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THE

QUARTERLY JOURNAL

OF THE

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

EDITED BY

THE ASSISTANT-SECRETARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

VOLUME THE TENTH.

1854.

PART THE FIRST. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.

PARIS :--FRIED. KLINCKSIECK, 11 RUE DE LILLE ; BAUDRY, 9 RUE DU COQ, PRES LE LOUVRE ~ LEIPZIG, T. O. WEIGEL.

SOLD ALSO AT THE APARTMENTS OF THE SOCIETY.

MDCCCLIV. ILfst

OF THi

OFFICER2

OF TH]~

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

~rt~t~tnt. William John Hamilton, Esq. ~ict~]13r~i~tnt~. John Carrick Moore, Esq., M.A. Sir R. I. Murchison, G.C.St.S., F.R.S. and L.S. Prof. John Phillips, F.R.S. Lieut.-Col. Portlock, R.E., F.R.S.

~tc~eta~t~. R. A. C. Austen, Esq., B.A., F.R.S.

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~ortign ~crtta~. Samuel Peace Pratt, Esq., F.R.S. and L.$.

IErra~urn:. D. Sharpe, Esq., F.R.S. and L.S.

R. A. C. Austen, Esq., B.A., F.R.S. Prof. John Morris. John J. Bigsby, M.D. Sir R. I. Murehison, G.C.St.8., F.R.S. & James S. Bowerbank, Esq., F.R.S. & L.S. L.S. Sir P. G. Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. R. W. Mylne, Esq. Earl of Enniskillen, D.C.L., F.R.S. John Percy, M.D., F.R.S. Prof. E. Forbes, F.R.S. & L.S. Prof. John Phillips, F.R.S. G. B. Greenough, Esq., F.R.S. & L.S. Lieut.-Col. Portlock, R.E., F.R.S. William John Hamilton, Esq. Samuel Peace Pratt, Esq., F.R.S. & L.S. J. D. Hooker, M.D., F.R.S. & L.S. J. Prestwich, Jun., Esq., F.R.S. Leonard Horner, Esq., F.R.S.L. & E. J. W. Salter, Esq. P. N. Johnson, Esq., F.ILS. D. Sharpe, Esq., F.R.S. & L.S. John C. Moore, Esq., M.A. Capt. Richard Strachey.

~i~tant, be~etar~, ~urator, an~ gt~rariaa. T. Rupert Jones, Esq. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PART I.--ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. Page ALEXANDER, Captain H. On Remains of in Flints ...... 334 BECKLES, S. H., Esq. On the Ornithoidichnites of the Wealden. (With a Plate.) ...... 456 BIGSB-Z, Dr. J.J. On the Geology of Rainy Lake, South Hudson Bay. (With a Plate.) ...... 215 BINFIELD, W. R., Esq., and H. BINFIELD, Esq. On the Occur- rence of Fossil Insects inthe Wealden Strata of the Sussex Coast. 171 BLANFORD, W. T., Esq. On a Section lately exposed in some Ex- cavations at the West India Docks ...... 433 BRODIE, The Rev. P.B. On the Insect-beds of the Purbeck Forma- tion in Wiltshire and Dorsetshire ...... 475 CuMmINs, The Rev. J.G. On the Superior Limits of the Glacial Deposits in the Isle of Man ...... 2~ 1 DAVIDSON, T., Esq. On the Chonetes comoides (Sowcrby). (With a Plate.) ...... 202 DAWSON, J.'W., Esq. On the Coal-Measures of the South Joggins, Nova Scotia 1 Wh--itOn the Structure of the Albion Coal-Measures, Nova Scotia. Journals of the Exploratory Works at the Albion Mines, Pictou, Nova Scotia; by HENRY POOLE, Es(I ...... 42 D~zLESSE, M.A. On the Pegmatite of Ireland. I_Abstract.] ...... 397

EOERTON, Sir P. de M. G. Postscript to Palichthyologic Note No. 4. (/Eehmodus) ...... 367 . Palichthyologie Notes. No. 6. (Dipteronotus). (With a Plate.) 367 Palichthyologic Notes. No. 7. (Deccan Fish). (With a Plate.) 371 "" i~latPaliehthy~176 Notes. No. 8. (Mokattam Fish). (With a ...... 374 HAMILTON, W. J., Esq. On the Geology of the Mayenee Basin .. 254 H~.APHY, C., Esq. On the Coromandel Gold-diggings in New Zealand ...... ; ...... 3~2 HISLOP, S., and R. HUNTER, The Rev. Messrs. On the Geology of the neighhourhood of N~gpur, Central India. [Abstract.] .... 470 HOOKER, Dr. J.D. On a new species of Wolkmannia. (With a

