Cambrian faunas of China

In the first paper on the Cambrian Faunas of China? a historical introduction was given along with a list of the species known at the date of the publication of the paper.During the summer of 1905 a box of fossils, that had been lost, was received in Washington.This material was collected by Mr. Eliot Blackwelder 'under the direction of Mr. Bailey Willis, principally from the provinces of Shen-si and Shan-si.It has afforded a number of new species, but has not added otherwise.materially to our knowledge of the Cambrian faunas of China except in the case of the occurrence of the genus Coscinocyathus.The illustrations for the report on the Cambrian faunas of China, collected by Messrs. Willis and Blackwelder, are now well advanced, and it is anticipated that the full report, including descriptions of genera and species and paleontological correlations.and illustrations, will be published before the close of 1906.When preparing the preliminary notes on the Cambrian faunas of China? in 1905, I_had not noticed that H. Monke had published a paper on the Geology of Shan-tung, and described certain '*' Upper" Cambrian trilobites.°.It was not until February 27, 1906, that the Jahrbuch containing the paper arrived at the United States Geological Survey library.