THE

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

]~DZ~D" BY

THE ASSISTANT-SECRETARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Quod si eui mortal ium cordi et curve sit non t an tum inventis h~erere, atque iis uti, sed ad ulterior penetrate ; atque non disputando adversarium, sed opere na tu ram vincere ; denique non belle st probabilite opinari, sed certo et ostensive scire ; tales, t anquam veri scientiarum filii, nobis (si videbitur) se adjunga~ --Novum Organum, Pr~fatio.

V O L U M E T H E T W E N T Y - T H I R D .

1867.

PART THE FIRST. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

LONDON :

LONGMAN, GREEN, READER, AND DYER. PARIS : - - F R I E D . K L I N C K S I E C K , l l R U E DE L I L L E ; J . R O T H S C H I L D , 14 R U E DE BUCI

LEIPZIG, T. O. W E I G E L .

SOLD ALSO AT T H E A P A R T M E N T S OF T H E SOCIETY.

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GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

Elected February 15th, 1867.

~rtai~mt. Warington W. $myth, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.

Sir P. de M. O. Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. [ J. Carrick Moore, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., D.C.L., F.R.S. [ Sir R. I. Murehison, Bart., K.C.B., F.R.S.

br~rrtarir~. P. Martin Duncan, M.B. Lend. [ John Evans, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

~o rt, ign becr~tatT. R. A. C. Godwin-Austen, Esq., B.A., F.R.S.

~rea~urtr. Joseph Prestwich, Esq., F.R.S.

Prof. D. T. Ansted, M.A., F.R.S. H. W. Bristow, Esq., F.R.S. P. Martin Duncan, M.B. Lend. Sir P. de M. G. Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. Earl of Enniskillen, D.C.L., F.R.S. Robert Etheridge, Esq., F.R.S.E. John Evans, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. David Forbes, Esq., F.R.S. R. A. C. Godwin-Austen, Esq., F.R.S. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Esq., F.R.S. Prof. T. Rupert Jones. Sir Charles LyeU, Bart., M.A.,D.C.L., F.R.S.

Edward Meryon, M.D. John Carrick Moore, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. Sir R. I. Murchison, Bart., K.C.B., F.R.S. Robert W. Mylne, Esq., F.R.S. Joseph Prestwich, Esq., F.R.S. Prof. A. C. Ramsay, LL.D., F.R.S. Warington W. Smyth, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. Capt. T. &. B. Spratt, R.N., C.B., F.R.S. Alfred Tyler, Esq., F.L.S. Rev. Thomas Wiltshire, M.A., F.L.S. & A.S. Henry Woodward, Esq., F.Z.S.

A~i~tant~br ~ibrarian, an~ Curator. H. M. Jenkins, Esq.

6 k ~ . Mr. W. W. Leighton.

�9 ~rar~ any Mu~tum ~i~tantz . W. Stephen Mitchell, LL.B., F.L.S. I Mr. Sydney B. J. Skertehly.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

P A R T I . - - O R I G I N A L COMMUNICATIONS.

Page AR(~YLL~ The Duke of. On a Posttertiary Lignite~ or Peat-]3ed~

in the District of Kintyre~ A_rgyllshire. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . 196

]3RISTOW, H. W., :Esq. On the Lower Lias or Lias-Conglomerate of a part of Glamorganshiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

]3ttODIE, Rev. P. B . On the presence of Purbeck Beds at ]3rill, Buckinghamshire; and on the Superior Estuarine Sands there and at certain places in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire . . . . . . . . . . 197

�9 . On the Drift in a part of Warwickshire~ and on the evi- dence of Glacial Action which it affords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

]3U~TO~, F. M.~ Esq. On the Rhmtic Beds near Gainsborough . . . . 315

]3vs•, G , Esq. On certain points in the Dentition of Fossil Bears~ and on the relation of Ursus priseus to U. ferox. [Abstract.] . . 342

