THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. EDITED BY Cinal. THE ASSISTANT-SECRETARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Quod si cui mortalium cordi et curæ sit non tantum inventis hærere, atque iis uti, sed ad ulteriora VOLUME THE TWENTY-FIRST. 1865. PART THE FIRST. PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. LONDON: LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, AND GREEN. LEIPZIG, T. O. WEIGEL. SOLD ALSO AT THE APARTMENTS OF THE SOCIETY. MDCCCLXV. Vice-Presidents. Sir R. I. Murchison, Bart., K.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S. tonfined J Secretaries. | Warington W. Smyth, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. Treasurer. Joseph Prestwich, Esq., F.R.S. COUNCIL. Edward Meryon, M.D. Prof. John Morris. Sir R. I. Murchison, Bart., K.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S. & L.S. Prof. A. C. Ramsay, M.A., F.R.S. Warington W. Smyth, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. Rev. Thomas Wiltshire, M.A. S. P. Woodward, Ph.D. Assistant Secretary, Librarian, and Curator. H. M. Jenkins, Esq. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PART 1.-ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. Page 250. BRODIE, The Rev. P. B. On the Lias Outliers at Knowle and Wootton Warwen in South Warwickshire, and on the Presence of the Lias or Rhætic Bone-bed at Copt Heath, its furthest Northern Extension hitherto recognized in that County BRYCE, Dr. J. On the Occurrence of Beds in the West of Scotland Busk, G., Esq., and the late Dr. H. FALCONER. On the Fossil Contents of the Genista Cave, Gibraltar ... CARPENTER, Dr. W. B. Additional Note on the Structure and af- 59 219 DAWKINS, W. B., Esq. On the Mammalian Remains found by E. Wood, Esq., near Richmond, Yorkshire; with an Introductory Note on the Deposit in which they were found, by E. Wood, Esq., F.G.S., and G. E. Roberts, Esq., F.G.S. '[Abstract.] . : 493 Dawson, Dr. J. W. On the Structure of certain Organic Remains in the Laurentian Limestones of Canada. :(With 2 Plates.) .. 51 DUNCAN, Dr. P. MARTIN. A Description of the Echinodermata from the Strata on the South-eastern Coast of Arabia, and at Bagh on the Nerbudda, in the Collection of the Geological Society and G. P. WALL, Esq. A Notice of the Geology of Jamaica, especially with reference to the District of Clarendon ; with 1 FALCONER, The late Dr. H. On the asserted Occurrence of Human Bones in the ancient Fluviatile Deposits of the Nile and GODWIN-AUSTEN, Capt. H. On the Carboniferous Rocks of the Valley of Kashmere; with Notes on the Carboniferous Bra- chiopoda, by T. Davidson, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S.; and an Intro- On the Species of Mastodon and Elephant occurring in the fossil State in Great Britain. Part II. Elephant (imperfect).. 253 FOSTER, Dr.C. LE NEVE, and W. TOPLEY, Esq. On the Superficial HAAST, Dr. J. Notes on the Causes which have led to the Exca- Notes to a Sketch-map of the Province of Canterbury, New Zealand, showing tho Glaciation during the Pleistocene and Recent Periods as far as explored; with an Appendix on the HARKNESS, Prof. R. On the Lower Silurian Rocks of the South- east of Cumberland and the North-east of Westmoreland...... 235 HERSCHEL, Sir J. F. W. Notes accompanying some Rhomboidal Specimens of Iron Sandstone, &c., presented to the Society; with a Note by Captain T. LONGWORTH DAMES. [Abstract.].. 421 HOLL, Dr. H. B. On the Geological Structure of the Malvern Hills LANKESTER, E. RAY, Esq. On the Sources of the Mammalian Fossils of the Red Crag, and on the Discovery of a New Mammal in that Deposit, allied to the Walrus. (With 2 Plates.) LARTET, M. E. Note on Ovibos moschatus, Blainville . 133 474 MATTHEW, G. F., Esq. On the Azoic and Paleozoic Rocks of 422 MURCHISON, Sir R. I. Note on communicating the Notes and Map of Dr. JULIUS HAAST upon the Glaciers and Rock-basins of Note on the Geology of Harrogate PRESTWICH, J., Esq. Additional Observations on the Raised Beach RUBIDGE, Dr. R. N. On the Changes rendered necessary in the Geological Map of South Africa by recent Discoveries of Fossils. 437 SALTER, J. W., Esq. On some Additional Fossils from the Lin- gula-flags; with a Note on the Genus Anopolenus, by H. HICKS, 440 WOODS, The Rev. J. E. T. On some Tertiary Deposits in the Colony of Victoria, Australia; with a Note on the Corals, by P. MAR- SPRUCE, R., Esq. Note on the Volcanic Tufa of Latacunga, at the foot of Cotopaxi; and on the Cangáua, or Volcanic Mud of the TATE, R., Esq. On the Correlation of the Cretaceous Formations of the North-east of Ireland. (With 3 Plates.). . . . . WALLACE, W., Esq. On the Growth of Flos Ferri, or Coralloidal WARREN, Lieut. C. Notes on the Caves of Gibraltar. [Abstract.] 371 WHITAKER, W., Esq. On the Chalk of Buckinghamshire, and on On the Chalk of the Isle of Thanet. On the Chalk of the Isle of Wight ..... WOOD, S. V., jun., Esq. On the Drift of the East of England and |