248 VINE : PALEONTOLOGY OF THE WENLOCK SHALES. 
Annelida Pubicola. 
No. 
in my 
List. 
Localities. 
umbilicata, J. & H 
134 
Side of Severn, Ironbridge, and Dudley 
Tunnel 
ornata, J. & H 
142 
Woolhope : Lincoln Hill Ironbridge 
aequalis, J. & H. 
137 
Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge 
Beminulum, J. & H. 
UO 
Ironbridge : Lincoln Hill. Ironbridge 
Woolhope: Wren's nest, Dudley 
Benthal Edge 
furcata, J. & 11. .. 
Ul 
Dudley Tunnel 
There are still many species of Entomostraca in ^Ir. Smith's 
collection not as yet (Nov., 1886) described and figure i by Messrs. 
Jones and Holl. These I have not given. In the Feb. No. of the 
Geol. Mag., 1881, pp. 70-75. Prof. T. Rupert Jones gave a pro- 
visional list of the species, and there is also a brief account 
of Mr. Smith's method of preparation, and a full description of 
the IG localities with the prevailing organisms found in each of the 
shale washings, which he so persistently searched for microzoa 
To these notes I refer the paloeontological student with pleasure, 
knowing full well that he must profit by the perusal. 
COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS AND THE WEATHER OF 1885. ANON. 
Following a year of unexampled immunity from any serious loss 
of life, the year 1885 adds another to the list of excessive totals of 
deaths. The number of explosions recorded in the daily papers 
reached 16, against an average of 93 per annum for the five years 
ending 1855, and 32 for a similar period ending 1880. Of the num- 
ber, 11 proved fatal, no less than 325 persons being killed, the only 
years exceeding this total being 1857, 1860, 1866, 1877, 1878, and 
1880. The disasters involving loss of life were the following: — Jan. 
9th, Airdrie, 1 death; February 21, Wigan, 2; March 2, Usworth, 41; 
April 8, Great Fenton, 6; June 18, Pendlebury, 179; June 20, Ches- 
terton, 9; October 26, Darwen, 1; November 16, West Bromwich, 2; 
December, 23, Mardy, 82; Maesteg, 1; December 29, Wigan, 1. It 
will be seen that thi'ee of the explosions — Usworth, Pendlebury, and 