Plate.) ...... ,.o...... ,...... o...... 199 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS. Pag e HOPKINS, E., Esq. On the Geological Formation and the Gold- hearing Rocks of the Colony of Vitltoria ...... 324 HORNER, L., Esq. On some intrusive Igneous Rocks in Cawsand Bay, near Plymouth ...... 359 LOFTUS, W. K., Esq. On the Geology of Portions of the Turko- Persian Frontier, and of the Districts adjoining. [Abstract.] .. 464 LYELL, Sir C. On the Geology of some parts of Madeira ...... 325 OWE~, Prof. Description of the Cranium of a Labyrinthodont Reptile (Brachyops laticeps) from M~ngali, Central India. [Abstract.] ...... 473 . On a Fossil Reptilian Skull imbedded in a mass of Pictou Coal, from Nova Scotia (With a Plate.) ...... 207 On some Fossil Reptilian and Mammalian Remains from the Purbecks. (With Figures.) ...... 420 PATTISON, S. R., Esq. On Auriferous Quartz-rock in North Corn- wall ...... 247 PRESTWICH, J., Jun., Esq. On some Swallow Holes on the Chalk Hills near Canterbury ...... 222 On the Correlation of the Lower Tertiaries of England with those of France and Belgium. [Abstract.] ...... 454 =- . On the distinctive Physical aud Pal~eontological Features of the London Clay and the Bracklesham Sands ...... 435 . On the Origin of the Sand and Gravel Pipes in the Chalk of the London Tertiary District ...... 241 L . On the Structure of the Strata between the London Clay and the Chalk in the London and Hampshire Tertiary Systems. Part II.--The Woolwich and Reading Series. (With a Plate.).. 75 . Appendix; and Descriptions of Fossils. By J. PRESTWXCH, Jun., Esq., Prof. MORRIS, T. RVPERT JONES, Esq., and Dr. J.D. HoOKER. (With Plates.) ...... 139 . On the Thickness of the London Clay; on the Relative Posi- tion of the Fossiliferous Beds of Sheppey, IIighgate, &c.; and on the Probable Occurrence of the Bagshot Sands in the Isle of Sheppey ...... 401 RAMSAY, Prof. A.C. On the Geology of the Gold-bearing District of Merionethshire, North Wales ...... 242 SALTER, J. W., Esq., and W. T. AVELINE, Es~. Oil the "Caradoe Sandstone" of Shropshire ; with Descriptions of some Fossils, by//. W. SALTER, Esq ...... 6'2 SALTER, J. W., Esq. On the Tracks of a Crustacean in the " Lingula Flags" ...... 208 SANKEY, Lieut. R.H. On the Geology of some parts of Central India. [Abstract.] ...... 55 SCHLAGINTWEIT, Dr. A. On the Geological Structure of part of the Bavarian Alps ; with Remarks on the Erratic Phaenomena.. 346 SI~DGWICK, The Rev. Prof. A. On the May Hill Sandstone and the Palaeozoic System of the British Isles. [Abstract.] ...... 366 SELWYN, A. R. C., Esq. On the Geology and Mineralogy of Mount Alexander, and the adjacent Country lying between the Rivers Loddon and Campaspe ...... 299 SHARPE, D., Esq. On the Age of the Fossiliferous Sands and Gravels of Farringdon and its neighbourhood ; and Descriptions of some of the Farringdon Fossils. (With Plates.) ...... 176 TABLE OF CONTENTS. V Page SORBY, H. C., Esq. On Yedm~dale, as illustrating the Excavation of some Valleys in the Eastern part of Yorkshire ...... 328 STEPHE1% G. M., Esq. On the Gems and Gold-crystals of the Australian Colonies 303 STRACHEY, Captain RICHARD. On the Physical Geology of the Himalaya, [Abstract,]...... : ...... :..... 249 TRIMMER, J., Esq. Additional Observations on the Occurrence of Pipes and Furrows in Calcareous and Non-Calcareous Strata. [Abstract.J 474 ~. On Pipes and Furrows in Calcareous and Non-Calcareous Strata ...... 231 ~. On some Mammaliferous Deposits in the Valley of the Nene, near Peterborough ..... , ...... 343 ...... On the Superficial Deposits of the Isle of Wight , ...... 51 WESTON' C. H., Esq. Geological Notices of the Isle of Sheppey, and of its Outlier of Bagshot Sand ...... 399 WESTWOOD, J. 0., Esq. Contributions to Fossil Entomology. (With Plates.). 378 WILSON, J. S., Esq. On the Gold Regions of California ...... 308 WOODWARD, S. P., Esq. On the Structure and Affinities of the Hippuritidae. [Abstract.] ...... 397

