Satie TP Littl Sree ° Gres ae y : Rito Gae * af ~ . rerbl" - . ane renner ars coma BER ee ee Clare d-6.0- Boa a~ ty I SY ae e i : ; RTF OA Aol te FDP PPI . aah e . - nha AAs te ate Fay Re Seem Date God Pa Piadl is Sabai oh For FMP eA os f ~! SI a o-F ‘ f ? % Vat Ma Reta Re Pe Mabe Fe Ae Heo : nes Rem late Ome Bog £ 3 : - ee ene pr Sa genctenn et 4 if ae Ke + a THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. EDITED BY THE ASSISTANT-SECRETARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME THE NINTH. 1853. ; £ YA ¢ Nhs he STi, WUE LONDON: slash 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. MDCCCLIII. List OF THE OFFICERS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. Os Exectep Frsruary 18538. RAR Presivent. Prof. E. Forbes, F.R.S. & L.S. GiceBresivents. Sir Charles Lyell, F.R.S. & L.S. John Carrick Moore, Esq., M.A. Prof. R. Owen, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. and L.S8. Lieut.-Col. Portlock, R.E., F.R.S. Secretartes. R. A. C. Austen, Esq., B.A., F.R.S. William John Hamilton, Esq. PForetqn Secretary. C. J. F. Bunbury, Fsq., F.L.S. Treasurer. D. Sharpe, Esq., F.R.S. and L.S. COUNCIL, R. A. C. Austen, Esq., B.A., F.R.S. John C. Moore, Esq., M.A. John J. Bigsby, M.D. John Morris, Esq. James S. Bowerbank, Esq., F.R.S. & LS. Sir R. I. Murchison, G.C.St.8., F.R.S. & C. J. F. Bunbury, Esq., F.L.S. L.S. Prof. E. Forbes, F.R.S. & L.S. Prof. R. Owen, M.D., LL.D, F.R.S. & L.S. G. B. Greenough, Esq., F.R.S. & L.S. John Percy, M.D., F.R.S. William John Hamilton, Esq. John Phillips, Esq., F.R.S. J. D. Hooker, M.D., F.R.S. & L.S. Lieut.-Col. Portlock, R.E., F.R.S. William Hopkins, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. Samuel Peace Pratt, Esq., F.R.S. & L.S. Leonard Horner, Esq., F.R.S. L. & E. D. Sharpe, Esq., F.R.S. and L.S. P. N. Johnson, Esq., F.R.S. Capt. Richard Strachey. Sir Charles Lyell, F.R.S. & L.S. S. V. Wood, Esq. Assistant-Secretary, Curator, and Librarian. T. Rupert Jones, Esq. (4 TABLE OF CONTENTS. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. Ode RG Ln Page ARGYLL, The Duke of. On the Granitic District of Inverary, Argyll- SHIRE pedctee nets te onesie) au cth sac) steal Une een aencugen ts Stee cay ie 134, 360 Austen, Mr. R. A.C. On the Series of Upper Paleozoic Groups in the Boulonnais, with a Note by Mr. D. SHarpr............ 231 Bain, Mr. A.G. On the Geology of South Africa. (Deferred.) .. 5 Bex, Dr. T. L. Further Account of the Boring at Kotah, Deccan; and a notice of an Ichthyolite from that place ................ 30] Biessy, Dr. J. J. On the Geology of Quebec and its Environs .. 82 Brovre, The Rey. P. B. On Insect Remains in the Tertiary Clays CIM OTSCCametare ra ic vek ers revere o eulole cache orcb ate nsos iene oo herspeh cae gee ete o3 On the Insect Beds in the Purbeck Formation of Dorset and Wilts; and a Notice of the Occurrence of a Neuropterous Insect in the Stonesfield Slate of Gloucestershire. (Postponed.) ...... 344 On the Occurrence of Insect Remains in the Kimmeridge ClayzormMorsetira mite terri a stenter ta elves wieie cies Ceccees sree ae 51 Coes, Mr. H. On the Skin of the Ichthyosaurus.............. 79 Davipson, Mr. T. . On some Fossil Brachiopods, of the Devonian PNG COMICON) CAIN Merny tovsleceipeerdater ue ete elacor sia ieter en p es ctelove sve ata 353 Dawson, Mr. J. W. On the Albert Mine, Hilsborough, New Brunswick : with a Note on the Fossil Fish from Albert Mine, by Sirona Gli GRR TON \ccceeie cece eee eens siete 107 De La ConpAmINE, The Rey. H. M. Ona Freshwater Deposit in inate coms Lire peever-try ohalel «| Vane orem seedevehiencker sole nalelrct cli ve”. retaete 271 Ecerton, Sir P. de M.G. On the Affinities of the Genera Tetra- gonolepis and Dapedius. Palichthyologic Notes, No.4 ........ 274 On two new species of Placoid Fishes from the Coal-measures. EalichthyOlOsicMNOLES. INOS Diaper siels «stele ciecte-s) aleis ales o.-/ eis