Vol.  49.] 
Truettii. 
D. 
Garantiana. 
F. 
F. 
& 
Gr. 
OF  THE  SHERBORNE  DISTRICT. 
487 
Feet.  Inches. 
Niortensis. 
Humphriesiani  H?  7. 
or 
Sausei. 
Sauzei  J  ?  8.1  2 3 
or  or 
Discitce.  L? 
Concavi.  M.  9. 
Bradfordensis. 
Murchisonce. 
N.  10. 
O. 
P.  11.® 
12. 
The  ‘Fossil  Bed.’ — Whitish  limestone, 
with  large  ParJcinsonia  dorsetensis  and 
Nautili,  ParJc.  ParJcinsoni,  Strigoceras 
Truettii,  Pleurotomaria  bessina,  d’Orb.  .  1  1 
Marl  bed,  not  always  to  be  detected.  (The 
equivalent  of  the  well-known  Bradford- 
Abbas  Marl  Bed.) .  1-2 
The  ‘  Shell  Bed  ’  (the  ‘  Botten  Bed  ’), 
‘  Astarte- Bed,’  —  Soft,  yellow  stone 
with  rotten  shells.  ParJcinsonia 
Garantiana ,  ‘Lima  proboscidea,’  Astarte 
obliqua ,  Curvirostrum  striatum ,  J. 
Buckm. ;  Myoconcha  crassa,  Sow. ;  M. 
unguis,  Whidborne.  (At  the  base  a  thin 
marly  bed  may  sometimes  be  detected.) .  4 
The  ‘  Irony  Bed.’  —  Hard,  grey  lime¬ 
stone  of  valuable  thickness,  not  always 
well  separated  from  the  bed  below .  5 
Dirty  yellow,  ironshot  stone,  line  of 
separation  from  bed  below  not  always 
marked  .  5 
Blue-centred,  yellow,  ironshot  limestone. 
Lioceras  concavum  abundant ;  Terebra- 
tula  Eudesi,  Oppel,  large  ;  T.  perovalis, 
Sow .  2  7 
Blue-centred,  yellow  ironshot  stone. 
Ehynchonetta  ringens  towards  the  top, 
with  Lioceras  concavum. 
Lower  down  Ludwigia  Murchisonce,  Lio¬ 
ceras  bradfordense  ?,  Ehynchonella  sub¬ 
ring  ens,  Cucuttcea  oblong  a,  Opis  trigo- 
nalis,  Trigonia  striata  .  10 
Hard,  grey,  shelly  limestone.  The  top 
of  this  yields  Pseudomelania  procera, 
Desl.,  and  Terebratula  Etheridgii,  Dav.  2  0 
Yellow  sands.  (The  blue,  very  shelly 
limestone,  known  to  cap  the  sands,  was 
seen  on  the  stone-heaps,  but  could  not 
be  found  in  situ.)  . 
Section  Y. — Halfway  House.  (Quarry  in  the  field  behind  the 
Chapel.  North  part  of  the  exposure  recently  worked.) 
Soil.  Feet.  Inches. 
Concavi.  M.  1.  Beds  with  Lioceras  concavum  abundant  ...  3  0 
Bradfordensis.  N.  2.  Yellowish,  ironshot  limestone  with  Eihyn- 
chonella  ringens .  4 
3.  A  yellow  limestone  in  3  or  4  layers  .  10 
Murchisonce.  O.  4.  A  yellowish,  rather  soft  bed,  with  perished 
fossils :  Cucullcea  oblonga  and  Trigonia 
striata  .  2 
5.  A  very  flat-topped  bed,  with  many  oysters 
on  the  top  of  it.  . 
1  Beds  4-7  are  also  to  be  seen  on  the  south  side. 
2  Beds  8-10  are  called  the  Blue  Beds.  % 
3  Corals  and  brachiopoda  are  at  the  lower  part  of  Bed  10,  and  there  are  also 
bored  portions  of  11  enclosed  in  the  bottom  part  of  10. 
