52 The Irish Naturalist. [March, 



have all been previousl}" obtained in dredgings taken off 

 Bantry Bay in 1885, during the first cruise of the s.s. ** Lord 

 Bandon," viz. : — Spirolocutina te^iuiseptata, Textiilaria concava^ 

 Biiliviina Biichiana, Lagcna finibriata, Nodosaria (Gl.) rotwi- 

 data, Globigerina riibra, and Gypsiiia globulus. 



Dr. Alcock, in his " Natural History of Connemara,"^ 

 enumerates sixt3^-one species and varieties of Foraminifera 

 from this locality, all of which, with the exception of Trocham- 

 vmia inflata and Nonionhia uinbilicatulay have been obtained 

 from the sand which I examined. He also found, at a subse- 

 quent period, a specimen of Lagena cre^iata, wdiich was figured 

 by Balkwill and Wright in " Foraminifera of Dublin Ba}- and 

 Irish Sea. "2 This rare and lovel}^ Lagena was found in a 

 number of the Lord Bandon gatherings at depths varjdng 

 from 44 to 214 fathoms, also at Hone Island between tides. 



To my friend Mr. Robert Welch I am greatly indebted for 

 the quantity of sand and floatings which he placed in my 

 hands for examination, as also for the very accurate and 

 artistic drawings which accompan}' this paper. I have like- 

 wise to express my thanks to Messrs. E. Collier and R. 

 Standen, of Manchester, for kind assistance rendered also in 

 collecting material. 



lyisT OF Species. 

 Biloculina Irregularis, d'Orb.— Common. 



ringrens (Lamk,)— Very rare. 



var. elongrata, d'Orb. — Rare. 



depressa, d'Orb. — Common. 

 Splroloculina planulata (Lamk.)— Common. 



excavata, dOrb.— Rare. 



canal feu lata, d'Orb. — Rare. 



tenulseptata, Br. — Rare. 

 Millolina trig'onula (Lamk.)— One poor specimen. 



tricarinata (d Orb.)— Very rare. 



Inslgrnis, Br. — Rare. 



obIong:a (Montg.) — Frequent. 



semlnuluin (Linn.)— Common. 



aubcrlana (d'Orb.)— Frequent. 



contorta (d'Orb.)— Common. 



subrotunda (INIonlg.)— Very common. 



circularls (Bornem.)— Very common. 



semlnuda, Rss.— Very common. 



Feruesacli (d'Orb.)— Rare. 



blcornls(W. & J.)— Common. ____„ . 



1 Proc. Lit ^ Phil. Soc, Mauchesler, 1864-5. vol. iv., no. 15. 

 '"■ Trans. R.I. A., 1885, vol. xxviii., p. 339- pl- xiv., fig. 18. 



