FOKAMINIFERA OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS. 69 



ured by Brady in the Challenger Report. At D5236 it occuiTed 

 abundantly in 494 fathoms (903 meters). 



Reophax nodulosxis — Material examined. 



REOPHAX NODULOSUS H. B. Brady, var. HORMOSINOIDES, new variety. 



Description. — Test large and coarse, chambers broad, slightly longer 

 than the breadth, rounded, pyriform, the widest portion being about 

 one-fourth of the way between the base and the aperture; prolocu- 

 lum rounded and broad, aperture large at the end of the broadly 

 trimcate chamber; color grayish-brown. 



Length up to 10 mm. or more. 



Type spedtnen. — (Cat. No. 13240, U.S.N.M.) from AWatross sta- 

 tion Do650, Gulf of Boni, in 540 fathoms (988 meters). At this 

 station it is common, but the typical form of this species does not 

 appear. 



It also occurred at D5639, Molucca Sea, in 1,560 fathoms (2,853 

 meters) . 



This variet}^ is similar to the specimens figured by Brady.* 



Reophax nodulosus, var. hormosinoides — Material examined. 



REOPHAX GUTTIFER H. B. Brady. 



Plate 12, fig. 6. 



Reophax guttifera H. B. Brady, Quart. Journ. Micr. Sci., vol. 21, 1881, p. 49; Rep. 

 Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol, 9, 1884, p. 295, pi. 31, figs. 10-15.— Cushman, 

 Bull. 71, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 1, 1910, p. 88, fig. 123 (in text). 



Apparently from the material examined the species is rare in the 

 region. Specimens have occurred at H4897, Sulu Sea, off western 



' Challenger Report, pi. 31, figs. 1 and 5. 



