Ras. NOTES AND NEWS. 
Peziza aurantia (id. Ovenden (G. L. Lister). 
*Var. atro-marginata Phil. & Pl. Edlington Wood. 
*Peziza adz Sadl. Edlington Wood. 
Peziza vesiculosa Bull. Elland (C. Crossland and J. W. 
Sutcliffe 
Lachnea macropus Pers. Edlington Wood. 
Lachnea hemisphzrica Wigg. Edlington Wood. 
USTILAGINEI. 
*Tilletia rauwenhofii F. v. Waldh. Sandal Beat. 
*Sphacelotheca hydropiperis Schum. Sandal Beat. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
The August number of the a, Journal of the Geological igen con- 
tains an elaborate end detailed memoir on ‘ The Shap enrnve? and the Associated 
Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks,’ by Me ssrs. ‘Alfred H 3.8.5 
i ee, M.A., Sen Keyed The — sadtcde es 3 ‘ Sketch- -map 
and two plates of Microscopic rock-sec 
the oct nt of Lit terature and § e held its annual mee ting at rar 
e r 
os «-—- — 
Numerous oS original papers were then read. Mr. Goodchild lectured 
on ‘Cumber ae and babi mie Limestone and Mr. J. Postlethwaite, of 
Keswick, read ge ‘The Cleaved Ashes and Breccias of the Volcanic Series 
of Borrowdale,’ subjects ‘of great Lataeett to eelogi 
Macpherson, M.A., ad ‘ The present state of our Coat of the fabs of the 
No nd, with fepesiat reference to the Solway Firth,’ the 
mh ng u 
appearan 
awaited with feelings of keen anticipation, as has been done int is depart- 
ment of research since Dr. Heysham snibedt his catalogue of lo Bon 
that Mr. Macpherson’s work will mark a distinct save | in knowledge. 
——_ ore 
The fruits o the visit — the Mayor of Halifax, Mr. James W Jilliam 
Davis, F.S.A., etc. (whom we are glad to be able to congratulate on having are 
5 te fe ee m), an nd Mr. A. S 
dignity ootecink upo: ter d his frie 
Ww rd, paid in 1889 Hs some of the principal museums in Swi and 
mark, have appeared in th of gthy paper illustrated by mine 
beauti I lithographed eee ee pra aes Fish of the Cretaceous rd 
. inavia,’ published jus' quarto Scienti 
Transactions of the Royal Dubhn § Society, and including a considerable — 
ies new to sci 
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