CLAR~, G , Esq. On the Geological Features of Mauritius. [Abridged.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

CLARKE, The Rev. W. ]3. On Marine Fossiliferous Secondary For- mations in Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

COLI~INGWOOI b Dr. O. On the Sulphur-springs of Northern For- mesa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

CUI~RY~ J.~ ESq. 011 the Drift of the North of England. [Abstract.] 40

DAWlrINS, W. B., Esq. On the Age of the Lower Brick-earths of the Thames Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

- - . On the Dentition of .Rhinoceros leptorMnus (Owen). (With a Plate.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

DAwsoN~ Dr. J. W. On Fossils recently obtained from the Lauren- tian Rocks of Canada, and on Objections to the Organic Nature of Eozoon; with Notes by Dr. kV. ]3. CARPEI~TEI~. (Wi th 2 Plates.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

iv TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page DAwson, Dr. J . W . On the Discovery of a new Pulmonate Mollusk

wiZonites (Conulus)pr/scus] in the Goal-formation" of Nova Scotia ; th a description of the Species, by Dr. P. P. CArtPENTE~ .. 330

DUNCA~r Dr. P. M., and g. Trro~so~, Esq. On Cyclophyllum, a new genus of Cyathophyllidse, with remarks on the genus Aulo- phylh, m. (With a Plate.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

DVNCAN, Dr. P .M. On the Mach'eporaria of the Infralias of South Wales . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

ETH'ERIDGE, R., Esq. On the Physical Structure of North Devon, and on the Paheontolo~cal Value of the Devonian Fossils. 251~ 568

FZSH-E~R, Rev. O. On the Relation of the Chillesibrd Beds to the Fluvio-marine Crag. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

FLOWER, J. W., Esq. On some Flint Implement~ lately found in the Valley of the Little Ouse River, at Thetford~ Norfolk . . . . 45

HALL, TOWNS~END M.~ Esq. On the Relative Distribution of Fossils in the ~{orth Devon Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

HXR~R, F. ~V., Esq. On the Existence of a Third Boulder-clay in Norfolk. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

HAWKSrrAW, J. C., Esq. On the Geology oF the First Cataract, Upper Egypt. (With a Plate.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 115

HICKS, H., Esq., and J. W. SALTX1% Esq. On a new Zingtde//a from the Cambrian Rocks of St. David's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839

tIvxLv.Y, Prof. T .H. On some remains of large Dinosaurian Rep- tiles from the Stormberg Mountains, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . 1

On a new Specimen of TeloTeton JElginense . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

JvDD, J. W., Esq. On the Strata which form the Base of the Lin- Colnshire Wolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

JUK~S, J. B., Esq. On the ~'ouping of the Rocks of North Devon and West Somerset. (~(itle only.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Losx~r Sir W. E . On New Specimens of.Eozoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

MACXlNTOSH, D., Esq. On some striking instances of the Terminal Curvature of Slaty Laminee in West Somerset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

MAW, G., Esq. On some Chemical Analyses of Variegated Strata. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

~ . On the Occurrence of Consolidated Blocks in the Drift of Suffolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

. On the Soltrces of Materials composing the White Clays of the Lower Tertiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

~_EDLICOTT, H. B., Esq. On the Alps and the Himalayas. [Ab- stract.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

TABLE OF CONTENTS. V

Page MOORE, C., Esq. On Abnormal Conditions of Secondary Deposits

when connected with the Somersetshire and South Wales Coal- basin ; and on the Age of the Sutton and Southerndown Series. (With 4 Plates:) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207, 449

ORMEROD, G. W., Esq. On the Geolo~. of the Upper Part of the Valley of the Teign~ Devonshire. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . 185~ 418

SALTER, J. W., Esq., and H. HIcKs, Esq., on a new I~'ngulella from the Lower Cambrian Rocks of St. David's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

SALTER, J. W., Esq. On some tracks of Pteraspis (~) in the Upper Ludlow Sandstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

