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Bibliographical Notices, 



as found fossil in the strata of Great Britain, with the addition of 

 many, which though described in continental works, have hitherto 

 been unnoticed at home. The generic relations of fossils have evi- 

 dently been more carefully inquired into in the construction of this 

 catalogue than is usual in geological writings, and the author has 

 brought a knowledge of living beings to bear on his fossil lore, with- 

 out which the latter would be, as it in many cases is, comiiaratively 

 useless. 



The volume commences with a catalogue of plants. Those who 

 are familiar with Mr. Morris's former writings on fossil vegetables 

 will place implicit confidence in this chapter, and will see by the 

 numerous references to continental authors how very carefully it has 

 been worked out. The Infusoria follow, of which twenty-one species 

 are recorded ; doubtless many more will be presently added by our 

 microscopists to our fossil fauna. Next is a list of Amorphozoa ar- 

 ranged under eighteen genera. Of Zoophyta there is a very exten- 

 sive list and many additions from foreign sources. The names of 

 many new species from the Crag are here given, descriptions of which 

 we hope Mr. Searles Wood, who has done so much to elucidate that 

 most interesting deposit, will speedily publish. A long list of Echi- 

 nodermata follows, to which by and by many more will be added, at 

 present lying undescribed in private and public cabinets. Then come 

 seven genera and ten species of anomalous organic remains which 

 Mr. Morris assembles under the head of " Incertce scdis." The list 

 of Foraminifera well shows the original character of the work, seeing 

 that whilst the total number of previously recorded British fossils of 

 this interesting tribe was only twelve, the number here enumerated 

 is no less than eighty-two ! Of Annelides, Crustacea, MoUusca and 

 Vertebrata the catalogues are most extensive, and the amount of new 

 and valuable matter added too great to give any account of here. 



The Geological Society has twice awarded the Wollaston Fund to 

 aid Mr. IVlorris in preparing this catalogue, and has thereby stamped 

 a public sanction on it. A more useful undertaking it could not 

 have patronized, and the result is a volume quite indispensable to 

 zoologist, botanist and geologist. 



Pkeparing for Publication. 



The fourth Fasciculus of Mr. 

 cember. The species included 



Thelepliora caryophyllaea, P. 

 laciiiiata, P. 



cristata, Fr. 



aiitliocephala, Fr, 



mollissima, P. 



• Itevis, P. 



rubiginosa, Schrad. 



tabacina, Fr. 



■ corrugata, F'r. var. 



lactea, Fr. 



miuiata. Berk. 



Sphaeria rubella, P. 



Berkeley's Fungi will appear in De- 

 in it are as follows : — 



Sphaeria pulicaris, Fr. 

 Mitrula cuciillata, Fr. 

 Leotia lubrica, P. 

 Geoglnssuni difforme, Fr. 

 Mitrula spathulata, Fr. 

 Nidularia campanulata, S'lbth. 



striata, Bull. 



Peziza aiiomala, P. 



cal^cina, Schum. 



Fusarium lateritiuin, Nees. 

 Dothidea coUiculosa, Berk. 

 (iEcidii cancellati, stat. imp.) 



