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An arenaceous form, composed generally of rather 
large grains of sand, cemented together into a 
spherical mass. Very rare. 
15. Reophax scorpiurus. Montfort, 1808. 
Brady, H. B., 1864. Trans. Linn. Soc., London. 
Vol. xxiv., p. 467, pi. xlviii., fig. 5. 
Balkwill and Wright (J. F.), p. 328, pi. xiii., 
figs. 5a 5b. 
Robertson, D. (W. S.), 1874, common. 
Mr. Brady remarks (Rep. Chall.) : “ The general 
contour and minuter characters of the test of 
R. scorpiurus depend in great measure upon the 
locality in which it is found." Not common. 
16. Reophaxfusiformis. Williamson, 1858. 
Williamson (R. F.), 1858, p. 1, pi. i, fig. 1. 
Considered by many persons to be a starved, shallow- 
water variety of R. scorpiurus. Not common. 
17. Reophax nodulosa. Brady, 1879. 
Brady, H. B., 1879, Quart. Jour. Mic. Science, 
Vol. xix., N.S., p. 52, pi. iv., figs. 7-8. 
Robertson, D., Portree Bay, 1880; also Frith of 
Clyde, very rare. 
18. Haplophragmium pseudospirale . Williamson, 1858. 
Williamson (R. F.), 1858, p. 2, pi. i., figs. 2-3. 
Balkwill and Wright (J. F.), 1885. p. 330, pi. xiii., 
figs. 6-8. 
Common on the West Coast of Scotland, 30 to 60 
fathoms. The specimens from Oban, 1883, are 
very fine. Very common. 
19. Haplophragmium canariense. D'Orbigny. 1839. 
Williamson (R. F.), 1858, p. 34, pi. iii., figs. 72-3. 
Robertson, D. (W. S.), common. 
A nauticuloid form, each coil consisting of 6 to 9 
segments, the outer coil often enclosing the 
earlier ones, generally of a bright orange brown 
colour. 
Common to muddy bottoms. Very rare. 
20. Textularia sagittula. Defrance, 1824. 
Williamson (R. F.), 1858, p. 75, pi. vi., figs. 158-9. 
Balkwill and Wright (J. F.), 1885, p. 332, pi. xiii., 
figs. 15-7. 
Robertson, D. (W. S.), 1874, common. 
Allied to T. gramen , d’Orbigny, but having its sides 
more parallel, margins more acute, and in form 
longer ; opaque ; not distinctly arenaceous. 
Not common. 
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