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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  a 
  species 
  of 
  Atiiria 
  common 
  to 
  the 
  older 
  Eocenes 
  of 
  Britain, 
  

   Europe, 
  etc. 
  

  

  McCoy 
  next 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  fossil 
  as 
  it 
  occurred 
  in 
  Victoria 
  

   under 
  the 
  new 
  name 
  of 
  ^. 
  australis, 
  and 
  regarded 
  its 
  stratigraphical 
  

   position 
  as 
  Lower 
  iliocene, 
  the 
  deposits 
  sliowing 
  a 
  resemblance 
  to 
  

   the 
  Faluns 
  of 
  Touraine, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  Bordeaux 
  and 
  Malta. 
  

   The 
  results 
  of 
  u 
  more 
  complete 
  study 
  of 
  Victorian 
  specimens 
  were 
  

   subsequently 
  published 
  by 
  McCoy, 
  giving 
  excellent 
  figures 
  and 
  a 
  full 
  

   description. 
  On 
  this 
  occasion 
  tlie 
  name 
  was 
  altered 
  to 
  A. 
  ziczac 
  

   (Sowerby, 
  sp.) 
  var. 
  ausfralix, 
  with 
  an 
  acknowledgment, 
  however, 
  of 
  

   its 
  close 
  affinity 
  to 
  A. 
  aturi 
  from 
  the 
  Miocene 
  of 
  France. 
  Its 
  

   geological 
  distribution 
  in 
  the 
  Victorian 
  Tertiaries 
  was 
  considered 
  to 
  

   be 
  from 
  Oligocene 
  to 
  the 
  Lower 
  Pliocene, 
  although 
  mentioned 
  as 
  of 
  

   rare 
  occurrence 
  in 
  the 
  last-named 
  formation. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  pointed 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  present 
  writer' 
  in 
  1915 
  that 
  the 
  

   A. 
  australis 
  presented 
  no 
  differences 
  of 
  importance 
  from 
  the 
  true 
  

   A. 
  aturi 
  of 
  Europe, 
  and 
  therefore 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  known 
  under 
  the 
  

   latter 
  name, 
  a 
  view 
  which 
  was 
  fully 
  confirmed 
  in 
  a 
  verbal 
  statement 
  

   by 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  C. 
  Crick. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  also 
  recorded 
  from 
  the 
  Table 
  Cape 
  Beds 
  of 
  

   Tasmania, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  first 
  recognized 
  by 
  11. 
  M. 
  Johnston 
  under 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  A. 
  ziczac, 
  while 
  all 
  authorities 
  are 
  agreed 
  that 
  it 
  occurs 
  

   as 
  well 
  in 
  the 
  Oamaru 
  dej)osits 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  In 
  connexion 
  with 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  occurrence, 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  

   mention 
  that 
  Mr. 
  A 
  Hamilton- 
  has 
  reported 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  example 
  of 
  

   this 
  shell, 
  measuring 
  16inclies 
  in 
  diameter, 
  from 
  some 
  calcareous 
  

   greensands 
  of 
  the 
  Waitaki 
  River 
  Valley, 
  North 
  Otago, 
  which 
  was 
  

   determined 
  as 
  A. 
  ziczac 
  var. 
  australis, 
  Avhile 
  zeuglodont 
  remains, 
  

   Kekenodun 
  onainala, 
  Hector, 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  association. 
  Both 
  of 
  

   these 
  fossils 
  form 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Oamaru 
  deposits 
  which 
  are 
  

   considered 
  to 
  be 
  equivalent 
  in 
  age 
  to 
  the 
  Janjukian 
  rocks 
  of 
  Victoria; 
  

   so 
  that 
  the 
  Waitaki 
  River 
  Valley 
  beds 
  may 
  be 
  accurately 
  regarded 
  as 
  

   Miocene, 
  more 
  especially 
  as 
  Professor 
  Park 
  ^ 
  brackets 
  them 
  with 
  the 
  

   Oamaru 
  formation, 
  which 
  is 
  Lower 
  Miocene. 
  According 
  to 
  Messrs. 
  

   ])enuant 
  & 
  Kitson's^ 
  catalogue 
  of 
  Cainozoic 
  Fossils 
  of 
  Victoria, 
  

   South 
  Australia, 
  and 
  Tasmania, 
  this 
  Cephalopod 
  has 
  been 
  recognized 
  

   from 
  the 
  following 
  localities 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Victoria: 
  Brown's 
  Creek, 
  Muddy 
  Creek, 
  Gellibrand 
  River, 
  Birre- 
  

   gurra, 
  Lower 
  Moorabool, 
  Mornington, 
  Mitchell 
  River, 
  Spring 
  Creek, 
  

   Beaumaris, 
  Royal 
  Park 
  Moone 
  Ponds, 
  and 
  Apsley. 
  

   South 
  Australia 
  : 
  Mount 
  Gambler. 
  

   Tasmania: 
  Table 
  Cape. 
  

  

  The 
  New 
  Zealand 
  occurrences, 
  taken 
  from 
  Professor 
  Park's 
  work, 
  

   already 
  quoted, 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Oamaru, 
  Waitaki 
  River 
  Valley, 
  

   Waihao, 
  and 
  Kakanui, 
  all 
  these 
  localities 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  Island. 
  

  

  ^ 
  E. 
  B. 
  Newton, 
  Report 
  84th 
  Meeting 
  British 
  Assoc. 
  Austraha 
  for 
  1914. 
  

  

  PubUshed 
  1915, 
  p. 
  375. 
  

   ^ 
  Trans. 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Inst., 
  vol. 
  xxxvi, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  466, 
  pis. 
  xxxvii, 
  xxxviii. 
  

   ^ 
  The 
  Geology 
  of 
  Neio 
  Zealand, 
  1910, 
  p. 
  114. 
  

   ■* 
  Record 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Victoria, 
  vol. 
  i, 
  1903, 
  p. 
  94. 
  

  

  