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Sub-family AMMO-DISCING. 



Genus AMMODISCUS, Reuss. 

 Ammodisous incertus (d'Orbigny). 



Found sparingly at Station 337 a. A species of very wide distribution and 

 extensive range in depth. 15 to 2110 fathoms. 



Genus GORDIAMMINA, Rhumbler. 



Gordiammina (Ammodiscus} ckaroides (Jones and Parker). 



This brilliant and beautifully coiled little species has been taken at Stations 342, 

 416, 447, 451, and 459, although not in any abundance. Widely distributed, from as 

 far north as the Faroe Channel to as far south as off Kerguelen, although the present 

 record extends its southern limits. Bathymetrical range, 90 to 2575 fathoms. 



Gordiammina (Ammodiscus] gordialis (Jones and Parker). 



Sparingly at Station 342 only. Known from as far north as off Franz Josef Land 

 to as far south as off Kerguelen. 55 to 3125 fathoms. 



Family LITUOLID^. 



Sub-family ASCHEMONE LLIN.E. 



Genus ASCHEMONELLA, H. B. Brady. 

 Aschemonella catenata (Norman). 



A few specimens from Station 420. A widely distributed species; in the Atlantic 

 and Pacific from depths of from 390 to 2900 fathoms. 



Aschemonella ramuliformis, H. B. Brady. 



One or two specimens of this rare species also obtained from Station 420. Hitherto 

 known only from the South Atlantic and North Pacific (Challenger}, from depths of 

 1900 to 3125 fathoms. 



Sub-family REOPHACINyE. 



Genus REOPHAX, Montfort. 



Reophax adunca, H. B. Brady. 



This rare species was obtained sparingly at Station 420 only. Known from the 

 Faroe Channel, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, southern Indian Ocean, and Pacific. 

 Range of depth, 540 to 2'JOO fathoms 



(ROY. HOC. EDIN. TUAN8., VOL. XLIX., 1005.) 



