10 AMTA FROM THE ISLE OF WIGHT. [Feb. 1 899, 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 

 (Except where otherwise stated, the figures are of the natural size.) 



. A3IIA ANGLIC A, Sp. nOV. 



[Figs. 1-5. Specimen obtained by Mr. Clement Reid from Bembridge Marl 

 at Hamstead, Isle of Wight, and now in the Museum of Practical 

 G-eology.] 



Pig. 1. Vertebra (I), from above; 1 a, end view. 



2. „ (III), „ ; 2 a, 



3. Left maxilla, outer surface ; 3 a, from below. 

 3 b. Left supplementary maxilla. 



4. Left dentary bone, outer surface ; 4 a, inner surface. 



5. Parasphenoid, fragment with dental area. 



[Figs. 6-14. Specimen obtained by Mr. G. W. Oolenutt from Osborne Beds 

 (5) at King's Quay, Isle of Wight. Colenutt Collection.] 



Figs. 6-10. Vertebne II, YII, IX, XII, & XIII, front view. 

 6a-10a. ,, ,, „ ,, „ „ from above. 



11. Premaxilla, front view ; 11 a, from below. 

 12 & 13. Bones of the head to show sculpturing. 

 14. Scale, twice natural size. Only a small piece of the scale is 

 preserved ; the outline and striation of the outer surface are 

 shown as an impression on the matrix. 

 Fig. 15. Left dentary bone, outer surface ; 15 a, inner surface. Erom Bem- 

 bridge Marl, Thorness Bay. Colenutt Collection. 



[Figs. 16-18. From Osborne Beds (2 & 5), King's Quay, Isle of Wight. Colenutt 

 Collection.] 



Fig. 16. Left dentary bone, very small, outer surface ; 16 a, inner surface. 



17. ,, „ ,, showing dentate supplementary splenial still 

 attached (*). 



18. Caudal vertebra, upper surface, with three articular facets ; 



18 a, end view ; 18 6, side view ; 18 c, from below. 



Figs. 19-21. Scales from Osborne Beds (3), King's Quay, Isle of Wight. Twice 

 natural size. Colenutt Collection. These show the border and granu- 

 lation of the under surface ; the impression on the matrix exhibits the 

 striation of the upper surface. 



Amia Colenutti, sp. nov. 



Fig. 22. Eight maxilla, outer surf ace, from Osborne Beds (5), King's Quay, Isle 

 of Wight. In the Museum of Practical G-eology. 



Discussion. 



The President and Prof. H. G. Seelet spoke, and the Authok 

 replied. 



