American Journal of Science, February.—On the chemical composition of staurulite, and the regular arrangement of its carbonaceous inclusions, by S. L. Penfield and J. H. Pratt. A careful analysis of several specimens gave the formula HAL6FeSi2O13, which may be written as a basic orthosilicate. The aluminium is partly replaced by ferric iron, and the ferrous iron by magnesium and manganese. Basal sections of the rhombic prism show the carbonaceous inclusions to be disposed in the form of a rhombus parallel to the outline, with the corners joined together. This figure develops into a simple cross towards the centre, whereas towards the ends the rhombus widens out until it coincides with the outline. This proves that the inclusions are arranged in ihe surface of a double pyramid with its apex in the centre, and also in planes joining the edges of this pyramid with those of the prism.—Additional species of pleistocene fossils from Winthrop, Mass., by R. E. Dodge. Three more speces of preglacial hells have been found in the drumlin in Boston Harbour, known as Winthrop Great Head. They are Lunatia Grænlandica, Stimpson, Scapharca transversa, Adams, and Buccinum undatum, Linné. These fossils, give additional evidence of the higher temperature of Massachusetts Bay in pre-glacial as compared with the present time.—On the basalts of Kula, by H. S. Washington. These basalts occur near Kula, about 125 km. east by north of Smyrna, where they from cones and streams of a fresh and unaltered appearance. The lavas are to be classed as hornblende-lagioclase basalts, distinguished by the constant presence and great relative quantity of the hornhlende, its peculiar magmatic alteration, the small quantity of boih plagioclase and olivine, and the large amount of glass basis. The name Kulaite is proposed for them.—The fishing thanks between Cape Cod and Newfoundland, by Warren Upham. If a portion of the continental border from Cape God to the Grand Bank south east of Newfoundland could be uplifted, we should behold nearly as much diversity of valleys, ridges, hills, plateaus, and all the forms of subaëdal land erosion, as is exhibited by any portions of the adjacent New England states and eastern provinces of Canada. The submerged channels of outlet from the Gulfs of Maine and St. Lawrence, and the less profound valleys that divide the fishing banks from each other, prove that this region during a comparatively late geologic time was a land area, us maximum elevation being at least 2000 feet higher than now.