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TEXTULARIA CONICA d'Orbigny. 

 (Plate 29, fig. 6.) 



Small, short, conical, often a little compressed laterally, base qui«te 

 flat; texture arenaceous; surface rough. Length, about 0.5 mm. (-£§ 

 inch). 



Locality. — Off Oarysfort Light, Florida (station 2641), 60 fathoms. 



TEXTULARIA TROCHUS d'Orbigny. 

 (Plate 30, fig. 1.) 



Short, conical, with a flat base and a rounded tip, in section circular 

 both at the tip and base; walls thick and cavernous; texture rather 

 coarsely arenaceous; aperture a narrow slit with smooth lips at the 

 inner margin of the last segment. Length, about 1 mm. (^ inch). 



Localities. — Off Cape Hatteras, west coast of Cuba, east coast of 

 Florida (stations 2264, 2352, 2641), 60 to 460 fathoms. 



TEXTULARIA BARRETTII Jones and Parker. 



(Plate 30, fig. 2.) 



A large, symmetrical, elongated, conical shell, slightly compressed 

 antero-posteriorly instead of laterally as in other species of this genus; 

 texture arenaceous; surface smooth; sutures distinctly marked by 

 narrow grooves; chamber cavities labyrinthic. Sections show the 

 labynnthic character of the chambers and the thick walls. Length, 4 

 mm. (jr inch), more or less. 



Locality. — Off Little Bahama Bank (station 2655), 338 fathoms. 



Genus VERNEUILINA. 

 Test triserial, with tcxtularian aperture. 



VERNEUILINA PYGM^EA Egger. 

 (Plate 31, fig. 1.) 



A short, conical test, composed of three series of segments arranged 

 symmetrically around the long axis of the shell; segments inflated; 

 walls finely arenaceous, smooth ; aperture a long slit, with a slightly 

 raised lower lip, at the inner margin of the final segment; color white. 

 Length, about 1.5 mm. (^ inch). 



Locality.— Gulf of Mexico (stations 2383, 2395), 1 ,181 and 347 fathoms. 



VERNEUILINA PROPINQUA Brady. 

 (Plate 31, tig. 2.) 



Very similar in form to V. pygmcBa, but is larger, coarser, rougher, 

 less symmetrical, and in color a reddish brown. The aperture is with- 

 out the raised lip seen in the other species. 



