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BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



ulifera, TrocMmmina iurhinaia, HaplopJiragmoides suhglolosum, Am- 

 modiscus incertus, BatJiysiphon and Bigenerina. 



The localities include the east and west coasts of Luzon; east 

 coast of Mindanao, Palawan Passage; Sibuko Bay, Borneo; north of 

 Celebes; Molucca Sea; Gulf of Boni; and Flores Sea. 



Tolypammina vagans — Material examined. 



Locality. 



8 50 45 N.; 126 26 52 E. 



7 07 25 N. 

 13 24 50 N. 

 15 54 42 N. 

 13 28 00 N. 

 13 21 36 N. 

 13 35 39 N. 



4 07 00 N. 



38 00 S. 



3 54 08 S. 



4 53 45 S. 

 4 43 50 S. 

 3 42 00 8. 

 3 32 40 S. 

 2 28 15 S. 



1 19 00 S. 

 15 25 00 N. 



125 40 24 E. 

 123 03 70 E. 



119 44 42 E. 



123 46 18 E. 



124 00 30 E . 

 123 40 28 E . 

 lis 49 54 E. 

 121 45 40 E. 

 123 27 20 E . 

 121 29 00 E . 



121 23 24 E . 



120 45 50 E. 

 120 31 30 E. 

 118 49 00 E. 

 118 43 00 E. 



122 12 40 E. 



Depth 



in 

 fath- 

 oms. 



494 



18 

 327 



297 



310 



300 



569 



476 



750 



1,500 



540 



700 



805 



310 



901 



1,181 



1,406 



Bot- 

 tom 

 tem- 



? era- 

 lire. 



" F. 

 41.2 



62.4 

 46.2 

 45.3 



40.1 

 38.7 

 38.3 

 41.2 

 38.2 

 38.2 



Character of 

 bottom. 



fne.gy. s... 



Co 



gy- 



gn.m 

 gn.m 



m. 



gn.m.(m.b), 

 gy- m 



gy-m. 



gn.m. 



gy-m 



gy-m 



gy-m 



br. , m., s. 



Abundance. 



Common. 



Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 



Rare. 



Rare. 

 Rare. 



Genus DENDROPHRYA Str. Wright, 1861. 



DENDROPHRYA RAMOSA Cushman. 



Plate 18, figs. 7, 8. 



Dendropkrya rc.mosa Cushman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 227, pi. 28, 

 figs. 7, 8. 



Description. — Test large, laterally compressed, branching, wall 

 with a chitinous base, over which there is a thick layer of mud or 

 fine sand and scattered sponge spicules ; apertm-es at the ends of the 

 branching portions, elliptical. 



Length 10 mm. or more. 



Type specimen. —Qdii. No. 8463, U.S.N.M., from Albatross station 

 D5385, Ragay Gulf, Luzon, 327 fathoms (598 meters), with a bottom 

 temperature of 62.4° F. (16.8° C). Other stations at which this 

 species occurred are D5438, west coast Luzon, 297 fathoms (543 

 meters), bottom temperature, 46.2° F. (7.8° C); D5460, east coast 

 Luzon, 565 fathoms (1,074 meters) ;D5470, 560 fathoms (1,065 meters) ; 

 D5622, between Gillolo and Makyan Islands, Dutch East Indies, 275 

 fathoms (503 meters); D5630, south of Patiente Strait, 569 fathoms 

 (1,081 meters); and D5650, Gulf of Boni, 540 fathoms (988 meters); 

 bottom temperature, 40.1° F. (3.5° C). 



This species evidently belongs to the genus DendropJirya, as 

 described, but is much larger than either of the other two described 

 species. Tlie figured specimen is evidently only a fragment, as are 



