. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. FORAMINIFERA OF THE TOGOPI FORMATION 49 only to the elongate form (1791 : pi. 1, figs 2a, b); to the short stout form they assigned d'Orbigny's name Nodosaria {Glandulina) glans, represented by his model 51. In the Togopi samples this completely uniserial species is generally ornamented by fine longi- tudinal striae and small spines on the early chambers. However, specimens from the Millett Collection (Station 12, Malay Archipelago - see Durrand 1898) suggest that considerable vari- ation may occur. Some striate specimens are hispid,
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. FORAMINIFERA OF THE TOGOPI FORMATION 49 only to the elongate form (1791 : pi. 1, figs 2a, b); to the short stout form they assigned d'Orbigny's name Nodosaria {Glandulina) glans, represented by his model 51. In the Togopi samples this completely uniserial species is generally ornamented by fine longi- tudinal striae and small spines on the early chambers. However, specimens from the Millett Collection (Station 12, Malay Archipelago - see Durrand 1898) suggest that considerable vari- ation may occur. Some striate specimens are hispid, others not (Millett 1902 : pi. 11, fig. 2), while even other hispid specimens are non-striate (the Nodosaria {Glandulina) laevigata of Millett 1902: pi. 11, figs la, b). The presence of a few non-striate spinose individuals in our material suggests that gradation occurs between hispid and non-hispid forms as well as between striate and smooth Fig. 42 'Pseudonodosaria' glans (d'Orbigny). Side view of finely striate hispid specimen showing entosolenian tube. P50254. Sample NB9449. X75. The generic position of the species presents some difficulty. The entosolenian tube (always present in unbroken specimens) suggests that it should be referred to the Glandulinidae, but Glandulina is initially biserial (Loeblich & Tappan 1964 : C537); the uniserial Pseudonodosaria, on the other hand, does not appear to have an internal tube. If the type-species of Pseudonodosaria does not possess an entosolenian tube then a new genus will have to be erected for those forms with uniserial chambers, radial apertures and entosolenian tubes. Distribution. Fossil: Miocene of Sumatra (Le Roy 1944). Recent: Malay Archipelago (Millett 1902) and the Philippines (Cushman 1921, Graham & Militante 1959). The species was originally described from the Adriatic shores of Italy (Batsch 1791, d'Orbigny 1826). 'Pseudonodosaria' sp. Figs 43-44; PI. 3, fig. 18 Material. 8 specimens. NB 9449, 9450. Vari
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