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the Eanikot beds, containing Niini iiiiiHte.^ sjiira, N. 

 uTi'fjularis, and N. Le/jmeriei ; and tliis is followed 

 by the Kirthar Gronp, with N. Gai-aiineih^U^ also a 

 European species, and N. siih-hcrigata, apparently 

 confined to India. The nnmmulites are here asso- 

 ciated with large species of Alveoli ua and OrhifoidcH. 

 In the Oligocene strata in Germany the beds are 

 often richly foraminiferal, and the Septarian Clay 



Fig. o5. — Okbitoides Limestone ; Lowek 

 Miocene, Christmas Island, x 10. 



of Hermsdorf and other localities has yielded a 

 prolific fauna. In this country the Oligocene is 

 not so productive, since the beds are for the inain 

 part of fresh- water or fluvio-niarine characters. 

 From the Isle of Wight a small series, chiefly re- 

 presented by Miliolina and Pohjinuvjihiiia, has been 

 obtained by the writer. The Malta tertiary beds are 

 in part of Oligocene age, and many of the beds there 



