40 Reports and Proceedings. 



In his note on the Corals, Dr. Duncan stated tliat, besides two 

 species derived from the Carboniferous Limestone, be bad been able 

 to determine four species of Zoantharia from tbe base of the 

 " Sutton Stone." These Corals are unlike any hitherto discovered 

 in North-western Eurojoe, and, with certain reservations, were said 

 to indicate an horizon which, in the Alpine Triassic districts, would 

 be deemed St. Cassian ; but, as our knowledge of the vertical range 

 of the St. Cassian Corals is at present very imperfect, their absolute 

 age cannot be more definitely stated, their occurrence in South 

 Wales rendering it probable that they have a greater vertical, as 

 they are now proved to have a greater horizontal, range than has 

 hitherto been supposed. 



2, " Notes on a Section of Lower Lias and Ehsetic Beds near 

 Wells, Somerset." By the Eev. P. B. Brodie, M.A., E.G.S. 



A section recently exposed at Milton Lane, one mile and a-half 

 north of Wells, exhibited the Lima-beds passing into and overlying 

 the White Lias and Avieula-contorta zone. The author described 

 the section (which was constructed by Mr. J. Parker and himself) 

 in detail, and showed that the Lima-series attained here a thickness 

 of 10 feet 4 inches, and the Khgetic beds, including the grey marls, 

 of 18 feet 6 inches ; he was not able to discover any trace of Am- 

 monites plano7-his, nor any of the peculiar limestones indicating the 

 "Insect" and " Saurian" zones. He found one fragment of bone- 

 bed lying loose at the end of the Lane, and containing characteristic 

 fish-remains ; but though he searched carefully, he could not find 

 in situ the bed from which it had been detached. 



The following specimens were exhibited : — A collection of Rh^tic 

 Fossils from Glamorganshire ; exhibited by E. B. Tawney, Esq., 

 F.G.S. — A series of Fossils from the zones of Avicula contorta and 

 Ammonites angidatus from near Gainsborough ; exhibited by F. M. 

 Burton, Esq., F.G.S. — ^ Corals from the White Lias of Watchet ; 

 exhibited by W. Boyd Dawkins, Esq., M.A., F.G.S, — A restored 

 paddle of Pliosaurus from the Kimmeridge Clay near Peterborough ; 

 exhited by Dr. H. Porter, F.G.S. 



Edinburgh Geological Society. — ^I. The annual general meeting 

 of this Society, was held on November 2nd, 1865, David Page, Esq., 

 F.R.S.E., F.G.S., Vice-President, in the chair. The following 

 gentlemen were elected Officers for the session, 1865-66 : — President, 

 Charles Maclaren, Esq., F.G.S. Viee-Presidents, D. Page, Esq., 

 F.R.S.E., F.G.S., and E. A. F. A. Coyne, Esq., C.E. Interim 

 Secretary, G. C. Haswell, Esq. Treasurer, G. Lyon, Esq. Idbrarian, 

 T. Smyth, Esq. Curators, T. E. Marshall, Esq., and A. Somerville, 

 Esq. Caimcillors, J. E. S. Hunter, Esq. ; T. Wallace, Esq. ; G. C. 

 Haswell, Esq. ; D. Marshall, Esq. ; Neil Stewart, Esq. ; and the 

 Rev. C. Teape. 



Mr. Page, who opened the session on behalf of the venerable 

 President, Mr. Maclaren, directed attention to some of the leading 

 features of the Glacial epoch. He divided the epoch into three 

 stages ; — 1. When the land stood somewhat higher than at present. 



