QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

~DITED BY

THE ASSISTANT-SECRETARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Quod si eui mortal ium cordi et curve sit non t an tum inventis hverere, atque iis uti, sed ad ulteriora penetrate ; atque non disputando adversarium, sed opere na turam vincexe ; "denique non belle et probabiliter opinari, sed eerto et ostensive scire ; tales, tanquam veri scientiarum filii, nobis (si videbitur) se adjungant --Novum Organum, Pr~fatio,

V O L U M E T H E T W E N T Y - S I X T H .

1870.

PART THE FIRST. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

LONDON :

LONGMANS, GREEN, READER, AND DYER. PAIi IS : F R I E D . K L I N C K S I E C K , II R U E DE L I L L E ; 1~. SAVY, 24 R U E H A U T E F E U I L L E .

L E I P Z I G : T. O. W E I G E L .

SOLD ALSO A T T H ~ A P A R T M E N T S OF T~I:E S O C I E T Y ,

MDCCCLXX,

ILt r OF THE

O F F I C E R 8

01~ T H ~

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

Elected February 18, 1870.

pr~r

Joseph Preatwich, Esq., F.R.8.

~ic~Pre~i~ent~. Sir P. de M. G. B~rton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. [ Wariagton W. 8myth, Esq., M.A., F,R.S. R. A. C. Godwin-Austen, Esq., F.R.$. ] Sir Charles Lyen, Bart., F.R.8.

~ecr~tar/r P. Martin Duncan, M.B. hond., F.R.S. [ John Evans, Esq., F.R.8., F.S.A.

~ore ign ~ ,cr t ta r~ . prof. D. T. Ansted, M.A., F.R.S.

TreaSurer. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Esq., F.R.S.

Prof. D. T. Ansted, M.A., F.R.S. W, Carruthers, Esq., F.L.8. W. Boyd Dawkins, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. P. Martin Duncan, M.B. Lond., F.R.S. Sir P. de M. G. Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. John Evans, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. J. Wickham Flower, Esq. David Forbes, Esq., F.R.$. Captain Douglas Gaiton, C.B., F.R.S. R. A. C. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S. Harvey B. Holl, M.D. J. Whitaker Hulke, Esq., F.R.S.

Prof. T. H. Huxley, LL.D., F.R.S. J. Gwyn Jetfreys, Esq., F.R.S. & L.S. Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., D.C.L., F.R.8. George Maw, Esq., F.L.S. John Carrick Moore, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. Prof. John Morris. Joseph Prestwich, Esq., F.R.S. Warington W. Smyth, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. Rev. W. S. Symonds, M.A. Rev. Thomas Wiltshire, M.A., F.L.S. Henry Woodward, Esq., F.Z.S.

~ fOtan t~bec rc ta r~ , ~ibrarfan, a t~ Curator. W. S. Dallas, Esq., F.L.S.

CI~k. Mr. W. W. Leighton.

Mr. F. H. Waterhouse.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PART I . - - 0 R I G I N A L COMMUNICATIONS. Page

BILLINGS, E.~ E s ~ , Notes on some Specimens of Lower-Silurian Trilobites. (With 2 Plates.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

BLEASDELL~ Rev. W. Observations on Modern Glacial Action in Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669

Bomcxr, Rev. T.G. Notes on the Geology of the Lofoten Islands. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623

]3ROW~ R.~ ~[.A.~ Ph.D. On the Physics of Arctic Ice, as explana- tory of the Glacial Remains in Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671

BUNZEL~ Dr. E~ANU~. Notice of a Fragment of a Reptilian Skull from the Upper Cretaceous of Griinbach. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . 394

Bvs•, G~.Ol~GE, Esq. On the Species of Rhinoceros whose Remains were found in a Fissure-cavern at Oreston in 1816 . . . . . . . . . . 457

CARRUTVrERS, WILLIAm, Esq. On the Structure of a Fern-stem from the Lower Eocene of Herne Bay~ and on its Allies, Recent and Fossil. (With 2 Plates.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

CODXIN6TON, T., Esq. On the Superficial Deposits of the South of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. (With 2 Plates.) . . . . . . . . 528

COUMDARY~ M. On the Fall of an Aerolite in Fezzan. [Abstract.] 415

DAvIDSOl~, T~to~tAs~ Esq. Notes on the Brachiopoda hitherto ob- tained from the " P e b b l e - b e d " of Budleigh Salterton, near Exmouth~ in Devonshire. (Wi th 3 Plates.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

DAWSON, Prof. J . W . Notes on the Structure of 8igillaria. lab. stract.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

~ . Note on some new Animal Remains from the Carboniferous and Devonian of Canada.. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

~ - - . On the Graphite O f the Laurentian of Canada . . . . . . . . . . 112

- - - - . On the Structure and Affinities of 8igillaria~ Calamite,~ and Calaraodendon.' [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

