A. R. Horwood—Post-Pleistocene of Central England, 547 
About 80 yards west the gravel is 3 feet nearer the surface. The 
fauna was as follows :— 
CRUSTACEA. Amphipeplea glutinosa.” 
Cypris. Limnea auricularia. 
L. stagnalis. 
GASTEROPODA. L. peregra. 
Segmentina nitida.' Velletia lacustris. 
Planorbis parvus. Bythinia tentaculata, 
P. contortus. Valvata piscinalis. 
Physa fontinalis. 
In a trench cut at Hay, peat, 6 to 9 inches thick, was found with 
hazel-nuts at the bottom, at a depth of 6ft. 7in.; and at Annesley 
Meadow at a depth of 2ft. 7in. in stiff clay, with a layer of 
vegetable mould 7 inches above; and in another section south-east of 
a large well belonging to Messrs. Bass, 45 yards from the River Trent, 
there was a layer of vegetable mould 6 inches thick succeeded by clay, 
with gome peaty matter (4 feet) changing into gravel coloured by peat, 
the peaty clay thickening towards the river. 
Derwent VALLEY. 
The lacustrine clay of Sinfin Moor is shown in the following 
section :— 
ft. in. 
1. Black peat : 9 iL 2 
2. Disintegrated shells - : : . F 0 3 
3. Stiff yellow clay . . : : : : 2 0 
4, Shells : : 5 é é ; : ya) 
5. Quicksand 3 @ 
8 5 
In the Erewash Valley the following plants, Crustacea, shells, etc., 
have been found and identified by Mr. Clement Reid, to whom the 
writer is indebted for assistance in the readiness with which he has 
been supplied with literature on this subject :— 
PLANTA. GASTEROPODA. 
Lycopod Spores: Limnea peregra. 
Scirpus lacustris. Bythinia tentaculata. 
CRUSTACEA. Valvata piscinalis. 
Daphnia Viviparus sp. 
INSECTA. LAMELLIBRANCHIATA. 
Chrysalis cases. Spherium corneum. 
At Allenton, near Derby, also in the Derwent Valley, Mr. Arnold 
Bemrose* found the following plants, with Hippopotamus, Elephas, 
Ehinoceros :— 
Ranunculus aquatilis. R. sardous. 
Lf. sceleratus. Viola palustris. 
R. flammula. Montia fontana. 
R. repens. Rubus ideus. 
R. ? bulbosus. Potentilla sp. 
1 Found in K. and W. Norfolk, Cambridge, Worcester, Montgomery, N. Lincs, 
S. and W. Lanes. 
2 The nearest counties where this is now found are: Kent, Berks, Bucks, 
K. Suffolk, KE. Norfolk, Huntingdon, N.E. and 8.E. York, N. Lincoln, Huntingdon. 
3 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. lii, pp. 497-500, 1896. 
