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and the colder 312 fathoms (571 meters). Therefore, as this species 

 occurs in shallow water, the average temperatures would probably 

 be about the maximum given. Heron-Allen and Earland record it 

 from the Kerimba Archipelago, "often abundant and presenting a 

 considerable range of external form." The localities in the Philip- 

 pine area are as follows: Off Jolo; off Romblon; off Tawi Tawi; 

 between Samar and Leyte; off eastern Panay; off northwestern 

 Panay; China Sea, off southern Luzon; off northern Cebu; Malam- 

 paya Sound, Palawan Island; Sulu Archipelago; and between Marin- 

 duque and Luzon. 



Quinqueloculina sclerotica — Material examined. 



QUINQUELOCULINA FUSCA Brady. 



Plate 84, figs. 6a-c. 



Quinqueloculina fusca Brady, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1870, p. 286, pi. 2, fig. 2. 

 Miliolina fusca Brady, Joiirn. Roy. Micr. Soc, London, 1887, p. 883. — Heron- 

 Allen and Earland, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 20, 1915, p. 576. 



There are specimens which have the characteristic reddish color, 

 reminding one of the color of many AstrorMzidae and Lituolidae. 

 These occurred at six stations, ranging in depth from 20 to 159 

 fathoms (37 to 291 meters), the average depth being 92 fathoms 

 (169 meters). 



These stations include the following localities: Tara Island, off 

 Romblon; China Sea, off Hongkong; Malampaya Sound, Palawan 

 Island; off Marinduque Island; and to the southward in Buton 

 Strait. 



Heron-Allen and Earland record this species from the Kerimba 

 Archipelago as "very sparingly distributed." 



Specimens were frequent off Tara Island and common off Hong- 

 kong, but less common at the other stations. 



