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Genus BOLIVINA d'Orbigny, 1839. 



BOLIVINA PUNCTATA d'Orbigny. 



Plate 11, figs. 9, 10. 



Bolivina punctata d'Orbigny, Voy. Amer. Merid., vol. 5, ]>t. 5, " Foraminiferes, " 

 1839, p. 63, pi. 5, figs. 10-12. 

 Textularia caribaea d'Orbigny, Foram. Cuba, 1839, p. 145, pi. 1, figs. 28, 29. 



A comparison of the two sets of figures given above with the original 

 descriptions leaves very little to choose between the two. The 

 material from Jamaica might represent either and it does not seem 

 possible to distinguish the two, so that the earlier name is here used. 

 As this name has been extensively used while T. caribaea has been 

 entirely neglected, the choice of the two is fortunate. D'Orbign3''s 

 records for T. caribaea are Cuba, Jamaica, and Martinique. A few 

 specimens occurred at station 2, Montego Bay. 



Genus BIGENERINA d'Orbigny, 1826. 



BIGENERINA NODOSARIA d'Orbigny. 



Bigenerina nodosarw d'Orbigny, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. 7, 1826, p. 261, pi. 11, 

 figs. 9-11; Modeles, 1826, No. 57. 



It seems strange that this species does not occur in the Cuban 

 Monograph. It is one of the commonest species in shallow water 

 in the West Indies. It occurred at Montego Bay at stations 4, 5, 

 and 6, and at Runaway Bay also. 



D'Orbigny's original specimens to this species come from the 

 Adriatic, both his figures and Modele showing much more regular 

 form of test than is usually found in West Indian and other tropical 

 material that I have seen. 



Genus VERNEUILINA d'Orbigny, 1840. 



VERNEUILINA SPINULOSA Reuss. 



Yerneuilina spinulosa Reuss, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 1, 1850, p. 374, 

 pi. 47, fig. 12. 



Specimens of this shallow water tropical species occur at two sta- 

 tions at Montego Bay, stations 2 and 4. It is not common. 



More characteristic species occur along the Florida Keys in com- 

 paratively shallow water. 



Genus VALVULINA d'Orbigny, 1826. 



VALVULINA OVIEDOIANA d'Orbigny. 



Plate 11, figs. 11-14. 

 Yalvulina oviedoiana d'Orbigny, Forani. Cuba, 1839, p. 103, pi. 2, figs. 21, 22. 



This species has been entirely neglected since its first description 

 and was not even used by Brady as a synonym in the Challenger 

 Report. The material from Jamaica is fair/y common at the three 



