478 Scientific Intelligence. 
namomum (C. Heert Lsqx.), Taxites, a BS ses Dr. Daw- 
son states that the plants led Lesquereux and Heer to refer the 
beds to the Tertiary, they ee nearly allied to the Miocene; but 
that — has shown that the evidence of the associated 
marine fossils makes them Oretacnon. which is the opinion now 
generally accepted the species includin g Am mmonites, Baculites, etc. 
actions of the Edinburgh Geological Society. Vo 
othe L—This number of the ean tian of the Geological 
Sermaag where the a has received most attention. The 
fact that specimens of dolerite, anamesite, basalt, amygdaloid, or 
amygdaloidal dolerite and tachylite (obsidian-like) may all be col- 
lected from a single dike in Scotland, is mentioned as an example 
of the multiplying of names and divisions, ‘he sufficient dis- 
tinctions, and as evidence that the geological characters and rela- 
tions of the rocks have not been properly considered by those who 
hav —— out the systems of classification. The evil from this 
source Rocks cannot be treated and patel as if 
ccna: or even as mineral compounds, or on the basis of any 
physical characters, by mere laboratory work, without a loss of 
a of all that is of geological interest in their relations. 
ual — aA the State Geologist of New Jeremy as the 
— 1872. ia 8vo. Trenton, N. J., 1872.—This R of 
fi. Ge 4d. Cooke i is occupied with valuable ieiotination eh Latin 
ing the ores and mines, and various economical mineral products 
of: the slate. He mentions the coy of a mine of mica, & mile 
gnei 
10. Das Elbthalgebirge in re ta von Dr. H. B. GE INITZ.— 
The second number of the second part ait ee _—— s work 
appeared near the close of 1872. It conta riptions and 
of the Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda » of abe jiddle and 
pper Quader. The figures occupy seven crowded plates. 
it A Myriapod in in the Permian.—Dr. Geinitz has described 
and figured (Sitz. Nat. Ges. “Isis,” 1872, pp. 125) a Myria od from 
the Permian (Rothliegende or Dyas) of the vicinity of 
He rescag Palwojulus dyadicus, a name that indicates its rela- 
12. Tafeln zur Bestimmung der Mir "ef p20" von Franz V- 
‘Kose. 108 12mo. Manchen (J. Lindauer).—The_ tenth 
edition of von k obell’s va a and ee tables for cm 
determination ust been issued at Munich. It is 
| an indispensable aid tothe staden in mineralogy 
