AND OSTRACODA COLLECTED ROUND FUNAFUTI. 395 



Station 148.— Aiio-ust 5tli, 189G. Lat. 9° M' 0" S., long. 179° 28' 0" E. 

 Depth, 2620 fathoms. Globigerina Ooze. Dry, pale cream-colour ; wet, 

 pinkish brown ; coherent. Fish-teeth and otoliths. The Foraminifera are 

 chiefly pelagic, and comprise five species of Glohic/erina, together with other 

 forms, and a few bottom-living examples of the genera Bilocidina, Lagenay 

 Truncatulina, and Nonionina. 



Station 149.— August 5th, 1896. Lat. 10° 24' 0" S., long. 179° 7' 30" E. 

 Depth, 2250 fathoms. Globigerina Ooze. Dry, nearly white ; wet, pale 

 brown ; coherent. Foraminifera chiefly pelagic. Other genera repre- 

 sented : — Miliolina, Cassidulina, Truncatulina, and Nonionina. 



Station 150.— August 5th, 1896. Lat. 10° 37' 0" S., long. 179° 6' 0" E. 

 Depthj 2438 fathoms. Globigerina Ooze. Dry, white with scattered brown 

 particles; coherent. Fish-teeth; also Ostracoda iC^there). Foraminifera 

 chiefly pelagic, as Orbulina universa, Globigerina dubia, G. digitata, 

 G. bidloides, G. sacculifera, G. conglohata, G. a'qmlateralis, G. subcretacea, 

 Spha^roidina deJdscens, Pidlenia obliquilocvlata, Pulvinulina menardii, and 

 P. tumida. The more interesting of the bottom-living forms are Gaudryina 

 rugosa, G. pupoides, Bulimina pupoides, Elirenbergina serrata, E. hystrixj 

 Lagena formosa, L. botelliformis, and Polymorpliina angusta. 



The Foraminifera., loith Notes on the Neio or Remarhahle Species. 



Family MILIGLIDtE. 

 Genus BiLOCULiNA, Orb. 



BiLOCULINA DEPRESSA, Orb. 



Occurrence. — Sta. 2, 1489 fms. ; 3, 2715 fms. ; 10, 1485 fms. ; 13, 

 1050 fms. ; 20, 1215 fms. ; 21, 2195 fms. ; 105, 2400 fms. 



BiLOCULINA DEPEESSA, Orb., var. MURRHYNA, Sclmagev. 



This bicaudate variety is more abundant in the Funafuti soundings than 

 the specific form, and is apparently more at home in the greatest depths. 

 The variety murrhyna shows a strong tendencv, in an extensive series of 

 specimens, to become elongated, whereas the species keeps remarkably 

 constant to the discoid shape. The ' Challenger ' recorded this variety from 

 the S. Pacific at one station only. 



Occurrence,— ^ta. 3, 2715 fms.; 10, 1485 fms.; 13, 1050 fms.; 20, 

 1215 fms. ; 21, 2195 fms. ; 45, 2107 fms. ; 48, 2298 fms. ; 140, 2476 fms. ; 

 142, 2435 fms. ; 148, 2620 fms. 



