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Genus VIRGULINA, d'Orbigny. 



VlRGULINA SCHREIBERSIANA, Czjzek. 



Pleurostomella alternans, Chapman, Zool. Res. " Endea- 

 vour," I., pt. 3, 1912, p. 310 (not of Schwager). 



The tests of this cosmopolitan species are, as a rule, thin 

 and of slender build when found in deep water. After a 

 careful examination 1 now refer the specimen formerly 

 recorded as ? Pleurostomella alternans, Schwager, to this 

 species. 



Station 36, east of Tasmania, 777 fathoms. One specimen. 



East of Tasmania, 1122 fathoms. One specimen. 



Genus BIFARINA, Parker and Jones. 

 BIFARINA LIMBATA, Brady, sp. 



East of Tasmania, 1122 fathoms. One specimen. 

 Forty miles south of Cape Wiles, 100 fathoms. One 

 specimen. 



BIFARINA PORRECTA, Brady, sp. 



Bolivina porrecta, Brady, Chall. Rep., Zool., ix., 1884, p. 

 418, pi. lii., fig. 22. Bifarina porrecta (Brady, sp.), 

 Chapman, "The Foraminif era, " 1902, p. 173, pi. ix., 

 fig. P. 



A moderately deep water form. 



Station 36, east of Tasmania, 777 fathoms. One specimen. 



Genus BOLIVINA, d'Orbigny. 

 BOLIVINA BEYRICHI, Reuss. 



This species was recorded by Dr. Brady, amongst other 

 localities, from off Sydney, 410 fathoms. Dr. Egger had 

 specimens from a Western Australian station at 359 metres. 

 As a fossil it dates from the Oligocene, but so far has not been 

 found in strata in the Southern Hemisphere. 



Station 36, east of Tasmania, 777 fathoms. Very 

 abundant. 



East of Tasmania, 1182 fathoms. Rare. 



BOLIVINA NOBILIS, Hantken. 



A previous Australian record for this species, by Dr. Brady, 

 is Port Jackson, 6 fathoms. Egger found it off the west 

 coast of Africa, and Millett in the Malay Archipelago. Its 



