already commenced, and of a portion of the geological collection, will be completed within the ensuing year. A’ list of additions to each of the departments will be found appended to this report. : ApDpDITIONS AND Donations to tHE Musrum. The increase in the Zodlogical Department, by donation, has been less than in some former years: The continuation of the series of the Mollusca of Long Island, by Messrs. Sanderson Smith and Temple Prime, requires especial notice and deserves our thanks. Such collections of the local fauna are of far more importance than all the miscellaneous collections which can be made. This collection now numbers one hundred and twenty-one species, and is arranged in the west end of the hall on the third floor, in a case especially devoted to the /nvertebrata of the State of New York. © In the Botanical Department we have recorded ten contribu- tors; and among the species of plants thus acquired are a consider- able number which are new, and a larger number which are new to the State. Appended to this report will be found a list of the names, with the number of species sent by each contributor. The special report of Mr. Peck in this department will present in detail the result of his labors. The large number of species added to the list shows very conclusively that we are far from possessing a complete knowledge of our Flora, and offers a strong argument in favor of the Patina of these investigations. 6 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MusxEvum. I have elsewhere communicated my views upen the necessity of continuing this department, and also for a special increase of the Museum appropriation to cover this subject and that of Entomology. In the departments of Geology and Mineralogy we have received — donations from sixteen individuals; a list of these specimens is appended to this report. A collection of rocks, minerals and fossils, | received from Mrs. Van Rensselaer, through Mr. T. L. Harison, Secretary of the Agricultural Society, deserves especial notice. | The additions in this department, by purchase and by field collec- tions, will be noticed below. The collections in Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology have been greatly increased during the past year, and the bulk or quantity of material acquired is greater than ever before in a single year. We have received donations to the Library from indawadinale and societies to the number of twenty-two, and several important works have been added by purchase. A list of these will be found accom- panying the report. 4) if The Lllustrations Conchyliologiques, by Chenu, purchased some time since, have been bound in four large folio volumes, and placed in the Library. Two other important works have been placed in the Library, pending purchase, which is subject to the approval of the Regents. 3 | The Library is still quite in its infancy, and we greatly need more of the current scientific publications; as well as ee standard works on science. A list of several miscellaneous objects presented to the Museum will be found appended. | Some relics of the late civil war, which were aohikannee in the Simms’ collection purchased by the Legislature in 1870, and directed to be sent to the State Museum, have been, by permission of the Adjutant-General of the State, transferred to the Bureau of Military Statistics, as a more apprepriate place for their custody. They are represented in the Simms’ catalogue by the following numbers :. 35 124 165 191 209 49 Lop! i EB 192 219 65 146 172 204 219 67 147 173 205 aps 79 158 174 206 293 81 159 186 207 ° 298 103 161 187 208 239 LAT 162 188 208: _ Report? or rue Drrecror. i A duplicate list of these articles, with a receipt for the same, was iven by Miss Elizabeth Dempsey, i in charge of the B. M.S%., and is placed on file in the Museum. Tur GEBHARD COLLECTION. The Legislature ‘of the State, by an wprine penton of $3,500, authorized the purchase of the collection of Mr. John Gebhard, of Schoharie. This collection is mainly a local one, consisting chiefly of the fossils of the Schoharie Valley formations; and the minerals of the water-lime formations, and the calcareous minerals of the Scho- harie caves. There were also some specimens in Zodlogy which will be doe, enumerated under the list. The collection is contained’in one hundred and twelve (112) boxes _and fifteen barrels. It will afford a large number of duplicate speci- mens, which may be made available either in exchanges, or for the collections contemplated for distribution. It is on many accounts important that we have means provided for arranging and labeling this collection, which will require much time and labor. It is, moreover, important that this work be done while I can supervise it, as there are no labels accompanying the specimens; a general label on the outside of each box indicates a formation only, while, in some instances, the box contains specimens from two or more formations. _ Some of the boxes of fossils have been opened to obtain specimens for study and comparison, and other boxes to obtain the Ball’s Cave specimens for exhibition in the cases. The contents of these boxes not so appropriated have been ticketed (Gebhard coll.) and placed in drawers in the back room, conveniently arranged for examination. THe Van RenssELAER CoLuEctIon. This collection of rocks, minerals and fossils was received at the Museum in a bad condition, having been loosely placed in boxes and barrels and- long exposed to the dust and dampness of a cellar. The collection has been cleaned, and the specimens wrapped and packed in twenty-one boxes, properly labeled and temporarily stored -in the basement, awaiting the rearrangement of the miscellaneous mineralogical collection of the Museum, when the better specimens will be incorporated and the remainder set aside for distribution. The fossils are chiefly European, and of Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary formations. ' | 8 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. Unfortunately there are no labels of name or locality with the minerals, and neither name, locality or formation with the fossils and it will be only from knowledge of similar specimens of minerals or of similar fossils that we can assign locality or formation. With additional assistance in the Museum, we shall be able to dis- tribute and arrange this collection during the present year. Prep Work AND INVESTIGATIONS. Mr. Andrew Sherwood has been pursuing his investigations along the outcrop of the Catskill and Chemung groups, and collecting fossils from both these formations. At the time of this wee his ibe t of work done has not been received. Messrs. G. B. Simpson and J. W. Hall have been tesmpaaseiie employed in collecting fossils, chiefly Lamellibranchiata, from the shales of the Hamilton group, in the eastern central portion of the State. The collections thus acquired are of great importance both to the Museum and for the Paleontology of the State. Mr. Hicock, of Amsterdam, has likewise been temporarily employed in collecting from the Trenton Limestone, with a view to supply somé deficiencies in the Museum collections. Both in the Trenton Limestone and Hudson River group, the Museum collections require great improvement; but the process of collecting from these rocks is slow and often very disappointing in the results. I have already made a special communication to the Secretary of the Board of Regents in regard to some important and valuable col- lections from the Trenton Iauiestones 7 With the conclusion of Mr. Sherwood’s labors, I hope to be aki to present a corrected geological map of the southern counties of the State, which will materially aid in the construction of a revised geological map of the State, which I heretofore proposed to prepare. The Director is able to report, as collections made by himself, a series of specimens illustrating a section of the beds composing the Paris Basin ; fossils of the Devonian of Ferques in France; and of Refrath in Gerdnanah collections, especially of corals, from the Wen- lock Limestone, and some of she more characteristic fossils of the Ludlow formation, from localities in England. GENERAL WoRK OF THE Museum, In December, 1871, the Commissioners