2.—DETERMINATIONS OF PALAEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC 
FOSSILS. 
(By R. Etheridge , Junr ., Curator of the Australian Museum , Sydney.) 
Nos. 112-144, from Sandy’s Creek, below the junction with Merrijig 
Creek, Mitchell River (examined 13/10/98). In addition to indeterminate 
fragmentary plant remains, corals, crinoid stems and shells, this collection 
contains the following :— 
*Diphyphyllum porteri , Eth. ill., var. mitchellensis , var. nov.—Nos. 112, 
115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, and 129. 
* Rkizophyllum interpunctatum, De Kon.—No. 124. 
Favosit.es , sp.—No. 130. 
*Coenites, sp. (cast).—No. 138. 
Tentaculites, sp.—Nos. 113 and 127. 
Orthis (Dalmanella) elegantida , Dalman ? Nos. 113 and 127. 
Orthis (Schizophoria ), sp. (near 0. striatula , Schlotheim).—Nos. 125 
.and 143. 
Orthis , sp. (near 0. vespertilis , Shy.).—No. 126. 
Pentamerus australis, McCoy?—Nos. 119, 122, 128, 132. 
Pentamerus australis, McCoy.—No. 131. 
Spirifera , sp.—No. 123. 
Spirifera, sp., and a coral (Monticulipora ?). —No. 136. 
Productus? —No. 140. I believe this specimen has been included in this 
collection by mistake, and that it is from the Permo-Carboniferous of New 
South Wal .es. 
Strophomena or Leptcena. —No. 137. 
Strophomena , sp.'—No. 141. 
Pterinea , sp.—No. 135. 
No. 147, from Wando Creek, Casterton (examined 3/10/98):—Casts of 
plant stems or branches, probably those of a fern, but without ativ deter¬ 
minative characters. In a fine micaceous sandstone, said to be of Mesozoic 
age. 
Nos. 148-159, from Walhalla, in shales classed as Llpper Silurian 
(examined 7/11/98):—Fragmentary remains of vegetable life, apparently 
either small branches or rootlets. 
Nos. 160-165, from Swamp Creek, Mitchelldale, opposite (west of) 
Mr. W. Websdale’s house (examined 5/4/99) :— 
No. 160.—Portion of a Heliolites. 
No. 161.—Conglomerate containing a few cavities left by the disintegra¬ 
tion of crinoid stem fragments. 
Nos. 162-165.—Apparently indistinct traces of plant fragments. 
No. 160 may be either of Silurian or Devonian age. Nos. 161 to 165 do 
not afford any indication of the age of the enclosing rock. 
Nos. 249-263 (examined.2/10/00), from Kilcunda and district, contained 
the following :— 
Angiopteridium spathulatum , McClelland; Sphenopteris crassinervis , 
McCoy?; Baiera, subgracilis , McCoy; a fragment of a conifer and part of 
the stem of an equisetaceous fruit. 
Note.—S ince this collection was first examined and the above report furnished, a 
description of the three species marked thus *, together with a minute coral (Heterotrypa 
australis, sp. nov.) subsequently detected, has been published in Progress Report of the Geological 
■Survey of Victoria, No. XI., 1879, p. 30 et seq. 
