1898] NOTES AND COMMENTS 229 
It contains the description of a species new to science, and descrip- 
tions of the five other species previously known from the coast of 
South Africa. The new species is an Arnoglossus, and receives 
the name A. capensis. In these descriptions, as in many others 
published by the systematists of the British Museum of Natural 
History, generic characters are unnecessarily repeated, and no 
attempt is made to point out the characters which distinguish the 
species from its nearest allies. The new Arnoglossus is described 
from a single specimen 16 cm. long. The sex of the specimen is not 
stated, nor is any mention made of the depth at which it occurred. 
Considering the interest that has been exerted by the sexual dimor- 
phism of the British Arnoglossus, some reference to the subject 
might have been expected in the definition of a new species of 
the genus. In the case of the other species, beyond the statement 
of the specific characters, no details concerning the specimens are 
given. It is to be hoped that other specialists who undertake the 
examination of Dr Gilchrist’s collections will describe the specimens, 
and not merely identify them, and will give specific definitions. 
A NEw ICHTHYOSAURUS 
A FINE skeleton of Ichthyosaurus has recently been uncovered in a 
quarry in the Lower Lias at Stockton, a village near Rugby. The 
owner, Mr Lakin, communicated with the’authorities of the British 
Museum (Natural History), to which institution he has presented 
the specimen, and arrangements were made for carefully extracting 
it without disturbing the relative position of the bones. The animal 
les in a clayey band, which, is unfortunately, unfavourable for the 
preservation of any traces of the outlines of the soft parts such as 
occur in the specimens described by Fraas. The only parts of the 
skeleton wanting are portions of the pelvic and pectoral girdles and 
some small bones of the paddles. The total Jeneth is about 18 ft. 
The quarry is said to have been visited by thousands of people, 
most of whom, no doubt, would not have taken the smallest notice 
of the skeleton had it happened to be in a glass case. The atten- 
tion of some of these enthusiasts might perhaps be pvofitably 
directed to the County Museum where there are many fine fossils. 
A NEw DINOSAUR 
ANOTHER still more important find of reptilian remains has recently 
been made by Mr A. N. Leeds, whose collections of vertebrate 
remains from the Oxford clay are so well-known. In this case, a 
large part of the skeleton of a gigantic Dinosaur has been obtained, 
including a series of twenty-six caudal vertebrae, sixteen feet 
long, a hind limb, the femur of which is four feet six inches long, 
parts of the fore limb and of the pectoral and pelvic girdles. It is 
