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The abbe Parat. The grottoes of La Cure. 
II. Seetio)i of Stratigraphy and Paleontology. 
V. Zittel presiding in place of Renevier detained by illness. 
The suggestions of the committee have only moderate in- 
terest. or novelty. 
One is to substitute "Eo" for "Paleo/" but it has not oc- 
curred to the proposer of the change' what would be the fate of 
"Eozoic" and "Paleo-zoic," both terms of great value. As to 
eras, Gaudry prefers the terms primary, secondary, and terti- 
ary. 
Prof. Scott presents to the section the fauna of Patagonia, through 
the studies of J. B. Hatcher. The series of beds is thus arranged : 
Gault ; containing Ammonites resembling entirely the sj^nchronous 
fauna of the South of Africa. 
Magcllian; a terrane of Eocene or Oligocene age. 
Patagonian; very fossiliferous Miocene of which the fossils are 
closely allied to those of Australia and New Zealand. 
Santa Cruz; beds fossiliferous fresh-water Miocene with mammifers 
of which the fauna is more closely related to the southern Australian 
fauna of Africa than to the northern of America. 
Beds of Cape Fairweatherj Pliocene age. 
M. Bertrand by "gelosic and humic coals," comprehends the bog- 
head coals and bituminous schists. Plis paper is original and interest- 
ing. 
M. Grand Eiiry. On the rooted stems of the Carbonic terranes. 
M. Lemeirc. Methodical connection explanatory of the chemica' 
formation of various fossil combustibles. 
M. H. F. Osborn. i) "Progress of methods in Paleontology." 2) 
"Correlation between the mammiferous faunae and the Tertiary hori- 
zons of Europe and America." 
The conclusion of this last study is that in these two regions of the 
northern hemisphere the paleontology and stratigraphy accord ; that the 
progress of evolution is parallel if not identical; and that the same di- 
visions into stages may be permitted. 
M. ficheur presented the third edition of the geological map of Al 
geria on a scale of i : 800,000. 
M. Flamand. "Geology of South Algeria, high plateaux and moun- 
tains of Ksour. and the regions of Sahara." 
M. Donville. i) "The Jurassic terrane of Madagascar." 2) "Tlie 
geological results of the exploration of M. Morgan in Persia." 
M. Zciller. "The fossil plants of Tonkin." 
M. Malaise. "The Cambric and Siluric in Belgium." 
M. Oehlert, proposed the foundation of an international publication 
for the purpose of re-editing the types of described species anterior to 
a certain determined epoch. This proposition was referred to the Coun- 
cil. 
