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BUIXETIN 104, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



questionable whether any of them are really identical with D'Or- 

 bigny's Cretaceous species. A study of this group with material 

 from various oceans should be made to determine the distribution of 

 the various species. 



Nodosaria commiinis. — material examined. 



Locality. 



15 24 20 N. 

 9 49 00 N. 

 13 34 45 N. 

 22 35 00 N. 



29 07 30 N. 

 28 36 15 N. 

 28 34 00 N. 

 28 41 00 N. 



31 26 00 N. 

 41 49 00 N.: 

 39 53 00 N. 



30 58 SON. 



32 39 00 N. 

 32 40 CO N. 



63 31 30 W. 

 79 31 30 W. 

 81 21 10 W. 

 84 23 00 W. 

 88 08 00 W. 

 86 50 00 W. 

 86 48 00 W. 

 86 07 00 W. 

 79 07 00 W. 

 65 49 30 W. 

 71 32 00 W. 

 79 38 30 W. 

 76 50 SOW. 

 76 40 30 W. 



Depth 



in 

 fatli- 

 oms. 



683 

 896 

 382 

 463 

 210 

 347 

 335 

 169 

 276 

 72 

 136 

 294 

 478 

 782 



Bot- 

 tom 

 tem- 

 pera- 

 ture. 



'F. 

 39.8 



45.8 

 45.0 

 67.0 

 44.1 



53.8 

 43.6 

 47.7 

 46.3 

 39.3 

 38.6 



Character of 

 bottom. 



yl. m.,fne. s. 



gn. m 



wh. crs. s 



wh. CO 



gy-m 



gy- m 



gy-m 



gy-m 



CO., brk. sh.. 

 s., brk., sh.. 



gn. m., s 



gy-s 



gn. m 



It. gy. 01.... 



Abundance. 



Rare. 



Rare. 



Common. 



Rare. 



Few. 



Rare. 



Rare. 



Few. 



Rare. 



Rare. 



Rare. 



Rare. 



Rare. 



Frequent. 



NODOSARIA FILIFORMIS D'Orbigny. 



Plate 12, figs. 1, 2. 



" Orthoceratia filiformia aut capillaria " Soldani, Testaceographia, vol. 2, 

 1798, p. 35, pi. 10, fig. e. 



Nodosaria filiformis D'Orbigny, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. 7, 1826, p. 253, No. 14. — 

 Eggek, Abh. Kon. bay. Akad. Wiss., Miinchen, CI. II, vol. 18, 1893, 

 p. 340, pi. 11, fig. 4.— H. B. Beady, Rep. Vol. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 

 1884, p. 500, pi. 63, figs. 3-5. — Chapman, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 1, 

 1895, p. 30.— Flint, Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1897 (1899), p. 310, pi. 55, 

 fig. 6. — Morton, Proc. Portland Soc, vol. 2, 1897, p. 119. — Miixett, 

 Journ. Roy. Micr. Soc, 1902, p. 523. — Chapman, The Foraminifera, 

 1902, p. 402 ; Trans. N. Zealand Inst., vol. 38, 1905, p. 93, pi. 3, fig. 5.— 

 GoDDAEi}, Rec Austr. Mus., vol. 6, 1907, p. 308. — Heron-Allen and 

 Earland, Journ. Roy. Micr. Soc, 1909, p. 427. — Chapman, Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. Zool., vol. 30, 1910, p. 412.— Cushman, BuU. 71, U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 pt. 3, 1913, p. 55, pi. 27, figs. 1-4. — Heron-Allen and Earland, Proc. 

 Roy. Irish Acad., vol. 31, pt. 64, 1913, p. 92.— Pearcey, Trans. Roy. 

 Soc. Edinb., vol. 49, 1914, p. 1022. — Heron-Allen and Earland, Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. London, ser. 2, vol. 11, 1916, p. 256. — Mestayer, Trans. N. 

 Zealand Inst., vol. 48, 1916, p. 129. — Sidebottom, Journ. Roy. Micr. 

 Soc, 1918, p. 133.— Cushman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 56, 1919, 

 p. 612 ; Bull. 100, U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 4, 1921, p. 194, pi. 34, fig. 9. 



Description. — Test elongate, slender, arcuate; chambers numerous, 

 elliptical or ovate, elongate, tumid ; sutures usually oblique, chambers 

 increasing in length toward the apertural end; aperture radiate, 

 slightly eccentric; wall smooth. 



Length up to 7 mm. 



