AND OSTRAOODA COLLECTED ROUND FUNAFUTI. 419 



Genus Candeina, Orh. 



Gandeina nitida, Orh. 



Occurrence.— ^isi. 2, 1489 £ms. ; 3, 2715 £ms. ; 10, 1485 £ms. ; 11, 

 1417 £ms. ; 13, 1050 £ms. ; 19, 1995 £ms. ; 20, 1215 £m9. ; 45, 2107 £ms. ; 

 48, 2298 £ms. ; 68, 1143 £ms. ; 96, 1245 £ms. ^ 105, 2400 £ms. 



Family ROTALIID^. 

 Genus Spirillina, Ehrenherg. 

 SpIRILLINA OBCONICA, i^ra^^y. ' 



Only once before does this species appear to have been recorded £rom the 

 Pacific, at the Admiralty Islands, 17 £athoms (' Challenger '). 

 Occurrence. — Sta. 29, 475 £ms. 



Spirillina decorata, Brady, var, unilatera, Chapman. 



Spirillina decorata, Brady, var. unilatera, Chapman ('02), p. 410, pi. 36. figs, 17 a, b. 



This variety has been previously described from the dredgings at 200 fathoms 

 oft' Tutanga, Funafuti Atoll. 

 Occurrence. — Sta. 55^ 507 fms. 



Genus Patellina, Williamson. 



Patellina corrugata, Williamson. 



The subjoined record is by far the deepest sounding which has yielded 

 the above-named typically shallow to moderately-shallow water foraminifer. 

 The greatest depths at which the ' Gazelle ' obtained it were, at the Mauritius, 

 411 metres, and off Western Australia at 1187 metres. It was previously 

 noticed from Funafuti (off Tutanga) at 200 fathoms. 



Occurrence. — Sta. 48, 2298 fms. 



Genus Discorbina, Parker Sf Jones. . 



DiSCORBINA GLOBULARIS, Orb., sp. (Plate 55. figs. 14 a, b.) 

 The deepest sounding hitherto yielding this species is that recorded by the 

 ' Challenger ' at 450 fathoms. 



Occurrence.— ^tsi. 45, 2107 fms. ; 48, 2298 fms. 



Genus Planorbulina, Orb. 

 Planorbulina mediterranensis, Orb. 

 Occurrence. — Sta. 109, 604 fms. 

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