118 F. CHAPMAN ON RECENT FORAMINIFERA OF VICTORIA: 



Messrs. T. S. Hall, M.A., and E. O. Thiele have kindly gathered 

 material for this paper. Mr. Hall's sample of shore-sand from 

 Beaumaris was obtained under exceptionally favourable condi- 

 tions, for it yielded a large number of the species only now- 

 recorded from Victoria, besides many interesting Ostracoda which 

 will be described at the first opportunity. The shore-sand from 

 McHaffie's Reef, also obtained by Mr. Hall, is noteworthy on 

 account of certain rare forms which it contains, such as Gassi- 

 dulina parkeriana and Lagena fasciata. 



This contribution to a description of the recent Victorian 

 Foraminifera has no pretension to be exhaustive ; but since 

 it is necessary to obtain some idea of the distribution of the 

 commoner species, in order to form a comparison with those 

 occurring in our Tertiary strata, it has been thought advisable to 

 publish the following results as a preliminary inquiry into this 

 section of the Victorian marine fauna. These notes deal with 

 103 species and varieties, one species and three varieties being 

 apparently new. 



The localities which have afforded us material up to the present 

 are Altona Bay (denoted A.B. in the systematic description) ; 

 Beaumaris (B.) ; Shoreham, Western Port (Sh.); McHaffie's Reef , 



