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have very fewLagenidae, probably on account of the shallow water 

 from which most of their material came. 



The species and varieties which have been found in the material 

 follow in systematic sequence. 



A few of the new or otherwise noteworthy species are figured in 

 the two plates which accompany this paper. 



Family ASTRORHIZIDAE. 



Subfamily Saccammininae. 



Genus PSAMMOSPHAERA F. E. Schulze, 1875. 



PSAMMOSPHAERA FUSCA F. E. Schulze. 



Psammosphaera fusca F. E. Schulze, II Jahre Comm. wise. Unt. deutsch. Meer 

 in Kiel, 1875, p. 113, pi. 2, figs. 8a-/.— H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, 

 Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 249, pi. 18, figs. 1, 5-8 (not 2-4).— Cushman, Bull. 

 71, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 1, 1910, p. 35, figs. 25-28 (in text). 



There are two specimens of small size, angular in shape, made up 

 entirely of clear sand grains, broken sponge spicules, and little 

 cement. This is not at all the usual form of test for this species. 

 The general color is grayish white. The}^ evidently correspond to 

 the material noted by Sidebottom. 



PSAMMOSPHAERA PARVA Flint. 



Plate 75, fig. 3. 



Psammosphaera parva Flint, Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1897 (1899), p. 268, pi. 9, 

 fig. 1.— Cushman, Bull. 71, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 1, 1910, p. 36, figs. 29 and 30 

 (in text). 



There are a few specimens in the material which are attached to, 

 or perforated by, one large acicular sponge spicule. The test itself, 

 however, is not at all of the usual form, but is angular, made up of 

 large rough sand grains and broken spicules. Occasionally pointed 

 spicules extend out from the test. In one specimen more or less 

 calcareous material is incorporated in the test. 



Genus TECHNITELLA Norman, 1878. 



TECHNITELLA RAPHANUS H. B. Brady. 



Technitella raphanus H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, 

 p. 247, pi. 25, figs. 13, 14. — Chapman, Zool. Results, Endeavour, pt. 3, 1912, 

 p. 310; vol. 3, pt. 1, 1915, p. 319.— Pearcey, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 

 vol. 49, 1914, p. 1002. 



There are three specimens that seem to belong to this very rare 

 species. The shortest of these is about 5 mm. in length and the 

 longest about 10 mm., which is much larger than the type specimen 

 described by Brady. The form, however, is very much smaller than 

 that of Brady's figured specimen. The test itseK is composed entirely 



