Batesford Limestone. 277 



As n fossil this species is new to the Australian ref?ion. In 

 the recent condition it has been recorded from Gahvay (Balk- 

 will and Millett) : from Xew Guinea, off the Ki Ids., and off 

 Aru Id. (Brady) ; from the Malay Aichipelago (Millett) : and 

 from the S. of New Zealand (Chapman Ms.). 



A single specimen occurred in the Filter (Quarries. 



y odosartd {Dcntdllna) pauptrata, d'Orbigny sp. 



l)e)it(iJ iiui pan ptrata, d'Orbigny, 1846, Foram. F'oss. Vienne, 

 p. 46, ]>1. I.. Figs. 57, 58. 



Recorded l)y Howchin from both Balcombian and Kalimnan 

 beds at Muddy Creek. One example from the Filter Quarries. 



XodosdfHf (De/ifalirut) consohritia. d'Orbigny sp. 



Deutdlina coiifiobrina, d'Orbigny, 1846, Foram, Foss. Vienne, p. 

 46, pi. II.. Figs. 1-3. 



This species has been recorded previously only from the 

 Kalimnan beds of Victoria, at Muddy Creek, by Mr. Howchin. 

 Not uncommon in the Filter Quarries. 



X(,(I()Sf(ria (IJenfa/ina) soluta. Reuss sp. 



Denfalina ■sohita, Reuss, 1851, Zeitschr, d. deutsch. G^llsch., 

 vol. III., p. 60, pi. III., Figs. 4a, h. 



A fragmentary^ specimen found. This species is noted by 

 Howchin from the Balcombian of Muddy Creek. It is a com- 

 mon form in the Port Phillip tertiaries of the same age, and I 

 have also found it less frequently in Janjukian beds at Tor- 

 quay, and in the Kalimnan at Jemmy's Point (T, 8. Hall coll.). 

 Filter Quarries. 



Nodosaria (Dentalina) ohliqua, Linne sp. 



Xautilus obliquus, Linne, 1767, Syst. Nat., 12th. ed,, p. 1163, 

 281;-1788, Ibid. 13th. (Gmelin's) ed., p. 3372, No. 14. 



This species is not at all rare at Batesford. The specimens 

 are shorter and stouter than those dredged oft* the coast of 

 New Zealand, near Gt. Barrier Id. Filter Quarries. . 



