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Foraminifera rare and thin-shelled ; belonging to a limited number of 
species, the most important being Keramosphcera murrayi, which has not 
hitherto been found in any other locality ; the rest chiefly Globigerince 
of the small, rounded variety, and Globigerina injiata, Rotalia soldanii, 
Cassidulina crassa and Cassidulina subglobosa, Verneuilina pygmcea, and 
Reophax scorpiurus. 
Station 160.— March 13, 1874. Lat. 42° 42' S., long. 134° 10' E. Depth, 2600 
fathoms ; bottom temperature, 0 o, 2 C. ; red clay. 
Reddish brown mud, leaving scarcely any residue after washing. Contains 
a large number of Radiolaria. The Foraminifera, which are of common 
Globigerina ooze species, nearly all rotten and disintegrating. 
I. Stations 162 to 196, South Pacific, from Melbourne to Sydney, thence to 
Wellington, New Zealand, and by Cook Strait and Kermadec Island to 
Fiji ; thence through Torres Strait, and by the Moluccas, to the Equator, at 
about long. 126° E. 
Station 162. — April 2, 1874. Off East Moncoeur Island. Bass Strait. Depth, 
38 to 40 fathoms ; sand. 
Coral-sand, with remains of Hydrozoa, Polyzoa, and molluscan shells. Rich 
in shallow-water types, such as Miliolina and Spiroloculina, Textularia, 
Polymorphina, Discorbina, and Rotalia. Amongst the rarer species which 
occur are Miliolina triquetra, Textularia folium, Textularia inconspicua, 
Discorbina opercularis, Discorbina biconcava, and Rotalia clathrata. 
Station 163 B. — April 17, 1874. Port Jackson. Depth, 2 to 10 fathoms. 
Sand, with shells and fragments of coraL 
Station 163 C. — April 20, 1874. Port Jackson. Depth, 6 fathoms; black muddy 
sand. 
The general character of the Rhizopoda of these two samples is very similar. 
The Milioline genera are largely represented, together with Peneroplis, 
Lagena, Rotalia, Polystomella, and especially Discorbina. A single specimen 
of Bulimina williamsoniana and one of Polystomella imperatrix are amongst 
the rarer species ; — the latter is common, and attains fine dimensions at some 
points on the coast of Tasmania. 
