GUPPY—' TESTIAEY FOEAMEfUEIU. 
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the varietal or subvarietal names of the forms, which can 
scarcely be given except by those who like Messrs. Parker 
and Bupert Jones have devoted great attention and study 
to these minute but beautiful shells. I trust however to 
place the material in the hands of those able to do more 
justice to the subject, and I only intend the present com- 
munication as a record and announcement of the dis- 
covery. So far rs I am able to judge from the foraminifera 
now discovered, the facts appear to lend a further support 
to my view that the nucula-beds of Barbados and Trinidad 
were deposited in moderately deep water. The depth of 
water seems to havo increased after the deposition of tho 
nucula beds as seems to be evidenced by tho nodosaria 
beds of Trinidad and the Polycystina beds of Barbados. 
List of Foraminifera from the Lower Nuocme Strata of 
San Fernando , Trinidad. 
E'ummulina ramond Befr. var. \ These three species are 
Orbitoides mantelli Norton > only found in the asphalt 
Amphistegina vulgaris Orb. ) bed and gypseous marls. 
Spiroloculina nitida Orb. 
Glandulina laevigata Orb. 
Nodosaria glabra Orb. 
hispida Orb. 
• raphanistrum Linn. 
ovicula Orb. 
— pyrula Orb. 