of the Land Office autho- rized the construction of certain new cases which had long been ReEpPorRT or THE DIRECTOR. — 9 needed; and these were completed about the end of July, 1872. Last year I had hoped to report these cases as completely occupied before this time ; but my own ill-health, compelling a suspension of work for a time, has prevented the completion of the rearrangement proposed. In the mean time I will here state what has been done towards making use of our improved facilities. The Herbarium has been transferred to the new cases provided for it, together with the recent extensive collections of Fungi and Lichens, made by the Botanist. The “Beck Collection” remains in its ori- ginal case, while the vacated case will be appropriated to extra-limital species, received through exchange or donation. The Herbarium now embraces at least twice as many species as it numbered five years ago, and is in a greatly improved condition. Many of the flowering plants, which were indifferently represented, have been illustrated by better specimens. From the care taken in securing the collection, it is believed to be now entirely free from insect depredation. The value of the Herbarium is attested by the frequent recourse to it by students for the purpose of determinations or study. In the collections made by the Botanist there are large numbers of duplicates, which, when labeled, will be highly valuable for exchange . or for distribution to educational institutions; and many of these being species first described by our Botanist, their value is thus greatly enhanced. : In the new case adjoining the Herbarium has been deposited the Entomological collection of Mr. Lintner; this consists of above five thousand specimens, carefully rashid and well preserved, illustrative of the several orders of the Insect fauna of New York. Of these the Lepidoptera are classified, and the greater portion accu- rately labeled; affording facilities to students and institutions for determination of their collections. The special care which Botanical and Entomological collections absolutely require for their proper preservation forbid that they should be freely exposed to the thousands who frequent the Museum ; but access to them may always be had by the student or apps stabil visitor, upon application at the Director’s room. Many of the new drawers in the back room have been appropriated to the purposes for which they were designed. Twenty-eight deep drawers have been occupied with dnplicatd botanical specimens. That portion of the Pickett collection which has been opened and 10 Twenry-sixtH Report on THE Strate Museum. not arranged for the collection, has been classified in seventeen drawers. In other drawers have been placed the foreign minerals of the Emmons’ collection, portion of the Simms’ collection, minerals for distribution, contents of boxes left by former custodians and for a long time stored in the basement, ete. These drawers (nearly three hundred in number) afford excellent means for the convenient arrangement of BEALE First Floor. - As very important additions have been made to the Paleontological and Geological departments during the past year, changes in method of arrangement became necessary. The addition of the four vertical cases upon the north side will afford the means of a rearrangement of all the Middle and Upper Silurian collections of the wall cases; a change which has long been imperatively required. This reorgani- zation will be accomplished in a few weeks, and before this report will have been communicated to the Tedisleitiiee: At the east end of the room a platform has been erected on which is placed a fine series of the Gilboa collections of Psaronrus (fossil — tree-ferns), consisting of a large mass of the root-bed, portions of six trunks and specimens of the surrounding rock containing parts of the stems. As now arranged, they present a very attractive display of these interesting fossils. Second Floor. The necessity of extensive changes in the arrangement of this floor has long been recognized, and only deferred in consideration of | other requirements seemingly more imperative. The three areas allotted to the large Mammalia proved too extensive for our means of occupying them. That the unoccupied space might be used, a plan was at first devised by which the Mammalian remains might be concentrated in one central area, leaving ample surrounding space for the additional cases which were to be brought into the room. Accordingly the Mastodon skeleton was dismounted, and that of the Megatherium and Megaceros brought to their assigned positions, when it became evident that the conformation of the build- ing presented insuperable objections to the proposed plan. As the next best arrangement, this disposition of the large central area was dispensed with; the fossil Elk (Megaceros) has been placed in the western area with the Mastodon skeleton and all the remains of Reporr or THE Dirucror. il Mastodon and fossil Elephant belonging to the Museum. The casts of the Megatherium and Schistopleurnm, with the head of the Dinotherium, and the skull and tusks of the Mammoth (Alephas ganesa) have been placed together in the eastern area. The cast of the Mososaurus has been placed in one of the wall cases, where it can be seen to much better advantage than in its former position ; the other casts of fossils remain nearly as they were, in the wall cases. This rearrangement of the larger and heavier material of the Second Floor has left the central area free for table cases, and given a larger amount of floor not previously well occupied. In this area we have arranged a series of four cases containing the collections of American Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary formations. A second series of four cases contains the collection of European fossils from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and later formations. There still remains unoccupied three-fifths of this space for which we have no proper cases; but for the present we shall occupy this space with such cases as we have, some of which will be temporarily filled with mineral specimens; and in others I propose to begin the arrangement of a collection of fossils in zoological order, without reference to geological age. Such a collection is essential to the completion of the plan of the Museum originally proposed by me, and will be of great interest and utility to the student. The rearrangement of the mineral collection of the State, on this floor, has been commenced and considerable progress made. For its completion we need shelving and tablets in order to a proper display of the collection. Third Floor. The Reigen collection of Mazatlan Mollusca has been rearranged in a new case provided for it. The present case* has allowed the removal of that portion of the collection heretofore contained in drawers, aud its entire exhibition under glass. The adjustment of the glass tablets, upon which the specimens are mounted, in a case of different proportions from those to which they were originally fitted, so as to present a proper generic and family grouping, involved much labor. As now arranged, the collection offers to the ordinary observer a more attractive appearance, and to the student a better opportunity for study, than was possible in the separate cases. The * This case contains sixty-seven square feet more than the table cases previously occupying the same position. 