26 NEW ZEALAND PALAEONTOLOGY. 



This genus has been more commonly known amongst Aus- 

 tralian naturalists as Cellepora ; but that name more proj)erly 

 belongs to what we term Lepralia, and so it is regarded by 

 foreign palteontologists^ in which nomenclature they are justified 

 by the laws of priority. As the change is a very slight one, 

 I am induced to adopt it; more especially as Lepralia, as at 

 present understood, must be divided eventually into several 

 genera. 



Celleporaria gambierensis. (Busk, Quart. Jour. Geol. 

 Soc, Vol. 16, p. 260; mihi, Geol. Obs. in S. Austral., pp. 74-85 

 — figured in many places as Cellepora ; Stolickza, lac. cit., p. 141, 

 pi. 20, fig. 7.) This is a very common fossil in the South Aus- 

 tralian tertiaries, especially at Mount Gambier. It appears to 

 be equally common in the New Zealand formations, for I find it 

 in specimens Nos. 6, Oamaru; 28, Shakespeare ClifP, Wanganui ; 

 63, coralline limestone. Reef ton, VI. ; 75, Te Ante limestone, 

 Johnston^ s, Rotomahana Plains, Napier, III. : but the specimens 

 are all imperfect. 



Celleporaria papillosa, n, s. I have given this name to an 

 encrusting species, which is very common in the River Murray 

 beds. It is generally spread over convex surfaces, and is thickly 

 studded with thick, rounded, mammillary eminences about 

 a quarter of an inch high, and the same in diameter. Any 

 attempt to make out the details of the cells was unsuccessful ; 

 but the papillary character of the fossil is so very constant that 

 I liave not hesitated to give it a name. App. Off. Cat., p. 40. 

 No. 71 : Cape Kidnappers, Napier ; V. No. 83 : St. Kilda, 

 Brighton, West Coast ; VI. 



Celleporaria nummularia. (Busk, Quart. Jour. Geol. 

 Soc, 1860, Vol. 16., p. 261 ; mihi, Geol. Obs. S. Austral., 1862, 

 pi. 1, fig. 1 ; Trans. R. Soc. Victoria, Vol. 6, p. 4, pi. 1, fig. 5.) 

 This fossil was named only by Busk, and subsequently figured 

 and described by me. It was figured first by Sturt in his "Narra- 

 tive of Two Expeditions,^' &c.; and the fossil was brought from 

 the Murray beds. It occurs at Mount Gambier, S.A. ; and at 

 Table Cape, Tasmania. It appears to be very common in the 

 rocks at Oamaru. App. Off. Cat., p. 40, No. 84. Hutchi- 

 son's Quarry. 



Genus — Salicornaria. Cuvier. 

 Zooariu.m branched ; articulated cells disposed round the 



