380 Meporfs and Proceedings — Geological Society of London. 



work of Mr. F. W. Kndler, I.S.O., the former Curator. Clearly and 

 concisely written, it conveys in readable form an astonishing amount 

 of accurate information, with abundant references to further original 

 sources of knowledge. It is especially rich in observations on the 

 mode of occurrence, origin, and economic uses of our minerals. 

 The volume extends to 241 pages, including a good index, and the 

 price is Is. 



2. — Notes on Cambrian Faunas. By G. F. Matthew, D.Sc, 

 F.R.S.C. Bull. Nat. Hist. Soc of New Brunswick, vol. v, 

 part 4, p. 406. 

 rPHIS article relates to the characters of certain Ostracoda and 

 J_ Trilobita of the Paradoxides and Protolenus zones of New 

 Brunswick in Eastern Canada, and is based on additional material 

 of species already described. There is also in this article a dis- 

 cussion of certain Cambrian forms from the locality at Anse au 

 Loup, the fossils of which were studied by the late E. Billings ; the 

 opinion is expressed that the genus SaliereUa is based on ensheathed 

 examjjles of Hyolitlies and Oriliotheca. Walcott has referred one 

 species to Hyolitlies ; Dr. Matthew would refer the other two to 

 Oriliotheca. 



3. — New Species and a New Genus of Devonian Plants. 

 By G. F. Matthew, LL.D., F.R.S.C. Bull. Nat. Hist. Soc. of 

 New Brunswick, vol. v, part 4, p. 393. 



ANEW genus and new species and a mutation of a Carboniferous 

 species from the plant-bearing strata near St. John, New 

 Brunswick, Canada, are described in this article. The former is 

 a fern of peculiar aspect, with thick, smooth, barren pinnules and 

 fertile pinnules that bore pods or similar receptacles ; the barren 

 pinnules are compared with the Ginkgoale genus Baiera of the 

 Secondary rocks, the fertile ones to Palceopteris. The other fossil 

 described in this paper is considered to be a mutation of Brongniart's 

 Anmdaria longifolia ; it has wider leaves and longer internodes than 

 the typical forms of the Coal-measures. 



JREi^OS-TS J^:i<TlD I=I^OGEE!IDII^^(3-S. 



Geological Society of London. 



June 27th, 1906.— Sir Archibald Geikie, D.C.L., Sc.D., Sec.E.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



The President announced that the Foreign Secretary had, on 

 behalf of the Officers and Council, addressed a letter of congratu- 

 lation to Commendatore Prof. Arturo Issel, For. Corr. G. S., on the 

 occasion of the fortieth anniversary of his professorate in Genoa 

 University. 



