foraminifera. 
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the Fabulriri ^ cllstnct ’ and otller parts of the Paris basin 
5- 221 ° f D — * — 
of Wr^ (ri „ 24) is 
tin rv tllC eoeene forma- 
11 of Yalmondois anil in the 
this F+rf Grign ° U - At fi rst.. 
ittle creature was thought 
to be a polype; but d’Orbigny 
! n ^ Us „'' -Prodrome de Paleonto- 
ogie, has placed it among the 
F oraminifera, thinking that it 
appeared to occupy a place be- 
tween the two classes. 
The existing Foraminifera 
A y ° . .,;‘ y , no means equally 
distributed in every ocean 
b ° me § oner a belong to warm 
countries, others to temperate 
and cold climates. They are 
much more numerous, how- 
ever and much more varied 
, tfieir forms, in warm than 
, d cllm ates, and, we may 
add, larger also, for Sir E 
Belcher brought a recent 
^ecies from Borneo which 
measured two inches in dia- 
meter. 
Mg. 22. 
Fabukriu disoiliihes (Defraucu). 
Mg. 23 . Alveoli,, a oblonga. (d'Orblguv). 
Mg. 21 . Dac, y l„p 01 -ac y i 1 „ d[ u C , a(Uuiftlck ) 
Before passing on to the study of the w ■ 
be offered on the NocMuca, a I ouus a few words m 
the class AcALKi-mu. One nJL ' ? T mals usually referred 
scribed, which occurs occasionally on°the E *’“ been c 
numbers. It is a small creature, scared v ^ COaSt m P rodi gK 
m diameter, according to Mr Huxlf 7r- ° 111ldre dth part of an j n 
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