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accumulated. Little, however, was found in them. The club then paid a visit 
to Mr. Stephen Ballard, at " The Wiiuiings," who presented Mr. Symonds with 
some " old bones." They consisted of the humerus of Bos jrrimigeniics, from a 
lacustrine deposit on the western flank of the Malverus, together with a portion 
of the molar tooth of a mammoth, and a very perfect tooth and leg-bone of a 
rhinoceros from the Glacial drift, which skirts the eastern flanks of the Malvern 
range. 
Afterwards the party proceeded along the line of railway, striking it just 
where the tunnel emerges into the open cutting. Here there occurs, just at 
the point of junction of the Old Red and the Silurian strata, curious mass of a 
bluish material so tough and leaden in its character as to have been almost 
impossible to excavate, resisting alike gunpowder and the pick. Hence the 
party followed the line to the bridge close by Barton Court, where a heap of 
Old Red has been curiously caught up in the midst of the Silurian. 
The Winds' Point was the next object in view, where Mr. Symonds called 
the attention of the members to some large masses of Llandovery sandstone 
raised upon the flanks of the Syenite at the back of Mr. Johnson's house, and 
at least one thousand feet above the level of the sea. 
After dinner. Dr. Grindson of Malvern, exhibited a beautiful series of fossils, 
most of which were obtained from tlie tnnnel-shaft on the western side of the 
Malverns, and the quarries in the immediate neighbourhood of Ledbury. 
Amongst these and most worthy of notice was a magnificent Pentamerus slab 
from the tunnel-shaft at the Wych, a Lirigula Leicisii, a L. Si/moiithii, a drawer 
containing many hundreds of trdobites— the eyes of many being particularly 
perfect, and several Bellerophons and other ancient fossils, many of them being 
new species, hitherto unknown aud unnamed, discovered by Dr. Grindrod. 
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Pleistocene Possils. — Dear Sir, — I have lately discovered in the Pleistocene 
clay of this neighbourhood (Salisbiu'y), some teeth and several fragments of 
bones of a small rodent, apparently belonging to the genus Ardomp or Sper- 
mophilus. I much regret that I possess no recent skulls of either of these 
genera with which to compare the fossils. Under the head " Possil Murida^" 
in the Encyclopgedia of Natural History, there is a mere nominal allusion to a 
species named by Professor Kaup Spermophilus stipe rciliosus, from the Eppels- 
heim sand. Now I am well aware of the many calls upon your valuable time, 
but hope you will not deem me trespassing too much both upon it and your 
kindness in asking you to send me any information you may possess upon the 
following points: — 1st. The specific character of Spermophilus stiperciliosus, with 
admeasurements of skidl, and of any of the long bones. 2nd. Has tliis species 
been discovered in any part of Great Britain, or in any other continental locality 
besides Eppelsheim. 
In event of my fossils proving a new species, I will, should you deem it 
worthy of publication, forward for a full description, with illustrations of the 
most perfect and characteristic bones. — Yours truly, H. P. Blackmoke, M. D. 
We would refer our correspondent to the following work : — "Descriptions 
d'ossemens fossiles de mammiferes inconnus, jusqua present, qui se trouvent 
au Museum grand-ducal de Darmstadt, 4to avec atlas in folio. By J. J. Kaup. 
Darmstadt 1832—1839. 
