494 PROF. E. J. GARWOOD OX THE LOAVER CARBONIFEROUS [DgC. I 912, 



close to the road from Orton to Appleby, where the}- contain reefs 

 of Lithostrotion m''eoyanum and Ciiatliophyllnin rer/ium. Farther 

 -east good exposures occur at Beeeham's Quarry and in Coal-Pit 

 Sike, both of which are characterized by the abundance of Dihuno- 

 pliyllum muirJieadi; the horizon of these beds may, however, be 

 slightly higher in the Yoredale Series than that of the beds 

 •exposed at Outscar and Wintertarn. 



The Productus-ci. c/iganfeus Band. — The highest lime- 

 stone containing Lonsdalia florifonnis, wliich crops out on Bank 

 Moor, is locally known as the Mauld's-Meaburn Limestone ; it is 

 characterized in this locality by a great abundance of specimens of 

 Fr, cf. f/iganteus,^ which occur embedded in shale near the summit 

 of the limestone. As this form has not been met with outside the 

 two Eastern Districts, it is thought well to append a list of the chief 

 fossils found associated with it : — 



Lithostrotion portlocM (Bronn). | Product us cf. giyantcus Mart. 



Lithostrotion junce urn (Klein.). I Productus latissimus Sby. 



Lonsdalia florifoTiids (Mart.). | Productus cf. edelhurgensis Phill. 



The Saccammina-carteri Baud occurs in the Little Strick- 

 land Limestone, which is separated from the preceding band by a 

 somewhat massive sandstone. It is exposed near High Sides on the 

 line of section. Fossils are not abundant, but the following occur : — 

 Saccarnmina carteri Brady. 



Lithostrotion junceum (Flem.). 

 Lithostrotion irregulare (Phill.). 



Productus latissimus Shy. 

 Productus edelhurgensis Pliill. 



Aidophylluni cf. 2:)achyendothecurn 



Thomson. 

 Diphyphylluni lateseptatum M'Coy. 



LonsdaVia does not, apparently, persist up to this horizon in the 

 Shap District. Saccarnmina carteri occurs abundantly near the top 

 of the bed, recalling the well-known ' Spotted Post ' of the Dur- 

 ham quarrymen. This is the only horizon at which I have met 

 with this interesting foraminifer in the Xorth- Western Province, 

 and it has not been previously recorded from Westmorland or 

 Lancashire. In Xorthumberland and Durham it is especially 

 characteristic of the Acre and Four-Fathom Limestones, although 

 it is occasionally found iu the limestone below. 



The Little Strickland Limestone of the Shap District corresponds 

 to the Tyne-Bottom Limestone of the Pennine District and, 

 probably, to the Eelwell Limestone of the Lowick district in 

 Xorthumberland, which lies next below the Acre Limestone. The 

 band can be traced from Little Strickland, by Greenrigg and 

 Bysteads, to Bank Moor; everywhere it is characterized by the 

 abundance of Saccarnmina associated with Productus edelhurgensis. 



The higher beds of the Yoredale Series to the east of Shap call 

 for no special description : they are, as a rule, unfossiliferous, and 

 the limestones are locally dolomitic and frequently stained with 

 hsematite. Farther south, between Crosby Kavensworth and 



1 This fossil is probably distinct from Pr. giganteus Mart., and is practically 

 .limited to this horizon iu the North-Westeru Province. 



