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series of the Eastern Paris Basin, arid is accompanied by a folding 

 table correlating the beds with those of the Neocomian series of part of 

 the Mediterranean Basin. The pisolitic iron-dGpo3it is the highest 

 member of the Middle Neocomian. According to the author, it is 

 proved that the upheaval, which began before the deposition of the 

 Ostrea clay of the Paris Basin, is the same as that which began before 

 the lower Gaprotina limestones of the Mediterranean Basin, and that 

 one submergence put an end to the latter and brought on the red bed 

 of "Wassy, the Ostrea clay and the red bed being respectively below 

 and above the iron-deposit. G. A. L. 



CoTTEATJ, G. Sur les Oursins des Antilles suedoises. [Echinidae of 



the Swedish "West Indies.] Bull. Soc. Geol. France, 3 ser. t. ii. 



pp. 125, 126. 



Note, preliminary to a future complete list, to call attention to the 



fact that a striking resemblance exists between the Miocene Echinidae 



of the Antilles and those of the same age of Malta and of other 



Mediterranean islands. Not only do the same genera abound, but 



some of the species are identical. This resemblance does not extend to 



Eocene forms. G. A. L. 



. Echinides irreguliers. Paleontologie Francaise, Terrain 



Jurassique, ix. pp. 449-551, plates 121-142. Resume in Bull. 



Soc. Geol. France, 3 ser. t. ii. pp. 433-438. 

 The continuation of this work on the French Jurassic Echinidae 

 treats of the genus Pygaster, of which 15 species are described, the fol- 

 lowing being new :— P. Icaunensis, from the Bath Oolite of Asnieres, 

 Yonne ; P. Feroni, from the Bath Oolite of Yaleury, Var ; and P. 

 Oauthieri from Espuron, Yar, perhaps of Oxfordian age. In the Sup- 

 plement which follows, several corrections and additions are made to 

 the species treated in the earlier numbers: e.'g., Metaporhinus trans- 

 versus is identified with if. convexus, Cat.; 'Clypeus Osterwaldi is 

 altered to G. alius, with which it is identical ; Hyhoclypeus subcircu- 

 laris, a new species, is added. The geological distribution of the 

 genera and species is then discussed, as in other volumes. E. B. T. 



Dall, W. H. Notes on some Tertiary fossils from the California 

 Coast. Proc. California Ac. Sci. Feb. and March. 



Dames, Dr. N. Jahrb. Heft 6, pp. 613-615. [Examination of Dr. 

 Braun's criticisms of the author's determination of several species 

 of Jurassic Echinoderms.] 



Dames, W. Ueber Diluvialgeschiebe cenomanen Alter. Zeitsch. 

 deutsch. Geol. Gesell. Bd. xxvi. Heft 4, pp. 761-774; plate. 



Describes drift-pebbles of Cenomanian age from Bromberg. They 

 contain the following new species : — Pecten {Amushim) halticus, Avicula 

 seminuda, and Lingula Krausei. The pebbles are derived from a 

 deposit resembling the Bornholm Greensand, but older. F. W. H. 



