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which is very like some of the Devonian species of Devon- 

 shire and the Eifel. 



The Caunopora is also from the limestone of Arthur's 

 Creek, and is apparently distinct specifically from Caunopora 

 placenta, Phillips, the characteristic Devonian form from 

 Devonshire. 



Pending a detailed and proper description of the Eifel and 

 Devonshire forms of Stromatopora and Caunopora, we refrain 

 from entering into details concerning these specimens, and 

 hope to be able to do so, with more satisfactory material in 

 our hands, at some future date. 



Class ACTINOZOA. 



Genus Favosites (pars), Lamarck, 1816. 

 (Hist, des Anim. sans Verteb. ii. p. 204.) 



Obs. The Silurian rocks of New South Wales have yielded 

 no less than five species of this genus, and one doubtful one, 

 to the researches of Prof, de Koninck*, viz.: — Favosites aspera, 

 D'Orb. ; F. cristata, Blumenbach ; F. fibrosa, Goldf. ; F. For- 

 besi, Edw. & II. ; and F. gothlandica, Fougt. The same author 

 likewise mentions as occurring in the Devonian rocks of New 

 South Wales : — F. alveolaris, Goldf.; F. basaltica, Goldf.; F. 

 fibrosa, Goldf. ; F. polgmorpha, Goldf. ; and F. reticulata, 

 Plain ville. In addition to these, Favosites gothlandica was 

 long ago shown to be present in New South Wales rocks by 

 Mr. Lonsdale f; and its existence (as F. Goldfussi, Edw. 

 & H.) in the Devonian rocks of Buchan, Victoria, has been 

 pointed out by Prof. M'Coy \. 



Amongst the Queensland corals are two forms of Favosites 

 only separable by the size of the coral! ites composing the 

 respective colonies. We refer these as follows : — 



Favosites gothlandica (Fougt), Lamarck. 



Favosites gothlandica, Lamarck, Hist. Anim. sans Verteb. 1810, ii. 



p. 200. 

 Calamopora gothlandica, Goldfuss, Petr. Germ. 1829, i. p. 78, t. 20. 



tig-. 3, a-e. 

 Favosites gothlandica, Edwards and Hainie, Polyp, foss. Terr. Pal. 



1851, p. 232. 

 Favosites Goldfussi, Edw. & H. ibid. p. 235, t. 20. fig. 3, a, b. 



Obs. It will be convenient to consider the form with the 

 smallest corallitcs as the typical F. gothlandica, whilst that 



* Foss. Pal. Nouv.-Galles du Sud, 1870, pts. 1, 2, pp. 20-23. 

 t Strzelecki's Phys. Descr. Now South Wales, 1845, p. 200. 

 \ Prod. Pal. Victoria, dec. iv. 1870, p. 15. 



