TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION C. 505 
The following Papers were then read :— 
1. Notes on the Geology of Leicestershire. By C. Fox Straneways, 7.G.S. 
The chief features of the district were briefly described, with a general account 
of the formations that are exposed throughout the county. These are comprised 
in the following main divisions in descending order: Recent and Pleistocene ; 
Jurassic; Triassic; Permian; Carboniferous; and Pre-Cambrian. The first of 
these includes the river deposits and glacial beds. The Jurassic rocks comprise 
only the two lower subdivisions of the Lincolnshire Limestone and the Northamp- 
ton Sand, together with the Lias. The Trias occurs in the usual two divisions of 
Keuper and Bunter. The Permian consists of breccia and marls, the age of which 
is to some extent doubtful. The Carboniferous is well exemplified in the three 
subdivisions of Coal-measures, Millstone Grit, and Limestone; but the lower 
beds are not of the importance they attain elsewhere. The Pre-Cambrian rocks 
are divisible into three main groups, as shown by Professor W. W. Watts—the 
Brand Series, the Maplewell Series, and the Blackbrook Series. Special attention 
was directed to the more important exposures of these rocks, and to the principal 
points in the local geology that are obscure and require further elucidation, 
2. The Geology of Charnwood Forest. By Professor W. W. Watts, / 2.8. 
3. The Felsitic Agglomerate of Charnwood Forest. 
By ¥. W. Bennett, M D., B.Sc. 
The rocks lying between the Beacon Series and the Blackbrook formation 
comprise a greater variety than has been hitherto recognised. Three main beds 
can be distinguished, which may be called the coarse, white, and pink grits. The 
pink grit, which is the uppermost bed, is the one to which almost exclusively the 
name of ‘ Felsitic Agglomerate ’ has been hitherto given. 
Careful examination of the rocks in the Buck Hills has now conclusively 
proved that they belong to the Felsitic Series 
The rocks in the north-west of the forest have always given rise to much 
difficulty. It is possible to trace the Felsitic Agglomerate as a distinct series 
of rocks in Timberwood Hill. The ground in this part of the forest has been 
extremely faulted, and a good example of this occurs in Collier Hill. 
To the north of the monastery, rocks have now been traced which evidently 
lie on the horizon of the Felsitic Series, They differ in some ways from the ordi- 
nary agglomerate type, especially as regards their texture, which becomes highly 
crystalline. It is found that these Felsitic rocks have been intruded into by 
igneous flows, both near the Cademan area and also in Bardon Hill; and it is 
probably due to this cause that the texture of the rock has been so much altered. 
The position of these beds in relation to the Bomb rocks makes it probable 
that they correspond to the Felsitic Series, and this correlation is confirmed by 
comparison of some of the more recently discovered types with those of the 
ordinary Felsitic Agglomerate rocks. 
4, The North-West District of Charnwood Vorest. 
By Bernarp Stracey, I.8B., #.G.S. 
As the north-west of Charnwood Forest is approached the rocks become more 
altered, the faulting is greater, and igneous rocks are met with. The vent which 
ejected the rocks of the forest seems to lie in this direction. 
Bardon Hill.—The centre and part of the north flank are composed of 
rock resembling an igneous rock ; evidence is given to show that this rock differs 
from the agglomerates found in the north-west area, with which it has hitherto, 