12 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. order of arrangement adopted by Mr. Carpenter has been in every — respect preserved, the collection being simply adapted to the larger case. | | The collection of New York Mollusca, which (exclusive of addi- tional species contained in the suite below mentioned) embraces _ about one hundred and seventy of marine, land and fresh-water spe- cies, has been transferred from drawers beneath the Gould shells, and placed in the new case at the west end of the room. This case is intended eventually for the Invertebrata of New York; at present some of the Smithsonian contributions of shells will be arranged in one portion of it. | : _ The collection of Long Island Mollusca, types of the list of Messrs. Smith and Prime, given in Vol. IX of “ Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York,’ the donation of which has been -mentioned in the last report, has also been arranged in this ease, where, in accordance with the very proper request of the donors, - it will be kept as a distinct collection. The further contribution by these gentlemen of additional species embraced in their list, an acknowledgment of which appears in the present report, has also been incorporated with the above,. thus increasing the number of species to one hundred and twenty-one. I take pleasure in announc- ing the promise of a similar collection of the Mollusca of Staten Island, by Mr. Sanderson Smith, typical of his lists in the Annals of the Lyceum. A small number of New York Crustacea, taken from duplicate alcoholic specimens of the Museum, with a few species recently obtained, have been treated with preservative solutions, which it is believed will permit of their permanent display as dry specimens. In this condition they have been placed-in trays in the case of Inver- tebrates, where their forms can be more easily comprehended than when seen through the refraction of a fluid medium, and in the unnatural position assumed in glass jars. | Some Lepidopterous larvee have been prepared as a commencement of a representation of the class of Insects; also a few of the Myrio- | poda ; but these have not yet been placed on exhibition. In the upright portion of the Invertebrate case, the alcoholic col- lection of New York Fishes, removed from wall cases at the south corner of the room, has been temporarily arranged. Its classification | is that adopted by De Kay in his Zoélogy of New York. In this case are also placed some fishes received from the Smithsonian Insti- REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 13 tution not belonging to the New York fauna, together with some other contributions from foreign sources. In the wall cases vacated by the removal of the fishes, and in the large case at the east end of the room, the highly instructive collec- tion of skeletons, recently prepared for the Museum by Prof. Ward, of Rochester, has been arranged. It embraces twenty specimens of Mammals, ten of Birds, eleven of Fishes, and nine of Reptiles—in all fifty specimens, representing forty-five species in the New York fauna. The present disposition of this collection is not a fully satis factory one, but is as favorable as the means at our command will permit. It is hoped that this valuable series may be hereafter mate- rially extended until we have representatives of all the Mammals mounted, and also of the other classes, in order to illustrate structure and affinities. PrRevtiminARy Work on Freip CoLuEctTIons. During the past three years collections have been accumulating from the field work of the Director and Assistants, which have not been properly cared for; and as such collections would be compara- tively valueless without proper marking and recording, additional assistance has been employed for this work. At the present time we have over 330 trays or drawers, of 20 x 24 inches, filled with specimens which have been cleaned, assorted and ticketed; a large part of the work having been done during the past year. There are also more than 100 boxes of fossils, the greater part of which have been cleaned, ticketed and repacked; the better specimens having been selected for study in the paleontology, and arrangement in the State Museum. There are still a considerable number of boxes of specimens of our field collections which require to be cleaned, ticketed and arranged after the manner of the others. I have here enumerated the most important work done in and for the Museum during the past year. The minor details, . requiring daily attention and much time in such an institution, cannot be recorded. Suetvinc, Drawrrs AND Cases ADDED To THE Museum. ‘In order that the Regents of the University may have a more clear conception of what has been done in the Museum since it was. placed in the hands of the present Director, I will here enumerate the addz tions in case and drawer space since that period. _ 14 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. On the main floor, we have added in the hall 159 feet in length of shelf room for the economic collection. In the office room or Library the Botanical cases are of four temes the capacity of 1866. The book-cases have more than five times their former capacity. In the south room, adjoining the Library, we have added ee drawer cases of thirty-eight feet linear extent by eight feet high, containing one thousand and sixty-two square feet of drawer area, and cases of shelves for storing books, trays and material for use in the Museum, of the capacity of three hundred and five cubic feet. On the first floor, table cases for geological series, under glass, 351 square feet of area. | Drawers under glass cases, 114 square feet of area. Cases added to the Paleontological series, 129 square feet. | : Vertical cases on north side of room, giving an area of glass front of about 160 square feet. Shelves for economic collections, iron ores, etc., eighty-nine feet length. Platform for fossil trunks of Psaronius, thirty-three feet area. 3 | On the second floor, we have added the old cases of the Mazatlan collection from the floor above, making 120 feet area. Platform for skulls and bones of the Mastodon, etc., forty-two feet area. We have added vertical cases, giving 200 a of glass front, and also added to the floor room 882 feet of area by closing two openings into the room below. These two areas now give space for all ies Mammal skeletons and casts of similar objects. , On the thord floor, we have replaced the Mazatlan cases by one containing an area of 187 square feet, or sixty-seven square feet more than the old one. We have the cases of the Gould collection of | shells, 368 square feet area; drawers under these cases of 1,568 square feet area. Cases at west end of room for Invertebrata, 220 square feet area; drawers beneath these cases, 700 square feet. Shelf” room for fishes, 1386 feet in length. Case at east end of room, 105 square feet area. On the north side four vertical cases, giving an area of glass front ie square feet, for the collection of recent radiata. Within a few weeks nearly the whole of the space above men- tioned, with the exception of the drawers, will be fully occupied; a small area only in the Invertebrate case will remain. The ‘drawers will be gradually filled as the collections shall be arranged and distributed. ReEeporT or THE DIRECTOR. — 15 In regard to the future, we have only a comparatively small space on the second floor where new cases can be erected. I believe the present arrangement and the proposed rearrangement of some parts of the collections, already begun, will present them in _as condensed a form as is practicable for a Museum, which must, in some degree, be made acceptable as a popular resort. An increase in the collections is a necessary condition of Shane in the organization of the Museum ; and for some time to come these additional collections must, for the most part, be consigned to drawers or store-rooms. ‘These, however, can be made available for study, — and can with great facility be transferred to cases for exhibition at any future time. % 7 } I am, very respectfully, - Your obedient servant, JAMES HALL. P i is De ey i) ee anak ot a '* ? ra aT ie up iets ae Gb SaeGh chet es bt cen ae i fl . * vy ' ' 4 4 Y / a Pa 4 “ é gi , ; 2 is : Pee : i i * (Mees - : aay bo ue y * Ke ra = Chordeiles popetur Bonap. ? (Night Hawk). 8 ee hl ee 1 Oe ee ADDITIONS TO THE MUSEUM FOR THE YEAR, 1872. I. TO THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. — I. By Donation. From Hon. J. Lez Tucker, West Laurens, N. Y. Tooth of horse (supposed by the donor to be fossil, but probably recent). From J. P. Tuomas, Supt. Albany Rural Cemetery. Cygnus mansuetus (Domestic Swan) of Europe. From Wau. Newcoms, Johnsonville, N. Y. / From Wm. Newcomp, M. D., Cornell University. Anastoma ringens Lam., from the Tocantine District, Brazil. From Trmpie Pris, New York. Fifteen additional species (106 species previously reported) of the suite of type specimens_of the Mollusca of Long Island, of the list of Sanderson Smith and Temple Prime, given in the Annals of the Lyceum of Nat. Hist. of N. Y., vol. 1X, 1870, viz. : Me Sereg71d SMP. . 