THE 



QUARTERLY JOURNAL 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



January 10, 1866. 



Woomes Chunder Bonnerjee, Esq., 108 Denbigh Street, St. George's 

 Road, S.W. ; Charles Pannel, Esq., Torquay ; and Joseph Wright, 

 Esq., 39 Duncan Street, Cork, Ireland, were elected Fellows. 



The following communications were read :■ — 



1. On the so-called " Eozoonal Eock." By Professors William King 

 and T. H. Rowney, of the Queen's University in Ireland, and the 

 Queen's College in Gal way*. 



[Communicated by Sir Eoderick I. Murchison, Bart., K.C.B., &c.] 



[Plates XIV. & XV.] 



Contents. 



I. Introduction. 

 ■ II. General description of the che" 



mical, mineral, and structural 



characters of Grenville "Eo- 



zoonal" Ophite. 

 III. General characters of ^' Eozoon 



Canadense,'^ including remarks 



on Connemara "Eozoonal" 



Ophite. 

 IV. " Proper wall " of " Eozoon Ca- 



nadense : " its variations. 

 V. "Canal-system," including a 



general description of "Eozoo* 

 nal " Ophite from various 

 places. 

 VI. " Stolon-passages." 

 VII. " Sarcode-chambers." 

 VIII. "Intermediate" or "supple- 

 mentary skeleton." 

 IX. Geological evidences bearing on 

 the nature of " Eozoon Cana- 

 dense." 

 X. Summary of evidences. 

 XI. Conclusion. 



I. Introduction. 



Our attention was first directed to the subject of the present memoir 

 by the communications of Sir William Logan, Dr. Dawson, and 



* Since the reading of this paper, it has been revised and augmented, by per- 

 mission of the Council. 



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