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but I must only state that I felt obliged to explain shortly in another 

 paper* what I had omitted in the former one and postponed for a 

 future occasion when describing the Damuda fossils. It is of course 

 only very just that Mr. Blanford should have written this paper, but 

 I think he will on the other side appreciate all the arguments which 

 I have brought forward. 



From my paper in the 4th number of Vol. IX. Eec. G. S. J., I will 

 repeat some only of the most important points. 



To the characteristic fossils, which I had already enumerated in my 

 first note on the Damudas, such as Schizoneura Gondwanensis, Fstm. 

 (triassic type), Actinopteris Bengalensis, Fstm. (mezozoic type), Neurop- 

 teris valida, Fstm. (triassic type), Gangamopteris cyclopteroides, Fstm. 

 (mezozoic), Yoltzia heterophylla, Bgt. (triassic), I added more palaeonto- 

 logical evidence, consisting in the discovery of — 



a. Phyllotheca, in the real sense, in the Raniganj group, by which 

 the analogy with the Kamthi group is rendered still more evident. 



b. Some specimens of Tceniopteris {M.acrotceniopteris and Angio- 

 pteridium ?) from the Kamthis. 



c. Some more specimens of Sageiiopteris from the Godavari District 

 and from Kurhurbari.f 



d. A new Gangamopteris from the Kamthi beds. 



e. A Glossozamites from the Kurhurbari coalfield, f 



f. A Noggerathia near Vogesiaca, Bronn, from the South Godavari 

 district. 



g. A Yoltzia heterophylla, Bgt., again from the Kurhurbari coal- 

 field^ 



I think that these additions, which however do not include all that 

 can be added, will modify to some extent Mr. W. T. Blanford's conclusion^ 

 "that the evidence, which connects the Damudas with the Australian 

 carboniferous rocks is about equal to that which tends to show their 

 relations with the Triassic § rocks in Europe ;" and that the evidence of 

 a mezozoic age will be still further increased by the present contribution 

 to the Flora of the B-aniganj coalfield. The stratigraphical classification 

 of the Damudas is at present the following : 



Damuda Series (not group) 



a. Raniganj — Kamti-group (not Series). 



b. Iron Shales. 



* E. Q. S. I. IX. 4. 



f Amongst plants brought by Dr. Stoliczka in 1871 ; others sent by Mr. "Whitty 

 % B, G. Surv. Ind. IX. 3. p. 84. 



§ At any rate, if the flora does not show plainly enough a Triassic age, it indicates 

 at least a mezozoic epoch. 



