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Arsberattelse om Zoologiens Framsteg under Aren 1843-44. Andia 



Delen af C. H. Bohemian. 

 Arsberattelser om Botaniska Arbeten och Upptackter af J. E. 



Wikstrom. 

 Arsberattelse om Framstegen i Kemi ocli Mineralogi af Jac. Berze- 



lius. — By the Royal Academy of Sciences of Stockholm. 

 Le9ons de Geologic Pratique par L, Elie de Beaumont. Tome I. — 



By the Author. 



Monday, 2d March 1846. 



Sir THOMAS M. BRISBANE, Bart., President, in the 

 Chair. 



The following Communications were read : — 



I. On the recent Scottish Madrepores, with Remarks on the 

 Climatic Character of the Extinct Races. By the Rev. 

 Dr Fleming. 



The author, in this communication, referred, in the first instance, 

 to the three species of Lamelliferous Polyparia, described in his 

 '■ British Animals," Edin., 1828, exhibiting specimens of the Caryo- 

 phyllea cyathus, and Tarbinolia borealis of that work, together with 

 a characteristic drawing, by the late Mrs Hibbert, of the Pocillopora 

 interstincta, there alluded to as a native of the Zetland seas. He 

 then exhibited a specimen, six pounds in weight, of the Madrepora 

 prolifera of Mliller, which was found last summer by fishermen, 

 their lines having become entangled with it, in the sea between the 

 islands of Rum and Egg. This species was known to Pontoppidan, 

 as a native of the Norwegian seas, and is now ascertained to be a 

 native of the Hebrides. 



The author next exhibited specimens of the Turbinolia sepulta of 

 the crag, together with a new and recent species from the Cape of 

 Good Hope. In conclusion, the author observed, that while, from 

 an acquaintance with the habits of a few individuals, we could safely 

 speculate respecting the geographical and physical distribution of a 

 species, we cannot, from our acquaintance with the history of one species 

 of a genus, predicate with any confidence respecting the character of 

 other species of the same genus. Thus, thei-e are species of Madre- 

 pores natives of tropical seas, and there are species natives of the 

 North seas. After illustrating his views by a reference to the species 

 of the genera Bos and Elcphas, the author closed his observations by 

 stating, that the evidence, proving the climate, during the deposition 