DE RANcv.~ C. E.~ Esq. On the Glacial Phenomena of Western Lancashire and Cheshire .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641

�9 On the Postglacial Deposits of Western Lancashire and Cheshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655

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Page DUNCAN, Prof. P. MARTIN. The Physical Geography of Western

Europe during the Mesozoic andCainozoic Periods elucidatet by their Coral Faunas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

T '-Onertiary the Fossil Corals (MadreporaHa) of the Australian Deposits. (With 4 t'lates.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

ETHERIDGB, ROBERTy Esq. On the Geological Position and Geo- graphical Distribution of the Reptilian or Dolomitlc Conglome- rate of the Bristol Area .................................. 174

GUNN, Rev. JOHN. On the relative Position of the Forest-bed and the Chillesford Clay in Norfolk and Suffolk~ and on the zeal Position of the Forest-bed ..... ........................... 551

OUPPY~ R. J. LI~CtiM~ItE~ Esq. On the Discovery of Organic Re- mains in the Caribbean Series of Trinidad. [Abstract.] . . . . . . 413

H ~ c o c x , KLBAI~Y, Esq., and R. tIowsE, Esq. On a new Laby= rinthodont Amphibian from the Magnesian Limestone of Mid= deridge, Durham. (With 1 Plate.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

�9 On tu 8peneri, Von Meyer, and a n e w

Species, Pro~erosauru, I - [~ j s ' , from the Marl-slate of Midde- ridge, Durham. (With 2 Plates.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

�9 On Dor~teru8 Itoffmanni, Germar. from the Marl- slate of Midderidge, i)urham. (With 2 Plates.'~ . . . . . . . . . . . . 623

HARXNESS, Prof. R. On the Distribution of Wastdale-Crag Blocks, "Shal~-Fell Granite Boulders," in Westmoreland. (With 1 Plate.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

HIND, H. Y., Esq. On two Gneimoid Series in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, supposed to be the EqLuivalente of the Huronian (Cambrian) and Lanrentian. ( W i t h l Plate.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

HOLmZN, J. S_., M:D., and RALPH TATE, Esq. On the Iron-ores associated with the Basalts of the North-east of Ireland . . . . . . 151

HONEXMAN, Rev. D. Notes on the Geology of Arisai~, Nova t~cotia. [Abridged.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

HOOD, T. l:I. CocxBumr Esq. Geological Observations on the Waipara River, New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

HOWSE, RICHARD, Esq., and A. HANCOCK~ ESq. On a new Laby- rinthodont Amphibian from the Magnesian Limestone of Mid- deridge, Durham. (With 1 Plate.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

�9 On Pro~'osaurus ~,,neri, Von Meyer~ and a new Si~ocies , Proterosaurus Huxleyi, from the Marl-slate of Midde- ridge, Durham. (With 2 Plates.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

. . On Dor~terus Hoffmanni, Germar, from the Marl- ah~te of Midderidge, ~urham. ' (With 2 Pla tes . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . 623

HuI.lrE, J. W., ESq. Note on ~ Crocodilian Skull from Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset. (With 1 P la te . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

.. Note on a New and Undescribed Wealden Vertebra. (With 1 Plate.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

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Page HULXE, J. W., Esq. Note on some Plesiosaurian Remains obtained

by J. C. Mansel, Esq., F.G.S., in Kimmerldge Bay~ Dorset. (With 1 Plate.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611:

Ht~I,EY, Prof. T .H . On Hyps~l~ltodon .~oxil, a new Dinosaurian. from the Wealden of the Isle of Wight. (With 2 Plates.) . . . . 3

�9 Further Evidence of the Affinity between the Dinosaurian Reptiles ~nd Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

On the Classification of the Dinosauria, with Observations on'the Dinosauria of the Trias. (With 1 Plate.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

HYDE, SAmUeL, Esq. On Deep-mining with Relation to the Phy- sical Structure and Mineral-bearing Strata of the South-west of Ireland. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

�9 . �9

JUDD, J. W., Esq. Additional Observations on the Neocomlan Strata of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, with Notes on their Re- lations to the Beds of the same Age throughout Northern Europe. (With 1 Plate.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

KER~t, Comm. J. H , R.N. Observations on Ice-marks in Newfound- land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704

LANXESTEI~ E. RAY, Esq. Contributions to a Knowledge of the Newer Tertiaries of Suffolk and their Fauna. (With 2 Plates.). . 493

LLOYD, T. G. B., Esq. On the SuI~erficial Deposits of Portions of the Avon and Severn Valleys ano adjoining Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

MELLO, Rev. J .M. On an Altered Clay-bed and Section in Tides- well Dale, Derbyshire . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701

MOORE, CHARLES, Esq. Australian Mesozoic Geology and Pal~eon- tology. (With 9 Plates.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 226

--- . On a Plant- and Insect-bed on the Rocky River, New South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 261

