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latter. The carbonic acid from the peaty deposit had 

 evidently quite disintegrated the chalk without destroying all 

 the constituents. 



Mr. J. Wright, F.G.S., kindly examined this small residue 

 and lists the following thirty-three species and two varieties : — 



Chalk Foraminifkra, Whitkpark Bay. 



Textularia turrls, d'Orb. One specimen. 



T, grlobulosa, Ehr. Very common. 



Splroplecta prdelonga, Rss. One specimen, 



Verneulllna triquctra (MUnster). Rare. 



Bullmlna elegans, d'Orb. Rare. 



B. ovulum, Rss. Rare. 



Bolovlna obsoleta (Eley). Rare. 



B. decorata, Jones. Rare. 



B. serrata (Chapman). Common. 



B. textularioldes, Rss. Rare. 

 Lagena griobosa (Montag.). Rare. 

 L. grraclllima, Seg. Very rare. 



L. sulcata (W. and J.). Rare. 



Li lag'enoldes (Will.). One specimen. 



var. ten uistr lata, Br. Quadrigonal form ( = Z. quad- 

 ralata, Br. Chall. Reps., t. Ixi., f. 3), very rare. 

 Trigonal form, very rare. The quadrigonal form has 

 only been hitherto found in two of the Challenger 

 gatherings, and has not been found since either 

 recent or fossil. 



Nodosarla radlcula (Linn.) One specimen. 



N. communis, d'Orb. Rare. 



N. farclmcn (Sold.) Rare. 



N. pauperata, d'Orb. One specimen. 



N. raphanus (Linn.) One specimen. 



Ni scalaris (Batsch). One specimen. 



Llng^ulina carl nata, d'Orb. Very rare. 



Vagrinullna Icgumen (Linn.) Very rare. 



IVIariTinullna glabra, d'Orb. Very rare. 



Crlstcllarla rotulata (Lamk.j. Rare. 



C. Italica (Defr.). Young ; one specimen. 

 C. crcpidula (F. and M). One specimen. 

 Polymorphina lanccolata, Rss. Rare. 

 Uvigcrina, Sp. Frequent. 



Clobigcrlna crctacca, d'Orb. Very common. 

 C. sequilateralls, Br. Very common. 

 Planorbullna cxculpta, Rss. Frequent. 

 P. ammonoldcs, Rss. Frequent. 

 Pulvlnullna mlchcllniana, d'Orb. Frequent. 



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