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differ from D. papittata and D. aspera ; the absence of the 

 shred-like transformation of the disk (although in both in- 

 stances there are no papillae on it), together with the presence 

 of the spinispirular flesh-spicule, causes it to differ equally 

 from D. spinispirulifera,. 



The following is a list of organisms in and about the 

 Melobesian nodules from the Gulf of Manaar above men- 

 tioned : — 



ALGJE (calcareous). 



Melobesia (?) polymorpha, lamini- Melobesia, quadrangular-celled, 



form. laruiniJbrni, ? sp. 



-— — polymorpha, uulliporiform. Flabellaria opuutia. 



FORAMINIFERA. 



Sessile. 



Polytrerna miniaceum. Carpenteria monticularis. 



cylindricum. Gypsina melobesioides. 



mesentericum, n. sp. Loc. vesicularis. 



unknown, not Gulf of Manaar. , var. spheroidalis. 



Carpenteria utricularis. 



Subsessile. 

 Rotalia spiculotesta. Orbitolites marginalis. 



Free. 



Calcarina calcar, var. hispida, Cysteodictyinacompressa,nov.gen. 



n. var. et sp. 



Alveolina sinuosa, n. sp. Ceratestina globularis, nov. gen. et 



Ampbistegina. sp. 



Holocladina pustulifera, nov. gen. tessellata, n. sp. 



et sp. 



SPOtfGIDA. 

 Ord. ii. Cekatina. 

 Aplysina purpurea, n. sp. Aplysina fusca, n. sp. 



Ord. iii. Psammonemata. 

 Hircinia arundinacea, n. sp. Hircinia fusca, n. sp. 



Ord. iv. Ehaphidonemata. 

 Cbalina ? sp. (young). Desmacidon Jeffreysii, Bk. 



Ord. V. EcHINONEMATA. 



Pluriformia. 

 Pictyocylindrus manaareusis, n, sp, Dictyocjlindrus sessilis, n. sp. 



