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of the Club for the ensuing year ; Joseph Sabine, Esq. Chairman ; 

 J. F. Stephens, Esq. Treasurer ; N,. A. Vigors, Esq. Secretary ; 

 Rev. W. Kirby, A. H. Haworth, Esq., Thomas Horsfield, M.D., 

 Thomas Bell, Esq., E. T. Bennet, Esq., and G. Milne, Esq. 



The meetings of the Zoological Club, at which all the mem- 

 bers of the Lionean Society are entitled to be present, are held 

 in the Society's apartments in Soho Square, at eight o'clock in 

 the evening, on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month, 

 throughout the year. 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



November 7. — A letter was read, dated May 10, 1823, from 

 George Cumberland, Esq. Hon. Mem. G.S., " On a Fossil of the 

 Chalk," accompanied by a drawing. 



A letter was read, dated July 14, 1823, from the same gentle- 

 man, " On a new species of Encrinus found in the Mountain 

 Limestone, near Bristol." 



November 21. — An extract of a letter was read from the Rev. 

 Lansdown Guilding, F. L. S. M. G. S. containing " An Account 

 of a Fossil found in the Blue Lias at the Berkeley Canal, near 

 Gloucester," accompanied by the fossil. 



A paper was read, " On the Lias of the Coast in the vicinity of 

 Lyme Regis, Dorset, by H. T. De la Beche, Esq. F. R. & L.S. 

 M. G. S. ; to which is subjoined an account of the various fossil 

 shells, and other organic remains found in the lias, accompanied 

 with several descriptive drawings. 



Aut. XVIII. Scientific Notices. 



LINNEAN SOCIETY OP CALVADOS. 



We have the pleasure of announcing the formation of a new 

 Association, at Caen in Normandy, for the express purpose of 

 studying the Natural History of the Department, under the title 

 of Socie'te' Linnee'ne du Calvados." We rejoice in the forma- 



