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or gem grains are used, giving a very handsome appearance to the test. At Sts. 177, 204, 

 WS 377, 494A, 511 specimens with exceptionally long necks were found. They appear 

 to be inseparable from Lagenammina lagunado, Rhumbler (R. 191 1, etc., FPE, 191 1, 

 pp. 92, III, pi. i, fig. 4; 1913, p. 375), and I do not see any reason for separating such 

 specimens even specifically, much less generically, as the differences are slight and 

 covered by intermediate variations. 



A few abnormal specimens were recorded. At St. WS 512, where the small rough 

 type was frequent, an individual with two necks was observed. At Sts. 194, WS 483 and 

 486 specimens built with abnormal quantities of grey cement and subglobular in shape 

 occurred. 



86. Proteonina tubulata (Rhumbler) (SG 64). 



Twenty stations: 169, 177, 198, 363, 386; WS 199, 204, 383, 384, 386, 400, 403, 471, 472, 479, 

 494 A, 498, 507 A, 512, 517. 



The stations are widely distributed all over the area, and usually in deep water, 



though there are four records (Sts. 363, WS 498, 507 A, 512) under 1000 m. At most 



stations only single specimens were found, but five excellent examples were seen at 



St. WS 472 in 3580 m., and four equally good at St. WS 199 in 3813 m. Considering 



the extremely fragile nature of the neck, and the fact that if broken away the specimens 



might easily be mistaken for small Psammosphaerae, it is not improbable that the species 



is much commoner than the records show. 



87. Proteonina micacea, Cushman. 



Proteonina micacea, Cushman, 1918, etc., FAO, 1918, p. 49, pi. xix, figs. 6, 7. 

 One station: 169. 



A few specimens which appear to be referable to Cushman 's species. The angular 

 tests are built of flakes of volcanic glass instead of mica. 



Genus Technitella, Norman, 1878 



88. Technitella bradyi, sp.n. (Plate II, figs. 7-9). 



Technitella melo, Brady (non Norman, 1878), 1884, FC, p. 246, pi. xxv, figs. 7 a, b. 

 Technitella melo, Cushman (non Norman), 1918, etc., FAO, 1918, p. 60, pi. xvi, fig. 6. 

 Technitella melo, Wiesner (non Norman), 193 1, FDSE, p. 85, pi. vii, fig. 74. 



Three stations: 170, 175; WS 482. 



Test monothalamous, flask-shaped, oval or roughly spherical; wall firm and thin, 

 composed of a single layer of sand grains and fragments of large sponge spicules in 

 varying proportions, evenly cemented together; aperture round and simple, with collar 

 of cement seldom produced beyond the body of the test. Size and shape variable, up 

 to I -o mm. in length and nearly as much in breadth. 



The organism described by Norman (N. 1878, GH, p. 280, pi. xvi, figs. 5-6) under 

 the name Technitella melo is very different from that subsequently figured by Brady, 

 Cushman and Wiesner under the same name. Norman's specimen is evidently closely 

 allied to his other species T. legumeii, difi"ering only in the fact that in the basal half of 

 the test the "minute linear sponge spicules" used for construction "project consider- 

 ably from the body wall and are invariably directed backwards". 



