The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN, 1990, Op. 1609) ruled that A catalogue of the organic remains of the County of Wilts by Benett (1831b) is an available work for the purposes of taxonomic nomenclature. Prior to the ruling, there was some question about the availability of her privately printed catalogue, in which she erected many validly proposed taxa by name and figure or by indication to previously available works. The ICZN Opinion cited the paper by Spamer et al. (1989) as documentation of the taxonomic nomenclature used by Benett and the disposition of her collection in which there is type material for species proposed by her and by other authors.

Dr. E. I. Schornikov (Institute of Marine Biology, Far East Branch, Academy of Sciences of Russia, Vladivostok) has kindly sent comparative specimens informing us that two of our species described from the Gulf of Alaska are junior synonyms of species that Schornikov described in 1974. Leptocythere klutinensis Forester and Brouwers, 1985, p. 364–366, figures 4.1–4.8, 7.6 is a junior synonym of Leptocythere polymorpha Schornikov, 1974, p. 155–157, text-figure 10, Plate 2, figure 3. Cytheromorpha knikensis Forester and Brouwers, 1985, 357–362, figures 5.1–5.8, 6.3–6.6, 7.1–7.2, is a junior synonym of Cytheromorpha lagunae Schornikov, 1974, 153–155, text-figure 9.

Fossil barnacles are poorly known from the West Indies in general and Jamaica in particular. The only records from Jamaica to date have been of occasional balanomorphs collected from Neogene deposits (Newman and Ladd, 1974; Morris, in press). It is therefore significant to report what may be the first fossil lepadomorph from the island, preserved as a scaled peduncle. This is also the oldest known Jamaican, and probably Caribbean, barnacle, coming from the Upper Cretaceous. This specimen was discovered by the junior author in the Geology Museum, University of the West Indies at Mona. Barnacle terminology used herein follows that of Newman et al. (1969).

Retiolitid graptolites are a very common component in Silurian graptolite faunas of the Canadian Arctic, both in flattened form on shale surfaces and in uncompressed form in limestone concretions found in the enclosing shales (Lenz and Melchin, 1987). Upper Wenlock and Ludlow rocks are particularly prolific, having yielded about 20 species of retiolitids to date. One of the collections made during the summer of 1991 was a single piece of talus-derived shale containing 10 complete and slightly fragmented retiolitids. These specimens are morphologically unique, and their description is the purpose of this note.

The 1992 Midyear Meeting of the Council of The Paleontological Society convened at 8:35 am, Saturday, 5 May 1992, in the Geology Department of the University of Iowa. The Society is grateful to Brian Glenister for the arrangements that he and his staff provided the Council.

At its midyear meeting in Iowa City, Iowa, on 5 May 1992, Council of The Paleontological Society selected the following candidates for office from nominees proposed by the Nominating Committee:

President-Elect (1993–1994): Craig C. Black, Los Angeles, CA

Treasurer (1993–1996): Johnny A. Waters, Carrollton, GA

Councilor-at-large under 40 (1993–1995): Dana H. Geary, Madison, WI

At its interim meeting in Iowa City in May 1992, the Paleontological Society Council established the Presidential Citation, which is to be awarded by the President upon approval of the Council. The award is intended to recognize the efforts of people who have gone out of their way to help paleontologists, especially people with little to gain by such assistance.