110 ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS VOL. 6 



p. 227.— Cushman, Bull. 104, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 2, 1920, p. 76, pi. 

 15, fig. 4. — Heron-Allen and Earland, British Antarctic Exped., 

 Zoology, vol. 6, 1922, p. 112. — Lacroix, Bull. Instit. Oceanographique, 

 no. 549, 1930, p. 16, fig. 21^^ b^ (in text). — Sidebottom, Journ. Roy. 

 Micr. Soc, 1918, p. 17, pi. 2, fig. 18.— Heron- Allen and Earland, 

 Journ. Roy. Micr. Soc, vol. 50, 1930, p. 71. 



There is a single specimen from Station 2008 that is evidently this 

 species. Most of the records for the species are from about the British 

 Isles or in the Atlantic or Mediterranean. There are records for it 

 from off Australia and a single specimen is recorded by Heron-Allen 

 and Earland from the Antarctic. 



Distribution. — Cabeza Ballena Point, Lower California, Mexico, in 

 70 fms. 



Genus CARTERINA H. B. Brady, 1884 

 Garterina spiculotesta (Carter) 



Rotalia spiculotesta Carter, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 20, 

 1887, p. 470, pi. 16; ser. 5, vol. 3, 1879, p. 144; ser. 5, vol. 5, 1880, 

 p. 452. 



Carterina spiculotesta H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, 

 vol. 9, 1884, p. 346, pi. 41, figs. 7 to 10.— Millett, Journ. Roy. Micr. 

 Soc, 1899, p. 365.— Chapman, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., vol. 28, 1900, p. 

 184.— Sidebottom, Mem. Proc Manchester Lit. Philos. Soc, 1905, 

 p. 6, pi. 1, fig. 10. — Heron-Allen and Earland, Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 Zool., vol. 20, 1915, p. 620. — Cushman, Carnegie Instit. Washington, 

 Publ. no. 311, 1922, p. 21, pi. 1, fig. 5.— Heron-Allen and Earland, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., vol. 35, 1924, p. 616. — Cushman, Special 

 Publ. No. 5, Cushman Lab. Foram. Res., 1933, pi. 18, figs. 4, 5.— Ber- 

 mudez, Mem. Soc Cubana Hist. Nat., vol. 9, 1935, p. 177. 



Test normally adherent, rotaliform, biconvex, the dorsal side 

 rounded, ventral side slightly rounded, flattened or concave in the 

 central portion, umbilicate, composed of 3 or 4 volutions, the earlier 

 ones regular, the later ones becoming irregular; chambers distinct; 

 vi^alls thin, translucent, composed largely of fusiform calcareous spicules, 

 with a calcareous cement; aperture small, at the umbilical margin of 

 the ventral side of the last-formed chamber, with a slight lip; color of 

 the central part dark brown, the later-formed portion white. 



Diameter 0.25-0.35 mm. 