~ULLER~ F. VON, and R. BROUGH SM'YTH~ Esq. Observations on some Vegetable Fossils from Victoria. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . 610

NIcHoT.soN, Dr. I-1. A�9 Notes on the Lower portion of the Green Slates and Porphyries of the Lake-district between Ulleswater and Keswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599

Ow~N, Prof. R. On Fossil Remains of Mammals found in China�9 (With 3 Plates.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

PRESTWICH, JOSEPH, Esq. On the Crag of Norfolk and Associated Beds. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8 1

ROGERS~ AIEX.~ Esq. A few Remarks on the Geology of the Country surrounding the Gulf of Cambay, in Western India . . 118

SANFORD~ W. A.~ Esq. On the Rodentia of the Somerset Caves. (With 1 Plate.) 124

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SHARP, SAMURL, Esq. The Oolites of Northamptonshire . . . . . . . . P3~

SMYTH, R. BROUC.tH, Esq., and F. YON MCLt.ma. Observations on some Vegetable Fossils from Victoria. [Abstract.] . . . . . . . . . . . 610

SVTmeRLAND, Dr. Notes on an Ancient Boulder-clay of Natal . . . . 514

TAT~ RALPH, Esq. Note on the Middle Lias in the North-east of ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

On the Palmontology of the Junction Beds of the Lower ancl Middle Lias in Gloucestershire. (With 1 Plate.) . . . . . . . . 394

TATB, RALPh, Esq,, and J. S. ]-]*OLDEN, M.D. On the Iron-ores associated with the Basalts of the North-east of Ireland . . . . . . 151

Wn~ON~ J. M., Esq. On the Surface-deposits in the Neighbour- h o o d of Rugby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

WOOD, SEARLES, V., Jun., Esq. On the Relation of the Boulder- clay without Chalk of the North of England, to the great Chalky Boulder-clay of the South. ( W i t h l Plate.) . . . . . . . . 90

WOODWARD, H., Esq. Note on the Palpus and other A.Pl~e_ndages of Amphus, from the Trenton Limestone, in the British Museum 486

WRIOEr, Dr. THOMAS. Notes on a new Species of Starfish from the Ironstone Beds of the Inferior Oolite of Northampton . . . . . . 391

Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Anniversary Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvli List of Foreign Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii List of Foreign Correspondents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii List of WoUaston Medallists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix Donations to the Library (with Bibliography) . . viii, 182, 264, 487, 573

LIST OF THE FOSSILS FIGURED AN~) DESCRIBED IN THIS VOLUME.

[ In this list, those fossils the names of which are pr inted in R o m a n type have been previously described.]

Name of Species. [ Formation. I Locality. IPage .

PLANTAr.

Osmundite#l_3, PI. xxv.D~ l, 3) &PI'4 xxiv. ......... f '} Lower Eocene...lHerne Bay ......... t}352

PROTOZOA. Pur isophonia Clarkei. P1. xvii. f. 1...I Jurassic (?) . . . . . . Queensland . . . . . . . . . t 235 Cristellaria acutaurieularis, var. Ion. ~ I Jurassic ...... lWoUumbilla ...... l 242

gieos ta ta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J I (?)

C(ELENTERATA.

( ~ ln thozoa. )

~lmphihel ia inerus tans . PI. xx. L 6 Antillia lens. P1. xx. f. 12 . . . . . . . . . Balanophf l l ia eampanula ta . P1. xxi.

- - seminuda. P1. xxi. f. 2 . . . . . . �9 a ~ n a t a . P1. xxi. f. 3 . . . . . . . . .

~ Selwyni . PI. xxi. f. 4 . . . . . . . . . f rag i l i s . P1. xxi. f. 5 . . . . . . . . . australiensis. P1. xxi. s 6 ... cylindriea. P1. xxi. f. 7 . . . . . . Ulrichi. P1. xxi. f. 8 . . . . . . . . . Tertiary . . . . . . . .

�9 . . tub i l i fo~nis . PL xxi. f. 9 ... Caryophyll ia viola. PI. xix. f. I ... Conosmilia elegans. P1. xx. f. 5 ...

�9 - anomala. P1. xx. f. t 0 . . . . . . . . . striata. P1. xx. f. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .

- - l i tuolus. PI. xx. L 11 . . . . . . . . . Conotroehus M ' C o y i . P1. xix. f. 7.. . - - typus. P1. xix. f. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . Cyeloseris tenuis. PI. xx. f. 8 . . . . . Del toeyathus italieus. PI. xix. f. 4

S. Aust ra l ia , . . . . . . . .

304 306

302 302 302 3O3 303 303 304 304 304 295 3O5 305 305 305 298 298 301 297

Vlll

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

C~LgNTBXATA (t~OntSnl/,ed).

.4~tAozoa (continued).

