FORAMINIFERA. 

 BY MRS. ROBERTSON, Fernbank, Millport, Cumbrae. 



CLASSIFICATION. 



H. B. Brady, F.K.S., F.G.S., "A Synopsis of the British Eecent Foram- 

 inifera" (Roy. Micros. Soc. Trans., 1897). 



H. B. Brady, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Chal- 

 lenger" vol. ix., 1884. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



H. =Herdman, Prof., W. A. : "Invertebrate fauna of Lamlash Bay" (Roy. 



Phys. Soc. Edinb., vol. v. and vi., 1880). 



P. = Fred. G. Pearcy, Naturalist on Fishery Board Steamer ' Garland.' 

 K. = The late Dr. David Robertson, Millport. 

 S. = Thomas Scott, F.L.S., Fishery Board for Scotland. 



Fam. Miliolidae. 



Sub. -f 'am. Nubecularinae. 

 Nubecularia lucifllga, Defrance. Kilchattan B., 25 f., (R.). 



Sub.-faffi; Miliolinae. 



Biloculina irregularis, d'Orb. Mod. r. Kilbrennan Sd., 75-80 f. ; off 



S. end of Bute, 40 f. ; L. Goil, 44 f. ; off Wemyss B. (R.). 

 B. ringens, Lamarck. Gen. dist. 

 B. depressa, d'Orb. C. everywhere. 

 B. elongata, d'Orb. Gen. dist. 



B. simplex, d'Orb. Bet. Portincross and Ardrossan, 30 f. (R.). 

 B. bicarinata, d'Orb. Kilbrennan Sd., 75-80 f. (R.). 

 Spiroloculina planulata, Lamk L. Fyne, 25 f. ; off Seamill, 30 f. ; off 



Inverkip, 15 f. ; Rothesay B., 10-12 f. ; off L. Cumbrae, 3-5 f.; off 



Girvan (R.). 



S. limbata, d'Orb. Widely dist. 

 S. canaliculata, d'Orb. C., widely dist. 

 S. excavata, d'Orb. Cumbrae : Claugh, 6 f. ; off Figgetoch, 22 f. ; Port 



Loy, 10-12 f., and Tan : off Portincross, 15 f. ; Kilbrennan Sd., 75-80 f. ; 



Lamlash B., 12-15 f. ; Rothesay B. (R.). 

 S. tenuis, Czjz. Kilbrennan Sd., 75-80 f., r. (R.). 

 Miliplina trigonula, Lamk. Gen. dist. 

 M. circularis, Borneman. Off Corswall Pt., 60 f. (R.) ; off Ailsa Craig, 28 f.; 



bet. Mull of Kintyre and Corsewall L. H., 60 f. ; off Dunnighu Pt., 



23-30 f. ; off Pigeon I., L. Fyne, 18 f. (P.). 



