486 Dr. Henry Woodivard — Cretaceous Crustacea, Denmark. 



powerful force whicli broke up and transported the bodies before 

 they had completely decomposed, was probably the same in each 

 case ; while the final resting-place of the bones both at Pikermi 

 and Drazi must have been beneath comparatively tranquil water, 

 where they could be quickly buried in mud. The absence of all 

 trace of vegetable matter is curious ; but the most plausible 

 explanation of the broken limbs and torn portions of trunks seems 

 to be, that the bodies were hurried by torrential floods through 

 thickets or tree-obstructed watercourses, before they reached the 

 lakes in which they finally rested. Accompanying stones in rapid 

 motion may account for some of the bone-fragments. 



II. — On some Crustacea collected by Miss Caroline Birlkt 

 AND Miss L. Copland from the Upper Cretaceous of Faxe, 

 Denmark. 



By Henry Woodward, LL.D., F.E.S., V.P.Z.S., F.G.S. 



(PLATE XII.) 



IT is, I regret to say, some long time since my friend Miss Caroline 

 Birley placed in my hands the series of Crustacea which she 

 had, with the assistance of Miss L. Copland, collected from the 

 Upper Cretaceous of Faxe, Denmark. 



As in the interval, K. O. Segerberg has figured and described 

 many of these species in Sweden,^ I propose to give a translation 

 of his descriptions of such species as I find to be identical with 

 those in Miss Birley's collection, it being obviously needless to 

 desci'ibe them over again. 



Miss Birley has favoured me with the following note on the 

 Upper Cretaceous quarry of Faxe, Denmark : — 



"Dr. Henry Woodward, having kindly undertaken to report on 

 the Crustacea obtained by Miss L. Copland and myself on two 

 visits to the Upper Cretaceous (Danian) beds of Faxe, Denmark, 

 has asked for a note on the locality, known to English geologists 

 far better by repute than from actual experience. 



" Situated in the south-east of the island of Zealand or Seeland, 

 where, though the land is rich and fertile, the scenery is merely 

 pretty with beech-woods and grass meadows, Faxe offers little to 

 the ordinary tourist, and when we were there only three trains 

 daily connected it with Copenhagen, the journey occupying from 

 2f hours to 6|. There were then three stations with the name of 

 Faxe — Faxe, Faxe Strand (now Stubberup), and Faxe Laderplads — 

 and Faxe being an inland hill, and not an island, as the usual 

 misspelling of the name indicates, we dismounted at the first, 

 and saw opposite, a little hostel, the only visible building. Here 

 a genial couple made us so comfortable, in homely Danish fashion, 

 that I can only add the fact that there is a more orthodox-looking 

 inn in Faxe village, a mile or so away. From either end, the quarry 

 is reached in a few minutes walk. Danish is the only language 



1 Geol. Foren. Stockholm, 1900. 



