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BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The specimen belonging to this species was obtained from a single 

 station, D5311, China Sea, vicinity of Hongkong, 88 fathoms (161 

 meters) . 



PolymorpMna lactea — Material exawincd. 



POLYMORPHINA LACTEA, var. OBLONGA Williamson. 



Plate 52, fig. 4. 



Polymorphina lactea, ^•ar. ohlonga Williamson, Recent Foraminifera of Great 

 Britain, 1858, p. 71, pi. 6, figs. 149, 149a. 



There is a single specimen which is very close to this variety as 

 figured by Williamson. It is from Albatross station D5601, Gulf of 

 Tomini, Celebes, in 765 fathoms, (1,399 meters). 



POLYMOKPHINA COMPRESSA d'Orbigny. 



Polymorplia "subovalia" Soldani, Testaceograpliia, vol. 1, pt. 2, 1791, p. 114, 

 figs. F. I., etc. 



Pohjmorphina compressa c'ORBiaNY, Foram. Foss. Vienne, 1846, p. 233, pi. 12, 

 figs. 32-34.— H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 565, 

 pi. 72, figs. 9-11.— Flint, Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1897 (1899), p. 319, pi. 67, 

 fig. 3.— CusHMAN, Bull. 71, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 3, 1913, p. 89, pi. 40, fig. 3. 



From two stations specimens of tliis species were obtained: 

 D5311, China Sea, vicinity of Hongkong, 88 fathoms (161 meters), 

 and D5315, China Sea, vicinity of Formosa, 148 fathoms (271 meters), 

 bottom temperature 54.4° F. (12.4° C). The specimens were 

 typical but rare. 



Polymorphina compressa — Material examined. 



