128 ME. H. KYNASTON ON THE [May 1894, 



at an angle of about 20° in a general S.S.W. direction. These 

 marly and shaly beds may be followed some way up the ravine, and 

 are probably more than 100 feet in thickness at this locality. A 

 large number and variety of fossils characterize these beds, such, for 

 instance, as : Montlivaltia ruclis (E. & H.), Cyclolites Iwmisphcvrica 

 (Lam.), Plimtula aspera (Sow.)', Neithea quadricostata (Sow.), Car- 

 dium productum (Sow.), Nerincea Jlexuosa (Sow.), Ampullina bulhi- 

 formis (Sow.), Turbo decoratus (Zek.), Aporrliais costata (Sow.), 

 Cerithium reticosum (Sow.), and many others. 



A little farther west, at Schrickpalfen, on the sides of the hill, we 

 find conglomerate overlain by Hippurite- and Coralline-limestones, 

 and these again by marls. Hippurites cornu-vaccinum and H. orga- 

 nisans occur, and several reef-building species of corals. Above 

 the limestones we find marls similar to those of the Edelbachgraben, 

 and containing similar fossils. These marls again occur farther west 

 in the Wegscheidgraben, close to the road leading from Gosau village 

 over the Gschiitt Pass to Abtenau. 



Passing over into the Bussbachthal, one finds the lower portion of 

 the Gosau Beds well exposed throughout the greater part of the 

 tributary valley of the Randoa Bach, with a similar succession to 

 that already observed in the griiben north of Gosau village. On the 

 slopes of the Traunwand, near the Alpenhiitte, we find calcareous 

 conglomerate overlain by Hippurite-limestone, consisting of large 

 individuals of Hipp, cornu-vaccinum, numerous corals, and a few 

 brachiopoda, while a little lower are calcareous marls, crowded with 

 Actaeonella conica, Cerithium Simonyi, Volvulina Icevis, etc. Conspi- 

 cuous banks of Hippurite-limestone again occur above the Stockl- 

 waldgraben, close to a chalet, and are doubtless on the same horizon 

 as those on the Traunwand Alp. 



A good section, showing beds low down in the fossiliferous series, 

 is exposed in the bed of a small stream entering the Randoa Bach, a 

 short distance above the last-named locality of the Stocklwaldgraben. 

 Alternations of conglomerates, sandstones, shales, and marlstones 

 are seen, with many fossils in some of the marlstones, such as 

 Pinna cretaeea (ScW.), Cypricardia testacea (Zitt.), Panopcea frequens 

 (Zitt.), and Nerincea gracilis (Zek.). Sometimes blocks of marlstone 

 consisting almost entirely of Volvulina laivis may be extracted. 

 Actceonella gigantea (Sow.) and Nerincea Buchi (Kefst.) also occur, 

 and a few corals. 



The Hippurite-limestone is of more or less local occurrence 

 and does not always crop out immediately above the basement- 

 conglomerate, although that is invariably its position whenever it 

 does occur ; so sometimes we may get the conglomerate-system pass- 

 ing gradually up into the marl-system without the intervention of 

 any limestones. 



The iVemwea-limestone is well exposed in the bed of the stream a 

 short way below the Neue Alp. It occurs as a conspicuous mass of 

 compact grey limestone, about 6 feet in thickness, and containing 

 in places crowds of Nerina>a nobilis, usually arranged in bands. 

 Above this, Ave notice, a little farther on, bluish sandstones and marls ; 



