606 T. Barron — Uiocriio Beds heticeen Cairo ami Suez. 



metres^ 



Top. Purplish, hard, i;Titty limestone ... ... ... ... ... S 



2. Yellow gritty beds ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ■'' 



3. Porous limestoue with few grits containing pieces of Echinolampas 



sp., Pectcn sp., casts of Liiclna ornata, Ag., and (UjthercH 

 pedemontana, Bru. ... ... ... ... ... ... 10'4 



4. Gritty limestoue ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I'J 



5. Hard, dark, calcareous grit containing Pecten Kochi, Loc, Litcina 

 ornata, Ag., Cardinm Michelottii, Desh., C. miilticostatvm, 

 Brocc, Venus islmidicoides, Lam., Venus sp., Tapes refuhi, 

 Bast., Telliua plannta. Lam., Mactra coralUna, Lam., Corhitla 

 reroluta. Bast., Tarritella miotmirinn , Sacc, TiirrifeUa ai^. ... 2 



6. Yellow calcareous sand and grit containing Ostrea sp., Pectvricalm 

 sp., Chama sp., Uardita cf. pinnula, Bast., Cardita sp., Lvcina 

 cohimheUa, Lam., Lucina {Dentihicina) sp., Liieina sp. (many), 

 Cardinm paiicicostatum, Sow., C. cf. paucicostntnm, Sow., 

 C. vmlticosfatum, Brocc, Cardinm, sp. nov., Cardinm sp., 

 Venus mttltilameUata, Lam., Cytherea pedemontana, Brocc, 

 C. eryciiia, Lam., Tapes Basferoti, May., T. vetula. Bast., 

 TcUina lacanvsa, Chemn., Tellina planata, Lara., T. nitida, 

 Pol., TeUlna sp., Mactra coralUna, Lam. = (M. stuUoram, 

 Lam.), Corhnhi reioluta, Brocc, Cahjptrcca chinensis. Lam., 

 Turrifella miotaurina, Sacc, T. terebralis, Lam., Ficula con- 

 dita, Hvongu., Oliva i^T^., Scaphander B'p. ... ... ... H 



7. Calcareous grits with limestone at the base containing Cytherea 

 sp., Tellina s^^. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 



8. Grits and siliceous limestone containing Lucina sp., Cardinm 

 sp., (?) Zivjoes sp. 6 



9. Yellow siliceous grit containing small CrtJY7/a ... ... ... 5 



10. Hard, black, calcareous sandstone ... ... ... ... 1'8- 



11. Yellow sandstones and grits ... ... ... ... ... 1-^ 



Basalt niiderlies tliis last bed. 



The beds have a general dip of 3° to 5° N.E., but there is also 

 a gentle inclination of about 2° to the north-west. 



Further east the following fossils were obtained from the repre- 

 sentative of Bed 7 of the above section : — Ostrea sp., Cardita sp., 

 Lucina columbella, Lam., Lucina sp., Cardium sp., Tapes vetula, 

 Bast., Tajjes sp., Mactra sp., Corhula Basteroti, Horn., Corhula sp.. 

 Cancellaria sp. 



Eound about Station 4 of the Old Po.st Koad to Suez, a calcareou& 

 grit yielded the following fossils : — Pinna sp.. Ostrea sp., Modioln 

 sp., Pecluncidus sp., Cardita sp., Lucina colnmhella, Lam., L. ornata^ 

 Ag., L. sp. nov., Lucina sp., Cardium sp., Venns ovata, Penn., V. cf. 

 islandicoides L.. Cytherea erycina, Lam., Tapes sp., Tellina Jacunosa, 

 Chemn., T. nitida, Pol., T. planata, L., Calyptrcea chinensis, Lam., 

 Turritella terehralis, Lam., Stromhus sp., (?) Fanopwa sp. 



At the north foot of Gebel el Angobia in calcareous grits and 

 marls, Losinia Adansoni, Phil., is found associated with Tapes vettda, 

 Bast., Lucina ornata, Ag., Cardium midticostatum, Brocc, Turritella 

 terebrcdis, Lam., T. cathedralis, Brongn., Comis sp., and Pleurotoma 

 trochlearis, Horn. 



At the base of Gebel Kieshi, 12 kilometres north-east of Bir 

 Gendali, there is practically the same assemblage of fossils as in 

 the previous case. Below these beds comes a series of conglomerates, 

 gravels, sands, etc., lying between Gebel el Angobia and Amuna. 



