Foraminifem.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OP NEW ZEALAND. 327 



test. The tube is tiexible and wrinkled in cither ex;unph?s as in tvpical specimens, 

 and the tube is composed of tine sand without sjjicules. 



Distribution. — Tlie Faroe Channel ; off the Cape of Godd Hope ; ;uid off Kan- 

 davu Island (Brady). Cape Verde (Egger). 



Present Occurrence. — Perseverance Harbour, Campl)ell Island ; 8 fathoms ; rare. 

 Ten miles ncirth of Enderby Island : 85 fathoms ; rare. 



Fam. L I T U L I D A E. 



Subfam. LITUOLINAE. 



Genus Reophax, Montfort, 1808. 



Reophax scorpiurus, Montfort. 



Reophax scorpiurus, Montfort, 1808, Conehyl. System., vol. i, p. 330, 83'' 

 genre. R. scorpiurus, Montf.. Flint, 18!)!), Rep. U.S. Nat. Mus. for 

 1897, p. 273, pi. xvi, fig. 3. 



The tests of the present examples are white, and composed chieily of small 

 foraminiferal shells. 



Distribution. — This species has a wide geographical range, and frequents shallow 

 water down to 3,950 fathoms (Brady). It has been recorded from the New Zea- 

 land area by Dr. Brady; from the Hauraki Gulf by Dr. Haeusler ; and from Great 

 Barrier Island by the writer. 



Present Oecurrence. — Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Islands ; 8 fathoms ; 

 rare. 



Reophax nodulosa, Brady. 



Reophax nodulosa, Brady, 1879, Quart. Journ. Micr. Sci., vol. xix, n.s., 

 p. 52, pi. iv, figs. 7, 8. R. nodulosa, Brady, 1884, Rep. ChalL, vol. ix, 

 p. 294, pi. xxxi, figs. 1-9. 



Distribution. — Like the preceding, this form is widely distriliuted. It was 

 found in the " Challenger " series from tlie New Zealand area. 



Present Occurrence. — Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Islands ; 8 fathoms ; 

 a fragmentary example. 



(ienus Haplophragmium, Reuss, 1860. 



Haplophragmium canariense, d'Orbigny sp. (Plate XIV, fig. 6.) 



Nonionina canariensis, d'Orbigny, 183!), Foram. Canaries, j:). 128, pi. ii, 

 figs. 33, 34. Haplophragmium canariense, d'Orb. sp., Brady, 1884, 

 Rep. ChalL. vol. ix, p. 310, pi. xxxv, figs. 1-5. 



A single specimen, of a neat, compressed variety, was found in the present 

 series of gatherings. 



Distribution. — A cosmojjolitan sjiecies. Recorded by Dr. Haeusler from the 

 Haurald Gulf, New Zealand ; and from Great Barrier Island by the writer. 



Present Occurrence. — Ofi' the Snares ; 60 fathoms. 



