information, which would have been otherwise unattainable. My thanks are especially due to Mr. Edw. P. Smith.
To Mr. Edwards, Mr. Etheridge, and Prof. Morris, I am largely indebted for their kind and valuable assistance in the determination of the fossils.
Table of Fossils from the Lower Eocene of Portsmouth.
Lamellibranchiata.
(Monomyaria).
Avicula media, Sow.
Ostrea gigantica, Sol.
— flabellula, Lam.
Pecten corneus, Sow.
Pinna affinis, Sow.
Pinna, sp.
(Dimyaria).
Cardita planicosta, Lam., var
— Brongniartii, Mant.
— sp. (small species)
Cardium (Protocardium) Wateleti, Desh.
— sp. (small species)
— Laytoni, Morris
Corbula Morrisii, Edw., Geol. Journ. x. t. 2. f. 1, low. fig.
—, sp.
— pisum, Sow.
Cultellus affinis, Sow.
Cytherea proxima, Desh. (pl. xxx. figs. 31-34)
— orbicularis, Desh. non Edw.
— pseudo-orbicularis, Edw. MS.
— portsmeuthiensis, Edw. MS.
— suessoniensis, Desh.
— despecta, Desh.
Cyprina planata, Sow.
Leda substriata, Morr.
Mactra, sp.
Modiola simplex, Sow.
— elegans, Sow.
— sp.
Nucula gracilenta, S. V. Wood
— striatella, S. V. Wood
— sp.
Panopaea corrugata, Sow.
— intermedia, Sow.
Pectunculus brevirostris, Sow.
— decussatus, Sow. ?
Pholadomya margaritacea, Sow.
— virgulosa, Sow.
Pholas, sp. nov
Psammmobia Edwardsi, Morr.
Solen, sp. (large species)