N'otes on Miocene Strata at Jemmy's Point. 55 



elevation of the land, the lakes and rivers, (or rather channels 

 as they should be called) being simply formed by the banking 

 back of the water by drift sand from the beach. At a period 

 not very remote, the sea must certainly have washed the 

 northern sliore of Reeves River, and also the inland 

 boundary of the Gippsland coast lakes. 



The fossils are generally found in a light-colored calcareous 

 sand, which in the "The Narrows" is mixed with clay at 

 the bottom of the bank. In a few places, the shells form 

 M whitish, friable limestone, in which it is rare to get a 

 perfect specimen. Everywhere, indeed, though the shells 

 are abundant, they are fragile, and it requires patience as 

 well as labour to gather a good variety of species. Strong 

 shells, such as Pectunculus cainozoicus, Led a crassa, 

 Trigonia hoiuitti, Pelicaria coronata, Szc, are not only 

 numerous, but also frequently perfect ; the thin delicate 

 shells are often broken, and a whole one, when found, is 

 at once carefully packed in cotton wool as a prize by the 

 collector. 



In the following catalogue, the names and distribution of 

 the fossils collected by our party at Jemmy's Point are 

 supplied. The identifications are by Professor Tate, who 

 has aided me in the pateontological portion of my task in 

 the most liberal manner. Duplicates of all the new species 

 are in his hands, and a description of them is to be published 

 shortly. 



The total number of species is 116, viz.. Gasteropoda 59, 

 Scaphopoda 1, Lamellibranchiata 47, Brachiopoda 1, Polyzoa 

 2, Cirripedia 2, Echinodermata 1, and Zoantharia 3. 



