the Xomenchiture of the Foraminifera. 253 



1839. Tills lias the tollowin;^ note, which Joes not aj)])ear in 

 the folio work : — 



" Inili'pomlainment dos osptVcs df Cuba dt!crite3 dans cet ouvra;je, 

 noua publions on ce moiiu^iit trois autrt^s faunes locales: 1, celle des 

 Canane^s, dans I'ouvrajre do MM. Wobb et lit^rtlielot, Ilistoire uaturolie 

 dea iles Canaries; 2, cello do rAiutSriqiio ni^ridioiialo, dans notre Voyage 

 dans rAint5rique nnVidioualo (imo partie sptSciale) ; .3, fauno de la craie 

 blanche dii bassin de Paris, duns les M*3inoiros de la Soci^ttS g^ologique 

 de France." (Footnote, p. \lvii.) 



This note, and the fact that references are made in the two 

 shorter papers to the * Cuba/ determine the order which should 

 be adopted in any question of precedence. 



§ 1. D'ORBIGNY'S FORAMIXIFER.i OF THE ISLAND OF 



CUBA. 



D'Orbigny, in his Cuba Monograpli — ' Ilistoria lisica, 

 politica J natural de la Isla de Cuba : por D. Ramon de la 

 Sagra ; Foraminiferas por Alcides D'Orbigny,' folio {pp. 180, 

 12 plates), Paris, 1840 [the French edition (8vo) was published 

 in 1839] — describes and figures a few species enumerated in 

 the '■ Tableau Methodique,' of which no previous description 

 or reference to figures had been published, namely : — 



1. Cn'sfellaria (j/ibha, D'Orb. 



CrUtellaria qibha, D'Orb. Ann. Sci. Nat. vol. vii. p. 292. no. 17 ; Forani. 

 Cuba, p. 63, pi. 7. figs. 20, 21. 



" IlaJ). The Antilles, and the Mediterranean near Corsica." 



This subvariety stands between C. rotulcita and 0. italica. 



2, Dendritina antillarum^ D'Orb. 



Dendi-itina antiUarum, D'Orb. Ann. Sci. Nat. vol. vii. p. 285. no. 3 ; Foram. 

 Cuba, p. 77. no. 21, pi. 7. figs. .3-0. 



" Hob. The sands of the island of Cuba, rare." 



A flattish specimen of D. arhuscula ; Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, 

 vol. V. pp. 179, 180. 



3. Bosalina squamosa^ ^ D'Orb. 



Rotalia squamosa, D'Orb. Ann. Sci. Nat. vol. \'ii. p. 272. no. 8. 



Rosalina squamosa, D'Orb. Foram. Cuba, p. 100. no. 4^3, pi. 3. figs. 12-14. 



" Hah. Found plentifully, by D. Ramon de la Sagra, ad- 

 hering to seaweeds on the shores of Cuba. Occurs also about 

 Jamaica and other of the West-India Islands." 



* Misspelt " squa})imosa " by D'Orbigny throughout. 

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