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Revieu's — Lake Dicellings of Switzerland. 
III. — Natural History Transactions of Northumberland and 
Durham. Yol. Y. Part III. (London : Messrs. Williams and 
Norgate.) 
rPHIS number contains two palmontological papers of interest. The 
1 first, “ On tlie Skull and other Bones of Loxomma Allmanni, 
Hux., from the Low Main, Newsham, Northumberland,” by Messrs. 
Dennis, Embleton, and T. Atthey, contains a most careful and 
min ute description of the most complete specimen of the skull of this 
reptile yet found, the upper surface and border being perfect. Close 
by it were found the two halves, right and left, of a lower jaw, 
fitting it, and probably belonging to the same individual, as well as 
some vertebrse, ribs and other bones. When viewed from above, the 
skull has a general resemblance to that of Archegoscuirus and the 
Crocodilia, and of the latter, the Alligator rather than the Crocodile. 
The teeth are nearly all broken off transversely, and exhibit a 
beautiful labyrinthodontine structure, which is well figured on pl. iv. 
Its affinities with the fishes are shown by the existence of one 
concave articular surface instead of a condyle or condyles, and by the 
existence of twx> facets on the exoccipitals for articulation with the 
neural arch of the atlas ; whilst the form, size, and solidarity of the 
skull, together with its peculiarly reticulated surface, resembles that 
of the Alligator. Its zoological position is defined as being between 
the Salamandroid fishes and the Crocodilia. 
The second paper contains an equally elaborate description, by Mr. 
T. Atthey, of the largest by far of the three Labyrinthodonts yet 
found in the Northumberland Coal-field — Anthracosaurus Russelli, 
Hux. The parts treated of are the upper and under surface of the 
skull, both rami of the mandible, the teeth scutes and other bones. 
The plates illustrating these two papers are admirably executed.— 
B. B. W. 
EEVIEWS. 
I. — The Lake Dwellings of Switzerland and other Parts of 
Europe. By Dr. Ferdinand Keller. Translated and arranged 
by John Edward Lee, F.S.A., F.G.S., etc. Forthcoming second 
edition. (London, Longmans, Green & Co.) 
(PLATE XI.) 
8 TUDENTS of Prehistoric Archmology in this country are largely 
indebted to Mr. John Edward Lee, of Torquay, for the valuable 
Service he has rendered them in presenting to English readers so 
excellent a Version of Dr. Ferdinand Keller’s great work on the 
Lake-Dwellings of Switzerland, noticed by us in the Geological 
Magazine for 1S66, Vol. III. p. 460. 
So thorouglily has Mr. Lee’s labour been appreciated, that a new 
edition has been called for, and is actually completed, and will 
shortly appear. 
In the eleven years that have intervened since the appearance 
of the first edition, the Swiss antiquaries have largely added 
