8 ALGITES. 
far, and to be unduly prejudiced by such extreme expressions of 
opinion as those of Nathorst and his followers. In the present 
instance I do not wish to make a definite assertion that these two 
species of Wealden fossils are undoubtedly fragments of Chondrus 
and Catenella, but merely indicate such points of agreement as 
appear to exist. 
These pieces of Algites catenelloides, Mr. Murray reminds me, 
may also be compared to small Laurencias. 
V. 2857. Pl. I. Figs. 1 and 2. Several pieces of the branched 
thallus close to the specimens of Algites valdensis. 
V. 28575 and V. 2857%c. A few fragments associated with 
A. valdensis on the same piece of rock. Near Hastings. 
Beckles Coll. 
