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A letter on the occurrence of Jurassic rocks in North Germany, as 

 indicated by boulders. 



MoEscH, C. Der siidliche Aargauer-Jura und seine Umgebungen, 

 enthalten auf dera Blatt viii. des Eidgenossischen Atlas. [Southern 

 Aargau Jura and its surroundings, comprised in sheet viii. of the 

 Federal Atlas.] 235 pp., 4 plates. 4to. Bern. 

 This forms the tenth number of the contributions towards a geo- 

 logical map of Switzerland, published by the ' Schweizerischen Natur- 

 forschenden Gesellschaft.' The plates consist of geological sections, and 

 the text is a detailed explanation of the geology of the district. G. A. L. 



Moffat, Dr. R. C. On the Bituminous deposits of the valley of the 



Pescara, South Italy. Chem. News, vol. xxx. no. 784, p. 255. 

 Calls attention to the commercial value of these deposits, which 

 have been visited by the writer. 



Mojsisovics, Dr. E. von. Ueber triadische Faciesgebilde in den 



Ost-Alpen. [Trias, Eastern Alps.] Verb. k.-k. geol. lleichs. 



p. 122. 

 . Untersuchungen in der Umgebung der Seisser Alpe und von 



St. Cassian. [Kesearches in the neighbourhood of the Seisser Alp 



and St. Cassian.] Verb. k.-k. geol. lleichs. pp. 321, 322. 

 . Abwehrende Bemerkungen zu Herrn Giimbel's neuester 



Schrift iiber das Kaisergebirge. [Remarks in refutation of Herr 



Giimbel's publication on the Kaisergebirge.] Verb. k.-k. geol. 



Ecichs. pp. 329-334. 

 A controversial paper, defending the author's views as to the geology 

 of the Eastern Alps against the strictures of Giimbel thereupon. 



M[oRRi8], J. The Old Rhine Valley. By Dr. Hibbert, F.R.S. Geol. 



Mag. dec. 2, vol. i. pp. 222, 223. 



An account of the views on the history of the Valley of the Rhine, 



published in 1832, by Dr. Hibbert, in a work entitled " The History 



of the Basin of Neuwied." G. A. L. 



MoTJKLON, Michel. Observations enr le classement des couches ter- 



tiaires moyennes dans le Limbourg Beige. [Classification of the 



Middle Tertiaries in Belgian Limburg.] Ann. Soc. Mai. Belg. 



t. viii. Mem. pp. 91-98. 



A discussion of Messrs. Ortlieb and Dollfus's conclusions (see p. 87) 



with regard to Dumont's classification. The writer accepts in the 



main the views of the former. G. A. L. 



. Sur la nature des depots cretac^s d'Anderlues. [Cretaceous 



deposits of Anderlues.] Ann. Soc. Mai. Belg. t. viii.. Bull, des 



seances, pp. xcvi, xcvii. 

 Gives the palaeontological characters of the Cretaceous beds met with 

 in Pit No. 1 of the Viernoy colliery, in the Anderlues commune. 

 . Sur I'assise J)iesticnne du Kiel pres d'Anvers. [Diestian at 



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