History of Palceozoic Actinology in Av^tralia. 105 



tion. A column is set apart for Indian and Australian 

 species; unfortunately, however, no distinction is made 

 between them. I can only recognize three as distinctly 

 Australian, viz : — 



Amplexus arundinaceus, Lonsdale. 



Chsetetes crinitus, Lonsdale. 



Cladochonus tenuicollis, M'Coy. 



Certain small areas of the Gippsland district were con- 

 sidered by Mr. A. R. C. Selwyn, F.R.S., to be, .probably, of 

 Devonian age. ^ Through the researches of Mr. Alfred 

 Howitt, these localities have been well searched for organic 

 remains, with the result, Mr. R. Brough Smyth informs us, 

 of the discovery of forms which Professor M'Coy considers 

 conclusive on this point. In addition to the Spirifera 

 lce7n>costa(Val.),8i,nd the remains of Placodermatous fish men- 

 tioned by Mr. Selwyn, Mr. Smyth now adds corals, an assem- 

 blage of forms which would indicate a close relation with the 

 Devonian limestone of the Eifel. 2 



The " Nouvelle Recherches sur les Animaux Fossiles," 

 &c., ^ of Professor De Koninck, contaiu an allusion to some 

 Australian species which may be noticed in passing. The 

 Stenopora Tasmaniensis (Lonsdale) and S. ovata (Lonsdale) 

 are placed as synonyms of the European form Chcetetes 

 tumidus (Phillips), but under the name of Monticulipora 

 tumida (Phillips). Professor De Koninck, following M'Coy, 

 uses the name Cladochonus in a generic sense, and does not 

 appear to participate in the opinion of Milne-Edwards and 

 Haime, that most of the species described under that name 

 are young Syriyigoporce. * 



The list of Victorian Fossils drawn up by Professor 

 M'Coy forming a portion of Mr. R. B. . Smythe's " First 

 Progress Report"^ contain the following summary from the 

 upper Silurian rocks of Victoria : — 



Favosites, two new species. 



Pleurodictyum megastomum, M'Coy (m.s.). 



Stenopora, two new species. 



Palseopora, two new species. 



Petraia, two new species. 



1 Physical Geography, Geol. and Miner, of Victoria; Exhih. Essays, 

 1866, p. 10. 



a Mining and Mineral Statistics; Exhit. Essays, 1872, p. 40. 



8 Bruxelles ; 4to ; 1872. 



* Pp. 143 and 152. 



s Progress Report for 1874 ; Geol. Survey of Victoria, p. 34. 



