126 The N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology. [April 
type of which was from this same dredging), Psammosphaera parva Flint, 
Nubecularia bradyi Millett, and two figures of Fischerina pellucida Millett. 
From this collection it has been possible to decide that a species known 
as Textularia inconspicua H. B. Brady really belongs among the Botaliidae 
in the genus Discorbis. Another interesting form, of which there are 
two specimens, is a Cornuspira species ? It is compared with C. lacunosa 
H. B. Brady, from which, however, it differs in several characteristics. 
The paper shows that a considerable amount of work still remains to 
be done on the New Zealand Foraminifera. M. K. M. 
Seasonal Variations in the Composition of the Milk comprising the 
Wellington City Milk-supply, by B. L. Andrew, 52nd Ann. Rep. 
Bom. Lab., pp. 61-62, Wellington, 1919, 
In a paper published as an appendix to the Annual Report of the Dominion 
Laboratory two interesting graphs (reproduced herewith) are given of the 
seasonal variation in the composition of the milk supplied for domestic 
use in Wellington. They are based on analyses made in the years 1917 
and 1918. 
For comparison the monthly averages found by the Aylesbury Dairy 
Company, London, for the period 1897-1913 are also plotted, comparison 
