!272 lirrit'ics — IiK/iaii r('rnio-C<irl>oii(/'<'roi(s Fossiis. 



'l'lit> in\|)(M'roolly-lvn()wn Dolichoplt^viiit voUtnuH, IVoiu llio Uppov 

 IMusi'luOKnllv of .ItMiii. is MuMj «lisiMiss(Ml by Dr. Abol, who proposes 

 Mio goiuuio u^uw lhlloi>t<'ni!< Id ropliioo Holichoplt'iiiK, wliioli is 

 pro(H>oupi(>(I. 



A in)nsiil(\riiti()n of tho HO-ivilItMl ' llyiiii;" TihIioh ' o[' (lio C^lialli 

 {(Viirol Ill-is) I»>!1(Ih Dr. Abol lo boliovo (Iwil. Ihc^y ilid not \iso llioir 

 Ibi.s lor Mkiiumiiii;' llironi;li llio ivir. llo givos rofisouH lor siippo.><i»ig 

 lliiil llioy wore inhivbibuitN of (l(>o|> \viil(>r. llo lliou di.soii.sisos tho 

 wholo (pioslii)n of tho onliiri;'omont of fms, and Mioir mlaptutiou 

 lo * llij«;ht ' ill parliouliir, ^iviiii;' !»u\plo n'Toronoos lo bioh>^io(»l 

 liloraluro. Tho lutMuoir in. imloi^d. n n\odt>l ol' llioroui>huo!SH in 

 piil.'ooutoloj^ii'al work. 



V. — Inui.vn 1'k.uaio-(,\\kuoniu'k,koi',s Ivici-rUiHiti, Finuicis, and ri..\NT8. 

 (hcon)Oio.\i. SiiKVUY OK Inuj.x : rAi,.T:oNTOi.ouiA Inokw, New 

 Sorios. vol. ii, Rlonioir No. ll : 1'kumo-0.\uuonii'"Kiu>i'8 Plants 

 ANi> V«i!KTii;iiu.\'r»i',8 Kiu»M Kasiuiiu. Uy A. C\ jSicwAun. IMi.S.. 

 unil A. SAuru Woouwaup. IjIj.D.. K.K.S. pp. l-lo, ;> plato^. 

 Svo. (\iloullj». liU>r.. 



rplll'j briot' oonlribulion lo linli;u\ piilfOontoKigy oonlainoil in tliis 

 I, n\oinoir is o( i^roivt inlorost. tor tho ilisoovory in li)(^o by 

 Dr. Nootlinj«; of (i<iH</(im(>/»/»'n'."<. assooiutod with tho typiottlly Lowor 

 IVrnu.'Ui tiv'«h and ljabYrinthodi>nt ronxuns horo dosovibod. has a niost 

 iinporl!n\l bearing' tipon tho j;oologioal ago of tho Lowor Cnuulwana 

 bods in tho Poidnsnla of India. 



Tlio shalos oont.Minijii;' tho t\>8sils (HH'nr at. a plaoo oallod Ivhunmu. 

 in tho Vihi vaUoy. titloon mih's svuilli-oast oi Srinagar. Thoy aro 

 ovorlaij\ in tho si^MitMi oxan\inod by Dr. Nootlini;' by boils oontaining 

 Fi'ii<\<tvlLi and othor l\dy.-.oa. and (hoso aro snooooilod by liniostonos 

 liohbni;' snol> oharaotoristio lS;dt Kaugo fossils as iSpiiif't'r Ihibyi, 

 i'lOihtctua liiiiicns, oto. It slu)uld bo niontionod that, abovo thoplant- 

 bo;ui»>i»" shalos thoro is a broaU in tho oxposuros oausod by talus 

 doposils ; but Dr. Nootling's opinion was that thoro was no ovidonoo 

 of a hid»lon fault that t'ould havo brought tho lVru\ian liniostonos 

 into thoir apparont positivui abovo tho plant -boaring bods. 



Tho aoooptanoo of this viow involvod tho important oonolusiou 

 that tho so-oallod (t/iio.ttt/t/fTi.s tlora oxistod in India in IVrniian tinios, 

 and that ii\stoad o( tho Lowor t^vu»dwanas boing of durassio agv, thoy 

 ropuvsont approxiniatoly tho rorniian of Kuropo. Mr. Soward. in 

 su\ntning up tho ovidonoo vogavding tho goologioal position of tlio 

 Khuunuj plants, wouhl put it "at loast as low as tho Taloliir sorios," 

 and not iinprv»bably .as ovMMospon^ling with tho lunvor IVruiian or 

 ovon with tho (,\vil-n\oasuros »W tho Northorn lloniisphoro. 



Tho plant n\atorial availablo. whioh was vory lV;»gu\outary, 

 yiohlod to iMr. Sowavil's invostigations only a singlo gxMiorio typo. 

 ii<iih}amopttii!f, io whioh ho has givoii tho appropriato spooitio nauu> 

 /v,i.s/»»»»Mrii.<u\>!. .\ fr;tgn\ont of anothor fi\M»d is roforrod doubtfully 



Tho tish uMuains aiv assignod by Dr. J^Jniith Woodward to two 

 spooios of Amblttpicriiii. vin. A. Kafhimriumis an»l A. fymmetricMy 



