46 PEOCEEDINGS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [DeC. 9, 



9. Pedinopsis ? 



10. Plicatula Fourneli, H. Coquand. W. N. B. : Ehotomagien. 



11. Pectenasper, Lamh. W.N. P.: Ehotomagien, Upper G-reensand ; Europe. 



12. Neithia alpina, i>' Orh. W. N. B. : Upper G-reensand ; S.E. Arabia. 



13. tricostata, Bayle, sp. W. N. P. : Ehotomagien, Upper Greensand ; 



Provence. 



14. Exogyra plicata, Goldfuss. Tih, W. N. P. : Upper Greensand ; S.E. Arabia. 



15. Ostrea Auressensis, H. Coquand. Tih, W. F., W. N. P. : Ehotomagien. 

 16. , var. major, nobis. W. N. P. 



17. Mermeti, H. Coquand. Tih : Provencien. 



18. Exogyra Overwegi, Buck. Tih, W. N. P. : Ehotomagien. 



19. Ostrea Delattrei, H. Coquand. N. Z. : Ehotomagien. 



20. curvirostris, Nielson. W. N. P. : Santonien. 



21. Caprotina Toucasiana, D' Orh. Provencien, Upper G-reensand; Europe. 



22. subsequalis, -D' Orb. Provencien, Upper Grreensand ; Europe. 



23. Archaisianus, B' Orb. Upper G-reensand ; Europe. 



24. Eadiolites ? W. N. P. 



It will be observed that 13 out of the 24 species are common to 

 tbe Korth- African and Sinaitic Cretaceous rocks, and that 8 other 

 species are well-known European forms. 



The commonest fossils in the collection are Ostrea Auressensis, 

 Exogyra plicata, Plicatula Fourneli, Periaster ohlongus, Hemiaster 

 Cenomanensis, and Pseudodiadema variolare. The first of these is 

 evidently one of a great series of varieties having a clear reference 

 to Ostrea columba. 



4. On the Existeistce during the Qxtateet^tary Period of a Glacier 

 of the Second Order occupying the " Cirque " of the Valley of 

 Palheres, in the Western part of the Granitic " Massif " of the 

 Lozere. By M. Charles Martins, For. Corr. G.S., Director of the 

 Botanic Garden, Montpellier. 



[Abstract*.] 



M. Martins refers to the general absence of indications of ancient 

 glacial action in the mountains of central and southern France, and 

 to those circumstances of structure and mineral constitution by which, 

 in some cases, this absence may be accounted for. He describes 

 those features in the conformation of the valley of Palheres, in the 

 Lozere, the representation of which, in the Government Map of 

 France, led him to the conclusion that in this place traces of glacial 

 action might probably be met with. In the gorge in which the 

 village of Palheres is situated, enormous granitic blocks occur ; but 

 these are always either in the torrent, or so near it, that the evidence 

 furnished by them is very doubtful. Above Palheres is a vast " cir- 

 queP in which the hamlet of Costeilade is situated ; and here the 

 ground is sprinkled over with erratic blocks, ascending to a consi- 

 derable height on the slopes of the mountains. The right lateral 

 "moraine terminates in a rectilineal crest formed of disintegrated 

 material, but resting on a boss of mica-schist separated from the right 



* This paper is published in full in the * Comptes Eendus de I'Acad. des 

 Sciences,' 9th November 1S68, torn. Ixvii. pp. 933-937. 



