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FOSSIL FORAMINIFERA. 
MALTA. 
Foraminiferous Rocks from Malta. 
Described in tbe Geol. Mag. vol. iii. April 1866, pp. 145, 151, &c. See also 
the ‘ Geologist,’ vol. vii. 1864, pp. 133-135, and Geol. Mag. vol. i. 1864, p. 104. 
See also Th. Fuchs, “ On the Tertiaries of Malta,” Proc. Imp. Acad. Vienna, 
1876, vol. lxx. p. 92 ; and Geol. Mag. (n. s.) vol. iv. p. 120. 
P 480. No. 1. “ Upper Limestone.” Friable shell-grit ; with Heteroste- 
gina depressa, Pecten , and Polyzoa, mostly as rolled fragments. 
Collected by A. L. Adams. 
'No. 2 (p. 151). Sandy shell- grit (“ sand-bed ”) ; with grains of 
P 484. _ quartz, lobulated glauconite, &c., and Heterostegina depressa, 
P 475. Polyzoa, Echinoderms (fragments), shells, and Bairdia (sub- 
deltoiclea ?). Collected by A. L. Adams. 
f No. 3 (“No. 2” at p. 152, Geol. Mag.).'] Modules of iron-pyrites, 
& “Marl-bed.” I decomposed, m more 
P 485. 
No. 4 (“No. 3” atp. 152 op.cit.). “Cal- 
careous Sandstone.” 
or less concentric 
nodules of iron-oxide 
and ochre. 
Collected by A. L. Adams. 
P 486. No. 4 (“No. 3” op. tit.). “Calcareous Sandstone.” This bed 
contains Nodosaria raphanistrum, Dentalina communis (var.), 
Cristellaria cultrata, Amphistegina vulgaris, Lituola Soldanii 
(coarse, greenish grey, abundant), Polyzoa, Pecten and other 
shells, and Echinoderms. Collected by A. L. Adams. 
P 485. No. 4 (“ No. 3 ” op. tit.). Nodules from this bed : — two calcareous, 
greenish-grey hard limestone, one homogeneous, polished, the 
other coarser, shelly. (In some sections are seen no less than 
five bands of these nodules, commencing in No. 5 limestone and 
ending in upper part of No. 4.) Collected by A. L. Adams. 
P 479. No. 4 (“ No. 3 ” op. cit.). Nodular masses : — honeycombed pieces 
of hard ferruginous shell-rock, with Polyzoa adherent to the 
water worn surface of white limestone of similar materials. 
With Orbitoides, Echinoderms, Polyzoa, and shells. 
Collected by A. L. Adams. 
No. 5 (“ No. 4” op. tit.). “Lower Limestone.” Shell-grit; 
with Heterostegina depressa, Amphistegina vulgaris, Orbi- 
toides Mantelli, and Polyzoa. Collected by A. L. Adams. 
No. 5 (“ No. 4 ” op. tit.). “ Lower Limestone.” Shell-grit ; 
with large Orbitoides. Collected by A. L. Adams. 
P 477. No. 5 (“ No. 4 ” op. cit.). Teredo (tubes). Abundant in certain 
parts of the lowermost rocks (especially such portions as are 
broken up for lime) near Morsa Girocco, which is composed 
almost entirely of them. Collected by A. L. Adams. 
P 476. No. 5 (“No. 4” op. tit.). Pisolitic Orbitoidal Limestone. Lowest 
limestone in Malta. Collected by A. L. Adams. 
P 481. 
P 482. 
P 483. 
P 487. . 
P 312. 1 
P 489. 
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