30 GEOLOGICAL MEMOIRS. 



On some Fossils from Guadaloupe. By M. Payen. 



[Sur divers fossiles trouves aux Environs de la Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe). Par 

 M. Payen. Bulletin de la Societe Greologique de France. Deuxieme Serie, 

 Juillet 1863, vol. xx. p. 475.] 



The fossils which are described in this paper were obtained from 

 two localities in the neighbourhood of the Basse-Terre, close to the 

 Old Fort, Guadaloupe. They belong to the genera Pecten, Tere- 

 bratula, Qyjyrcea, Spatangus, and Echinus, and were imbedded in a 

 white or greyish-white limestone, having the appearance of chalk. 

 One locality is about 50 yards from the shore, and about 40 yards 

 above the level of the sea. The bed which contains the fossils ap- 

 pears to have been deposited against the flank of a mountain, which 

 is composed of volcanic tufa. The other locality, which is about 

 100 yards from the former, is 200 yards from the sea, and has an 

 altitude of about 100 yards above high water. It forms the summit 

 of a conical hill ; and the stone, which is burned for its lime, lies in 

 horizontal beds on the volcanic formation. 



M. Deshayes considers the fossils to have belonged to the Quater- 

 nary period, and the two fossiliferous beds to have been elevated 

 contemporaneously with the formation of the existing contours of 

 the Island of Guadaloupe. The Terebratula, however, is considered 

 to belong to a new species. No recent Terebratulce have yet been 

 found on the shores of Guadaloupe, and M. Schram, who is well ac- 

 quainted with the Natural History of the region, denies their ex- 

 istence in the West Indian seas. He notices, however, the Orbicula 

 Antillarum, D'Orbigny, as having been found living on the reefs, 

 M. Charles Sainte-Claire Deville had previously noted the existence 

 of the calcareous stratum in 1842. [P. M. D.] 



On the Geology o/Dalmatia. By Fr. Kitter von Hauer, 



Dr. Stache, and Dr. Zittel. 



[Proceed. Imp. Geol. Instit, Vienna, March o, 1863.] 



Barren and denuded ranges of limestone of Cretaceous or Eocene 

 origin, running parallel to the coast, with abrupt slopes towards 

 longitudinal or transverse valleys, or towards the coast of the Adriatic, 

 impress this country with a peculiar feature. Some strata of Eocene 

 Carpathian sandstones, intercalated between the undulating beds* of 

 more ancient limestones, and some freshwater basins (as those of 

 Siverich and of Sign, with lignite-beds and abundant Mollusca), 

 are met with in some localities. The Eocene series (in descending 

 order) consists of (1) sandstones and conglomerates, (2) Nummulitic 

 Limestone, (3) Borelis limestone, and (4) freshwater (Casina) strata. 

 They form a broad continuous band in the interior of the country, 

 between the River Kerka and the Mane de Novigrad, giving off some 

 branches southward, and gradually thinning towards the Cretaceous 

 deposits. Three Eocene ranges may be traced through Southern 

 Dalmatia, — one running from Spalato along the coast, over the 

 mouths of the Narenta, Ragusa, and Bocca di Cattano (with in- 

 creasing breadth) to Budua; another from Xernovizza (E. of Spa- 



