58 FOSSILS OF THE SCARBOROUGH CORNBRASH. 



nerals met with in this stratum are iron pyrites, lenticular 

 calcareous spar, and common iron glance. 



When the ' Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire ' was 

 published, the cabinets in this place contained only thirty-se- 

 ven species of cornbrash fossils ; our collection now amounts 

 to one hundred and thirty-four, all procured by our own exer- 

 tions. To this we attach some importance, after having wit- 

 nessed with regret the extent to which fossil-making has been 

 carried in this neighbourhood : and (we say it " more in sor- 

 row than in anger") such impositions have not always been 

 confined to ignorant and mercenary dealers. We cannot 

 close this article without returning our kindest thanks to Miss 

 Travis for the correct and elegant drawings which illustrate 

 this paper. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



S. — Sowerby's 'Mineral Conchology.' P.— Phillips's 'Geology of the Yorkshire Coast.' 



B.— Bean. 



REMAINS OF PLANTS. 

 Dicotyledonous wood, very much compressed. 



ZOOPHYTA. 



Spongia Jloriceps, P. 



-papillosa, B. 



Cellaria Smithii, P. 



Flustra imperfect. 



Millepora straminea, P. 



Caryophvllia 



Astr^a Dunnii, B. Found by John Dunn, Esq. A unique and inte- 

 resting specimen. 



Tubipora 



? acervalis, B. Common in the Bath oolite. 



■ incrustans, B. (New Sp.) 



Crust very thin, spreading, smooth, and almost covered with short cy- 

 lindrical tubes. 



This beautiful fossil is found adhering to oysters, &c, and 

 is very rare. 



RADIARIA. 



Cidaris vagans, P. 

 Clypeus clunicularis, P. 



orbicularis, P. 



Gale rites depressus, P. 



CRUSTACEA. 



Astacus rostratus, P. 



■ Birdii, B. 



One if not both of the above species must be removed from 

 this genus. We have perfect specimens from the inferior 

 oolite, which will be described should the fossils of that for- 

 mation come under our consideration. 



