368 Bibliographical Notice. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. 



Foraminifera frora the Deep-sea Soundinr/s obtained in 1874—1876 

 bt/ H.M.S. ' Gazelle.' Described by Dr. Joseph George Eggee, 

 &c. 4to. 266 pages, "with a Chart and 21 fuU pages of figures 

 in the text. Munich, 1893. {Foraminiferen av.s Meeresgrund- 

 proben, ti. s. tv. Abhandl. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss. II. Classe, xviii. 

 Band, II. Abth. pp. 195-458.] 



In this Memoir about 160 " Stations" whence the specimens were 

 procured are enumerated, with particulars of their localities, nature 

 of mineral materials, and relative proportion of minute organisms, 

 especially the Foraminifera, pp. 0-23 (198-215). The line of 

 occurrence of these places, the dates when obtained by the ' Gazelle,' 

 and their depths are traceable on the block-map at page 5 (197), — 

 from ofl' Spain, down, the Atlantic, round the Cape of Good Hope, 

 across the Indian Ocean to South-west Australia, and then north- 

 wards to and through the Eastern Archipelago, down to New Zealand, 

 thence away across the Pacific towards Cape Horn, then off to the 

 South-east coast of South America, aud lastly in the Mid-Atlantic, 

 3° 26'-7 S. lat., 25° 59''2 W. long. (Paris), not far, W. bv S., from 

 Station " 25." 



Of the Foraminifera treated of at pages 6-248 (198-440) there 

 are 493 species, of which only 44 are new, besides some new 

 varieties. A Table of these Foraminifera, showing their localities 

 and depths, is given at pages 249-201 (441-453) ; and their 1271 

 figures, printed by the Meisenbach-Biffarth photo-chemical zinc 

 process, occupy 21 fuU pages in the text. 



Although very closely crowded in these plates, rough in appear- 

 ance and not so artistically neat and finished as in many modern 

 illustrations of Foraminifera, yet the figures give verj- truthfully the 

 characteristic features of these Microzoa ; and, indeed, the closely 

 packed condition gives the observer the advantage of a coup d'ml — 

 recognizing at a glance the natural features of specific or generic 

 groups — such as of BilocuVma and SpirohmUna in plate 1, 54 figs., 

 p. 26 (218) ; MilioUna, pi. 2, 86 figs., p. 35 (227) ; Ttwfidana &c., 

 pis. 6 and 7, 52 and 50 figs., pp. 76 and 85 (268 and 277) ; Bidi- 

 mina, Bolivlna, and Virgnlina, pi. 8, 112 figs., p. 90 (282); Pohi- 

 morpJiina, Uvigerina, and Siplionogenerina, 65 figs., p. 114 (306) ; 

 Laqena &c., pi. 10, 101 figs., p. 128 (320) ; Xodosarla &c., pi. 11, 

 62* figs., p. 146 (338); Crlsfellaria &c., pi. 12, 42 figs., p. 157 

 (349); Glohigerina &c., pi. 13, 83 figs,, p. 164(350); Anomalina 

 &c., pi. 14, 42 figs., p. 185 (377); Discorblna and PatelUna, pi. 15, 

 79 figs., p. 192 (384) ; Tnonatidhia, pi. 16, 04 figs., p. 206 (398); 

 Pidvimdina, pi. 17, 45 figs., p. 214 (406). The specimens have 

 been figured on an a]))>roximntcly proportional scak\ and their 

 actual dimensions are given with the descriptions in the text. An 

 important drawback to the value of the illustrations is their small 

 and cramped numbers of reference, always inconspicuous and some- 

 times difficult to decipher. 



