+66 Mr. Wetlierell o)i some of the Fossils 



worthy exertions of that gentleman. The great [)ains he has taken in col- 

 lecting an J arranging specimens can only be duly appreciated by those who 

 have undertaken a similar ta^k ; and the splendid series of fossil's in his col- 

 lection, principally appertaining to the tertiary and secondary rocks, are 

 well worthy the attention of the geologist. 



b Also found in the lias. See Sowerln's Index to the first six volumes 

 of the Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, page 242. 



f' This shell is also figured by Brocchi, in his Conchologia Foasile sitb- 

 npetmina, torn. ii. tavola xiii. fig. 1 4. He has given the name of Venus cypria, 

 although he considers that it very nearly approaches the form of a Cardiuni. 

 It is evident that the specimen in hi? possession did not exhibit the hinge. 



'' Gault to London clay. See Sovverby's Index to the first six volumes of 

 the Min. Con., p. 245. 



^ Also in the crag. SecSowerbv's Index, p. 246. 



f Mantell's Geol. of S.E. of England, page 367. Hist. Suss., vol. iii. pi. 1 . 

 f. :J. Geol. Suss., 272. 



g Mantell's Geol. of S.E. of England, page 366. 



•> Also fourid at Stubbingtou. Webster, Geol. Trans., first series, vol. ii. 

 page 204, On the strata over the chalk iti the S.E. part of England. 



' Webster, Geol. Trans., first series, vol. ii. page 204. In a list of the 

 organic remains in the lower marine formation above the chalk in England, 

 Cyprcea Pediculus is marked as having been met with at Highgate and Stub- 

 bingtou. Only one species has been found at Highgate ; it is therefore very 

 j)robable that the one referred to is the same, although the specific name 

 is different. Stubbington may therefore be considered an additional lo- 

 cality for this beautiful shell. 



Fifty-five species are enumerated in the above list, besides 

 which I have (from the railroad) forty species which have as 

 yet not been figured as British shells, independently of a few, 

 which are extremely minute, of the order Cephalopoda (Fora- 

 minifera), consisting of Spirolina, Orbulites, Nummulites, &c., 

 making altogether above one hundred species. A part of the un- 

 figured shells having also been found in digging a well at Lower 

 Heath, Hanipstead, plates of them, with descriptions, will be 

 given in the Geological Transactions, to illustrate a paper 

 read before the Geological Society on the 4th of June, 1834*; 

 the remainder will appear in some of the early numbers of 

 the continuation of Sowerby's Mineral Conchology. I have 

 several examples of the Nautilus rcgulis, which present a very 

 singular marking. A number of serrated lines may be seen 

 in the outer lamina of the shell, running across it, and gene- 

 rally two or three parallel to each other. Although they pass 

 some depth into the substance of the outer lamina, the}' do 

 not, as far as I have hitherto observed, extend to the inner 

 one. The great zeal which Mr. J. DeC. Sowerby has always 

 / evinced in the advancement of science has induced me to give 

 his name to a new species of Nautilus which 1 have discovered 

 at the railroad. This distinguished naturalist, on more than 



* Proceedings of the Gfo'-o.^'ical Society of London, vol. ii. p.nge93. 



