M iiceUaneous. 4 "> 1 



are summarized, and tlie distribution of the formation, so far as 

 detormint'd, is marked on a map. Tlie strata are disturbed by 

 numerous dislocations and discordant dips, and no regular succes- 

 sion of zones or horizons can bo discovered. All the more 

 important vertebrate fossils collected are now in the lirilish Museum 

 (Natural History). From these a few remains of new species are 

 selected for special description. A mandibular symphysis of a 

 very large crocodile, with a long garial-like snout, belongs to one 

 of the Goniopholida?. Some Dinosaurian vertebrae seem to belong 

 to the Iguanodont group. A large fish-skull represents a new 

 genus allied to Macrojionia, and indicates a species five or six times 

 as large as any Coelacanth previously discovered. The discussion of 

 a complete list of the fossil Vertebrata proves that the formation is 

 of Cretaceous age, and suggests that it may be Lower Cretaceous, 

 as supposed by Hartt. 



2. ' On a Xew Dinosaurian Reptile from the Trias of Lossiemouth, 

 Elgin.' By Arthur Smith Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S. 



Mr. William Taylor, of Elgin, has recently discovered two 

 ekeletons of a small new reptile in the Triassic sandstone of 

 Lossiemouth. Two imperfect skeletons of the same species aro 

 also shown on a slab of the same sandstone in the British Museum 

 (Natural History). The head and trunk measure only 4 inches in 

 length, but there is a very long and slender tail. The head is 

 relatively large, and resembles that of Ornithosi'chus in many 

 respects ; but the fossils do not exhibit any teeth. There are about 

 twenty-one presacral vertebra?, of which nine are cervical. There 

 are distinct traces of a plastron of delicate abdominal ribs. The 

 limb-bones exhibit a large internal cavity. The fore-limbs are very 

 small, with a humerus as long as the radius and ulna. The hind- 

 limbs are relatively large, and the ilium is extended antero- 

 posteriorly for the length of four vertebrae. - The femur is almost as 

 long as the tibia and fibula ; while the metatarsus is especially 

 remarkable, being half as long as the tibia and consisting of four 

 metatarsals of nearly-equal length firmly fused together. The toes 

 are long and slender, with sharply-pointed claws. The Author 

 concludes that this must have been a running or leaping re{»tile, 

 and that it represents a new genus of Dinosauria related to the 

 American Triassic I/allo^ms. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Modern HehnintJioIof/ical Aomeiichiiure. 

 By Dr. vox Likstow. 



AVnniN the last few years such far-reaching changes have been 

 effected in hclminthological nomenclature that it appears well worth 

 while to subject them to a critical examination. 



In the first place the principle has been established that the name 



