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mediate character, reminding us equally of Paradoxides and Ano- 

 polenus. 



Conocoryphe bufo, Hicks, represented by a few separate heads and 

 one with six body-rings attached. Localities, Porth-y-rhaw and 

 St.- Davids. 



C. applanata, Salter. Young specimens show all the metamor- 

 phoses observed by Barrande. The characters of such genera as 

 Agnostus and Microdiscus are as clearly seen in the embryo of Cono- 

 coryphe as in the adult state of those genera. Localities, Porth-y- 

 rhaw, St. Davids, Maentwrog, and Dolgelly. 



C. (?) numerosa, Salter. Of this species, a part of the head and 

 six thoracic rings have been found. These, however, show cha- 

 racters sufficient to indicate that it is specifically, if not generically, 

 distinct from the others. Localities, Porth-y-rhaw and St. Davids. 



10. " On Earthquakes in Northern Formosa." By H. F. Holt, 

 Esq., H.M. Consul at Tamsuy. 



The first shock felt in the northern end of the island took place 

 on the morning of the 18th of December, 1867. Many buildings 

 were destroyed and many lives lost in Tamsuy. About fourteen 

 minor shocks were felt during the same day, and on the 20th 

 another violent shock occurred. 



At Kelung the whole harbour was left dry, and the water return- 

 ing in one vast wave rushed into the town itself. Large landslips 

 have taken place, and several villages between Kelung and Tamsuy 

 have been destroyed. 



11. " Memorandum on the Coal-mines of Iwanai, Island of Yesso, 

 Japan." By A. B. Mitford, Esq. 



The mines lie about two miles inland from the village Kaianoma. 

 Four seams of coal have been discovered, which are from one to six 

 feet thick. The coal is soft, yields from ten to twelve per cent, of 

 ash, and from thirty to thirty-five per cent, of gas. It sends out 

 thick black smoke when first lighted, but afterwards burns with a 

 clear strong flame, and leaves no clinker. 



12. " On a new species of Fossil Deer from Clacton." By W. 

 Boyd Dawkins, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c. 



This species (named Cervus Brownii by the author) is unlike any 

 other species excepting C. dama, to which it is closely allied. The 

 antlers, however, have the third tyne present on the anterior portion, 

 while in the Fallow deer it is entirely absent. From the presence 

 of Rhinoceros Merkii and Elephas antiquus in the Clacton deposit, 

 and from the absence of Arctic species, the author regarded it as 

 forming a term in the series of strata to which the Lower Brick- 

 earths of the Thames valley belong, and as deposited before the 

 immigration of Arctic animals into Great Britain. 



13. " On a new species of Fossil Deer from the Norwich Crag." 

 By W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., F.E.S., F.G.S., &c. 



Cervus Falconeri, Dawkins, spec. nov. The brow tyne differs 

 from that of C. dama and of C. Brownii in being removed from the 

 base, and situated in a different plane from the second and third 



