FOKAMINIFEEA OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS. 123 

 Textularia abbrevmta — Material examined. 



TEXTULARIA CONICA d'Orbigny. 



Plate 25, figs. 2a-c. 



Textularia conica d'Orbigny, in De la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Pol. Nat. Cuba, 1839, 

 "Foraminifferes," p. 143, pi. 1, figs. 19, 20. — H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, 

 Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 365, pi. 43, figs. 13, 14; pi. 113, figs, la, b. 



This species is a common one on tropical coral reefs. Most of the 

 specimens are from stations less than 40 fathoms (73 meters) in 

 depth, the bottom temperature in the only case given being 75.7° F. 

 (24.2° C). Except for the two stations in the vicinity of Darvel 

 Bay, Borneo, the species has occurred in the Philippine Archipelago. 

 At the following six stations the species has occurred in more than 40 

 fathoms (73 meters): D5217, between Burias and Luzon, 105 fath- 

 oms (193 meters), bottom temperature 63.1° F. (17.2° C); D5311, 

 China Sea, vicinity of Hongkong, 88 fathoms (161 meters); D5315^ 

 China Sea, vicinity of Formosa, 148 fathoms (271 meters), bottom 

 temperature 54.4° F. (12.4° C); D5481, between Samar and Leyte, 

 vicinity of Surigao Strait, 61 fathoms (112 meters); D5579, vicinity 

 of Darvel Bay, Borneo, 175 fathoms (320 meters), bottom tempera- 

 ture 55.3° F.(15.1° C); D5580, vicinity of Darvel Bay, Borneo, 162 

 fathoms (297 meters), bottom temperature 55.8° F. (13.2° C). 



