New South Wales. 
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is made of a Pecten and fish scale from Cape St. Vincent, on the 
S. S. A\ r . Coast, collected by M. E. Deplanches. Millions of an 
Avieula (Monoiis) allied to M. salinaria of Goldfuss, of which 
M. Ridimondiana, of Zittel, is a variety, also occur. Astarte, 
Turbo Joitoni , and one other; Spirifera Caledonica ; S. Planclieti ; 
Scyphia armata —all these are Upper Triassic. 
M. Gander’s fossils, examined by M. Eischer, were ])ronounced 
to be Monotis ; Halobia (an Austrian species); and Mytilus 
'problematicus of the same formation. 
The supposed Jurassic rocks contain Nucula near N. JPammcri 
(De fr.), a Littorina, a Cardium, and an Astarte resembling A. 
Voltzii (Goldf) M. Eischer believes, however, that these are 
more likely to be Triassic also. 
M. Municr-Chalmas names also as Jurassic Ostrea sublameb 
losa ; Astarte (or Tan do don) prwcursor ; Pellatia Garnieri ; and 
Cardiurn Caledonicum . 
A large Pinna seems to represent the Cretaceous' rocks. A 
tolerably full account of the Geology of New Caledonia will be 
found in my “Address to the 21. tSoc. R.S.W., 1875”; see also 
“ Note sur les Pcchcs, $[c." just published at Noumea, by M. Eatte. 
Rew Zealand. — New Zealand exhibits abundance of proofs 
that Secondary formations exist there; and not the least remark¬ 
able fact is, that Professor Hochstetter in 1S59 discovered there 
the same Avieula Richmondiana as above, and Halobia Lomclli, 
Avieula salinaria, with Monotis, Spirigera, Spirifera, &e., belong¬ 
ing to the Triassic epoch. 
In my paper “ On Decent Geological Discoveries ,” I collected 
as much of this kind of information as I then could ; but since 
then the skill and labour of the Geological Survey of New 
Zealand, under the direction of Dr. Hector, have produced an 
abundant harvest of scientific details ; and to the able publi¬ 
cations and reports from that authority I may refer those who are 
interested in the development of that most interesting group of 
islands. They will find there ample evidence as to the existence 
of Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous, as well as of Palaeozoic 
rocks. The Saurian discoveries of Mr. T. Hood Cockburn Hood, 
E.G.S. (see Q. J. G. S. xxvi, 1870, p. 409), also deserve com¬ 
memoration ; nor must the labours and great discoveries of Dr. 
Haast, E.E.S., be unremembered. 
So far as the Trias is concerned, Hochstetter’s discoveries of 
the genera and species about Richmond have been rivalled by 
Captain Hutton, in Southland, Otago, who found in 1872, on the 
Moonlight Range, Monotis Richmondiana (Zitt.), and Halobia 
Lomelli (AVissm.) On the western slope of IJokanuis, and on 
the south side of the AVairaka Hills, he obtained the same 
species, with others, proving that the rocks are the same as the 
