Notes and Comments. 6i 



poculum, Bean-Leckenby sp. Livesian, vertumnus ; Genotype, 

 Holotype.' 



PARATYPES AND PHAULOMORPHS. 



This is followed by another Ammonite poculimi, described as a 

 " paratype,' also from near Gristhorpe. But as we read on it is 

 ' Poculisphinctes auricnlaris, nov. Divesian, vertumnus; Holo- 

 type. See CLXXXV.' We then have Ammonites personatus 

 {Bean, M.S. Simpson, 1843, Holotype) from Robin Hood's 

 Bay. That seems all right. But as we read on it is Agassi- 

 ceras personatum, Bean-Simpson sp. Lymian, agassiceras. 

 A phaulomorph. We should not have minded so much, 

 perhaps, if it had not been ' a phaulomorph,' but that was the 

 last straw. On the next plate we have Ammonites erratus, 

 from Whitby. This is described as ' A cripple (dysmorph) 

 without keel, cf. Hild. bifrons, CXIVb., and also as ' Pseudo- 

 lioceras erratum, Simpson sp., Whitbian, exaratum.' And so 

 one might go on. But we refrain. We are writing this on 

 Christmas Eve, and the ' waits ' are singing ' While shepherds 

 watch,' and ' Christians awake,' so we will make no further 

 comment. 



MR. G. W. LAMPLUGH, F.R.S. 



At the recent annual meeting of the Yorkshire Geological 

 Society, held at Leeds, Mr. G. W. Lamplugh, F.R.S. , was 

 unaminously elected President of the Society. This honour 

 would certainly have been awarded to him some time ago, 

 but Mr. Lamplugh felt that his duties at the Geological 

 Survey would not enable him to give the time to the office 

 that its importance warranted. His recent retirement, 

 however, gets over this difficulty, and at the earliest moment 

 thereafter his Yorkshire colleagues have given him the greatest 

 honour in their power, and they look forward to the excursions 

 and meetings of 1921. Mr. Lamplugh commenced his 

 geological work among the Drifts, Chalk, and Speeton Clays 

 around his former home at Bridlington, and for many years 

 the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society were 

 enriched by a series of papers recording his field observations, 

 which later were summarised in three important memoirs 

 dealing with the Drifts of Flamborough Headland, the Speeton 

 Clay, and the Yorkshire Chalk respectively. On the Geological 

 Survey Mr. Lamplugh gradually worked his way until he 

 reached the post of Assistant -Director. He did excellent 

 work there, his memoir on the Isle of Man being probably 

 his most complete and successful achievement. With broad 

 views, and with the knowledge gained by travelling in various 

 parts of the world, Mr. Lamplugh will be welcomed back to 

 his native county whole-heartedly. He is a past -president 

 of the Geological Society of London, the premier Society of the 



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