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to 125 fathoms (125 to 229 meters), Ki Islands, 129 fathoms (236 

 meters), and Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, 37 fathoms (68 meters). 



Specimens much like those figured by Brady occur at three Philip- 

 pine stations — D5178, off Romblon, 78 fathoms (143 meters), D5220, 

 between Marinduciue and Luzon, 50 fathoms (91 meters), and D5348, 

 Palawan Passage, 375 fathoms (686 meters). 



These seem to be the smaller megalospheric form of this species. 



Massilina asperula — Material examined. 



Genus ARTICULINA d'Orbigny, 1826. 



ARTICULINA S.\GRA d'Orbigny. 



Articulina sagra d'Orbigny, in De La Sagra, Hist. Fis. Pol. Nat. Cuba, 1839, 

 " Foraminiferes," p. 160, pi. 9, figs. 23-26.— H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, 

 Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 184, pi. 12, figs. 22-24.— Heron-Allen and Earland, 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 20, 1915, p. 585, pi. 45, figs. 22-25.— Cushman, 

 Bull. 71, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 6, 1917, p. 59, pi. 22, figs. 7, 8. 



The only record for this species in the Philippine material is Alba- 

 tross station D5311, China Sea, ofi Hongkong, in 88 fathoms (161 

 meters). This consists of the usual early chambers, v/ith a single 

 nodosarian one. 



It is recorded b}^ Millett from the Malay region, and it seems 

 strange that it is not more frequent in the Philippine dredgings. 



Articulina sagra — Material examined. 



Genus SIGMOILINA Schlumberger, 1887. 



SIGMOILINA SIGMOIDEA (H. B. Brady). 



Planispirina sigmoidea H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 

 1884, p. 197, pi. 2, figs. 1-3, woodcut fig. 5c.— Sidebottom, Journ. Roy. Micr. 

 Soc, 1918, p. 10. 



Sigmoilina sigmoidea Chapman, Biol. Res. Endeavour, vol. 3, pt. 1, 1915, p. 

 317.— CusHMAN, Bull. 71, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 6, 1917, p. 61, pi. 24, figs. 2, 3. 



All the records for this species in the Albatross Philippine material 

 are from stations in and about the Archipelago, none having oc- 



