53 



Anna Creek Well. 

 Solids per Imperial gallon, 054 grains, consisting o£ — 

 Sodium chloride ... ... ... 020 



Sulphuric acid ... ... ... ... *17 



Iron, clay, and magnesia ... ... '10 



0.47 

 Tom's Well. 

 Solids per Imperial gallon, 10*70 grains, consisting o£ — 



Sodium chloride 

 Sulphuric acid . . . 

 Iron and alumina 

 Lime 

 Magnesia 



156 

 103 

 •10 

 524 

 256 



1049 

 Paleontology. 

 List of Fossil Molllsca collected by Mr. Scoular at 



Davenport and Humphrey Springs, Central Australia, deter- 

 mined by Prof. E. Tate : — 



Belemnites australis, Phillips (?). Fragments only. 



Monotis Barklyi, Moore. 



Modiola linguloides, Huddleston. 



Modiola Scoulari, spec. nov. An ovately reniform shell similar 

 to M. imbricata, Sowerby, of the English Jurassic rocks, but 

 a little less curved ventrally and with strong corrugations 

 in the umbonal region ; length 65, breadth 32 millimetres. 



Modiola sp. A cast only. Lanceolate with much produced 

 anterior side. 



Trigonia sp. Casts only. A trigonal form, a little longer than 

 broad ; certainly neither T. mesembria, T. Woods, nor T. 

 nasuta, Etheridge. 



Arcomya sp. Cast. 



Pleuromya sp. Cast. 



Cytherea (?) Clarkei, lloore. 



Cypricardia sp. Cast. 



List of Fossil Microzoa. — A small quantity of material 



from "William Well, Lake Eyre district, was subjected to micro- 

 scopical examination by Mr. "Walter Howchin, who has supplied 



the following particulars : — 



The Microzoa consist chiefly of Poraminifera, of which five 



species were noticed, viz. — 



1. Cristellaria gibba, d'Orbigny. 



2. Marginulina glabra, d'Orbiqny. 



3. Vaginulina legumen, Linne. 



4. Nodosaria radicula, Linne. 



5. Haplophagmium sp. (a single example much distorted). 



