330 Transactions of the Society. 



The Foraminifera desci'ibed from Tamworth, in the paper just 

 referred to, comprise representatives of the genera Psammosphc'era, 

 Valvulina, and Pulvinulina. In alluding to my discovery of 

 micro-organisms in the De^^onian of Silesia and Bavaria, as well 

 as that of Paffrath, I there mentioned* that I had found, amongst 

 other remains, those of Eadiolaria. From a further study of these 

 and additional examples, I have concluded that they are not of 

 Eadiolarian affinities, but are most probably of vegetable origin, and 

 related to Galcisphsera, Sj^oroccayon, and Traquairia. 



The Ostracoda. 



In thin sections of the Silesian and Bavarian limestones 

 numerous Ostracods are seen, cut through in all zones. No attempt 

 is made here to indicate their generic relationship. The limestone 

 of Paffrath. Rhenish Prussia, being of a more friable nature, was 

 readily amenable to crushing, whereby the separate carapaces were 

 liberated from the matrix. 



In the paper already alluded to,t Terquem states % that he also 

 found " monies d'Entamostraces." He does not figure any of the 

 specimens, but says they belong "propres aux Bairdia, Cy there, et 

 Gytherella." These genera have all been found in the present 

 series, with the addition of Bythocythere. 



Section PODOCOPA. 



Family Bairdiid^, 

 Genus Bairdia McCoy. 



Bairdia curta McCoy. (PI. VIII, fig. 11.) 



Bairdia curtus McCoy, 1844, Synopsis Charact. Carbonif. Fossils Ireland, 

 p. 166, pi. xxiii, fig. 15. 



B. curta and vars., Jones and Kirkby, 1879, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. 

 XXV. p. 567, pi. xxviii, fig. 8. Jones and Kirkby, 1896, Sci. Trans. E. 

 Dublin Soc, vol. vi. ser 2, p. 196, pi. xii, figs. 21a, b. 



Observations. — The present specimens belong to a narrow, 

 elongate variety. Jones and Kirkby (op. cit., 1896), remark that this 

 Carboniferous species is not known as coming from anywhere 

 abroad ; found in the Carboniferous Limestone of England, Scotland 

 and Ireland. We are inclined to look on the present Devonian 

 specimens with a certain amount of reverence, seeing they are 



* Proc. Linn. N. S. Wales, vol. xliii. pp. 386-7. 

 t Bull. Soc. G6ol. France, 1880. 

 X Op. supra cit., p. 418. 



