2i 4 CRETACEOUS PALEONTOLOGY. 



Nodosaria multicostata (d'Orbigny). 



1840. Dentalina multicostata d'Orbigny, Mem. Soc. geoL 

 France, ser. i, vol. iv, p. 15, pi. i, figs. 14, 15. 



1898. Nodosaria multicostata Bagg, Bull. U. S. G. S., No. 88, 

 P- 40. 



Description. "Test large, abruptly tapering, arcuate; surface 

 marked by numerous (24 at the anterior end) sharp, distinct, 

 longitudinal costse, slightly twisted and irregular in their arrange- 

 ment; chambers nine or ten, short, deeply constricted, becoming 

 more distinct toward the proximal end; aperture small, rotund, 

 ending in a definitely constricted neck surrounded by a crenu- 

 lated margin. 



"Length, 4-5 mm." (Bagg.) 



Formation and locality. Hornerstown marl, Blue Ball 

 (Bagg). 



Geographic distribution. New Jersey. 



Nodosaria nitida d'Orbigny. 

 Plate II., Fig. 14. 



1826. Nodosaria nitida d'Orbigny, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. vii, p. 



254, No. 33. 

 1871. Nodosaria nitida Parker, Jones, and Brady, Ann. Nat, 



Hist., ser 4, vol. viii, p. 158, pi. ix, fig. 44. 

 1876. Nodosaria nitida Tate and Blake, Yorkshire Lias, p. 457. 



pi. xvii, fig. 19. 

 1898. Nodosaria nitida Bagg, Bull. U. S. G. S., No. 88, p. 41. 



Description. "A small striate Nodosaria, deeply constricted 

 at its septa and having few, distinct, oval, or fusiform segments. 

 A less robust form than Nodosaria scalaria, and less neatly fin- 

 ished as to base and terminal neck than that species generally is." 

 ( Parker, Jones and Brady. ) 



"Length (of the three ultimate segments), 2.82 mm." 

 (Bagg.) 



Remarks. "Owing to the deep constrictions, this form is 

 easily broken, and I have no specimens with more than three 



