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Dumas, Em. Note sur la Panojpcea Aldrovandi decouverte a Tetat 

 subfossile dans I'ancien cordon littoral de la Mediterranee. [On 

 P. Aldrovandi found subfossil in the old shore line of the Medi- 

 terranean.] 11 pp., 2 plates, Montjpellier. 



Dupont, E. Sur le Calcaire carbonifere entre Toumai et les environs 

 de Namur. [Carboniferous Limestone between Tournai and 

 Namur.] Bull. Ac. Roy. Belg. 2 ser. t. xxxix. pp. 264-311, 2 

 plates of sections. 

 A detailed stratigraphical description of the Carboniferous Limestone 

 Series in this region. Of the subdivisions recognized by the author in 

 the Dinant district, only i., v., and vi. are present here ; and of these i. 

 is reduced from 150 to 20 metres in thickness, all its parts being how- 

 ever distinct in an atrophied condition. Detailed coloured sections of 

 all the localities mentioned are given. G. A. L. 



Dupont, [E.], — Nyst, and A. Briart. Eapports sur un travail ano- 



nyme concernant les depots littoraux de I'assise paniselienne dans 



les environs de BruxeUes. [Reports on an anonymous paper on 



the Littoral Deposits of the Paniselian, near Brussels.] Bull. Ac. 



Roy. Belg. ser 2, t. xl. pp. 678-684. 



Tlie chief point brought forward in the paper appears to be the 



reference to the Paniselian series of certain gravels (at Schaerbeek, 



Saint-GiUes, and Uccle) hitherto generally considered Bruxellian. 



G. A. L. 



Durand, H. The Channel Tunnel. Coll. Guard, vol. xxix. p. 262. 



Translation of a paper in the Annales Industriclles. An account of 

 the preliminary steps taken with the object of bringing about the 

 proposed tunnel. G. A. L. 



Ebray, Th. Sur la de'nudation du Mont-Lozere. [On the Denuda- 

 tion of Mont-Lozere.] Bidl. JSoc. Geol. France, 3 ser. t. iii. 

 pp. 281-284. 



Believes it imprudent to assert that the Jurassic seas once covered 

 all the hills of the Lozere, although it is possible that they did so. 



. !Etude de quelques gisements de pierrcs lithographiques 



au point do vue de la formation d'une compagnie d'exploitation. 

 [On some deposits of Lithographic Stone, from an industrial point 

 of view.] 8 pp., Geneva. 



Eck, H. Ueber die Umgegend von Oppenau. [Geology of the 

 country around Oppenau.] N. Jahrb. Heft i. pp. 70-72. 



At a meeting of the Geological Society of the Upper Rhino at 

 Freiburg i. Br., Dr. Eck submitted his map of the neighbourhood of 

 Oppenau, in the Black Forest. This essay is an abstract of his remarks 

 descriptive of the map, and contains corrections of the views of 

 previous observers. F. W. R. 



