FROM THE NORTH SEA. 129 



very few and entirely confined to coastal gatherings. It does not 

 occur in any of the midsea " Goldseeker " dredgings from stations 

 adjacent to the Northern Area of the " Huxley" 



Of the other species recorded in the list a few have more than 

 a passing interest. (1) Nubecularia lucifuya Defrance is a southern 

 form, not previously recorded on the S. and E. coast of Britain 

 beyond Bognor, Sussex. A few specimens have been dredged by 

 the "Goldseeker " in the Moray Firth and Shetland seas, and these 

 two records, from intermediate localities, are therefore of interest. 



The same remarks apply to (9) Massilina secans d'Orbigny sp. 

 This is the most abundant and typical Miliolid of the shore 

 sands and shallow water all round the S. and W. coast-line. 

 There are few records of shore sands on the E. coast, but the 

 species occurs at Cromer and St. Andrews (Fife) and is abundant 

 at Scapa in Orkney in shore sand. It is extremely rare in the 

 " Goldseeker '" North Sea dredgings, but the few specimens found 

 were from a Station (39 B ) near the " Huxley " Northern Area. 

 Its absence from the Southern Area is noticeable, and probably 

 due to the muddiness of the deposit. 



(12) Comuspira striolata Brady. The specimen from Haul 767 

 (Northern Area) is of the very fragile and etiolated type abun- 

 dant in many of the " Goldseeker " dredgings from the deeper 

 North Sea. 



(13) Comuspira diffusa Heron- Allen and Earland * (P\. 11, 

 fig. 1). The specimens of this form, which has been recently 

 described by us, were large and quite typical, but few in number. 

 The Northern Area is quite close to the " Goldseeker " Stations at 

 which it is most abundant, but the species is sparingly distributed 

 round the British coast. 



(14) Bathysiphon argenteus, (62) Layena cymbula (PL 10, 

 figs. 10-12), (84) Layena unyuis, and (117) Discorbina Praeyeri 



* " On some Foraminifera from the North Sea, etc., dredged by the 

 Fisheries Cruiser. " Goldseeker " (International North Sea Investigations 

 Scotland). III. On Comuspira diffusa, a new type from the North Sea." 

 Journ. R. Mior. Soc., 1913, pp. 272-6, pi. xii. 



