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Marittima. [Geological constitution of Massa Marittima.] Boll. 

 R. Com. geol. d' Ital. pp. 284-294. 

 The beds noticed are : — Travertin, which forms a good building-stone, 

 possibly reaching back to Pliocene times ; Miocene with conglomerates 

 and lignite (with the largest coal-mine in the kingdom) ; Eocene and 

 Cretaceous, represented by the ^'Alberese ;" Ked limestone, which is 

 probably Lias, below which, again, is white limestone, probably Infra- 

 Lias. The cavernous limestone seen in some parts, Cocchi takes to be 

 Trias ; below are talcose schists. E. B. T. 



LuDwiG, Rudolf. Geologischen Bilder aus Italien. [Geological 

 sketches fr9m Italy.] Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, .pp. 42-131, 

 pis. i.-viii. 



This paper is divided into four parts :— 1 (pp. 44-81), a general 

 account of the geological history of Italy, with notes of sections, &c. ; 

 2 (pp. 81-88) treats of the Kock-salt deposits at Altomonte and Lungro, 

 in Calabrigi ; 3 (pp. 88-110), on the Copper, Lead, and Quicksilver ores 

 of the Italian mainland ; 4, on Boracic-acid springs. Sulphurous ex- 

 halations, Solfataras, and Alum, Asphalt, and Sulphur deposits. The - 

 plates- contain 26 sections and sketch maps. G. A. L. 



— ^ — . Die Steinkohlenformation im Lande der Don'sche Kosacken. 

 [Carboniferous formation in the country of the Don Cossacks.] 

 Pp. 37, with geological map and plate. 8vo. Moscow. 



The author divides the Carboniferous formation on the Donetz into 

 the following sections : — 1. Calcareous group, with Productus giganteus 

 and Sj)irifer glaber. 2. Eerruginous group, chiefly of sandstones and 

 shales, with limestone, brown iron-ore, and coal. 3. Coal-bearing 

 group, containing many beds of coal, with brown iron-ores, sandstone 

 and shales, and but little limestone. 4. FusuUna-heiiB, containing 

 shales, sandstone, and limestone, forming a transition to the overlying 

 Permian. F. W. 11. 



LuNDGBEN, Beenhaed. Sandstcnsblock med Paradoxides fran Gro- 

 ningen. [Sandstone boulder with Paradoccides from Groningen.] 

 Geol. fbren. Stockholm Eorhandl. bdt. ii. pp. 44, 45. 



. . Cm i Sk§,ne forekommande bildningar, som motsvara Bra- 



chiopodskiffern i Vestergotland. [Occurrence in Scania of deposits 

 which correspond to the Brachiopod-schists of Western Gothland.] 

 Geol. foren. Stockholm Eorhandl. bdt. ii. pp. 156-159. 



' . Om den vid RamsSsa och Ofvedskloster i Skane forekommande 



sandstenens alder. [Age of the sandstones which occur at RamsSsa 

 and Ofvedskloster, in Scania.] Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, 

 torn. X. 



Maestee, Amalio. Dates geologico-mineros sobre algunos grupos do 

 minas del distrito de Madrid. Bol. Com. Mapa geol. Espaiia, vol. i. 

 Notes on the mineral wealth of the provinces of Madrid, Toledo, and 

 Avila. 



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