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the rock this is found to be a mere veneer, though often of con- 

 siderable thickness, containing no trace of calcareous matter, on a 

 hard dense blue limestone, in which no fossils can be detected, 

 though it is quite certain that the outer sandy coating is a direct 

 result of the weathering of the limestones. 



The fossils occurring in the lower portion of the Naungkangyi 



group of strata are the following. The names 

 List of fossils. 6 , r . 



of new species are printed m heavier type : — 



Cystidea : — 



Aristocystis dagon Bather 

 Hehocrinus fiscella Bather 



„ rugatus Bather 



„ qualus Bather 

 S P- 



Echimencrinus aff. Senckenbergi E. V. Meyer 

 Cheirocrinus sp. 

 Caryocrinus turbo Bather 



,, avellana Bather 



„ aurora Bather 



„ sp. 

 Protocrinus sparsiporus Bather 



Bryozoa : — 



Eseharopjra sp. 

 Rhinidictya cf. plumula Salter 

 sp. 



Phylloporina orientalis Reed 

 Diplotrypa sedavensis Reed 



„ sp. 

 Fistulipora sp. 



Brachiopoda : — 



Schizotreta cf. ellvptica Kutorga 

 Rdfimsquina imbrex Pander 



subdeltoidea Reed 

 Lrptcena (?) ledetensis Reed 

 Plectambonilesqu inq u ecostata M c C oy 



sericca Sowerby 

 Chonetcs (? ; thebavensis Reed, 



