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This species is not uncommon in the present series. Its 

 occurrence at 110 fathoms off Great Barrier Island is in ac- 

 cordance with Dr. Brady's remark that in the South Pacific 

 this species affects shallower water than in other localities. 

 N. (D.) soluta has been recorded from the " Challenger " 

 station 169 by Dr. Brady. 



Nodosaria (D.) pauperata, d'Orbigny sp. 



Dentalina pauperata, d'Orbigny, 1846, Foram. Foss. Vienne, 



p. 46, pi. i, figs. 57, 58. 

 Nodosaria (D.) pauperata, d'Orb. sp., Brady, 1884, Rep. 



Chall., vol. ix, p. 500, woodcuts, figs. 14 a-c. 



This species is fairly typical, and occurs frequently in our 

 series. 



Nodosaria (D.) roemeri, Neugeboren sp. 



Dentalina roemeri, Neugeboren, 1856, Denkschr. d. k. Akad. 



Wiss. Wien, vol. xii, p. 82, pi. ii, figs. 13-17. 

 N. (D.) roemeri, Neug. sp., Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, 



p. 505, pi. lxiii, fig. 1. 



This form has been recorded by Brady as being chiefly 

 found in the North Atlantic, at depths of less than 1,000 

 fathoms. It is therefore the more interesting to meet with 

 it in the present sounding off Great Barrier Island at 

 110 fathoms, where it is not uncommon. 



Nodosaria (D.) obliqua, Linne sp. 



Nautthts obliquus, Linne, 1767, Svst. Nat., 12th ed., p. 1163,. 



281 ; 1788, Ibid., 13th (Gmelin's) ed , p. 3372, No. 14. 

 Nodosaria (D.) obiiqua, Linne sp., Bradv, 1884, Rep. Chall., 



vol. ix, p. 513, pi. lxiv, figs. 20-22. Goes, 1894, K. 



Sveuska Vetenskaps-Akad. Handl., vol. xxv, No. 9, p. 70, 



pi. xii, figs. 691-696; pi. xiii, fig. 697. 



This is one of the most noteworthy species of Foraminifera 

 in the present series, and is here very abundant. It is not 

 uncommon to find specimens reaching the extraordinary 

 length of 9 - 5 mm. Some of the shells are rather irregular in 

 growth, and tend to become sinuous. 



N. (D.) obliqua has been previously recorded from " Chal- 

 lenger " station 169, near the present locality. 



Nodosaria (D.) obliqua, L. sp., var. vertebralis, Batsch var. 



Plate III, fig. 5. 

 Nautilus (Orthoceras) vertebralis, Batsch, 1791, Conchyl. des 



Seesandes, p. 3, No. 6, pi. ii, figs. 6 a, b. 

 Nodosaria vertebralis, Batsch sp., Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., 

 vol. ix, p. 514, pi. lxiii, fig. 35; pi. lxiv, figs. 11-14. 



