hanks of the Club are due to the above named authority for the 

 loan of their Steam Launch. Three casts were made with a 

 Bowerbank dredge, capturing the following fauna : 



ZooPHYTA — Thuiaria articulata, Cydippe infundibulum, a few 

 common echinoderms. 



Crustacea — Cirolana Cranchii, Podocerus pulchellus, Gam- 

 marus locusti, O. pulex, Thysanopoda Couchii, Mysis 

 chamaeleon, Palaemon squilla, Crangon vulgaris, Paguius 

 laevis ? and Pinnotheris pisum. 



PoLYzoA — Flustra papyracea, Tuhulipora lohulata, and Bitgula 

 plumosa. 



TuNiCATA — Leptoclinum maculosum. 



CoNCHiFERA — Shell of Teredo Noivegica, together with num- 

 bers of the commonest mollusca. 



The weather being delightful, all present thoroughly enjoyed this 

 interesting excursion. 



GEOLOGICAL NOTES, 

 By W. Y. Veitch. 



May 25. — On the way from Battersby to Kildale up the lovely 

 dale were examined portions of the lower lias, traced Ammonites 

 Capricornus beds up to the waterfall, known locally as Old Meggison, 

 and then came upon the lower sandstone of the Marlstone series of 

 Phillips — Ammonites Margaritatus zone, — which were followed up 

 until the Ammonites Spinatus beds were made out, here and there 

 along this footpath evidences of this rock were apparent. Close by 

 are abandoned workings of ironstone sinkings, the thickest seam 

 here is — 



(Ironstone 2 feet 9 inches. 

 Shale 1 „ 1 ,, 

 Ironstone 1 „ 6 ,, 



From the railway a glimpse was obtained of the most interesting 

 peat beds of the district, from the sandy beds underneath this peat 

 horns have been obtained of Cerous elaphus and Cervus tarandus 

 (Red-deer and Rein-deer). 



June 10. — The visit to Richmond gave the Club an opportunity 

 of observing the Yoredale Rocks of those parts, and of admiring 

 the bold terraces of mountain limestone scenery clothed in every 



