290 Scientific Intelligence. 
t of Mount Leura and the Koraugamite district, were thrown out 
when the igneous force was almost exhausted. Mr. R. B, Smyth pointed 
out the interest attached to the extinct volcanos of Victoria as co 
; : i i Islands to 
New Zealand; and concluded with some observations on the recent 0¢- 
currence of earthquake-movements in Southern Australia, and on a 
coast-line, as having reference to the probably not yet exhausted force 0 
the volcanic foci of that region. 
On the occurrence of Marine Animal Forms in Fresh-water—7 
translation of a paper by Dr. E. von Martens, on this subject, is publish : 
in the Annals aad Magazine of Natural History, [3], i, 50. The rae 
are important in their bearing on the determination of the marine oF 
freshwater character of geological formations from their fossils. ‘ 
18. Wollaston Medal—tThe Geological Society of London at the er 
niversary meeting, Feb. 25, 1857, awarded the Wollaston medal to 
Barrande, the distinguished paleontologist, and the balance of the pro- 
ceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fune 
of the excellent “ Manual of the Mollusca,” and now engaged on & 
ual of the Radiated Animals.” 
Man- 
Ilf, BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY. 
06) was 
elwace® 
by Meisner Grubbiacee by De- 
, 
imalayas (Sph 
distinet from Thesium. And Darbya, Gray, publishe wit? 
twelve years ago, is reduced to a subgenus of Comandra,—to W 
Mr. 8. P. Woodward, author - 
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