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  Miscellaneous, 
  

  

  The 
  series 
  overlies 
  gneisses 
  and 
  amphibolites 
  (with 
  a 
  north- 
  

   north-westerljf 
  and 
  south-south-easterly 
  strike). 
  In 
  searching 
  for 
  

   the 
  extension 
  of 
  these 
  beds 
  the 
  Author 
  found 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  completely 
  

   denuded 
  on 
  the 
  south, 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  they 
  disappear 
  beneath 
  

   the 
  basalt-plateau. 
  Marching 
  up 
  the 
  Kuja 
  Valley, 
  he 
  found 
  the 
  

   upper 
  beds 
  lying 
  on 
  old 
  andesite 
  15 
  miles 
  inland, 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  

   strike. 
  Evidence 
  is 
  adduced 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  having 
  stood 
  about 
  

   330 
  feet 
  above 
  its 
  present 
  level, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  rejuvenation 
  of 
  the 
  rivers 
  

   since 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  a 
  gneissic 
  peneplain, 
  above 
  which 
  the 
  Kisii 
  

   Highlands 
  rise 
  in 
  steep 
  escarpments 
  of 
  ripple-marked, 
  unfossiliferous, 
  

   quartzitic 
  sandstones 
  (probably 
  Devonian), 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  

   underlying 
  gneisses 
  and 
  schists 
  by 
  an 
  extensive 
  dolerite-sill. 
  From 
  

   Kisii 
  the 
  peneplain 
  was 
  traversed 
  to 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  nepheline-lavas 
  

   near 
  Homa 
  ]3ay. 
  Lake 
  Simbi, 
  an 
  explosion-crater, 
  was 
  investi- 
  

   gated; 
  and 
  a 
  Pliocene 
  series 
  was 
  found 
  north 
  of 
  Homa 
  Mountain. 
  

  

  The 
  vertebrate 
  remains 
  described 
  by 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  W. 
  Andrews 
  include 
  

   Proboscidea, 
  Hyracoidea, 
  Artiodactyla, 
  Eodentia, 
  and 
  Reptilia, 
  and 
  

   fully 
  support 
  the 
  suggested 
  occurrence 
  of 
  Lower 
  Miocene 
  deposits 
  

   on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  Victoria 
  Nyanza. 
  A 
  deposit 
  of 
  probably 
  

   Pliocene 
  age 
  yielded 
  a 
  new 
  (?) 
  species 
  of 
  Elejilias, 
  also 
  bones 
  of 
  

   antelopes 
  and 
  baboons. 
  

  

  The 
  non- 
  marine 
  mollusca 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  Miocene 
  verte- 
  

   brates 
  are 
  freshwater 
  and 
  terrestrial 
  shells 
  which 
  all 
  belong 
  

   to 
  existing 
  species. 
  Only 
  Amjmllaria, 
  however, 
  still 
  occurs 
  in 
  

   the 
  Victoria 
  Nyanza, 
  while 
  Lanistes 
  carinatus 
  is 
  not 
  found 
  nearer 
  

   than 
  the 
  Tana 
  lliver, 
  and 
  the 
  nearest 
  recorded 
  locality 
  for 
  

   Cleojxitra 
  bulimoides 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Lake 
  Kudolf 
  region 
  and 
  Mombasa. 
  

   Among 
  the 
  terrestrial 
  shells, 
  Burtoa 
  is 
  the 
  sole 
  genus 
  occurring 
  

   near 
  the 
  Victoria 
  Nyanza 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  forms 
  (Cerastvs, 
  TropidopJiora, 
  

   Achatiiia) 
  are 
  found 
  at 
  considerable 
  distances 
  therefrom. 
  The 
  total 
  

   absence 
  of 
  Pelecypoda 
  is 
  also 
  interesting. 
  

  

  MISCELLANEOUS. 
  

  

  C. 
  W. 
  Ilahn 
  and 
  C. 
  L. 
  Koch, 
  ' 
  Die 
  Amchaiden; 
  1831-1848. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Editors 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History.' 
  

  

  Gentlemen, 
  — 
  I 
  shall 
  bo 
  obliged 
  if 
  anyone 
  can 
  tell 
  me 
  of 
  the 
  

   existence 
  of 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  wrappers, 
  or 
  furnish 
  

   rae 
  with 
  the 
  dates 
  of 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  parts. 
  I 
  know 
  the 
  contenls 
  

   of 
  each 
  part. 
  C. 
  Da 
  vies 
  Sherbokn. 
  

  

  Brit. 
  Mua. 
  (Nat. 
  Tlist.), 
  

   London, 
  S.W. 
  

  

  