found in many Fossilized Foraminifera. 269 



not in a state of fecundity like those containing the scarlet 

 spherules, or that the fossilization failed to render these repro- 

 ductive bodies red. Thus the presence of these bodies in a 

 red-coloured state is of no specific value. 



Moreover, I have observed them scantily here and there in 

 Nummulites contained in a specimen of highly ferruginized 

 yellow deposit from Upper Sind, which is almost entirely com- 

 posed of the larger forms of the Forarainifera, while for the 

 most part their chambers are charged with the sama kind of 

 bodies in a defined but uncoloured or whitish-yellow state, like 

 those above mentioned in the Wasna specimens. 



Again, when I had discovered them in the Wasna speci- 

 mens so wonderfully preserved, I was induced to obtain more 

 if possible, so wrote to a friend at Broach to get me some ; 

 but all that I received in reply was a packet of Nummulites 

 and OrhitoideSy each about the size of a shilling, which cer- 

 tainly possessed the yellow colour of the deposit, but without 

 the presence of any of the opaque scarlet spherules or even 

 any thing beyond the definition of structure observed in 

 Nummulites generally. Were I to seek for specimens bril- 

 liantly coloured, similar to those of the village of Wasna, I 

 should be inclined to search for them in the most lateritized 

 parts of the deposit, where they have become brick-red by 

 the profuse diffusion of ferric oxides that characterizes this 

 formation. 



In speculating as to the nature of the animal of the Lof- 

 tusiidge in the paper to which I have alluded (p. 181), I 

 omitted to notice that at the circumference of the specimen of 

 Millarella cantahrigiensis the structure indicates that the 

 ■whole commenced in a reticulated plastic substance, in which 

 the " pits or vacuities " brought to view in the horizontal 

 section represent the interstices, while, as the animal increased 

 in size, this structure inwardly became more compact and 

 then developed the " circular divisions " or inspissations 

 represented in fig. 6 of my illustrations (pi. xiii. I. c). To 

 which I would add that the so-called " labyrinthic " structure 

 of Loftusia pe7'sica may be the fossil representative of a 

 similarly composed solid plasmic structure, although it now 

 looks tubular. 



How far these organisms may be allied to typical Fora- 

 minifera I am not prepared to say ; but of this I am certain, 

 that if such Rhizopodous organisms are to be included among 

 them, they should have a distinct and appropriate diagnosis. 



N.B. — To get a clear impression of the composition of a 

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