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Fruits and Wood found near Brussels.] Ann. Soc. Geol. Belg, t. ii. 



MemoireSy pp. 42-51. 

 Passes in review the various opinions held as to the age of these 

 vegetable remains, by Burtin, Galeotti, Lyell, Lehon, Hebert, Dewalque, 

 Ortlieb, and Chellonneix (1784 to 1870), and shows that the Bruxellian 

 origin of the fruits, &c. lately urged by Kutot, Dewalque, and Vanden 

 Broeck had been admitted by Lyell and others long ago. G. A. L. 



Lepsius, R. Ueber den bunten Sandstein in den Yogesen, seine 

 Zusammensetzung und Lagerung. [Vosges Sandstones.] Zeitsch. 

 deuUcJi. geol. Ges. Heft i. pp. 83-103, with plate. 

 Detailed description of sections of Triassic rocks. Concludes that 

 the Triassic and Jurassic rocks on the outer flanks of the Vosges and 

 the Black Forest, as also on the llhine, are only the remains of forma- 

 tions which once spread in uninterrupted succession over the whole of 

 S.W. Germany, but were separated by the post-Jurassic upheaval of 

 the Vosges, Ac. F. W. E. 



. Beitra^e zur Kenntniss der Juraformation in Unter-Elsass. 



[Jurassic formation in Lower Alsace.] 8vo. Leijpzig. Pp. 64, 

 with 2 plates. 

 Letellier, — . Note sur les recherches du charbon de terre dans I'Orne 

 au xviii® siecle. [Searches for Coal in the Orme in the 18th 

 century.] Bull. Soc. Linn. Norm. ser. 2, t. ix. pp. 184-195. 

 Leymerie, A. Observations sur une note de M. Trutat, relative a 

 un depot pliocene des Pyrenees-Orieutales. [On a not-e by M. 

 Trutat, see p. 104.] Compt. Mend. t. Ixxx. pp. 1246, 1247. 

 Doubts M. Trutat's correctness in attributing the Pliocene beds 

 which he describes to a glacial period, and thinks that they are more 

 probably marine. G. A. L. 



. Sur I'etage devonien dans les Pyrenees. [Devonian in the 



Pyrenees.] Compt. Bend. t. Ixxxi. pp. 25-27. 

 Divides the Devonian of the Pyrenees thus (in ascending order) : — 

 1. Lower, consisting of limestones and calcareous shales, characterized 

 generally by a peculiarly lustrous appearance. 2. Middle, amygdaloid 

 marbles and calcareous shales, &c. 3. Upper, whitish sandstone asso- 

 ciated with slaty shales. The last was described by M. Mussy as of 

 Coal-Measure age. G. A. L. 



Lindstrbm, A. Nagra iakttagelser ofver glaciala bildningar i norra 

 Skane. [Notes on glacial deposits in North Scania.] Geol. Foren. 

 Stockholm Forhandl. bd. ii. pp. 198-204, 2 plates. 

 In two parts. Describes and figures Drift-sections in the parishes 

 of Wedby and Perstorps, showing bedded sands, and in one case a layer 

 of peat, occurring in the midst of bottom-moraine gravel. G. A. L. 



Linnarsson, G. Anteckningar fran en resa i Skanes silurtrakter ar 

 1874. [Notes of travel through the Silurian regions of Scania, 

 Sweden.] Geol. Foren. Stockholm Forhandl. bd. ii. pp. 260-284. 



Several localities for Silurian fossils described. The Cambrian and 



