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it under the name L. laevigata var. marginato-perforata, as a fossil 

 from the Estuarine Clays of Magheramorne, ' very common,' recent 

 Irish specimens ' very few.' " 



The above notes are from Heron-Allen and Earland on their 

 specimens from the Clare Island region. They also record it from 

 the west of Scotland and off South Cornwall, but rare. I have 

 found no specimens that I could refer to it in the western Atlantic 

 material. 



LAGENA MELD (D'Orbigny). 



Oolina melo d'Orbigny, Voy. Amer. MSrid., vol. 5, pt. 5, " Foraminif^res," 



1839, p. 20, pi. 5, fig. 9. 

 Lagena melo Jones, Pakkeb, and H. B, Brady, Pal. Soc, vol. 19, 1866, 



p. 38, pi. 1, fig. 35. — Balkwill and Wbight, Trans. Roy. Irish Acad., 



vol. 28, 1885, p. 340.— H. B. Beadt, Journ, Roy. Micr. Soc, 1887, p. 



904. — H. B. Brady, Parker, and Jones, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 



12, 1888, p. 222, pi. 44, figs. 21, 24, 25?.— Pearcey, Trans. Glasgow Nat. 



Hist. Soc, vol. 2, 1890, p. 177.— Woodward, The Observer, vol. 4, 1S93, 



p. 143. — MiLLETT, Journ. Roy. Micr. Soc, 1901, p. 8. — Whiteaves, Geol. 



Survey Canada, 1901, p. 10. — Sidebottom, Mem. Proc Manchester Lit. 



Philos. Soc, vol. 54, no. 16, 1910, p. 17. 



Description. — Test subglobular or slightly pyriform, the basal end 

 broadly rounded, the apertural.end slightly tapering, the ornamen- 

 tation consisting of numerous raised costae, the concave surfaces 

 between with numerous transverse ridges dividing the area into 

 rectangular divisions. 



Length up to 0.25 mm. 



Distribution. — Specimens which can be referred to this species 

 were obtained at a few Albatross stations. There are a few records 

 for it from the western Atlantic, those of Brady, Parker, and Jones 

 from off the Abrohlos Bank, and it has been recorded from the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence, Gaspe Bay, and off Labrador, and off the banks of 

 Newfoundland. There are a few records for it about the British Isles, 

 but it seems to be less common there than are the other reticulately 

 ornamented forms. The Albatross specimens are from the north- 

 eastern coast of the United States, with one station off Cape Hat- 

 teras and one off the southern part of Florida. 



Lagena melo — material examined. 



