204 ARTHUR EARLAXI) ON THE FORAMINIFERA OF 



Family V— TEXTULARIDAE. 



Sub-family 1 — Textularinae. 



Textularia, Defiance. 



Textularia gramen, d'Orbigny. 



Textularia gramen, d'Orbigny, 1846, For. Foss. Vienne, p. 248,. 



pi. xv., figs. 4 — 6. 

 ,, ,, Brady, 1884, Report " Challenger" p. 365, 



pi. xliii., figs. 9, 10. 

 fi ,, Brady, 1887, Synopsis British Recent Fora- 



niinifera. 

 Rare. 



Spiroplecta, Ehrenberg. 



Spiroplecta saggitula, Defrance, sp. 



Textularia sagittula, Defrance, 1824, Diet. Sci. Nat., vol. xxxii., 



p. 177; vol. liii., p. 344; Atlas Conch. 

 pi. xiii., fig. 5. 

 „ „ Brady, 1884, Report " Challenger" p. 361, 



pi. xlii., figs. 17, 18. 

 ,, „ Brady, 1887, Synopsis British Recent Fora- 



minifera. 

 Spiroplecta sagittula, Wright, 1902, Irish Naturalist, vol xi., 



p. 211, pi. iii., figs, a — e. 

 Rare. 



Spiroplecta fusca, nov. sp. 



Test sub-arenaceous, elongate, compressed, stoutly built ; 

 lateral edges slightly lobulate, sub-angular, being more or less 

 rounded in the terminal segments ; chambers somewhat inflated ; 

 colour, brown. The spiral commencement consists of from four 

 to six segments, the biserial portion of from five to ten segments 

 in each series. The contour of the shell varies considerably, some 

 specimens being very elongate, while others are short and widen 

 rapidly towards the distal end. Length, ■£■$ in. ; breadth, ■$-$ in. 

 (Plate 12, Figs. 1, 2, 3.) 



The foregoing is the description of a foraminifer which is of 

 fairly frequent occurrence in the gathering, and for which Mr. J. 

 Wright has happily suggested the specific name of fusca, owing 

 to its characteristic reddish brown colour. Mr. F. W. Millett, 



