1853.] HENEKEN SAN DOMINGO. 115 



Note on the Fossil FisH/ro»« Albert Mine. 

 By Sir P. de M. G. Egerton, Bart., F.G.S. &c. 



The specimens of the fossil fishes from the Albert Mine that are in 

 Sir C. Ly ell's Collection and the Museum of the Geological Society 

 all belong to the genus Palceoniscus. Specimen marked No. 1 pro- 

 bably belongs to the species named P. Alberti by Dr. C. J. Jackson*. 

 No. 2 is most like P. Cairnsii. No. 3 corresponds with the species 

 figured pi. 2. fig. 3. This is not named in Dr. Jackson's descrip- 

 tion, but probably is also P. Cairnsii. The head-bone and scale, 

 specimen No. 4, appear from their size and character to resemble the 

 characters of the species figured pi. 1. fig. 5, but not described. 



All the species from this locality are remarkable for the remote 

 position of the dorsal fin, and the highly sculptured ornamentation 

 of the head-bones and scales. They are also remarkable for the large 

 size of the scales covering the dorsal angle. Some of the larger spe- 

 cimens figured by Dr. Jackson, especially fig. 2. pi. 1, have great 

 resemblance to the forms of Palceoniscus, graduating into the charac- 

 ters oi Euryyiotus and Amplypterus, found at Burdie House and New- 

 haven in Scotland. Th6y are all quite remote in character from the 

 Palceonisci of the Kupfer Schiefer and Magnesian Limestone. 



2. On the Carcharodon a7id other Fish Remains in the Red 

 Crag. By S. V. Wood, Esq., F.G.S. 



March 23, 1853. 



William Fairbairn, Esq., Theodore Stanley Heneken, Esq., Thomas 

 H. Henry, Esq., H. H. Howell, Esq., Lovell Reeve, Esq., John 

 Kenyon Blackwell, Esq., and Herbert Francis Mackworth, Esq., were 

 elected Fellows. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. On some Tertiary Deposits in San Domingo. By T, S. 

 Heneken, Esq., F.G.S. With Notes on the Fossil Shells, 

 by J. C. Moore, Esq., F.G.S. ; and on the Fossil Corals, by 

 W. Lonsdale, Esq., F.G.S. 



The following remarks on the geology of a part of the island of 

 San Domingo -j- (made at intervals during the hurry and excitement of 

 war and revolution) are offered not so much with a view of possibly 

 disclosing any new or interesting facts, as from a desire to contribute, 

 though it might be imperfectly, to the extension of geological sta- 

 tistics, as regards an interesting region hitherto but little known. 



* Report on the Albert Coal Mine, 8vo, p. 22, &c. 



+ See also some remarks on the geology of this portion of San Domingo, by the 

 Author, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. vi. p. 39 et seq. 



