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Himalayas represents a form, similar to Blanford's B. sulcatiis. In 

 Somaliland a closely allied form has been found (Crick, Geol. Mag,, 

 Dec. IV, Vol. Ill, 1896, p. 296). 



Soplites Wallichii, Gray. 



One specimen in our collection may be without doubt identified with 

 this species,^ and especially resembles one of the specimens figured 

 by Blanford (op. cit., pi. xv, figs. l«-c). 



PerispMnctes cf. hiplex, Sowerby. 



The species from Niti which Blanford (op. cit., p. 79, pi. xi, 

 figs. \a-c; pi. xii, figs, la-c) referred to Sowerby's A. hiplex, is the 

 most abundant ammonite in the Muktinath collection, but mostly occurs 

 onlj^ as external casts, similar to that figured by Everest,^ and men- 

 tioned by him as being the Salagrams of Hindoo temples. The true 

 specific reference of this form must for the present be left uncertain. 



Perisphinctes cf. torquatus, Sowerby. 



Mr. Crick pointed out to me that several of our specimens are 

 indistinguishable from the form described by Blanford (op. cit., p. 80) 

 as Am. torquatus, Sowerby, of which the specimens are in the British 

 Museum. 



Perisphinctes oR. frequens, Oppel. 



A large, nearly perfect ammonite, measuring between 15 and 16 c.c. 

 in diameter, appears to be closely allied, if not identical, with Oppel' s 

 species, A.frequens, from the Himalayas.^ A smaller specimen may 

 perhaps belong to the same species, or be a variety. The larger one 

 appears to be in rather a different state of preservation and not to 

 have come out of a nodule. 



Perisphinctes cf. sahineanus, Oppel. 



One small specimen, measuring about 40 mm, in diameter, may be 

 compared with Oppel's A. sahineanus from the Himalayas.* It is not 

 in quite the same state of preservation as the other ammonites, more 

 resembling in this respect the large example of P. aff. frequens. 



Oppelia {Strehlites) cf. Grieshachi, TJhlig. 



The external impression of one side of an Oppelia may be compared 

 with TJhlig' s 0. Grieshachi ^ from the Spiti Shales ; the serrated keel 

 and ornamentation of the whorls, as well as the general shape and 

 characters of the shell, are apparently identical. 



1 Crick, op. cit., p. 118. 



^ Everest, op. cit., pi. i, fig. 3. 



^ Oppel, op. cit., p. 295, t. 87 ; Siemeradzki, Mon. Amm. Perisphinctes, 

 PalaeoEtographica, Bd. xIy, Lief. 3 (1898), p. 237. 



* Oppel, op. cit., p. 288, t. 82, figs. \a-c, la, h ; Siemeradzki, op. cit., p. 110, 

 pi. XX, fig. 2. 



5 Ulilig, Fauna of the Spiti Shales, Palseont. Indica, ser. xv, vol. iv (1903), 

 p. 47, pi. V, figs, la-c, Za-c, 4«, h ; pi. vi, figs. \a-c, 2a-d, ia-d, 5a, e. 



