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overlie the sandstone near Esna, and are exposed over a large area 
forming the floors of the oases of Kharga, Dakhla and Tarafra. 
( Quar. Jour. Geol. Soc., Nov., 1894.) 
Cenozoic.—Mr. Barbour presents some additional notes on the 
new fossil, Dæmonelix, from the Pine Ridge table-lands in Nebraska. 
Further examination of the locality in which the fossil occurs shows 
that the whole deposit is undoubtedly aqueousin origin, and the author 
gives his reasons for believing the fossils to be contemporaneous with 
the sediment. A singular fact revealed by the microscope is that 
every section, no matter from what specimen or from what portion of 
each individual specimen the section is made, shows perfectly defi- 
nite and unmistakable plant-structure. (Univ. Studies, Vol. II, 
1894.) 
A fine specimen of Cervus (Eurycerus) hiberninæ Owen belonging 
to Dr. Krantz Museum affords Dr. Pohlig an opportunity for studying 
the relation of thië species to others of the same group. He shows that 
the deer ( Cervus dama), and not the elk (C. alces), is the nearest ally 
of Eurycerus, and that these two species are closely united by transi- 
tional forms in both types. Dr. Pohlig bases these relations between 
the different species of the Cervide upon the development of the antlers. 
(Bull. Soc. Belge de Geol., Tome VIII, 1894.) 
Numerous small displacements produced since the glacial period in 
the rocks about St. John, N. B., are noticed by G. F. Matthew. The 
faults vary from one-quarter ot an inch to five inches, and in almost 
every case the downthrow was on the north side, and the leade of the 
fault was to the southwest. (Amer. Jour. Sci., Dec., 1894.) 
