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earth.” Mathematical formulie, concerned with the foregoing dis- 
cussions, are appended to the Address. 
In the same volume Dr. E. Hull gives a clear statement of his 
views as to the occurrence of Laurentian beds in Donegal and else- 
where in Ireland, and a paper on the metamorphic rocks and 
minerals of Sligo and Leitrim, with analyses by Mr. EK. T. Hardman. 
Mr. G. A. Kinahan supplies very interesting papers on the gold of Ire- 
land and the geological structure of Bray Head. Mr. G. H. Kinahan 
explains why some palzeozoic rocks in Galway and elsewhere cannot 
be regarded as Laurentian; and supplies a short but valuable illus- 
trated note on some moraines on Mount Leinster, in counties Wicklow 
and Carlow. Prof. V. Ball gives a catalogue of the meteorites, of 
which there are specimens in the museums of Dublin, and includes 
the published analyses of four meteorites known to have fallen in 
Ireland. 
The geologists of Glasgow, like those of Ireland, have brought 
down their published work to 1882; but, beginning with 1880, they 
make a thicker volume for this issue. It is richer in paleeontolo- 
gical researches than the Irish Journal, on account of the great 
opportunities for collecting fossils, both from the varied Carbonife- 
rous deposits of Lanarkshire and neighbourhood and from the Post- 
tertiary beds of the Clyde valley. Of these last, as exposed in the 
dock of Garvel Park, at Greenock, Mr. D. Robertson gives a full 
account, with long lists of the fossils obtained. Graptolites and 
other fossils from Dumfriesshire are treated of by Mr. J. Dairon. 
The paleontology of Lesmahagow, Silurian and Carboniferous, is 
studied by Dr. J. R. 8. Hunter, and some fossiliferous beds in the 
Beith and Daldry district by Mr. Robert Craig. Some fish-remains 
from East Kilbride are noted by Mr. James Coutts; Mr. John 
Young discriminates some Carboniferous Fenestelle ; and Mr. W. E. 
Koch gives an interesting note on Mull and its leaf-beds. 
There are several good memoirs also on local geology (Muirkirk, 
Isle of Man, Renfrewshire, Shetland, &c.), and on boulders, lime- 
stones, and igneous rocks ; also on the bismuth and tin deposits of 
Australia. Several of these papers are illustrated with plates. 
Neither last nor least in this new volume of the ‘ Transactions’ is 
an excellent account of the ‘* Origin and Karly History of the Geo- 
logical Society of Glasgow” by Mr. T. M. Barr, who writes care- 
fully and enthusiastically, and has much real pleasure in showing 
that good work has been done by the members, and that the society 
may fairly claim to have made its mark on the progress of geological 
science. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A proposed new ‘Nomenclator Paleontologicus.’ 
WE have received a printed report on the subject of a new ‘ No- 
menclator Palontologicus,’ prepared by Dr. M. Neumayr, of 
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