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Family— DOLIIDiE. 
Genus— DOLITJM, Lamarck, 1801. 
Syst. Anim. sans Verteb., p. 79). 
Doiipm costattjm, DesJiayes. 
DoUum costatum, Deshayes, in Lamarck Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Verteb., Ed. 2, 1844, ix., p. 144. 
)) ,, Ten. Woods, Proo. Linn. Soo. N. S. Wales, 1878, ii., Pt. 3, p. 268. 
Ohs. Characteristic casts of this species have been recorded by the late Eev. 
J . E. Tenison W oods from the New Gruinea Tertiary strata. He remarhs — “ There is no 
other species known to me which has the peculiar sub-acute distant ribs, and decidedly 
canaliculate suture, all of which, as well as the corresponding shape, are well shown in 
the cast in Mr. Macleay’s Museum.” 
These casts are accompanied by others of a JPhos, and Sfromhus novm-zealandice. 
Loc, and Horizon. Yule Island, New Guinea {The late Sir W. Macleay — 
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney) — Lower Pliocene ? 
Family— NEEITID^, 
Genus — NHRITINA, Tleming, 1828. 
(Brit. Animals, p. 321.) 
Neeitina ctAOATEs, Lamarck. 
Neritim gagates, Lamk., Hist. Anim. sans Verteb., 1822, vi., Pt. 2, p. 185. 
I, ,, Reeve, Conch. Icon. (Mon. Neritma), 185.5, t. 10, f. 47. 
,, „ Brazier, Proo. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wale-s, 18 ii., p. 21. 
,, „ Canefri, Ann. Mus. Civ. Storia Nat. Genova, 1883, xix., p. 66. 
Obs. This species was obtained in the living state by Mr J. Brazier at the 
Katau Eiver, in the “ Chevert” Expedition. 
Loc. and Horizon. Aird Hills, Douglas Eiver {T. F. Bevan — Mining and Gcol. 
Museum, Sydney) — Post-Tertiary. 
A very interesting Paper on the Geology of New Guinea was a few years ago 
contributed by the late Mr. C. S. 'Wilkinson, Government Geologist of N. S. Wales, 
“ Notes on a Collection of Geological Specimens collected by William Macleay, Esqr., 
&c., from the Coasts of New Guinea, &c.”* Amongst these were — 
1. OoHtic limestone from Bramble Bay. 
2. Yellow calcareous clay from the Katau Eiver. 
3. Yellow and blue calcareous clays from Yule Island and Hall’s Sound. 
The included fossils led Mr. Wilkinson to regard these clays as of Lower Miocene 
age, and “ exactly similar in lithological character to the Lower Miocene beds near 
Geelong, and on the Cape Otway coast in "Victoria.” 
The larger number of fossils were obtained at Hall’s Sound, and in the condition 
of casts, but the only two specifically determined were — 
Valuta macroperta, McCoy 
„ anticingulata, McCoy. 
The evidence for assigning a Miocene age to these beds seems to be anything but 
conclusive. The deposit at Yule Island is a calcareous concrete, composed of Shells, 
ProG. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1877, i., Pt. 2, p. 113. 
