282 Bibliographical Notices. 



Natural-History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham. 

 Vol. I. Part 1. 8vo. 1865. 



The 'Natural-History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham,' 

 of which this is the first part, are to be looked upon as a continuation 

 of the ' Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field-Club ' under 

 a different title, being in fact the Proceedings of the " Natural-His- 

 tory Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-on-Tyne," 

 incorporated with those of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field-Club. 



To make perfect catalogues, zoological and botanical, for the 

 natural history, recent and fossil, of Northumberland and Durham 

 is a main object of the Tyneside Field- Club and of the naturalists 

 now associated with them. This aim is well kept in view in the 

 present volume of their Transactions, which is largely composed of 

 " Reports of Deep-Sea Dredging on the Coasts of Northumberland 

 and Durham in 1862-64," edited by Mr. G. S. Brady. Among the 

 new or little-known species are especially mentioned : — Echinoderms 

 — Echinocardium pennatijidum, Norman, MS., Psolus squamatus, 

 Echinus pictus, Norman, Antedon rosaceus, Ophiocoma nigra. Mol- 

 lusca — Chiton albus, L. Several stalk-eyed Crustacea — Atelecyclus 

 heterodon, Pagurus Cuanensis, P. Hyndmani, P.ferrugineus, Cran- 

 gon Allmani, C. spinosus, C. nanus, C. fasciatus. Of Amphipods, 

 Lysianassa Costce and several others. Of Ostracods, six new species 

 of Cythere were taken ; also a new and very interesting Copepod 

 (Calanus Clausii, Brady) and a new Pycnogon (Nymphon rubrum, 

 Hodge). Among Polyzoa, Lepralia annulata and Tubulipora lobu- 

 lata are new to the coast. Lastly, some rare Hydrozoa were col- 

 lected ; and five Foraminifera were added to the local list. 



Mr. Joshua Alder reports on the Mollusca, Tunicata, and Zoo- 

 phyta; the Rev. A. M. Norman on the Crustacea; Mr. G. S. Brady 

 on the Pelagic Entomostraca ; Mr. G. Hodge on the Pycnogonoidea 

 and the Echinodermata ; and Mr. H. B. Brady on the Foraminifera. 

 These reports are accompanied with tabulated catalogues showing 

 the species found in 1862, 1863, and 1864 respectively, with notes 

 as to frequency and other conditions. Eight plates illustrate this 

 part of the volume. 



Mr. Norman, in the next succeeding memoir, describes Cyanea 

 imporcata (a new Medusa taken off the Northumberland coast), and 

 illustrates it with a beautiful chromohthograph (pi. 11 ) by T. West. 

 Mr. Alder then describes three new or rare Polyzoa (pi. 8) — Eschara 

 Landsborovii, Johnston, E. pavonella. Alder, and Serupocellaria 

 Delilii, Audouin. Mr. Kirkby's paper on some remains of Fishes 

 and Plants from the Upper Limestone of the Permian series of Dur- 

 ham succeeds, with Plate 9, illustrating Palceoniscus altus, P. va- 

 rians, and P. Abbsii. The next memoir is entitled " A Catalogue of 

 the Recent Foraminifera of Northumberland and Durham, by H. B. 

 Brady," with Plate 12, in which ten forms figure as new or rare in 

 the British seas. One point of interest mentioned in this paper is 

 the occurrence of certain Foraminifera in brackish pools at Hylton 

 Dene, and near the mouths of the Wansbeck and the Coquet, such 



