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common species in the West Indies noted by d'Orbigny from Cuba, 

 St. Thomas. Martinique, and Jamaica. The figures given by d'Or- 

 bigny show a rather smooth species, but the description says "rugose." 

 The Jamaican specimens are, however, smoother than specimens I 

 have seen from other regions. 



The figures given by many writers and referred to this species 

 show that the name has been used to cover many forms, many of 

 which do not represent this species as it is figured by d'Orbigny 

 and as it occurs in the West Indies. It is evidently found in shallow 

 tropical waters in many regions, but it is very doubtful if the mate- 

 rial from deep, cold water often referred to it is the same at all. 



TEXTULARIA CONICA d'Orbigny. 



Plate 11, figs. 4-6. 

 Textularia conica d'Orbigxy, Foram. Cuba, 1839, p. 143, pi. 1, figs. 19, 20. 



D'Orbigny 's figure is somewhat conventionalized and smooth, but 

 otherwise illustrates fairly well this common tropical species found 

 in shallow water of the West Indies and other regions. D'Orbigny 

 recorded it from Cuba and Jamaica. 



At Montego Bay it occurred at the two deeper stations at 9 and 

 10 fathoms (16 and IS meters), but not in the shallower water nor 

 at Runaway Bay. 



TEXTULARIA CANDEIANA d'Orbigny. 



Plate 11, figs. 7, 8. 

 Textularia candeiana d'Orbigny, Foram. Cuba, 1839, p. 143, pi. 1, figs. 25-27. 



D'Orbigny does not mention Jamaica, although he found the 

 species in material from Cuba, Martinique, and St. Thomas. The 

 Jamaican specimens I have are very close to those figured by 

 d'Orbigny except perhaps slightly shorter. The great increase in 

 size toward the apertural end is fully as striking as in the types. 

 There are several specimens from Montego Bay in 10 fathoms (18 

 meters), but not from the shallower stations. 



This is one of the specific names allowed to lapse by subsequent 

 authors. It is not again recognized until Millett, in 1S99, referred a 

 Malay form to this name as a variety under T. sagittula* This is 

 a short form not unlike this in some ways, and with the material 

 I referred to T. candeiana in 1911 from the Hawaiian Islands and 

 Gaspar Straits it would seem that this species has a wide distribu- 

 tion in shallow waters in the tropics. 



* Cushman, Bull. 71, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 2, 1911, p. 12. 