Annual Report i Anniversary Address ...... xix Donations to the Museum and Library ...... vi, 57, 225, 335, 483 LIST OF THE FOSSILS FIGURED AND DESCRIBED IN THIS VOLUME.

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

NamoofSpeoios. I Form.tion 1 Loca,i,y. r Paso.

PLANT~. Abies (Cone of). PI. iii. f. 3 ...... Woolwieh and The Reeulvers ... 156 Reading Series. Artisia (structure of). Woodcuts .. .., Nova Scotia ...... 38 Calamites. Woodcuts ...... Carboniferous... Nova Scotia ...... 35 Fern leaf. PI. iii. L 6 ...... Woolwich and Counter tlill ...... 156 Reading Series. Plant-remains. Pl. iv ...... W. & R. Series. Reading ... 163 Seed-vessels. Pi. iii. f, 4, 5 ...... W. & R. Series. Counter ii]ii ::: 156 Sigillaria. Woodcuts ...... Carboniferous... Nova Scotia ...... 32 Volkmanuia Morrisii. PI. vii ...... Carboniferous... Carluke ...... 199 Wood (structure of). Woodcuts ... Carboniferous... Nova Scotia ... 38

AMORPHOZOA. (6.) Chenendopora fungiformis ...... , ,....., Farringdon ...... ]194 Marion Farringdonense. P1. v. f. 5, 6. I Cretaceous Farringdon ...... ] 196 .... maeropora. PI. v.f. 3, 4 ...... / Cretaceous !!!iii I Farringdon ...... I ]95 m__ peziza ...... 1 Cretaceous Farringdon ...... [ 194 porcatum. Pl. v. f. 2 ...... / Cretaceous Farringdon ...... I 196 Verticilliporaf.1. anastomosans. Pl. v.l~ Cretaceous Farringdon ...... / 195

ANNELIDE. (|.) Sexpula. PI. ii. f. 26 ...... ] Woolwich and 156 Reading Sundridge...... I I Series. CRUSTACEA. (7.)

Candona Riehardsoni. P1. iii. f. 13... WoolwiChReadingseries.and Ill Woolwich ...... 162

Cythere Kostelensis. P1. iii. f. 10 ,..[ W. & R. Series. I Woolwich ...... 161 Wetherelli. PI. iii. f. 9 ...... I W. & R. Series. I Woolwich ...... 161 Cytheridea Mulleri. PI. iii. f. 7 ...... [ W. & R. Series. I Woolwich ...... 160 ~, var. torosa. P1. iii. f. 8...[ W. & R. Series. [ Woolwich ...... 16l Cythereis angulatopora. PI. iii. f. 12. / W. & R. Series. WooIwich ...... 162 ---- plicata. P1. iii. f. 11 ...... I W. & R. Series. Woolwich ...... 162 vii

Name of Species. Formation. I Locality. I Page.

