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sphaerica and Psammosphaeria fitsca," before the " Challenger " 

 society in October of last year, Mr. J. 0. Borley, of the Fisheries 

 Department of the Board of Agriculture, suggested that it would 

 be interesting if they continued their investigations in the 

 southern area of the North Sea with a view to determining the 

 distribution of the two species in that area. This, after some 

 hesitation, they agreed to do ; but with little expectation that 

 any observations of interest would result, as Mr. Borley had 

 already confirmed, from his personal experience, the generally 

 held opinion that Foraminifera of all kinds were of extremely 

 rare occurrence in these waters. The shallowness of the sea, 

 and consequent disturbance due to wave and tidal action, were 

 considered to be factors limiting the possibilities of Khizopodal 

 distribution. Material was examined from six stations repre- 

 senting two widely separated areas of the North Sea, three 

 stations being far to the north-east of the Dogger Bank near the 

 Great Fisher Bank, while the other three stations were in the 

 belt of deep water which lies to the west of the Dogger, close in 

 to the Northumberland coast. The depths ranged between 31 

 and 45 fathoms. 



A number of photomicrographs were projected upon the screen, 

 and briefly described by Mr. Earland. Nubecidaria lucifuga 

 (Def ranee), a southern form, has an extended range as far as 

 the English Channel. It is common at Bognor and Selsey, and 

 a few specimens had been found near the Orkneys and in Moray 

 Firth. Miliolina seminulum (Linne) occurs at every station in 

 both areas. It is the dominant miliolid of the North Sea, and 

 is of world-wide distribution. Of the two species especially 

 searched for Psammosphaera fusca (Schulze) was found to occur 

 at all stations except one in the inshore area. Saccammina 

 sphaerica (Sars) does not occur in any of the outer, or Great 

 Fisher Bank, collections, but does occur at two inshore stations. 

 The specimens found were extremely small. The dominant 

 arenaceous form was Eeophax scorpiurus (Montfort). The 

 dominant Textularian was Verneuilina polystropha. It occurred 

 in great numbers and variety at every station. The genus 

 Lagena is abundantly represented in the inshore station dredg- 

 ings, twenty-eight species being recorded, while at the outer 

 stations only eight species were found. Truncatidina lobatula 

 (W. and J.), Nonionina depressula (W. and J.), and Polystomella 



