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Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the Condition of The i|g||pi|||||ii|j^ FDWARO M. KINDLE VICTORIA M.MORIAUMU3EUt. OTTAWA, CANADA. -,=ur;i UMITED " 5^. TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL liErORT legtJiite of lite iniuerBitD of the mit of T^eui jjorli, \\ y-- ON THE C0NDITI0SA>S>JCHE A' STATE CABINET OF NATURAL'illSTORl HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN COLLECTION ANNEXED THERETb..> TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISL.WDW^ffARCH 10. 1870. ALBANY: WEED, PARSONS AND COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1873. : STATE OF NEW YORK. No. 133. IN ASSEMBLY, March 10, 1870 TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, ON THE CONDITION OF THE STATE CABINET OF NATURAL HISTORY, AND THE HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN COLLEC- TION ANNEXED THERETO. University of the State of New York: ) Office of the Regents, > Albany, March 10, 1870. ) To the Hon. Williajvi Hitchman, Speaker of the Assembly Sir, —-I have the honor to transmit the Twenty-third Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection annexed thereto. I remain, very respectfully. Your obedient servant, JOHN V. L. PRUYN, Cho/ncellor of the Uni/versity. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY. ( Ex officio Trustees of the State Cabinet of Natural History.) JOHN V. L. PRUYN, LL.D., Chancellor. GULIAN C. VERPLANCK, LL.D., Vice-Chancellor. EX OFFIOIIS. JOHN T. HOFFMAN, Governor. ALLEN C. BEACH, Lieutenant-Governor. HOMER A. NELSON, Secretary of State. ABRAM B. WEAVER, Superintendent op Public Instruction. ERASTUS CORNING, LORENZO BURROWS, PROSPER M. WETMORE, ROBERT S. HALE, GIDEON HAWLEY, LL.D., ELIAS W. LEAVENWORTH, ROBERT CAMPBELL, J. CARSON BREVOORT, ROBERT G. RANKIN, GEORGE R. PERKINS, LL.D., ERASTUS C. BENEDICT, LL.D., ALEXANDER S. JOHNSON, LL.D. GEORGE W. CLINTON, LL.D., GEORGE W. CURTIS, LL.D., ISAAC PARKS, D.D., WILLIAM H. GOODWIN, D.D., JOHN A. GRISWOLD, FRANCIS KERNAN. SAMUEL B. WOOLWORTH, LL.D., Secretak? DANIEL J. PRATT, Assistant Secretary. STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE REGENTS (For the Year 1870), SPECIALLY CHARGED ^VITH THE CARE OF THE STATE CABINET (The Governor.) Mr. HOFFMAN. Mr. CORNING, Mr. WEAVER, Mr. CLINTON, Mr. BREVOORT, Mr. hale, Mr. JOHNSON. CURATOR OF THE STATE CABINET. JAMES HALL, LL.D. : REPORT. To the Hon. the Legislature of the State of New York The Regents of the University, as trustees of the State Cabinet of Natural History, submit this their Twenty-third Annual RejDort. The Report of the Curator, herewith communicated, exhibits gratifying accessions to the Cabinet and improvements in its arrangement, and contains much new and interesting matter touching the Geology and Palaeontology of the State. The Report of the Botanist shows effective devotion to his duties. Three hundred and twelve species of plants, new to the State, and sixty-eight new to science, have been added to the collections. Regions little known to the botanist have been explored, and valuable additions to knowledge have been made. The reputation of the State as a liberal patron of science will be enhanced by continuing to sustain this department. The Cabinet is deficient in collections in Entomology. Mr. Lintner, assistant in the Museum, has devoted such time as could be spared from other duties to this department. The "Entomological Contributions," herewith communicated by him, give proof of his powers of careful observation, and valu- able results are expected from his labors. The contributions of Prof. Hall to Palaeontology are continued. The Cabinet of Natural History was established for the exhi- bition of the natural productions of the State of New York. They cannot all be gathered within a short or prescribed time, nor can we hope to be able to say "the work is finished." The continued aid of all who may be able to contribute to it is invited. viii Twenty-third Report of tre Regents. Thus may the collections be augmented, and the citizens of the State look with pride on the Cabinet, as a repository of what nature has provided in her various departments for their use, as well as an exhibition of the revelations of science. The Eegents are of opinion that the addition of the geologi- cal and palgeontological collections of Prof. James Hall to those of the State is very desirable, for the reasons that they would aid materially in completing the present chronological series of State fossils, and in forming a zoological series, and would enable the State to diffuse knowledge and enrich its Cabinet by exchanges, and to place full series of specimens of the rocks and fossils of New York in every one of the chief seats of learning. The usual statement of receipts and expenditures is herewith communicated. By order of the Regents : JOHN V. L. PRUYN, Chancellor of tlie University. S. B. WooLWORTH, Secretary. ACCOUNT CURllENT, 1868-69 