318 SUBANTAECTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Fomminifera. 



the distribution as it there stands. Schlumberger records it from the Atiantic 

 (Azores). It is of fret^uent occurrence in the Victorian Tertiary clays of Bal- 

 combian age ; and Bornemann and Reuss lu^ve indicated its general clistribution 

 in the Oligocene clays of Germany. 



Present Occurrence. — Off tlie Snares ; 60 fathoms ; very rare. Twenty miles 

 north of Auckland Island ; 85 fathoms ; rare ; small. Ten miles north of Enderby 

 Island ; 85 fathoms ; common. 



Genus Spiroloculina, d'<)rbigny, 1826. 



Spiroloculina asperula, Karrer. 



Spiroloculina asperula, Karrer, 1868, Sitzungsb. d. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 



vol. Ivii, p. 136, pi. i, fig. 10. S. asperula, Karrer, Brady, 1884, Rep. 



Chall., vol. ix, p. 152, pi. viii, figs. ? 11, 13, 14. S. asperula, Karrer, 



Egger, 1893, Abhandl. d. k. bayer. Ak. Wiss., cl. ii, vol. xviii, abth. ii. 



p. 225, pi. i, figs. 30-32 ; pi. xi,'figs. 57. 58. 



Distribution. — The " Challenger " localities are in the Pacific and the West 



Indies. Egger obtained it from the " Gazelle " soundings, off west Africa, the 



Mauritius, and Western Australia. 



Present Occurrence. — Off the Snares ; 6(i fathoms ; one example, slightly 

 damaged. 



Genus Miliolina, Williamson, 1858. 



Miliolina insignis, Brady. 



Miliolina insignis, Brady, 1881, Quart. Journ. Micr. Sci., vol. xxi, n.s., 

 p. 45. M. insignis, Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 165, pi. iv, 

 figs. 8, 10. M. insignis, Brady, Cliapman, 1906, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 

 vol. xxxviii. p. 81. 



Distribution. — This species has already been recorded, by the writer, from the 

 New Zealand area, off Great Barrier Island, at 110 fathoms. It is a rather widely 

 distributed form, and occurs in shallow water and down to 2,900 fathoms. 



Present Occurrence. — Ten miles north of Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; one 

 large example. 



Miliolina circularis, Bornemann sp. 



Triloculina circularis, Bornemann, 1855, Zeitschr. d. deutsch. Gesellsch., 

 vol. vii, p. 349, pi. xix, fig. 4. Miliolina circularis. Born, sp., Brady, 

 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 169, pi. iv, figs. 3 a-c ; pi. v, figs. 13, 

 14(?). M. circularis. Born, sp., Egger, 1893, Abhandl. d. k. bayer. Ak. 

 Wiss., cl. ii, vol. xviii, abth. ii, p. 235, pi. ii, figs. 61-63. M. circularis. 

 Born, sp., Millett, 1898, Journ. R. Micr. Soc, p. 499, pi. xi, figs. 1-3. 

 M. circularis. Born, sp., Flint, 1899. Rep. U.S. Nat. Mus. for 1897, 

 p. 298, pi. xliv, fig. 1. 

 Distrihution. — Originally described as a fossil from the Oligocene of Hermsdorf, 

 this species has been recorded in recent deposits off Prince Eclward Island, 50-150 



