62 General Notes. [ January, 
are like those of the simple Creodonta, and more specialized than 
those of Anaptomorphus and the lemurs generally. In the sim- 
plicity of its premolars, however, it maintains the general charac- 
ter of the Puerco fauna, and is more primitive than the forms just 
named, Its nearest ally of the Puerco yet known is Chriacus— 
B-D: Cope. 
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE VOLCANO oF KRAKATOA.—It now 
appears that this volcano was not wholly destroyed during the — 
great eruption on August 26th, a portion of its southern aspect 
still remaining. How it appeared before the catastrophe may be 
seen in the accompanying illustration from the Scientific Ameri 
can, Nature for Oct. 25 prints several communications respect- 
ing the great earthquake wave which was felt at Aden, Cape of 
Good Hope, and the Mauritius. Farther facts of much interest 
appear in Nature for Nov. 8. It seems that on May 22, 1883, | 
Krakatoa was in a state of eruption, sending out showers of ashes 
ey streams of pumice. The activity continued during June and 
uly. | 
water-covered areas.—/Journat of R. Microscopical Society. 
GEOLOGICAL Nores.—General— Professor T. R. Jones, in ê f 
report presented to the British Association at its last meeting, j 
gave a synopsis of the fossil Phyllopoda. He recognizes thirty | 
genera, of which seventeen occur in Great Britain. Mr. Hy. 
Woodward (Geol. Mag., Oct.) commences a synopsis of the 8°% f 
era and species of carboniferous limestone trilobites. The ; ht 
paper is almost entirely occupied with the genus Phillipsia, 18" | 
species of which are diagnosed. P /aticaudata is new, as 15 a : 
a species referred provisionally to Proetus, under the title of i T 
levis. The second paper (Nov.) diagnoses nine species of ¢ 
fithsides, one of which is new. The Transactions of the Roy T 
Dublin Society contain a monograph of the fossil fishes hr 7 
Carboniferous series of Great Britain. Following the intentio™ | 
