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REPORTS. 



ADDITIONS TO THE JERSEY LIST. 

 COLEOPTERA. 



Atemeles emarginatus, Grav. Taken by Mr. E. A. Butler, at Bouley 

 Bay. 



CardiophOPUS asellus, Ex. Taken by Mr. E. A. Butler at Gorey. 

 Mierozoum tibiale, F. Taken by Mr. E. A. Butler at Gorey. 



HEMIPTERA. 



CydPUS flavieornis. Taken at Gorey by Mr. E. A. Butler. 



W. A. Luff, F.E.S., Sec, Ent. Sect. 

 Report of the Geological Section. 



1. — Coutanchez Road, St. Peter-Port. 



In the early part of the year (January) it was reported 

 that a canoe (commonly called a dug-out) had been cut 

 through in excavating a boiler pit on Mr. Fletcher's property 

 (" Selborne "). Some members of the Natural Science 

 Society went to examine the spot, but there was little to see, 

 the boiler pit having been completed and walled in with 

 concrete. The materials removed from the excavation were 

 seen, and some portions of the canoe were shown us. A 

 further excavation in the ground immediately adjoining 

 would have been desirable, but this was impracticable, owing 

 to the presence of buildings, and the treacherous nature of the 

 ground. We were informed the upper part of the canoe was 

 5 ft. 6 in. under the surface. Under about a foot of soil was 

 found " souale " consisting of clay and sand irregularly mixed 

 and penetrated by rootlets as usual. This passed into almost 

 pure sand, in which deposit the canoe was found, but 

 neither end of this canoe was exposed, and the wood was so 

 sodden it was impossible to save any large pieces. The 

 locality is about 20 feet above present high water level 

 and half-a-mile inland. An ancient beach exists at the 

 Roussaillerie on the margin of the same depression, so that 

 there can be no doubt as to the marine origin of the deposit. 

 When it was laid down, the land was evidently at a lower 

 level than at present, and this depression must have taken 

 place subsequently to the elevation above (and probably 

 considerably above) the present level when the forests now 

 submerged flourished. The raised beaches on the south side 

 of the island are evidently ancient, and are overlaid by 

 the loam and clay with angular pieces of stone commonly 

 called head, but at Capelles and Noirmont, head is found under 

 an ancient beach, so that there may have been two depressions, 



