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  JENKINS 
  JAVAN 
  FOSSILS. 
  

  

  65 
  

  

  B. 
  New 
  Species. 
  

  

  Descr. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  1. 
  

  

  2. 
  

   5. 
  

   6. 
  

  

  8. 
  

  

  9. 
  

   10. 
  

  

  12. 
  

  

  13. 
  

  

  14. 
  

  

  16. 
  

   18. 
  

  

  19. 
  

  

  New 
  Species. 
  

  

  Murex 
  Grooti 
  

  

  ? 
  paradoxicus 
  

  

  Pyrula 
  Javanis 
  

   Purpura 
  umbilicata 
  

  

  Conus 
  striatellus... 
  

  

  Natica 
  Duneani 
  ... 
  

   rostalina 
  , 
  

  

  Vicarya 
  (?) 
  callosa 
  

   Turrit 
  ella 
  acuti 
  

   cingulata 
  

  

  — 
  simplex 
  .., 
  

  

  Turbo 
  obliquus 
  ... 
  

   Cardium 
  subalter- 
  

  

  natum. 
  

   Pythina 
  Semperi. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Allied 
  Species. 
  

  

  Name. 
  

  

  Murex, 
  sp 
  

  

  minax, 
  Lam. 
  

  

  Pyrula 
  lactea, 
  Beeve 
  . 
  

   carinifera, 
  Lam. 
  

  

  Conus 
  fusco-cingulatus, 
  Bronn 
  

  

  Natica 
  maculosa, 
  Lam 
  

  

  pellis-tigrina, 
  Chemn. 
  

  

  Vicarya 
  (?)Verneuilii, 
  B'Arch, 
  

   Turritella 
  Archimedis, 
  Brong. 
  

  

  subangulata, 
  Brocc 
  

  

  Turbo 
  petholatus, 
  Linn 
  

  

  Cardium 
  alternatum, 
  Sow. 
  ... 
  

  

  Pythina 
  peculiaris, 
  A. 
  Ad 
  

  

  Age. 
  

  

  Miocene. 
  

   Eocene. 
  

   Recent. 
  

   Recent. 
  

  

  Miocene. 
  

  

  Recent. 
  

   Recent. 
  

   Eocene? 
  

  

  Miocene. 
  

  

  Miocene. 
  

  

  Recent. 
  

   Recent. 
  

  

  Recent. 
  Ceylon 
  

  

  Locality. 
  

  

  Bordeaux. 
  

   Paris 
  Basin 
  

   Philippines 
  

   ? 
  

  

  f 
  Touraine, 
  

   I 
  Vienna, 
  

  

  [ 
  Italy. 
  

   Philippines. 
  

   Swan 
  River. 
  

   Scinde. 
  

  

  f 
  Vienna, 
  

   \ 
  Bordeaux 
  

  

  f 
  Touraine, 
  

   •< 
  Vienna, 
  

  

  I 
  Bordeaux, 
  

   Philippines. 
  

   Philippines. 
  

  

  The 
  existing 
  fauna 
  to 
  which 
  these 
  Javan 
  Shells 
  are 
  related 
  is, 
  

   therefore, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  neighbouring 
  East 
  Indian 
  Ocean 
  ; 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  

   also 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  the 
  Coral 
  described 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Duncan 
  in 
  a 
  note 
  to 
  

   this 
  paper. 
  The 
  fact 
  of 
  the 
  recent 
  alliances 
  being 
  remarkably 
  close 
  

   strengthens 
  the 
  probability 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  being 
  somewhat 
  newer 
  than 
  is 
  

   indicated 
  by 
  the 
  percentage 
  phase 
  of 
  the 
  question 
  alone. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  

   seen 
  from 
  the 
  Table, 
  also, 
  that 
  only 
  four 
  species 
  are 
  allied 
  to 
  European 
  

   Miocene 
  Shells, 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  many 
  are 
  

   allied 
  to 
  Miocene 
  fossils 
  as 
  have 
  affinities 
  with 
  recent 
  Shells, 
  and 
  these 
  

   Miocene 
  species, 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  Touraine 
  beds, 
  may 
  have 
  

   emigrated 
  eastwards 
  and 
  become 
  altered 
  on 
  the 
  way. 
  One 
  species 
  is 
  

   related 
  to 
  Murex 
  minax 
  of 
  the 
  Paris 
  Basin. 
  

  

  4. 
  Nummulitic 
  Formation 
  of 
  India. 
  — 
  But 
  one 
  other 
  species 
  re- 
  

   mains 
  to 
  be 
  noticed, 
  namely, 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Vicarya, 
  remarkably 
  like 
  

   V. 
  Verneuilii 
  from 
  the 
  Nummulitic 
  formation 
  of 
  Scinde. 
  This 
  

   solitary 
  instance 
  of 
  an 
  affinity 
  in 
  that 
  direction, 
  and 
  one 
  so 
  unmis- 
  

   takeable, 
  induced 
  me 
  to 
  investigate 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  

   so-called 
  Nummulitic 
  formation 
  of 
  India, 
  and 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  

   the 
  uniform 
  date 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  Scindian 
  and 
  neighbouring 
  deposits 
  

   usually 
  referred 
  to 
  that 
  formation 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  satisfactorily 
  

   proved 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  a 
  Vicarya 
  in 
  Scinde 
  augurs 
  more 
  

   favourably 
  for 
  the 
  newer 
  age 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Scindian 
  beds 
  than 
  for 
  

   the 
  greater 
  antiquity 
  of 
  the 
  Javan 
  deposit. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  possible, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  fossils 
  from 
  Java 
  may 
  have 
  come 
  

   from 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  beds 
  having 
  different 
  ages 
  ; 
  but, 
  notwithstanding 
  

   that 
  all 
  the 
  fossils 
  were 
  evidently 
  not 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  bed, 
  it 
  

   is 
  very 
  improbable 
  that 
  the 
  Vicarya 
  belongs 
  to 
  a 
  more 
  ancient 
  deposit 
  

   than 
  the 
  rest, 
  because 
  its 
  mineral 
  condition 
  (resembling 
  chalk) 
  is 
  

  

  VOL. 
  XX. 
  PART 
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