SELXraK~ the Earl of. On some Sea-water-level Marks on the Coast of Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

SHEA, W. S., Esq. On Recent Discoveries of Gold in New Bruns- wick. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

SPBAT% CaDt. T A B On the Bone-caves near Crendi- Zebbu~. " ' " 7 ~

and Mefliha~ in the Island of Malta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

STACEY, G. B., Esq . On the Geology of Benghazi, Barbary; and an account of the Subsidences in its vicinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

SWAN, W. R., Esq. On the Geology of the Princes Islands, in the Sea of Marmora. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

TATE, R., Esq. On the Lower Lias of the North-east of Ireland .. 297

. On the Fossiliferous Development of the Zone of Ammonites angulatus, Schloth.~ in Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

�9 . On some Secondary Fossils from South Africa. (With 5 Plates.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

THORNTON, E.~ Esq. On the Existence of a large Coal-field in the Province of St. Catherine's~ Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

TIMINS, The Rev. J. II. On the Chemical Geology of the Malvern tIills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

WR~EELWaIGHT, W., Esq. 0n the Discovery of Coal on the Eastern Slope of the Andes. [Abstract. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

WHITA.KER, W.~ Esq. On Suba~rial Denudation, and on Cliffs and Escarpments of the Tertiary Strata. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

WILLIAMSON~ Prof. W.C. On a Cheirotherian Footprint from the base of the Keuper Sandstone of Daresbury, Cheshire�9 (With a Plate.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

WOOD, S. V., Junr., Esq. On a Section at Litcham affbrding Evi- dence of Land-Glaciation during the earlier part of the Glacial Period in England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

�9 On the Structttre of the Post-Glacial Deposits of the South- e~ t of England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

vi T A B L E OF CONTENTS.

Psge WOODWARD, H., Esq. On some points in the Structure of the Xipho-

sura, having reference to their relationship with the .Eurypteri&v. (Wi th 2 Plates.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Anniversary Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix

List of Foreign l~embers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

List of Foreign Correspondents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

List of Wollaston Medallists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx

Donations to the Library (with Bibliography) . . . . . ix, 58, 120, 267, 430

LIST OF THE FOSSILS F I G U R E D A N D D E S C R I B E D IN THIS V O L U M E .

[ In this list, those fossils the names of which are p r in ted in Roman type have been previously described.]

meof ooio I or .,ioo I

PLANTAL

Asplenites lobata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ui tenhage series South Africa . . . . . . Chara liassiea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Char terhouse Mine Asplenites lobata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cyclopteris J'enkinsiana. PI. vi. f. 4. J Ui tenhage series Dietyopteris ? simplex. P1. vi. f. 6 . . . . Fueoides elavatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glossopteris Browniana. PI. vi. f. ~ ]

5a, 5b, 7a, 7b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j Sutherlandi. P1. vi. f. 2a, 2b

Palaeozamia ( Pterophyllum ) .4fri. eana. P1. v. f . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

( Podozamites) Morrisii. PI. f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) 7a, 7b.

Rubidgei. P L v . f. 3a, 36 . . . . ] Pecopteris Afrieana. P1. vi. f. la, lb ] . /ttherstonei. PI. v. L 2a, 2b /

Rubidgei. PI. v. f. l a , lb ... J Phyl lo theca , sp. P]. v. L 6 . . . . . . . . . 1 I

�9 Rt~idgea Mackayi. PL v . f . 8 . . . . . f 8phenopteris antipodum. PI. vi. f. 3, . .

Karoo beds . . . . . . Ui tenhage series

Karoo beds . . . . . .

U i tenhage series

Karoo beds . . . . . .

Ui tenhage series )

South Africa ...

148 538

146

141 163

140

140

145

145

144

145 146 145 146

141

Ll4e

P I I O T O Z O A .

