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35. Sci. Mem., ii, xxxvu, p. 591). — This monograph 

 on a curious little West African lemur may be regarded 

 as a further proof of the interest in higher mammals 

 which characterized this period. 



3. " On the Cetacean Fossils termed ' Ziphius ' by 

 Cuvier, with a Notice of a New Species (Belemnoziphius 

 compressus) from the Red Crag " (Q. J. Geol. Soc, xx, 

 1864, pp. 388-96. Sci. Mem., iii, 1, p. 1). — This deals 

 with an extinct whale, of which the teeth are less aberrant 

 than those of existing toothed Cetaceans. 



4. "On the Structure of the Belemnitidse; with a 

 Description of a more complete specimen of Belemnites 

 than any hitherto known, and an Account of a New 

 Genus of Belemnitidse, ' Xiphoteuthis ' " (Mem. Geol. 

 Survey, U.K., Monograph II, 1864. Sci. Mem., iii, 11, 

 p. 11). — Belemnites are familiarly known as the fossil 

 remains of extinct creatures related to cuttle-fishes, and 

 characteristic of the Mesozoic epoch. This memoir 

 greatly advanced our knowledge of their structure, and 

 must necessarily be carefully studied by all those 

 interested not merely in the Belemnitidse, but in the 

 evolution of the Molluscan class (Cephalopoda), to which 

 the group belongs. 



Huxley had considerable faith in the annual examina- 

 tions held all over the country under the auspices of the 

 Science and Art Department, for in a letter (dated 

 October 6, 1 864), pressing Hooker to accept the botanical 

 work involved, he makes the following remark, — 



" I have always taken a very great interest in the science 

 examinations, looking upon them, as I do, as the most important 

 engine for forcing science into ordinary education" (Life, i, 

 p. 254). 



In spite of the abuses (now somewhat ameliorated) 



