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Bed H. Nautilus, sp. 



Beds H. and I. Pecten. 



Casts of Lucina, Solarium, Conus, Phorus, Natica, and Cyprcsa. 



Balanus (Lepas, sp.) stellaris, Brocchi ? _ 



Scutella suhrotunda, Clypeaster, sp. Two species of Brissns, Am- 

 cleolites, Cidains. 



Mem The species of Brissus found in the lowest beds are identi- 

 cal with those 'found in bed B. Such is also the case with the 

 Pectens. 



" Report on the collections of Tertiary Fossils from Malta and 

 Gozo " Presented by Lieut. Spratt, J. W. Collings, Esq., and Miss 

 Attersol. (Read March 20, 1844.) By the Curator. _ 



The Maltese collection includes between eighty and ninety species 

 of animal remains, belonging to the classes Vertebrata, Mollusca, 

 Crustacea and Cirrhipeda, Foraminifera, Echinodermata and Zoo- 

 phyta Many of these are in a very perfect state, others are casts. 



The Vertebrata consist of the remains of Cetacea and of fishes 

 chiefly sharks. The former have been examined by Prof. Owen, and 

 the latter by Sir Philip Egerton. They are considered by those 

 naturalists as tertiary, probably miocene. 



A great part of the collection consists of Molluscous remains. 

 Of these three are Cephalopoda, viz. a Sepia and 2 species of Nauti- 

 lus, one of which is the Nautilus zigzag, identical with the London 

 clay fossil. One is a Pteropod, the Vaginula depressa of Uaudm 



Of Pectinibranchous Mollusca there are numerous species, but 

 mostly in the state of casts. Among the perfect shells of tliis order 

 are three species of Scalaria, including the 5caZ«n« retusa ot Brocchi, 

 a miocene fossil. The casts belong to the genera Conus Lyprcza 

 Natica, Oliva. Turritella, Turbo, Pleurotoma, Pyrula, Phorus and 



Of Brachiopodous Mollusca there are 4 species belonging to the 

 ffenus Terebratula. Three of these are known species, yiz lere- 

 bratula ampulla and bipartita of Brocchi, fossils of the subapen- 

 nine beds, and Terebratula detruncata of Gmelin {Orths Phillippij, 

 a small species still existing in the Mediterranean Sea. ^ 



Of Lamellibranchiate Mollusca there are 17 perfect species and 

 numerous casts belonging to the genera Thracia, Isocardia,Arca, 

 Venus, Cytherea, Lucina and Tellina. Among the perfect species are 

 3 species of oyster, which have been described by Deshayes m the 

 Geology of the Morea, viz. Ostrea Boblayei, 0. Virlett, and O na- 

 vicularis. Also Spondylus quinque-costatus, Pecten pandora, and i^ 

 squamulosus, figured in the same work. Pecten cristatus of the 

 iLlian beds, Pecten burdigalensis, P. scabrellust, and P. Beaudanti 

 are also present in this collection. The remainder of the species of 

 this genus, which appear to be very characteristic of the Maltese 

 formation, I have been unable to name, from want of materials lor 

 comparison. Besides the above-named sheUs there are perfect 

 snecimens of a Lucina, a Cardita, and a Clavagella.^ 



The remains of Crustacea and Cirrhipoda consist of a few irag- 

 ments and a good specimen of a Balanus, apparently the species 



