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Delfortrie, E. Sur quelqiies Dents de Formes singulieres provenant 

 des faluns de Sancats, Gironde. [Singular Teeth from Gironde 

 Miocene.] Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux^ ser. 4, t. i. pp. 31, 32. 

 Describes 5 forms of teeth of Trichlurides. T. mioccenus (n. sp.) is 

 proposed. 



. Eclaircissementa sur iiue Machoire Fossile provenant du 



Pliocene Toscan de Volterrano attribuee par M. Robert Lawley au 



genre Splioirodus. [Fossil Jaw from the Pliocene of Volterrano.] 



Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, ser. 4, t. i. pp. 33-35. 



States reasons for assigning this jaw to Pagi'us (Ctenoid), and not 



to SphcerodiiSj as proposed by R. Lawley. (See Geological Record 



for 1875, p. 284.) 



. Nouvelle preuve a I'appui de la theorie de la filiation et de 



la transformation des especes. [New Proof of the Filiation and 



Transformation of Species.] Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux^ ser. 4, t. i. 



pp. 37-39. 



Describes a fragment of ruminant mandible found in the faluns of 



Bazas, for which the name Elaphotherium Domenginei is proposed. 



Transitional between the Anoplotheridae and the Cervidae. R. B. N. 



Dudgeon, P. Note on a New Fossil Foot-Print from the Permian 

 Sandstone of Dumfriesshire. Proc. R. Soc. Edin. vol. ix. no. 95, 

 pp. 154, 155, pi. 9. 



Describes a new species, Herpetichnus loxodactylus, from Lochar- 

 briggs Quarry, near Dumfries. 



Egerton, Sir P. de M. G. Notice of Harpactes velox, a Predaceous 

 Ganoid Fish of a new Genus, from the Lias of Lyme Regis. 

 Geol. Mag. dec. ii. vol. iii. pp. 441, 442; see also p. 576. 

 Describes an imperfect specimen found some years ago. On p. 576 

 the generic name Haipactira is substituted, Harjpactes being appro- 

 priated to a bird. W. H. D. 



Ferretti, A. Scoperta paletnologica a San Valentino (Reggio Emilia). 



[Palte-ethnological Discovery.] Boll. B. Com. geol. Ital. vol. vii. 



pp. 276, 277. 



Notice of discovery of a perforated bone-fragment. It is roughly 



pentagonal in shape, and attributed to the agency of man, though it 



comes from undisturbed M. Pliocene beds. The perforation is 7 mm. 



diameter, and bears no resemblance to the work of lithodomous mol- 



luHks. There are other bone fragments associated with it, all having 



lost their terminations. E. B. T. 



Pilhol, H. Recherches sur les Phosphorites du Qucrcy ; etude des 

 fossiles qu'on y rencontre et spdcialement des Mammifores. 

 [^fammalia of Quercy Phosphate-deposits, &c.] Ann. Sci. Geol. 

 ser. 4, t. vii. cah. 2, pp. 220, pis. 10-36. 



The following Mammalia from the phosphatic deposits [see p. 64], 

 descril)ed mostly from detaclied jaws, are, from their dentition, &c., 