Flabellum Victorian. PI. xix. f. 11 distinctum. P1. IX. f. 2 . . . . . . gambierense. PI. xix. f. 9 & 10 Candeanum. P1. IX. f. 1 . . . . . .

Placotrochus elongatus. P]. IX. f. 3 �9 deltoidea. PI. Ix'. f. 4 . . . . . . . . .

Pal~oseris Woodsi. PI. IX. f. 7 ... Tertiary . . . . . . . . . 8phenotroehus australis. PI. xix.f. 5.

excicus. PI. xix. f. 6 . . . . . . . . . TroeAot~yatA~ meridionalb. PI. xix.

f. 2 -* . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . o . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . , , Vwtor~. PI. xix. f. 3 . . . . . . . . .

S. Australia . . . . . . . . .

299 299 299 300

301 297 '~98

296 296 ECHINODERMATA.

Pml~ ' e ia~ amtralis. PI. xvii. f. 3, ~ (?) . . . . . . Queeensland . . . . . . I PI. xviii, f. | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ Jurassic . . . . . I f Northampton ...1'

8tell~ter $~rpi i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ Inferior voa~e. . . I ~ Macon . . . . . . . . . . . . [ ~ , t Z ~ m d i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j

243

392 393

MOLLUSCA,

(Poty~oa.) (?) oo//t/ea. PL xvii. L 2 ...[Junumio ? . . . . . . . . . IWollumbilla . . . . . . I 243

( BraeAiopoda. )

A~yope wo//umbi//aen~. Pl. x. 1 f. 3-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! Jurassic (?) . . . . . .

tmnctata. P1. x. f. 6 . . . . . . . . . AtAyrie incerta. PI. iv. f. 12

. ? h u f f d g A e a ~ . Pl. iv.f . 14 I - ? erratiea. PI. vi. f. 1S . . . . . . [

Chonetes, sp. PI. iv. f. 13 . . . . . . . . . i Discina ? Vicaryi. P1. iv. f. 6 . . . . . . [, Devonian . . . . . . . . .

ineerta. PI. iv. f. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . I ? Edgelli. PI. iv. f. 8 . . . . . . . . . |

Crania trame#er#a. PI. iv. f. 9 & 10) �9 apiealie. PI. x. f. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . Jurassic (?) . . . . . .

Lingula Leaueuri. P1. iv. f. 1 . . . . . . ' Rouaulti. PI. iv. f. 2 . . . . . . . . . Hawkei. PI. iv. f. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . ? SalterL PI. iv. f. 5 . . . . . . . . .

Nueleospira Fiearyi. PI. iv. f. 15-18 Orthis redux. P1. v. f. 9-12 . . . . . . . . .

Berthoisi. PLv . L 13-16 ... Devonian . . . . . . . . . Valpyana. P1. v. f. 23-25 ... pulvinata. PI. v. f. 17-19 ...

�9 Yicaryt. P1. v. f. 20-22 . . . . . . Productus Viearyi. Pl. vi. f. 14 ... Rhynchonella inaurita. PI. v. f. 1-3

elliptica. PI. v. s 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . , s p . ? PI. v. f. 5 & 6 . . . . . . . . .

Wollumbilla . . . . . . I ! 2442't3

80

8O B u d l e i g h - $ a l t e ~ n 87

77. 77 78 78

Wollumbilla .. . . . . I 244

I

76 76 76 77 79 82

Budleigh" 81dtert~ I [ 8387848383

80 81 81

i x

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

MOLLUSCA ( con~iTzued).

Brachiopoda (continued).

R~!/nchonella Vayyana. Pi . iv. f. 26 & 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- - - - Vicaryi. Pi . v. f. 7 & 8 . . . . . . ? ovalis. PI. iv. f. 24 & 25 . . . rustics. PI. x . f. 7 - 9 . . . . . . . . . solitaria. PI. x. f. i 0 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sp i r i f e r a Verneu i l i i . P1. iv. f. 19 & 20 - m a c r o p t e r a . Pl . iv. L 21 & 22

o c t o p l i c a t a . PI. iv. f. 23 . . . . . . S t r e p t o r h y n c h u s c r en i s t r i a . P1. v.

f. 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strophomena Rouaulti. PI. vi. f.

8 & 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j �9 Etlterid.qii. PI. vi. f. 1 0 - 1 2 . . .

Edgelliana. PI. vi. f. 2 - 5 . . . Vicaryi. PL vi. f. 6 & 7 . . . . . .

�9 bud /e /g l~ns / s . PI. vi . f. 1 . . . Terebratella Da~idsonii. P1. xi . f. ] & 2 T e r e b r a t u l a (? ) sp . PI . iv. f. 11 . . . . . .

D e v o n i a n . . . . . . . . .

J u r a s s i c (?) . . . . . .

D e v o n i a n . . . . . . . . .

J u r a s s i c (?) . . . . . . D e v o n i a n . . . . . . . .