With Appropriation for the State Cabinet of Natural History Dr. To balance from 1867-8 $1,021 21 To appropriation for compensation of Botanist 1,500 00 To appropriation for special increase and preservation of zoological collection (Session Laws of 1868, p. 1941) 1,000 00 To interest on deposits 8 18 To balance of account (deficiency) 769 91 $4,299 30 Cr. By salary of Botanist (one year and one-fourth) $l,87o 00 By salary of Taxidermist 250 00 By additions to zoological collection 1,380 93 By expressage, freight, cartage and postage 132 14 By printing 6 50 By trays for shells 104 50 By glass ware, etc 2 25 By chemicals 180 80 By stationery 11 53 By traveling expenses of Curator 44 40 By traveling expenses of Botanist 311 25 $4,299 30 I have examined the accounts of the Regents of the University as trustees of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the vouchers in support thereof, and find them correct. ALEXANDER S. JOHNSON. Albany, January 7, 1870. [Assem. No. 133.] b APPENDIX. CONTENTS. PAGE (A.) Report of the Curator 5 {B.) Additions to the State Cabinet during the year 1869 17 (0.) Report of the Botanist. C. H. Peck 27 (D.) Entomological Contributions : By J, A. r.iXTNER 137 (E.) On CucuUia intermedia ii. sp. and C. lucifuga W.-V.: By A. Speyek, M. D., 217 [F.) Descriptions of Xew Species of Fossils, from the Devonian Rocks of Iowa : By James Hall and R. P. Whitfield 223 ((?.) Notes on some New or Imperfectly known Forms among the Brachiop'>)da, etc. : By James Hall 244 {H.) Reply to a " Note on a Question of Priority :" By James H^vll 248 (A.) REl'OHT OF THE CURATOll. To the Honorable the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New Torlr. Gentlemen : I have the honor to present to you the following communica- tions regarding the condition of the State Cabinet of I^atural History, with a statement of the work done, and additions made to the Museum in the several departments, during the past year. At the close of last year (1868) I reported to jouv Board tlie changes which had been made on the second and third floors of the Museum, by which we were enabled to make a better classi- fication and more satisfactory exhibition of the collections of the several departments. The cases for the arrangement and exhibition of the Geological and Palfeontological collections, then in progress, have been completed, and the greater part of them have been alread}^ occupied. The collection of Brachio- poda has been increased by a large number of specimens from those described in the fourth volume of the Palaeontology of the State. I shall likewise soon be able to make considerable additions among the other classes of fossils. A series of specimens from the Niagara group, at Waldron, Indiana, has been added to the collection, for the double pur- pose of atfording means of comparison of the fauna of that locality with the fauna of the same horizon in New York, and of illustrating the species described some time since in the Transactions of the Albany Institute. The work of arranging and labeling the duplicate specimens of fossils for distribution has progressed as rapidly as other 6 TwEXTY-TuiRD Report ox the State Cabixet. duties would permit. Although a large part of the fossils of the State had been properly described and named, there still remained an extensive class, the Lamellibranchiata, which had never been critically studied, and the names Avhich they had received were, in many instances, quite nnsatisfactory, or known to be erroneous in their generic reference. Indeed our knowl- edge of the genera and species was such that, without a thorough revision of the whole, it would at this time have been discreditable to the Museum to have distributed them to institu- tions of learning, or to individuals engaged in their study. The revision of these fossils has been progressing the past j^ear, and, b}^ the efficient aid of Mr. R. P. Whitfield, much valuable work has been accomplished and a satisfactory determination made of many of the genera and species. At the same time, the drawing of these shells, for illustrating the Palaeontology of the State, has been ra^^idly progressing.* Tlieir study, moreover, developed the fact, tliat in many respects the museum was very deficient in proper rej)resenta- tives of this group of fossils, and it became imjjerative to increase the collections for the purpose of study and determin- ation of the species. With this object in view, Mr. Whitfield has visited several important localities of the Chemung group, in the southwestern counties of the State, and has obtained valuable collections from the neighborhood of Angelica, Rockville, Hobbieville, Philipsburg, and other places in Alleghany count}^ He has also made valuable and interesting collections from the coarse sandstones and conglomerates of Portville and Ceres, on the south of Olean, and also from near the village of Salamanca, in Cattaraugus county.
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