176 The Irish Naturalist. July, 



Westown Burn, 500 feet O.D., 1,443 specimens; and at 

 Greenockmains, 600 feet O.D., 12 specimens. The following 

 is a list of the Foraminifera from the clays recently sent to 

 me by Mr. Smith : — 



KlI^WINNING. 



" Sandy mud, in Boulder clay, the latter about 20 feet thick, Seven- 

 acres Quarry, under Kilwinning, about 200 feet above the sea." Weight 

 of cla}', 21-5 oz. Troy. After washing, 7 oz. fine ; 34 oz. coarse ; stones 

 somewhat rounded, shell fragments frequent. Foraminifera plentiful. 

 Bolivlna pllcata, d'Orb.— Rare. 

 Cassldullna crassa, d'Orb.— Frequent. 

 Lagrena ? sp. — One specimen. 



Polymorphlna lanceolata, Rss. — One large specimen. 

 Cloblgrerlna bulloides, d'Orb.— Very rare. 

 Discorblna obtusa (d Orb.), — Rare. 

 Truncatullna lobatula (W. &J.). — Very rare. 

 Nonlonlna depressula (W. & J.). -Very common. 



Thornhili,. 



"Boulder clay, Tansley Burn, three miles N.E. of Thornhill Station, 

 Dumfrieshire, 1,000 feet above the sea. Stones and boulders, many of 

 them striated." Weight of clay, 25-5 oz. Troy. After washing, 6-2 oz. 

 fine ; 4*2 oz. coarse. Foraminifera rare. 

 Bullmlna pupoides, d'Orb, — Very rare. 

 Bolivlna pllcata, d'Orb. — Very rare. 

 Cassldullna crassa, d'Orb. — Very rare. 

 Cloblg^erlna bulloides, dOrb. — Rare. 

 Discorblna obtusa (d'Orb.).— Very rare. 

 Truncatulina lobatula (W. & J.). —Very rare. 

 Nonlonlna depressula (W. & J.).— Very rare. 



MUIRKIRK. 

 " Boulder Clay, Dippel Burn, near Muirkirk, Ayrshire, 1,061 feet above 

 the sea." Weight of clay, no oz. Troy. After washing, 35-4 oz. fine; 

 19*6 oz. coarse. Foraminifera frequent. 

 Bilocullna ringrens (Lamk.).— Rare. 

 Mlllollna semlnulum (Linne). — Rare. 

 M. subrotunda (Montag.).— Rare. 

 Bullmlna fuslformis, Will.— Very rare. 

 Bolivlna punctata, d'Orb. — Very rare. 

 B. dilatata, Rss. — Very rare. 

 Cassldullna laevig^ata, d'Orb.— Very rare. 

 Ci crassa, d'Orb. — Very rare 

 Lai^ena laevlg^ata, Rss.— Very rare. 

 L, luclda (Will.).— Very rare. 

 L. marglnata (W. & B.).— Very rare. 