B u d l e i g h - S a l t e r t o n

W o U u m b i l l a . . . . . .

B u d l e i g h - S a l t e r t o n

W o l l u m b i l l a . . . . . . B u d l e i g h - S a l t e r t o n

t 82 82 82

f 245 245

78 79 79

87

85 85 86 86 86

245 78

( Lamellibranchiata. )

Xnatina numismalis. PI. xxv i . f. 1 3 . . . ] M i d d l e L ias . . . . . . ~4rca plicata PI. xii . f. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I . . . . .

, " . . . . . ~ ~aurass~c ~-) . . . . .preewnga. rl . x w . z. l . . . . . . . . . j "" - 8tricklandi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

n u m i s m a l l s . PI. xxv i . f. 3 . . . ~ m a t e • as . . . . . . Astarte apicali#. PI. x i i i . f. 11 . . . . . .

. Cliftoni. P I . x i i i . f. 10 . . . . . . J u r a s s i c (?) . . . . . . . wollumbillaensis. PI. xi i i . f. 12

~4vieula Barklyi. PI. xi . f. 1 & 2 . . . reflecta. PI. xi i . f. 1 . . . . . . . . . umbonalis. Pl . xi i . f. 2 & 3 . . . co rb / ens~ . PI . xi. f. 7 . . . . . . . . . s/mp/e.~r. PI . xi . f. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . J u r a s s i c (?) . . . . . . ~efualis. PI. xi. f. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . B p , . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . , , , , . . . , , . . .

substriata. PI. xi. f. 6 . . . . . . . . . Cucu~a inflata. PI. xiv. f. I & 2

�9 semistriata. PI. x iv . f. 3 . . . . . . J u r a s s i c (?) Cytl~rea Clarkei. P1. xi i i . f. 1 . . . . . . " . . . . . Goniomya depressa. P1. xi i i . f. 6 . . . Inoceramus incurvatus. Pl . xxv i . M i d d l e L ias . . . . . .

f. 2 & 2 a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isocardia lunulata. PI. xxxiv , f. 1 0 . P l i o c e n e . . . . . . . . . Leda australis. P1. xi i . f. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . J u r a s s i c (?) . . . . . . - - g r a ~ o / d e a . P I . xxv i . f. 1 & 2 . . . . . . M i d d l e L ies . . . . . .

Lima Gordonii. PL xi i . f. 4 . . . . . . . . . . t J u r a s s i c (?) multistriata. PI. x i i . f. 5 . . . . . . " . . . . scabricula. PI. xxvi . f. 15 . . . . . . M i d d l e L i a s . . . . .

Lucina anomala. Pi . x iv . f. 4 . . . . . . 1

(?) australis. P1. xiv . f. 5 . . . . . . . l J u r a s s i c (?) Mactra trigonalis. PI . x iv . f. 6 . . . . . . ' . . . . . Modiola unica. PI. xi i . f. 5 . . . . . . . . .

G l o u c e s t e r s h i r e . . .

W o l l u m b i l l a . . . . . .

G l o u c e s t e r s h i r e . . .

G r e e n o u g h d i s t r . G r e e n o u g h Rive r W o U u m b i l l a . . .

"Wollumbil la . . . W o l l u m b i l l a . . . W o l l u m b i l l a . . . M o u n t C o r b y W o l l u m b i i l a . . . W o l l u m b i l l a . . . W o l l u m b i l l a . . .

~ W o l l u m b i l l a . . . G r e e n o u g h d i s t r . G r e e n o u g h d is t r . W o l l u m b i l l a . . . W o U u m b i l l a . .

G l o u c e s t e r s h i r e . .

Suffolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W o l l u m b i l l a . . . . . . G l o u c e s t e r s h i r e . . .

W o l l u m b i l l a . . . . . .

G l o u c e s t e r s h i r e . . . W o l l u m b i l l a . . . W o I l u m b i l l a . . . N ive R i v e r . . . . . W o l l u m b i U a . . .

406 249 249 407 406 249 249 250 245 246 2 4 6 246 247 247 247 247 250 250 251 251

407

501 251 407

{ 248 248 4 0 6 251 251 252 253

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

MOL~.VSOA (continued).

Lamellibranehiata (continued).

Mya Maeeoyi. PI. xii i . f. 8 . . . . . . . . . Mytilus r~jo.eostatus. PI. xi i i . L 2 |

. planus. PI. xi i i . f. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . [ inflatus. P1. xi i i . f. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . [ .

Myaeites Sanfordii. PI . x i i i . f. 9 . . . f planus. P1. xii . f. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . |

Nueula Cooperi. P1. xii . f. 8 . . . . . . . . . / truneata. PI. xii . f. 9 . . . . . . . . . } ungulella. P�91 xxvi . s 11 . . . . . . . . .

Panop~ea ~qosa. PI. xi i i . s 7 . . . . . .

