Fomminijera.'] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 331 



Akad. H;iudl., vol. xxv, p. 46. pi. ix. figs. 43!l-444. B. ninrgiiiatn, 

 d'Orb., Wright, 1900, Geol. Mag., Dec. 4. vol. vii. p. loo. pi. v. fig. 4. 

 B. nKinjinata, d'Orb., Chapman, 1906, Trans. X.Z. Inst., vol. xxxviii. 

 p. 89. 



Disfrihiitioti. — This species has a wide range, and is nurestricted iis to depth. 

 It has already occurred in the New Zealand area, off Great Barrier Island. 



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

 rare. 



Bulimina contraria, Reuss. 



Rotidina contraria, Reuss. 1851, Zeitschr. d. deutsch. (icsellsch., vol. iii, 

 ]). 76. pi. V, fig. 37. Bulimina contraria, Reuss sp., Brady, 1884, Rep. 

 Chall.. vol. ix, p. 40!). pi. liv, figs. 18 a-c. 

 Distrihution. — This is a rather rare species. The " Challenger " ol)tained it 

 from nine stations. It appears to be new to the New Zealand area. 



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

 very rare, and of small size. 



(ienus BoLivixA. d'Orbigny, 1839. 



Bolivina robusta, Br;uly. 



BnliriiKi robusta, Brady, 1884, Rep. Ch.all., vol. ix. p. 421. pi. liii, figs. 7-9. 

 B. robusta, Brady, Egger, 1893, Abhand. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss., cl. ii, 

 vol. xviii, p. 294. pi. viii, figs. 31. 32. 

 Tyi^ical examples occur here, having a short aboral spine. 



Distribution. — Dr. Braily states that out of twenty-two localities where this 

 species occurs thirteen are in the South Pacific. Bgger records it from the Mauritius, 

 New Guinea, Western Australia, and New Amsterdam. Millett records it as occurring 

 sparingly in the Malay Archipelago. The writer has alre;ulv noted it from the New 

 Zealand area, at Great Barrier Island. 



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

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



Bolivina pygmaea, Brady. (Plate XIV, fig. 11.) 



Bolivina p/jgniKca, Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, jj. 421, pi. liii, figs. 5. 6. 



B. pijgmaea, Brady, Egger, 1893, AbhaiuU. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss., cl. ii. 



vol. xviii, p. 295, pi. viii, figs. 48-50. 



Distribution. — Tliis rare little form was noted by Dr. Brady from the Canary 



Islands ; oif Prince Edward Island ; off Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha ; and 



in the Faroe Channel. The Rev. A. M. Norman had it from near Bergen, Norway. 



Egger records it from Cape Verde, oft" west Africa, off Western Australia, and New 



Guinea. This is its first occurrence in the New Zealand area. 



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

 very rare. 



