BIBLIOGRAPHY, 53

Forbes, Epwarp.—On the Fossil Shelis Collected by Mr. Lyell from the Cre-
taceous Formations of New Jersey. Geol. Soc., London, Quart. Jour., vol.
1, 1845, pp. 61-62.
Describes and figures the new Species, Ostrea subspatulata, from Lewis
Creek near South Washington, N. C., collected by Lyell.

LYELL, CHARLES.—Travels in North America, with Geological Observations on
the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia. 2 vols.: vol. 1, 251 pp.;
vol. 2, 221 pp., 7 pls. 12 mo. New York, 1845. Other editions published
in London and Halle,

The occurrence of Cretaceous greensand marl on Lewis Creek near
South Washington is described, and the presence of Belemnitella and other
characteristic New Jersey Cretaceous forms is noted (vol. 1, p. 156).

Reference is made to the fossil beds on the lower Neuse River pre-
viously described by Conrad, and the presence of fossiliferous strata of
Eocene and Miocene age at Wilmington. He also describes the general

character of the great Dismal Swamp and the pine barrens of Virginia and
North Carolina.

LYELL, CHARLES.—Observations on the White Limestone and Other Eocene or
Older Tertiary Formations of Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Quar. Jour. Geol. Soe., vol. 1, pp. 429-442, 1845,

The writer notes the differences between the Eocene of Maryland and
Virginia, in which greensand predominates, ,and the Hocene of the Caro-
linas and Georgia, where the materials consist principally of highly
calcareous white marls and white limestones. The Hocene exposures at
Wilmington and Rocky Point on the Northeast Cape Fear ‘River are
briefly described. At Wilmington he collected 39 species of fossils, most
of which are determined generically only. Terebratula wilmingtonensis
is described as a new species. In conclusion, he states that there are few
Eocene species common to the United States and Burope, and only one
from the Wilmington Eocene, Infundibulum trochiforme.

LYELL, CHARLES.—On the Miocene Tertiary Strata of Maryland, Virginia, and
of North and South Carolina. Quar. Jour. Geol. Soc., yol. 1, pp. 418-429,
1845.

“In the cliffs at Wilmington, North Carolina, resting on a calcareous
eocene rock, are seen miocene shelly strata of the ordinary character, in
which I collected about thirty species of shells” (p. 418). The following
recent species were found there in the Miocene: Oalyptraea costata, Den-
talium dentalis, Solen ensis, Lucina anodonta, Lucina contracta, and
Venus mercenaria. Lucina contracta also occurs in the Suffolk Crag,
while several of the Wilmington forms are said to be very closely allied to -

Huropean Miocene species.

LYELL, Cuartes—Notes on the Cretaceous Strata of New Jersey, and Other
Parts of the United States Bordering the Atlantic. Geol. Soc., London,
Quart. Jour., vol. 1, 1845, pp. 55-60.

The Lewis Creek locality near South Washington (now Watha) is
correlated with the Cretaceous strata of New Jersey. A partial list of
the fossils is given.