RECENT FORAMINIFERA OF THE RIVER 
HUMBER. 
PART oi, 
Beh OW, Minis, Bek. M.S. 
A BOUT three months ago our President, Mr. R. H. 
7 Philip, kindly supplied me with several gatherings 
containing Foraminifera, one of which was of mud 
from the River Humber. On examination I found that it was 
not only very rich in specimens, but was also representative 
of the numerous species which might be expected to flourish 
there along with certain forms which are rare on the east 
coast of England, such as Cornuspira foliacea, Phil. 
The material proved to be almost entirely recent, a few 
fragments which were much worn appeared to be derived 
from chalk beds, probably washed down by the river, and 
were unrecognisable. 
The following is a list of some of the recent species found in 
this gathering, with a few references to the more easily acces- 
sible works upon the subject, and a short description of each 
species mentioned. The sketches illustrating this paper 
should be compared with the references quoted, in order to 
note variations from the type forms. 
I wish to acknowledge the great obligation that I am 
under to Mr. Frederick Chapman, A.L.S., F.R.M.S., for 
generously naming a number of species submitted to him, 
which I was unable to determine, owing to their being 
mounted in balsam. 
LIST OF GENERA AND SPECIES. 
Miliolina oblonga, Montagu. Will., Rec. Foram. Gt. Brit., 
p. 86, pl. vii., f. 186, 187. Terrigi, Atti. Acc. Pont. Nuov 
Liticei, anu. Xxxiil., p..173, pl. i., £2. Brady, Rep.. Chale 
p. 160, pl. iv. a,b. Brady Parker and Jones, Trans. Zool. 
Soe. vol! xit., ‘ps 214, pl: xl. f) 27: 
A feeble, smooth-shelled variety. Test long oval, from 
end to end triangular, with rounded angles. Often Triloculine, 
and in its later stages becomes Quinqueloculine. Surface 
porcelaineous, segments somewhat inflated, usually four visible 
on one side, three on the other side. Aperture with tooth. 
Common. Plate 10, fig. 15 a, b. 
