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Show 1895.] FORAMINIEEEA FEOM THE AEABIAN SEA. 5 Sample No. 1. Nos. 1-4, 6-9, 10, 14,15-18, 19, 20, 22, 26, 49, 50-54, 58, 59. " Globigerina, ooze. Terrigenous deposit. Globigerina ooze. Green mud. Globigerina ooze." Sample No. 2. Nos. 11, 23, 55. " Green mud. Broken coral. S. crl. (= (?) Sandy mud with coral). Broken coral." Sample No. 3. Nos. 23-25, 28-30, 62. " Green ooze." Sample No. 4. Nos. 27, 32, 34, 35, 38-44, 57, 60. " Grey ooze." Sample No. 5. Nos. 31, 45-48. " Brown ooze." Sample No. 6. Nos. 47-53. " Brown ooze. Globigerina ooze." The washed soundings, as received, consisted of, in each case, a nearly pure assemblage of foraminiferal shells ; with the exception of Sample No. 2, which was composed mainly of coral detritus with some Foraminifera. The other organisms noticed in the material during the search for Foraminifera were the following.- Sample No. 1. Ostracoda.-Pontocypris (?) subreniformis, G. S. Brady. Macrocypris tenuicauda, G. S. B. Bairdia attenuata, G. S. B. hirsuta, G. S. B. Cytherella polita, G. S. B. Also Radiolaria of 3 species. Sample No. 3. Ostracoda.- Gythere dictyon, G. S. B. Sample No. 4. Some fish otoliths. Pteropoda.-Clio (Styliola) subula (Quoy & Gaimard) and Cavo-linia uncinata (Rang). Ostracoda.-Bairdia hirsuta, G. S. B. Cythere dictyon, G. S. B. acanthoderma, G. S. B. (?) serrulata, G. S. B. Cytherella polita, G. S. B. |