196 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Locality: East Coast of Wellington Province. 



This species approaches A. rtibnan, from Eui'ope. It is 

 named in honour of Mr. Hales, on the coast of whose sheep- 

 rmi it was obtained. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE VId. 



Fig. 1. Animal, showing inside of large band. 

 Fig. 2, Back of large hand, showing keel, etc. 



Art. XXVI. — Notes on some Foraminifera, from the Hauraki 



Gulf. 



By Dr. Eudolph Haeusler. 



[Read before the Auckland Institute, 21st February, 1887.] 



During my first visit to Auckland, I took the opportunity of 

 collecting and examining large quantities of saudand mud along 

 the shores of the Hauraki Gulf, which proved to be very rich in 

 Foraminifera and other minute organisms. The material was 

 taken at low water in creeks and pools, and on the sandy 

 beaches, and washed in the ordinary simple way, by which a 

 fairly j)ure residuum of Foraminifera, Diatoms, Crustaceans, 

 Polijzoa, etc., was obtained. 



After my return from the King Country, I hope to be able 

 to devote some time to the study of the lihizopnda, and to 

 give a detailed description of the numerous varieties, with 

 illustrations of the principal types, a list of synonyms, and 

 tables of geological and geographical distribution. In this short 

 paper, I merely intend to give a general idea of the rhizopodal 

 fauna from the littoral zone, and a list of species or types. The 

 slides containing the enumerated forms will be left at the Auck- 

 land Museum. 



The general appearance of these washings remains very 

 uniform. The characteristic features are the extraordinary 

 abundance of the porcellaneous and some of the higher vitreous 

 types, the scarcity of arenaceous and the lower vitreous forms. 

 The Miiiolidu: form over 90 per cent, of the whole fauna, as in 

 various other shore-gatherings from the northern seas. The 

 only new varieties belong, as far as I can judge, to this 

 extensive group, but it is not unlikely that other forms new 

 to science will be found after further researches, especially 

 in the shallow creeks facing the open sea. With the excep- 

 tion of these varieties, all the species found near Auckland 

 occur in the same cathymetrical zone of almost every latitude, 



