208 W. BLANFORD, WESTERN INDIA. [PaET II. 



8. Unfossiliferous yellow ferruginous sand, containing grains 



of brown lisematite ... ... ... «•• 1 6 



9. Sand rock, also abounding in grains of brown bsema- 



tite, more compact than the last, containing GccsterO' 



ipoda, corals, and a few Foraminifera ... ... 6 



10. Ferruginous sand with but few fossils ... ... 19 



11. Sandy bed, rather less ferruginous, but still containing 



grains of brown haematite. In this bed occur bones, 

 apparently of Mammalia,* numerous Gasteropoda, 

 Pectens, Oysters, and other LamellilrancJiiata, 

 corals, and Nummulites ohtusus, Sow., (or some species 

 of similar form), but few other Foraminifera . ,,, 8 



12. Laterite; (base not seen) about ,., ... ... 10 



The fossiliferous band is about 24 feet thick, and may be considered 

 as a whole. The following fossils have been identified by Dr. Stohczka 

 from amongst those collected : — 



Eostellaria Prestwichii, D'Orb. 



Terebellum, sp. 



Cerithium, sp. 



Cyprsea (Cyprasovula) elegans. Lam. 



Natica longispira, Leymerie. 



Conus, sp., near C. brevis. Sow., but thinner. 



Trochus, sp. (like T. mitratus, Desh.) 



Pholas, sp. 



Pecten Hopkinsi, D'Arch. and Haime. 



P. Favrei., D'Arch. 



P. corneus. Sow. 



Vulsella legumen, D'Arch, and Haime. 



Ostrea Flemingi, D'Ai-ch. 



O. lingua. Sow. 



Hornera, sp. (near H. verrucosa, M. Ed.). 



Echinanthus, fragments. 



* The specimens obtained were fragments of ribs ; they were not in a satisfactory state 

 for comparison. 



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