the Nomenclature of the Fvravunifera. 2.37 



53. D'ORBIGXY'S FORAMINIFEllA OF SOUTH AMERICA. 



Species mentioned in the ' Tableau Mcthodique,' and sub- 

 sequently dosc-iibi^Ml and lit^ured by D'( )rbigny in the Voyage 

 dans rAnicriijue Mi'iidionak' (le Hn'sil, la Kcpublifjue Orien- 

 tale dc rUruguay, la lu'j»ubli<iue Argentine, la Patagonie, 

 la Krj)ubli([ue du Chili, la lu'|tubli<|Ue de Bolivia, la Kc'pub- 

 litjuc ilu IV'tuu), execute pendant les annexes 1820-33. Par 

 Alcide D'Orbigny. Vol. V. 5* partie, Foraminiteres. 4to, 

 Paris, 1839. In this monograph references are made to that 

 of the Canaries ; and this fact clecides the order of date. 



1. Polystomella Lessonii^ D'Orb. 



Polt/sfomella Lessonii, D'Orb. Ann. Sci. Nat. vol. vii. p. 284. no. ; ^'oy. 

 Amt5r. Mt^rid. p. 2iK no. 17, pi. 3. tigs. 1,2. 



" Ilah. The shores of Patagonia, to the south of the mouth 

 of the Rio Negro, and in sands from the Falkland Islands." 



This appears to be a subvariety of Polystomellu macellaj 

 F. & M. 



Soldani's figiu'cs of Glohi'fjen'im hulloides are referred to 

 amongst other representations of the same species in this work 

 (p. 9, note, & p. 37) ; no fresh drawing of it is given. 



§ 4. D'ORBIGXY'S FOSSIL F0KA:MINIFERA OF THE 

 YIE2sNA BA81N. 



Eight other species enumerated in the ' Tableau Mctho- 

 dique ' were without reference to figures or definition of cha- 

 racters until the publication of D'Orbigny's Vienna-Basin 

 Monograph in 1846 (Foraniiniieres fossiles du Bassin tertiaire 

 de Vienne, par Alcide d'Orbigny. 4to, Paris, 1846). They 

 are as follow : — 



1. Textularia carinata^ D'Orb. 



Textularia carinata, Ann. Sci. Nat. vol. vii. p. 2G3. no. 23 j For. Foss, 

 Vien. p. 247, pi. 14. figs. 32-34. 



" Ilah. Living at Rimini, in the Adriatic ; fossil at Coron- 

 cina, near Sienna, and at Isussdorf, in Austria." 



A good subvarietal form of Textularia, with limbale .sutures 

 and a wide, thin, dentate, marginal carina. 



