76 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
fractures and foldings of the earth’s crust. These were followed 
by Lory on the vee oh of the Alps, by de seuamen a on the 
sobrdination of t nes and veins, and by apparent on the 
foldings of the Chalk as disclosed by the etadhin ations for the 
tunnel beneath the streets of Dover. 
n the second session, James Hall discussed the sei! y of the 
rise and progress of the nomenclature of the Paleozoic rocks in 
North America, and of the various geological maps, whi le Renevier, 
de Chancourtois and Huguenin submitted their plans for the use of < 
colors and signs in mapping. Stephanesco and Rutot discussed | 
the value of geological subdivisions and the bases of a uniform 
gical nomenclature for all countries, while Vilanova set forth — 
a gS a 
arrande on the same or tone Von Maller then discussed the : 
In the fourth session, Cope discussed the relations of the hort 
zons of fossil verebrates in Europe and America, and was followed 
by Albert Gaudry and by Matheson on the same subject. De 
Mortillet Nagin his views on the Quaternary formations, and_ 
vre discussed the nypotiells of former glacial periods. 
Van dee: Broeck and Buviguier discussed the agency of meteori¢ 
ee giving rise to what have been called colonies is alike 1 
Jurassic ‘and Devonian strata, was discussed a Choffat, Renevier 
~ Giss 
Sterry Hunt, on the constitution of the plagioclase feldspar, w 
Jannetaz tented of the geological importance of the pr ope 
ait ; , : 
se 
rocks. Velaine contributed an account of the trachytes of the 
at island and Ribeiro and of the Tertiary basalts of Port: 
ugal 
