42 Mr. J. D. SidckU on the 



Of the Foraminifera in the Dee catalogue, three forms are 

 new to tlie British fauna, and deserve a moment's notice ; and 

 attention may just be called to the fact of the appearance of 

 Verneuilina spinulosa, which is an interesting confirmation of 

 its previous record by Mr. Brady. 



Cornuspira involvens, Reuss. 



Opermlina involvens, Reuss, 1849, Denkschr. Akad. Wien, vol. i. p. 370, 



pi. xlv. fig. 20. 

 Cornuspira iitvolvcns, Jones, Parker, and Brady, 1865, Monog. Crag 



Foram. p. 3, pi. iii. figs. 52-54. 



Messrs. Jones, Parker, and Brady {loc. cit.) admit Professor 

 lleuss's name for the thicker Cornuspira!. with rounded tube, 

 as distinct from the outspread flattened contour of C. foliacea. 

 Probably the real zoological significance of the character is not 

 great ; but it seems quite worth recognizing. 



Lagena asjyeraj Reuss. 



Lagma aspcra, Reuss, 1861, Sltzungsb. d. k. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. xl. 

 p. 305, pi. i. fig. 5. 



A rare species, with superficial rugosity caused by small, 

 short, blunt spines. Well figured by Professor lleuss from 

 fossil Tertiary specimens, but not figured in any English 

 work. 



Polymorpliina Tlioidnl^ D'Orbigny. 



Puhjmorphina Thouini, D'Orbiguy, 1826, Ann. Sci. Nat. vol. vii. p. 265. 

 no. 8, Modele no. 23 ; Brady, Parker, and Jones, 1870, Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. Lond. vol. xxvii. p. 232, pi. xl. fig. 17. 



An interesting and exceedingly well-marked variety, of 

 which one very beautiful specimen was obtained. It has an 

 attenuated subcylindrical contour, with long, upright, com- 

 pactly fitting segments. 



Great interest was constantly manifested in the prosecution 

 of these researches by the late Rev. Canon Kingsley, the 

 founder and President of our Chester Society of Natural 

 Science. Those whose privilege it was to know him will 

 best appreciate the weight and value of his encouragement in 

 such a Avork. 



In conclusion, it remains only to state that all doubtful forms, 

 and in fiict the whole series of mountings, have with charac- 

 teristic kindness been carefully examined by Mr. II. B. Brady, 

 F.R.S., whose revision is an assurance of uniformity of nomen- 

 clature with previously publislied researches on the same 

 subject, a matter of some importance in so variable a group 

 of orcjanisms. 



