FORAMINIFERA. 241 



1900. Cristellaria gibba Chapman, Proc. California Acad. Sci., 



ser. 3, vol. i, No. 8, pi. xxx, fig. 3. 

 1905. Cristellaria gibba Bagg, Bull. U. S. G. S., No. 268- p. 37, 



pi. 6, fig. 6. 



Description. "Test oblong, biconvex, smooth, subcarinate, 

 narrow; chambers few (seven or eight), slightly arcuate, sep- 

 arated by distinct septa; aperture marginate. 



"Length, 1.3 mm.; breadth, 0.87 mm." (Bagg.) 



Formation and locality.' Vincentown limesand, Vincentown, 

 Mullica Hill, Timber Creek (Bagg). 



Geographic distribution. New Jersey ; Miocene of California. 



Cristellaria italica (Defrance). 



Plate III., Figs. 6-7. 



1824. Sarecenaria italica Defrance, Diet. Sci. Nat., vol. xxxii, 



p. 177; vol. xlvii, p. 344; Atlas Conch., pi. xiii, fig. 6. 



1884. Cristellaria italica, Brady, Chal. Kept., vol. ix, p. 544, pi. 



Ixviii, figs. 17, 1 8, 20-23. 



1898. Cristellaria italica Bagg, Bull. U. S. G. S., No. 88, p. 56, 

 pi. 4, figs. 5 a, b. 



Description. "Test elongate, trihedral, planospiral segments 

 few, succeeding chambers five or six, arranged in a nearly straight 

 superimposed series ; dorsal margin sharp, noncarinate ; transverse 

 section triangular, segments short, slightly oblique, inclined an- 

 teriorly toward initial end. 



"Length, i mm." (Bagg.) 



Remarks. "This is not a common species. It bears some 

 resemblance to Cristellaria acutauricularis, but is more elongate, 

 and the anterior edge is more erect. Another species, closely 

 allied to the above form, is Marginulina triangularis d'Orbigny." 1 

 (Bagg.) 



Formation and locality. Hornerstown marl, Blue Ball 

 (Bagg) ; Vincentown limesand, near Swedesboro, Mullica Hill 

 (Bagg). 



Geographic distribution. New Jersey. 



1 Foram. Foss. Bassin tert. Vienne, 1846, p. 71, PI. Ill, figs. 22, 23. 

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