-J so Geological Society. 



Province have been famous for this mode of fishing since the reign 

 of the Emperor Jimmu, the founder of the nation more than 2500 

 years ago. A. G. 



The Britlsli Woodlice, being a Monograpli of the Terrestrial Isopod 

 Crustacea occurring in the British Islands. By Wilfred Mark 

 "Webb and Charles Sillem;. With 25 Plates and 59 Figures in 

 the Text. [Reprinted from the ' Essex Naturalist,' vol. xiv. 

 1905-6.] 8vo. Duckworth & Co., 1906. Pp. x, 54. 6s. net. 



Hitherto the British terrestrial Arthropoda other than the most 

 attractive insects have received comparatively little attention from 

 the general public, and we are glad to welcome a well-executed 

 monograph of one of these neglected groups on which hitherto there 

 has been no popular or easily accessible work. Moreover, as it is 

 a small group, it has been possible to deal with the subject in greater 

 detail than if a great number of species required to be noticed in a 

 limited space. In the present work seventeen species are described 

 and figured from Essex, including Ligia oceanic^i, a sea-shore species, 

 which was very properly included as being closely allied to the 

 terrestrial species and too important and interesting to be omitted. 

 Besides these, eight species are described which have occurred iu 

 other parts of the British Islands but have not yet been recorded 

 from Essex, making twenty-five British species in all. 'Now that 

 attention has been called to the group, others will doubtless soon be 

 added to the list. 



The book commences with a well-written account of the position, 

 geological history, and structure of the group, the structure and 

 anatomy being well illustrated. This is followed by remarks 

 on habits, use in medicine, names, collecting and preservation, 

 classification, and tables of genera. Then follows the detailed 

 description of genera and species, and a good Bibliography closes a 

 volume which deserves the attention of all who are interested in 

 the zoology of the British Islands. W. F. K. 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



January 9th, 1907.— Sir Archibald Geikie, D.C.L., Sc.D., Sec.R.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. ' On the Cretaceous Formation of Bahia (Brazil) and on the 

 Yertebrate Fossils contained therein.' By Joseph Mawson, F.G.S., 

 and Dr. Arthur Smith Woodward, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S. 



This paper relates to a series of estuarine and freshwater deposits 

 originally described to the Geological Society by the late Samuel 

 Allport, in 1859. The results of thirty years' collecting of fossils 



