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No. 1. The coralline limestone, consists of a reddish-white 

 calcareous rock, mostly hard and compact, and sometimes 

 changed into an indurated calcareous sandstone. It attains a 

 thickness of 100 feet, but has been much denuded in several 

 localities. Some isolated portions of this bed, from being 

 slightly variegated in colour, were formerly used for certain 

 durable work, under the name of Gozo marble. 



Fossils of No. I, 



ECHINODERMATA. 



Cidaris Miletensis, Forbes. 

 Echinus Duciei, Wright. 

 Echinolampas Deshayesii, Desor. 

 Clypeaster crassicostatus, var. of C. 



alius. 

 Brissus latus, Wright. 



imbricatus, Wright. 



oblongus, Forbes, MSS. 



Brissopsis Duciei, Wright. 

 Schizaster eurynotus, Agassiz. 

 Pericosmus excentricus, Wright. 



CORALLIA. 



Stylastrsea. 



MOLLUSCA. 



Voluta, cast of a large species. 

 Haliotis, ditto of a n. sp. 

 Trochus, ditto. 



Spondylus quinquecostatus, Desh. 

 Ostrea Boblayei, Desh. 



Virleti, Desh. 



Pecten Pandora, Desh. 



squamulosus, Desh. 



Burdigalensis, Desh. 



Area, casts of. 

 Cytherea, ditto. 



Bryozoa. 



Eschara monilifera. 

 Escharina, n. sp. 



Crustacea. 

 Carapaces and chelae of several 

 species. 



No. 2. The yellow sand, is sometimes slightly indurated, and 

 has an abundance of greenish-black grains intermixed with it. 

 In some places it abounds with Foraminifera. Enormous numbers 

 of Lenticulites complanatus, Defr., the flat side of the shell cor- 

 responding with the bedding of the rock, occur in some localities, 

 as in the cliffs of Ramala Bay, Gozo, and in many places in 

 Malta. Intercalated with these Nummulites are banks of 

 oysters, the teeth and vertebrae of fishes, especially those of the 

 great shark, Carcharodon megalodon, with the bones of Cetacea. 

 The greatest number of Echinoderms are likewise found in this 

 bed. It varies in thickness from 10 to 40 feet. 



Fossils of No. 2. 



Mammalia, determined by 

 Prof. Owen (Forbes). 

 Delphinus, more than one species. 

 Manatus ? bones apparently of this 

 genus. 



Fishes, determined by Sir Philip 

 G. Egerton (Forbes). 

 Cerax aduncus, Agass., teeth of. 



Carcharodon megalodon, Agass., do. 

 Carcharias productus, Agass., do. 

 Oxyrhina xiphodon, Agass., do. 



hastihs ? Agass., do. 



Mantelli ? Agass., do. 



Hemipristis serra, Agass., do. 



paucidens, Agass. 



With other undetermined Squalidae. 



