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abounding in foraminiferge and bryozoes; with Cythereis, Terebra- 
tula , Cereopora , Textularia , Bairdia, Eschara etc. (according to 
W. Mantell , Quart. Journ. Vol. VI. p. 329). 
Woodburn Series (on Saddle Hill near Dunedin) with Ostrea , and 
echinite quills (according to Dr. Lindsay). 
Green Island Seines (Dunedin), sandy glauconite-bearing strata full 
of foraminiferm, together with Terebratula, Echinodermes and 
Shark’s teeths (according to Dr. Lindsay). 
2. Younger tertiary Strata. 
Conglomerates, sandstones, limestones and clays upon North and South 
Islands with a fauna, very nearly related to the living Mollusca of New 
Zealand. The strata raised partly to a height of 2000 feet above the level 
of the sea and in some places (on the cliffs about Nelson) in an almost ver- 
tical position. 
Upon North Island: 
a) Kohuroa near Rodney Point, North of Auckland ; dark clay-slate breccia 
with living and extinct species: Terebratella dorsata Gmel., Rhyncho- 
nella nigricans Sow. , Purpura textiliosa Lam. , Turitella rosea Quoy., 
Turbo superbus Zitt. , Crasatella ampla Zitt. 
b) Hawkes Bay Series ; limestones, sandstones, and clay-marls replete with 
fossils: Peeten Triphooki Zitt. , Venus, Mytilus , Pedunculus, Trochita etc. 
c) Wanganui River beds; blue clay with sea-shells, covered by a volcanic 
conglomerate; in the clay are imbedded numerous recent species, — as 
in the Awatere Valley, South Island, — Fusus nodosus Quoy, Murex Zea- 
landicus Quoy, Venus mesodesma Gray, Venericardia Quoyii Lam.; Peeten 
asperrimus Lain. (W. Mantell, Quart. Journ. Vol. IV. p. 239, and Quart. 
Journ. Vol. VI. p. 332); sands with large oysters: Ostrea ingens Zitt. 
Upon South Island: 
d) Highly inclined strata on the cliffs about Nelson with Cardium ,' Pec- 
tunculus , Trochosrnilia , Bulla, Cerithium, Buccinum etc. 
e) Blue clays in the Awatere Valley (Prov. Marlborough), raised to a 
height of 2000 feet above the sea level, with shells in an admirable 
state of preservation: -Area (a very large species), Pedunculus , Voluta, 
Struthiolaria, Trochita etc. 
With these I class also: 
f) The Waitaki Strata , arenaceous, on the Waitaki River bounding the 
Provinces Otago and Canterbury, with bones of Cetaceae. (Dr. Haast.) 
g) The Moeraki Series (Onekakara) , argillaceous, on the East coast of the 
Province Otago, described by Mr. Mantell as pleistocene (Quart. Journ. 
