304 PALasoNTOLOor. 



in India. (1) On some Fossil Plants from the Damuda Series 



in the llaniganj Coalfield, collected by Mr. J. Wood-Mason. 



Journ. As. Soe. Bengal, vol. xlv. pt. ii. pp. 329-382, plates xv.- 



xxi. 

 The specimens represent 14 species, 2 of Equisetaceae and 12 of 

 Filices. The following new species are described : — Schizoneiira Goncl- 

 wanensis, Sphenopteris polymorpha, AlethopUris phegopteroides, Palceo- 

 vittaria (n. gen.) Kurzi, Belemnopteris (n. gen.) Wood-Masoniana, 

 Gangamopteris Whittiana, Glossopteris communis, Lagenopteris pohj- 

 pJiylla, Actinopteris Bengalensis. The character of the whole flora is 

 Mesozoic. Mention is made of the other known plants from the 

 llaniganj field. R. B. N. 



Geinitz, Dr. H. B. Ueber Rhsetische Pflanzen- und Thierreste in 



den argentinischen Provinzen La Rioja, San Juan und Mendoza. 



[Rhsetic Fossils, Argentine Eepublic] Palceontographica, Suppl. iii. 



Lief. 2, pp. 14 ; 2 pis. 



The fossils, mostly plants, come from four localities : — 1, bituminous 



shales, &c.. Province Mendoza ; 2, carbonaceous sandy shales. Province 



San Juan ; 3, black shales of Cuesta Colorada, Province la Rioja ; 3, 



grey shale of Las Gredas, same district. All are held to be probably 



Rheetic. 9 new species are described out of a total of 15 : see Index 



of Species. A fish also described. E. B. T. 



Geyler, Dr. H. Th. Ueber fossile Pflanzen aus den obertertiaren 



Ablagerungen Siciliens. [U. Tertiary Fossil Plants, Sicily.] 



PalcBontograpJiica, Bd. xxiii. Lief. 9, pp. 317-328, pis. 68, 69. 



The plants come from the neighbourhood of Girgenti. The richest 



beds are those of the sulphur-bearing gypsum formation ; their age 



corresponds to that of the (Eningen or Messinian stage, since there 



are common to both 2 species of Lihellida and 11 out of the 15 plants 



now determined. The new species are Palmacites Stcehrianus and 



Ahms Nocitonis. - E. B. T. 



Grote, A. R., and W. H. Pitt. New Fucoid from the Water-lime 

 Group (Lower Helderberg) of Western New York. Bidl. Buff. 

 SoG. Nat. Sci. vol. iii. p, 88. 



Describes the new species Buthotrephis Lesquereuooi. 



Heer, Prof. Oswald. Ueber permische Pflanzen von Fiinfkirchen in 



Ungarn. [Permian Plants, Hungary.] Mitih.Jahrh.h.ung.geol. 



Anst. Bd. V. Heft 1, pp. 1-18, tab. xxi.-xxiv. 



11 species are recorded from brown sandstones and shales, which 



belong to the U. Permian (equivalent to Zechstein), from the neigh- 



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