282 LA TOUCHE : GEOLOGY OE NORTHERN SHAN STATES. 



The occurrence of Fusulina elongata and of several bryozoa and 

 brachiopoda, 14 species in all, shows that the 

 Connection with Ame- connection with America indicated by the 



rica and the Malay . . ,. . j ... . , 



Archipelago. faunas of preceding periods was still kept up, and 



it is interesting to note that a small number of 



species agrees with those described by Prof. Eothpletz 1 from Timor 



and Rotti in the Malay Archipelago. 



The composition of the fauna has been discussed by Dr. Diener, who 

 calls attention to the importance of the brachio- 



Composition of the , , , ,, . . , 



f auna< poda, and to the significance ot the occurrence at 



Kehsi Mansam of so peculiar a type, confined as it 

 is to the Indian region, as Oldliamina. The list of species perhaps 

 emphasises too strongly the difference between the faunas of Namun 

 and Kehsi Mansam as regards the bryozoa, for these organisms are, 

 I think, almost as numerous at the latter place as at Namun, but 

 are preserved in such a way that only a very few and imperfect 

 specimens could be collected. 



As Dr. Diener says, the Anthracolithic beds of the Shan States 

 must be placed on a level with the middle 

 and upper Productus Limestones of the Salt 

 Range and of the 'exotic block ' of Chitichun No. 1 in the Central 

 Himalaya. Of the 78 species described, 34 are common to our 

 area and the Salt Range, of which 11 occur in the lower, 24 in the 

 middle, and 22 in the upper division of the Productus Limestone 

 respectively ; while of those occurring in the two latter divisions 

 17 are common to both. As regards the Central Himalaya, 17 

 species are found in both areas, most of which are from Chitichun 

 No. 1 ; and these include the only trilobite yet found in these rocks 

 in Burma, a single specimen of Phillipsia, allied to Ph. Middlemissi 

 Diener. , . 



1 Palseontographica, Vol. XXXIX, p. (>2. 



