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really identical with this species — D5217, in 105 fathoms (193 meters), 

 between Biirias and Luzon, bottom temperatnre, 63.1° F. (17.2° C); 

 and D5260, in 234 fathoms (42 S metere), off southeastern Mindoro, 

 bottom temperature 51.4° F. (10.8° C). At each of these stations a 

 few specimens were found. 



Rotalia orbicularis — Material examined. 



ROTALIA SCHROETERIANA Parker and Jones. 



Plate 73, figs. la-c. 



Faujasina, species, Williamson, Trans. Micr. Soc, London, ser. 2, vol. 1, 185.3, 



p.87, pi. 10. 

 Rotalia schroeteriana (Parker and Jones, MS), Carpenter, Introd. Foram., p. 213, 



pi. 13, figs. 7-9.— H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, 



p. 707, pi. 115, figs. la-c. 



Brady gives the following note in the OTiaUenger Report in regard 

 to this species: 



Though somewhat local in distribution, it is by no means rare amongst the islands 

 of the Eastern Archipelago, at depths of less than 50 or 60 fathoms (91 or 110 meters). 



The only records for this species in the Philippine region are in the 

 Archipelago proper, mostly in shallow water. 



Rotalia schroeteriana — Material examined. 



ROTALIA PAPILLOSA H. B. Brady. 



Plate 72, figs. 3a, h. 



Rotalia papulosa H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, 

 p. 708, pi. 106, figa. 9a-c.— CusHMAN, Bull. 71, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 5, 1915, 

 p. 70, pi. 31, fig. 1. 



From available records this species is characteristic of the Indo- 

 Pacific region, and in the Philippines it is certainly one of the most 



