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Lichas, etc., largely from materials furnished by Mrs. Gray, of 

 Edinburgh, the Museum of Practical Geology, the Edinburgh 

 Museum, the Woodwardian (Sedgwick) Museum, etc. 



We wish that the author had found it possible, in cases of frag- 

 mentary specimens, such as several of these species are based upon, 

 to have given in outline a restoration of some of the more important 

 forms ; this would have greatly enhanced the value of this very 

 useful work, and might even now be added as a final plate, if thought 

 desirable. 



6. Miss Gertrude L. Elles and Miss Ethel M. E. Wood, aided by 

 Professor Chas. Lapworth, continue their monograph on British 

 Graptolites (pt. iv), dealing with the history of research and the 

 family of the Dicranograptidee, following with the genus Dicello- 

 graptus and nineteen species and varieties duly characterized and 

 figured, then the genus Dicranograptus with thirteen species and 

 varieties. These are illustrated by numerous text-figures and six 

 quarto plates by Bemrose from drawings by Miss Wood. 



In commending the work of this Society, which consists in 

 publishing figures and descriptions of every British fossil, and has 

 now been carried on continuously for fifty-eight years, it is hardly 

 needful to mention that, apart from covering the bare cost of the pro- 

 duction by artists, process-engravers, printers, etc., and for paper and 

 other necessary expenses, the whole income of the Palseontographical 

 Society is returned to the subscribers in the annual volumes they 

 receive. Nay, more, owing to the greater amount than usual of 

 plates and letterpress prepared by authors for publication in the 

 years 1903 and 1904, the cost of these volumes has largely exceeded 

 the Society's income for those years, so that each contributor of one 

 guinea has really received back a volume costing the Society two 

 guineas in return for his subscription, which has been paid for out of 

 the small savings of past and more prosperous years. It should 

 also be mentioned that the authors of monographs receive no 

 remuneration whatever for their contributions, which are freely 

 presented to the Society. 



The only source for regret arises from the fact that owing to the 

 death of many old members, and the want of a sufficiently large 

 number of new ones coming forward to replace their loss, the income 

 of the Society is considerably diminished, and its most valuable work 

 will be greatly retarded in the future unless geologists, palason- 

 tologists, and biologists — indeed, naturalists generally — will unite to 

 assist the Society to carry on its work successfully in the new year. 

 Certainly all Literary and Scientific Institutions, Public Libraries, 

 and private persons desirous to promote the study of palaeontology 

 should join the ranks and send in their names to Dr. Arthur Smith 

 Woodward, F.R.S., Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, S.W., 

 the able and energetic Secretary, who will take care that the annual 

 volume of the Palseontographical Society is duly delivered, carriage 

 paid, to the address of each subscriber. 



DECADE T. — VOL. II. — NO. III. 



