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CESTR  ACIOHT-REJLAIX S  US'  THE  UPPER  KEEPER.  _MaV  1 893? 
'Xot&. — Since  tlie  foregoing  communication  was  read,  Mr. 
Bichar ds9  who  accompanied  Mr.  Jack  and  myself  in  examining 
and  working  ont  the  section  at  Shrewley,  has  detected  the  thin 
f ossiliierons  bed  immediately  overlying  the  red  marl  at  three  other 
places  a  few  miles  off,  in  a  south  and  south-westerly  direction ;  and 
ne  states  that  it  covers  there  an  area  of  about  six  square  miles. 
He  has  also  traced  it  at  other  sprits  in  the  north-west.  It  differs 
slifihtlv  in  thickness,  varying  from  one  to  three-quarters  of  an  inch. 
The  lithological  characters  agree  generally  with  those  at  Shrewley. 
The  4  bottom-rock  *  with  Esthers  a  was  ooserved  at  one  spot;  and 
in  each  section  palatal  teeth  of  Acrodus  Jceuperinus  were  abundant, 
also  a  few  ffsh-scales  were  found,  but  no  spines.  The  further  ex¬ 
tension  of  this  thin  stratum  over  a  wider  area  is  of  some  interest, 
and  now  it  may  be  looked  for  in  other  directions  where  the  Upper 
Kenper  is  exposed. — Tebruary  doth,  1893.] 
Biscussiox. 
The  Chairicax  (Prof.  Judd)  congratulated  the  Society  on  the 
presence  of  one  of  its  Pellows  who  had  been  connected  with  it  for 
neariv  sixtv  vears,  and  had  read  his  first  paper  almost  half  a  century 
ago.  *  He  hoped  that  the  Society  would  still  continue  to  receive 
communications  from  the  same  source  oi  like  interest  d.nd  value. 
Mr.  J.  W.  Batts  congratulated  the  Author  cn  the  discovery 
of  another  horizon  containing  the  remains  of  fossil  fishes  and  laby- 
rinthodonts.  In  the  Keuper  strata  of  Yorkshire  no  such  beds 
had  vet  been  discovered,  and  this  addition  was  peculiarly  in¬ 
teresting  on  account  of  its  rarity .  Orur  a  short  time  ago  the 
Author  discovered  Semionotus  in  the  beds  a  little  higher  in  the 
series :  and  it  was  a  great  pleasure  to  find  that  Mr.  Broaie  still 
retained  his  love  for  field-work,  and  was  able  to  bring  the  results 
of  his  observations  before  the  Society.  He  hoped  this  would  not 
be  the  last  opportunity  the  Pellows  would  have  of  listening  to 
Mr.  Brodie's  description  of  his  work. 
Mr.  H.  B.  Moon  ward  referred  to  some  specimens  oi  a  bone-bed 
collected  by  Mr.  A.  Strahan  and  himself,  from  Gold  Cliff,  near 
Newport,  in  Monmouthshire.  This  bone-bed  (to  which  attention 
had  first  been  directed  by  J.  E.  Lee)  occurred  3  feet  down  in  the 
sreen  marls  below  the  black  Avicula  contorta- shales,  and  it  con¬ 
tained  remains  of  Qyrolejjis. ,  Sauriclithys ,  and  Hybodus.  It  thus 
occurred  in  the  debatable  region  between  the  red  Keuper  marls  and 
the  Ilhsetic  shales.  The  discovery  by  Mr.  Brodie  of  another  bone- 
bed  at  a  lower  horizon  was  of  much  interest  in  showing  the 
intimate  connexion  between  Keuper  and  Bhaetic  Beds. 
Mr.  E.  T.  ZNewtox  also  spoke. 
The  Author,  in  reply,  expressed  his  gratitude  to  the  Pellows  for 
their  kind  reception  of  himself  and  his  paper.  He  was  sorry  that 
there  was  not  much  likelihood  ot  his  being  a  me  to  carr  j  on  many 
further  researches  in  his  district,  there  being  now  so  little  chance 
of  making  new  discoveries  in  the  Warwickshire  area. 