Eozoon Canadensc. Pls. xi., xii . . . . . . . [Laurent ian . . . . . . iTudor, CanadaWst I 255 Grantia antiqua. PI. xvi. f. 33, 34 .. .[Lias . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . Brocas t l c . . . . . . . . . 1 538

C C ~ L E I q ' r E R A T A .

~utophyuum F~wardai. P1. xiii. f. 91 I [ ] f 329 Cyclophyl lum Bowerbanki P! xiii 1 / I . . . . . I . . . . I /

r 1 a " ' ' ~ ~}uarDomlerous . . . jDa tnga~e . . . . . . . . . . . . i , [ 3 2 8 Ao ~ - - v . . . . . . . , o ~ . . . . . o . . . . o ~ . . . . , . . j

�9 fungites. PI. xiii. f. 4 -8 . . . . . . J [ ] [ t 329 Isastreea Richsrdsoni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Uitenhage serieslSouth Africa . . . . . ? t 6 2

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N a m e of Species. Format ion . I Local i ty . IPage.

ECHINODERMATA.

Cidarispustulifera. PI. viii. f. 9a, 9b ]Uitenhage series I South Africa . . . . . . 163

M O L L U S C A .

(Bryozoa.)

Berenieea antiavodum. PI. viii. f. l a , lb ]Ui tenhage series lSouth Africa . . . . . . I 162

( Braehiopoda.)

Crania liassica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . { L i a s conglome- } Brocast le . . . . . . . . . I i rate . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 40

Discina Davidsoni. Pl. xvi. f. 29 ... | / L o w e r Lias . . . . . . [ Bedmins terDwn. I 540 Ant r im . . . . . . . . . . . . / 314 �9 Holden i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Zellania obesa. P1. xvi. f. 28 . . . . . . . . . ) / [ S tout ' s Hill . . . . . . / 540

( Lamelllbranehiat a. )

tlrca Jonesi. P1. ix. f. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Astarte Lonflandsiana. P1. viii. f. ~ Ui tenhage series

5a, 5b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j Pinehiniana. PI. ix. f. 7a, 7b

Avicula nuda. P1. xvii. f. 19 . . . . . . . . .

Cardita nuculoides. P1. vii. f. 8 a-d Corbula (?) Rockiana. P1. viii. f. 8 Crassatella eomplicata. P1. ix. f. 8 Cueullea (Maerodon) Athers toni ... Cyprieardia Niveniana. PI. vii. f. 10 - - Winwoodii. P1. xvi. f. 27 . . . Cyprina Boreherdsi. P1. viii.f. 2 L ima densieosta. P1. xvii. f. 23, 24

Deslongchampsi i . PI. xvii. f. 21 neglecta. P1. vii. f. 5a, 5b ...

- - obliquissima. PI. ix. f. 5 . . . . . .

- - serobieulata. PI. xvii. f. 22. . .

Mytilus Yonesi. PI. viii. f. 4a, 4b. . . Rubidgei. PI. ix. f. 11 . . . . . . . . . Stowianus. P1. ix. f. 3a, 3b. . .

Opis t r iangularis . P1. xvii . f. 20 . . .

Os t rea imbr iea ta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jones iana . PI. viii�9 f. 3a-3e

Pec ten palosus. P1. xvii. L 27 . . . . . .

Liassic conglo- mera te . . . . . . . . .

Ui tenhage series

Sutton s tone ... Ui tenhage aeries Liassie conglo-

mera te . . . . . . . . .

Uitenhage series

Liassic conglo- mera te . . . . . . . . .

~ i tenhage series

',lassie conglo- mera te . . . . . . . . .

3"itenhage series

:,iassie conglo- mera te . . . . . . . . .

South Africa ...

Holwell . . . . . . . . .

South Africa . . . . . .

Su t ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Africa . . . . . .

Ho lwe l l . . . . . . . . .

South Africa . . . . . .

} Holwel l . . . . . . . . .

South Africa . . . . . . . .

Holwell . . . . . . . . .

