1898.] iSlotes, 4^ 



leading owing to the incorrect determination of the species. Perhaps it 

 would be better to have said that the list published in 1865, when very 

 little about graptolite species was known as compared with our present- 

 day knowledge, is now found to be misleading in the light of more recent 

 discoveries. Some specimens have been determined by Miss G. Klles of 

 Newnham College. 



From a comparison of the fauna collected in the localities above 

 mentioned, with that obtained at definite and well-known horizons in 

 the sister isle, Mr. Reed has come to the conclusion that four distinct 

 horizons may be traced. The succession of the fossil beds near 

 Tramore is stated to be as follows : — 



(4.) Shales, mudstones, and impure limestone of Newtown Cave 

 ( = greater portion of the Balcletchie Beds). 



(3.) Impure sandy limestone of Tramore bay cliffs, including towards 

 the base the Quilla and Pickardstown beds ( = lower portion of 

 the Balcletchie Beds andportion of the Benan Conglomerate). 



(2.) Black slates of Carrigaghalia ( = Glenkiln shales). 



(i.) Unfossiliferous dark slates. 



The paper is illustrated by numerous sections from the localit}' under 

 examination. 



Henry J. Seymour. 

 Dublin. 



NOTES. 



BOTANY. 



PHANEROGAMS. 



The New Cylt^ele HIbernlca. 



We learn that the new edition of Cybele Hibeniica, the preparation of 

 which has engaged the editors for upw^ards of two years, is now in the 

 press and will be published in a few mouths. This much enlarged second 

 edition, which is founded on the papers of the late Alexander Goodman 

 More, will present many new features, and embody the latest results of 

 botanical exploration in Ireland. The editors are Nathaniel Colgan, 

 M.R.I.A., and Reginald Scally, F.L S., friends of the late A. G. More, 

 and occasional contributors to this Journal. A full prospectus is to 

 appear shortly. 



Early Flowers. 



I observed Sweet-scented Butter-bur {Petasites fragrans) in flower at 

 Windgates, Co. Wicklow, on November 27th, and Lesser Celandine 

 (^Ranunculus Ficaria), near Milltown, Co. Dublin, on December ist. 



Dublin. R. Li/)YD PraEGEr. 



