DAVIDSON — KASHMEKE BKACHIOPODA. 39 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



Illustrative of Carhomferous, Jurassic, and Cretaceous (?) Brachiopoda 

 from Thibet. 



(The figures are all of the natural size.) 



Carboniferous Species, from Shigar, near Skakdo. 



Fig. L Terehratula Austeniana, spec. nov. 



2 & 3. JRhpichonella ]?leurodon, var. Davreiixiana^ De Koninck. 



4. Spirifer, sp. 



5. Orthis, sp. 



6. Productus semireticulattis, Martin. 



7. Hardreoisis, var. Thibetensis. 



Cretaceous (?) Species, from near Laciiolung La, in the Sl'ru. 



8. iValdhermia Blanfordi, spec. nov. 

 9 & 10. Bhynchonclla, sp. 



Jurassic Species, from Kato, Ladak, in the Suru. 

 11-14. Tcrebratula Thibetensis, spec. nov. 

 15 & 16. BhynchoneUa Katonensis, spec. nov. 



Notes on the CAEBONiFEEors Brachiopoda collected hy Captain 

 Godwin- Austen in the Valley of KashmepvE. By T. Davidson, 

 Esq., F.E.S., F.G.S., &c. 



(Plate II.) 



In 1864 I was requested by Mr. Godwin-Austen to examine a 

 series of Carboniferous Brachiopoda which his son had obtained from 

 limestone and shales near Shigar and Skardo, in Thibet (see p. 35), and 

 which I found to consist of the following species : — 



1. Terehratula Austeniana, n. sp. I 4. Orthis, sp. (approaching in form to 



2. Spirifer? Not sufficiently complete | 0. Micheleni). 



to be satisfactorily determined. I 5. Produ.ctus semireticulatus. 



3. Ehynchonella pleurodon, var. Da- 6. Chonetes Hardrensis, var. 



vreuxiana. | 



The species were few in number, but bear great resemblance to 

 those found in rocks of a similar age in Europe and America, and 

 there is every reason to believe that when the Carboniferous series 

 of Thibet shall have been further searched that a larger number 

 of species will be discovered. 



This year I have again had under examination a much larger 

 series of Brachiopoda which Captain Godwin- Austen had procured 

 from the Carboniferous limestone and shales which form the hills 

 around Yihi, in the Yalley of Kashmere. The Brachiopoda abound 

 in a bed of limestone near the entrance of the ravine above the village 

 of Khoonmoo ; but the lowest portion, or Zewan bed, is stated by 

 Captain Godwin- Austen to contain the larger number of Brachiopoda ; 

 and a higher stage, still near the base of the formation, is said to 

 contain abundant remains oiProductiis. Barus may likewise be named 

 as one of the most fossiliferous localities. These Brachiopoda are, 

 however, but rarely in a good state of preservation, and most of the spe- 



