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This variety differs from the typical form in the thicker test, particu- 

 larly at the apertural end, a broader aperture, a more rounded peripheral 

 margin, and in being more roughly finished. 



The variety occurs with the typical form in six of the eleven localities 

 vv^here it is found in the Hancock Collections. It has been noted by Cush- 

 man at several localities in the Tropical Pacific. It is present at the fol- 

 lowing stations of the Hancock Expeditions : 77, 264, 278, 292, 293, 298, 

 2012, 2017, 2025, 2026, 2030, and 2031. 



Distribution. — The investigation so far records this species in the 

 Gulf of California in depths ranging from 18 to 55 fms., with one addi- 

 tional record off Guadalupe Island, Mexico, in 1 1 fms. 



Textularia gramen. d'Orbigny 

 Plate 14, Figs. 13a, b, c 



Textularia gramen d'Orbigny, Foram. Fossiles Vienne, 1846, p. 248, 

 pi. 15, figs. 4-6; Bagg, U. S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 88, 1898, p. 29; Bull. 

 Amer. Pal., vol. 2, no. 10, 1898, p. 19; Maryland Geol. Surv., Eocene, 

 p. 233, pi. 62, fig. 1 ; Cushman, U. S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 676, 1918, pp. 8, 

 45, pi. 9, fig. 5 (not 2, 3) ; Florida Geol. Surv. Bull. 4, 1930, p. 17, pi. 1, 

 figs. 5a, b; Cushman and Ponton, Florida Geol. Surv. Bull. 9, 1932, 

 p. 39; Cushman and Cahill, U. S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 175-A, 1933, 

 p. 7, pi. 1, figs. 9a, b. 



Textularia deltoidea Reuss, Denkschr. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. 1, 

 1850, p. 381, pi. 49, figs. 4^-c. 



Textularia agglutinans d'Orbigny, var. abbreviata Parker and Jones, 

 Phil. Trans., 1865, p. 369, pi. 17, figs. Ida, b. 



Test slightly longer than broad, somewhat compressed, peripheiy sub- 

 acute, subovate in top view ; chambers distinct, comparatively few, rather 

 high, slightly inflated ; sutures distinct, depressed, curving upward slight- 

 ly, and somewhat oblique; wall distinctly arenaceous, smoothly finished, 

 composed of fine arenaceous grains cemented with calcareous cement; 

 aperture a rather broad, low opening at the inner margin of the chamber 

 in a distinct re-entrant. Length of figured specimen, 0.66 mm.; width, 

 0.45 mm. ; thickness, 0.28 mm. 



This species was first described from Miocene deposits in Central 

 Europe. It is present in the Miocene sediments of Florida and has been 

 reported from a number of localities in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediter- 



