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these Microzoa are in great abundance and variety. Lagena 

 striato-punciata, one of our rarest recent British species, is 

 not unfrequent. Foraminifera have been found in the Glacial 

 drift at many places, the specimens being small in size, but 

 in good preservation. On Divis Mountain they have been 

 found at an elevation of 1,300 feet above the sea, but the 

 specimens were very rare. At Woodburn Glen, about 400 

 feet above the sea, they occurred in great profusion, 60 

 species having been found at this place. At Knock Glen 

 they were also got in great numbers, 79 species being 

 obtained. Amongst the many very rare forms are the 

 following : Planispiritia contraria, Bolivma serrata, B. 

 obsoleta, Lagena fitnbriata, L. clathrata, L. depressa^ 

 Rhabdogotiium iricarinatum, Pullenia quinqueloba, Discorbina 

 minutissima, Pulvinulina nitiduia, Nonmiina orbicularis, 

 and Polystof/iella subnodosa. Cretaceous Foraminifera have 

 been found at a number of localities from Chalk powder, 

 which is often got inside cavities in the flints. Upwards of 

 100 species have been identified. The genera Textularia, 

 Bulimina, Nodosaria, Frondicularia, Flabellirm, Marginulina, 

 and Crisiellaria are well represented. Foraminifera occur 

 in the Lias at many places; but the best known locality for 

 them is near Ballintoy, where they occur plentifully in the 

 shales, the specimens being small in size, but in the finest 

 state of preservation. Foraminifera of Carboniferous age 

 are not unfrequent in soft bands that occur in the limestone 

 quarries at Castle Espie. 



Referen'CES. — The following are all from the Proceedings (and 

 Appendices) of the Belfast Nat. Field Club, unless where otherwise 

 stated: Wright, Joseph: Recent Foraminifera of Down and Antrim, 

 1876-77. Appendix iv, pp. 101-6, Plate and Table of Distribution. 

 Ibid.: Foraminifera of "Protector" cruise, and from Rockport, Belfast 

 Lough, 1884-85, App. ix, pp. 316-26, PI. and Tab. Ibid. : Some Forami- 

 nifera from Rathlin Island (Church Bay), Irish Nat., vol. xi, 1902, Ed. 



The following deal with Fossil Foraminifera : WRIGHT, J. : List of Irish 

 Liassic Foraminifera, 1870-71, App. ii, pp. 25-6. Ibid: List of Cretaceous 

 Microzoa of North of Ireland, 1873-74. App. iii, pp. 73-100, PI. and 

 Tables. Ibid. : Post-Tertiary Foraminifera of North-east of Ireland, 1879-80, 

 App. V, pp. 149-63. Ibid. : Foraminifera in Boulder Clay Deposits, 1893-4, 

 pp. 126-7. Praeger, R. Ll. : Estuarine Clays at Alexandra Dock, Belfast, 

 1886-87, App., pp. 29-51. Ibid.: Report on Ballyrudder Gravels, Co. 

 Antrim, 1892-93, pp. 518-25. Ibid. : Estuarine Clays of the North-east of 

 Ireland, R. I. Academy, Proc. 1892, pp. 212-89. Lists of Foraminifera 

 in all the above by J. Wright. 



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