Geological Society. 117 



2. "On a new species of Coccodus (C. Lindstromi, Davis)." By 

 J. W. Davis, Esq., F.G.S. 



A description is given of a small fossil fish from the hard chalk 

 of Hakel in Mount Lebanon ; it is nearly related to Coccodus arma- 

 ius, Pictet, but is smaller than that species, does not show an equi- 

 valent of the pectoral spine (unless the posterior extension of the 

 scapular arch should be so considered), and the posterior basal ex- 

 tension of the dorsal spine is very different in the two forms. 

 Further, the dorsal spine is nearer to the occipital region in the 

 new form than in C. armatus, and is, compared with the size of the 

 tish, a larger tin. 



The arrangement of the fins shown in the specimen now described 

 is quite different to that of the Siluroids(iS^//HOfZo«^ts and Pimelodus), 

 and the great resemblance of the teeth of Coccodus to those of the 

 Pycnodonts, and the cartilaginous character of the vertebrae, indicate 

 a relationship with the Ganoids ; but its exact relationship in that 

 group must remain still problematical. 



The Author proposes to name the new form Coccodus Lindstromi. 



June 4, 1890.— Dr. A. Geikie, F.ll.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



The President referred to the sad loss which the Society had 

 sustained through the death of Mr. Dallas, and read the following 

 resolution, which had been passed by the Council and ordered to be 

 entered upon its Minutes . — 



" The Council desires to record on its Minutes an expression 

 of its deep regret at the death of the Assistant-Secretary, 

 Mr. Dallas, which took place on the 29th ultimo, and of its 

 sense of the loss inflicted on the Council and Society by the 

 removal of one who, for the long period of twenty-two years, 

 had done them invaluable service, and who, by his courtesy, 

 kindliness, and helpfulness had endeared himself as a personal 

 friend to the Fellows." 



The following communication was read : — • 



" North-Italian Bryozoa." By A. W. Waters, Esq., F.G.S. 



The Chilostomatous Bryozoa dealt with in the paper are, for the 

 most part, from known Viocntine localities, together with some from 

 two new localities, — Monte Baldo in the Veronese and llonzo in the 

 Tyrol. Eeuss described a number from the Vicentine, but at a time 

 when the chief attention was given to the shape of the zoarium, and 

 the oral aperture, avicularia, and ovicells did not receive the attention 

 now given to them. The attempt is therefore made to bring our know- 

 ledge of these beds, which are the richest and most important known 

 in the Lower Tertiaries, more nearly up to present ideas, so that 

 more exa(;t comparisons may be made between Tertiary and living 

 forms. 



