NO. 2 LALICKER AND MCCULLOCH : TEXTULARIIDAE 119 



This species is widely distributed and ranges from Miocene to 

 Recent. It was originally described by d'Orbigny from the Miocene of 

 the Vienna Basin and has been recorded from the Miocene of Germany, 

 Hungary, France, Florida, and New Zealand. It is living ofif the west 

 coast of France and has been noted at the following Hancock Expedition 

 stations: 39, 62, 76, 81, 83, 101, 208, 213, 215, 231, 259, 260, 263, 

 265, 272, 280, 295, 306, 324, 414, 437, 473, 504, 535, 573, 577, 579, 

 585, 1022, 1023, 2007, 2012, 2020, 2025, 2027, 2034, 2035, 2044, 2046, 

 2047, 2048, 2050, 2061, 2066, 2067, 2073, and 2075. 



Distribution. — Numerous station records off the Channel Islands, 

 California, southward into the Gulf of California and to Sechura Bay, 

 Peru, with a depth range of 5 to 106 fms. off Mexico. 



Textularia astutia Lalicker and McCulloch, new species 

 Plate 13, Figs. Aa, b, c 



Test small, subtriangular in front view, biconvex in top view, com- 

 pressed, periphery acute, slightly keeled, lobulate; chambers slightly in- 

 flated, wider than high, the peripheral portion compressed into a keel, 

 with a suggestion of a spine at the lower margin; sutures distinct, de- 

 pressed, curving upward gently in the middle portion of the chamber 

 and sharply downward near the periphery; wall rather thick, finely 

 arenaceous, smoothly finished, composed of fine arenaceous grains ce- 

 mented with calcareous cement ; aperture a somewhat narrow, low open- 

 ing at the inner margin of the chamber, in a well-developed re-entrant. 

 Length of holotype, 0.58 mm. ; width, 0.44 mm. ; thickness, 0.23 mm. 



Holotype (AHF no. 22) from Hancock Expedition Station 2013, 

 west of San Lorenzo Channel, Lower California, Mexico, approximately 

 in latitude 24° N., longitude 110° W., depth 30 fms. It has also been 

 noted at stations 2030, 2043, and 2057. 



Distribution. — In shallow waters of the Gulf of California, Mexico. 



Textularia aura Lalicker and McCulloch, new species 

 Plate 13, Figs. Sa, h, c 



Test small, compressed, somewhat club shaped in front view, sub- 

 ovate in top view, peripheral margin subacute in early portion, rounded 

 in later chambers; chambers numerous, low and broad except the last 

 pair, which are as high as broad, inflated; sutures distinct, depressed, 

 straight, and oblique to the transverse axis; wall finely arenaceous and 