2.1... ee we Coney Island. TO er ar See ee East Hampton. suachera costaia Gould .......-...--.2+-.+-4 East Hampton. Meee Lin... . 2. eo. ee ee ees Greenport. Hulima oleacea Kurtz & Stimp................ Greenport. Chemnitzia producia Stimp ........2-. 060. eee Greenport. Chemnitzra bisuturalis Stimp..........-...-... Lloyd’s Harbor. Metre PUSUNG BAY... 2... cee ccc ee ees Greenport. Buconum plicosum Menke .....5......... 0005 Greenport. Columbella Gouldiana Agas....... ccc cece eens Greenport. Pleurotoma cinerum Kurtz & Stimp............ Greenport. 2 18 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. Actewon punctostriata Stimp...............5. ... Lloyd’s Harbor. Hela cellaria Mull. osc. va. ne lik eG an caer Astoria. Ee UDe LOTILCULIE AYN cae, cick None Huntington. Weriigo OUGTE Bays She Se el ew eee Centreport. II. By Purchase. From the Grpuarp CoLLEctIon. Shell of Galapagos turtle (Zestudo elephantopus). Carapace of snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina Schw.). A pair of moose horns (Cervus alces Linn.).’ An elk horn (Cervus Canadensis). Two pairs of horns of red deer (Cervus Virgeneanus Gmel.). A horn of red deer imbedded in a tree trunk. | Skull and horns of mountain sheep (Oves montana). Skull and horns of common sheep (Ovés aves). Vertebree and other bones of rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus Linn.). Il. TO THE BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT. From Miss M. L. Wiuson, Buffalo, N. Y. Hight species of Lichens. From H. Gitiman, Detroit, Mich. Three species Flowering Plants and two of rare Ferns. From 8. N. Cowuszs, Otiseo, N. Y. Two species of Flowering Plants, one of them new to the State. From J. S. Merriam, New York city. Six species of Plants, five of them new to the State. From E. C. Hows, M. D., Yonkers, N. Y. Six species of Plants, five new to the State. From H. W. Youne, Aqueboque, L. I. Nine species of Plants, four new to the State and six new to the Herbarium. | \ From E. 8. Mittrr, Wading River, L. I. Twenty-two species of Plants, three new to the State and five new to the Herbarium, ADDITIONS TO THE MuseEvum. | 19 From H. Witiry, New Bedford, Mass. ‘Twenty-six species of Lichens, seven of which are new to the State. From W. R. Grrarp, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. F ourteen species of Fungi, twelve new to the State and five new species. From Hon. G. W. Crinron, Buffalo, N. Y. Twenty-eight species of Plants, nearly all Fungi, and all new to the State ; nine are new species. mi 10 THE GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL DEPARTMENTS. I, By Donation. From. Col. T. J. Parxer, Gowanda, N. Y. Sandstone from the Chemung Group, ae Spirifera ver- neu. From L. W. Nicuots, Troy, N. Y., through T. L. Hartson. Specimens of Luculites ovatus Say and of Cyprina——? from Cretaceous beds on the Missouri river in Dakota. From Cuaries Van Benruoysen, Albany, N. Y. Infusible material resulting from the reduction of Split Rock Tron Ore, taken from the Corning Blast Furnace in January, 1872. From W. C. H. Suzerman, Newburgh, N. Y. Polished Iron Ore (Slikensides), from the Forest-of-Dean Mine. From Wm. H. Bogart, Aurora, N. Y. Orthoceratites, from the Hamilton Group, Aurora, N. Y. ~ From Lous Bauuin, Albany, N. Y. Calcareous tufa, from the Hartz mountains, near Elrich, Prussia.. From Brnys. Rurrner, Carlyle, Clinton Co., II. Bloek Coal, from a deposit covering one thousand acres to the depth of fourteen to twenty-one feet, in Lincoln county, Missouri. From Mrs. Jerumiay Van Renssevarr, through T. L. Hartson, Esq. A collection of Minerals, Rock Specimens, Fossils, ete., made by Dr. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer. | 20 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. From D. Mintuorn, Watertown, N. Y. — Granites from quarries at Gouverneur, N. Y. From Amasa J. Parker, Jr. Albany, N. Y. Two blocks of cannel coal from Pennsylvania, containing plant mains. From Gero. R. Howe, N. Y. State Library. © Crystallized Pig-iron, from the Franklinite Iron Ore, Franklin far- nace, Sussex county, N. J. From Henry A. Homes, N. Y. State Library. Feldspar, Shinnecock Hills, Suffolk county, N. Y.; Magnetite, locality ¢ Red Oxide of Zinc; a concretion of singular form, Arkansas; Spirifera, from Lower Carboniferous limestone ; a frag- ment of Star-fish, from the Upper Silurian; Protaster Miltonn, Herefordshire, England. From N. M. Casn, Albany, N. Y. Hematitic Iron Ore, from the Blair Mines, near Newton, N. J. From the Enernerrs oF THE E. R. Brivee. Surface Slate, from Ela’s quarry, Lisbon, Grafton Co., N. H. Gneissoid Granite; Bed-rock from the Pier, New York side of the Hast River bridge; blasted eighty-two feet below high water. Plane of stratification in situ, about 70°. From Watrrer Primer, Glenville, N. Y. A stalagmitic aggregation of particles from the sawing of steel rails at the Bessemer Works, Troy, N. Y. II. By Purchase. Sixty-nine specimens, in bottles, of rock formation and the accom- panying oil, obtained at stated depths trom the surface to the bot- tom (923 feet) of the Gardner well, No. 3, at Shamburg, Penn. (See record accompanying this report.) pat Ty Oe VEEL LIBRARY. I. By Donation. From the Socrery. Sitzungs-Berichte der naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Isis in Dresden. Nos. 7-12. July-December, 1871. ADDITIONS To THE MuSsEvU™M. 21 From the Soctrrty. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. Tome XL, No. 4, 1867; Tome XLI, No. 4, 1868; Tome XLIII, Nos. 8et4, 1870; Tome XLIV, Nos. 1, 2, 3 et 4, 1871; Tome XLV, No. 1, 1872. Moscou, 1867-72. 6 octavo pamph. Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. Tome XIII, Livraison III. Moscou, 1871. Quarto pamph. 3 From the Socterry. Catalogue de la Bibliotheque de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg. 1870. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 46. From the Soctery. Schriften der Koniglichen Physikalisch-okénomischen Gesellschaft _ zu Konigsberg. Zehnter & Hilfter Jarhgangs, 1869, 1870. Quarto. From the Avurnor, through Prof. Jamus Hatt. I. Réapparition du genre Arethusina arr. (une planche). Il. Faune Silurienne des Environs de Hof, en Baviére (une planche). Par Joachim Barrande. Decembre, 1868. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 110. Défense des.Colonies, III. Etude générale sur nos étages G—H avec application spéciale aux environs de Hlubocep, pres Prague. Par Joachim Barrande. Paris, Mars, 1865. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 367. From the Aurgor, through J. C. Brevoorr. Monographie des Poissons de Cuba compris dans la sous-famille des Sparini. Par Felipe Poey. Salem, 1872. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 171-184 of Annals of the Lyceum of Nat. Hist. of N. Y. Genres des Poissons de la faune de Cuba appartenant 4 la famille Prrow2. Par Felipe Poey. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 27-79 of Vol. X of Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. From the Socrrry. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de L’Yonne. Années, 1871, 1872; 25° vol., 26° vol. Paris, 1872, 1873. From the Soctzry. Bericht iiber die Thatigkeit der St. Gallischen naturwissenschaft- lichen Gesellschaft wahrend des Vereinsjahres, 1871-72. St. Gallen, 1872. > 92 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. From the AuTHoR. Descriptions of new species of Crinoidea from the Carboniferous rocks — of the Mississippi valley. By James Hall. [From the Jour. Bost. . Soe. Nat. Hist., January, 1861.] Pamph., 8vo., pp. 261-328, with 7 shaioeraphit! plates. Descriptions of new species of Crinoidea from invoutigeniens of the Iowa Geological survey. Preliminary notice. By James Hall. Albany, February, 1861. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 18. Descriptions of some new species of Crinoidea and other Fossils from the Lower Silurian strata of the age of the Hudson River Group and Trenton Limestone. By James Hall. November, 1866. