NO. 2 LALICKER AND MCCULLOCH : TEXTULARIIDAE 127 



Test short and broad, triangular in front view, compressed, subovate 

 in end view, peripheral margin subacute, thickest in central portion; 

 chambers numerous, highly inflated at upper margin, depressed at lower 

 margin, much broader than high; sutures very distinct, depressed, curv- 

 ing upward in the middle portion and downward near peripheral margin; 

 wall distinctly arenaceous, composed of fine sand grains with considerable 

 cement, giving it a smooth finish ; aperture a low, broad opening at the 

 base of the inner margin of the last-formed chamber, in a distinct re- 

 entrant. Length and breadth, up to 1.00 mm. 



This species has been reported from the Kerimba Archipelago and 

 from various localities in the Tropical Pacific. It is present at the follow- 

 ing Hancock Expedition stations: 62, 73, 203, 205, 206, 207, 209, 223, 

 224, 228, 229, 244, 249, 255, 256, 259, 260, 265, 271, 275, 283, 285, 

 286, 289, 292, 312, 317, 322, 328, 329, 413, 414, 416, 469, 500, 545, 

 554, 557, 585, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 

 2023, 2024, 2027, 2029, 2033, 2049, 2051, 2057, 2060, 2062, 2063, 

 2064, 2065, and 2066. 



Distribution. — Widely distributed in shallow waters in the Gulf of 

 California, off Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, and the 

 Galapagos Islands. 



Textularia fistula Cushman 



Plate 14, Figs. 10a, b, c 



Textularia agglutinans d'Orbigny, var. fistula Cushman, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. Bull. 71, pt. 2, 1911, p. 10, fig. 11 (in text) ; U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 

 100, vol. 4, 1921, p. 107. 



Test large, elongate in front view, sides nearly parallel in adult speci- 

 mens, initial end rounded, subovate in top view, somewhat compressed, 

 periphery subacute; chambers numerous, wider than high, gradually in- 

 creasing in height as added, slightly inflated, short spines being developed 

 on the peripheral margin of the chambers in some specimens ; sutures dis- 

 tinct, straight, horizontal, somewhat depressed; wall rather coarsely 

 arenaceous, composed of arenaceous and calcareous fragments cemented 

 with calcareous cement; aperture a broad, low slit at the inner margin of 

 the last chamber. Length, up to 2.00 mm. 



This species is common in the Oligocene deposits of Australia and 

 New Zealand. It is present in Miocene sediments in Australia, Panama, 

 and Europe. It has been reported from a number of localities in the Pa- 



