322 Dr. F. R. Cowper Reed— 
Localities —(1) Meadfoot (S. 35, 29); “ Torquay” M.P.G. 2%, 
22, 29 pass); (2) Smugglers’ Cove (? Etheridge’s Rh. latzcosta) ; 
Beach, south of Smugglers’ Cove (M.P.G. 1188 Ussher Coll.) ; south 
of Hope Farm, edge of Bramblebrake (M.P.G. 1176, 1182, 1181 
Ussher Coll.) ; field south of Oxlea Hill (M.P.G. 1218, 1219 Ussher 
Coll.) ; Windmill Hill, south of Paignton (M.P.G. 1223 Ussher Coll.). 
Spirifer subcuspidatus Schnur. 
The commonest species of Spirifer, occurring in the Kilmorie 
beds, may be referred to Sp. subcuspidatus Schnur,’ or to one of its 
varieties, as interpreted by Fuchs.? None of the Torquay specimens 
are well preserved, but the internal casts and external impressions, 
both of which are usually fragmentary or distorted, are sufficient 
to identify them with this species rather than with the allied Sp. 
hystericus Schloth,? Sp. carinatus Schnur,* Sp. incertus Fuchs,” 
and Sp. crassifulcitus Spriesterb.° The points of distinction between 
these species is by no means a matter of agreement amongst Con- 
tinental paleontologists, but Sp. cuspidatus apparently differs from 
Sp. hystericus chiefly by its more numerous ribs. R. and E. 
Richter’ have recently revised the members of the group of 
Spirifer subcuspidatus and introduced several new specific names, 
but our poor material does not admit of such precise differentiation. 
Horizon.—Meadfoot Beds. 
Locality —Kalmorie (8. 34, 45, 54, 55). 
Spirifer mediorhenanus Fuchs ? 
1909. Spirifer mediorhenanus Fuchs, Abhandl. k. preuss. geol. Landesanst., 
N.F., Heft lviii, p. 67, figs. 1-6. 
1915. Spirifer mediorhenanus Fuchs, ibid., Heft Ixxix, p. 25, t. vi, figs. 6-20. 
1920. Spirifer arduennensis ?, Reed, Journ. Torquay Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. ii, 
No. 6, p. 339. 
The one impression of a brachial valve from Kilmorie, which was 
previously referred by me (op. cit. supra) with a query to Schnur’s 
species Sp. arduennensis, seems now to be better placed in Fuchs’ 
species Sp. medrorhenanus, judging from his figures and description. 
Our specimen has the transverse shape and pointed angles of his 
shell, and the six or seven broad, slightly subangular closely placed 
ribs on each lateral lobe ; the low, rounded median saddle is some- 
what flattened, and expands rather rapidly in width to the front 
1 Scupin. Paleont. Abhandl., viii, 1900, p. 19, t. i, figs. 13, 14. 
2 Fuchs, Abh. k. preuss. geol. Landesanst., N.¥., Heft viii, 1909, pp. 60-3, 
t. ix, figs. 11-15. 
3 Drevermann, Palcontographica, Bd. 1, 1904, p. 253, t. xxx, figs. 15-19 ; 
Scupin, op. cit., p. 12, t. 1, figs. 3-6. 
4 Scupin, op. cit., p. 26. 
° Fuchs, Abh. k. preuss. geol. Landesanst., N.F., Heft Ixxix, 1915, p. 24, 
t. vi, figs. 2-5. 
‘ e SG gua ibid., N.F., Heft Ixxx, 1915, p. 7, t. ii, 5-85 +. im, 
os. 1-9. 
q e aoe E. Richter, Jahrb. Nassau. Vereins f. Naturk., Jahrg. 72, 1920, 
pp. 26-38. 