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 17, 2 plates. | Descriptions of some new species of Fossils from the shales of the Hudson River Group, in the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio. By James Hall. October, 1871. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 8, 2 plates. Notes on some new or imperfectly known forms among the Bra- chiopoda, ete. By James Hall. March, 1871. Reprinted with Explanation of Figures, March, 1872. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 8 with a plate. Reply to a “Note on a Question of Priority.”” By James Hall. - August, 1872. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 5. | ; On the Silurians of the United States. By Prof. James Hall. From the Geological Magazine [London], Vol. IX, No. 11. November, 1872. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 4. From the Autuors. Descriptions of new species of Fossils from the vivinity of Lonis- ville, Kentucky, and the Falls of Ohio, from the collection of Dr. James Knapp, of Louisville. By James Hall and R. P. Whitfield. May, 1872, June, 1872 (two papers). Pamph., 8vo., pp. 7, pp. 18. Descriptions of new species of Fossils from the Devonian rocks of Iowa, with a preliminary note on the formations. By James Hall and R. P. Whitfield. Albany, July, 1872. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 21, plates 4. From Hon. Ezra Cornett, Ithaca. N.Y. The Cornell University Register, 1871-72. Ithaca, 1872. Pamph., 12 mo., pp. 182. ADDITIONS To THE MusEvum. ee ao From T. L. Harison, Albany, Ny Transactions of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society. Vol. XXX, 1870. Albany, 1872. From the SmirusoniAn INstTITUTION. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti- tution, for the year 1870. Washington, 1871. From Brig.-Gen. AtBurt J. Mryur, Chief Signal Officer, U.S. A. Three copies of the tri-daily War Department Weather Map, and three copies of the tri-daily Bulletin, for May 22d, 1872. From Atrrep T. Turner, Boston, Mass. fi aditor of Accounts’ Annual Report of the Receipts and Expendi- tures of the City of Boston and the County of Suffolk. Hight Volumes, for the following years: 1860-61, 1861-62, 1863-64, 1866-67, 1868-69, 1869-70, 1870-71, 1871-72. From the Recents or tHE Universiry. Catalogue of the New York State Library, 1872. Subject-Index of the General Library. Albany, 1872. Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Annual Reports of the Trustees of the New York State Library. Albany, 1871 and 1872. Pamphlets. Meteorological Observations made under instructions from the Regents of the University at sundry stations in the State of New York, from 1850 to 1863 inclusive. Prepared by Franklin B. Hough. Albany, 1872. Quarto. From the AvrHor. Report of the Botanist [of the N. Y. State Museum]. Charles H. Peck. Albany, 1872. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 111, plates 6. From the AurHor. Entomological Contributions. By J. A. Lintner. Albany, 1872. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 90, plates 2. Entomological Contributions, No. 2. By J. A. Lintner. Albany, 1872. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 66. From Henry Gaturen, Albany, N. Y. Annual Reports of the Comptroller of the State of New York for the years 1865-1872. Hight pamphlets. 94 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE SIATE MUSEUM. From the AvTHors. Remarks on the Genera Trimerella, Dinobolus and Monomerella. By Thomas Davidson, F. R. 8., F. G. S., ete., and William King, Se. D. From the Geological Magazine [London], Vol. 1X, No. 10. October, 1872. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 4. From E. R. pe Travtverter, Directeur. : Bulletin de la Jardin Impérial de Botanique, St. Pétersbourg. Tome 1, 1871. Pamph., 8vo., pp. 164. II. By Purchase. | The American Journal of Science and Arts. New Haven, Conn., 1872. Third Series. Vol. III, Nos. 18, 15, 16,17, 18; Vol. IV, Nos. 20, 22, 23, 24. The American Naturalist. Salem, Mass., 1872. Vol. VI. United States Railroad and Mining Register. Philadelphia, 1872. Vol. XVI. Folio. Gazetteer of the State of New York. By Franklin B. Hough, A. M., M.D. Albany, 1872. 8vo. Uber Cystideen eingeleitet durch die entwicklung der eigenthiim- lichkeiten von Caryocrinus ornatus Say. von Leopold von Buch. Berlin, 1845. Pamph. Quarto, pp. 28, plates 2. Hssai sur le Systeme Silurien de L’Amerique Septentrionale. Par F. de Castelnau. Paris, 1848. Quarto, pp. 56. Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, publies par les Profes- seurs-Administrateurs de cet Etablissement. Tomes 1-10. Paris, 1839-1861. 10 vols., quarto. Nouvelles Archives du Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, ete. Tomes, 1-7. Paris, 1865-1871. 7 vols., quarto. | Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique par Le Dr. J.C. Chenu. Paris, 1859 and 1862. 2 vols., octavo. Traité de Paléontologie Végétale on la Flore du Monde Primitif dans ses Rapports avec les Formations Geologiques et la Flora du Monde Actuel, par W. Ph. Schimper. 3 vols. (one unpublished), avec un Atlas de 100 Planches. Paris, 1869-1872. Quarto. V. MISCELLANEOUS. From T. R. Rawison, Albany, N. Y. A portable foot-stove or fire-pan, formerly used in churches before the introduction of heating apparatus. ADDITIONS TO THE MuSEUM. 945 From Wm. J. McAtrinz, Albany, N. Y. Sectional portion of a pine water-pipe, taken up from Broadway, Albany, opposite the Delavan House, in a remarkable state of pre- _ servation, after a burial of nearly one hundred years. From Joun L. Coon, Albany, N. Y. Piece of an Elm Tree which stood upon the site of the New Capitol at Albany; and piece of a horse-chestnut tree which stood on the present site of Geological and Agricultural Hall. ot inte ne! Bs As 10. 11. LIST OF IRON ORES IN THE ECONOMIC COLLECTION OF THE N. Y. STATE MUSEUM. . Magnetic Iron Ore. A block, 14x9x9 in. Smith Ore Bed, Moriah, Essex county, N. Y.. . Magnetic Iron Ore. A mass, 18x7x12 in. Fort Ann, N. Y., near Comstock’s Landing. From Lewis H. Roe, Westport, mY: . Franklinite. A mass, 16x8x7 in. Essex county, N. J. Donor unknown. . Magnetic Iron Ore. A mass, 16x12x15. New Bed, Moriah, N. Y. From Sherman, Witherbee & Co. . Magnetic Iron Ore, with Feldspar. A block, 17x8x8 in. French Mountain, Warren county, N. Y. From J. L. & A. Randall, Albany. . Magnetic Iron Ore, with Feldspar. A block, 8x9x9 in. French Mountain, Warren county, N. Y. From J. L. & A. Randall, Albany. . Magnetic Iron Ore. A block, 13x9x10in. Adirondack Mines, Essex county, .N. Y. . Magnetic Iron Ore. A block, 14x9x8in. Adirondack Mines, Essex county, N. Y. . Magnetic Iron Ore. A block, 15x4%x5in. Adirondack Mines, Essex county, N. Y. Magnetic Iron Ore. A block, 9x5x8 in. Old Bed, Moriah, Essex county, N. Y. Hornblende, etc. A piece of veinstone, 12x10x15in. Cheever Ore Bed, Port Henry, Essex county, N. Y. Collection of Prof. James Hall. 28 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. iis 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 26. Gi a ie 8) Ban t.792% hee a TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. Magnetic Iron Ore. A block, 12x10x10 in. Locality and ° donor unknown. Magnetic Iron Ore. A block, 12x9x11in. Port Dunk, near Fort Ann, N. Y. From Sanford R. Potter, Fort Edward, N.Y: : ; Magnetic Iron Ore. A block, 11x9x11 in. Port Dunk. From Sanford R. Potter, Fort Edward, N. Y. Magnetic Iron Ore. A block,18x11x5in. Port Dunk. From Sanford R. Potter, Fort Edward, N. Y. Magnetic Iron Ore. A block, 14x7x8in. Port Dunk. From | Sanford R. Potter, Fort Edward, N. Y. Banded Gneiss. A block, 15x7x13 in. Essex county, N. Y. Collection of Prof. James Hall. Magnetic Iron Ore. A block, 8x6x6 in. Locality and donor unknown. | Magnetic Iron Ore. A block, 18x9x8in. Cheever Ore Bed, Port Henry, N. Y. From,the Cheever Ore Bed Company. Magnetic Iron Ore. A mass,17x11x9in. Locality and donor unknown. Magnetic Iron Ore. A mass, 13x9x8in. Locality and donor unknown. Magnetic Iron Ore. A block, 18x6x10in. Old Bed, Moriah, Essex county, N. Y. From Sherman, Witherbee & Co. Magnetic Iron Ore. A block, 11X7x7 in. Clinton county, N. Y. From Hon. Smith M. Weed, Plattsburgh, N. Y. Red Hematite. A block, 15x13x6 in. Clinton, Oneida county, N. Y. . Magnetic Iron Ore. A mass, 21x17x11in. From Thomas H. Oram, Superintendent of Forest-of-Dean Iron Ore Company, Fort Montgomery, Orange county, N. Y. Polished Iron Ore. Slickensides. Two pieces, 15X12 and 13 x 10. Lake Superior Mine, Marquette county, Mich. From Lewis H. Morgan, Rochester, N. Y. 91. 