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there is ^-ood reason for assuming' that it hclongs to the al)ovc series. The 
thick-bedded sandstones were followed by us continuously from here to 
Boyce’s Selection (Portion Id, Parish of Bligh, County of Bligh), where they 
form the strata which immediately underlie the Pish Beds. 
The Pish Beds proper form the lowest of the three members into which, 
on lithological grounds, the deposit to which they belong may he divided. 
They consist of laminated, hard, siliceous shales, cherty in places, rendered 
ochreoiis by ferruginous infiltrations, and traversed liy joints. Their bedding 
is almost horizontal, as far as can he judged from tlieir liiu' of outero]), Avhieh 
can he traced for about ten chains. Tlieir exact tliickiu'ss was not observable, 
hut appeared to he about ten feet. Pish and plants are so abundant that it is 
difficult to find ('ven a small fragment of the shale devoid of them. The 
plants are preserved in the form of siliceous imjiressions, their ]mre white 
colour eoutrasting strongly with the oclireous tint of tlie enclosing shale. 
In addition to the fish described by Mr. AVoodward in this Memoir \v(' 
obtained the following plants, wliich have been determined by Mr. W. tS. Bun: — ■ 
Ticnlopteris Dainlreei, McCoy. 
Fodozamites lancenlatns, Lind, and llutt. 
TliinnfeJdia odontopter aides, Morris. 
Thimifeldia , sp. 
Toxifes \cf. T.plauus, Peistmantel, Fat. Tndlca, (12), /. 2,/. 9-10]. 
Neuropteridium anslrcde, Ten.-APoods ? 
Sphenopteris, sp. 
The specie's of most frequent occurrence' amemgst the above ]ilants was 
Foduzamites lanceolatus, which was not eibse'rve'd to lie re'jiresenieel at all in 
the bed of red shale described previousl}". 
The Taaiiopleris Faint reel found in the Pish Beds showed the 
characteristic venatiem anel ])erfee;tly fiat fronds with no trace of the 
“ golfering” along their margins, so characteristic of those provisionally 
referred to the same genus from the re'd shales. Amongst the specimens 
formerly collected from the Pish Beds by Air. C. Cullen, Air. llobt. Etheridge, 
Junior, determined the following sjieeii's : — 
Thinnfetdia odonloptcroldcs, Alorris. 
Tienlopleels Falntreei, AlcCoy. 
Fodozataites iaaccolatas, Lind, and ILuit. 
Fodozamites spatlinlatus, Peistmantel. 
Fodozainitcs lonplfoUns, AIcCoy ? 
Fodozamites, sp. 
