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X. — Foraminifcra and Ostracoda from the Cretaceous of East 

 Pondoland, South Africa. — By Frederick Chapman, A.L.S., 

 F.E.M.S. 



Plate XXIX. 



The following interesting series of microzoa was obtained from a 

 greenish argillaceous and sandy rock of Cretaceous age which came 

 from East Pondoland. 



The residuum after washing is of a rich brown colour, and con- 

 tains numerous prisms of Inoceramus shell ; a tetractinellid sponge 

 spicule was also noticed, exactly resembling a specimen figured by 

 Dr. G. J. Hinde * as Pachastrella haldonensis Carter, and occurring 

 at Blackdown, Warminster, and Merstham. 



The Foraminifera are in most cases fairly well preserved where 

 the tests are naturally thick ; but in others, as in the thin-shelled 

 Polymorphinse, the infilling of marcasite tends to break up the test 

 on the accession of moisture. In this latter feature they resemble 

 certain of the Gault Foraminifera from Folkestone, and especially 

 those from the lower zones. 



Eighteen species and varieties of Foraminifera were found, three 

 of which are new ; they are as follows : — 



1. Haploidiracjmiurii neocomianum Chapman. 



2. H. meridionale sp. nov. 



3. Bulimina trigonula Chap., var. inornata nov. 



4. Pleurostomella suhnodosa Eeuss. 



5. Nodosaria imsmatica Eeuss. 



6. N. zippei Eeuss. 



7. Vagimdina humilis Eeuss sp. 



8. V. legumen Linn. sp. 



9. V. intumescens Eeuss. 



10. Cristellaria suhalata Eeuss. 



11. Polymorphina ? gibha d'Orb. 



* Phil. Trans., pt. ii., IH.Sy, p. 442. pi. xliii., fig. ia. 

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