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BULLETIN 104, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Distribution. — In the Albatrosff rlredgings specimons here referred 

 to this species have occurred at several stations in the cold water 

 off Nova Scotia, the New England coast, and south of Block Island. 

 Two of the Challenger stations are in this same general region. There 

 is a single specimen from another Albatross station in the Caribbean, 

 south of Cuba, in over 700 fathoms (1,280 meters). The Albatross 

 specimens are uniform in character and are like those figured in 

 the above references. 



An examination of the large number of figures referred to this 

 species will show that either it is a very variable species or that 

 numerous things are included under one name. This is especially 

 true of the figures referred to V. schreibersiana from areas other than 

 the North Atlantic. Whether the species here figured should be 

 referred to Czjzek's species or not is another question. At any rate 

 there is in the North Atlantic a very definite species of the form 

 here figured. The figures given by Goes are very characteristic of 

 this same form, as well as the one of Parker and Jones, referred to 

 above. This was drawn from a North Atlantic specimen also. 

 The rarity of the species in the Albatross dredgings from the Gulf 

 of Mexico and Caribbean seems to indicate that it is typically a 

 cold-water species, or at least this form of the species which is here 

 figured. 



There are numerous records for the waters about the British Isles 

 which are probably this same form as it is figured bj^ Goes from the 

 Scandinavian region. 



Virgulina schriebersiana — material exanmied. 



Station. 



1)2035... 

 D2052... 

 r>2063... 

 D2073... 

 D2093... 

 D2335... 

 ■D26S4... 

 D2614... 

 D2720... 

 1)2748... 



Locality. 



39 26 16 N. 

 39 40 05 N. 

 42 23 00 N. 

 41 54 15 N. 

 39 42 50 N. 

 23 10 39 N. 

 39 35 00 N. 

 34 09 00 N. 



38 36 30 N. 



39 31 00 N. 



70 02 37 W.. 



69 21 25 W.. 

 66 23 00 W.. 

 65 39 00 W.. 



71 01 20 W.. 

 82 20 21 W.. 



70 54 00 W.. 

 76 02 00 W.. 



72 12 00 W.. 



71 14 00 W.. 



Depth 



in 

 fath- 

 oms. 



1,362 

 1,098 



141 



587 

 1,000 



204 

 1,106 



168 

 1,509 

 1,163 



Bot- 

 tom 

 tem- 

 pera- 

 ture. 



'F. 



45.0 

 46.0 

 40.0 

 39.0 



37.8 



Character of 

 bottom. 



glob, oz 



glob, oz 



s. crs. g 



gy-s 



for. 8. m 



br. c. bk. sp. 

 gy. s. bk. sp. 



Ky. oz 



gy. m. for... 



Abundance. 



Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Few. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Few. 

 Few. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 



