INVEBTEBKATA. 291 



Letter recording the results of his examination of specimens of 

 Eozoon^ and expressing his opinion that it^is of a purely mineral 

 nature. * H. A. N. 



Cartek, H. J. On the structure called Eozoon Canadense in the 

 Laurentian Limestone of Canada. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xiii. 

 pp. 376-378. 

 Supplements his former paper by further observations which he be- 

 lieves show that Eozoon is not organic, but in reality of a mineral 

 nature. H. A. N". 



. On the Striae of Foraminiferous Tests ; with a reply to 



Criticism. Ann. Nat. Hist, ser 4, vol. xiv. pp. 138-144. 

 Gives details of the structure of the test of the Nummulite, as bear- 

 ing upon the nature of Eozoon Canadense. 



Cone AD, T. A. Remarks on the Tertiary Clay of the Upper Amazon, 



with descriptions of New Shells. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philadel. 



Part 1, pp. 25-82, pi. 1. 



Almost wholly pala^ontological. The following new species are 



described : — Pachyodon dispar, P. cuneiformis, Dreissena so^ipta, 



Anodonta Pehasana, Triquetra longula, Ostomy a papiria, Planorhis 



Pebasana, Packytoma tertiana, Toxosma ehorea, Cirrohasis venusta, 



Liosoma curta, Cychclieila Pebasana, Hemisinus Steerii. W. W. 



. Description of two new Fossil Shells of the Upper Amazon. 



Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philadel. part ii. pp. 82, 83, pi. xii. 

 The species from the Pebas Clay belong to the Unionidae, and are 

 named Haplothcerus capax and Hemisinus tabetxulifenis. There is 

 also a figure of Pachyodon tenuis. W. W. 



Cornet, F. L., and A. Briart. Compte-Kendu de I'excursion faite 

 aux environs do Ciply par la Societe Malacologiquo de Belgique, 

 le 20 Avril 1873. [Account of excursion to the neighbourhood of 

 Ciply.] Ann. Soc. Mai. Belg. t. viii. Mem. pp. 21-35. 

 A sketch (with short lists of fossils) of the Cretaceous Fauna of 

 Ciply. 



CoRNiJEL, J. Description des Fossiles d'eau douce du fer oolithiquo 



ou fer neocomien superieur de la Haute-Marne. [Descriptions of 



the freshwater fossils of the pisolitic iron (Upper Neocomian) of 



the Haute-Marne.] Bull. Soc. Geol. France, 3 'ser. t. ii. pp. 



371-398, pis. xiii.-xv. 



Divided into four parts, of which the first consists of descriptions of 



the following new species: — Paludina Wassiacensis, Paludestrina 



bulimoides, Cyclas Neocomensis, Unio scutella, U. elonyata, U. subovalisy 



U. cochlearella, JJ. turyidula, U. ventricosa, U. semirecta. All ftom 



Wassy. 



The second part treats of the unequal distribution of the fresh- 

 water fossils in these deposits of limonite. The third gives evidence 

 to show that the fossils lived where they are now found. The fourth 

 part (pp. 383-397) is a discussion of the classification of the Neocomiau 



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