332 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Fiinnii.inijvra. 



Subfam. CASSIDULININAE. 



Genus Cassidulina, d'Orbigny, 1826. 

 Cassidulina laevigata, d'Orbigny. (Plate XV, fig. 1.) 



Cassidulina laevigata, d'Orbigny, 1826, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. vii, p. 282 (No. 1), 



pi. XV, figs. 4, 5 ; modele No. 41. C. laevigata, d'Orb., Brady, 1884, 



Rep. ChalL, vol. ix, p. 428, pi. liv, figs. 1-3. C. laevigata, d'Orb., A. 



Silvestri, 1896, Pontif. Acead. Nuovi Lincei. vol. xii, p. 103, j^l. ii, 



fig. 10. 



Distribution. — A very widely distributed species, found as far soutli as the 



antarctic ice-barrier ; also recorded by the writer from Great Barrier Island, New 



Zealand. 



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

 Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; rare and small. Twenty miles north of Auckland Is- 

 land ; 85 fathoms ; frequent ; typical. Ten miles north of Enderby Island ; 85 

 fathoms ; common ; typical ; one example with dentate margin (figured). 



Cassidulina oblonga, Reuss. 



Cassidulina oblonga, Reuss (nou d'(Jrb. emend P. J. and B.), 1850, Oenkschr. 

 k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. i, p. 376, pi. xlviii, figs. 5, 6. C. crassa, 

 d'Orbigny (pars), Brady. 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, pi. liv, fig. 4. 

 C. oblonga, Rss., Egger, 1893, Abhandl. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss., cil. ii, 

 vol. xviii, p. 303, pi. vii, figs. 33, 34. 



This form is distinguished from C. suhglobosa, Brady, by its distinct sutures 

 and slit-like aperture ; and from C. crassa, d'Orb., by the more elongate test. 



Distribution. — Dr. Egger records this species from west Africa, of! Cape Town, 

 the Mauritius, Kerguelen Island, and off Western Australia. 



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



Cassidulina subglobosa, Brady. 



Cassidalina subglobosa, Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 430, pi. liv, 



figs. 17 a-c. C. subglobosa, Brady, Egger, 1893, Abhandl. k. bayer. 



Akad. Wiss., cl. ii, vol. xviii, p. 304, pi. vii, figs. 41, 42, 52, 53. 



Distribution. — Dr. Brady regards this as a deep-water species. It is widely 



distributed. It has been recorded from Great Barrier Island, in the New Zealand 



area ; and also from the " Challenger " dredgings. 



Present Occurrence. — Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; fretjuent. Ten miles north 

 of Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; common. 



Genus Ehrenbergina, Reuss, 1849. 

 Ehrenbergina serrata, Reuss. (Plate XV, fig. 2.) 



Ehrenhergina serrata, Reuss, 1849, Denkschr. d. k. Akad. Wiss. Wien. vol. i, 



p. 377, pi. xlviii, figs. 7 a-c. E. serrata, Rss., Brady, 1884. Rep. Chall., 



vol. ix, p. 434, pi. Iv. figs. 2-7. 



This is a rather variable species, and the only example found is by no means 



typical. The aperture is situated on an inclined facet, and is distinctly pear-shaped, 



