416 Mr. H. B. Brady on some Arctic Foraminifera. 
tion to the common fund of knowledge is welcome ; and each 
instalment, however small and fragmentary in itself, serves to 
fill a vacant place. Under these circumstances a few sound- 
ings made by Capt. Markham on the shores of Novaya 
Zemlya possess considerable interest ; and as they refer to an 
area contiguous to that embraced by the southern section of 
the Austro-Hungarian series, the details of their examination 
supply a fitting supplement to the present report. 
The material consists of eleven samples ot the sea-bottom ; 
but the quantity is in every case very small. ‘The lists of 
species therefore cannot be regarded as even approximately 
complete, though they serve collectively to indicate the general 
aspect of the Rhizopod fauna. 
Four of the soundings contained no Foraminifera; and of 
these, three showed no evidence of animal or vegetable life of 
any sort; the remaining seven were lahelled as follows :— 
1. “Soundings, 10 fathoms, Matyushin Shar, June 21st, 
1879.” 
2. Soundings, 10 fathoms, Matyushin Shar, June 24th.” 
3. “Soundings (no depth given), Cairn Bay, Matyushin 
Shar.” 
4, “Soundings, 15 fathoms, north side Matyushin Shar, 
July 28th.” 
These four samples may be considered collectively as 
representing the bottom-fauna of the Matyushin Shar at a 
depth of from 10 to 15 fathoms. ‘The sample without memo- 
randum of depth differs in no particular from the rest. The 
Matyushin Shar or Matotschkin Schar is the strait dividing 
the two islands that together form Novaya Zemlya, the lati- 
tude being about 73° N. 
Mineralogically the soundings were very much alike. 
They were dark-coloured more or less muddy sands, consist- 
ing of flattish felspathic grains, with a small proportion of 
white angular siliceous particles. foraminifera were present 
in all four specimens, but abundant in none; there were also 
a few Ostracoda and small fragments of Polyzoa, Ophiurids, 
and Hchinoderms. 
The following is a revised list of the Foraminifera obtained 
from them :— 
Cornuspira involvens, Reuss. Reophax fusiformis, /7ll. 
Biloculina ringens, Lamk. arctica, Brady. 
Miliolina seminulum, Zinneé. Haplophragmium — canariense, 
agelutinans, D’ Ord. DP Orb. 
: SF SOS li ; 
Hippocrepina indivisa, Darker. nanum, Brady. 
Hyperamnina elongata, Bredy. Trochammina nitida, Brady. 
Reophax nodulosa, Brady. Verneuilina polystropha, Zteuss. 