South Afr ica . . . . . .

Holwel l . . . . . . . . .

?rojectus. PI. ix. f. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . [Uitenhage series South Africa . . . . . . �9 P1. "" f. 25 f Liassic eonglo- 1 Rollel . Holwel l - - X V l ] . . . . . . . . . . ] mera te . . . . . . . . . ( . . . . . . . .

Rubidgeanus. P1. vii. f. l l . . . . . . !Ui tenhage series]South Africa . . . . . . . ~ f iLiassie conglo-I | Holwel l

vcrtieillus. P1. xvii. t. ~-o ... ~i mera te . . . . . . . . . I f " . . . . . . . .

161

158

157

540

I 162 159 160 161 160 541 161 541 541 156 156

541

157

541

154

541

155

541

155

541

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N a m e of Species . Format ion . I Locali ty. f Page-

MoLr,Vsex (continued)'.

Lamellibranchiata (continued).

PinnaSharlaei. P1. ix. f. 4 . . . . . . . . . i ! l / series South [ '158 Plaeunopsis imbricafa. P1. viii. f. 7 / 1 5 4 - subjurensis. P1. ix. f. l a , lb | 155 j1~5

undulata. P1. ix. f. 2 . . . . . . . . . U i tenhage Africa . . . . . . | 158 Trigonia Cassiope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Goldfussi. Pl. vii. f. 6 . . . . . . . . . �9 vau. PI. vii. f. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ 159 - - - - ventr icosa . P1. ~'ii. f. 8 . . . . . L 159

( Gasteropoda.)

Act~eonina Jenk ins iana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

- - - Morr i s iana . t Ui tenhage series - - Sharpeana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dlaria coronata. P]. vii. L 7 . . . . . .

fusiformis. P1. xiv. f. 25 . . . ] - - rudis. Pl. xiv. f. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . / Amber leya alpina. P1. xvii. f. 7 ... ~ Lower Lias . . . . . .

apicalis. Pl . xvi. f. 7 -10 "'" I grandis. P1. xvi. f. 6 . . . . . . . . . I turrita. Pl . xvi. f. 19 . . . . . . . . j

Ampul lar ia (?) ignobilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ui tenhage series

Cerithium nodulosum, PI. xiv. f, 9 ( ,4mm..Bueklandizone . . . . . . . . . . . .

pellucidum. P1. xiv. f. 11 . . . . . . ~pen tacos ta~ . PI. xiv. f. 13 ... / --planicos/atum. Pl. xiv. f. 10 ~ Lower Lias

spiratum. P1. xiv. f. 12 . . . . . . i " . . . . . Tylori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ve r rucosum, i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j ~

Chemni tz ia Africana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ui tenhage series Chiton radialum. P1. xvi. f. 25, 26 Delphinula nuda. PI. xvii. f. 10 ... - - reflexilabrum. Pl. xvii. f. 8, 9 Discohelix cornucopi~e. PI. xvi. "[

f. 1, 2, 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J Lower Lias . . . . . . ~ f i m b r i a t u s . PI. xvi. f. 4, 5 . . . . . . F~'us Yenyn#ii. PI. xiv. f . 6, 7 . . . . . .

. Ter~emi. P1. xiv. f. 8 . . . . . . . . .

Helix Dawsoni. PL x v . f . 1 , 2 . . . . . .

Zingulellaferruginea. Fig. 1, 2 . . . . . . . . . Lower Cambrian Littorina circularis. P1. xiv. f. 15 ,16

ovalis. PI. xiv. f. 17, 18 . . . . . . Melania aeuta. P1. xiv. f. 20, 21. . .

1)unravenensis. PI. xiv. f. 19 - nodulo-earinata. P1. xv. f. 18 Lower LiaB . . . . . . Nerineea acuminata. P1. xiv. L 22 L Horneri. P1. xvii. f. 12 . . . . . .

Mcndipensis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]

South Africa . . . . . .

