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Lyons, which has been satisfactorily proved on geological grounds 

 to have been formed since the Tertiary epoch. A list of the 

 moUusca referred to in the paper was given, with critical re- 

 marks, as well as a list of twenty-two species of fish which Dr. 

 Giinther communicated as common to the Japanese Seas and the 

 North Atlantic or Mediterranean. 



After the reading of the paper, Captain St. John was called on 

 by the President, and stated that he hoped in future cruises to be 

 able to obtain further results, and to visit the warm as well as the 

 cold streams. 



Dr. Carpenter, F.E.S., made some general remarks on Ocean- 

 currents, especially with reference to the zones of temperature 

 in the North and South Atlantic. He stated that it has been 

 ascertained that water of 40° F. comes nearer to the surface 

 in the equatorial regions than in the north and south tempe- 

 rate zones. There are, he believes, zones of all temperatures in 

 all deep seas, such as that of 33° F. observed by Capt. St. John 

 between Socotra and the Seychelles. He hoped that Capt. 

 St. John would in his future expeditions be able to obtain a very 

 valuable series of observations of deep-sea temperatures. 



Dr. Gr, J. Allman, F.R.S., bore testimony to the great import- 

 ance of the results obtained by Captain St. John, and referred to 

 a magnificent collection of Hydroids brought home by him, a de- 

 scription of which Dr. Allman hoped on a future occasion to be 

 able to lay before the Society. The specimens all belonged to 

 forms hitherto undescribed ; and he entered into some descrip- 

 tion of one of the most remarkable of them. 



2. " Note on Japanese Brachiopoda." By Thomas Davidson, 

 Esq., F.E.S, Communicated by J. Qwyu Jefii-eys, Esq., F.E.S. 



February 5th, 1874. 

 Geoeqe Bentham, Esq., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 

 The President was in the act of signing the Minutes of tlie 



