50 BUULETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



PROTEONINA TESTACEA (Flint). 



Reophax difflugiformis H. B. Brady, var. testacea Flint, Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1897 



(1899), p. 273, pi. 16, fig. 1. 

 Proteonina testacea Cushman, Bull. 104, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 1, 1918, p. 49, pi. 20, 



figs. 1-4. 



At the following six stations this species occurred, at some in very 

 considerable numbers; D5201, Sogod Bay, southern Leyte, 554 fath- 

 oms (1,012 meters), bottom temperature, 52.8° F. (11.5° C); D5236, 

 Pacific Ocean, east coast of Mindanao, 494 fathoms (903 meters), bot- 

 tom temperature, 41.2° F. (5.1° C); D5259, off northwestern Panay, 

 312 fathoms (571 meters), bottom temperature, 49.3° F. (9.6° C); 

 D5281, China Sea, vicinity southern Luzon, 201 fathoms (368 meters), 

 bottom temperature, 50.4° F. (10.2° C); D5470, east coast of Luzon, 

 San Bernardino Strait to San Miguel Bay, 560 fathoms (1 ,024 meters) ; 

 and D5613, north of Celebes, 752 fathoms (1,375 meters). 



These specimens, occurring in material containing a considerable 

 number of Globigerinidae, are made almost entirely of such tests. 

 The aperture is at the end of a definite and somewhat produced neck. 



Genus TECHNITELLA Norman, 1878. 



TECHNITELLA LEGUMEN Norman. 



Technitella legumen Norman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., eer. 5, vol. 1, 1878, p. 279, pi. 16, 

 figs. 3, 4. — H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 246, pi. 

 25, figs. 8-12.— Cushman, Bull. 71, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 1, 1910, p. 48, fig. 53 

 <in text); Bull. 104, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 1, 1918, p. 59, pi. 9, figs. 1, 2; pi. 10, fig. 

 1; pi. 16, figs. 7, 8; pi. 24, figs. 3-5; pi. 26, fig. 5. 



Specimens of this species do not seem to be common in the region, 

 but single specimens have occurred at six stations not very far apart. 

 In all cases the specimens were typical. The stations are as follows: 

 D5201, Sogod Bay, southern Leyte Island, 554 fathoms (1,012 meters), 

 bottom temperature, 52.8° F. (11.5° C); D5236, eastern coast Min- 

 danao, 494 fathoms (903 meters), bottom temperature, 41.2° F. 

 (5.1° C.) ; D5242, Pujada Bay, 191 fathoms (350 meters), bottom tem- 

 perature, 64.1° F, (17.8° C); D5243, same general locality, 218 fath- 

 oms (399 meters), bottom temperature, 63.6° F. (17.5° C); D5248, 

 Gulf of Davao, 18 fathoms (33 meters); and D5259, off northwestern 

 Panay, 312 fathoms (571 meters), bottom temperature, 49.3° F. 

 (9.6° C). In all cases the bottom temperatures are high and not 



