86 HUGHES: WARDHA VALLEY COAL-FIELD. 



The known genera comprising- the fauna of the group are — Estheria, 

 Lepidotus, JErfimodus, and Ceratodus ; Farasuchus, 

 and Hyperodapedon. 



The fish, Lepidotus and Mchmodus, represented by almost entire 

 skeletons, are from Kota exclusively. They were discovered by Dr. 

 Walker in 1850 during the excavation of a shaft that was commenced 

 with the intention of sinking to coal supposed to occur near the village. 

 This surmise being based upon a misapprehension, no coal was found. 



Ceratodus, represented by teeth only, was first discovered by the 

 Rev. Mr. Hislop's collector Vira, at Maleri, and it is from that locality 

 alone that any teeth have been obtained. They occur most abundantly 

 where the red clays are seen west-south-west of the village, near the 

 boundary of the deserted site of Illaram, and this yeer I procured 43 

 specimens from an area a little over half an acre in extent. 



The reptiles, Parasuc/ius, and Hyperodapedon, represented by scutes, 

 teeth, jaws, and bones, are more generally distributed, but none have 

 as yet been found at Kota. 



I have not met with any published information respecting the flora ; 



and I believe the only authentic specimens of 

 Flora. 



plants are the very few which Mr. King and my- 



self procured. They were identified by Dr. Feistmantel as — 



1. Palissya conferta. 



2. Palissya Jabalpurensis. 



3. Araucarites Kacliensis. 



The first of these is a specific representative of one in the Rajmehal 

 o-roup ; the second is ref errable to a species in the Jabalpur group ; 

 and the third is the Araucarites of the Kach plant-beds. 



We thus have associated in the same group plants of our Indian 

 Jabalpur, Kach, and Rajmehal groups, and animals, which, if judged by 

 European analogy, are certainly not younger than the age of the Lias. 

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