638 Proceedings of Scientific Societies. [September, 
papers on the same subject by Mr. W. N. Lockington, as well as 
botanical notes and articles by Dr. A. Kellogg. A new mollusc 
(Paludinella newcombiana) is described by Mr. H. Hemphill, while 
Dr. A. Stuxberg makes a preliminary report on the Lithobii of 
North America. The Academy is now one of the most active 
societies in the country, and rapidly developing the physical 
features, natural history and anthropology of the Pacific States. 
— Forest and Stream reports the discovery of Amphioxus lan- 
ceolatus, by Mr. H. J. Rice, off old Point Comfort, Va. We look 
for its discovery on the southern coast of New England, as it 
occurs on the southern coast of Norway. A specimen of the 
skua, or Stercorarius skua, was captured early in July on the 
George’s Bank by a fisherman. The cunner (Tautogolabrus) has 
been hatched artificially at Bucksport, Maine, by Mr. C. 
Atkins. The U. S. Fish Commission have obtained through the 
Gloucester fishermen Chimera plumbea Gill., caught on a trawl 
line at a depth of 275 fathoms, near Sable island; also the third 
specimen in existence in museums of the gredadier, or Macrurus 
rupestris Bloch. Corals of the genera Mopsea and Tsis were also 
brought in by fishermen from the banks. 
— The anniversary address of Prof. Martin Duncan, the President 
of the Geological Society of London, is an interesting résumé of the 
most important results of recent paleontological discoveries, with 
especial reference to the fossil mammalian fauna of Gibraltar, 
Malta and North America, the relative hypothetical position of 
lands in the Tertiary period, particularly in Africa and South 
America, as well as to recent advances in the study of fossil 
sponges, Echini, and the Carboniferous fauna of the Southern 
Hemisphere. 
— The late Col. Stephen S. Olney, of Providence, well known 
for his zeal in the study of botany, has bequeathed an indefinite - 
but probably large sum to Asa Gray, of Cambridge, Mass., and 
William M. Canby, of Wilmington, Del., in trust, to be applied 
in such a manner as, in their judgment, will best and most pro- 
mote the study, advancement and progress of the science of bot- 
any in the State of Rhode Island. 
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