FOBAMINIFERA OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS. 413 

 Planispirina contraria — Material examined. 



PLANISPIRINA cf. STRIATA Sidebottom. 



Planispirina striata SiDF^BOTTOii, Mem. Proc. Manchester Lit. and Philos. Soc, 

 vol. 48, No. 5, 1904, p. 21, pi. 5, figs. 12-14, text figure 9. 



Material resembling this species described by Sidebottom from off 

 Delos in the Grecian Archipelago occurred at Albatross station D5218, 

 between Bnrias and Luzon, in 20 fathoms (37 meters). 



Planispirina cf. striata — Material examined. 



PLANISPIRINA SPHAERA (d'Orbigny). 



Biloculina sphaera d'Orbigny, Voy. Amer. Merid., 1839, "Foraminif^rea," p. 66, 

 pi. 8, figs. 13-16.— H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, 

 p. 141, pi. 2, figs. 4a, b. 



Planispirina sphaera Schlumberger, Mem. Soc. Zool. France, 1891, p. 190, text 

 figs. 45, 46.— Chapman, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zoology, vol. 30, 1910, p. 399.— CusH- 

 MAN, Bull. 71, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 6, 1917, p. 37, pi. 19, fig. 1. 



This is a widely-distributed species especially found in deep water. 

 Specimens were rare at three stations — D5428, off eastern Palawan, 

 in 1,105 fathoms (2,021 meters); D5470, east coast of Luzon, 560 

 fathoms (1,024 meters); and D5668, Macassar Strait, 901 fathoms 

 (1,648 meters). Chapman records it from off Funafuti in 1,050 

 fathoms (1,920 meters). 



