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The only other records in the North Pacific are those from the 

 coast of Japan. 



Bulimina pyrula — Material examined. 



Fig. 2.— BuLrMiN.v pykul.v d'Orbigny, var. perversa Cushman. x 50. From Al- 

 batross STATION D5654. a-c. Three views of same specimen. 



BULIMINA PYRULA d'Orbigny, var. PERVERSA, new variety. 



Description. — Variety differing from the typical in the form which 

 in the variety is broadest at the base, the initial end of the test hardly 

 visible, successive chambers extending back to the ini- 

 tial end, whole test tapering to the broadly romided 

 apertural end; surface smooth and otherwise like the 

 typical form of the species. 



Type specimen. ~{C^t. No. 14342, U. S. Nat. Mus.) 

 from Albatross station D5591, in 260 fathoms (475 

 meters), Sibuko Bay, Borneo. Other localities are 

 Sogod Bay, southern Leyte; between Marinduque and 

 Luzon; east coast of Mindanao; between Negros and 

 Siquijor; and the Gulf of Boni. These stations range in 

 depth from 195 to 805 fathoms (356 to 1,472 meters), 

 average 367 fathoms (672 meters). Bottom tempera- 

 ture of seven stations range from 38.3° F. to 53.5° F 

 11.8° C), with the average 47.3° F. (8.4° C). 



This variety in this material is easily distinguished from the typical 



Fig. 3.— Bo LI - 

 mina pyrula 

 d'Orbigny, 

 var. spines- 



CENS H. B. 



Brady, x SO. 

 From Alba- 

 tross STATION 

 D55S6. 



(3.5° C. to 



