42 Canadian Record, of Science. 



ments that contain this fauna. These were found similar 

 in most respects to those of the New Brunswick sediments 

 of this age. A surprising similarity can be observed in 

 the deposits of this age for a long distance along the 

 Atlantic border. 



The fauna consists chiefly of species of the family 

 Hyolithidie, mostly of the genera Hyolithes and Orth- 

 otheca ; the latter showing the greater variety of species, 

 the former the larger forms. ISText in importance come 

 the conical gasteropods. The spiral gasteropods and the 

 lamellibranchs are each represented by minute species. 

 One species of Aptychopsis represents the Crustaceans, 

 there being no trilobites in the fauna, so far as the collec- 

 tions show. 



The zoological position of the Hyolithidfe is discussed 

 in this paper and the conclusion reached that they should 

 be classed with the Tubicolous Worms. 



The new and the characteristic species of the fauna are 

 figured. 

 10. — " iSTotes on Some Additions to the Molluscan Fauna 



of the Pacific Coast of Canada." By Geo. W. Taylor, 



of Nanaimo, B.C. 

 ISTotes on forty species of Marine Mollusca added to the 

 list since the publication of the " Preliminary Catalogue," 

 in 1895 ; also some corrections in the nomenclature 

 employed in that catalogue, and additional information as 

 to the distribution, &c., of many of the species. The 

 paper was not ready for last year's transactions. 

 11. — " L'Antiquite de la Tefre et de I'Homme." By 



C. Baillarge, M.A., C.E. 

 12. — " On the Origin of the Silvery Appearance in the 



Integument of Fishes." By Prof. E. E. Prince, 



Commissioner of Fisheries. Communicated by R W. 



Ells, LL.D. 

 13. — " Some Chitinous Elements in the Larval Skeleton 



of Fishes which appear to be Primitive." By the 



same author. Communicated bv Pi. W. Ells, LL.D. 



