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with these vertebrates, all appear to belong to existing species. No- 
human bones, flint-flakes, or native weapons, have ever been found 
associated with extinct mammalia in Queensland. 
The chapter on the Geology of British New Guinea is based 
mainly on the report of Mr..A. Gibb Maitland, of the Geological 
Survey of Queensland. From this it appears that on the north-east 
coast of this island there are numerous raised coral reefs, presenting 
all gradations of height from only a few feet above the water to an 
elevation of 2000 feet. Beds of sandstone and grit in the Kevori 
district are considered to be of post-Tertiary age, and the sandy 
limestones and shales with flint nodules at Port Moresby are 
regarded as Tertiary. An immense area, extending from Port 
Moresby to the German boundary, is occupied by metamorphic rocks. 
From the fossils obtained from different sources, Mr. Etheridge has 
determined that the oldest fossiliferous rocks in New Guinea, known 
up to the present, probably correspond homotaxially with the Upper 
Oolites of other countries. 
In the concluding chapter petrographical notes on specimens from 
Queensland and adjoining countries are contributed by Mr. A. W. 
Clarke, F.G.S. 
A very complete index, arranged under the headings of Persons, 
Places, Subjects, and Genera, Species and principal Synonyms, greatly 
facilitates the work of reference, and Mr. Etheridge also gives a list 
of papers relating to the Paleontology of Queensland and New 
Guinea. To this list a paper by Mr. A. H. Foord on Western 
Australian Fossils (Gron. Mac. Vol. VII. 1890) giving references 
to forms occurring in Queensland, might be added. 
The plates illustrating the fossils, rock specimens, etc., are bound 
in a separate volume. The major portion were drawn and litho- 
graphed in this country by Messrs. Berjeau and Highley, and it is 
hardly necessary to add that they reach a high standard of excellence 
which could hardly be looked for in the plates executed in Queensland. 
The importance of this work as a solid contribution to geology 
generally, and its particular value to that of Queensland, require no 
comment; and its authors deserve the acknowledgments of all 
interested in the science. We are also glad to see that the Govern- 
ment of Queensland recognizes the value of the work in making 
known the mineral resources of the colony. 
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GrotogieaL Society or Lonpon. 
J.—April 12th, 1893.—W. H. Hudleston, Esq., M.A., F-.R.S., 
President, in the Chair. The following communications were read :— 
1. “On some Paleozoic Ostracoda from Westmoreland.” By 
Prof. T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., F.G.S. 
In 1865 the author determined for Prof. Harkness some fossil 
Ostracoda which he had obtained from the Lower Silurian rocks of 
S E. Cumberland and N.E. Westmoreland, and subsequently other 
specimens mentioned by Harkness and Nicholson in 1872. In 
