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whole test ovate, broadest toward, the apertural end, shghtly carinate 

 laterally; surface ornamented by a series of longitudmal costae, 

 those of each chamber mdependent of the adjacent ones; aperture 

 long and narrow. 



Diameter about 2 mm. 



Dist7ihution. — The figured specimen was obtained from Albatross 

 station D5318, in 340 fathoms (622 meters), China Sea, vicinity of 

 Formosa. 



This is the first record for this species in the North Pacific. 



Lingulina costata — Material examined. 



LINGULENA GRANDIS Cushman. 



Plate 43, figs, la, b. 

 Lingulina grandis Cushman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 51, 1917, p. 656. 



Description. — Test large, compressed, early portion and in some 

 specimens all but the final chamber distinctly keeled; chambers 

 about eight in number, broad and short, somewhat inflated; sutures 

 depressed, not noticed on the keel; wall smooth and shining, yellow- 

 ish-brown or reddish-brown in color; aperture a very elongate slit 

 extending half the width of the test. 



Length up to 6 mm.; width 3 mm. 



Distribution. — Type specimen (U.S.N.M. No. 9120) from Alba- 

 tross station, D5268, in 170 fathoms (311 meters), Batangas Bay, 

 Specimens were also obtained in material from D5178, in 78 fathoms 

 (143 meters), vicinity of Romblon; D5217, in 105 fathoms (193 

 meters), between Burias and Luzon, bottom temperature 63.1° F. 

 (17.2° C); and D5589, in 260 fathoms (476 meters), Sibuko Bay, 

 Borneo, bottom temperature 45.7° F. (7.6° C). 



This species in some ways resembles L. carinata, but it is several 

 times as large and is differently shaped. 



Lingulina grandis — Material examined. 



