FORAMINIFERA OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS. 447 



characteristic, obscuring the sutural lines. This is as characteristic 

 of the early quinquelociiline stage as of the adult. One of Brady's 

 original stations for this species was from the Philippines, in 95 

 fathoms (174 meters). The others were off Kandavu, Fiji Islands, 

 in 210 fathoms (384 meters), and off Raine Island, Torres Strait, in 

 185 fathoms (338 meters). Dakin records this from off Ceylon. 



At station D5236 there is a very large elongate form, which may 

 possibly be the microspheric form of this species. In the Philippine 

 material this species has occurred at 31 stations, ranging in depth 

 from 14 to 569 fathoms (25 to 1,040 meters); bottom temperatures 

 range from 40.1° F. to 76.3° F. (14.5° C. to 24.6° C). 



Besides the stations scattered through the Archipelago, it has 

 occurred in the regions to the south in Sibuko Bay, Borneo, Gulf of 

 Boni, and south of Patiente Strait. 



Massilina arenaria — Material examined. 



MASSILENA ASPERULA (Karrer). 



Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 57, 1868, p. 136, 

 Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 



Spiroloculina asperula Karrer, Sitz 

 pi. 1, fig. 10.— H. B. Brady, Rep 

 152, pi. 8, figs. 13,14 (11?). 



Brady's records for this species include one station in the Philip- 

 pines, in 95 fathoms (174 meters); also off the Admiralty Islands, 68 



