86 Transactions. 



The initial portion of the shell is subspheroidal, and seenis 

 co be merely an inflation of the tubular part of the sheil. 

 The dimensions of some of the initial chambers in their longest 

 diameter are as follows : Specimens figured by Brady — 360 j* 

 and 300/a. From the present series — 100 //,, 75/*, 50/a. 



Family TEXTULABIIDiE. 



Subfamily Textulakiin^:. 



Genus Textularia, Defrance. 



Textularia conica, d'Orbigny. 



Textularia conica, d'Orbigny, 1839, Foram. Cuba, p. 135, pi. i, 

 figs. 19, 20. Brady, 1884, Bep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 365, 

 pi. xliii, figs. 13, 14; pi. cxiii, figs. 1 </, b. 



One characteristic specimen. 



Textularia inconspicua, Brady. 



Textularia inconspicua, Brady, 1884, Bep. Chad., vol. ix, p. 357, 

 pi. xlii, fig. 6. Millett, 1899, Journ. B. Micr. Soc, p. 557, 

 pi. vii, fig. 1. 



One specimen of this elegant little form occurs in the 

 present series. The localities previously recorded for this 

 species are — off East Moncoeur Island, Bass Strait ; Nares 

 Harbour, Admiralty Islands; the Hyalonema ground, south of 

 Japan; and the Malay Archipelago. 



Textularia trochus, d'Orbigny. 



Textularia trochus. d'Orbigny, 1840, Mem. Soc. Geol. France, 

 vol. iv, p. 45, pi. iv, fi-<s. 25, 26. Brady, 1884, Bep. Chali.. 

 vol. ix, p. 366, pi. xliii, fi^ r s 15-19; pi. xliv, figs. 1-3. 

 Egger, 1893, Abhandl. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss., cl. ii, vol. 

 xviii. p. 273, pl.vi, figs. 37, 38*! 



Two fairly well grown specimens occur in the present 

 series, having non-limbate sutures. 



Textularia turris, d'Orbigny. 



Textularia turris, d'Orbigny, 1840, Mem. Soc. Geol. France, 

 vol. iv, p. 46, pi. iv, figs. 27, 28. Brady, 1884, Bep. Chall., 

 vol. ix, p. 366, pi. xliv, fi^is. 4, 5. 



It is interesting to meet with this species off Great Barrier 

 Island, since it is rare in the recent condition. It has only 

 been observed previously off Culebra Island, 390 fathoms, and 

 off the coast of South America, south-east of Pernambuco, 

 350 fathoms. 