INSECTA. ,'Eschnldium Bubas. PI. xv. f. 5 ... Middle & Lower Durdlestone Bay, 394 Purbeck. Dorset. Agrilium Cyllabaclis. P1. xvi. f. 32... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 ---- Cyllarus. Pl. xvi. f. 29 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 ~-- Strombus. Pl. xvi. f. 6 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 -- Stomphax. P1. xvi. f. 23 ..... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 dgrionidium ~Etna. Pl. xviii, f. 39 . Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 396 Areh~eoniscus Edwardsii. P1. xiv. f.12 Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 393 Blapsium Egertoni. P1. xiv. f. 13 ... Great Oolite ... Stonesfield ...... 393 Blattidium Aehelous. P1. xviii, f. 26 Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 396 Molossus. Pl. xv. f. 26 ...... Middle Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 394 ---- Nogaus. Pl. xviii, f. 23 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 396 ---- Symyrus. P1. xviii, f. 33 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 396 Bupreslium Bolbus. PI. xvii. f. 5 ... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 -- Dardanus. Pl. xvi. f 38 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 ---- Gorgus. PI. xv. f. 7 ...... MiddlePurbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 394 . Stygnus. P1. xvi. f. 11 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 ----, var. ? PI. xvi. f. 22 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 -- Teleas. P1. xiv. f. 19 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 393 -- Valgus. P1. xvi. f. 31 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 --~ Woodlei. P1. xiv. f. ll ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 393 Carabidium Dejeanianum. P1. xviii. Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 396 f. 1. Ceeidomium grand, rum. P1. xv. f. 21 MiddlePurbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 394 Cercopidium Hahnii. Pl. xviii, f. 3 ... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay, 396 ~-- Mimas. Pl. xv. f. 3 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 394 Seha~fferi. Pl. xviii, f. 5 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 396 m__ Signorettii. P1. xviii, f. 36 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 396 Telesphorus. PI. xv. L 14"* ... MiddlePurbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 394 Cicadellium Dipsas. Pl, xv. f. 6, (up- MiddiePurbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 394 per left-hand figure.) Psocus. P1. xv. f. 18 ...... MiddlePurbeck, Durdlestone Bay. 394 Cimieidium Dallasii. PI. xvii. f. 15 Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 Corethrium Pertinax. P1. xv. f. 2.. Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 394 Ctenieerium Blissus. P1. xvi. f. 36.. Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 ---- Hylastes. PI. xvi. f. 37 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 Curculium Syrichthus. Pl. xiv. f. 3... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 393 Cyllonium Hewitsonianum. P1. xviii. Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 396 f. 27. Boisduvalianum. P1. xvii. f. 17 Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 Diaperidium Mithrax. P1. xv. f. 8 MiddlePurbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 394 (right-hand figure). Dragon-fly. PI. xviii, f. 20 ...... Great Oolite ... Eyeford...... 389 Elaterium Barypus. P1. xvi. f. 5 ... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestoue Bay. 395 Pronceus. Pl. xiv. f. 1 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 393 Triopas. P1. xvi. f. 4 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 Formieium Brodiei. Pl. xiv. f. 8 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 393 Gryllidium Oweni. P1. xvii. f. 19 .. Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay: ' 395 Harpalidium Anaclus. P1. xiv. f. 20. Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 393 Nothrus. Pl. xvii. f. 3 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 Helopium Agabus. Pl. xiv. f. 2 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 Ncoridas. P1. xvi. f. 13 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 Insect ? Pl. xviii, f. 2 ...... Lias ...... Gloueestershire. 381 Insect-remains. P1. xiv.-xviii ...... Purbeck ...... Durdlestoue Bay & 378 Ridgway, Dorset. Insect.remains. P1. xvi. f. 34, 35 ... Tertiary ...... Creech, Dorset ... 381 VIII

Name of Species. Formation. Locality. Page.

Insect-remains ? ...... Wealden ...... Swanage Bay ...... 382 Libellulium Agrias. P1. xv. f. 4 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 394 Kaupii. P1. xvii. f. 21 ...... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 Myrmieium Heerii. PI. xviii, f. 21... Lower Purbeek. Durdlestone Bay. 396 Nepidium 8lolones. P1. xviii, f. 9 ... Lower Purbeek. Ridgway, Dorset. 396 Panorpidium tessellatum. P1. xv. f.1 Middle Purbeck. I)urdlestone Bay. 394 , var.? Pl. xvii. f. 12 ..... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 395 Phryganeidium Pytho. P1. xviii, f. 31 Lower Purbeek. Durdlestone Bay. 396 Ra2ahidium Brephos. P1. xvii. L 16 Lower Purbeek. Durdlestone Bay. 395 8ialium 8ipylus. Pl. xviii, f. 24 ..... Lower Purbeck. Durdlestone Bay. 396 Simulidiumpriseum. Pl. xv. f. 15... Middle Purbeek. Durdlestone Bay. 394 Telephorium Abgarus. P1. xvii. f. 4. Lower Purbeek. Durdlestone Bay. 395 Tentyridium Peleus. P1. xiv. f. 21... Lower Purbeek. Durdlestone Bay. 393 Termitidium ignotum. Pl.xv. L 16. MiddlePurbeck. Durdlcstone Bay. 394

