IN THE MUD OF THE LEVANT. 87 



the Stonesfield slate, by Mr. Darker,* — proof 

 positive that they were once present, and in all 

 probability in great numbers. 



Mr. Strickland has published figures and de- 

 scriptions of two forms of Foraminifera, under the 

 genera Orbis (Lea) and Polymorphina, from the 

 Lias of Wainlode Cliff, in Gloucestershire.f 

 He remarks that the first of these exhibits no 

 concamerations. and, consequently, should per- 

 haps be regarded as a Serpula. Fig. 34, from the 

 Levant, presents an exactly analagous contour, 

 only the latter exhibits large foramina ; but I 

 have seen other species from the same deposit 

 scarcely distinguishable from Mr. Strickland's 

 figure. 



The beautiful little fossil found by the late Mr. 

 Bowman, in the Mountain limestone of Derby- 

 shire, and named, by Mr. Phillips, Endothyra 



* Dr. Buckland on the agency of animalcules in the 

 formation of Limestone. Edin. New Phil. Journal. Vol. 30, 

 p. 44. 



f Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London. 

 Feb. 1846. 



