DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF RECENT FORAMINIFERA 309 



by the spines (one or several) projecting from the inferior end of the 

 shell. 



Localities. Gulf of Mexico and west coast of Patagonia (stations 

 2352, 2377, 2395, 2784), 194 to 463 fathoms. 



NODOSARIA RADICULA Linnaeus. 

 (Plate 55, fig. 1.) 



Oval, elongated, smooth, composed of two or more segments in a 

 straight series ; sutures depressed; aperture central, consisting of radi- 

 ating fissures in the protuberant end of the last segment. Length, 

 about 1 mm. (-^ inch). 



Localities. South of Long Island, southeast of Georges Bank (sta- 

 tions 2234, 2570), 810 to 1,813 fathoms. 



In typical specimens the segments are more inflated and the sutures 

 more depressed than those figured in the accompanying plate. 



NODOSARIA SIMPLEX Silvestri. 

 (Plate 55, fig. 2.) 



Consists of two inflated, subglobular segments, the first terminating 

 in a short spine, the second slightly elongated and tapering to the 

 radiate aperture; sutures a little depressed; walls thin and trans- 

 parent, finely perforated. Length, about 0.8 mm. (^ inch). 



Locality. Off Cape Hatteras (station 2115), 843 fathoms. 



NODOSARIA PYRULA d'Orbigny. 

 (Plate 55, fig. 4.) 



A long, slender, delicate shell, composed of a series of oval or ovate 

 segments of nearly uniform size, joined together in a straight or slightly 

 curved line by means of long tubular necks; surface smooth, without 

 ornamentation. Length, indefinite. Owing to the fragility of the shell 

 a whole one is rarely found. One specimen in the collection is over 8 

 mm. (-f$ inch) long. 



Locality. Gulf of Mexico (stations 2377, 2378, 2399), 68 to 210 fathoms. 



NODOSARIA FARCIMEN Soldani. 

 (Plate 55, fig. 5.) 



An elongated, tapering, slightly curved shell, composed of from four 

 to eight oval or inflated segments, rapidly increasing in size from the 

 first ; segments separated by deep depressions, sometimes lengthened into 

 a short neck ; surface generally smooth, occasionally roughened about 

 the sutures. Length, about 2.5 mm. (-^ inch). 



Localities. Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, east coast of Florida 

 (stations 2150, 2352, 2377, 2G79), 210 to 782 fathoms. 



