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casts of Turntella, but with no distinct indication of their place in 

 the series. 



Nethif. — Following the shore of the Southampton Water, we find 

 the strata unfixvourahly exposed. At Xetley Hospital, Pecten corneus 

 occurs in clay ; and other common Bracklesham fossils, in dark 

 sand, were brought up from a well. At Netley Cliif, casts of uni- 

 valves may be seen in bluish-green sand; while at Southampton 

 Docks, Nummullna lavUjata occurred. This fixes the horizon of the 

 beds at group C. 



The New Forest. — Within the last few years the cabinets of 

 collectors of Eocene fossils have been enriched with specimens 

 from Bramshaw and Brook, in the New Forest. The fii^st intelli- 

 gence which I received of the occurrence of fossils in this neigh- 

 bourhood was from Mr. Bristow, of the Geological Survey, who 

 discovered them here in the year 1854. I believe H. Keeping had 

 become acquainted with the spot about the same time. In the course 

 of my own working in that neighbourhood, I found other places 

 which yielded many specimens. The strata where these beds occur 

 are coloured as belonging to the Barton series in the Geological 

 Sun-ey Map, the line of demarcation being drawn at the commence- 

 ment of the sands which characterize the 2nd fossiliferous horizon B 

 of the Brackleshams on the Centhium giganteum di\dsion. The 

 richness of the deposits in this neighbourhood exceeds that of the 

 relative beds at any of the places I have mentioned. 



Hunting Bridge. — The highest fossil-bearing bed belonging to the 

 Bracklesham series which has been met with in the New Forest is 

 near a place called Hunting Bridge, in an artificial watercourse in an 

 enclosure near the letter '^c^' in ^'Lynwood Coppice " on the Ordnance 

 Map. This fossil-bed was discovered only within the last month, by 

 Henrj' Keeping, of Freshwater, who collected for me the specimens 

 from which the follo^ving list is taken, and to whom I am indebted 

 for the stratigraphical particulars of this locality. His section 

 gives— 



ft. in. 

 (a) Bluish-green clay, full of large D^^fl^m (sp. nov.) and Corals... 6 

 Dark-green sandy cla}-, with fossils scattered tliroughout, about 



perhaps 20 



I have not yet had an opportunity of visiting Hunting Bridge. 

 The specimens which I have received therefrom are — 



Rostellaria ampla (fine). Pseudoliva ovalis. 



rimosa. Cassidaria nodosa. 



arcuata. coronata. 



minax. Pleurotoma ])ri8oa. 



Murex aajjer (common) plebeia. 



Fasciolana uniplicata. planctica. 



Fu£U8 Noa. crassicosta. 



pyrufl. ligata. 



carinella (common). Voluta labrella. 



intcrruptuH. nodc^sa. 



? n. 8., found n\m at Alum maga. 



Bay and Hill Head. Natica Wiilemetii. 



Strepsidura turgida. ? ambulacrum. 



