Reviews— Cavern Researches. By" 
Mr. Storms’ memoir, just received. Many years ago teeth from the 
same formation were described by Dr. T. C. Winkler under the name 
of Enchodus Bleekeri, but further studies led to the belief in 1891 ' 
that these fossils were wrongly determined, and would probably 
prove to belong to the existing genus Cybium. The discovery of a 
new specimen now enables Mr. Storms not only to confirm this 
revision, but to discuss the affinities of the species. The detailed 
description of the skull is illustrated by a large, folding plate; and 
the memoir concludes with a brief synopsis of the known extinct 
species of Cybium. The genus has been discovered in the Hocene of 
Monte Bolea and the Isle of Sheppey; in the Oligocene of Hesse 
Darmstadt, in Belgium, and Vienna; and in the Lower Miocene of 
Chiavon, Italy. Cybium Bleekeri must have attained a length of 
more than a metre, almost equalling in size the existing C. Commer- 
soni. Species of the genus are rarely met with in European seas at 
the present day, its habitat being the warmer regions of the ocean. 
ADS: We 
Il].—Cavern RuEseaRcHEs. 
1. Dis Irpretaséte im Brenzraate (WourrremBere). By Dr. 
HperaarD Fraas. Zeitschr. deutsch. geol. Gesell. 1893, pp. 1— 
14 (reprint). 
2. Le Reparre DE Roc-Traucat (AriicEe), ET NorEes suUR DES 
Méfcactros, Castors, Hynes, Sar@as, ET DIvERS RonGeurs 
(JUATERNAIRES DU SUD-OUEST DE LA FRANCE; avec Observations 
sur le Climat de cette Région 4 la Fin du Quaternaire. By HE. 
Hartt. Comptes Rendus Soc. d’Hist. Nat. Toulouse, 1892 
(1898), pp. 1-18 (reprint). 
HE caverns of France and Germany are still receiving attention, 
and the two small pamphlets quoted above make interesting 
contributions to our knowledge of the Pleistocene fauna discovered 
in them. After describing the situation and physical characters of 
the Irpfel cavern in the valley of the Brenz, Dr. Fraas discusses the 
remains met with in the cave-earth, recording the occurrence of 
Hyena spelea, Ursus speleus, Felis spelea, Canis lupus var. speleus, 
Canis vulpes, Hlephas primigenius, Rhinoceros tichorhinus, Equus 
caballus, E. asinus, Cervus tarandus, C. giganteus, C. elaphus, Bos 
priscus, Castor fiber, bird remains, Hsox, and flint flakes. Measure- 
ments are given of a nearly complete skull of Hygana—the first 
discovery of the kind in Wiirtemberg. Two small Bear’s teeth are 
noted as possibly referable to Ursus tarandus, Fraas (=U. arctoides, 
Bl.) ; and the determination of E. asinus is based upon some very 
small teeth and a metatarsus. Coprolites are abundant, and the 
cavern was evidently at one period a Hyena den. Dr. Fraas 
concludes that there can be no longer any doubt as to the con- 
temporaneity in Wiirtemberg of Man and the Reindeer with the 
Mammoth, Rhinoceros, Cave Hyena, and other animals he has 
discovered. 
1 Smith Woodward, Gzou. Mae. [3] Vol. VIII. p. 109. 
