VOL. XV. (3) LOWER LIAS AT MAISEMORE 259 
ON A SECTION OF LOWER-LIAS ROCKS 
AT 
MAISEMORE, NEAR GLOUCESTER 
BY 
L. RICHARDSON 
About two miles north-north-west of Gloucester, is a 
low river-cliff in which certain Lower-Lias rocks are 
exposed. The lowest beds are seen at the weir end 
of the section, where they are almost horizontal. Then 
comes a disturbance, where the beds are bent into an acute 
little anticline, after which they dip gently to the south- 
south-east. 
Although so near to Gloucester, this section has never 
been described. Unfortunately it has not been possible 
as yet to obtain the exact date of the beds. I have 
searched them for ammonites on several occasions, and so 
has Mr Paris. But the only specimens obtained were 
much crushed, so that Mr Buckman, who kindly examined 
them, could only report that they appeared to be species 
of Arnioceras and would therefore indicate Az7chz hemera, 
“but this,” he added, ‘‘ must be considered tentative.” 
My object in recording this section is to draw attention 
to the abundant occurrence of Foraminifera at this locality ; 
since very few species have hitherto been recorded from 
the Gloucestershire Lias. Those hitherto recorded are 
Cornuspira infima (Strickland), /nvolutina “assica, Jones, 
and Polymorphina fustformes, Roemer. ; 
