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proving that sediments of different character were accumulated at 

 the same time in comparative proximity to each other. The 

 inherent divergence between the stratigraphical and palajontologioal 

 methods in geology is thus once more illustrated. 



It is suggested that the derivative character of the band of 

 phosphatie nodules at the base of the Spilsby Sandstone is not well 

 established, and that the fossils of the ' so-called ' pebbles probably 

 represent an original fauna poorly preserved in nodules formed 

 during a temporary pause in the sedimentation. 



The 'Zone of Bel. lateralis ' (Serie Speetono-russe of Pavlow) is 

 shown to bridge the space between undoubtedly Jurassic and 

 undoubtedly Lower Cretaceous strata ; but according to the recent 

 results of Professor A. Pavlow, if the accepted classification of other 

 areas is to be upheld, the division between the two systems must be 

 placed high enough to include this zone in the Jurassic, in spite of 

 the local inconvenience of this arrangement. 



Speeton. Lincolnshire. 



EED CHALK. 



Zone A. Passage Marls = Carstone (? in part or -wholly). 



E. Zone of Bel. Brunsviceiisis = Tealby Limestone and its southerly 



equivalents (also ? the lower part of 

 the Carstone). 



C. Zone of Bel. jaeulum = Tealby Clay of the "Wold escarpment 



(the lower portion of the zone 

 doubtfully represented) . 



D. Zone of Bel. lateralis = ' Tealby Clay ' of the outliers -west of 



Spilsby (Hundleby Clay), Claxby 

 Ironstone and Spilsby Sandstone. 



E. ' Coprolite-bed' = Nodule-bed at base of Spilsby Sandstone. 



2. " On some Podophthalmous Crustaceans from the Cretaceous 

 Formation of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands." By Henry 

 Woodward, LL.D., F.E.S., PG.S. 



This paper contains descriptions of several Crustaceans from the 

 Cretaceous Coal-bearing strata of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte 

 Islands, sent to the Author by J. F. Whiteaves, Esq., F.G.S., 

 Palaeontologist to the Geological Survey of Canada, und two from 

 the Museum of the Geological Society of London. 



After giving a brief notice of the deposits from which the nodules 

 containing these crustacean fossils have been derived, and the authors 

 who have written upon them, Dr. Woodward describes (1) a new 

 Callianassa which he names Callianassa Whiteavesii ; (2) an 

 Anomalous Brachyuran. which he names ffomolopsis Bichardsoni ; 

 (3) a new Corystid, named Palaocorystes Harveyi ; and (4) a new 

 Cancer, named Plagiolophus Vancouver ensis. 



3. "On a Fossil Octopus, Calais Newboldi (J. de C. Sby., MS.), 

 from the Cretaceous of the Lebanon." By Henry Woodward, LL.D., 

 F.R.S., P.G.S. 



