O REPORT OF 



berland,' several of which are undescribed species; with 

 those which have been obtained from the same series in 

 Craven,* have added considerable information respecting 

 the lowest of the fossil-bearing strata. Nevertheless the 

 Council beg leave to call the attention of the geological 

 members of the Society to the necessity for further labours 

 in this field. The beds of limestone and shale which tra- 

 verse the western parts of this county have not yet been 

 adequately examined; and such labours would probably 

 not only enrich the Museum with new and rare specimens, 

 but set at rest some important theoretical questions, of which 

 a satisfactory solution can only be obtained from closer 

 research and a more copious induction of facts. 



Madrepores and crinoidal specimens of great beauty have 

 been furnished from the oolitic rocks of Somersetshire and 

 Wiltshire,^ and in conjunction with the discoveries of saurian 

 teeth, and fish palates in the Forest Marble* and Cornbrash * 

 of Yorkshire, have supplied additional means of comparing 

 the character of the extreme points to which in England 

 those strata extend ; the Astaci likewise, which have been 

 found in the Cornbrash at Scarborough, ^ complete the evi- 

 dence of the close resemblance in all the conchiferous beds 

 of that series ; and the detection of plants in the Forest 

 Marble, ' and in beds intervening between it and the Bath 

 Oolite, ^ the same as those which occur above and below them. 



' By the Rev. G. Veraon. ^ gy q^ Preston, Esq. 'By — Loscombe, Esq. 



♦ By F. Cholmeley, Esq. * By Miss Louisa Belcombe. ^ Presented by Mr. Dunn. 



' By Mr. Phillips. » gy the Rev. W. Vernon. 



