208 CAPT. r. w. HrTTOJsr on the 



ward), originally obtained by Mr. M'^Kay near Brighton*, bas also 

 been found in greensands at Wbarekauri in tbe Waitaki t. 



Of tbe Mollusca, tbe most interesting are Aturia ziczac, Sow., 

 var. austraUs, M*^Coy, Mitixt, MargineUa, Struthiolana senex, 

 'RuttoTa, and Pholadomy a. About 9 or 10 per cent, of tbe species 

 appear to be recent. Tbe Ecbinodermata bave been considered to 

 have a Cretaceous fades, and this is to some extent true if they are 

 compared witb European forms ; but it is not true if tbe comparison 

 be made, as it ougbt to be, witb tbe Australian Ecbinodermata. 



Tbe occurrence of Nummulites bas been reported in tbe North 

 Island from Waipu J, Lower Waikato §, Poverty Bay and the East 

 Cape district ||, and from tbe east coast of Wellington %. In the 

 South Island, from theGreymoutb district**, and between Westport 

 and Cape Eoulwind ft. But I doubt much if any true ISTummulite 

 bas ever been found in New Zealand. At any rate I have never 

 seen one, although I have been shown tbe so-called Nummulites in 

 the Wellington Museum. 



linger bas described in the ' Eeise der Novara,' several leaves 

 belonging to tbe genera Fagus, LoranthopTiyllum, Myrtifolium, and 

 Phyllites, brought by Dr. von Sochstetter from Drury and Waikato. 

 In the same publication, Dr. Zittel bas described Mollusca and 

 Ecbinodermata from Papakura, Waikato South Head, Motupipi, 

 and Cape Farewell, all of which belong to this system. The 

 Foraminifera of Raglan (=Waingar6a) are described by Dr, Stacbe. 

 Other Bryozoa, Foraminifera, and Entomostraca from the Ototara 

 Limestone are mentioned by Dr. Mantell tt, and some corals and 

 Bryozoa are described by the Rev. Tenison-Woods §§. 



The following are the most characteristic fossils : — 



Lima laevigata, Hution. 



palseata, Hutton. 



Lovenia formosa (Zittel). 



Macropneustes spatangiformis, 

 Hutton. 



Meoma Crawfordi, Hutton. 



Schizaster rotundatus, Zittel. 



Isis dactyla, Tenison- Woods. 



Flabellum laticostatum, Tenison- 

 Woods. 



Pleurotoma hebes, Hutton || || . 

 Struthiolaria senex, Hutton. 

 Scalaria Browni, Zittel. 



rotunda, Hutton. 



Dentalium tenue, Hutton. 

 Panopsea plicata, Hutton. 

 Pecten Williamsoni, Zittel. 



Fischevi, Zittel. 



Hutchinsoni, Hutton. 



athleta, Zittel. 



Pecten Hoclistetteri^ Zittel, and P. Zittelli., Hutton, are also charac- 

 teristic, but they both pass up into the Pareora System. 



* Eeports of aeological Survey, 1873-74, p. 111. 



t M^Kay, Eep. Geol. Sury. 1881, p. 74. 



+ Eep. aeol. Surv. 1874-76, p. vi. 



§ Eep. Geol. Surv. 1876-77, p. 21. 



II Eep. Geol. Surv. 1873-74, p. 116, &c. 



■y Eep. Geol. Surv. 1874-76, p. 47. 

 ** Eep. Geol. Surv. 1873-74, p. xiv. 

 ft Eep. Geol. Surv. 1873-74, p. 106. 

 l\ Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vi. p. 329 (1850). 

 §§ Paljfiontclogy of New Zealand, pt. iv. Wellington, 1880. 

 II II For descriptions see ' Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Ecbinoder- 

 mata of New Zealand,' Wellington, 1873. The plates mentioned in the 

 preface are not yet published. 



