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The recent specimens were obtained by Goes from the Caribbean Sea, 

 150-300 fathoms. 



Occurrence. — Grice's Creek, common ; Kackeraboite Creek, common. 



Subfamily BuLi mining. 

 Genus BuLiMiNA, iVOrUcpiy. 



BuLiMiNA ELEGANTissiMA, d' OrUgny, var. APIGULATA, nov. (Plate 4. fig. 77.) 



The specimens in our series all possess a terminal spine like that often seen 

 in B. elegans ; the test of this form is comparable with B. elegantisshna *, 

 although these Victorian fossil examples are remarkably regular in shape. 

 This latter feature and the presence of the aboral spine serves to distinguish 

 the new variety. 



The type species dates from the Upper Eocene (Barton Beds) of England, 

 and is found living as far north as the west coast of Novaia Zemlya ; and 

 also at the Falkland Islands, the western coast of S. America, S. Pacific, 

 and the east coast of Australia. 



Howchin recorded the type species from each of the beds of the Muddy 

 Creek section. 



Occurrence. — Grice's Creek, rare ; Balcombe's Bay, frequent ; Kackera- 

 boite Creek, frequent ; Altona Bay Coal-Shaft, rare. 



Genus ViRGULlNA, d'OrUgny. 

 ViRGULiNA SUBDEPRESSA, Brady. (Plate 4. fig. 78.) 

 Virgulina subdepressa, Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall. vol. ix. p. 416, pi. 52. figs. 14-17. 

 This species seems to be entirely a Southern hemisphere form, since it 

 occurs in recent deposits only in the South Pacific and South Atlantic. 



The specimen now figured is considerably smaller than the recent examples. 

 Occurrence. — Altona Bay Coal-Shaft, very rare. 



Genus BoLiViNA, d'Orbiyny. 



BoLiviNA TEXTULARioiDES, Reuss. (Plate 4. fig. 79.) 



Bolivina textularioides, Reuss, 1862, Sitzungsb. d. K. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. xlvi. p. 81, 

 pi. 10. fig. 1. 



As a fossil this species dates from the Cretaceous. It is also a well-known 

 Tertiary form, and in recent deposits its geographical distribution is wide. 



* d'Orbigny, 1839, Voy. Am^r. Merid. ser. 5, vol. v. ' Foraminiferes,' p. 51, pi. 7. 

 figs. 13, 14^ 



