FORAMINIFERA OF NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN. 93 



That there is a decided confusion in regard to this and the fore- 

 going species is evident from a study of the original descriptions and 

 figures and a comparison with later figures. The originals are much 

 closer than later authors have made their diagnoses of the two, and 

 it is now difficult, without a large series of specimens, to determine 

 clearly the limits of the species as they exist at present. Unfortu- 

 nately, although the material studied from the North Pacific is from 

 many stations, the number of specimens from any one station is too 

 small to admit of a comparative study of variation. A large series 

 would probably show that there are definite species with more or less 

 clearly defined distribution, as lias been elsewhere found to he the 

 case when conditions were favorable for such a study. 



VIRGUXINA SUBSQUAMOSA Egger, var. STRIATA Bagg. 



Virgulina squamosa striata Bagg, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 34, 1908, p. 137, 

 pi. 5, Wix. 7. 



Description. — Test elongate, slightly tapering, bluntly rounded at 

 the apical end, obliquely truncate at the apertural end; the chambers 

 about as broad as high, somewhat rotund; the sutures distinct; wall 

 calcareous, polished, ornamented with longitudinal costse; color, 

 white. 



Length about ()..")() mm. 



Distribution. — Described from Albatross station D4025, in 27.3-368 

 fathoms, near the Hawaiian Islands. 



A study of the type specimen seems to place the species rather as 

 related to 1*. subsquamosa Egger rather than to V. squamosa d'Orbigny 

 as here considered. It may be a good species, but further material 

 is desirable for study before this can be determined. 



VIRGULINA SUBDEPRESSA H. B. Brady. 



Virgulina subdepressa H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, 

 Zoology, vol. !), 1884, p. 416, pi. 52, figs. 14-17.— Egger, 

 Abb. kon. bay. Akad. Wiss. Miinchen, CI. n, vol. IS, 

 1893, p. 291, pi. 8, fi?. 103.— Goes, Bull. Mus. Conpp. 

 Zool., v.4. 29, 1896, p. 47. 



Description. — Test elongate, subcylindrical, slightly 

 compressed; the chambers fully as high 

 as broad, inflated, the sutures deep; out- 

 line distinctly crenulate; apical end of 

 test broadly rounded; wall calcareous, 

 smooth and polished; aperture fairly 

 broad, comma-shaped; color, white. fig. 147.— VntGULnw stjbdeprebsa. 



Length about 1 mm. x M - °- ™ nUTOT i b < KKoNT 



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Distribution. — Goes records this spe- 

 cies from a single station off the western coast of America, in 730 

 fathoms. I have seen material from four stations. Albatross station 



