xii Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Jan. 1846. 



Read the following letter and catalogue : 



To H. Torrens, Esq. Secretary, Asiatic Society, fyc. §c. fyc. 



Sir,— I beg- you will do me the favour of presenting- to the Asiatic Society the accom- 

 panying- series of fossil shells from Danish and Swedish localities, identified in the an- 

 nexed list, which I have lately received by H. D. M. ship Galathea, from Professor 

 Forchhammer of Copenhagen. Some of the shells are mentioned and figured by Mr. 

 Chas. Lyell, in his memoir on the Cretaceous and Tertiary Strata of the Danish 

 Islands of Seeland and Moen. (Transact. Geolog. Society. Vol. v. 2d. Ser. p. 243.) 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your most Obedt. Servt. 



Theo. Cantor, 



Staff Barracks, Fort William, 29th Dec. 1845. 



1. Brachiurus rugosos. Newer chalk. Faxoe. 



2. Brachiurus laevior. Newer chalk. Faxoe. 



3. Serpula gordialis. Greensand. Scania. 



4. Nautilus Danicus. Newer chalk. Faxoe. 



5. Belemnities mucronatus. Greensand. Scania. 



6. Belemnities mamillatus. Greensand Scania. 



7. Trochus niloticiformis, Schl. Newer chalk. Faxoe. 



8. Cerithium Faxoense. Newer chalk. Faxoe. 



9. Cerithium Selandicum. Newer chalk. Faxoe. 



10. Cyproea spirata. Newer chalk. Faxoe. 



11. Cyproea bullata. Newer chalk. Faxoe. 



12. Area lineata, Schl. Newer chalk. Faxoe. 



13. Nucula ovata. Greensand. Scania. 



14. Nucula, ? Newer chalk. Faxoe. 



15. Terebratula carnea. Newer chalk. Steons Klint. 



16. Terebratula flustracea. Newer chalk. Faxoe. 



17. Terebratula. Newer chalk. Faxoe. 



18. Terebratula lyra. Greensand. Scania. 



19. Terebratula longirostris. Greensand. Scania. 



20. Terebratula ovata. Greensand. Scania. 



21. Lima ovata. Greensand. Scania. 



22. Lima- ? Greensand. Scania. 



23. Lima denticulata. Greensand. Scania. 



24. Pecten inversus. Greensand. Scania. 



25. Pecten subaratus. Greensand. Scania. 



26. Spondylus lamellosus. Greensand. Scania. 



27. Spondylus truncatus. Greensand. Scania. 



28. Mytilus ungulatus. Newer chalk. Faxoe. 



29. Ostrea diluviana. Greensand. Scania. 



30. Ostrea lunata. Greensand. Scania. 



31. Ostrea vesicularis. Newer chalk. Steons Klint. 



32. Ostrea reflexa. Newer chalk. Faxoe. 



33. Ostrea hippopodium. Greensand. Scania. 



