British Assit fr the AAoncomet wv, Science “98 * 
Rees as 2 Cijutibodon Seinsiter a ae ae x 
atts see ‘Shell iHingolke viding thick, posterior cere subrostrated ; 
ae a slope su carinated ; a teeth short and straight. 
Observations.—I have seen only a . few water-worn valves of 
this species, which have probably been found on the sea beach, 
ut they are evidently recent. It will be interesting to know 
what estuaries in Florida contain this Gnathodon, and whether it 
accompanies the G. cuneata. The carinated umbonial slope is a 
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character which wide ly separates it from its congeners. 
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Arr. XIV.—Abstract of the Procesdings of the Ninth Meeting 
of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 
Tne ninth meeting of this scientific association was held at 
Birmingham, during the week commencing on the 26th of A <a | 
gust, 1839. From the extensive report of the proceedings, pub ‘% 
lished in the London Atheneum, Nos. 618—621, we Bive'tip the 
following abstract. ' 
The total number of tickets issued at Birmingham was 1438. 
* 
The finances of the association are prosperous. Its ae. 
Property consists of £5500 in the three | per cent. meer a J 
books valued at £ 1094 10s. we . 
At the General Meeting on 1 the evening of August 26, Rev. - 
Vernon Harcourt, President of the Association, delivered an elo- 
quent address, in the course of which he gave an elaborate vindi- 
Cation of the claims of Cavendish to the scientific discoveries 
which have been usually attributed to him, and closed with a 
Series of appropriate and impressive remarks on the accordance of 
Science with Revelation. 
