Henry \Yoodward — On British Fossil Arthropoda. 105 



collector of the Geological Survey, in splitting up the shales at the 

 mine-top, Pendleton Colliery, Manchester. Other specimens were 

 afterwards obtained by Messrs. Gibbs and Ehind, who ascertained the 

 exact bed from which these remains were derived, and which proved 

 to be the "Ferny Metal," under the "Big Coal" or "Eam's Mine." 



Figs. 1-7. — Eurypterus {Arthropleiira ?) mammatus, Salter. 



Fig. 8. — Arthropleura [Eiiphoberia ?) ferox, Salter. 

 (From the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, 1863, vol. xix., p. 84.) 



The plants occurring in this bed, noticed by Mr. Salter, are : — 

 Lepidodendron obomtum, Sternb. ; L. Sternhergii, Brong. ; L. elegans, 

 Brong.; Neuropteris Losliii, Lindl.; N. heterophjlla, Sternb.; N. 

 gigantea, Sternb. ; Cydoptevis flahellata, Brong. ; SpTienopteris ohiusi- 

 loba, Brong.; Sp. latifolia, Brong., and some others. 



