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sponge-spicules grouped round the mouth of each test. This habit 
of collecting sponge-spicules is common to the other species of 
Carpentaria, and in some cases, notably in C. rhaphidodendron , the 
sponge-spicules are often enclosed in the sarcode within the test in 
such abundance that at first sight the animal resembles a sponge 
rather than a foraminifer. 
The other specimens on Plate IT. (fig. 2) are a small variety 
of the deep-water type of Pulvinulina elegans , and these, 
similarly with the Truncatulince before mentioned, have an 
irregular mass of sarcode surrounding the test. 
Plate III. 
The Foraminifera figured on this plate were obtained off St 
Vincent, in the Cape Verd Islands, at a depth of 10 fathoms 
(30th July 1873). 
Amphistegina Lessonii, of which there are numerous specimens 
in this dredging, is here seen to he attached to an algae, and its 
sarcode almost covers the weed in places. Another and much 
smaller species accompanies the Amphistegince , hearing a strong 
resemblance to Discorbina globularis ; hut this is not quite clear in 
the absence of specimens preserved in the mountings, which the 
writer has examined for them, hut without success. 
The species upon which the above remarks have been made, 
illustrated by the beautiful drawings by Mr West, will, the writer 
ventures to think, amply show the interest attaching to any records 
relating to the appearance and habits of living Foraminifera; and 
this may be an incentive to those who have opportunities for 
collecting and preserving these tiny creatures when they are in the 
living condition to add to our knowledge in this direction, and 
especially to note any facts regarding the changes or development 
of the animal during its life’s history. 
Plate I. 
Fig. 1. Textularia conica, d’Orb. Station 232, S. of Japan, 
345 fathoms. 
Figs. 2, 3. Truncatulina lobatida (W. & J.). Station 232, S. of 
Japan, 345 fathoms. 
