60 BULLETIN 71, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



NODOSARIA VERTEBRALIS (Batsch). 



Plate 32, fig. 1. 



Nautilus (Orthoceras) vertebralis Batsch, Conch, des Seesandes, 1791, p. 3, No. 6, 



pi. 2, fig. 6a, b. 

 Nodosaria vertebralis H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, 



p. 514, pi. 63, fig. 35; pi. 64, figs. 11-14. — Egger, Abh. kon. bay. Akad. Wios. 



Miinchen, CI. n, vol. 18, 1893, p. 312, pi. 57, fig. 5.— Flint, Rep. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., 1897 (1899), p. 312, pi. 57, fig. 5.— Bagg, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 



34, 1908, p. 144. 



Description. — Elongate, slender, tapering, straight or very slightly 

 arcuate, chambers comparatively short, numerous, little inflated, 

 sutures of clear shell material, appearing darker than the opaque 

 portions; surface ornamented with longitudinal costae, apical end 

 usually Avith a short spine. 



Length up to 6 mm. 



Distribution. — The only record from the North Pacific is that of 

 Bagg, Albatross station D4000 in 104-213 fathoms off the Hawaiian 

 Islands. From its distribution this seems to be a species of compara- 

 tively warm shallow water of tropical and subtropical seas. 



NODOSARIA HIRSUTA d'Orbigny. 

 Plate 28, fig. 3. 



" Orthoceratia quasi hispida" Soldani, Testaceographia, vol. 2, 1798, p. 15, pi. 

 2, fig. P. 



"Orthoceratia hispida" Soldani, Testaceographia, vol. 2, 1798, p. 36, pi. 11, 

 figs, n-z, A, B. 



Nodosaria hirsuta d'Orbigny, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. 7, 1826, p. 252, No. 7. 



Nodosaria hispida d'Orbigny, For. Foss. Bass. Tert. Vienne, 1846, p. 35, pi. 1, 

 figs. 24, 25. — Parker, Jones, and H. B. Brady, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 

 4, vol. 8, p. 154, pi. 9, fig. 45. — Silvestri, Atti Accad. Gioenia, Catania, 

 ser. 3, vol. 7, 1872, p. 80, pi. 9, figs. 207-228.— H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. 

 Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 507, pi. 63, figs. 12-16.— Balkwill and 

 Wright, Trans. Roy. Irish Acad., vol. 28, 1S85, p. 343, pi. 12, fig. 31 — 

 Sherborn and Chapman, Journ. Roy. Micr. Soc, 1886, p. 748, pi. 14, fig. 

 32. — H. B. Brady, Parker, and Jones, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 12, 

 1888, p. 223, pi. 44, figs. 3, 5. — Egger, Abh. kon. bay. Akad. Wiss. Miinchen, 

 CI. h, vol. 18, 1893, p. 343, pi. 11, fig. 16.— Flint, Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1897 (1899), p. 311, pi. 57, fig. 1.— Millett, Journ. Roy. Micr. Soc, 1902, 

 p. 515. 



Description. — Test tapering, elongate, composed of few chambers, 

 globular, surface covered with spines of varying coarseness, cham- 

 bers close set or separated by stolonlike connections, aperture at the 

 end of a tubular neck. 



Length up to 2.5 mm. 



Distribution. — Brady records this species from a Challenger station 

 off the Philippines in 95 fathoms. The only specimen I have refer- 

 able to this species is from D4900 off Japan in 139 fathoms, bottom 

 temperature 52.9° F. This specimen which is figured here is some- 

 what broken and is not typical. 



