24 JOURNAL OF THE [January, 



PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE FORAMINIFERA FROM 



THE POST-PLIOCENE SAND AT SANTA 



BARBARA, CALIFORNIA. 



BY ANTHONY WOODWARD. 

 {Presented December 2\st, 1888.) 



This formation is well exposed in the cHffs along the shore 

 west of Santa Barbara, and in some places attains a thickness of 

 a hundred feet. It consists of strata of coarse gravel and sand, 

 some of which are consolidated into the hard sandstone, while 

 others are still quite soft and easily disintegrated. 



The formation thus exposed on the beach at Santa Barbara is 

 extremely rich in fossils, nearly all of which are of living, while 

 a small number are of extinct species.* 



The material which I examined, was a small sample, presented 

 to me by my friend, Mr. James Terry. Judging from the richness 

 of the following results, I am confident that if I had access to a 

 larger quantity, many of the species marked rare would be found 

 very abundant, as in the case of Polystomella crispa, which was 

 present in great numbers. Hoping soon to receive a large sup- 

 ply of the sand, I expect to be able to give a more detailed list. 



Biloculina ringens, Lamarck, sp. Rare. 

 Spiroloculina limbata, d'Orbigny. Quite rare. 

 Miliolina auberiana, d'Orbigny, sp. Not abundant. 

 Miliolina seminulum, Linn6, sp. Common, 

 Miliolina subrotunda, Montagu, sp. Rare. 

 Miliolina tricarinata, d'Orbigny, sp. Abundant. 

 Miliolina trigonula, Lamarck, sp. Abundant. 

 Miliolina venusta, Kerrer, sp. Not abundant. 

 Cornuspira foliacea, Philippi, sp. Quite rare. 

 Cassidulina crassa, d'Orbigny. Quite rare. 

 Lagena globosa, Montagu, sp. Rare. 

 Cristellaria costata, Fichtel & Moll, sp. Quite rare. 



♦Geology of California, vol. i., p. 134. "^ 



