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fossil insects. One of these is very hard and of a blue 
colour, while the other is softer, sandy, and nearly white ; 
but their organic contents are in all respects identical. 
The limestone with Oysters, and spines and teeth of 
Echini, here forms, as usual, the upper stratum. I could | 
not trace the yellow “Cypris Limestone,” nor could I 
perceive any clear indications of the ‘ Bone-bed,’ which is 
probably wanting at this spot, although the whole repose 
conformably onthe Red Marl. . . 20. ae 
beds in contact with the Red Marl, which have been much 
disturbed, incline at a considerable angle, while the 
superior strata become gradually horizontal.” My record 
of the section is as follows :— 
ft. > is: 
I LIMESTONE, soft, whitish. Insect remains numerous. 
Modiola minima, Pseudomonotis decussata ... 6to9 
mth SHALES, brown, laminated, calcareous <t ee 
b LIMESTONE, hard, bluish-grey, weathers light brown 4 
ee SHALES, thinly laminated, brown, calcareous. : 
The beds dip to the south-east. BES bed 2b here 
is the equivalent of 2b at Strensham, which occupies the 
same stratigraphical position. 
CONCLUSION 
There is much cause to regret that the sections exposed 
by the road and railway cuttings have not been recorded. 
The occurrence of the remanié bed at Lassington and its 
probable lateral extension, if it had been noticed with 
regard to its relationship with the subjacent deposits, 
might have thrown much light upon the bathymetric and 
physiographic conditions under which the stratum was 
accumulated. Sir William Guise and Mr Lucy are 
certainly agreed upon the point that some Rhetic 
deposits are wanting at Lassington: it is impossible to 
criticise their remarks, but the evidence now available does 
