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up a very large quantity of the material and were able to 

 identitiy the species named below. We may state here, that in 

 the identification of these and all other fossils from an ironstone 

 matrix mentioned in the present paper, we availed ourselves of 

 the critical knowledge of tertiary mollusca possessed by the late 

 Professor Tate — in fact, the several lists offered of ironstone 

 fossils from Bellevue, Moitun Creek, Village Settlement, and 

 Lindenow, were drawn up in consultation with him. For the 

 most part, moulds in wax have been prepared, which can be 

 consulted whenever occasion arises. 



Fossils from Bellevue. 



Roxania, sp. 



Nassa sublirella, Tate 



Phos gregsoni, Tate 



Lampusia, n. sp.* 



Tylospira clathrata, Tate 



Turritella tristira, Tate 



Turritella acricula, Tate 



Natica cunninghamensis, Harris 



Leiopyrga quadrisiilcata, Tate 



Calliostoina, sp.* 



Modiola, two spp. 



Modiola, sp.f 



Glycimeris laticostata, Q. and G. 



Cucullaea corioensis, McCoy 



Leda woodsii, Tate 



Trigonia howitti, McCoy 

 Trigonia aciiticostata, McCoy 

 Crassatellites oblonga, T. Woods 

 Chione propinqiia, T. Woods 

 Chione subroborata, Tate 

 Meretrix, sp. 

 Dosinia jolmstoni, Tate 

 Mactra axiniformis, Tate 

 Corbiila ephamilla, Tate 

 Zenatiopsis angustata, Tate 

 Telbna albinelloides, Tate 

 Myadora corriigata, Tate 

 Liuiulites rutella, T. Woods 

 Lovenia forbesi, T. Woods 



One of the ironstone blocks containing several marine fossil 

 casts, shews also a well preserved leaf impression (species 

 undetermined), and it is evident therefore, that the deposit 

 was a strictly littoral one. 



The most frequently recurring species are Trigonia howitti, 

 Chione propinqua, Zenatiopsis angustata, Leda woodsii, Leio- 

 pyrga quadricingulata, and Lovenia forbesi. Less common, but 

 still tolerably abundant, are Chione subroborata, Tylospira 

 clathrata, Turritella acricula. The remainder are, as a rule, 

 represented in our gatherings by single specimens only. With 

 few exceptions, the same species are abundant throughout the 

 calcareous beds of the Gippsland miocene as well as in equivalent 

 strata at Rose Hill. 



* Also in the Gippsland Lakes miocene. 

 t Also at Spring Creek. 



