CHALK MAKERS, OR FORAMINIFERA. 63 



and west direction, through Southern Europe, Libya 

 and Egypt, and Asia Minor, and is continued through 

 the Himalayan range of Southern Asia, into various 



FIG. 13. CHALK OF MEUDOX. 



parts of the great Indian Peninsula, where it acquires 

 a very extensive development." 



The "Nummulite Limestone" of Alabama extends 

 over an immense area in that state, and is almost 

 entirely made up of the remains of one species of 

 OrbitoideS) which is found also in Madagascar and 

 the West Indies. 



