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the Coal-measures dipping under the sea towards the east and 

 south. The prevailing fossils are those characteristic of the Coal- 

 measures in other districts, Anthracosia, AntJimcomya, Anthm- 

 coptera, Splrorhis, many fishes, and some few Amphibian remains. 

 Lately a sinking was commenced in the Upper Eed beds, below 

 which, and just above a thin band of poor coal, a thick bed of dark 

 shale was passed through, which proved to be tolerably fossiliferous. 

 Llnrjula, Murchisonia, and two species of Bdleroplion occurred. This 

 horizon was subsequently proved elsewhere in the district, and 

 furnished the following fossils from three localities, namely: — 

 StrephocUs sauroides?, Ag. (teeth and scales); Ehkodopsis, sp. 

 (scales) ; Palajoniscid scales ; Diplodm gihhosm, Ag. ; Mesodomodus, 

 sp.n.; Petalodm Hastingske; Discites rotifer-?, Salt.: Discites, si^. 

 (with longitudinal ribs) ; Discites, sp. (smooth) ; Orthocera& at- 

 tenuatum'l, Flem. ; Belleroplion Urii, Flem. ; Murchisonia (Aclisma) 

 striatrda, De Kon. ; Sanguinolites, sp. ; Productus semiretictdatus, 

 var. Martini, Sow. ; Discina nitida, Phill. : Lingtda mytihides. Sow. ; 

 Lingida squamiformis ; crinoid stems (Actinocrimis ?) ; plant-remains 

 (obscure). 



Reference was then made to the occurrence of similar fossils in the 

 same formation elsewhere, and particularly in the West of Scotland, 

 North of England, and Lancashire. The Author concluded, from 

 the frequency of the beds containing true marine remains, that the 

 Coal-measures were formed in low-lying areas ; and that, when the 

 land was slightly depressed, at times the waters of the sea had 

 access to such spots, bringing back species of shells and crinoids 

 that had existed in the Carboniferous-Limestone ocean of an earlier 

 period. Some further remarks were made on the peculiar nature of 

 the ordinary fauna of the Coal-measures ; and the Author observed, 

 in conclusion, that no marine deposits have been observed as yet in 

 the Upper Red beds {d ") of the Fife or other Scotch Coal-measures. 



2. " On the Occurrence of Eleplias meridionalis at Dewlish, 

 Dorset." By the Rev. 0. Fisher, M.A., F.G.S. 



The Author's attention was first drawn to this subject on seeing 

 two molars of an elephant in the Blackmore Museum labelled 

 " Dewlish, Dorset." He at once attributed them to E. meridionalis. 

 Subsequently he ascertained that they were part of a find made in 

 1813 by a Mr. Hall. Dr. Falconer, from rubbings, attributed the 

 teeth to K antiquus; and Dr. Leith- Adams would not allow that 

 they belonged to E. meridionalis, because that species had never 

 been found so far west. Last year the author and Mr. Mansel- 

 Pleydell went to Dewlish, and the latter has since continued the 

 workings. The remains have been found high up on the face of a 

 steep chalk scarp facing west, 10 feet below the brow and 90 feet 

 above the existing stream, in such a position as to suggest that the 

 deposit was the result of an undercut of the stream when it flowed 

 at a higher level. It probably lies in the prolongation of a line of 

 fault with a deviation to the east. The following section was 

 given : — 