Peeten (?) ~e~ilineatus. PI. xi. f. 11 socialls. PI . xi . f. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . greenoughiensis. PI . xi . f. 10 . . . flmbriatus. PI. xi . f. 8 . . . . . . . . . .

Perna goantea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J u r a s s i c (?) Taneredia2olana. P1. xi i i . f. 13 . . . . . . ' . . . . . Teredo australis. P1. xi i . s 11 . . . . . .

Thraeia Wilsoni. PI. xiv. f. 8 . . . . . .

Trigonia Moorei. P1. xiv . s 9 , 1 0 . . . hneata. P1. xi i i . f. 12 . . . . . . . . . )

Venus , sp. PI . xxx iv . s 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P l ioeene . . . . . . . .

Jurassic (?) . . . . . .

M i d d l e Lias . . . . . .

r V ic to r i a . . . . . . . . . [ W o l l u m b i l l a . . .[ W o l l u m b i l l a " ' l W o l l u m b i l l a ""1 W. A u s t r a l i a ...1 W o l l u m b i l l a ""/ W o l l u m b i l l a . . .[ W o l l u m b i l l a . . .[

G l o u e e s t e r s h i r e . . . / B u n g e e w o r -

go ra i C r e e k W o l l u m b i l l a . . . W o l l u m b i l l a . . . W . A u s t r a l i a . . . W o l h m b i l l a . . . . . . W o l l u m b i l l a . . . . . . W o l l u m b i l l a . . . . . . W. A u s t r a l i a . . .

A m b y River , Bun.geewor- gorax . . . . . .

W o l l u m b i l l a . . . . . . W o l l u m b i l l a . . . . . .

uffolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

( Gasteropoda. )

~lct~eon Hoetuptetteri. P1. x . f. 19 . . . ] IT " t~" depre#m#. PI. x. s 20 . . . . . . . . . f aurassxc ~. ) . . . . . .

.4ct~eonina onnarienais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IMiddle L i a s . . . . . . Cas s ida r i a , sp . P l . x x x i v . f. 8 & 9 . . . . . . P l i o e e n e . . . . . . . . . Cerithium 9~*eenougkteru~. PI. x. f. 221JurMsic (?) . . . . . .

ibex P1 xxv i f 8 . . . ]1 . . . . . . . . . . . . , " '-" . . . . . . . ~ i ~ l l f l ( l l e J l a l ~ . . . . .

Slatteri. P1. xxvl . f. 7 . . . . . . . . . J I Ckemnitzia erasaieosta. Pi . xxvi . f. 6 . L o w e r L ias . . . . . Conus D u j a r d i n i i (?). P1. xxx iv . s 5 . . . P l i o e e n e . . . . . . . . Delphinula refleeta. PI. x. f. 21 . . . ~ Dentalium lineatum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j J u r a s s i c (?) . . . . .

limatulum. PI. xxvi . f. 1 . . . . . . . . . F~eliasa numismalis. P1. xxvi . f. b l Littorina bio~,tata. P1. xxvi . f. 17 . . . Y Nativa variabilis. PI. x. f. 15 . . . . . .

ornati~ima. PI. x. f. 16 Y Patella sabrina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] Pleurotomaria rarieostati. P1. xxvi .

f. 9 & 9 a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rissoina australis. P1. x. f. 23 . . . . . . . . . Straparolu.~ WrigAtianus. Pl .xxv i . f .23 ]

bellulus. PI. xxvi . f. 22 . . . . . . . . . I aratus. P1. xxvi . f. 21 . . . . . . . . .

Tornatella eaprieorni. Pi. xxvi . f. 18 / Troehus Thetis. P1. xxvi . f. 4 . . . . . . J

Lower Lias ......

Middle Lias ......

Jurassic (?) ......

Lower Lias ......

Jurassic (?) . . . . . .

Middle Lias ......

W o l l u m b i l l a . . . . . . . . .

G l o u c e s t e r s l a i r e . . . Suffolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greenough District

Gloncestershire ...

Gloucestershire ...

Suffolk ...............

Wollumbilla .........

Gloucestershire ...

Gloucestershire ...

Wollumbilla .........

Gloucestershire ...

Wollumbilla .........

Gloucestershire

253 252 252 252 253 254 254 254 407

253

248 �9 248

248 248 249 254 255

254

255 255 502

256 256 405 50O 256 t05 4O6 4O2 5OO

( 256 256 402 403 401 256 2.57

[ 4 0 2

~[401 257

{'404 1404

I 404 405 4O3

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I

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

MOLLUSC& (continued).

Gasteropoda (continued).

