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carefully attended to, and references to the many previous workers 
and writers conscientiously made throughout. The plates are 
good, and the printing is excellent; hut we regret to see the Ger¬ 
man method of representing the diphthong ce used in some latinized 
names, such as ought to be Koenigii and Lindstroemia ; and Got- 
landica would he more correct than Gothlandica. These are very 
trifling drawbacks ; and this joint production of the two enthusiastic 
and talented palaeontologists is highly creditable to them, and will 
ho of great service to geologists both at home and abroad. 
Annual Report and Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists’ Field-Club 
for 1876-77. Ser. 2, vol. i. part 4. 8vo. Printed for the 
Club. Robinson: Belfast, 1878. 
The summer excursions in the north of Ireland were evidently 
sources of pleasure and instruction as usual. The winter session 
produced excellent papers, some of which are now printed. Mr. 
W. Gault gives a clear comparison of the Cretaceous strata of the 
Black Mountain, near Belfast, with a coloured plate. Mr. W. Gray 
indicates where stoue implements are found in the district, and 
particularly notes that none are of “ Palaeolithic ” age, whatever 
may have been written about them elsewhere. Mr. Joseph Wright 
reports on the recent Foraminifera of the Down and Antrim coasts, 
noticing some new or little-known species, which are illustrated 
by a good plate. He gives elaborate tables of the distribution and 
relative abundance of the 110 species enumerated. 
Mr. W. Swanston, F.G.S., treats of the correlation of the Silurian 
rocks of the County Down, discriminating some belonging to the 
Upper Llandeilo, the Bala-Caradoe, the Lower Llandovery, and the 
Middle Silurian. These comprise rocks of the “ Moffat series,” as 
shown in the Table at p. 117 and in the extensive comparative 
Table of fossils opposite p. 124. The Graptolites discovered by Mr. 
Swanston in this part of Ireland, and so very characteristic of the 
Moffat series, have been examined and described by Mr. Lapworth, 
F.G.S., to whom they are familiar ; and his results are given in full, 
with three plates. There are about 80 species (15 genera) of 
Graptolithina, besides Dictyonema, Corynoides, Acrothele, Acrotreta , 
Biscina, Datvsonia, Peltocaris, and Discinocaris, all carefully figured. 
Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Vol. ii. No. 1. Feb¬ 
ruary, 1879. Edited by Frank Crisp, LL.B. &c. 8vo. 112 
pages. 4 plates and numerous woodcuts. Williams and Nor- 
gate, London. 
The Royal Microscopical Society, among other reforms, have thrown 
more spirit and speculation into their Journal, containing their 
Transactions and Proceedings, with other microscopical and bio¬ 
logical information. Eight original memoirs read before the 
Society, upwards of fifty notes and memoranda of observations, 
