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usually found near the surface of the ocean. Our specimens are 
of the normal size. 
Lagoon, Funafuti. Sample 17 (12 fathoms); sample 18 
(73 fathoms). 
DiscorBina, Parker b Jones [1862]. 
DIsScORBINA ARAUCANA (d’ Orbigny). 
Rosalina araucana, d’Orbigny, 1839, Foram. Amér. Mérid. p. 44, pl. vi. 
figs. 16-18. 
Discorbina araucana (d’Orb.), Egger, 1893, Abhandl. bayer. Ak. Wiss., 
math.-phys. Cl. 11. vol. xviii. p. 386, pl. xiv. figs. 4-6. 
A single specimen, rather small, was found in the lagoon. 
Lagoon, Funafuti. Sample 16 (20 fathoms). 
DiscorBina RUGOSA (d’Orbigny). 
Rosalina rugosa, VOrbigny, 1839, Foram. Amér, Mérid. p. 42, pl. ii. 
figs. 12-14. 
Discorbina rugosa (d’Orb.), Egger, 1893, Abhandl. bayer. Ak. Wiss., 
math.-phys. Cl. ii. vol. xviii. p. 383, pl. xv. figs. 1-3. 
D. rugosa is not uncommon in the lagoon dredgings. One of 
the specimens is coloured a warm-brown. 
Lagoon, Funafuti. Sample 10 (26 fathoms); sample 14 
(16 fathoms) ; sample 17 (12 fathoms); sample 18 (74 fathoms). 
DiscorBINA GLOBULARIS (d’ Orbigny). 
Rosalina globularis, VOrbigny, 1826, Ann. Sci. Nat. vol. vii. p. 271, 
pl. xiii. figs. 1-4: Modéle No. 69. 
Discorbina globularis (d’Orb.), Flint, 1899, Rep. U.S. Nat. Mus., Rep. 
for 1897, p. 327, pl. 72. fig. 2. 
Our specimens are somewhat variable in size, and the species 
is not uncommon in the lagoon. 
Lagoon, Funafuti. Sample 10 (26 fathoms); sample 15 
(19 fathoms); sample 16 (20 fathoms); sample 17 (12 fathoms) ; 
sample 18 (74 fathoms). 
DiscorBina Saver (d’Orbigny). 
Rosalina Saulen, .d’Orbigny, 1839, Foram. Amér. Mérid. p. 42, pl. ii. 
figs. 9-11. 
Discorbina Saulcii (d’Orb.), Parker & Jones, 1872, Quart. Journ. Geol. 
Soe. vol. xxviii. p. 156. 
D. Saulen (VOrb.), Egger, 1893, Abhandl. bayer. Ak. Wiss., math.- 
phys. Cl. ii. vol. xviii. p. 392, pl. xv. figs. 51-53. 
The specimen from the lagoon is characteristically flattened 
