332 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Fulvinulina philippinensis — Material exaviined. 



Cat. 

 No. 



15761 

 15760 

 15712 

 15762 



Coll. of- 



U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 



No. of! 



speci-! Station. 



mens. I 



3 j D6178... 

 2 I D5268... 



4 I D5381... 

 2 D5565... 



Locality. 



12 43 00 N.; 122 06 15 E. 



13 42 00 N.; 120 57 15 E. 

 13 14 15 N.; 122 44 45 E. 



5 51 42 N.; 12a 30 3 E. 



Depth 



in 

 fath- 

 oms. 



78 

 170 



243 



Bot- 

 tom 

 tem- 

 pera- 

 ture. 



Character of 

 bottom. 



! fne. s 



i s.,p 



i CO. s 



52.3 j s., ptr.jSh 



Abundance. 



Few. 

 Few. 

 Few. 

 Few. 



PULVINULINA INDICA, new species. 



Pulvinulina hauerii H. B. Brady (part) (not d'Orbigny 1846), Rep. Voy. Chal- 

 lenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 690, pi. 106, fig. 6 (not fig. 7). 



Description. — Test somewhat longer than broad, composed of 

 about two whorls, the last one having six chambers, usually gradually 

 increasing in length as added; periphery broadly rounded, dorsal 

 side convex, as is also the ventral side; sutures on both sides deeply 

 depressed; ventral side not umbilicate, but the ventral portion of the 

 last-formed chamber having an irregularly oval area of clear shell 

 material; surface smooth, thin, and punctate; aperture a narrow 

 arcuate slit at the edge of the peripheral side of the last-formed 

 chamber. 



Diameter 0.50 to 0.75 mm. 



Distribution. — Type specimen (Cat. No. 15759, U.S.N.M.) from Alhor 

 tross station D5219, between Marinduque and Luzon, in 530 fathoms 

 (969 meters) . 



There are also specimens from D5134, Sulu Archipelago, near 

 Basilan Island, in 34 fathoms (62 meters) ; D5143, off Jolo, in 19 fath- 

 oms (35 meters); D5145, at a neighboring station, in 23 fathoms (42 

 meters); and D5178, off Romblon, in 73 fathoms (133 meters). 



This species, like the preceding, P. philippinensis, is confused by 

 Brady with P. liauerii d'Orbigny. A comparison of the places at 

 which these two occur shows that P. indica is found in much more 

 shallow water than P. philippinensis, and the two do not occur to- 

 gether at the same stations; but they are probably both species 

 characteristic of this general region. Brady's figures of both of these 

 are very careful drawings and show well the characteristics of these 

 two species. 



Pulvinulina indica — Material examined. 



