New and Hurt' Fossils. 2U 



foraminit'era, still liviii<:- in the Australian afea. Ixit in lower 

 latitudes compared ^vitll their niioeene ancestors, this obviously 

 pointinfr to the existence of a waiiner climate in those times. 



The length of the fossil specimen is .55 nun., whilst the recent 

 example from Port Jackson measuied .4mm. Dr. Egger's 

 "Gazelle" specimen measured still less, being .21 mm. in length.. 



Occurrence. — Bore 5. 189-190 feet (Janjnkian). 



(ienus MACHOCYPIUS. (4. S. Brady. 

 ^JACKocvFius DKcuKA. G. S. Brady sp. (Plate VI., Fig. 2).^ 



Ci/f/ierif/eis decora, G. S. Brady, 1865, Trans. Zool. Soc, 

 Lond., vol. v., p. 366. pi. Ivii., figs. 13a-c. Mac- 

 rocyprls decora, G. S. Brady, 1880, Rep. Chall., Zool.. 

 vol. i.. pt. iii.. p. 44. pi. i., figs, 'oa-d.; pi. vi., figs. 

 8a, b. 

 Ohservatioiis. — 



The geographical distribution of this species extends from the 

 West Indies southwards to the Southern Ocean at Kerguelen Id.. 

 and thenee to the Admiralty Ids. 



This species has been recorded^ in the fossil state under the name 

 of Paracyprlit decora, from the Govt, well-boring in the Murray 

 River Flats, 30 miles N.W. of the Nor'-West Bend of the Murray 

 River. The age of the fossil from that locality is probably Kalim- 

 nan (L. Pliocene, " Miocene " of Prof. Tate). The present recorded 

 specimens range from Janjukian to Kalimnan. The Mallee 

 examples approximate to the living specimens in size. 



Occurrence.— Bove 9. 256-263 feet; 315-325 feet, Kalimnan or 

 Janjukian). Bore 10. 160-186 feet (Kalimnan). Bore 11, 542-544 

 feet (Janjukian). 



Macrocypris tumida, G. 8. Brady. (Plate VI., Fig 3). 



Macrocypris tumida, G. S. Brady, 1880, Rep. Chall., Zool., 

 voF. i., pt. iii., p. 43, pi. vi., figs. la-d. Egger, 1901. 

 Abhandl. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss., vol xxi., pt. ii., p. 424. 

 pi. i., figs. 27-29. 

 Observations. — 



This species is one of the commonest and most generally distri- 

 buted in tlie Kalimnan and Janjukian portion of the present 



1. Gool. Maj,'., Deo. ii., vol. iii., 1876, p. 335 (list). See also ibid, vol. iv., 1877, p. 526, as to the 

 age of the beds. , : 



