34 REPORT ON FORAMINIFERA AND OSTRACODA 



Four specimens of the above species occur in the present series. They are all 

 typical, stoutly built tests. 



This is a widely distributed form, and is not restricted as to depth, although 

 usually inhabiting moderately shallow water. 



Family— NUMMULINIM 



Sub - f am ily — Pol ystomellin^e 



Genus — Nonionina, d'Orbigny, 1826 



Nonionina stelligera, d'Orbigny (Plate III, Fig. 27) 



Nonionina stelligera, d'Orbigny, 1839, Foram. Canaries, p. 128, PI. Ill, Figs. 1, 2. 

 H. B. Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. k, p. 728, PI. CIX, Figs. 3-5. 



It is extremely interesting to find this species occurring in the Antarctic, for it 

 is best known as an Arctic form. In the southern hemisphere it appears to be recorded 

 from only one area at three stations on the west coast of Patagonia, at depths of 125 

 to 245 fathoms. 