"Turbo admir~dus. P1. xxvi. f: 10 ] ]M'lmu e Lxas-' I . . . . . I Y 403 erypteniode. ] l ...... I ~muees~ersmre ""l [ 404 ,ustralis. Pl:x: 'f~i '7"&'iS"'::: . . .[$urassie (?) . . . . . . IW. Australia . . . . . . I 257

Voluta auris.leporis. PI. xxxiv, f. 6 . . . /Pl iocene . . . . . . . . . [Suffolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 502

( CephaZOpOaa. )

t{ Upper fi~dnoa / 257 Crioeera# australe. PI. xv. f. 3 . . . . . . ~ I Jurassic (?) (?) Teuthis, sp. PI. xvi. L 8 . . . . . . . . . J ] Wollumbilla . . . . . . [ 258

ANNULOSA.

(11nnelida. )

8ertmla subpentagona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Lower Lias . . . . . . ;Gloueestershire ...I 402

( Crustaeea. )

tl#aphusplatyeephalus. PI. xxxi. ] Lower Silurian... ~ Ottawa . . . . . . . . . . . . ] f. 1-6, Pl. xxxii, f. 1 & 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . ? Calymene senaria. PI. xxxii, f. 3-5 J I Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . !

479 485

VEI%TEBRATA.

(Pieces.) Dorypterus Hoffmanni. PLxl i i .&x l i i i . IMar l -s ]ate ...... IDurham . . . . . . . . . . . . 623

( Batrachia. )

(Ropa.a.) ~-~thekiodon, g. n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KimmeridgeClay Kimmeridge . . . . . . 174 tlypsilophodon Foxii. Pls. i. & ii . . . . . . . Wealden . . . . . . . . . Isle of Wight . . . . . . 3 Paiveosaurus cylindrodon. PI. iii. ]~ rrias. Warwickshire 43

f. 3 & 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plesiosaurus braehlstospondytus. ] f

P1. xli. f. 7-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ KimmeridgeClay Kimmeridge . . . . . . ] 611 Manselii. P1. xli. f. 1-6 . . . . . . J 612

Proterosaurus Speneri. P1. xxxix, f. 1 ]~ f 566 �9 Hua~leyi. P1. xl. f. 1 . . . . . . . . . jr Marl-slate . . . . . . Durham . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ 568 8teneosaurus Manselii. PI. ix . . . . . . . . . . KimmeridgeClay Kimmeridge . . . . . . 167 Teratosaurus. Pl . i i i . f . l l . . . . . . . . . . . . ) I Warwickshi re . . . 46 Thecodontosaurus. PI. iii. f. 1,2,5-10 _ Trias . . . . . . . . . . . . _ England . . . . . . . . . 43

( Mammalia. )

ArvieolaGulielmi. ,rattieepS'p1. viii.Pl" viii.f. 2 f" . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . Caves . . . . . . . . . . . . Somersetshire . . . . . . I. I25

Chalicotherium sinensis. P1. xxix. I f. 7-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. ,,,. ~ | C h i n a . . . . . . . . . . . . . / 429

Chonezlphius Paekardl. P1. xxxiii. | rnoeene . . . . . . . . . I ] ] f. 1-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J I L Suffolk . . . . . . . . . I 502

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N a m e of Species. Format ion . Local i ty. 1 Page.

VgltTBBKATA ( fort tintitDd).

Mammalia (continued).

Cricetus songarus. PI. viii. f. 6 . . . . . . Hyena slnensis. PI. xxviii, f. 5 - 7 . . .

antiqua. P1. xxxiii, f. 5 & 6 . . . L e m m u s norvegicus. PI. viii. f. 3 . . . �9 torquatus . PI. viii. f. 4 . . . . . . . . . Lepus diluviauus. PI. viii. f. 5 . . . . . . RId~t~,os sinen6s. Pl. xxix. f. 1 -3 81egodon sinemts. PI. xxvii, f. 1 -3

orientatis. PI. xxviii, f. 1 -4 . . . T a p / r w sh~ms/t. P1. xxviii, f. 8 & 9 Tr/ /opAodo~ PI. xxxiv, f. 1 -4 . . . . . .

Caves . . . . . . . . . . . . S o m e n e t s h i r e . . . . . . f China . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pliocene . . . . . . . . . L Suffolk . . . . . . . . . . . .

Caves . . . . . . . . . . . . Somerse tshi re . . . . . .

~" China . . . . . . . . . . . . / China . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pl iocene . . . . . . . . . ~ China . . . . . . . . . . . . ] C h i u a . . . . . . . . . . . . t . Suffolk . . . . . . . . . . . .

128 422 511 125 126 126 424 417 421 426 511

E X P L A N A T I O N O F T H E PLATES.

PLATI

VII.

VIII .

PAGE {HYPSILOPHODO~ I~OXXl, to illustrate Prof. T. H. Huxley's

I. ~ p e r on Hyps//~p]wdon Fox//, a new Dinosaurian from the II . wealden of the Isle of Wight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

[TRIASSIC DINOSAUmA, to illustrate Prof. T . H . Huxley's paper III . ~ on the Classification of the Dinosaurla, with Observations

on the Dinosauria of the Trias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

IV. [ BRACHIOPODA, to illustrate Mr. Thomas Davidzon's paper on V. ~ the Brachiopoda hitherto obtained from the "Pebble-bed"

VI. ~ of Budleigh-Salterton, near Exmouth, in Devonshire ...... 88 SECTIONS OF BOULDER-CLAY, tO illustrate Mr. Searles V.

