Mr. D. Sharpb on Secondary Fossils from South Africa. 225 



Notes on some Fossils from the Karoo Desert and its Vicinity. By Daniel Sharpe, 

 Esq., F.R.S., Pres. G.S., Dr. Hooker, F.R.S., F.G.S., and Sir P. De M. Grey 

 Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., F.G.S. 



Fossils from the Karoo Series, South Africa. 



Iridina ? rhomboidalis, /S^A«rj9<?. PI. XXVIII. fig, 2 .... Graaf Reinet. . 



Irid'ma} ovata, Sharjje. PL XXVIII. figs. 3 & 4 Graaf Reinet. 



? PI. XXVIII. fig. 5 Graaf Reinet. 



? PI. XXVIII. fiff. 6 Graaf Reinet. 



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Cyrena? PI. XXVIII. fig. 7 Graaf Reinet. 



Note. — The above-mentioned fossils are in a ferruginous sandstone from Graaf 

 Reinet (in the Collection of the Geological Society) ; they are referred with some 

 doubt to freshwater genera, and are not associated with any marine species. — 

 [D. Sharpe.] 



Asterophyllites ? PL XXVIII. fig. 1 Roggeveld (Fish River). 



Fossil Wood and Plant-remains passim. 



Palaeoniscus Bainii, Egerton. (Scales.) PL XXVIII. figs. 26, 27/ 



31, 33, 34, 37, 38 



sculptus, Egerton. (Scales.) PL XXVIII. figs. 28, 29, 



Styl Krantz. 



30, 32, 35, 36, 39, 40 



(Scales.) PL XXVIII. figs. 41, 42 j 



Ichthyolites (undeterm.) Brak River, Fort Beaufort. 



Dicynodon lacerticeps, Owen. PL III., PL IV., p. 62 . . . 



testudiceps, Owen. PL V., PL VI. fig. 1, p. 71 • • 



strigiceps, Owen. PL VI. figs. 2 & 3, p. 75 . . . 



Bainii, Owen. p. 76 



tigriceps, Owen. Plates XXIX.-XXXIV. p. 223 . . j 



Beaufort, Blinkwater, Tar- 

 ka, Styl Krantz, and 

 Modder River {D. testu- 

 diceps). 



Description of some Remains of Mollusca from near Graaf Reinet. 

 By Daniel Sharpe, Esq., F.R.S., Pres.G.S. 



Iridina? rhomboidalis, Sharpe. PI. XXVIII. fig. 2. 



I. ? testa transversim rhomboidali, antice subrotundata, postice truncata : margine ventrali 

 recto: linea cardinali subarcuata, dentibus 15 parvis, verticalibus, uniseriatis, inaequalibus. 



Shell transversely rhomboidal ; anterior end somewhat rounded, posterior end 

 truncated ; ventral margin straight : hinge-line curved with about fifteen small, 



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