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just off the old St. Vincent Jetty. An examination of the corals 
and of the associated shells has convinced me that the corals in. 
question are none other than true reef corals such as it is 
impossible could live in such a position or indeed in any part of 
the Gulf of Paria. Moreover, the shells found associated with the 
corals are without exception so far as I have observed, the same 
species as are found in the Gulf and not such as would be found 
associated with reef corals. 
The possibility of the existence of a tertiary bed at the 
bottom of some part of the Gulf has often occurred to me and I 
have on a former occasion referred to such a possibility. But the 
conditions of the present coral deposit entirely preclude the 
possibility of its being such a bed. The corals have evidently 
been brought here from some other place, probably from Barbados 
where all the species are found abundantly. Perhaps the lighter 
or vessel in which they were being carried was swamped or cap- 
sized. At one time corals were imported here for the purpose of 
being burnt into lime and it is highly probable that the deposit 
now found was a cargo of such corals. 
It is likely that all the massive reef corals of Barbados are 
represented here, but those I have identified are the following : — 
Favia ananas, Lam. Madrepora muricata, Linn. 
Astrea radians, Pall. Manicina areolata, Linn. 
Porites clavaria, Lam. 
Read 81st May, 1897. 
REMARKS ON SOME FOSSILS FROM THE EOCENE 
OF NAPARIMA. 
By R. J. Lechmere Guppy. 
U NFORTUNATELY for Trinidad, my collection of West 
Indian Fossils has left the country, having been acquired by the 
United States National Museum. To make a collection to replace 
this would be a work of time, labor and expense which I could 
hardly undergo. I have, however, availed myself of all such oppor- 
tunities as have occurred to me to collect Fossils. I here exhibit a 
few specimens deserving of notice. Some examples otJSchinolampas 
ovumserpentis are on the table j and there is one specimen of 
