414 MR. S. S. BTTCKMAN ON THE BAJOCIAN [Aug. 1895, 



in the Ordnance Survey-maps it is marked as ' Wistley Hill ' ; while 

 Ravensgate Hill is the next promontory eastwards. This section 

 is the one overlooking the Vineyards Farm and Charlton Hill, and 

 facing Charlton Common. 



Section XIX. — Wistley Hill (' Ravensgate '). (From Cheltenham, 

 2 miles 7 furlongs S.E. by S.) 



BucJcmani- 1. Yellowish limestone in fair-sized ft. ins. ft. ins^ 



grit. pieces, capping the quarry. Tere- 



bratula BucJcmani, Dav 1 6 



Lower Tri- 2. Rubbly, yellowish, ironshot ragstone, 



go?iia-grit. irregularly mixed with marl, and 



considerably aifected by the weather. 



Hyper lioceras, Gryphmce, Opis cor- 



diformis, Lycett. Corals 3 6 



3. Brown marl and marly stone. Aula- 



cothyris Meriani and Bhynchonetta, 



n. sp 4 



4. Yellowish marly stone and marl...... 9 



5. Brown earthy marl 2 



6. Yellowish-grey, sometimes pinkish, 



slightly ironshot, shelly stone 1 1 



7. Soft, yellowish, calcareous, marly 



stone, very crumbly 6 



6 4 



Representative 8. Yellowish -brown and bluish, some- 



of Harford what argillaceous sand 1 



Sands. 



9. Brownish, bluish, and greyish arena- 

 ceous clay with shell-fragments 

 (OstreaT) 1 7 



2 7 



Upper Free- 10. Whitish oolitic debris 3 



stone. 1 1 • Stone, presumably ' Upper Freestone.' 



2fote. — Part of Bed 6, and all of the other beds, are covered by fallen 

 quarry-rubble. It was necessary to excavate through this, so that only a 

 temporary and indifferent exposure was obtained. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Charles Upton for ascertaining the 

 exact horizon of Aulacothyris Meriani, which I have subsequently 

 confirmed. 1 It may be that it also comes in the bed higher up ; 

 but it is to be met with for a certainty along the line given. 

 The specimen of Hyperlioceras discovered is somewhat poor ; it is 

 nearest to the example of H. discoideum figured in my monograph, 

 pi. xix. figs. 3, 4, 2 but more compressed round the umbilicus. 



It should be noted that the Buckmani-grit is incomplete here, on 

 account of subaerial erosion. 



About | mile south-east of "Wistley Hill is Chatcombe 3 Pitch. 

 There is a small section on the top of the Pitch, south side, by the 



1 This knowledge enabled me to trace its horizon in the other sections, and 

 to find it readily. 



2 ' Monogr. Inf. Oolite Ammonites,' pt. hi., Pal. Soc. vol. xlii. 1889. 



8 The Ordnance Survey 1-inch map has (incorrectly) ' Chalcomb.' This i» 

 corrected on the 6-inch map. 



