130 E. HERON-ALLEN AND A. EARLAND ON SOME FORAMINIFERA 



are new forms discovered first by us in " Goldseeker " dredgings. 

 They are described and figured in our report on the Foraminifera 

 of the Clare Island Survey (Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., 1913, vol. xxxi., 

 No. 64). 



(20) Reophax nodulosa Brady (PI. 10, fig. 1) is extremely 

 rare as a British species. It has been recorded from the Clyde 

 Area and Skye by Robertson and from the Estuary of the Dee 

 by Siddall. The British specimens are very minute, but in the 

 deep sea it attains a great size, up to 1 in. in length. 



(23) Haplophragmium anceps Brady, another deep-water form, 

 is of rare occurrence in British waters. It has been recorded 

 from shore sands at Southport (Chaster) and Bognor (Earland), 

 and we have recently dredged it in the Clare Island Area. 



(25) Haplophragmium crassimargo Norman (PL 10, fig. 5-6), 

 a large and very robust form closely allied to H. canariense 

 d'Orbigny sp., is the typical Haplophragmium of the deeper parts 

 of the North Sea, and is abundant in many of the " Goldseeker " 

 dredgings. 



(27) Thurammina papillata Brady. The single specimen re- 

 corded from Haul 369 in the Southern Area is extremely small, 

 but quite typical of the spherical type (cf. Brady, Foraminifera 

 of the u Challenger" 1884, pi. xxxvi., fig. 7). The papillae are 

 prominent and very numerous. The genus Thurammina is 

 abundant and very variable in the deep water of the North Sea 

 to the N.E. of Shetland, but very rare in the central North Sea. 



(28) Ammodiscus incertus d'Orbigny. All the specimens are 

 very minute and of a light-grey colour. The genus is very 

 sparingly distributed in all the " Goldseeker " dredgings from the 

 North Sea, and all the specimens are minute. In the Faroe 

 Channel, however, it attains its full dimensions. 



(35) Spiroplecta biformis Parker and Jones sp. (PI. 10, 

 fig. 9). The single specimen of this rare form, recorded from 

 Haul 772 in the Northern Area, is noticeable for the rapid 

 increase in size of the Textularian chambers following the Spiro- 

 plectine portion of the test. 