28. 29. 30. dl. 33. 4. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. List oF IRoNn ORES IN THE HCONOMIC COLLECTION. 99 Slate Iron Ore. A block, 10x3x10 in., with piece of accom- panying rock, 15x12in. Lake Superior Mine, Mich. From L. H. Morgan, Rochester, N. Y. Specular Iron Ore. A block,19x5x11in. Washington Mine, Lake Superior. From L. H. Morgan, Rochester, N. Y. Granular Iron Ore. Two blocks, 18x6x11 and 9x3x7 in. Lake Superior Mine, Mich. From L. H. Morgan. Slate Iron Ore. Two blocks, 7x4x8 and 12x5x5in. Cham- pion Mine, Marquette county, Mich. From L. H. Morgan. Magnetic Granular Iron Ore. A mass, 15x11x11in. Wash- ington Mine, Marquette county, Mich. From L. H. Morgan. . Magnetic Granular Iron Ore. A block, 14x7x11 in. Cham- pion Mine, Mich. From L. H. Morgan. Silicious Iron Ore. A block, 22X13X17 in., striped with red jasper, weighing about four hundred pounds. Marquette county, Mich. Collection of Prof. James Hall, in 1870. Magnetic Iron Ore. A block, 9x9x8 in. Champion Mine, Marquette county, Mich. Collection of Prof. James Hall, 1870. 7 Specular Iron Ore. A block, 16x8x5 in. Same locality and vein as No. 34. Collection of Prof. James Hall, 1870. Magnetic Iron Ore. > >>> >> b> b> b> b> bP b> bbb ebb bb bb bb Hygrophorus chlorophanus LY. Marasmius umbonatus P&. M. semivelutipes Px. M. languidus /7. Lentinus hematopus Berk. L. vulpinus 77, L. tigrinus /7, Boletus vermiculosus P2. B, castaneus Bull. B. affinis Pk. B. separans Pk. Boletus modestus P2. Polyporus picipes P&. Merulius lacrymans /7. Hydnum strigosum Swartz. Craterellus czespitosus Pk. Thelephora pedicellata Schw. Clavaria rufescens Scheff. C. clavata Pk. Tremella albida Huds. E. colorata Pk. Stereum frustulosum /7. Corynites Ravenelii Berk. _Cryptosporium Scirpi P&. Gelatinosporium abietinum PA. G. betulinum P&. Spheeronema ceespitosum Pk. S. truncatum /7. a, minutissinum P&. 5. pallidum ser: S. Magnolize Pz. Acrospermum compressum Zode. Spheropsis Platani PA. S. linearis Pk. Q Sr quercina P&. - S... Perigarpii Pd. 8. Malorum Berk. _Hendersonia Robinize West. i. > Sambuct 2 Diplodia Lignicola P&. D. _petiolaris Pe. iD: valsoides Pk. Darluca filam Cast. Septoria salicina P&. S. ochroleuca B. & C. S. acerina Pk. Ss. mirabilis P&. Dinemasporium Graminum Lev. 1: Herbarum Cooke: Micropera Drupacearum Zev. Cheirospora botryospora F7. Stilbospora Staphylese Schw. a ah a le ee ee a ee ee REPORT OF THE BOTANIST. Al Cytispora fugax /7. me. chrysosperma /7. ~ Torula alnea P&. Sporidesmium moriforme PA. Reestelia aurantiaca Pk. AXcidium Convallarize Schum. AA. Gerardiz P&. Ak. Calthe Grev. AA. crassum Pers. Uredo Ledicola Pk. Gymnosporangium Juniperi £7. G. clavipes C. & P. Urocystis occulta Preuss. U. pusilla C. & P. Cystopus cubicus Sz. Puecinia obtecta Pk. arundinacea [edw. linearis Pk. Polygonorum Lk. angustata P&. Lychnidearum Lk. variabilis Grev. pulchella Ph. Myrrhis Schw. Prunorum Zk. Menthe Pers. Caricis DC. Lobeliz Gerard. romyces triquetra Cooke. Euphorbie 0. & P. Sparganii C. & P. pyriformis Cooke. Protomyces Erythronii Pz. Gymnosporium arundinis Cd. Stilbum tomentosum Schrad. Atractium flammeum B. & R. Fusarium lateritium WVees. oe. ‘roseum Zk. Ilosporium roseum F?. Periconia Azaleze Pk. ‘Streptothrix abietina Pd. Sa al Macrosporium Chartarum PA. Clasterisporium caricinum Schw. C. pedunculatuin PA. Oidium simile Berk. ©. monilioides /7. Cladosporium epiphyllum ees. Zygodesmus fuseus Cd. Z. olivaceus BL. & C. Ascophora Mucedo Tode. Myrothecium Fungicola Pk. Uncinula circinata C. & P. U. Ampelopsidis P&. iw macrospora Pk. 130 Clintonii P&. U. flexuosa PA. Microsphera diffusa C. & P. extensa C. & P. M densissima Schw. M. Hedwigii Lev. M. Dubyi Lev. M M. = holosericea Lev. pulchra C. & P. Spherotheca Castagnei Lev. D. pruinosa 0. & P. Podosphera biuncinata C. & P. ‘Erysiphe Martii Zé. Eurotium Herbariorum Lé. Onygena equina Pers. Geoglossum simile P&. G. glutinosum Pers. Vibrissea Truncorum /7. We lutea P&. Peziza vesiculosa Bull. lacerata C. & P. subochracea (1. & P. Resinee (7. nigrella Pers. theleboloides A. & S. leucoloma feb. badia Pers. stercorea Pers. eee ee re oe 49 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. Peziza nivea F7. an coronata Bull. P. Kalmiz Pe. i. Solenia PA. P. vineta C. & P. Helotium epiphyllum #7. Bulgaria inquinans /7. Patellaria indigotica C. & P. Nodularia Acericola P&. Cenangium seriatim Fr. C. Cephalanthi Schw. Dothidea Kalmize PA. D. erystallophora B. & C. Stictis radiata /7. Rhytisma lineare P&. Rk. Andromede /7. Rhytisma [licis-Canadensis Schw. Hysterium commune /7. H. — petiolare £7. EL. tortile Schw. ET. ilicinum De Wot. - Hypocrea gelatinosa /7. Nectria inaurata B. & Br. Torrubia ophioglossoides TZ’. Xylaria filiformis A. & S. Xx. acuta Pk. Hypoxylon vernicosum Schw. i, atropurpureum /7, Melanconis elliptica Pé. Diatrype discreta Schw. Ds betulina Pd. DNANDANDRARDDNNMNMNNRNRDAddddqq Lower HEeELDERBERG BRYOZOA AND CORALS. 107 surface between the rows of cells. Well preserved specimens from Catskill creek show a short spine at the lower end of the celi aper- ture; a feature not observed in other localities. Formation and locality—In the shaly limestones of the Lower Helderberg group, near Clarksville, Albany county, New York. PALESCHARA Wow. Gen. Bryozoum parasitic, or free, forming incrustations upon the sur- faces of other fossils, or in independent frondose expansions. Surface with polygonal cellules, separated by thin solid walls; without evi- dence of rays or transverse septa. The mode of growth is not dissimilar from that of a recent Flustra - in its earlier stages, but the cells are less regularly arranged and the whole has a stronger and firmer aspect. PALESCHARA INCRUSTANS 7. Sp. Bryozoum growing in flustra-like expansions, incrusting shells and other bodies; sometimes more than an eighth of an inch in thick- ness from additions of growth. Cell apertures moderately large, polygonal; five to seven in the space of one-tenth of an inch; walls thick, their margins elevated at the angles of the cell apertures into obtuse projections, which are not sufficiently long to be characterized as spines. Sometimes the surface exhibits macule of larger cells; but this feature is obscure. — The general expression of this Bryozoan is that of a Flustra; the the cells are very similar to some forms of Chetetes; but no trans- verse partitions have been discovered. formation and locality.—In the shaly limestones of the Lower Helderberg group, near Clarksville, Albany county, New York. PALESCHARA BIFOLIATA 7. Sp. Bryozoum growing in broad, spreading fronds, or thin expansions, celluliferous on one or both sides, with an epithecal crust forming the base of the cells. The same or similar epithecal expansions may be found incrusting other substances. Surface of the frond covered with small, closely arranged, slightly elevated macule, formed of larger cells, with thicker walls than those dividing the ordinary cells. Cells polygonal, often slightly-elongated hexagons, in undulating or tortuous lines or irregularly disposed ; cells rectangular to the plane of the frond or slightly inclined ; without transverse plates, walls thin. ~~ 108 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. Macule distant from each other two to three times their own diameter. Thickness of the frond two to three-hundredths of an inch when single; width in one specimen more than an inch and a half. Seven to nine cells in one-tenth of an inch between the maculee. : This species resembles some of the so-called Cheetetes of the Hud- son river formation of Cincinnati, Ohio. In the cell arrangement and the macula it may be compared with C. pavonia of D’Qrb.; but the expansions are never so thick as in that one, though sometimes occurring double. Formation and locality.