Jan., 1888.] elltott society. 187 



Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge : Report, 1886-7. 



Kaiserliclie Akademie der AVissenschaften, Wein : Sitzungsbe- 

 richte, 1886, I Abt., Eeft 4-10 ; II Abt., Heft 3-10 ; IIL Abt., Heft 

 1-10. 1887, III Abt., Heft 1-2. 



Academie des Sciences, Arts et Belles Lettres, Dijon : Memoirs. 



Members Elected. 



C. J. COLCOCK, F. H. COLCOCK. 



JANUARY 26th, 1888. 



The President in the Chair. 



J^ooks Received. 



Royal Society, London : Proceedings, No. 259--60. 

 American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia : Proceedings, Vol. 

 XXIV, No 126. 



Society of Arts, London : Journal, Vol. 35. 



Dr. Manigault exhibited a very fine fossil molar tooth of I>o- 

 rudon serratum^ Gibbes, from phosphate mines on Ashley River, 

 S. C. 



De. Manigault, speaking of the tooth exhibited by him, said that the ani- 

 mal to which it had belonged had been first described by Owen, who consid- 

 ered it a cetacean and called it Zeuglodon. Agassiz subsequently named it 

 Phocodon, from its nearer affinity to the seals. It is now considered a link be- 

 tween the sperm whale, dolphin, &c., and the iSirenia (dugong and manatee). 



The specimen is large and very fine, showing the serrations on the edges and 

 the double root in a perfect manner. 



