328 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Formiuniji'm. 



Fftm. TEXTULARIIDAE. 



Subkiu. TEXTULARIINAE. 



Genus Textularia, Def ranee, 1824. 



Textularia agglutinans, (rOrbiuuv. 



Textularia agglutinans, d'Orbigny, 1839, Foram. Cuba, p. 13fi, pi. i, figs. 17, 

 18, 32-34. T. agglutinans, d'Orb., Goes, 1894, K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. 

 Handl., vol. xxv, p. 35, pi. vii, figs. 300-303. 

 Distribution. — Unrestricted as to geographical range and tlepth. Previously 

 recorded from New Zealand by the " Challenger." 



Present Occurrence. — Twenty miles north of Aucklantl Island ; 85 fathoms ; a 

 single depauperated specimen. 



Textularia gibbosa, var. tuberosa, d'Orbigny. (Plate XIV. fig. 7.) 



Textularia tuberosa, d'Orbigny, 1826, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. vii, p. 2(33, No. 26. 

 T. aspera, Brady, 1882, Proc. R. Soc. Edin., vol. xi. p. 715 ; id., 1884, 

 Rep. ChalL, vol. ix, p. 367, pi. xliv, figs. 9-13. T. gibbosa, var. tuberosa, 

 d'Orb., Chapman, 1907, Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond.. ZooL, vol. xxx, p. 26, 

 pi. iv, fig. 76. 

 The tests in the present specimens are not dark-coloured like the usual Recent 

 specimens ; they are also undersized. 



Distribution. — Previously found in the New Zealand area, and ofi' CJreat Barrier 

 Island. 



Present Occurrence. — Twenty miles north of Auckland Island ; 85 fathoms ; rare. 



Textularia concava, Karrer sp. 



Plecanium concavum, Karrer, 1868, Sitzungsb. d. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. Iviii, 

 p. 129, pi. i, fig. 3. Textularia concava, Karrer sp., Brady, 1884, Rep. 

 ChalL, vol. ix, p. 360, pi. xlii, figs. 13, 14 ; pi. xliii. fig. 11. 

 Our specimens are very typical. 



Distribution. — Brady records this species from seven localities in the South 

 Pacific, as well as from other widely separated areas. It has previously occurred 

 in the New Zealand area. 



Present Occurrence. — Nortli-east of Bounty Island; 50 fathoms; very rare. 

 Off the Snares, 60 fathoms ; frequent; rather small examples. Twenty miles north 

 of Auckland Island ; 85 fathoms ; common. Ten miles north of Enclerby Island ; 

 85 fathoms ; common. 



Textularia gramen, d'Orbigny. (Plate XIV, fig. 8.) 



Textularia gramen, d'Orbigny, 1846, Foram. Foss. Menne, p. 248, pi. xv, 

 figs. 4-6. T. gramen, d'Orb., Haeusler, 1890, Abhandl. Schweizer. 

 Pal. Gesellsch., vol. xvii, p. 71, pi. xi, figs. 26, 27, 37. T. gramen, 

 d'Orb., Fornasini, 1891, Foram. Plioc. del Ponticello di Savena, pi. ii, 

 fig. 6. T. gramen, d'Orb., Millett, 1899, Journ. R. Micr. Soc, 