—In the shaly limestone of the Lower Helderberg greup, Schoharie, New York. ' Genus CERAMOPORA Aall. CERAMOPORA MACULATA 7. Sp. Bry.ozoum growing in thin disc-like expansions, incrusting shells and other bodies, or free; with a wrinkled epithecal crust beneath ; © flat or depressed on the upper side. Disc covered with larger and smaller polygonal pores, the larger ones forming macule at irregular distances, and often formed by the union of two or three ‘smaller cells. The cells radiate from the center, their apertures directed towards the margin of the disc, a little elongate, with the walls slightly elevated at the angles, forming angular projections. In small specimens the apertures are more elongate; and in the very young condition, where the cells are just forming on surfaces, they are extremely elongate with the posterior portion of the aperture — hooded, and having an indistinct radiation from each of the macule. This character becomes obscured in older specimens from the bend- ing upwards of the cells in the process of growth. Discs from one-fourth of an inch to one inch and a half, or more, in diameter; the thickness in larger specimens an eighth of an inch. Between the maculee about five cells occupy a tenth of an inch. | This species resembles C. ¢mbricata of the Niagara limestone, but — differs in the less distinctly hooded apertures, the macule more obscure and less strongly divided and radiate, and it also grows much larger. Formation and locality.—In shaly limestones of the Lower Hel- derberg group, near Clarksville, Albany county, and at Schoharie, New York. beaks btaeh LoweER HELDERBERG BRYOZOA AND CORALS. 109 CrrAMOPORA (BERENICEA) MAXIMA 2. sp. Bryozoum of a depressed convex form, composed of cells which radiate from the center of the disc, and open laterally, inclined at an angle of about forty-five degrees to the plane of the disc near the center, and becoming more prone as they approach the margin. Cell apertures irregularly hexagonal, somewhat elongated from the projection of the anterior or lower margin; diameter of the opening about one-twentieth of an inch; cell walls thick, obscurely striate inside, their margins at the angles of the cells prolonged in a spine- like process. Under surface unknown. The single specimen found, measures nearly three-fourths of an inch ' in diameter. It has the general features of those Paleozoic species usually referred to Berenicea, but is much larger than the usual size of those. It resembles a Michelina with very small pores; but on examination its characters are more of a Bryozoan, especially the projections at the angles of the cell walls. Formation and locality.—In the shaly limestone of the Lower Helderberg group, at Schoharie, New York. VERMIPORA Wov. Gen. Bryozoum growing in ramose branches, which are composed of small cell tubes, growing upon each other side by side, without intertubular or cellulose substance, and destitute of rays, or trans- verse partitions within the tubes. Tubes rising from the center of the branch, gradually diverging, and opening upwards on the exte- rior surface; each tube forming the apex of the branch at the time of its origin, and giving place to succeeding cells in its diverging outward. The Bryozoans referred to this genus are ramose branches, formed by the union of serpula-like tubes, cemented upon each other,* their apertures directed upwards and opening on the side of the branch, increasing in size with the increased diameter of the branch. There are no new cells formed by interstitial additions, the increased size of branch being dependent on the increased size of the tubes themselves. In a transverse section the appearance is of a bundle of compressed tubes, cemented together; the floor of the outer ones being formed by the exterior walls of the two just beneath it, and between which it has been formed. Of this peculiar type of Bryo- zoans we know yet of but two species, one of which is in the Upper Helderberg limestone. . 110 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. ‘VV ERMIPORA SERPULOIDES 7. Sp. Bryozoum growing in strong ramose branches, with -widely-diverg- ing bifurcations: branches often one-fourth of an inch in diameter, rapidly decreasing in size at the bifurcations, composed of long, slender tubes, which gradually diverge from the axis to the exterior of the branch. Tubes flexuose, compressed, smooth on the exterior, or with corrugations of growth; gradually increasing in size upward. Apertures opening rectangularly to the axis (when entire), their greatest diameter about three hundredths of an inch, and with about an eighth of an inch of their length exposed, on branches which are one-fourth of an inch in diameter. Lormation and locality. —In limestone of the Lower Helden ecnp, at Schoharie, New York. Genus AULOPORA. Goldf. AvuLoPoRA SCHOHARIE 7. sp. Cells tubular, elongate, cylindrical or gradually enlarging to the aperture, frequently budding in a direct line, including an angle of about eighty degrees, varying somewhat in different specimens: apertures large, circular, opening upward, or directed slightly for- ward; walls thin, not striate within; exterior of the tubes smooth - or with transverse wrinkles of growth. Length of cell tubes about one-fourth of an inch; diameter of aperture five-hundredths of an inch; greatest diameter of tube one-third greater than that of the cell apertures; diameter of the posterior extremity of tube equal to one-half that of the aperture. This species is much smaller than that in the’ Hamilton group referred to A. tubweformis Gold.; it corresponds more nearly in size to A. serpens var. minor Gold. .. in Petref. Germ., p. 82, pl. 29, f.1b.; but is larger than the figure; the extremities of the tubes are more unequal, and the mode of erowth and bifurcation differ. Formation and locality.—In the shaly limestones of the Lower Helderberg group, at Schoharie, New York. Genus CHATETES /ischer. Cuazretes HELDERBERGIA 1. sp. Bryozoum growing in strong, ramose branches, or palmate fronds ; the diameter of the branches sometimes five-eighth’ of an inch, and , : : ta Lower HELDERBERG BRYOZOA AND CORALS. lll the fronds several inches in length. Cell tubes polygonal, very long and slender, rising from the center of the branch and gradually curving outward to the surface; increased by interstitial additions ; diameter of the cells at the surface of the branch about a hundredth of an inch. Transverse floors or partitions distant in the lower part of the tube, becoming more numerous towards the outer end, and near the surface the distance from each other is less than the diame- ter of the tube. In well preserved silicified specimens the cell walls on the surface are comparatively thick, the margins slightly elevated at the junc- tion of cells, but not spine-like, the young cells appearing in the angles; in the interior of the branches the cell walls are obliquely corrugated. No macule have been seen on the branches. This is a beautiful and not uncommon species. Formation and locality.—In the shaly limestones of the Lower Helderberg group, at Catskill creek, near Clarksville, and at Scho- harie, New York. , | CHAETETES SPHERICA 7. Sp. Bryozoum growing in large convex or hemispherical masses, com- posed of cell tubes radiating from within and diverging more rapidly as they approach the surface of the mass. Tubes small, polygonal, increased by interstitial additions; transverse partitions three, four or more times the diameter of the tube; cell walls very thin and corrugated. The surface of the mass is marked by macule, situ- ated about a fourth of an inch from centre to centre, composed of cells which are about twice the size of the intermediate cells; the addition of new cells mostly takes place within the macula. About eight of the intermediate cells occupy the space of a tenth of an inch. This species grows in very convex masses of sometimes four or more inches in diameter. On cursory observation it has the appear- ance of Havosites conica, with which it is associated, but it is com- posed of smaller tubes which are destitute of intereommunicating pores, and the transverse plates are more distinct, while also the maculated surface distinguishes the species. Formation and locality.