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BULLETIN 104, UNITED STATES NATIONAL, MUSEUM. 



Several different' forms have been included under this specific 

 name as reference to the published figures will easily demonstrate. 



Vaginulina legumen — material examined. s, 



VAGINULINA PEREGRINA, new species. 



Plate 39, fig. 5. 



Description. — Test elongate, compressed, slightly curved, of 

 nearly uniform diameter throughout, composed of a few chambers, 

 the dorsal and ventral sides narrow, the other side broader, irregu- 

 larly quadrangular in transverse section; type specimen with 7 

 chambers; sutures distinct, very slightly depressed, dorsal side of 

 the test even, ventral side lobulate; wall smooth, thin, transparent; 

 aperture eccentric, on the dorsal side, minute, slightly extended. 



Length of type specimen 1.20 mm. 



Distribution. — Type-specimen (U.S.N.M. Cat. No. 17414) from 

 Albatross station D2311, in 79 fathoms (145 meters), off the coast 

 of South Carolina. 



This species is peculiar in its form, unornamented surface, lobulate 

 ventral side, thin test, and very small aperture. 



Vaginulina peregrind — material examined. 



VAGINULINA ADVENA, new species. 



Plate 39, figs. 1-4. 



Description. — Test elongate, early portion much compressed, later 

 portion nearly circular in transverse section in the adult, initial end 

 broadly rounded, sometimes with a slight keel in the microspheric 

 form; early chambers in the megalospheric form with one or two 

 showing a keeled condition, in the microspheric form close-coiled; 



