10G FOSSIL ESTHERIjE. 



of the cliff, just above the " lowest shale " of Mr. Webster's section, published in the 

 'Transact. Geol. Soc.,' 2nd ser., vol. ii, p. 34, pi. 5. From this hand-specimen we have 

 fio-s. 25 — 29 of PI. Ill, some of which show the crenulate ridges and the bar-ornament 

 of the interspaces. 



3. From a higher horizon in the East Cliff, Hastings ; collected by Professor Morris, 

 F.G.S., and myself. A hardish, yellowish-grey, fine-grained, slightly micaceous shale, 

 imbedding scattered carapace-valves. 



4. A grey, indurated, fine-grained, micaceous shale, containing scattered, brown valves, 

 showing their form and sculpture, and numerous fragments also, from the same locality 

 and series as the foregoing ; but its exact place not known. Communicated by Mr. 

 Beckles. 



The following section of the strata observed in the cliffs immediately east of Hastings, 1 

 shows the horizons at which Estheria are believed to occur in the Hastings Sand series. 



Section of the East Cliff, Hastings. 



Feet. 



Loam and clay, with thin ironstone, containing Cyrena 5 



Grey and yellow sandstone, with Plant-remains. Bones at the base 25 



Hard, blue, calciferous sandstone, used for building 2 



Blue shale and ironstone 2 



Blue, laminated, calciferous sandstone, softer and coarser than that mentioned 



above 2 



Shales, with ironstone nodules. Endogenites, Cyrena 10 



Soft sandstone, mostly white, ferruginous in parts, sometimes laminated. Plant- 

 remains, vertical tubes (root-marks 1), Cyrena, Paludina about 100 



Marly beds (Esthebia) and hone-stone, about 5 ft. [Morris and Jones.] 



Shale, including ironstone, with Cypridea Faldensis, Fish-scales, and Insect- 

 remains, 1ft. 3 in. [Binfield] 



Four beds of hard sandstone, with iron-ore and shaly partings 



Clays, blue, ochreous, lignitiferous, &c, with sandstone bands. [Estiieiua and 



Insect-remains in the brown, sandy shale at the top. Binfield.] 20 



Shales [Plant-remains, Insect-remains, and Paludinee in the middle brown band. 



Binfield] 7 



Bluish-grey sandstone and clay 20 



Ironstone (lignitiferous), shale (Estiiekia?), and sandstone — seen on the shore. 



About 10(?) 



Further to the east, the last-mentioned group of beds (m m of Mr. Webster's section, 



' The upper portion of this section is chiefly based on data supplied by Mr. Clement Sharp to Mr. J. 

 Pitter in 1855, and obligingly communicated to me in 18C0. The lower part has been described by 

 Messrs. Binfield, in the 'Quart. Journ., Geol. Soc.,' 1854, vol. x, p. 175; where, also, references to 

 Webster's and Fitton's sections will be found. Dr. Fitton found Estheria m the East Cliff, and at Bulver- 

 hithe. 



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