74 Miscellaneous. 



The thin seam of limestone included in No. 2 is remarkable for 

 containing many organic remains not found in any other part of the 

 lias, and most of them new, comprising land as well as marine ani- 

 mals and traces of plants. Among them are two undetermined 

 species of fish with numerous fish-scales and coprolites, two species 

 of Crustacea, the one allied to Astacus (Fabr.), the other to Hippo- 

 lyte (Leach). A species of Loligo, a new Belemnite, a new Ammo- 

 nite (which Mr. Buckman has named ^. Murleyi), A. corrugatus 

 and ovatus, a small univalve in great abundance, and Inoceramus du- 

 bivs. The remains of insects comprise one species of Libellula, 

 which, from the reticulations of the fine wings, seems to belong to 

 the genus JEschna, Fabr., and has been named by Mr. Buckman 

 J^. Brodiei, in honour of Mr. Brodie ; two species of Coleoptera of 

 undetermined genera, and a wing supposed to belong to Tipula. 

 None of these are of the same species with the insects found by Mr. 

 Brodie in the lower lias. 



From the presence of a similar band of stone with that containing 

 the above mentioned fossils at Churchdown and Robin Hood Hill, 

 liassic outliers presenting the same section as that of Dumbleton 

 Hill, Mr. Buckman suj)poses that this thin seam is of constant oc- 

 currence in the upper lias of the neighbourhood. He concludes that 

 the period, which the state of things which produced it continued, was 

 not of long duration, and that its deposition was of a quiescent kind. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



ON A NEW SPECIES OF CERVUS, CERVUS DIMORPHE. 

 BY B. H. HODGSON, ESQ. 



In January last I procured from the Saul forest of the Morung a 

 young sti-.g rising two years, having horns of a unique character, 

 and a stature and other attributes seeming to place him between the 

 Axines and Rusans. I considered this animal to belong to a new 

 species, but as he was young and had the horns imperfect, I deter- 

 mined to wait awhile before noticing him to the Society. The ani- 

 mal since his arrival has lived and flourished in ray stable. He is 

 now nearly three years old, and his horns are perfect ; but his pelage 

 is in course of moult or change. I will not, however, longer defer 

 giving a summary description and sketch of what I apprehend to 

 be an undescribed, though large and handsome species of deer. This 

 animal, like Cervus Wallichii and Cervus Elaphoides vel Duvancellii, 

 possesses a mixed character, so that I hesitate to class it with any 

 known group at present, and shall merely indicate this attribute by 

 assigning to it the trivial name of Dimorphe. My sj)ecimen has been 

 reared in confinement ; yet it approaches the Rusans in size and 

 stature, but retains, in youth at least, a good deal of the graceful 

 Axine type. Its horns are small, owing to confinement perhaps, and 

 it is possible that maturer age may develope more snags or antlers. 

 At present there is but one on each beam, and it has a very forward 



