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that the limestone of the old red sandstone exists here, ahout two feet thick, and under- 

 lies these " foot-marks " sixty-five feet. On the slab there are obscure remains of other 

 organized matter ; small spots, with filamentous radiations, and a small bone or seed- 

 like mark, which is difficult to make out. I was fortunate enough to obtain these im- 

 pressions in a large and heavy slab, which is now in my possession. It is my intention, 

 when more at leisure, to make a more lengthened and accurate description, with correct 

 figures, of this remarkable and interesting specimen, which exhibits on its table the 

 record of the oldest saurian yet observed. When finished, the paper will be sub- 

 mitted to the Society for publication in the Transactions, In the meantime, I pro- 

 pose the provisional name of Sauropus primaevus.'' — '■Proceedings of the American 

 Philosophical Society.' 



[The correspondence of these foot-prints with those of the American alligator is 

 remarkably interesting, as affording a clew to the place in the system occupied by 

 Cheirotherium. — E. N.~] 



Occurrence of Hawkeris Gymnetrus (Gymnetrus Hawkenii) on the Yorkshire 

 Coast. — Yesterday, January 3rd, a person walking on the beach near Redcar, found a 

 specimen of Gymnetrus Hawkenii ; it was still living, but somewhat mutilated, the 

 extremity of the tail being wanting, and portions only of the ventral and pectoral fins 

 remaining. The following particulars may be interesting : — 



ft. in. 



Length (portion of tail wanting) 10 11 



Depth 1 



Thickness 3£ 



Weight 66lbs. 



This specimen agrees very well with the description you gave (Zool. 2460) of the Cul- 

 lercoats riband fish, as to colour and shape, but it has no crest in front of the dorsal fin, 

 and as no mention is made of the ventral fius in your description, I presume it 

 had none. The present specimen has certainly possessed ventral fins, as their re- 

 mains are still apparent in two strong spines, one of them an inch, the other three 

 quarters of an inch in length. A pilot, named Slater Potts, found a much larger 

 specimen on this coast several years ago : it measured twenty-four feet in length. 

 — T. S. Rudd ; Redcar, January 4, 1850. 



Occurrence of the Maigre (ScisenaAquila) on the Yorkshire Coast. — On the 24th of 

 December, [1849] a fine specimen of the maigre was found on our coast, between 

 Redcar and the Tees Mouth ; it measured five feet and one inch in length. — Id. 



The Tinearist's Calendar for February. — Let not the collector imagine nothing is 

 to be done during winter, all the species which exist, are somewhere during the win- 

 ter, either as egg, larva, pupa or imago, and in one or other of these states they may 

 be found. Most of the Crambi are now larva?, feeding at the roots of moss ; the Gal- 

 leriae are also feeding or torpid in honeycomb ; some of the Phycideae larva; may 

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