lit; 
DIKiVKH : THIAS OF THE HIMALAYAS. 
perliaps specifically diflterent, as has been remarked by A. Bittner (I.e., 
p. 66 ). 
Ajiother species, which is probably derived from the noric beds 
of Kashmir, is Monotis salinaria Schloth., recorded from Khar 
(Zaiiskar basin) by Stoliczka (i.e., p. 345). That the species recorded 
by Stoliczka, is identical with the Alpine leading fossil of the 
noric Hallstatt limestone, is very probable, for it is known to occur 
both to the south-east and north-west of Kashmir. Among Stoliczka's 
collections from Shargol (north-western corner of the Zanskar basin) a 
few flags of grey limestone have been noticed by Suess, which seem to 
have been derived from the Monotis beds. The fossils are, however, 
badly preserved. 
From the Upper Triassic limestones of the Karakoram Pass Hetera- 
stridium and Stoliczkaria have been collected by A. le Coq.^ 
/3.— Pamir. 
Stoliczka, when about to return to India from Chinese Turkestan, 
whither he had accompanied the second Yarkand Mission, traversed 
the eastern Pamir and obtained some very interesting geological results. 
A record of the Triassic fossils collected by him, is contained in a paper 
by Prof. E. Suess '" Zur Stratigraphie Centralasiens."' 
Near Aktash Stoliczka observed the following sequence of beds, in 
descending order : — 
4. Black, crumbling shales, with intercalated limestones, con- 
taining Halorella. 
3. Grey shales. 
2. Brownish sandstone, somewhat silicious. 
1. Limestone. 
The limestone beds intercalated between the black shales (No. 4) 
have yielded the oUowing species : — 
Halorella rectifrons Bittn. 
,, Stoliczkai Suess. 
1 P. Oppenheim, Ueber von Herrn A. le Coq gesamnielte Heterastridien vom 
Karakoram Pass Centralbl. f. Min., etc., 1007, p. 722. 
2 Denkschriften Kais. AkmJ. d. Wis.imch., 1894. Brl. LXI, pp. 4.32-4f.fi. 
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