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line, and leaving a very small, round, blank space in the centre. Central nodule 

 indefinite. The F.V. has not yet been recognised. 



This form is remarkable for the shape of the S. V., which is that usually found 

 in the F.V. It occurs rather sparingly in Professor Allman's dredging from Lam- 

 lash Bay, which, of all the dredgings, is the richest in species, whether known or 

 undescribed. 



8. Namcula nebulosa, n. sp. PI. IX., fig. 8. Form oval, broad ; generally with 

 a slight tendency to angularity in the middle, and also a tendency to acumina- 

 tion at the apices. Length from 0025" to 00035'; breadth 00013'' to 0001(5 '. 

 Median line sharp, ending in two elongated expansions at the centre, which do 

 not meet. Nodlue indefinite. On each side of, and close to, the median line, is 

 a narrow rectangular band of striation, interrupted at the nodule. At the margin 

 is a somewhat broader, but still narrow, striated band, almost exactly of uniform 

 width throughout. Striae 34 to 36 in 0001". Aspect of valve hazy and indistinct. 

 Striated portions pale blue under the half-inch objective. This form is allied to N. 

 Hennedyi, figured in my second paper on the Glenshira sand (see Trans. Mic. Soc, 

 vol. iv., pi. v., fig. 3.) But I have found it necessary to separate it from that spe- 

 cies, in consequence of its very different aspect. N. nebulosa is a smaller form than 

 N. Hennedyi, the one here figured being an unusually large one. It is also much 

 more finely striated ; and, above all, it has invariably that peculiar indistinctness 

 of aspect from which I have named it ; whereas N. Hennedyi, even when of a 

 smaller size, as we sometimes find it, is always remarkable for the sharpness of 

 its markings. The tendency to angularity generally seen in N. nebulosa is never 

 found in N. Hennedyi. Lastly, the striation of the former is so much finer, that 

 the striated parts, seen under a low power, have a very pale bluish tinge never 

 seen in the latter. When the two forms are seen in the same field of view, as often 

 happens in Professor Allman's dredging from Lamlash Bay, and even when N. 

 Hennedyi is the smaller, though it is generally much larger, the difference between 

 them is very striking. I might have considered N. nebulosa as a variety of N. Hen- 

 nedyi, but that I have found both forms exceedingly uniform in their characters, 

 and have not been able to observe any tendency to transition from one to the other. 

 iV. nebulosa is frequent in the Lamlash Bay dredging just mentioned, in which N. 

 Hennedyi also occurs ; but elsewhere I have hardly ever seen the present species. 



.9. Navicula Barclayana, n. sp. PI. IX., fig. 0. Form an elongated oval, some- 

 what suddenly contracted to acute extremities, terminated by small round api- 

 culi. Median line narrow, ending at the middle in two small expansions. No- 

 dule indefinite. Length 0004'' to 00045"; breadth 001" to 00012". Striae 

 about 38 in 0-001", somewhat inclined, sharp, minutely moniliform, confined to a 

 marginal band, which is rather narrow, and of uniform width except near the 

 apices, where it becomes narrower. 



This is a fine conspicuous form, and occurs not unfrequently in the same Loch 



