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grain with micaceous flaggy beds, and are sometimes inter- 

 bedded with hornblende-rock and mica-schists (loc. tit., 37, 

 38). 



Bhima series.— Named by W. King and described by R. B. Foote 

 (Mem.., Geol. Sun-.. Ind., XII, 139, 1876) from the Bhima river, 

 which traverses the series and joins the Kistna in the Nizam's 

 Dominions. Considered to be equivalent to the Kurnools and 

 Lower Yindhyans (Foote, Mem., Geol. Surv., Ind., XII, 164, 1876). 

 Divided by Foote as follows : — 



Upper Bhima series. 

 (g) Bed shales. 

 (/) Flaggy limestones. 

 (e) Buff shales. 

 (d) Quartzites. 

 (c) Limestones, Talikot. 



Lower Bhima series. 



(b) Bed, purple and green shales and shaly sandstone. 

 (a) Quartzites, grits and sandstones. 



Biana white quartzite and conglomerate.— A local sub-division 



of the Alwar quartzite group, named by C. A. Hacket (Rec, Geol. 

 Surv., Ind., X, 86, 1877) from the Biana hills (26° 54' ; 77° 21') 

 in the Bharatpur State, Rajputana. 



Bihar transitions. — Name used without stratigraphical precision for 

 the schists, slates, quartzites, etc., in Eastern Bihar, where the 

 more resistent rocks stand up as prominent hills in the peneplain, 

 such as the Maher, Bajagriha (Rajgir), Shaikpura, Kharkpur 

 and Gidhaur hills. Details of the rocks are given by H. B. 

 Medlicott (Rec., Geol. Surv., Ind., II, 40, 1869), and F. R. Mallet 

 (Rec, Geol. Surv., Ind., VII, 36, 1874). Similar rocks occur on the 

 Shillong plateau (Medlicott. Mem., Geol. Surv., Ind., VII, 197, 

 201, 1869) and in the Aravalli region. 



Bijaigarh Shales.— One^ of the stages, according to F. R. Mallet's 

 classification (Mem.) Geol. Surv., Ind. VII, 27, 28, 1869), of the 

 Kaimur series of thejjUpper Vindhyan system. Named from the 

 hill fort of Bijaigarh. 



