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ranean Sea. It has been found at the following Hancock Expedition sta- 

 tions: 3, 4, 101, 103, 503, 1020, 1024, and 2070. 



Distribution. — Olif San Pedro and the Channel Islands, California, in 

 11 to 45 fms.; off Guadalupe Island, Mexico, in 250 fms., and off La 

 Libertad, Ecuador, in 19 fms. 



Textularia lancea Lalicker and McCulloch, new species 

 Plate 14, Figs. 14a, b, c, d 



Test small, flattened, lancet shaped, periphery sharp to subacute; 

 chambers numerous, low, about twice as wide as high, slightly inflated, 

 the basal part of some chambers terminating in an indistinct spine at the 

 peripheral margin ; sutures distinct, slightly depressed, straight to slightly 

 curved, meeting the vertical axis at an angle of about 20°-25° ; wall thin, 

 typically finely arenaceous but usually with a few coarse grains scattered 

 about the test, smoothly finished; aperture a low, broad opening at the 

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

 entrant. Length of holotype, 0.50 mm. ; greatest width, 0.24 mm. ; thick- 

 ness, 0.14 mm. 



Holotype (AHF no. 24) from Hancock Expedition Station No. 412, 

 latitude 0° 59' 15'' S., longitude 90° 20' 30" W., near the Galapagos 

 Islands, depth 111 fms. 



This is a very distinctive species and has also been recorded from the 

 following Hancock Expedition stations: 401, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 

 414, 415, 416, 417, 419, 423, 460, 461, 466, 467, 468, 472, 473, 475, 

 478, 481, 485, 487, 488, and 585. 



Distribution. — Off Socorro Island, Mexico, in 13 fms.; numerous 

 stations near the Galapagos Islands, with a depth range of 9 fms. at 

 Tagus Cove to 400 fms. off Chatham Island. 



Textularia lauta Lalicker and McCulloch, new species 

 Plate 15, Figs. \Sa, b, c 



Test small, compressed, elongate and slender, peripheral margin acute 

 and serrate, subovate in top view; chambers numerous, nearly as high as 

 broad, slightly inflated ; sutures very distinct, depressed, straight to slight- 

 ly curved, nearly horizontal, although somewhat oblique in some speci- 

 mens ; wall finely arenaceous, composed of fine arenaceous grains cement- 

 ed with calcareous cement; aperture a broad low slit, about one half as 

 wide as the thickness of the test, located at the base of the inner margin 



