THE FORAMINIFERA OF THE RIVER DEE. 49 
of which is studded with short stout spines, was found by 
Mrs. SHonz. Hitherto it had only been known asa Miocene 
fossil from the south of Europe. 
% Spheroidina bulloides, D’Orbigny. 
Spheroidina bulloides, D’Orbigny, 1826, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. vii. p. 267, 
No. 1, Modéles No. 68. 
Spheroidina Austriaca, Reuss, 1850, Deukschr. Akad. Wein., vol. i., 
pl. 41. 
Spheroidina bulloides, Parker and Jones, 1864, North Atlantic and Arctic 
Foram., p. 369, pl. xvi., fig. 52. ; 
A deep water form, allied to Globigerina, very small and rare 
in the Dee. 
Pullenia spheroides, D’Orbigny. 
Nonionina spheroides, D’Orbigny, 1826, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. vii., p. 293, 
No. 1, Modéle No. 43. 
Pullenia spheroides, Parker and Jones, 1864, North Atlantic and Arctic 
Foram., pl. xiv., figs. 43, a b, and xvii., fig. 53. 
A neat little shell resembling Nonionina, but more nearly allied 
to Globigerina; one of the rarest Dee forms, but probably 
occasionally overlooked through its minute size. 
Bulimina squamigera, D’Orbigny. 
Bulimina squamigera, D’Orbigny, 1839, Foram. Canaries, p. 137, pl. 1, 
fig. 22-24. 
A single specimen has been found of an elongate, subcylin- 
drical Bulimina, slightly flattened on three sides, with flush 
sutures and rounded extremities, which, but for its characteristic 
aperture, might have passed for a Clavulina, It answers fairly 
well to D’Orbigny’s figures of Bulimina squamigera, to which 
species, pending the discovery of further examples, it may per- 
haps be assigned. 
Spirillina tuberculata, Brady. 
This is a manuscript species, concerning which Mr. BRADY 
has forwarded me the following particulars :— 