(B rocas t l e . . . . . . . . . i Brocast le . . . . . . . . .

Holwel l . . . . . . . . . Brocast le . . . . . . . . . Brocast le Brocast le . . . . . . . . .

South Africa . . . . . .

Shepton Mal le t

f Brocast le . . . . . . . . . Brocast le . . . . . . . . . Brocast le . . . . . . . . .

I Brocast le . . . . . . . . . Ant r im . . . . . . . . . . . . Sou the rndown. . .

~outh Africa . . . . . . . I Brocast le . . . . . . . . .

I Io lwel l . . . . . . . . . Holwel l . . . . . . . . .

Brocast le . . . . . . . . .

Brocast le . . . . . . . . . Brocast le . . . . . . . . .

I Brocast le . . . . . . . . . f Char terhouse

~ [ Mine . . . . . . St. Davids . . . . . . . . .

f Brocast le . . . . . . . . . Brocast le . . . . . . . . . Brocastle . . . . . . . . . Dunraven . . . . . . Sou the rndown. . . Brocast le . . . . . . . . . Holwell . . . . . . . . . f Char te rhouse "l. Mine . . . . . .

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N a m e of Spec ies . I F o r m a t i o n . I L o c a l i t y . t P a g e .

MOLLUSCa (continued).

Gasteropoda (continued).

Nerin~ea rudis. P1. x iv . f. 23 . . . . . . N e r i t i n a a r e n a c e a . Pl . xv. f. 23 , 24 - c a n a l i s . PI . xv. f. 21 , 22 . . . . . . - H e t t a n g i e n s i s . P1. xv. f. 25, 26 L o w e r L i a s . . . . . . Neritopsis eancellalus. Pl .xv . f. 20 - ex igua . P1. xv. f. 19 . . . . . . . . . - Imvis; P1. xvii . f. 3, 4 . . . . . . . . . Patella caperata. PI. vii. 1 a , 1 b . . . . . U i t e n h a g e ser ies . - ornata. P1. xv. f. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . S u t t o n s t o n e . . . P h a s i a n e l l a S h a r p e i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U i t e n h a g e ser ies . - - turbinata. P1. xvi i . f. 6 . . . . . .

Planorbis Me~lipensis. PI. xv. f. 10

Pleuratellaprinia. Pl . xiv. f. 1, 2, 3 P l e u r o t o m a r i a Buch i . PI . xvi i . ]

f. ] 3 , 1 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - (C ryp t een i a ) B r y c e i . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mendipensis. PI. xvi . f. 24 . . .

Proserpina Lyelli. Pl . xv. f. 3, 4 . . . Pterocheilosprimus. PI. xiv. f. 4, 5 Pyrula liassica. P1. xvi . f. 30 . . . . . . Rimula elegans. Pl . xv. f. 16, 17 . . .

liasina. P1. xv. f. 1 4 , 1 5 . . . . . . Solarium lunatum. P1. xvi i . f. 15 . . . Trochotoma Brocastellenxis. PI.

xv. f. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j L o w e r L i a s . . . . . �9 . , ~ . . . . . . . o o

Lycettii. PI. xv. f. 28, 29 . . . . . . Trochus apicalis. PI. xvi . f. 2 0 - 2 2

De~longchampsii. P1. xvi . f. 15 Elizee. Pl. xvi . f. 1 6 , 1 7 . . . . . . g r a d a t u s . P1. xvi i . f. 5 . . . . . . . . .

- Holwelle~sis. P1. vii. f. 1, 2 . . . Langanensis. P1. xvi . f. 18 . . . l a t i l a b r u s (?). P1. xvi i . f. 11 . . .

