VII.—Note on a Tortoise from the Wealden of the Isle of Wight

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In May, 1897, a fossil tortoise was found about 10 feet above low water-mark opposite Shepherd's Chine, by Mr. Wm. White, of Atherfield, Isle of Wight. It came into my possession in July of last year (1899). At that time the only portions clear of matrix were the sixth, seventh, and eighth costal bones, the edges of the marginals, and the epi- and hyoplastrals nearly to the notch ; the matrix is a fine silt containing much iron. The specimen had been subjected to long attrition by the sea. A very thin but hard seam of whole and broken Paludina had offered a stubborn resistance, as likewise it did against a finely pointed and tempered chisel. On the surface of the carapace are several Cyprids (sp. ?) and the impression in section of Paludina.