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siderable portion of the body ; the others are chiefly fragments of the 

 body, heads, tails, claws, and swimming-feet. I was fortunate enough 

 to discover an almost entire specimen of a new species of Eurypterus, 

 which Mr. Woodward has named E. Brodiei, and described at the 

 meeting of the British Association at Liverpool. He pointed out that 

 it " differed sKghtly from all other well-known species in the form of 

 the swimming-feet, in the palpi, but most of all in the form of the 

 thoracic plate"*. It is perfect from the head to the apex of the 

 sharp-pointed tail, and measures 2| inches in length, and 10 lines 

 in the broadest part of the body, and has a portion of one of the 

 swimming-feet attached" f. These shales contain a species of coral 

 (^Actinophyllum), not very common ; but I could observe no shells, 

 nor the BeyricMce, and only a few of the Leperditice, which charac- 

 terize them elsewhere. 



In addition to the Lycopodites, there are other plants, which I 

 sent to Mr. Carruthers for determination; he informs me that, 

 " although very interesting, they are rather fragmentary, and, like 

 most fossil plants, difficult to determine. The best-marked is a 

 dichotomously branching plant, which would be referred to an Alga 

 by most botanists. I believe, however, it is a true Za?icZ-plant, 

 which has had vascular tissue in its composition, and a sufficiently 

 indurated structure to resist decomposition. It may belong 

 to Dawson's genus Psilophyton ; but more specimens are necessary 

 before this can be decided. There are several bodies which look 

 like seeds, but are more probably sporangia. They are certainly 

 Zan(:?-plants"$. 



I have not been able to find any traces of the numerous fish dis- 

 covered at Ledbury and Ludlow ; but it is possible that a closer and 

 longer search would detect them§. At Prior's Court, about a mile 

 south-west of this spot, there is a small exposure of the sandstones, 

 shovdng nearly 2 feet of divided beds of yeUow sandstone, with car- 

 bonaceous remains, resting on the Upper Ludlow, but no " olive 

 shales." At none of these places could I discover the " bone-bed," 

 which has been long since noticed at Hagley, not far from this 

 point on the north-east, first by the late Mr. Scobie, an active 

 member of the Woolhope Naturalists' Pield Club, and afterwards by 

 my lamented friend H. E. Strickland, where, many years ago, in 

 company with the latter and Sir K. Murchison, we found the " bone- 

 bed " and numerous remains of Pterygotus ; but these were in the 

 Ludlow rock, and not in the passage-beds which occur there, ac- 

 cording to my friend Mr. Symonds, who states that they are present 



* There are in my collection at least three swimming- feet, and two or more 

 thoracic plates, of this new species. 



t It is imbedded in a yeEow, somewhat soft, micaceous sandstone, connected 

 with the " olive shales." 



J It need scarcely be remarked that the occurrence of terrestrial plants, 

 some of which may very possibly be new, besides those curious bodies long ago 

 described by Dr. Hooker, and referred by him to Lycopodium, is a matter of 

 much interest in strata of this age. 



§ Mr. Symonds informs me that he has found a Pteraspis there, which is now 

 in the possession of Lord Enniskillen. 



