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small beetles. From the insect limestone near the village of 

 Hasfield, Gloucester, various elytra of Coleaptera and a few 

 beetles have been obtained. The same formation in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Forthampton, near Tewkesbury, has also furnished 

 insect remains similar to those found in the localities before 

 mentioned. At Strensham, two miles from Dafford Station, and 

 nine from Evesham, from a bed of insect limestone at the bottom 

 of a large quarry, numerous remains of insects have been obtained. 

 Amongst them was found part of the abdomen of a gigantic 

 species of Libellula, which Mr. Brodie named Libellula Hopei. In 

 the neighbourhood of Evesham the insect Umsetone has produced 

 numerous remains of insects, the wings and elytra of many of 

 wliich are said to be beautifully preserved. In the lower division 

 of the Lias, in this neighbourhood, Mr. H. E. Strickland 

 discovered small elytra of Coleoptera and portions of the wings of 

 lAbellula. "In the County of Warwickshire," says Mr. Brodie, 

 " there is a large extension of the lower Lias in the neighbourhood 

 of Bidford and Binton. The quarries thereabouts afford some of 

 the finest sections in this part of the series. The insects are not 

 confined to one or two comparatively thin seams of limestone, but 

 occur in several distinct beds, the whole being developed to a 

 much greater extent than in any part of Gloucestershire hitherto 

 examined." From one quarry near Bidford Mr. Brodie obtained 

 a small species of the family Chnjllida, which he named Gryllus 

 BucEandi, in honour of Professor Buckland. In some of the 

 strata in this neighbourhood (Bidford) the wings of Libellula were 

 obtained not uncommonly, particularly at a place called the Nook, 

 where a beautiful specimen was found, which has been described 

 and figured by Mr. Strickland. Mr. E. T. Higgins obtained from 

 the Lower Lias or the Rhcetics, in the southern parts of Gloucester- 

 shire and the adjoining county of Somersetshire, in the neighbour- 

 hood of Bristol, numerous remains of insects. From Aust, near 

 Bristol, and from Sudbury on the Monmouthshire side of the 

 Severn, about three miles from Chepstow, the insect limestone and 

 the landscape stone have afforded a quantity of remains. In some 



