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the Skiddaw slates are of Llandeilo age. (Geol. Mag., Jan., 1895).— 
A species of Cyclus from the Coal Measures of Lancashire, England, 
is described and figured in the Geol. Mag., Jan., 1893, by Dr. Wood- 
ward. The fossil is about as large as a shilling and resembles C. agno- 
tus H. von Meyer. Mr. Woodward considers it a new species, and 
names it Cyclus scottii. 
Mesozoic.—A new crustacean, Prosopon etheridgei, from the Cre- 
taceous beds of Queensland is described by Dr. Henry Woodward. 
This crustacean is closely related to P. verrucosum Reuss, and P. tubero- 
sum, von Meyer, two Neocomian species from the Cretaceous of Boucher- 
aus, Dept. Jura. It differs from both, however, in several important 
points. (Proceeds. Linn. Soc. N. S. W., Vol. vii, 1892).—Mr. R. 
Etheridge reports a new fossil Phyllopod from the Upper Coal Meas- 
ures of the Newcastle District, N.S. W., belonging to the genus Leaia. 
This is the second genus of that family known from the whole of 
Australia. Mr. Etheridge has named the species Leaia mitchellii in 
honor of its discoverer, Mr. Mitchell. (Proceeds. Linn. Soc. N. S 
Wales, Vol. vii, 1892). 
Cenozoic.—Mr. J. H. Cooke reports finding the jaw of an Arctic 
bear, Ursus arctosin pleistocene strata of Malta. The fossil, consist- 
ing of an entire ramus with its canine and molar teeth, was found in 
a cavern together with bones of elephants, hippopotami, a stag, and a 
large dog. (Knowledge, Dec. 1, 1892).—A ccording to Baron DeGeer 
the Pleistocene changes of level in North America as well as in 
Europe, are closely connected with the local structure of the earth’s 
crust and with the local extension of the glaciations, and that these 
changes cannot be accounted for by changes in the level of the sea. 
(Amer. Geol., Jan., 1893).—M. Bureau has described two fossil plants 
from the Caleaire grossier parisien. The first, called by the author 
_Aralia eocenica, is represented by an impression of a leaf remarkable 
` for the slender, long petiole. The second, Monochoria parisiensis, 
resembles strongly certain species of living Monochoria found in India, 
Ceylon, Malay, Chinaand Japan. (Revue Scientifique, Jan., 1893). 
