Eeports and Proceedings. S^S 



and the position of HoloptycMus and BMzodus in this subdivision of 

 the ganoids, are discussed in the latter part of the communication. 



13. " On supposed burrows of Worms in the Laurentian Kocks of 

 of Canada." By Dr. Dawson, F.G-.S. 



The author communicated the discovery of perforations, resem- 

 bling burrows of worms, in a calcareous quartzite, or impure lime- 

 stone, of Laurentian age, from Madoc, in Upper Canada, but belong- 

 ing to a somewhat higher horizon than the Eozoon- serpentines of 

 Grenville. 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



1. Shells illustrating the Eev. 0. Fisher's paper on the " Warp ;" 

 exhibited by the author. 



2. Flint Implements illustrating Mr. Flower's paper; exhibited 

 by the author. 



3. Worm-burrows from the Laurentian -Rocks of Canada ; exhi- 

 bited by Dr. J. W. Dawson, F.E.S., F.G.S. 



4. Specimens illustrating the structure of Eozoon; exhibited by 

 Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F.R.S., F.G.S. 



5. Specimens illustrating the view of the inorganic origin of Eo- 

 zoon ; exhibited by Dr. T. H. Bowney. 



6. A new species of Banina (B. porifera, H. Woodw.) from the 

 Tertiary beds of Trinidad and other fossils ; exhibited by R. J. L. 

 Guppy, Esq., F.G.S. 



7. Cornish Minerals ; exhibited by Dr. Le Neve Foster, F.G.S. ; 

 and two specimens of Diallogite from Cornwall ; exhibited by Mrs. 

 Murphy of Penzance. 



8. Specimen of Eock Crystal from Japan ; exliibited by H. W. 

 Bristow, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S. 



The next evening-meeting of the society will be held on November 

 7, 1866. . 



CoTTESWOLB ]Sl'ATmiALiST&' FiELD-cxuB. — The sccond field meeting 

 took place on the 13th June at May-hill. This was a joint meet of 

 the Cotteswold and Malvern Clubs. Both clubs gathered under the 

 leadership of then* respective presidents, Sir W. V. Guise and the 

 Eev. W. S. Symonds. The members left Gloucester in carriages, 

 halting by the way to view the Pinetum at Highnam lodge ; from 

 which elevated spot the prospect is extremely grand. The party 

 next proceeded to Huntley, the new church of which demanded inspec- 

 tion, and is sure to elicit admiration from all who delight in good 

 taste in church decoration. From the church, a short walk brought 

 the party to the hospitable residence of Major Probyn, where an ex- 

 cellent luncheon was provided. The club next ascended May-hill, 

 on the summit of which the President of the Malvern Club, the Rev. 

 W. S. Symonds, described the geology of this interesting distiict, 

 which lies spread around the observer from that commanding ele- 

 vation. Commencing with the primaeval historj^ of the Malvems, he 

 showed how their Syenitic masses have been thrust through the 

 overlying Silurian strata — how the prolongation of their axis of dis- 

 turbance has brought the Llandovery rock to the summit of May- 



