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III. — Natural History Transactions of Northumberland and 

 Durham. Vol. V. Part III. (London : Messrs. Williams and 

 Norgate.) 

 rpmS number contains two palEeontological papers of interest. The 

 X first, '' On the Skull and other Bones of Loxomma Allmanni, 

 Hux., from the Low Main, Newsham, Northumberland," by Messrs. 

 Dennis, Embleton, and T. Atthey, contains a most careful and 

 minute description of the most complete specimen of the skull of this 

 reptile yet found, the upper surface and border being perfect. Close 

 by it were found the two halves, right and left, of a lower jaw, 

 fitting it, and probably belonging to the same individual, as well as 

 some vertebra, ribs and other bones. When viewed from above, the 

 skull has a general resemblance to that of Archegosaurus and the 

 Crocodilia, and of the latter, the Alligator rather than the Crocodile. 

 The teeth are nearly all broken off transversely, and exhibit a 

 beautiful labyrinthodontine structure, which is well figured on pi. iv. 



Its affinities with the fishes are shown by the existence of one 

 concave articular surface instead of a condyle or condyles, and by the 

 existence of two facets on the exoccipitals for articulation with the 

 neural arch of the atlas ; whilst the form, size, and solidarity of the 

 skidl, together with its peculiarly reticulated surface, resembles that 

 of the Alligator, Its zoological position is defined as being bet^yeen 

 the Salamandroid fishes and the Crocodilia. 



The second paper contains an equally elaborate description, by Mr. 

 T. Atthey, of the largest by far of the three Labyrinthodonts yet 

 found in the Northumberland Coal-field — Antliracoscmvus Busselli, 

 Hux. The parts treated of are the upper and under surface of the 

 skull, both rami of the mandible, the teeth scutes and other bones. 



The plates illustrating these two papers are admirably executed. — 



B. B. W. 



I. — The Lake Dwellings of Switzerland and other Parts of 

 Europe. By Dr. Ferdinand Keller. Translated and arranged 

 by John Edward Lee, F.S.A., E.G.S., etc. Forthcoming second 

 edition. (London, Longmans, Green & Co.) 



(PLATE XI.) 



STUDENTS of Prehistoric Archaeology in this country are largely 

 indebted to Mr. John Edward Lee, of Torquay, for the valuable 

 service he has rendered them in presenting to English readers so 

 excellent a version of Dr. Ferdinand Keller's great work on the 

 Lake-Dwellings of Switzerland, noticed by us in the Geological 

 Magazine for 1866, Vol. III. p. 460. 



So thoroughly has Mr. Lee's labour been appreciated, that a new 

 edition has been called for, and is actually completed, and will 

 shortly appear. 



In the eleven years that have intervened since the appearance 

 of the first edition, the Swiss antiquaries have largely added 



