274 THE MICROSCOPE. 



nodiscus, to which the separated valve would otherwise 

 seem to belong (Synop. British Diatomacece, vol. i. p. 22), 

 their position in Melosira must rest upon the authority of 

 my accurate correspondent." 



In figs. 166 and 167 are represented many of the beau- 



Fig. 167. Foraminifera taken in Deep-sea Soundings. (Atlantic.') 



tiful forms brought up with soundings made in 1856, for 

 the purpose of ascertaining the depth of the Atlantic, prior 

 to the laying down of the electric telegraph wire from Eng- 

 land to America; some were taken from the depth of 

 2,070 fathoms. To C. Whitehouse, Esq., our acknowledg- 



