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however possesses a contraclockwise quinqueloculine arrangement of 

 chambers as distinctly shown in the figure given by Roemer. 



Polymorphina uviformis Reuss may represent a Cretaceous speci- 

 men of the present species, and we have no reason to separate it from 

 Guttulina spicaeformis. 



Guttulina plancii d'Orbigny described from the Bay of San-Blas, 

 Patagonia, and Polymorphina austriaca var. io Cushman and AppHn 

 are also placed under the synonymy of the present species. 



Distribution. — Geologically and geographically Guttulina spicae- 

 formis is widely distributed. We have species from the following 

 localities : 



Recent. — Atlantic, West Indies, Dry Tortugas, 11 and 18 fathoms; 

 San Juan Harbor, P. R., 6 fathoms; coast of Belgium; Gaspe Bay, 

 10-15 fathoms; Australia, Hardwick Bay, east side of Spencer Gulf; 

 New Zealand, off the Big King, 98 fathoms; off the Snares; Oamaru. 



Miocene. — Australia, Filter Quarry, Batesford, Victoria. 



Oligocene. — Germany, Diisseldorf; Sollingen; Ceding, Westphaha. 



Eocene. — United States, Cooper marl, west side of Biggin Creek, 

 Berkeley County, S. C; Ocala limestone, west bank of Chipola 

 River, at Wagon Bridge, east of Marianna, Jackson County, Fla.; east 

 bank of Sepulga River, north of Brooklyn, Conecuh County, Ala.; 

 road from Perdue Hill to Claiborne, Monroe County, Ala.; Jack- 

 sonian, Jackson, Miss.; bluff on Garlands Creek, 5 miles northeast of 

 Shubuta, Wayne County, Miss.; bluff on Chickasawhay River at 

 Hayes Chapel, Wayne County, Miss.; Stovall Creek, east of Diboll, 

 Tex.; three-fourths mile below Robinson's Ferry, Sabine River, 

 Sabine, Tex.; Wilmington, N. C, Claibornian; roadside going down 

 to river, Claiborne, Ala.; Midwayan, Tex. England, Bracklesham 

 beds X, XIII, XVIII, Isle of Wight. Thanetian, Pegwell Bay. 

 France, Lutetien, Parnes (Les Boves), Damery. 



GUTTULINA SPICAEFORMIS (Roemer), var. AUSTRALIS (d'Orbigny) 



Plate 5, figures 3 a-c 



Globulina australis d'ORBiGNv, Voy. Am^r. Merid., 1839, vol. 5, pt. 5, "Fora- 



miniferes," p. 60, pi. 1, figs. 1-4. 

 Polymorphina australis H. B. Brady, Parker, and Jones, Trans. Linn. Soc, 



vol. 27, 1869, p. 239, pi. 41, figs. 27a, b. 

 Polymorphina regina Cushman, U. S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 129, 1921, 



p. 94, pi. 18, fig. 4; Carnegie Instit. Washington, Publ. No. 311, 1922, 



p. 33, pi. 4, figs. 5, 6; U. S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 133, 1923, p. 33. 



Variety differing from the typical in its ornamentation, consisting 

 of fine, longitudinal costae, generally well developed on the lower half 

 of the test. There are intermediate specimens in which the markings 

 become obscure. 



Length 0.45-0.63 mm.; breadth 0.25-0.32 mm.; thickness 0.18- 

 0.25 mm. 



