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Mr. Parker referred to the loss which science had sustained 
in the death of Dr. Daubeny, Professor of Botany at Oxford ; 
and made some remarks on the river Moselle. 
Mr. Bronte alluded to the discovery of a new reptile, the 
Hyperodapedon,* in the lower Keuper at Coten End, *W: ar- 
wick, two portions of jaws, with teeth, being in the Warwick 
Museum, and two (one’of which shows a considerable portion 
of the cranium) in Mr. Brodie’s collection. The others be- 
long to Dr. Lloyd. They are of special interest, because they 
determine the age of the long-disputed Elgin sandstone in 
Scotland, which, having been supposed to belong to the Old 
Red Sandstone, must now be placed higher up. in the New 
Red. These were determined by Professor Huxley, who has 
also obtained a fine series of remains of the same animal from 
Africa, India, and Scotland, and have been described by him 
in the last number of the J ournal of the Geological Society. 
The Club held their first summer meeting on Tuesday, 
May 26th, 1868, at Coventry. The object of the visit was 
to inspect the many and interesting medizval remains for 
which this city is so famous. .The ancient Manor House of 
Cheylesmore, where Edward the Black Prince occasionally 
resided; the great Park hollow, scene of the martyrdoms 
under the Marian and previous persecutions; the city wall; 
St. Mary’s hall; and the spot where the Cathedral once 
stood were successively visited. 
Mr. W. OpELL gave an account of the discovery of the 
remains of the west end, and the result of the excavations 
made at different times in the neighbourhood. 
An interesting address on the History and Antiquities of 
the City was afterwards “delivered by Mr. Parker, in which 
the most notable features were the account of the founding of 
the Priory by Lady Godiva, and a critical examination of 
the legendary story of her ride through the city, which he 
* They belong to one species, ‘Hyperodapedon Gordoni,’ Huxley, 
