A coxTrjr.i'Tiox to tite rjExrs n^srrjXA. 23 



Ikivc made the above mentioned table of tlie vertical range of 

 tlie most im])oitant species of Rnssian Fusul'uia. 



0. V. A'oiglit lias found a limestone witli abundant Schwager- 

 l/ia prlncepx near Symperopol in the Crimean peninsula, this is 

 an important discovery, for it indicates the existence of an open 

 connection between the Russian and the Mediterranean sea in the 

 Carboniferous time." 



Arctic Ocean. 



Spitzbergen: — J. G. Axdf.iîsox and Goer-' observed a limestone 

 with Fasulina cjjlimh'ica and '^p'rr'ifer mmqueims in Spitzbergen ; 

 but TscHERXYSCHEW doubts the correctness of the determination 

 of the Fusulina. The limestone overlies the Culm deposit and the 

 Devonian. 



Bear Island : — We owe to Andees(^n our knowledge of the 

 existence of a FasulbKi-WmQ^tonQ of the middle Carl)oniferous age 

 in this Island. According to this author, the fauna consists of 

 Fusulina cijUndrica Fischer. Camaroiihoria isoryncha IM'Coy, 

 Syringopora ramulosa Goldf.? and a Cyathophylloid coral. 



Prince Albert Land : — Salter described a Fusulina from the 

 Carboniferous limestone of this island under the name of /''. hy- 

 2)erhorea, a form closely allied to /'. longissima according to Möller. 



The next table, imperfect as it is, owing to the want of 

 uniformity in the limit of species among various authors, clearly 



1) TscHERNYscHKW : Die Obecarbonischen Brach iopoden des Ural u. des Tini:in. p. (ISl. 



2) Andkrson. Leber die Stratigraphie n. Tectonic der K;\ren-insc-1. Hull. (!enl. \\-\<{. 

 Upsala, 1900, Göiqs; Oefvers. Vet. Akad. Forhandl. ISSO. 