Turbo BrocasteUensis. P1. xvi . ] f. 1 3 a , 1 3 b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I

- B u r t o n i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

nodulo-carinatue. PI. xvi i . ] f. 16, 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j"

retieulatva. PI. xvi . f. 11, 12 S t o w i a n u s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U i t e n h a g e s e r i e s

- solidus. PI. xvi i . f. 18 . . . . . . . . . ] - - tumidua. PI. xvi . f. 14 . . . . . . . . . ~ L o w e r L i a s . . . . . . Turritella Howsei. P1. xiv . f. 14 . . . |

- Rubidgea~. PI. vi i i . f. 6 a, 6 b.. J U i t e n h a g e se r i e s . Valvata anomala. PI. xv. f. 7 - 9 . . . |

pygm~a. P1. xv. f. 5, 6 . . . . . . l Vertigo Murchison~. P L xv. ~ L o w e r L iaa . . . . . f. 11, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )

/ B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . . B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . . B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . . B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . . B r o e a s t l e . . . . . . . . . B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . . H o l w e l l . . . . . . . .

S o u t h Af r i ca . . . . . S u t t o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S o u t h A f r i c a . . . . .

' H o l w e l l . . . . . . . . . C h a r t e r h o u s e

M i n e . . . . . B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . .

H o l w e l I . . . . . . . .

A n t r i m . . . . . . . . C h a r t e r h o u s e

M i n e . . . . . . C h a r t e r h o u s e M. B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . . B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . . B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . . B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . . H o l w e l l . . . . . . . . .

B r o e a s t l e . . . . . . . .

B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . . B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . . B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . H o l w e l l . . . . . . . . H o l w e l l . . . . . . . . L a n g a n . . . . . . . . . H o l w e l l . . . . . . . . .

B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . .

N e a r Ga ins - b o r o u g h J

H o l w e l l . . . . . . . . .

B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . . S o u t h Af r i ca . . . . . .

' H o l w e l l . . . . . . . . . B r o c a s t l e . . . . . . . . .

C h a r t e r h o u se M i n e . . . . . .

S o u t h A f r i c a . . . . . .

C h a r t e r h o u s e M i n e

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MOLLUSCA (continued.)

( Ce#atopoda. )

~lmmoniles subaneeps. PI. vii. f. ~ ~ I [ [ 150 3 a , 3 b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " - " S u t "

B e . n i l e s ,4frieanus. PI. vii. f. i ~ Uitenhage ....... ]o h Africa ...... ] J 2 a, 2 b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j j ! i ~ 151

- - e longatus ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lower Lias . . . . . . ISou therndown . . . . . . 539 H - - i l , ,~f , i e , , . e l . vii. f. 4 , - 4 d .~yitenh~e . . . . . . ISouth A f t , . . . . . . I 150

A N I ~ U L O S A .

( Annelida. )

Serpula (Vermilia) PineMniana P1 �9 �9 �9 . . . . " " "~ IUxtenhagesenes [South Africa . . . . . . I 163 lX .L l o a - e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 I I I

slrangulata. PI. xvi. f. 32 . . . . . . ]Lias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Broeast le . . . . . . . . . . . . I 539

( CirriTedia. )

Pollicipes rhomboidalis. P1. xvi. L 31 JSutton Stone . . . IShepton Mallet ...I 539 ,

(Cruslaeea.)

B e l i n u m s reginm. P1. i. f. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Coal-measures . . . I Bunodes l imula. Pl. i. f. 4 . . . . . . . . . Euryp te rus , opereu lum. PL ii. L 8

: remipes . PL i. L 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . Upper Silurian. . . Exap inurus Schrenkii . P1. i. f. 6 ... Hemiasp i s l imuloides. P l . i . f . 3 ... Limulus , an tenna of female. Pl. ~ ]

ii. f. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j | - - - , an tenna of male. P1. ii. f. 5 . . / - - - , first stage. Pl. ii. L 3 . . . . . . . . . t~ - - - , first s tage ,unders ide . Pl.ii . f. 4 [ Recent . . . . . . . . . . . .

