320 Geological Society. 



the Stomapoda rather than the Isopoda. He thought it probable 

 that Dr. Dawson's Diplostylus is allied to this newly discovered 

 form, for which he proposed the name of Necroscilla Wilsoni. 



7. " On the Discovery of a fossil Squilla in the Cretaceoiis Depo- 

 sits of Hakel, in the Lebanon." By H. Woodward, Esq., L.L.D., 

 F.R.S., F.G.S. 



This fossil Squilla occurs in a collection, chiefly consisting of 

 fossil fish, but also including several Crustacea and some beautifully 

 preserved Cephalopods, obtained in the Lebanon by Prof. E. It. 

 Lewis, of Beirut. The specimens are in a compact cream-coloured 

 limestone, most of the slabs of which contain examples of Glupea 

 brevissima and C. Bottce, fragments of Eurypholis Boissieri, and other 

 fishes. Like the London-clay form, the species seems to be most 

 nearly allied to the Australian species collected by Prof. Jukes, and 

 the segments are not ornamented with spines and ridges. The 

 author proposed for it the name of Squilla Leivisii. 



8. " On the Occurrence of a fossil King-Crab (Limulus) in the 

 Cretaceous Formation of the Lebanon." By H. Woodward, Esq., 

 L.L.D., F.K.S., F.G.S. 



This was another of Prof. Lewis's discoveries, and was of much 

 interest as helping to bridge over the interval between the Jurassic 

 Limuli of Solenhofen and those now living. The author described 

 the characters presented by the single specimen, for which he pro- 

 posed the name of Limulus syriacus. 



June 11, 1879.— Prof. Joseph Prestwich, M.A., F.E.S., 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. " On a Mammaliferous Deposit at Barrington, near Cam- 

 bridge." By the Kev. 0. Fisher, M.A., F.G.S. 



The gravel in which these remains were found is about 20 feet 

 above the alluvial flat by the river Rhee, and is evidently post- 

 glacial. The gravel contains some of the ordinary land- and fresh- 

 water shells, but not Cyrena or Unio. Eemains of the following 

 Mammalia have been found — Ursus spelceus, Meles taxus, Hyaena 

 spelita, Felis speloea, Cervus megaceros, C. elaphus, and another, Bos 

 primigenius, Bison prisms, Hippopotamus major, Rhinoceros lepto- 

 rhinus, Elephas antiquus and primigenius — with a worked flint, 

 almost certainly from the same deposit. The author considers the 

 abundance and admixture of these remains due to the locality 

 having been a sort of eddy or pool in the old river. The remains 

 are described : and the rest of the paper is occupied with a correla- 

 tion of the gravel with others in the adjoining district, and a con-, 

 sidcration of the physical conditions under which it was deposited. 