BaYozooN. (1.) LalMwlepie Hagenovii. P1. v. f. 7 .--I Cretaceous ...... J Farringdon ...... [ 196

MOLLUSCX. (40.) ( Palliobranehiata.) Chonetes eomoides. PI. viii. f. 1-8... / Carboniferous. I North Wales, &c. ] 202 , n. sp. PI. viii. f. 12,13 ...... [ ...... [ Nrhou, France ...[ 206 Productus giganteus ? PI. viii. f. 9.../Carboniferous. [...... I 206 - horridus. Pl.viii.f. 10 ...... i Carboniferous ...... [ 206 J longispinus. PI. viii. f. 11 ...... ) Carboniferous ...... 206 ( Lamell ibranehiat a.) Cardium Laytanii. P1. ii. f. 1, 2 ...... Woolwich and Richborough ...... 157 Reading Series. Corbula Arnouldii. P1. ii. f. 3 ...... W. & R. Series. Oakwells ...... 155 Regzdbiensis. PI. ii. f. 4, 5 W. & R. Series. The Reculvers ... 157 car. ft. P1. ii. f. 6. Cyrena cordata. PI. ii. f. 7-9 ...... W. & R. Series. Woolwich ...... 158 intermedia. P1. ii. f. 10,11 ... W. & R. Series. Woolwich ...... 155 Dianehora ? gnttata. P1. vi. f. 4 ...... Cretaceous ...... Farringdon ...... 197 Lima Farringdonensis. P1. vi. f. 2 ... Cretaceous...... Farringdon ...... 198 Modiola. Woodcuts ...... Carboniferous. Nova Scotia ...... 39 Modiola Mitehelli. P1. ii. f. 12,13... Woolwich and New Cross, &c .... 158 Reading Series. dorsata. P1. ii. f. 14 ...... W. & R. Series. Sundridge ...... 158 Plieatula inaequidens. Pl. vi. f. 3 ... Cretaceous ...... Farringdon ...... 197 P&ammobia ? Condamini. PL ii. f. 15. Woolwich and Counter Hill ...... 159 Reading Series. Unio. Woodcuts ...... Carboniferous. Nova Scotia ...... 39 (Gaster~oda.) 155 Ampullariapl.ii. f. 16.(Natica) subdepressa.[ Woolwichandseries.Reading Richborough ...... I

,4urieula (Conovulus) loygma~a. PI. / W. & R. Series. Woolwieh ...... I 159 ii.s 17. t I ix

Name of Species. ! Formation. Locality. Page.

Cerithium Bowerbankii. P1. ii. L 18.i W. & R. Series. Woolwich ...... 159 graeile. P1. ii. f. 19 ...... W. & R. Series. Woolwich ...... 159 Lunnii. Pl. ii.f. 20 ...... W.&R. Series. Woolwich ...... 159 Dentalium. P1. ii. f. 25 ...... W. & R. Series. Herne Bay ...... 155 Hydrohia Parkinsoni. P1. ii. f. 21 ... W. & R. Series. Woolwich, &c .... 160 Websteri. P1. ii. f. 22 ...... W. & R. Series. Woolwich, &c .... 160 Paludina lenta, vat. P1. ii. s 23 ...... ] W. & R. Series. New Cross, &c .... 160 Patella. PL ii, f. 24 ...... I W. & R. Series. Sundridge ...... 155

( Cephdolooda. ) Nautilus Farringdonen~. P1. vi. L 1.[ Cretaceous ...... I Farringdon ...... [ 198

[Cephalapoda in Part II. (Miscell.) of this Volume.] Ascoceras. Woodcut ...... ] Silurian ...... Bohemia ...... I 26 Cyrtoceras heteroclytum. Woodcut.] Silurian Bohemia ...... t 25 Cyrtocerata. Woodcuts ...... I Silurian ...... Bohemia ...... 24 Gomphoccras. Woodcut ...... Silurian ...... Bohemia ...... 25 mirum. Woodcut ...... [Silurian ...... Bohemia ...... 22 Lituite (mouth of). Woodcut ...... ] Silurian ...... Bohemia ...... 22 Nautilus Bohemicus. Woodcut ...... I Silurian " Bohemia ...... 21 Orthocerata. Woodcuts ...... I Silurian ...... Bohemia ...... I 23 Phragmoceras Broderipii. Woodcut ...... Silurian Bohemia ...... ] 25 ---- callistoma(mouth of). Woodcut. Silurian Bohemia ...... 26 Loveni (mouth of). Woodcut. Silurian ...... Bohemia ...... 26

PISCES. (6.)

