168 Messrs. Parker, Jones, and Brady on 



54. Textularia gihhosa, WOxh. PL XL fig. 118. 



" Polymoi-plia Ja«(/«rmia ;" Soldani, Testae, vol. i. pt. 2. p. 119, pi. 132. 

 figs. I, K. D'Orb. o}). cit. p. 262. no. 6. 



"Hah. Eecent in the Adriatic; fossil at Castel-Arquato." 

 (Mediterranean [?] , Soldani.) 



These also are broadly ovate edge-views of two young 

 shells, one apiculate and the other bluntly angular at the apex. 

 The four Textidarue above enumerated may, so far as we can 

 gather from Soldani's figures, be taken as belonging to the 

 same group, of which T. gihhosa (as we know it from the 

 Models) is the best central representative. The figures of T. 

 gihhosa selected by D'Orbigny give us little or no assistance 

 in the determination of the characters of the species ; but in 

 D'Orbigny's Model no. 28 we have the deficiency supplied. 

 (See Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 3. vol. xvi. p. 23, pi. 2. fig. 60.) The 

 figure alluded to as T. ohtusa (No. 51) shows more inflated 

 chambers and a proportionally longer and more parallel-sided 

 shell than in T. Icevigata (No. 52). There is nothing in Sol- 

 dani's figure named by D'Orbigny T. punctidata (no. 53) to 

 found a species upon. Of these four names we propose only 

 to accept one ; and we prefer Textularia gihhosa^ not only 

 because the Model no. 28 seems the most trustworthy basis, 

 but because it also presents the peculiarities developed to their 

 full extent. 



55. Textularia sagittula^ Defrance. PI. XI. fig. 114. 



" Polymorplia SagittulcB ;" Soldani, Testae, vol. i. pt. 2. p. 120, pi. 133. 

 fig. T. D'Orb. op. cit. p. 263. no. 20. 



" Hah. Living on the shores of the Mediterranean ; fossil 

 at Castel-Arquato." (Mediterranean or Adriatic, Soldani.) 



A good subtype 5 but Soldani's figure of a minute specimen 

 is rough and inaccurate, as was frequently the case when 

 the objects were too small for his artist's microscopical 

 apparatus. This species is noticed in the paper on the species 

 enumerated by De Blainville and Defrance (Ann. Nat. Hist, 

 ser. 3. vol. xii. pp. 217, 218). 



56. Textularia echinata, D'Orb. PL XL fig. 126. 



" Polymorpba Pineiformia ;" Soldani, Testae, vol. i. pt. 2. p. 118, pi. 127. 

 fig. K. D'Orb. V. cit. p. 263. no. 24. 



" Hah. The Adriatic." (Mediterranean or Adriatic, Soldani.) 



Soldani's drawing seems rather to be intended for BuUmina 

 aculeataj D'Orb. ; and an adjoining figure (/) on the same 

 plate confirms this view. 



