476 Odituary — Henri Milne Edurirds. 



occurrence of Shelly Boulder-clay in North Ronaldshay, found 



by Dr. Traill. 

 H. Cadell. — Recent Advances in West Lothian Geology, 

 Professor F. Clotves. — Barium Sulphate as a cementing material in 



Sandstone. 

 A. G. Cameron. — Notes on Fullers' Earth and its applications. 

 Dr. J. C. Howden. — Notes on the Glacial Deposits of Montrose. 

 Alex. Boss. — Notes on the Rocks of St. Kilda. 

 C. E. Be Ranee. — Report of the Committee on the Circulation of 



Underground Waters. 

 W. Whitalcer. — On Deep Borings at Chatham. A Contribution to 



the Deep-seated Geology of the London Basin. 

 W. Whitaher. — On the Waterworks at Goldstone Bottom, Brighton. 



COIiS/IESIF'OIsrXD IE IsTCE. 



FOSSIL SLUGS. 



SiK, — A correspondent has inquired whether any fossil slugs are 

 known. Having unfortunately mislaid his letter, perhaps you will 

 kindly permit me to answer the question in your pages. 



Testacella is recorded from the Middle and Upper Miocene and 

 Pliocene. 



Limax from the Lower Miocene, upwards. 



Amalia from the Upper Miocene. 



Parmacellina from the Upper Eocene. 



Arion ater from the Pleistocene. 



Vitrina, Succinea, Hyalinia are found fossil in the Tertiaries, but 

 scarcely perhaps enter the category of " slugs," a rather vague term. 



Probably many other slugs are known as fossils in America, but 

 it is of course only genera provided with some sort of shell that can 

 possibly leave behind any fossil remains. 



7, Damer Terrace, Chelsea, Sept. 14, 1885. J. Starkie Gardner. 



HENRI MILNE EDWARDS. 



Born Oct. 23, 1800; Died July 29, 1885. 



With regret we record in our present issue another loss to Science 

 — the loss of a Naturalist who for more than sixty years devoted 

 himself with unswerving perseverance to the unravelment of the 

 mysterious and wondrous phenomena of animal life : and we shall 

 not be overstepping the limits of our record by preserving in its 

 pages a brief sketch of the work of a man who, while ranking as a 

 chief among zoologists, carried his researches into the domain of 

 palasontology also. 



Henri Milne Edwards, though born at Bruges — on October 23, 

 1800 — was of English parentage. His father, Lieutenant-Colonel 

 Edwards, had settled in that city after successful operations as a 

 planter in Jamaica. His mother, Elizabeth Vaux, a second wife. 



