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Records of the occurrence of this species in material from three 

 Albatross stations in the region are as follows: Do 120, in 393 fath- 

 oms (719 meters). Verde Island Passage, bottom temperature 43.7° 

 F. (6.5° C); D5133, in 38 fathoms (70 meters), Sulu Sea off western 

 Mindanao; and D5178, in 78 fathoms (143 meters), oiT Romblon. 



Lagena acuticosta — Material examined. 



LAGENA GRACILIS Willianison. 



Lagena gracilis Williamson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, vol. 1, 1848, p. 13, pi. 1, 

 figs. 3, 4.— H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 464, 

 pi. 58, figs. 19, 22-24.— CusHMAN, Bull. 71, U. S.Nat. Miis., pt. 3, 1913, p. 24, 



pi. 8, IJgs. 5, G. 



Three Albatross stations gave records for this species as follows: 

 H4914, in 464 fathoms (848 meters), China Sea oiT southern Luzon, 

 bottom temperature 46.5° F. (8° C); D5514, in 697 fathoms (1,274 

 meters), ofT northern Mindanao, bottom temperature 52.3° F. (11.2° 

 C); and D5666, off Celebes, bottom temperature 47.5° F. (8.6° C). 



No specimens of this species were noted in the shallow warmer water 

 of the Archipelago. 



Lagena gracilis — Material examined. 



LAGENA STAPHYLLEARIA (Schwager). 



Fissurina staphyllearia Schwager, iVbi'ara-Exped., Geol. Tlieil., pt. 2, 1866, p. 



209, pi. 5, fig. 24. 

 Lagena staphyllearia H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 



474, pi. 59, figs. 8-11.— CusHMAN, Bull. 71, U.S.Nat.Mus., pt. 3, 1913, p. 31, 



pi. 17, fig. 3. 



The two Albatross stations from v/hich this species was obtained 

 are: D5185, in 638 fathoms (1,167 meters), between Panay and 

 Negros, bottom temperature 49.8° F. (9.8° C); and D5236, in 494 



