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wherever the strata were of such a nature as to yield readily to the 

 action of the waves. 



"Note on the Fossils found by Lieut. Spratt in the several beds of 

 the Tertiary Formation of Malta and Gozo." By Prof. E. Forbes, 

 Curator G. Soc. 



Bed A. Spondylus quinquecostatus, Deshayes, identical with the 

 Greek species. Ostrea Boblayei, Desh., Ostrea Virleti, Desh., a 

 variety. Vecten Pandora, Desh., P. sqummdosus, Desh., P. burdi- 

 galensis, and P. Beaudanti ? Clavagella } 



Casts of Cytherea ? and Area. 



Terebratula ampulla, and T. bipartita, Brocchi. Orthis detrimcata 

 (Terebratula, sp._), Gmelin, identical with the existing species. 



Echinus, sp. Cidaris, sp. Nucleolites, sp. Brissus, 2 sp., and 

 Spatangus , sp. 



Eschara monilifera. Escharina, sp. 



Nullipora. 



Remains of Crustacea. 



Bed B. Ostrea Virleti, 0. navicularis, Desh. ? and another spe- 

 cies. Pecten cristatus, Bronn ?, P. squamulosus, P. burdigalensis, 

 and two other species. 



Casts of Thracia ? Tsocardia } Area, Venus, 2 species, and Tellina. 



Scalaria retusa, Brocchi. 



Casts of Cyprcea, Comis, 2 species, Oliva, Natica, Turritella, Turbo } 

 Pleurotoma, Pyrula, Phorus, and Trochus. 



Clypeaster altus and marginatus ; Brissus, 3 species. 



Lenticulites complanatus . 



Cellepora mamillata, Myriapoda, sp. Retepora, sp. 



Cetacean remains (according to Prof. Owen, of more than one 

 species of Delphinus, and the bones apparently of a Manatee'). 



Fish- teeth (determined by Sir Philip Grey Egerton), Cor ax adun- 

 cus, Carcharias megalodon, and C. jjroductus, Oxyrhina xiphodon, 0. 

 hastilis ? O.Mantelli ? Hemipristis serra, and H.paucidens, with other 

 SqualidtE. 



Bed C. Sepia, sp. Nautilus zigzag, identical with the London clay 

 fossil. 



Scalaria, sp. Pleurotoma, sp. 



Cast of Mitra, Rostellaria and Columbella. 



Pecten burdigalensis, Ostrea, spo 



Cardita. Lucina. 



Spatangus, sp. 



Caryophyllia, sp. Cellepora mamillata, Fungia ? 



Bed D. Vaginula depressa, Daudin. 



Cristellaria, sp. Nodosaria, sp. 



Fossils common to Beds C, D, E, F, G. 



Ostrea navicularis, Pecten cristatus. Casts of Conus, Natica, and 

 Cypreea, Spatangus, and 2 species of Brissus. 



Bed F. Two species of Brissus, and a Nucleolite. 



Beds G. and H. Pecten burdigalensis, Scalaria, sp. 



Scutella subrotunda, Spatangus, sp., and two species of Brissus. 



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