624 MR J. W. GREGORY ON THE MALTESE FOSSIL ECHINOIDEA. 



which seems quite sufficient to establish the separation. Dr Ebert has discussed * the 

 relations of this species and S. desmaresti, Miinst. 



Species 2. Spatangus pustulosus, T. Wright, 1864. 



Synonymy — 



Spatangus pustulosus, T. Wright, 1864, "Foss. Echinidge Malta," Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, xx. p. 

 489, pi. xxi. f. 2. 

 „ „ Ippolito Cafici, 1880, Boll. R. Com. geol. Italia, xi. p. 501. 



„ „ Th. Fuchs, 1885, "Gliederung unt. Neogen Mittelmeers," Zeit. deut. geol. Ges., 



xxxvii. p. 157. 

 ,, „ L. Baldacci, 1886, "Descriz. GeoL Italia," Mem. descr. Carta geol. Italia, i. 



p. 94. 

 1 „ aequidilatatus, G. Mazzetti, 1882, " Ech. foss. Montese," Ann. Soc. Nat. Modena (2), xv. 

 pp. 113, 114, pi. iii. f. 6. 



Type.— Brit. Mus., E. 1675. 



Distribution. — Malta — Globigerina Limestone ; Greensand (Cooke's Coll.). Sicily — 

 Calcare di Siracusa. Italy — Montese (?) ; (Langhien). Greece — Eubcea. 



Genus EuspatangUS, L. Agassiz, 1847. 



Species l. Euspatangus de konincki (Wright), 1855. 

 Synonymy — 



Spatangus de konincki, T. "Wright, 1855, " Foss. Echinod. Malta," Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2), xv. pp. 



178-181. 

 Euspatangus „ T. Wright, 1855, ibid., p. 274. 



„ „ E. Desor, 1858, Syn. tch. foss., p. 415. 



,, konincki, T. Wright, 1864, "Foss. Echinid?e Malta," Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, p. 487, 



pi. xxii. f. 5. 



Type.— E. 1582. 



Distribution. — Malta — Blue Clay (fide Dr Wright) — Globigerina Limestone. 

 Remarks. — Dr Wright also records this species from the Lower Coralline Limestone, 

 but I have seen no specimen from that horizon. 



Genus Sarsella, Pomel, 1883. 

 Species l. Sarsella duncani, n. sp. 



Synonymy — 



Spatangus hoffmanni, T. Wright, 1855 (?ion Goldf.), " Foss. Echinod. Malta," Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (2), xv. pp. 176-178. 

 „ ocellatus, T. Wright, 1864 (non Defrance), " Foss. Echinidaj Malta," Quart. Journ. Geol. 

 Soc, pp. 487, 488, pi. xxi. £ 1. 



* Th. EBERT, " Die Eclriniden des Nord und Mitteldeutschen Oligocans," Abh. geol. Specialk. Preussen, ix., Alt. 1., 

 1889, pp. 55, 56. 



