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



it came from Sicily or Corsica rather than from Malta. It has been recorded from the 

 latter by M. Cotteau * and by G. Seguenza from Calabria,t but has not apparently been 

 since obtained from Malta. There is no specimen in Mr Cooke's Collection ; hence it 

 does not seem advisable to retain it on the Maltese list. 



Species 2. Clypeaster gibbosus (Risso), 1826, 



Synonymy — 



Scutella gibbosa, Risso, 1826, Hist. Nat. Europe merid., v. p. 284. 

 Clypeaster gibbosus, Marc de Serres, 1829, Geogr. terr. tert. France merid., p. 157. 

 „ Th. Fucks, 1874, Sitz. k. Ah Wiss. Wien, lxx., Abth. 1, p. 96. 



This species is quoted by Herr Fuchs from the Greensand, but I have seen no 

 specimen from Malta. 



Species 3. Clypeaster melitensis, Michelin, 1861. 



" Mon. Clypeastres foss," Mem. Soc. geol. France (2), vii. p. 129. 



This species was founded on some internal casts, and it is probable that they came 

 from Egypt. There are no specimens in any English collection from Malta in a similar 

 condition of preservation. 



Species 4. Clypeaster latirostris, Agassiz, 1840. 



Synonymy — 



Clypeaster latirostris, L. Agassiz, 1840, Cat. Ect. foss. Ech. Mus. Neoc, p. 6. 



„ „ T. Wright, 1864, "Foss. Echinidse Malta," Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc>. xx. 



p. 479. 



Family SCUTELLIDJE. 



Genus Scutella, Lamarck, 1816. 



Species 1. Scutella subrotunda, pars Leske, 1778. 



This species has been recorded from Malta in mistake for S. striatula. Dr Wright, 

 however, recorded both species in his earlier paper ; \ but as he abandoned S. striatula 

 in his later list, it is probable that he recognised that only one species occurred on 

 the island. The reasons why this was given as S. subrotunda have been already 

 mentioned. 



* " Faune tert. Corse," Ann. Soc. Agric. Lyons (4), ix. pp. 275-278. 

 t " Formaz. terz. Reggio," Mem. R. Ac. Lined (3), vi. p. 88, pi. x. f. 2. 

 I Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist (2), xv. pp. 118-120. 