Wood's paper on the Relation of the Bo~der..-clay, without Cballr~ of the North of England to the great Chalky Boul, tier-clay of the South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

~ TEETH OF I~ODENTIA, to illtlstrRte Mr. W. A. Sanford's paper on the Rodentia of the Somerset Cavea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13l

/SKULL OF STENEOSAURUS MANSELII, tO illustrate Mr. J. W. IX. ~ Hulke's paper on a Crocodilian Skull from gimmeridge

Bay, Dorset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 X~

XI. XII .

XIII . XIY.

XV. XVI.

XVII. XVIII .

AUSTRALIAN MESOZOIC FOSSILS, to illustrate Mr. C. Moore's paper on Australian Mesozoic Geology and Pal~eontology... 260

XXIII . .

XXIV. XXV.

XXVI.

XIX. ~ AUSTRALIAN TERTZARY CORALS, to illustrate Prof. P. Martin XX. ~ Duncan's paper on the Fossil Corals (~J'ad~:eTorar/a) of the

X X I . J Australian Tertiary Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

XXII. ~ SAURIAN VERTEBRA, to illustrate Mr. J. W. Hulke's paper on a new and undeseribed Wealden Vertebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

f SKETCH MAP AND SECTIONS OF PARTS OF YORKSHIRE, LINCOLN- S~IRE, AND NOaFOLK, to illustrate Mr. J. W. Judd's paper on the Neocomian Strata of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, with Notes on their Relations to the Beds of the same age throughout Northern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ...... 346

OSMU~DITES ANY OSMUNDA, to illustrate Mr. W. Carruthers's aper on the S~ucture of a Fern;stem from the Lower ocene of Herne Bay, and on its Allies, Recent and Fossil. 352

LIAsmC SHELLS, to illustrate Mr. R. Tate's paper on the Pa l s - ontology of the Junction-beds of the Lower and Middle Lias in Gloucestershire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

xiv

P LATE PAGE XXVII ' , YYvttt" ~ 0HINESE FOSSIL MAMMALS, to illustrate Prof. R, Owens paper

~ k ) ~ i ~ on ~ossil Rama~ of M a m a s fo~d ~ O k ............ 482

SKETCH SECTION FROM THE ATLANTIC AT HA~,IFAX TO THE ST. l LAWreNCE, to illustrate Mr. H. Y. HmD's paper on two

XXX. Gneissoid Series in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, sup- posed to be the Equivalents of the Huronian (Cambrian) and Laurentian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

t . . . , dl .

XXXI. TRILOBITES, to illustrate Mr. E. Bllhng s paper on some Specl- XXXII. mens of Lower-Silurian Trilobites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

XXXII I . [ NEwEr TERTIARY FOSSILS OF SUFFOLK, to illustrate Mr. E. XXXIY. l Ray Lankester's Contributions to a Knowledge of the Newer

Tertiaries of Suffolk and their Fauna .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 [ MAP oF TIIE u OF WASTDALE CRAG, to illustrate Prof.

XXXY. ~ R. Harkness's paper on the Distribution of Wastdale-Crag I. Blocks, "Shap-Fell Granite Boulders," in Westmoreland... 520 ~ M A F AND SECTIONS OF SOUTII HAMPSHIRE AND TIIE ISLE O1~

XXXYI. J WIOIIT, to illustrate Mr. T. Codrington's paper on the Su- XXXVII. | perfleial Deposits of the South of Hampshire and the Isle

I. of Wight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 { I JEPIDOTOSAURUB DUFFII, to illustrate Messrs. A. Hancock and

XXXVIII. R. Howse's paper on a new Labyrinthodont Amphibian from the Magnesian Limestone of Midderidge, Durham ... 564

FossIL PROT~.ROSAURt, to illustrate Messrs. A. Hancock and .-g~XIX. R. Howse's paper on !arotersaurus Sjae~eri, yon Meyer, and

KL. a new species, Proterosauru~ Huxl~i, from the Marl-slate of Midderidge, Durham .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

t KmMEaIDo~. PLESIOSAURI, to illustrate Mr. J. W. Hulke's XLI. ~aper on some Plesiosaurian Remains obtained by J. C.

Mansel, Esq., F.G.S., in Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset ......... 622 I REsTORATION AND SPECIMENS OF DORYPTI~RUS HO~IANNI, to

XLII. illustrate Messrs. A. Hancock and R. Howse's paper on XLIII. Do~ypterus Hoffmanni, Germar, from the Marl-slate of

Midderidge, Durham ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641