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imagined. We can safely say that we do not remember in 

 recent years having seen anything like these for delicacy of 

 colouring and minuteness of detail. We have recently had 

 an opportunity of testing the plates by comparison with living 

 examples of some of the species represented ; and the accuracy 

 of the colouring and of the drawing was demonstrated. 



A LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



An effort is being- made to form a Lancashire and Cheshire 

 Union of Natural History Societies, on the Hnes of the Yorkshire 

 NaturaUsts' Union, and towards this end Mr. E. Ranson, of 

 174 Willows Lane, Accrington, has issued a circular to various 

 societies in the two counties, convening^ a meeting to be held in 

 Manchester shortly. It is quite possible, however, that there 

 are some societies with which he is not acquainted, and the 

 secretaries of these, as well as anyone interested in the move- 

 ment, are requested to communicate with Mr. Ranson on the 

 matter. We also learn that it is proposed to revive the 

 ' Lancashire Naturalist ' in April, at 4d. per month. If the 

 suggested Union becomes an accomplished fact, and the 

 ' Lancashire Naturalist ' becomes its official organ, it should 

 have a longer lease of life than its predecessor. 



LIVERPOOL GEOLOGISTS. 



The Liverpool Geological Society has issued its volume 

 of Proceedings for 1907-8, and it contains a useful record of 

 local work, and two papers, the work of members, have 

 reference to field work afar off. Dr. Dwerryhouse also con- 

 tributes his Presidential Address to the Society. There are 

 two important papers on the Trias, one on ' The Mineralogical 

 Constitution of the Storeton Sandstone,' by J. Lomas ; and 

 the other on ' Some Markings, other than Footprints, in the 

 Keuper Sandstones and Marls,' by Mr. H. C. Beasley. Mr. 

 Mellard Reade has watched the construction of a new Sewer 

 Outfall, and as a result is able to give some useful notes on the 

 Post-Glacial beds at Great Crosby ; with lists of foraminifera 

 by Joseph Wright. Together with Mr. P. Holland, Mr. Reade 

 gives some Analyses of Longmyndian Rocks. Mr. T. H. Cope 

 writes some notes on some remarkable ' Comparisons in the 

 Weathering of Basalt,' and Mr. Lomas writes on Marine Peat 

 at Liverpool. A melancholy interest attaches to this volume. 

 It is the last one in which the name of Mr. Joseph Lomas, '^-who 



Naturalist, 



