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Miscellaneous. 
Several cases are mentioned in which there is great difference of 
zoarial shape, and also some in which there is great range in the 
zooecial characters. 
The discovery of Catenicellci in these beds is of considerable 
importance, which is enhanced by one of the species having both 
short beads and longer internodes. 
Porina coronata and Lepralia syringopora both have a closure, 
formed by a plate with a tubule in the centre, a structure supposed 
to be exclusively characteristic of the Cyclostomata. 
The position of the beds has been established by Suess, Bayan, 
Hebert, and Munier-Chalmas, of Bartonian age, and may therefore 
be called Upper Eocene. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
William Sweetland Dallas. 
It is with deep regret, which we are sure will be shared by 
our readers, that the name of one who has for so many years 
taken a most active part in the conducting of this Magazine 
disappears from the titlepage. Our dear friend became one 
of the Editors in 1868 ; but long before this he had rendered 
the greatest service in bringing to the knowledge of British 
Naturalists the most important researches of Foreign investi- 
gators. 
For some time past his health had been failing, and on the 
29th of May he passed away, to the sad grief of his family 
and a large circle of friends. William Francis. 
Description of a new Cottoid Fish. 
By Takleton II. Bean, Ichthyologist, U. S. Eish Commission. 
On the 27th of September, 1888, the U. S. Eish Commission 
steamer 4 Albatross ? obtained in Barclay Sound, British Columbia, a 
remarkable little fish whose affinities are with the Cottidce, but 
differing from all the other members of the family in characters of 
such importance as to necessitate the formation of a new subfamily 
to receive it. The description is given herewith. 
Subfamily Sinchirin^. 
Cottidce with ventral fins thoracic, but remote from the gill- 
