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that deposits of the Miocene period, if they occur there at all, do 

 so as isolated patches, as at Shelford in the Leigh Valley (upper 

 beds), and at Muddy Creek (upper beds), and not as a wide- 

 spread sheet, as is the case with the Older Cainozoics. 



The appended list shows the fossils obtained from these 

 Hexham bores : — 



SCAPHOPODA. 



Dentalium mantelli, Zittel 

 D. subfissura, Tate 

 D. aratum, Tate. 



Gasteropoda, 



BuUinella phanerospira, Coss- 



mann 

 Pleurotoma murndaliana, T. 



Woods 

 P. trilirata, Harris 

 Surcula clarse, T. Woods 

 Buchozia hemiothone, T.Woods 

 Mitromorpha daphnelloides, T. 



Woods 

 Ancilla pseudaustraUs, Tate 

 Marginella cassidiformis, Tate 

 M. (n. sp.) 



Nassa tatei, T. Woods 

 Columbella gracilirata, T. 



Woods 

 Cerithium apheles, T. Woods 

 Turritella tristira, Tate (prob.) 

 Mathilda transenna, T. Woods 

 Solarium acutum, T. Woods 

 Natica hamiltonensis, Tate 

 Niso psila, T. Woods. 



In addition to the foregoing, there are fragments of several 

 other genera. 



The lists of fossils, and descriptions of the containing deposits, 

 of the Cainozoic period in the districts herein referred to can be 

 obtained from the papers by the late Professors M'Coy and Tate, 

 and Messrs. Dennant, Hall, Pritchard, Grant, Thiele, and myself, 

 in the "Proceedings" and "Transactions" of the Royal Societies 

 of Victoria and South Australia, and the publications of the 

 Geological Survey of Victoria. 



I am greatly indebted to Mr. Hood, of Merrang, for his 

 kindness in sending me information about and material from 

 these bores ; also to Mr. J. Dennant, F.G.S., F.C.S., for the 

 identification of the unfamiliar fossils in the list. 



Lamellibranchiata. 



Amussium zitteli, Hutton 

 Barbatia crustata, Tate 

 Limopsis forskali, Adams. 



ACTINOZOA. 



Flabellum garabierense, Duncan 

 Trematotrochus declivis, Den- 

 nant, prob. (juv.) 



OtoHth 



Echinoid spine 

 Foraminifera spp. 

 Bryozoa spp. 



Australian Rhopalocera. — Mr, John W. Moore, " Cal- 

 bourne," Vicarage-road, King's Heath, Birmingham, England, 

 wishes to obtain specimens of Australian Rhopalocera (in papers) 

 for purposes of study, and is anxious to correspond with collectors 

 willing to sell or exchange. 



