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14. Trincuese, S. Intorno ai cambiamenti di forma dell Amo&ha Umax' 
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15. Wallich, G. 0. The Amoeban, Actinophryan, and Difflugian 
Hhizopods. M. Micr. J. xiii. pp. 210-213. 
16. . On the true nature of the so-called “ Bathyhius^^' and its 
alleged function in the nutrition of the Protozoa. Ann. N. H. (4) 
xvi. pp. 322-329. 
The bearing of the Foraminifera upon the nature and composition of the 
deep-sea bottom is discussed in papers by W. B. Carpenter (“ Remarks 
on Prof. Wyville-Thomson’s preliminary notes on the nature of the 
sea-bottom procured by the soundings of H.M.S. “ Challenger.’^ P. R. 
S. xxiii. pp. 234-245, Nature, xi. pp. 297 & 298, Ann. N. H. 4, xv. pp. 
286-297, Am. J. Sci. 3, ix. pp. 72 & 73), and W. King (“ Oceanic sedi- 
ments and their relation to geological formations,” Ann. N. H. 4, xv. 
pp. 198-204). Abstract of Wy ville-Thomson’s “ Notes in Q. J. Micr. 
Sci. XV. pp. 65-71. 
A note by Schlumberger “ Structure intime des Foraminif ^res ” 
(Congr. Sc. 1873) has not been seen by the Recorder. 
The Foraminifera of “ the submarine cable fauna of the Falmouth- 
Lisbon cable ” are enumerated by A. M. Norman, Ann. N. H. (4) xv. 
pp. 174 & 175. Schulze (12) enumerates the Foraminifera, &c., collected 
during the “ Pommerania ’* expedition. The new types are briefly cha- 
racterized below. D. Robertson, “ Notes on the recent Foraminifera of 
the Firth of Clyde” (Tr. G. Soc. Glasg. V. p. 112). ot Foramini- 
fera, &c., of Davis’ Straits and Baffin’s Bay, are reprinted in the “ Arctic 
Manual,” pp. 192-195. 
Observations on the granule-streams on the pseudopodial filaments, by 
Archer (1) ; on the affinities between Rhizopoda nuda, Myxomyceta, 
Flagellata, &c., by Cienkowski (5) ; on division of the “ nucleus ” 
preceding that of the body in Amceha polypodia, by Schulze (11), 
pp. 592-595, pi. xxxvi. ; on the propagation of Arcella through amoeboid 
germs, by Butschli (3). A case of the occurrence of true Amcehoe in 
great numbers in the rectum of a man suffering from dysentery 
is reported by F. Losch in the Arch. Anat. Phys. Ixv. pp. 196-211, pi. x. 
figs. 1-3. 
Genera, Species, and other Details. 
Uramceha, Leidy [Zool. Rec. xi. p. 538], is now (10, d) characterized 
thus : “ Body consisting of an ever-changing fluctuating mass of jelly, 
composed of a granular entosarc, including a contractile vesicle and a. 
discoid nucleus, and defined by a clearer ectosarc. Pseudopods usually 
digitiform, projecting anywhere, but usually in a forward direction, and 
composed of extensions of the ectosarc accompanied by included exteu- 
