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with it the non-dasyclad alga Parachaetetes asvapatii Pia, also described from the 

 same Indian locality, Indopolia is very rare. In Kurdistan it was found in the 

 present investigation only at Banik, and there is possibly one other record from 

 Oman (see above). 



The Banik material shows sterile whorls only. A measured example has an 

 external diameter of 0-455 mm., and internal diameter of 0-221 mm., or 49% ; 

 although a little smaller, the section is closely similar to that of a sterile specimen 

 figured from the type-material (Pia 1936b, pi. 1, fig. 11). 



Although the algal sampling for the present study was far from exhaustive, the 

 poor showing of Indopolia in the Middle East, when compared with its Indian 

 associates Dissocladella and Parachaetetes is probably significant. The rare occur- 

 rence, of sterile remains only so far, suggests that it did not manage to spread 

 westwards along Tethyan coasts. Indopolia feddeni Rao & Vimal (1955) is uncom- 

 mon in the Palaeocene of Pakistan. Perhaps I. satyavanti is replaced in the algal 

 economy by the prolific Cymopolia kurdistanensis, not known from the Trichinopoly 

 beds. 



Genus LARVARIA Defrance 1822 



i960 Larvaria sp. Elliott : 223. 



The writer's i960 record of Larvaria sp. from the Kurdistan Maestrichtian, is 

 based on a worn example of Cymopolia tibetica Morellet (see above, under C. tibetica). 

 Larvaria sp. was recorded by Barthoux (1920) from the Lower Eocene of Suez, Egypt. 



Genus MACROPORELLA Pia 1912 

 i960 Macroporella sp. Elliott : 219, 221. 



My i960 records of this genus, from the Permian of Iraqi Kurdistan and from the 

 subsurface Upper Triassic of Qalian no. 1 well, Mosul Liwa, Iraq, were made on 

 scarce and poorly-preserved material. No further specimens of either have been 

 found. The Permian record is now discounted, and the Triassic one remains very 

 doubtful. 



Jurassic and Cretaceous species formerly referred to this genus are now described 

 under Pianella and Acroporella. 



Genus MORELLETPORA Varma 1950 



1950 Morelletpora nammalensis Varma : 207, figs. 1, 2. 



1955 Morelletpora nammelensis Varma ; Varma : ioi-iii, 2 pis. 



i960 ? Morelletpora nammelensis Varma ; Elliott : 225. 



My i960 record of this species (a queried determination) from the Palaeocene- 

 Lower Eocene of Iraq, based on a random section, proves to be from material of 

 Middle Eocene age and is not further dealt with here. 



