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was the presence o£ many hundreds of the rare species Ammodiscus charoides, 

 Jones & Parker sp, Among the 39 species o£ Lagenidee, were fine speci- 

 mens of Nodosaria filiformis, d'Orbigny, N. vertebralis^ Batsch sp., and 

 N. roemeriana, ISTeugeborer, and Sagrhia nodosa, Parker & Jones. 



" Sample No. 3 (Dredging, Shell Bank, off Ardnamurchan, 20 fms.)^ was 

 a large bag (2335 c.c.) of fine and coarse clean brown shell debris which 

 yielded 128 species, many being represented by relatively gigantic specimens, 

 e. g.j Vaginulina legumen, Linne sp., Polymorpldna. gibha, d^Orbigny, and 

 P. sororia, Reuss (both highly fistnlose), and Pidvintdina repanda, Fichtel 

 & Moll sp. attaining sizes of 1-3 mm. The sample yielded also Crithionina 

 mainilla, Goes, Reo'pliax jindens, Parker sp., and R. moniliforme, Siddall, 

 Lagena ornata, Williamson, L. spumosa, Millett, and remarkable specimens o£ 

 L. marginata, Walker & Boys sp., Gypdna vesicularis, Parker & Jones sp., 

 and many other rare species. 



" Sample No. 4 (Dredging, Loch Sunart, 20 £ms.), is not yet completely 

 worked out, but has already yielded 140 species, including Frondicularia 

 sp)atlmlata, Brady, and Bidimina sahteres, Brady, from a block of harsh grey 

 mud o£ 1000 c.c. bulk. The dominant forms are Nodosaria scalaris, Batsch, 

 and Nonionina umbUicatida, Montaga sp., with a very complete series of 

 Buliminae, showing every gradation from B. elegans, d^Orbigny, through 

 B. pupoides, d'Orb., and B. marginata, d'Orb., to B. aculeata, d'Orb. 



" So far as v;e have been able to clean the material, the shore-sands 

 promise to give results not less rich than the dredgings we have already 

 examined, and we hope, in the near future, to contribute to Prof. Herdman's 

 series of ' Spolia Runiana ' a paper on this very remarkable series of 

 gatherings." 



Mr. Heron- Allen has very kindly sent me a list o£ the 259 species of 

 Foraminifera which he and Mr. Earland have found in the four samples 

 which they have up to now examined. But I do not include the list here, as 

 it is probable that the remaining 20 bags will add materially to the record 

 which I hope they will publish in full when the work is completed. 



XL FUNICULINA QUADRANGULARIS (Pallas). 



At the end o£ the statement which I made last year in regard to the limited 

 distribution o£ this magnificent Pennatulid, I ventured to add : "I do not 

 doubt that other localities will yet be discovered on the West Coast of Scotland 

 containing virgin forests o£ this largest and stateliest of the British Coelen- 

 terata.'^ In this year's work w^e have added four localities to those previously 

 known, viz. : (1) Loch Sunart, near the mouth, opposite Tobermory, 22 

 fathoms ; (2) Loch Nevis, to the east of Tarbet Bay, 30 to 40 fathoms ; 

 (3) Loch Hourn, off Piper Island, 20 fathoms, and also further up near the 

 " narrows ^' ; (4) Loch Shell, in Harris, 25 to 30 fathoms — in all cases from 

 a muddy bottom. The original locality, near Oban, between the islands of 



