BARROIS, bierwiV, ell ARLES (1851—). A French geologist and paleontologist. He was born at Lille, and was educated at the university there, where he afterwards held the chair of natural sciences. He had charge of the official geological corps in Brittafiy, and has contributed important • papers descriptive of the geological structure and the fossils of that region. He has been an active member of the Societe Geologique du Nord, and of the Societe Geologique de France, and has served as general secretary, and as secretary of committees of the International Geological Congress. Among his literary contribu tions to the sciences are: Traite de Paleontolo gic, 5 vols. (Paris, 1883-93), which is a transla tion of Zittel's Handbuch der Pablontologie. The following monographs embody the results of part of his researches on the geological forma tions of France and the neighboring countries: Le terrain eretace superieur de PAngleterre et do rIrlando (18761: "Les terrains aneiens des As tanks et de Galiee," in iihnoires Soc. Gicoi. du
Nord, Vol. 11. (Lille, 1882) ; "Fiume du calcaire d'Erb ray ( Loi re-In re ) , contribution Pellicle du terrain di;vonien (le Pouest de la France," in Memoires de la Societe Geolugique du Nord, Vol. II. (Lille, 1889) ; "Memoire sur le terrain cretace du Bassin d'Oviedo (Espagne) ." in Annales des Sciences Geologiques, Vol. X. (1879) ; ".M(7:moire stir la distribution des grap tolites en France," in Annales de la Societe Geologique do Nord (Lille, 1892) ; "A Geological Sketch of the Bonlonnais," in Proc. of the Geolo gists' Association, Vol. VI.. pp. 1-37 (1880) : "Sondages mix environs tie Lille," in Annales de la Societe Geologique du Nord, Vol. XXVI., pp. 17-33 (Lille, 1897).