earthy nature, containing insects, occurs in Miocene de- 
posits of central Sumatra (Durham, 1956). A similar 
amber has been observed in western Java, but it is more 
common in Pliocene than in Miocene rocks. Pieces of an 
amber of like characteristics have also been reported from 
Pliocene deposits on Luzon Island in the Philippines. 
In both Java and Sumatra, and possibly by analogy in 
Luzon, the amber occurs erratically in the marine sedi- 
mentary section with no local concentrations being re- 
ported. I have dissolved the Sumatra amber in methy!- 
ene chloride, and it appears to contain pollen and spores 
which have not been studied as yet. The physical nature 
of this amber is distinctive from that of the Baltic suc- 
cinite. There are many copious resin producers in the 
general Jndo-Malayan region. Good prospective candi- 
dates are members of the Dipterocarpaceae from which 
resin, varying in age from recent to fossil, is excavated 
from the ground around the trees (Howes, 1949). Also 
Tschirch and Stock (1986) reported a ‘‘kind of copal’’ 
from brown coals in Java, derived supposedly from 
A gathis alba (iamb.) Foxw. 
Ambrite, occurring in masses as large as a human 
head, is found in the Hawakawa coal deposits in the 
province of Auckland, New Zealand (Tschirch and 
Stock, 1936). It resembles the resin of A gathis australis 
(Lamb.) Steudel, or Kauri pine, which abounds on the 
island and which is often exported with ambrite. Paclt 
(1958a) pointed out, however, that ambrite differs from 
agathocopalite in being wholly insoluble in ether or al- 
cohol. Fossil Kauri resin is found in both hilly clay 
ranges and in peat swamps on the North Island of New 
Zealand. 
Another resin of this general type has been reported 
from Victoria, Australia (Watson, 1925; Hills, 1957). 
A large specimen, weighing 84 pounds, with impressions 
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