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th-ioinnn rhnrurter is rertain. The occurrence of the Manogrnptus- >]>I‘t'illle‘ll~. of fragments oi an Encrt‘uurus and of Then-in swinderenana point in that dirt-«lion 0n the other ham] :1 form like our Slenochisma III’CIi'I’I‘I‘IlNl-s‘ m'cliru. shows an extremely nenr relation to S. modulus ll,\1.l. which in New York and New Jersey has its chiel development in the New Scotland and liecratt niemhers at the Lower Heldurherg group. ltl other forms showing more Devonian than Silurian aspects may he mentioned tot-ins like our Pror'lns rind Plalyccms, though somewhat ~tlllttt'tl' torins are lound also in the Silurian Two other Arctic species that prohahly ran he regarded as Devonian types are the Stro- [Illﬂmlullln palarwni unling rind Gi/pitlula coeymanensis prnyuaslim Sunruien'r.

The chief slratigrnphical result of this study is then that a high Art-tiv representative ol :1 lanna known lrom the middle part oi eastern North America is tonnd. thus allowing us also to draw the r ,gion of the sen tor the period ol ttli> horizon nrer Southwestern Ellesmereland,

and in the Character oi the fauna or the me there is no evidence for assuming that shores were, present very near, or that it was not Fully open and salt sea,

Alter the deposition of this series these renditions seem to change.

We :t-t roa er and more exclilsirel' terriirenous tte insits, indiralin'y the i 3 a n

presenrv of land not very tar distant. We may quote Sum tor the description nt these higher hells: “Series B is n\'er|nin, bath in Goose-

[iord and \Yalrndiortt, by Series Ci the tmttnin strata of which consist

ot ntlvrnnte layers ot _-,ht and dark iiinrly shales. partly arenaceous,

whilst its upper >tl'tlttl revent hells of pure ipmrtz sandstuue and argttla- wons sandstones, The total thirkuess ol these strata amounts to atmut C

i-roppt-d out also at the foot of the lolly ptntenu walls at the inner

toot) tot-t in ii||lt\(‘fjl)l'|l, hot is pnssihly thicker at tlell gatin

>ittlltlth ttnltrt- l‘iidel and at “organ (The thistle}, In both these tnrnlilies it is orerlain h_r a dark link-stone and hlnrk shutos. in part abundantly supplimt \\ilh lossits. This lorniation 7 dark limestone and htack stintes 7 t.‘ ttn- lowest in o snaression of strata (series DI. which attain a “lift;- Hess ol lt‘itttl li-i-l. and 1‘I'H[) out in \l‘l‘ttl'tlt sci-lion on both sides of (Ionwtjord. troln liorgt-n to the loot ol \Volt peak (Vargtoppl, and [mm the inner isthmus- to Stony Valley tSkrnhdat) elm".

.\rrordin;.- to the studies tvetore nwntioned nt scan Emmi Mayan \\‘I~ timl \\tttltll this Series I) representatives of dillerent Devonian lnunns. ntt ri-Intrit to New Yorker lnunns nnd ranging from the Lower tlvldt-rln-ri; Ipioluilvty [ruin the middle portion) to tlheinung. According