324 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Foraminifera. 



bayer. Akad. AViss.. cl. ii. vol. xviii. abth. ii. p. 53, pi. iii, figs. 11. 12. 

 P. exigua, Brady, Chapman, 1!)U7, Jouru. Linn. Soc. Lond., ZooL, 

 vol. XXX, p. 21, pi. ii, fig. 43. 

 This species is usually of shallow-water habitat. The specimens noted here 

 have the central series of chambers unusually distinct. 



Distribution . — Common in tropical seas. Egger records it from the west African 

 coast, the Mauritius, and oft" Western Australia. 



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



Planispirina sphaera, d'Orbigny sp. 



Biloculina sphaera. d'Orbigny, 1839, Foram. Amer. Merid., p. 66, pi. viii, 

 figs. 13-16. B. sfhaera. d'Orb., Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, 

 p. 141, pi. ii, figs. 4 a, b. Planispirina sphaera, d'Orb. sp., Schlum- 

 berger, Mem. Soc. Zool. France, p. 577 ; woodcuts, 45, 46. 

 Distribution. — A well-distributed species, although never very abundant. Pre- 

 viously recorded from the New Zealand area by the " Challenger " (H. B. Brady), 

 and from Great Barrier Island by the writer. 



Present Occurrence. — Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; rare. Twenty miles north 

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

 85 fathoms ; frequent. 



Planispirina bucculenta, Brady sp. (Plate XIV, fig. 2.) 



Miliola {TrUoculina) crypteUa, Parker and Jones (non d'Orbigny), 1865, 

 Phil. Trans., vol. civ, p. 410, pi. xv, figs. 39 a, b. Miliolina bucculenta, 

 Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p^ 170, pi. cxiv, figs. 3 «, b. Plani- 

 spirina bucculenta, Brady sp., Schlumberger, 1892, Mem. Soc. Zool. 

 France, vol. v, p. 194, pi. viii, figs. 6, 7 ; woodcuts, 2-4. 

 Distribution. — The " Challenger " records are three localities in the North 

 Atlantic. Dr. Egger found it in " Gazelle " soundings between New Amsterdam 

 and Australia. 



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



Planispirina bucculenta, var. placentiformis Brady, var. 



Miliolina bucculenta, var. place ntij or mis, Brady, 1884. Rep. Chall., vol. ix, 

 p. 171, pi. iv, figs. 1, 2. 

 Distribution. — This variety has been dredged off Culebra Island, at 490 fathoms ; 

 and from Balfour Bay, Kerguelen Island, from 20 to 50 fathoms. 

 Present Occurrence. — Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; very rare. 



Planispirina antarctica, sp. iiov. (Plate XIV, figs. 5 a, b.) 



Description. — Test subdiscoidal, compressed, slightly concave in median area. 

 The outer three chambers nearly covering the test. Sutiu'es not distinctly marked. 

 Periphery rounded. Aperture a curved slit extending slightly over the lateral 

 faces. Surface polished. Greatest diameter of type specimen, 0-8 mm. ; thickness, 

 0*25 mm. 



