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lower Barremian by placing the zone of Crioceras elegans above 

 instead of below the zone of Ancyloceras crassum and Crioceras 

 fissicostatum. 



4. Chalk Foraminipera. — The foraminifera of the Inoceramus- 

 beds of the district of Rzeszow and Debica have been figured and 

 described by W. Friedberg in Bull. Intern. Acad. Sci. Cracovie 

 (Dec. 1901). Out of 92 forms mentioned some 66 were previously 

 found by Grzybowski in the Inoceramus-heds of Gorlice (ibid., 

 April, 1901). The figures given by Friedberg are rather rough 

 and unsatisfactory. 



5. Patagonian Tertiary Mollusca. — H. von Ihering has an 

 important though short paper on this subject in the Proc. American 

 Phi]. Soc, xli (April, 1902). He states that Borchert erroneously 

 determined many of the forms, and thus was led to a wrong idea 

 as to the age of the beds. Ihering regards the Parana formation 

 as Miocene, and the Cape Fairweather beds as the representative 

 of the Pliocene of Argentina in the south, while the same formation 

 in the north is seen in the Tehuelche beds. The * Pampeano 

 superior' of Araeghino he regards as Pleistocene, and the Pyrotherium- 

 beds as Eocene. Ihering says that there are neither existing nor 

 Mesozoic species of mollusca in the Pyrotherium-heds. 



6. Oligocene and Miocene Deposits of the Great Plains. — 

 Hatcher, in the same Proceedings, discusses the origin of these beds, 

 dealing with the character of the materials and the palEeontological 

 evidence. He arranges the White Eiver formation thus : 1, Titano- 

 therium-heds ; 2, Oreo(^ow-beds ; 3, Zeptauchenia-heds. The Loup 

 Fork formation thus: 1, Gering Sandstone; 2, Ogalalla formation. 

 The Arikaree formation thus : 1, Monroe Creek beds ; 2, Harrison 

 beds ; 3, Nebraska beds of Scott. All from below upwards. 



7. The Hull Museum. — Although this museum has been opened 

 but a few months, Mr. Sheppard has already got into excellent 

 shape the collections of Antiquities and Animals. He is now at 

 work upon the geological material. Among this is the collection 

 made by F. A. Bedwell (afterwards Judge) from the Chalk. Bedwell 

 was the author of the paper on the Ammonite Zone of Thanet, 

 which appeared in the Geologists' Association Proceedings, a paper 

 the accuracy of which has been vouched for by Eowe. When 

 Mr. Sheppard has cleaned and arranged this Chalk collection, which 

 no doubt all came from the South of England, he will probably find 

 some interesting specimens, and possibly some types. 



8. Geology of Hertfordshire. — Mr. Hopkinson has issued in 

 the Trans. Herts Nat. Hist. Soc, 1902, vol. xi (3), a list of works 

 on the geology of the county from 1884 to 1900. This is in con- 

 tinuation of a previous list, and that again of Whitaker's list 

 of 1875. We wish other county societies would see their way to 

 publish similar lists regularly. A few have done so, but it is not 

 general, and the matter might well engage the attention of the 

 British Association Committee. 



