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reasons which have led me to distinguish the present species from 
the one described by Defrance have already been stated. I have 
great pleasure in recognising the services of Mr. H. P. Woodward, 
F.G.8., Government Geologist of Western Australia (to whom 
I am indebted for the material that has supplied the foraminifera 
described in the present paper), by naming the present species 
after one who has done much valuable pioneer work in a country 
which, geologically, is but imperfectly known. 
Until the present discovery the occurrence of Frondicularie in 
the Chellaston beds, referred to above, was the earliest record for 
the genus. The Western Australian examples carry the geologi- 
cal history of the genus back to the Upper Paleozoic. 
Ph 
Two NrEw SPECIES OF CRETACEOUS 
FORAMINIFERA., 
By Watter Howcuin, F.G.S. 
[Read August 6, 1895.] 
Plate X., figs. 9-13. 
The southern limit of the great Cretaceous formations of 
Central Australia passes a little south of Hergott Springs on 
the main North line, 441 miles from Adelaide. At Hergott two 
bores, 150 yards apart, have been put down by the 8.A. Govern- 
ment, and in No. 2 Bore a very strong artesian spring has been 
tapped. The beds passed through in these operations, and which 
in No. 2 Bore extend toa depth of 342 feet, appear to be of 
marine origin throughout. They consist of dark-colored mud 
shales and thin limestones. The section is only sparingly 
fossiliferous, and the foraminifera are relatively scarce. The 
material, however, being soft, and in a very fine state of division, 
can be easily reduced by washing and the microzoa concentrated. 
Fifty-six species in all have been noted from the bore material. 
A description of the microzea of No. 1 Bore will be found in the 
Transactions of this Society, vol. VIII., p. 79; and a list of the 
foraminifera observed in No. 2 Bore has been given in “ A Cen- 
sus of the Fossil Foraminifera of Australia,” Aus. Ass. for 
Adv. of Science, vol. V., p. 362. 
HAPLOPHRAGMIUM AUSTRALIS, sp. nov. Pl. x., figs. 12-13. 
Ref.—Haplophragmium australis, How., M.S., Report of 
Fifth Meeting of Aus. Asso. for Adv. of Science, Adelaide, 
1893, p. 364. 
Test free, elongate, crozier shaped; earlier chambers plano- 
spiral, later chambers linear. Spiral portion compressed, exca 
