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162 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 
Soc.,’ viii. pt. 7, pp. 109-127, pl. xvii.-xix.). Zamites grandis (Arber), Lower 
Keuper, Bromsgrove. 
68. Beasley, H. C.—1907 ‘ The Storeton Find of 1906’ (‘ Proc. Liv. Geol. Soc.,’ 
1907, pp. 157-171). 
69. Wills, L. J.—1907 ‘On some Fossiliferous Keuper Rocks at Bromsgrove, 
Worcestershire’ (‘Geol. Mag.,’ December 5, iv. p. 28). Numerous plant, crus- 
*tacea, fish, and other vertebrate remains. (Vide Trias Report, 1907.) 
70. Huene, Dr. F. von.—1908 ‘ Kine zvsammenstellung tiber die englische Trias 
und das alter ihrer Fossilien’ (‘ Centr. fiir miner. Geol. und Palaont.,’ No. 1, 
pp. 9-17). A summary of the British Keuper Flora and Fauna. 
71. Huene, Dr. F. von.—1908 ‘On Phytosaurian Remains from the Magnesian 
Conglomerate of Bristol’ (Zileya platyodon) (‘Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,’ 8th 
series, 1. pp. 228-230, pl. vi.). ileya platyodon (R. and 8.), Dolomitic Con. 
glomerate, Bristol. 
72. 'Huene, Dr. F. von.—1908 ‘ On the Age of the Reptile Faunas contained in 
the Magnesian Conglomerate at Bristol and in the Elgin Sandstone’ (‘ Geol. Mag.,’ 
Dec. 5, v. pp. 99-100). 
75. Arber, E. A. N.—1909 ‘On the Affinities of the Triassic Plant Yuccites 
vogesiacus, Schimper and Mougeot’ (‘ Geol. Mag.,’ December 5, vi. pp. 11-14). The 
name Zamites grandis (Arber), first proposed, is rejected in favour of the older 
Yuccites vogesiacus, Schimper et Mougeot, from the Bunter, with which it is 
regarded as identical, though the Monocotyledonous affinity suggested in the latter 
generic name is not intended to be perpetuated by the retention of the earlier 
combination. 
Preliminary Notice of the Occurrence of Footprints in the Lower Keuper 
Sandstone of Leicestershire. By A. R. Horwoop. 
Smee no authentic specimens of footprints from Leicestershire * 
have, until recently, been forthcoming, it is of some interest to briefly 
note here the existence of a fairly well-marked example, with all but one 
digit intact, of Cheirotherium, very similar to forms found at Storeton, 
described by Mr. H. C. Beasley as A 8, and resembling Cheirotherium 
herculis (Kg.). This specimen was found thirty years ago by Mr. J. 
Large, in excavations for a house at a depth of about 8 feet below the 
surface, on the Derby Road at Kegworth, in North Leicestershire. It 
is interesting, moreover, to note by the way that the nearest locality at 
which these footprints had been obtained hitherto, Weston-on-Trent, 
Derbyshire, on the north bank of the river Trent, is distant from Keg- 
worth only about six miles. The rareness of their occurrence in this 
part of the country is, however, sufficient reason for their record here. 
The sandstone in which the present example was found (which it 
is hoped to describe more fully later) is a greenish sandstone passing 
into ‘ skerry ’ of the Lower Keuper intercalated in the red marls, with 
way-boards or partings of a reddish, flaggy sandstone. 
Its existence was made known during excavations for the Derwent 
Valley Water Board, a scheme by which the boroughs of Leicester, 
Derby, Nottingham, and Sheffield receive water from the waters of the 
rivers Derwent and Ashop and higher ground in Yorkshire. These 
excavations show that nearly opposite the site of the house mentioned 
a small excavation had been made in the sandstone below the made 
ground covering the sandstone, giving the appearance in the 6 to 7-feet 
sewer trench of a deep V-shaped gully, but whether this extended laterally 
up to the house itself is not known. The sandstone thins out towards 
1 Those recorded in the Report for 1907 are not forthcoming, so that some 
doubt must be entertained as to their nature, and they are also from the Upper 
Keuper sandstone. 