—In shaly limestones of the Lower Hel- derberg group, near Clarksville, and on Catskill creek. Genus FAVOSITES Zam. Favosrres HeLpErBerGLe n. sp. Corallum growing in large, lenticular, depressed-convex or hemi- spherical masses, with a wrinkled epithecal surface on the under side 112 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. when perfect. Cell tubes averaging one-twentieth of an inch, poly- gonal, their inner surface showing evidence of a few strong longitudi- nal strie; the walls rather thin, but greatly increasing by silicifica- tion; the sides perforated by a single row of medium sized pores communicating with the adjacent cells; transverse partitions numer- — ous, one, two, or sometimes three in a space equal to the diameter of the tube, the margins bent downwards at the junction with the cell- walls, and often perforated in one of the depressions. In many specimens, « few of the cell-tubes are larger than those surrounding them, measuring about one-sixteenth of an inch, with thicker walls, and being less angular. A single specimen from Coeymans’ Landing has slightly larger tubes on one portion, while in all the rest the cells have the ordinary characters. The longitudinal striz seen on some silicified specimens are not constant, and are not seen on calcareous specimens, and may be a fea- ture produced in the process of silicification. | This species differs from the Upper Helderberg form known as J. » basaltcca in the smaller tubes and more closely arranged partitions. formation and locality.—In the shaly limestones of the Lower Helderberg group, near Olarksville, Albany county. It is here found weathered out from the rock and silicified, frequently in masses of a foot or more in diameter. Smaller specimens of what appear to be the same or a closely allied form occur at Cole’s quarry, in Herkimer county, New York. F'AVOSITES CONICA 7. Sp. Coral forming conical masses, flattened at the base, composed of moderately large, strongly diverging, polygonal cells, curving more abruptly towards the surface of the mass; dividing walls thin, per- forated by large, round, intercellular pores in one, two, or sometimes three series: those series which consist of a single range have the pores vertical one above the other; in the series of two ranges, they generally alternate with each other; where there are a greater num- ber, the pores are irregularly disposed : margins of pores are usually slightly thickened. Transverse partitions closely arranged, two or three in a distance equal to the diameter of the tube. Tubes very variable in size and shape, some being not more than four-hun- dredths of an inch in diameter, while many are an eighth of an inch ; the larger cells are six or more sided, the smaller cells four or five sided, or triangular, a feature not common in Favosites; but the triangular cells are usually small and near the base and soon become pentagonal from the truncation of two of the angles. LoweER HELDERBERG BRYOZOA AND CORALS. 1138 ’ The conical form of the specimens, and the inequality of the cells, distinguish this species from every other known Favosites. The speci- mens are usually from one inch to nearly three inches in diameter. Formation and locality.—In the shaly limestone of the Lower Helderberg group, near Clarksville, Albany county, New York. Favosires? MINIMA 7”. sp. Coral forming globose or compressed globose bodies, composed of minute radiating cells, about two-hundredths of an inch in diameter ; having comparatively thicks walls which are perforated at regular distances by large pores, distant from each other less than the diame- ter of the tube, a single series on each face of the tube. Transverse plates rather closely arranged. From the globular form of this small species and where the exter- nal characters are obscured by shale, it may be mistaken for the spe- cies of Astylospongia found in the same rocks. From the extreme tenuity of the tubes it presents the appearance of Cheetetes, but par- tially decomposed specimens from Catskill creek show very beautifully the casts of the intercellular pores connecting the different tubes. The original cells were probably formed upon some foreign substance, but from their rapid growth and curvature they soon close around and form spherical bodies generally a little distorted. Specimens an inch and a half or less in diameter. Formation and locality.—In the shaly limestones of the Lower Helderberg group, near Clarksville, Albany county; and Catskill creek, Greene county, New York. Genus MICHELINA De Koninck. MIcHELINA LENTICULARIS 7. Sp. Coral forming small lenticular bodies, the lower surface the less convex, and covered with a strongly wrinkled epitheca; cells large and few, broadly campanulate, with narrow partition walls strongly marked by granulose or denticulate longitudinal strize, the number varying with the size of the cell. In a specimen of little more than three-fourths of an inch in diam- eter, there are about twelve cells, the larger ones somewhat more than three-tenths of an inch in diameter: the whole height of the specimen is about the same. This is a very small species, seldom attaining a diameter of more than one inch. This character, with the large cells and their strongly granulose striz, are distinctive features. 8 114 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE M USEUM, Formation and locality.—In the shaly limestones of the Lower Helderberg group, near Clarksville, Albany county ; and at Scho- harie, New York. ; 4 Genus STRIATOPORA fall. STRIATOPORA Issa n. 8p. Coral growing in strong ramose branches, with distant bifurca-— tions; branches three-eighths of an inch or more in diameter. Cells” rising from the center of the branch, rapidly increasing in size, and curving outward to the surface; apertures very unequal, polygonal, strongly striated on the inside, the number of strize increasing with the size of the aperture; walls not very thick, perforated by large, round pores situated between the striz, and increasing in number with the increase of striz. The larger cell-apertures somewhat more than a tenth of an inch in diameter. This is the most robust species of this genus yet noticed, and the cells are large in proportion. It ig not a very common form, and is generally found in detached pieces on the weathered surfaces of blocks of limestone. Formation and locality.—In limestones of the Lower Helder- berg group. Genus STREPTELASMA fall. STREPTELASMA (PETRAIA) STRICTA 7. Sp. Cup narrowly turbinate, very gradually and regularly enlarging at an angle of about thirty degrees, straight or slightly curved except the small apex which is sometimes more abruptly bent. Exterior surface strongly and distinctly ribbed longitudinally, and marked with concentric, unequal undulations of growth: longitudi- nal ribs rounded, from forty-five to fifty-five on specimens, at a point where the diameter is half an inch; the increase of ribs or rays taking place usually at three distinet points, but sometimes only at two points. Interior of cup broad and deep, with thin sharp margin; the lamelle not projecting into the cup until near the bottom, but form- ing low, rounded rays, a little stronger than those on the exterior. In a slightly flattened specimen which is one inch by three-fourths of an inch in diameter at the margin, with length which has been about one inch and seven-eighths, the number of rays at the margin is fifty-five; about half of these reach to the center, the other half project only a little beyond the walls at the base of the cup. ; Ture ae - ” : a oe. eee Sat, my Nar cR HELDERBERG BrYozoA AND CORALS. 115 — are smooth on the edge, and strongly granu- the Pixies below, and sometimes more or less twisted in their n to the center, although generally direct; uniting and - near the middle, forming an indistinct plate or reales “The ‘secondary lamelle strongly denticulate on the edge below the rf: face of the other lamella. Fosset obscure or obsolete. is species is distinguished by the rigid straightness of its form, ‘ongly ribbed exterior, and the deep wide cup with undeve- rays or ribs: and in these characters differs from both those of iagara group and also. from those in the higher formations. mation and locality.—In the shaly limestones of the Lower rberg group, at Catskill creek, Greene county; near Clarks- ae county ; at Schoharie, and at numerous other localities i ork. [ON en ae LOWER HELDERBERG BRYOZOA AND CORALS. PAGE. 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