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series of England and Scotland, combined with the presence 

 of a few peculiarly Australian types. The similarity of the 

 New South Wales palaeozoic fossils examined by him with 

 those of the L. carboniferous series in Ireland was many 

 years ago pointed out by Professor M'Coy. ^ The confirma- 

 tion of this opinion through Professor De Koninck's studies 

 is particularly gratifying, especially when we recollect that 

 in both instances we owe the material on which these 

 opinions were founded to the researches of the father of 

 Australian geology — the Kev. W. B. Clarke, M.A., F.R.S. 

 The corals of carboniferous age determined by Professor De 

 Koninck are — 



Axophyllum (?) Thomsoni, De Koninck. 

 Lithostration irregulare, Phillips. 



„ Basaltiforme, Con and Phillips. 



Lophophyllum minutum, De Koninck. 



J, corniculum „ 



Amplexus arundinaceus, Lonsdale. 

 Zaphrentis Phillipsi, Edwards and Haime (?) 



„ Gregoryana, De Koninck. 



„ Cainadon „ 



„ robusta „ 



Cyathaxonia minuta „ 



Cladochanus tenuicollis, M'Coy. 

 Syringopora reticulata, Goldfuss. 



„ ramulosa „ (?) 



Favosites ovata, Lonsdale. 



One of the most interesting points to be noticed in this list 

 is the reference to the peculiarly Australian species, Steno- 

 pora ovata (Lonsdale), to the genus Favosites. Professor De 

 Koninck states that the pores perforating the walls of the 

 calices are irregularly placed — some in the angles of the 

 tubes, others upon the general surface of the walls. 



1 Armals Nat. Hist., 1847, XX., p. 311. 



