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Remains recently discovered in the London Clay,” by Nathaniel 
Wetherell, Esq., F.G.S. 
The fossils described in this communication, were found about 
three years since in the excavations on the line of the Birmingham 
Railway, between Euston Square and Kilburn. They occurred at 
depths varying from 12 to 40 feet, and generally in small hard 
nodular masses of a pale-brown colour. Some of the specimens, 
when cleared from the matrix, are oval or spindle-shaped; others 
are cylindrical and branched, varying in diameter from half an inch 
to less than a tenth, and in length from 2 to 5 inches; and several 
are flabelliform, with a more or less rugose surface, the width of the 
largest being 4 inches and three quarters, the length about 5 
inches, and the thickness half an inch. ‘The whole of the speci- 
mens are more or less covered with small oviform grains, occasion- 
ally furrowed down the middle, and generally distributed without 
any definite arrangement, but in some instances are disposed in 
rows, the grains being chiefly placed parallel to their longer axis. 
Besides the above more regular-shaped masses, Mr. Wetherell has 
obtained a vast quantity of others, which present no definite form, 
but are composed of small rough angular bodies, generally amor- 
phous internally, but occasionally composed of concentric lamelle. 
These specimens are likewise often more or less covered with the 
oviform grains, some of which may also be discovered in the sub- 
stance of the specimen. ‘The author referred to a description by 
Mr. Richardson, of branched bodies, in the London clay near Herne 
Bay, but which are not covered by the oviform grains*. 
Mr. Wetherell offers no opinion relative to the true nature of 
these fossils, leaving their determination open to the result of future 
researches. 
Lastly, a paper was read “‘ On the relations of the different parts 
of the Old Red Sandstone, in which organic remains have recently 
been discovered, in the counties of Murray, Nairn, ea and In- 
verness,” by J. G. Malcolmson, M.D., F.G.S. 
The author commences by stating, that in a paper Ca before 
this Society in April 1838+, he announced, that Mr. Martin had 
discovered fossil scales and bones in the old red sandstone under 
the cornstone four miles to the south of Elgin, and that he had him- 
self ascertained that many of the specimens belonged to fishes from 
Clashbinnie, since figured in Mr. Murchison’s Silurian System { 
under the name of Holoptychus Nobilissimus. A careful exami- 
nation of the Ichthyolite beds discovered by Mr. Miller on both 
sides of the south Sutor of Cromarty, convinced the author, that 
they also belong to the old red sandstone; and he has identified 
several of the fishes found there with those of Gamrie, Caithness, 
and Orkney; and this identification M. Agassiz confirmed with 
reference to the Cromarty species of Cheiracanthus, Diplopterus, and 
* Geol. Proceedings, vol. ii., p. 78. + Ibid., vol. ii. 
+ Plate, 2 dis. 
