1870. j Geology. 119 



We regret to record the death of Dr. K. N. Kubidge, F.G.S., &c, 

 a gentleman well known for his investigations into the geology of 

 South Africa. 



Pkoceedings of the Geological Society of London. 



The 100th No. of the Society's * Quarterly Journal' is now before 

 us. It is hardly so bulky as usual, for besides two postponed 

 papers it only contains the communications read at one (the last) 

 meeting of Session 1868-9, and very many of them are merely pub- 

 lished in abstract. One of these papers is by Mr. Whitaker, and 

 the subject — "The Connection of the Geological Structure and 

 Physical Features of the South-east of England with the Con- 

 sumption Death-rate " — is a comparatively new and a very important 

 one.* 



We will briefly notice one or two of the papers contained in this 

 Journal. 



Sir Philip Egerton, Bart., describes two new species of Gyrodus : 

 one from the Middle Oolite on the east coast of Sutherlandshire ; the 

 other, several specimens of which exist, is from the Kimmeridge 

 clay of Kimmeridge. 



Mr. J. W. Hulke, F.E.S , contributes two papers. In the first 

 he describes a large Saurian humerus from the Kimmeridge clay of 

 the Dorset coast. A careful examination and comparison of it with 

 other reptilian remains show it to possess strong crocodilian affi- 

 nities, but to differ from any genus yet completely known. That to 

 which it appears most closely related is a bone (now in the British 

 Museum) upon which Dr. Mantell founded his genus Pelorosaurus. 

 The immense size of the Saurian to which this humerus belonged 

 may be judged from the bone measuring 31 inches in length, and the 

 girth of the shaft near the middle being 11 inches. In the second 

 paper, Mr. Hulke furnishes notes on some fossil remains of a gavial- 

 like Saurian from Kinmieridge Bay, wherein he establishes its identity 

 with Cuvier's " Deuxieme Gavial d'Honfleur " (Steneosaurus rostro- 

 minor of G. St. Hilaire), and with Quenstedt's Dakosaurus. 



Mr. W. T. Blanford, F.G.S., who was attached as geologist to 

 the Abyssinian expeditionary force, here brings forward some of the 

 results of his observations while acting in this capacity. Kecent 

 and Post- Tertiary, Tertiary, Cretaceous, Jurassic, and probably 

 Triassic rocks, are represented in Abyssinia. Many fossils were 

 collected, and Mr. Etheridge remarked on the similarity of the 

 Oolitic specimens to those from the Cotteswold Hills, and also to 

 some from the Holy Land. In speaking of the denudation to which 

 the country has been subjected, Mr. Blanford stated that there were 

 no marks of glaciation discernible, the excavation of the valleys 



* This paper has appeared in the ' Geological Magazine.' 



