Reports and Proceedings. 521 



also by Professor Hull and Mr. Bristow, in answer to questions put 

 to them. They consider that no remunerative coal can be found. But 

 there are certain scientific grounds which lead to the notion that coal 

 may be present ; and as its importance cannot be overrated, a few- 

 trial borings, which would definitely settle the question, would be 

 far more valuable to the country than a mass of theoretical evidence, 

 which is not likely to lead to any practical result ; for but little can 

 be expected from private enterprise, when the Government, after 

 spending something like £30,000 in collecting the evidence, part of 

 which is now published, should hesitate to spend a few additional 

 thousand pounds in settling these important questions. — H.B.W. 



BRITISH ASSOCIATION, EDINBUEGH, August, 1871. 



Eeport of the Committee, consisting of Henky Woodwakd, F.G.S., 

 F.Z.S., Dr. Duncan, F.E.S., and E. Etheridge, F.E.S., on the 

 Structure and Classification of the Fossil Crustacea. 



Drawn up by Henry Woodward, F.G.S., F.Z.S. 



Since I had last the honour to present a Eeport on the Structure 

 and Classification of the Fossil Crustacea, I have published figures 

 and descriptions of the following species, namely : — 

 Decapoda-Brachyura. 



1. RhacMosoma bispinosa, H. Woodw. Lower Eocene, Portsmouth. 



2. echinata, H. Woodw. Lower Eocene, Portsmouth. 



3. Palaoeorystes glabra, H. Woodw. Lower Eocene, Portsmouth. 



All figured and described in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xxvii. p. 90, pi. 4. 



Decapoda-Macruba. 



4. Scyllaridia Belli, H. Woodw. London Clay, Sheppey. Geol. Mag., 1870. 

 Vol. VII., PI. 22, Fig. 1, p. 493. 



Amphipoda. 



5. Necrogammarus Salweyi, H. Woodw. Lower Ludlow, Leintwardine. Figured 

 and described Trans. Woolhope Club, 1870, p. 271, pi. 11. 



Isopoda. 



6. Falcega Carteri, H. Woodw. Lower Chalt, Dover, etc. Geol. Mag., 1870, 

 Vol. VII., p. 493, PI. XXII., Fig. 1. 



7. Prcearcturiis gigas, H. Woodw. Old Red Sandstone, Rowlestone, Hereford- 

 shire. Woolhope Club Trans., 1870, p. 266. 



Merostomata. 



8. Eurypterus Srodiei, H. Woodw. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, 1871, August. 

 Woolhope Club Trans., 1870, p. 276. 



Phyllopoda. 

 *9. Dithyrocaris tenuistriutus, M'Coy. Carboniferous Limestone, Settle, Yorkshire. 



10. Dithyrocaris Belli, H. Woodw. Devonian, Gaspe, Canada. 



11. Ceratiocaris Zt(densis,'H.. Woodw. Lower Ludlow, Leintwardine. 



12. Ceratiocaris Oreionensis, H. Woodw. Carboniferous Limestone, Oreton, 

 Worcestershire. 



13. Ceratiocaris truncatus, H, Woodw. Carboniferous Limestone, Oreton, 

 "WorcGstGi'sliirG 



Figured and described in the Geol. Mag., 1871, Vol. VOL, p. 104, PL III. 



14. Cyclus bilobatus, H. Woodw. Carboniferous Limestone, Settle, Yorkshire. 



