1853.] BINFIELD — FOSSIL INSECTS OF THE -WEALDEN. 175 



East Cliff Beds (" Worth beds " of Mautell). ft. in. 



9. Whitish sand-rock : — (according to Dr. Fitton) about ... 100 



8. Shale, including ironstone with Cypris Valdensis, Fish- 

 scales, and remains of an Insect 1 3 



7. Four beds of brown sandstone, with shaly partings, about 33 



6 c. Brown, laminar, sandy shale with Estheria and 



Insects 2 



6 b. Yellowish, sandy clay (variable), about 1 



6 a. Bluish-grey shaly clay, about 4 6 



7 6 



5 b. Two beds of ferruginous brown sandstone parted by 



1 inch of bluish clay 2 1 



5 a. Variously coloured shales with Lignite 3 to 4 



4 b. Light brown sandstone 2 3 



4 a. Gi-ey sandy clay with yellowish partings 4 6 



(Passing into 3 e.) 



East Cliff and Ecclesbourne Beds. " Ashburnham beds " of Man- 

 tell? (Fitton, Geology of Hastings, p. 37). 



3 c. Hard sandy shale, with pisolitic ferruginous grains 

 and concretions (the highest pai-t of Mr. Webster's 

 " dark-coloured shale"?) 1 



3 b. Dark brown sandy shale (conspicuous above the 

 beach at East Cliff), with Lignite, Thuyites, Sphe- 

 nopteris, Pecopteris, Pterophyllum, a Cone, &c. ; 

 opercula of Paludince; many elytra of Cnleop- 



tera, and traces of ivings 2 to 3 



Passing into 



3 a, Bluish-grey shale, about 3 



6 



2. Bluish-grey sandstone, with alternations of light blue, 



Fuller's-earth-like claj^, estimated at about 15 to 20 



1. Courses of compact, argillaceous, sandy ironstone with 

 Insect-remains (see p. 172), resting upon bluish clay 

 with red stains in the lower part, under which is seen, at 

 low-water, the lowest sand-rock we have observed on 

 the coast. 



Section (in descending order) of the strata exposed in the Quarry near 

 the Black Horse Inn, between Battle and Hastings (see p. 173). 



Earth and sand 2 



Ferruginous sandstone, with whitish exterior, in thin layers, 



alternating with brown ferruginous shale 2 7 



Brown ferruginous shale with ironstone nodules, about 1 10 



1 b. Rich ironstone nodules with Paludina, &c 2 



Dark blue and brown shale 1 2 



liighter do. do. do 1 10 



Dark greenish-brown shale with ferruginous layers 4 



Ironstone nodules 3 



Greenish-brov\Ti shale, like the above 1 