, opcrcu lum. P1. ii. f. 7 . . . . . . . . . | - polyphemus (carapace). PL ~ | i i .f . 1, 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j )

Pres twichia ro tundata . PI. i. f. 2 . . . . . . Coal -measures . . . Pseudoniscus aculeatus. Pl. i. f. 5 ... Upper Silurian. . . P te rygo tus , antenna, P1. ii. f. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Queen ' s coun ty ... Isle of (Esel . . . . . . . . .

Isle of (Esel . . . . . . . . . Le in tward ine . . . . . .

l" LLIL2 Coalbrook Dale ... Is le o f (Esel . . . . . . . . . . . . . , ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

S l i m o n i a , a n t e n n a . P1 . i i . f . 1 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , a s s o c i a t e d t h o r a c i c p l a t e s . ]

P I . i i . f . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J" �9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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V E R T E B K A T A .

(Pisces.)

Pteraspis - t racks . Figs. 1, 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

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VERTEBRXTA (continued.)

( Rc~ma. )

Cheiro ther ian footprint . PI. iii. f. 1 . . . [Keuper . . . . . . . . . . . . [Daresbury . . . . . . . . . Euskelesaurns Brownii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 In. �9 �9 ~ I f S to rmberg Mrs., O , . o ~ a u , - ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J~l "nass~c . . . . . . . . . . I't S o u t h A f r i c a Telerpeton Elginense. Figs. A, E . . . . IDevonian ? . . . . . . IElgin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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( Mammalia.)

Rhinoceros leptorhinus teeth. Pl .x.~. ]Pleistocene . . . . . IEngland 220 f. 1 - 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j . . . . . . . . . . . . .

:~/IISCELLANEOUS,

. . . . ,leistocenet: Acheul rf 49 . . . . . . . . . 52 Flint implements . Figs. 3-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l i . ford ; Thet-

EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.

PLATE rAGE { CEUSTACEA, tO illustrate ]~Ir. Henry Woodward's paper on some

iT.I" points in the Structure of the XiThosura , having reference to their relationship with the Euryptcridm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

[C~I~OTUERIAN FOOTPRr~T--S~cTI0n rROM W~STO~ POINT ~O i i T J DARESBURY, CHESHIRE, to illustrate Mr. WiUiamson's paper on

*" | a Chelrotherian Footprint from the Base of the Keuper Sand- ' (. stone of Daresbury, Cheshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

f GEO15OGICA.IJ SKETCH ~/IAP OF THE ~q~IaST CAT,~RACT, UPPER "EGYPT, IV. tO illustrate iYlr. Hawkshaw's paper on the Geological Deserip-

tiort of the First Cataract, Upper :Egypt. 115

VI. ~F0ssI!58 FROM SOUTH /~RICA, tO illustrate Mr. Tate's paper on VII. VIII . [ some Secondary Fossils from South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

IX. ) f TEETH OF RHINOCEROS LEPTOR//I~CUS, tO illustrate Mr. Boyd Daw-

X. ~ kins's paper on the Dentition of Rhinoceros leTtorhinus . . . . . . 227

[ Eozoo~ CANXDE~SE, tO illustrate Dr. Dawson's Notes on Fossils XI. J recently obtained f rom the Laurentian Rocks of Canada, and on

XII. | Objections to the Organic Nature of Eozoon. With Notes by l Dr. Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

I AULOPIIYLLUM AND CYCLOPHYLLUM, tO illustrate Dr. Duncan and XIII . Mr. Thomson's paper on Cyclot~hyllum, a new Genus of Cyatho-

phyllidm, with remarks on the genus AuloThyl lum . . . . . . . . . . 330

XIV. f FOSSILS FROM THE ~_K)WER ~_~IAS, tO illustrate ]YIr. C. ~oore's paper XV. ~ on Abnormal Conditions of Secondary Deposits when connected

XVI. | with the Somersetshire and South Wales Coal-basin; and on the XVII. t. Age of the Sutton and Southerndown Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568