290 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [ Feb. 9, 
and Warrnambool, I will again 
of Miocene strata occur, showing 
the enormous denudation to which 
this coast has been subjected. 
“The cliffs at Cape Otway (fig. 2) 
are occupied by Mesozoic sand- 
stone, overlain by very recent Ter- 
tiary calcareous sandstone ; but 
about a mile and a half west of the 
Cape, the carbonaceous rocks ter- 
minate, and we immediately have 
a small outcrop of Miocene, which 
consists of dark slate-coloured stiff 
clay (g), abounding in fossils, espe- 
cially two species of Ywurritella, 
which may be collected in any 
quantity. The fossils from here 
are labelled No. 1. These beds 
occupy the base of the cliff, and 
can only be traced for a few chains; 
they may be referred to the Lower 
Miocene series. 
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refer to them. At Spring Creek N 
[see Table, p. 288], the upper por- rs 
tion of the series is nearly 100 feet fas 
in thickness, consisting chiefly of ™ ?§ 
yellow sandy limestone—the cal- site Q 
careous portion composed almost ie EB = 
entirely of polyzoa, and fragments ngs 2 
ofechini-spines, much comminuted ; dg 2 5 a 
but the characteristic fossils of these 8 Rate Y) 
upper beds are Cellepora gamher- Tene G eel 
ensis, Spatangus Forbes (Hemipa- GA 9 
tagus Forbesiit, Duncan), and the ae i V7 e Ww 
little Terebratula compta. The 382 a7 © | 
middle series, which is about 150 Beene P| La Fee e 
feet thick, consists chiefly of soft za We 22 os 
brown, blue, or yellow sandy clays. al i , a 
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shells is very characteristic of these 8 2.3 Vy Bee 
beds ; the most common are Pec- &§° J eet 
tunculus laticostatus, and two or z g) al 27) 5 St 
three species of Pecten; while in “Sa Za aes 
the beds of the lower series uni- = Pay eas 
valve shells predominate. The é = S 
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sor M‘Coy regards as rather be- Z Aes 
longing to the Upper Eocene. Bu = 
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