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or Discorbina sp. (?) (decalcified and unidentifiable) and Textularia conica, d'Orb., 

 undecalcified and distinctive. Their presence is doubtless due to one of the reasons 

 already given, probably wave-action. 



Station 124, August 23, 1911. Between North Cape and Doubtless Bay, 

 New Zealand. Surface. Full speed tow-net, 9 a.m.-l p.m. Species identified : 

 Globigerina bulloides, d'Orb., Orbulina universa, d'Orb., Pulvinulina crassa (d'Orb.), 

 and one small benthic specimen of Haplophragmium canariense (d'Orb.). 



Station 167, December 7, 1910, 61° 22' S. 179° 56' W. Surface. Full speed 

 tow-net, 4 p.m. 



This was the most southerly gathering submitted to us in which we detected 

 pelagic Foraminifera. It was essentially a diatomaceous gathering, but the 

 following species were identified : Globigerina aequilateralis , Brady, G. bulloides, 

 d'Orb., G. diitertrei, d'Orb. 



Station 206, December 16, 1911, 45° 25' S., 172° 28' E. Surface. Full speed 

 tow-net, 9 a.m.-l p.m. Species identified : Globigerina bulloides, d'Orb., G. 

 dutertrei, d'Orb., Hastigerina pelagica, d'Orb. 



Besides the above, gatherings were examined without result as regards 

 pelagic Foraminifera from Stations 30, 102, 137, 180, 186, 207, 217, 267, 313, 344. 

 In view of the preservative employed and the consequent decalcification of the 

 tests, the absence of pelagic Foraminifera at these stations must not be regarded 

 as conclusive. 



In addition to the "Terra Nova" material we received nineteen tubes of tow- 

 nettmgs taken by Scott in his previous voyage on the " Discovery," and properly 

 preserved in spirit. These were all taken in the extreme South, and though 

 examined with interest, yielded no jDclagic Foraminifera. This was not unexpected, 

 as they were taken in the inunediate neighbourhood of land and imder circum- 

 stances in which one would hardly expect to find pelagic Foraminifera, even 

 under favourable climatic conditions. They proved to be diatomaceous gatherings 

 principally, although some of the tubes contained almost pure gatherings of 

 Peridiniaceae. 



The " Discovery " material came from the following localities — no station 

 numbers furnished : — 



