Simpson: Edestus newtont at Brockholes. 353 
in this Museum, the only‘one hitherto found in Great Britain. 
Your specimen is far more complete and will be of the utmost 
interest to geologists and zoologists from all parts of the world.’ 
The ‘ other specimen.’ referred to by Dr. Strahan was found 
in 1903 by Mr. John Pringle. | 
The fossil was then submitted to Dr. A. Smith Woodward, 
who read a paper thereon at the June meeting of the Geological 
Society, of which the following is an abstract :— 5 i 
‘The new fossil confirms the interpretation of Edestus as a 
row of symphysial teeth of an Elasmobranch fish. The row of 
eight bilaterally symmetrical teeth, fused together, occurs at the 
tapering end of a pair of calcified cartileges, which evidently 
represent a jaw. An imperfect detached tooth probably 
belongs to an opposing row. All the teeth are unusually large 
compared with their base, and the serrated edges of most of 
them have clearly been worn during life. As in the case of the 
American Carboniferous Edestus mirus, small Orodont teeth 
of the form named Campodus are scattered in the shale near 
the jaw. Markings on the Edestus teeth themselves suggest 
that they have been derived from the Campodus type of tooth. 
The specimen, which represents a new species, was obtained 
by Mr. H. H. Freer from shale below the Rough Rock in the 
upper part of the Millstone Grit at Brockholes, near Hudders- 
field, and was presented to the Museum of Practical Geology, 
London, by Mr. E. Crowther.’ 
Dr. Woodward proposes the name of Edestus newtont for 
the new species, and a full account will appear later in the 
Journal of the Society. A cast of the fossil is being prepared 
and it will be presented to the Huddersfield Natural History 
Museum. ; 
The fish was associated with a number of marine shells, etc., 
among which the following have been recognised :— 
Posidoniella laevis Brown. Glyphioceras sp. 
Pterinopecten papyraceus Orthoceras cf. asciculare Brown 
_ Sow. 
Gasterocervas sp. Edestus newtoni A. S. Woodward 
Glyphioceras reticulatum Phill. Modiola transversa Hind. 
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We have frequently drawn attention to the difficulty of quoting from 
The New Phytologist on account of its multiplicity of references. The 
part we have just received, however, seems to be ‘the limit.’ It is headed 
‘Vol. XV. No. 7. July 1916. New Phytologist Reprints. [Published 
September 6th]. No. 1 [out of print]. Lectures on the Physiology of 
Movement in Plants (1907), by F. Darwin. New Phytologist. Lectures 
on the Evolution of the Filicinean, A British Botanical Journal, by 
‘A. G. Tansley. Edited by A: G. Tansley, M.A., F.R.S.’. The imprint 
reads ‘ William Wesley & Sons, 28 Essex Street, Strand. Price of Double 
London, four shillings.’ It contains 24 pages, without plates, which is 
at the rate of twopence a page. We suppose we must put it.down to the 
war, or beer ! 
1916 Nov. 1. 