Dipteronotus cyphus. P1. xi ...... I New Red Sand. Bromsgrove ...... 369 I stone. Lepidosteus (vertebra). P1. iii. f. 1...[ Woolwich and Upnor ...... 156 [ Reading Series. Lepidotus brevic~s. P]. xii. L 2 ...[ ...... Kotah, Deccan ... 372 ~ Iongieeps. PI. xii. f. l ...... ] Jurassic ...... Kotah, Deccan ... 371 Fish-remains (Perca Lorenti ?). Pl. Tertiary Mokattam, Egypt. 374 xiii. I Fish-remains. P1. iii. f. 2, 2*, 2**. [ Woolwieh and Woolwich, &c .... 157 Reading Series.

REPTILIA. (4.) Baphetesplanie~s. P1. Lx...... I Carboniferous...I Pictou, Nova 207 Scotia. Braehyops lalle~s ...... [J...... { Mangali, Central 473 ! India. Maeellodus Brodiei. Woodcuts, figs. 1 Purbeck ...... [ Durdlestone Bay, 422 6-8. / I D~ Nuthetes destructor. Woodcuts, figs. Purbeck ...... Durdlestone Bay, 420 1-5. | ~ Dorset.

Avis. (1.)

Bird's bone ...... ] W. & R. Series. [ Counter Hill ...... ] 157 Name of Species. I Formation. Locality. I Page.

MAMMALE. (1.) SpalacotheriUmcuts,figs. 9-12.tricuspidens" Wood- / Purbeck ...... I DurdlestoneDorset.Bay, [ 426

[IcHNITES.] Ichnites(Ofcut.Hymenocaris?). Wood-I Silurian ...... INorth Wales B2211 210 lehnites (?). P1. xix...... [ Wealden ...... ] Hastings and 456 : I hill. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.

PLATE I.--SEcTIONS ...... 1! 2.mFossIL SHELLS ~To illustrate Mr. Prestwich's paper on 3.--FossIL Bo~Es, PLANTS, "/" the Woolwich and Reading Series. AND ENTOMOSTRACA... | TO face p. 170 | 4.--FOSSIL PLANTS ...... -~

5.wFOSSIL AMORPHOZOA AND'~ BnYozoA ...... ~To illustrate Mr. D. Sharpe's paper on J the Farringdon Gravels ...... 198 6.--FossIL MOLLUSCA

~.~VOLKMANI~IA MORRISII, to illustrate Dr. Hooker's paper on a New Species of Volkmannia ...... 199

8.--CHoNETES AND PROVUCTUS, to illustrate Mr. Davidson's paper on Cbonetes eomoides ...... 206

9.--BAPHETES PLANICEPS, to illustrate Prof. Owen's Paper on a Fossil Reptile in the Coal of Pietou ...... 207

10.--GEoLo6ICAL MAP, to illustrate Dr. Bigsby's paper on the Geology of Rainy Lake ...... 215

l ].--DIPTERONOTUS CYPHUS, to illustrate Sir P. Egerton's PaUchthyologic Notes : No. 7 ...... 37|

12.--FossIL FISH~S FROM THE DECC.~, to illustrate Sir P. Egerton's Palichthyologie Notes : No. 8 ...... 375

13.mFIsH-REMAINS FROM EG~'PT, to illustrate Sir P. Egerton's Palieh- thyologic Notes: No. 9 ...... 377

14-18.wFossiL INSECT-REMAINS, tO illustrate Mr. Westwood's Contribu- tions to Fossil Entomology ...... 396

19.mFoSsIL FOOTPRINTS, to illustrate Mr. Beckles's paper on the Orni- thoidichnites of the Wealden ...... 456