KARAKORAM STONES, OR SYRINGOSPIAERIDR. 9 
rides frornTl * u ' )es are n °f formed by arenaceous particles, separate the Syringosphee- 
It i aieuaceous foraminifera of the Parkeria group, 
makers mech^^ ^ ie ca ^ careous granules and spicules were not collected by these tube- 
ing h('\- < . t i r / t'l LU ' * ' 1 ^ 'N ’ and their occasional presence in the tubes themselves, and their extend - 
structure ‘ em ’ clinging to the furry outside in other instances, show that the tube 
of the hoditv'^ an ^ C 0r ^ n ancl *bat K resembles that of some Rhizopoda. The symmetry 
food could U *1 C0U ^ 0nl y have been maintained by a common sarcode, enveloping the whole ; 
substances ° U " *' aVe * )een obtained by pseudopodia from the tubes, and these soft external 
Worn S H .° U ^ r '°f be unfavourable to the shape of the mass, and to its never being found. 
That ^ ° r attriti ° n - 
they canriot^lT*' 1 ° SS ^ S are rhizopodous is almost a necessary belief, but it is evident that 
group 0 f jp * brought within the order Radiolaria any more than they can within any 
rides, airiori' 0 ^° lam ^ n ^ era - If remains, therefore, to establish a new order, the Syringosphce- 
Withi n it <,n ^ t ^ le c * ass Rhizopoda, and to include these triassic or lower liassic fossils 
