84 BULLETIN 104, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Nodosaria comatula — material examined. 



Locality. 



32 53 00 N.; 77 53 00 W. 



29 07 30 N.; 88 08 00 W. 



29 14 30 N.; 88 09 SOW. 

 28 45 00 N.; 86 26 00 W. 

 28 44 00 N.; 86 IS 00 W. 

 28 41 00 N.;86 07 00 W. 



Depth 



in 

 fath- 

 oms. 



68 

 227 

 196 

 169 



Bot- 

 tom 

 tem- 

 pera- 

 ture. 



Character of 

 bottom. 



°F. 

 57.2 



48.6 

 51.6 



ers.s.,bk.sp. 



gy.m 



gy-m 



gy.m 



gy.m 



gy.m 



Abundance. 



Rare. 



Few. 



Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 



NODOSARIA RAPHANUS (Linnaeus). 



Plate 15, fig. 6. 



There are a few records from off the coast of the British Isles, 

 mostly from single specimens, for this species. In the Summary 

 of Results of the Challenger Expedition there are several Challenger 

 stations given for this species, two off the West Indies, one off the 

 northeastern coast of the United States, and one in the central part 

 of the North Atlantic, west of the Azores. I have failed to find in 

 the Albatross collections specimens which are at all like this species 

 as figured by Brady in the Challenger report, which are similar to 

 those I have found from the Philippine region. 



NODOSARIA RAPHANISTRUM (Linna«U8). 



Under this name Heron-Allen and Earland record two small speci- 

 mens off the west of Scotland.*® 



NODOSARIA RAPHANISTRUM (Linnaeus), var. OBSOLETA Goes. 



Plate 15, fig. 4. 



Nodosaria raphanistrum (Linnaeus), var. obsoleta Goes, Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. 29, 1896, p. 63, pi. 6, fig. 3. 



Under this varietal name. Goes figures a specimen 19 mm. in 

 length which is similar to Nodosaria raphanistrum, except that the 

 last-formed chambers are smooth, due to the disappearance of the 

 ornamentation of the earlier part. They are from the Caribbean, 

 227-332 fathoms (416-608 meters), scarce. I have not found any- 

 thing in the Albatross dredgings to correspond to this variety. 



NODOSARIA SEMINUDA Reuss? 



Plate 15 fig. 2. 



Nodosaria obliqiia (Linnaeus), var.. Goes, Kongl. Svensk. Vet. Akad. 



Handl., vol. 19, No. 4, 1882, p. 4, pi. 1, fig. 17. 

 Nodosaria seminuda Goes, Kongl. Svensk. Vet. Akad. Handl., vol. 25, No. 



9, 1894, p. 71, pi. 13, fig. 700; Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 29, 1896, p. 



64, pi. 6, figs. 4, 5. 



"Trans. Linn. See. London, ser. 2, vol. 11, 1916, p. 258. 



