PROCEEDINGS OE THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



4. " On a new Species of Plesiosaurus (P. Conybeari) from the 

 Lower Lias of Charmouth, with Observations on P. megaceplialus, 

 Stutchbury, and P. brachycephalus, Owen." By Prof. W. J. Sollas, 

 M.A., F.R.S.E., F.G.S., &c, Professor of Geology in University 

 College, Bristol ; accompanied by a Supplement on the Geological 

 Distribution of the Genus Plesiosaurus, by G. F. Whidborne, Esq., 

 M.A., F.G.S. 



5. " On certain Quartzite and Sandstone Fossiliferous Pebbles in 

 the Drift in "Warwickshire, and their probable identity with the true 

 Lower-Silurian Pebbles, with similar fossils, in the Trias at Bud- 

 leigh Salterton, Devonshire." By the Bev. P. B. Brodie, M.A., 

 E.G.S. 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



Eish-spines and Teeth, exhibited by J. W. Davis, Esq., E.G.S., in 

 illustration of his papers ; and 



Specimens of Diastopora and JStomatopora, exhibited by E. D. 

 Longe, Esq., F.G.S., in illustration of his paper. 



May 25, 1881. 



R. Etherilge, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Rev. Tom Bullock Hardern, M.A., LL.M., Burnham Overy, Lynn, 

 Norfolk, was elected a Fellow of the Society. 



The following specimens were presented to the Museum : — The 

 type specimens illustrating the " Note on the 'Tubulations Sableuses' 

 of the 4 Etage Bruxellien' in the Environs of Brussels" by H. J. 

 Carter, Esq., F.R.S. (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. May 1877), who 

 presented them. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. " On the Discovery of some Remains of Plants at the base of 

 the Denbighshire Grits, near Corwen, North Wales:' By Henry 

 Hicks, M.D., F.G S. With an Appendix by R. Etheridge, Esq!, 

 F.R.S., Pres. Geol. Soc. 



2. "Notes on a Mammalian Jaw from the Purbeck Beds at 

 Swanage, Dorset." By Edgar W. Willett, Esq. Communicated by 

 the President. 



The following specimens were exhibited : — 



Specimens of the Reptile Fauna of the Gosau Formation, exhibited 

 by Prof. H. G. Seeley,>.R.S., F.G.S. ; and 



Specimens exhibited by Messrs. Hicks and Willett in illustration 

 of their papers. 



