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10. The Pliocene Beds of St. Erth, Cornwall. By Robert Georse Bell, 



F.G.S 718 



11. Report on the Higher Eocene Beds of the Isle of Wight 719 



WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 



1. The Triassic Rocks of West Somerset. By VV. A. E. Usshee, F.G.S. ... 719 



2. The Devonian Rocks of West Somerset on the Borders of the Trias. By 



W. A. E. UssHER, F.G.S 720 



3. The Matrix of the Diamond. By Professor H. Oakvill Lewis 720 



4. Ohser\'ations on the Rounding of Pehhles by Alpine Rivers, with a Note 

 on their Bearing upon the Origin of the Bunter Conglomerate. By Pro- 

 fessor.T. G. Bonnet, D.Sc, LL.D., F.R.3., F.G.S 721 



5. On the Present State of the Channel Tunnel, and on the Boring at 



Shakespeare Cliff, near Dover. By Professor W. Botd Datvsins, F.R.S. 722 



6. On the Extension of the Scandinavian Ice to Eastern England in the 



Glacial Period. By Professor Otto Tokell 723 



7. On the Terminal Moraine near Manchester. By Professor H. Caetill 

 Lewis 724 



8. Upon a simple method of projecting upon the screen Microscopic Rock 

 Sections, both by ordinary and by polarised light. By E. P. QuiNN 725 



Section D.— BIOLOGY. 

 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 



Address by Alfred Newton, M.A., F.R.S.,F.L.S., V.P.Z.S., &c.. Professor 

 of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy in the University of Cambridge, 

 President of the Section 726 



1. Report of the Committee on Migration 733 



2. Report of the Committee on the Fauna and Flora of the Oameroons 

 Mountains 733 



3. Report of the Committee to arrange for the Occupation of a Table at the 

 Zoological Station at Naples 733 



4. Report of the Committee on the Zoological Station at Granton 733 



6. Report of the Committee on the Marine Biological Association Laboratory 

 at Plymouth 733 



6. The Exploration of Liverpool Bay and the neighbouring parts of the 



Irish Sea by the Liverpool Marine Biology Committee. By Professor 

 W. A. Herdman, D.Sc, F.L.S 733 



7. On some Copepoda new to Britain found in Liverpool Bay. By Isaac C. 



Thompson, F.R.M.S .' 734 



8. Marine Zoology in Banka Strait, North Celebes. By Sidney J. Hick- 

 son, M.A 735 



9. Proposed Contributions to the Theory of Variation. By Pateick Geddes 735 



10. On the Early Stages in the Development of Antedon Rosacea. By H. 

 BuET, B.A., F.L.S 735 



11. On the True Nature and Function of the Madreporic System in Echino- 

 dermata. By Dr. M. Haetog 736 



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