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A Bibliography and Revised List of the 

 Described Eghinoids of the Australian 

 Eocene, with Descriptions of some New^ 

 Species. 



By Professor Ralph Tate, RL.S., F.G.S., &c. 



[Read October 6, 1891.] 



I.— BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE EOCENE EGHINOIDS 

 OF AUSTRALIA. 



1834. Sturt, "Two Expeditions in the Interior of Southern 

 Australia," gives drawings of three Echinoids from 

 the Eocene calciferous sandstone of the River Murray 

 Clifts, which can very safely be referred to familiar 

 species known to occur there : — Spatangus Hoffmanni^ 

 Goldfuss, t. 3, f. 10, \s> Locenia Forhesi ; ScuteUa, sp., 

 t. 3, f. 9, represents the underside of Monostychia 

 australis ; whilst the Ecldnus, t. 3, f. 11, is unrecog- 

 nizable, but may be Psammechinus Woodsi or Para- 

 doxechus novus, more probably the hitter. 



1862. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, "Geological Observations in 

 S. Aust.," copies the figures of Sturt's Ecliinoids, calling 

 the Spatangus S. Forbesii, and adds two figures of an 

 Ecliinolampas from Mount Gambler. 



1S64. Dr. Duncan, "Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist.," p. 165, 

 figures Hemipatagus Forhesi, and records CJypeaster 

 folium, Ag., but which is now recognised as Monostyclna 

 australis, Laube, and not the species of Agassiz. 



1867. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, " Trans. Adelaide PliiL Soc.,' 

 illustrates: — Ecliinolampas Gaiahierensis, n. sp., figs, la- 

 ic; Hemipatagus Forhesi, (Woods and Duncan), figs. 

 3fl-3c?; and Hemiaster Archeri, n. sp., figs. 2a-'2d. The 

 last is the Ecliinolampas figured in his " Geol. Observa- 

 tions." 



1869. Dr. G. C. Laube, "Sitz. d. K. Akad. d. Wissenchaft. 

 Wien," vol. LIX., p. 193, describes the following species 

 from the River Murray Cliffs : — Psammechinus Woodsi, 

 n. sp. ; Paradoxecliinus novus, n. sp. ; Monostychia aus- 

 tralis, n. sp. ; Catopygus elegans, n. sp. ; Ecliinolampas 

 ovulu7n, n. sp. ; Micraster hrevistella, n. sp. ; Eupatagus 

 Murrayensis, n. sp. ; E. Wrighti, n. sp, ; and IJemipa- 

 tagus Forhesi, Tenison-Woods. I have no hesitation in 



