﻿PKOCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  243 
  

  

  rian. 
  Lately 
  MM. 
  Botella 
  and 
  Vilanova, 
  in 
  their 
  respective 
  maps, 
  

   have 
  marked 
  them 
  as 
  belonging' 
  to 
  the 
  Permian 
  series 
  ; 
  whilst 
  M. 
  

   de 
  Verneuil, 
  coming 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  truth, 
  took 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  lime- 
  

   stones 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Granada 
  and 
  the 
  Sierra 
  de 
  Gador 
  as 
  Triassic, 
  

   though 
  in 
  doubt 
  ("Trias 
  incertain"). 
  

  

  " 
  Under 
  these 
  circumstances, 
  I 
  was 
  commissioned 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  

   of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  Spain 
  to 
  investigate 
  the 
  S.W. 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  Province 
  of 
  Almeria, 
  which 
  comprises 
  the 
  Sierra 
  de 
  Gador. 
  In 
  

   February 
  last 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  good 
  fortune 
  of 
  discovering 
  abundant 
  fossil 
  

   remains 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Sierra 
  de 
  Gador, 
  which 
  perfectly 
  

   fix 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  metalliferous 
  limestones 
  of 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  Spain. 
  

  

  ''The 
  whole 
  series 
  of 
  rocks 
  forming 
  this 
  sierra, 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  

   mica-schists 
  and 
  slates 
  of 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada, 
  is 
  a 
  succession 
  of 
  black, 
  

   white, 
  and 
  purple 
  talcose 
  schists 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  which 
  alternate 
  with 
  

   some 
  beds 
  of 
  yellowish 
  and 
  porous 
  limestone, 
  and 
  which 
  pass 
  

   through 
  a 
  considerable 
  thickness 
  of 
  grey 
  limestones 
  and 
  slates, 
  and, 
  

   precisely 
  where 
  the 
  fossils 
  have 
  been 
  found, 
  to 
  the 
  metalliferous 
  

   limestone 
  of 
  Sierra 
  de 
  Gador, 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  form 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  this 
  

   interesting 
  formation. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  fossils 
  found 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  genera 
  : 
  — 
  Myqphoria 
  

   (M. 
  Icevigata 
  and 
  M. 
  Goldfussi), 
  Hinnites, 
  Monotis, 
  Avicvda 
  {A. 
  

   Bronni), 
  Myacites, 
  Hissoa, 
  and 
  many 
  others 
  difficult 
  to 
  determine. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  fossils 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  are 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  — 
  

   on 
  the 
  southern 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Sierra 
  de 
  Gador, 
  in 
  the 
  Rambla 
  del 
  

   Caiiuelo 
  ; 
  midway 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  Felix 
  to 
  Marchal 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   place 
  named 
  La 
  Solana 
  del 
  Fondon, 
  to 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  Andarax, 
  

   following 
  the 
  track 
  between 
  the 
  mine 
  Sebastopol 
  and 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   El 
  Fondon. 
  

  

  " 
  Joaquin 
  Gonzalo 
  y 
  Xavier." 
  

  

  2. 
  " 
  The 
  Girvan 
  Succession. 
  — 
  Part 
  I. 
  Stratigraphical." 
  By 
  

   Charles 
  Lapworth, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S., 
  Professor 
  of 
  Geology 
  in 
  the 
  Mason 
  

   Science 
  College, 
  Birmingham. 
  

  

  3. 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Annelida 
  tubicola 
  of 
  the 
  Wenlock 
  Shales, 
  from 
  

   the 
  Washings 
  of 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Maw, 
  F.G.S." 
  By 
  George 
  Robert 
  

   Vine, 
  Esq. 
  Communicated 
  by 
  Prof. 
  P. 
  Martin 
  Duncan, 
  M.B., 
  

   F.R.S., 
  V.P.G.S. 
  

  

  4. 
  " 
  Description 
  of 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Femur 
  of 
  Nototherium 
  MitcJtelli." 
  

   By 
  Prof. 
  Owen, 
  C.B., 
  F.R.S., 
  F.G.S., 
  &c. 
  

  

  5. 
  " 
  On 
  Helicopora 
  latisjnralis, 
  a 
  new 
  Spiral 
  Fenestellid 
  from 
  

   the 
  Upper 
  Silurian 
  Beds 
  of 
  Ohio, 
  U.S." 
  By 
  E. 
  W. 
  Claypole, 
  Esq., 
  

   B.A., 
  B.Sc. 
  (Lond.), 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  were 
  exhibited 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Specimens 
  exhibited 
  by 
  G. 
  R. 
  Yine, 
  Esq., 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  his 
  

   paper. 
  

  

  