Foraminifera.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 337 



Lagena marginata, W . & B. sp.. var. semimarginata, Reiiss. 



Lagena marginatn, W. & B. sp., var. semimarginata, Reiiss, 1870, Sitzungsb. 



d. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixii, p. 468 ; Schlicht, 187(». Foram. Pietzpuhl, 



pi. iv, figs. 4-6. 10-12. L. marginata, W. & B. sp., var. semimarginata 



Reuss, Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 477, pi. lix, figs. 17, 19. 



L. marginahu W. & B. sp.. var. semimarginata, Rss., Millett, 1901, 



Journ. R. Micr. Soc, p. 619. pi. xiv, fig. 1. 



Distribution. — Brady records this variety from the South Atlantic and the 



Southern Ocean, and Millett from the Malay Archijselago. In the " Challenger "' 



lists it is included in the New Zealand area. The fossil examples came from the 



Tertiary clays of Pietzpuhl. 



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

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

 85 fatlioms : common. 



Lagena schlichti, A. Silvostri s]i. (Plate XV, figs. 7 ". h.) 



Fissurina schlichti, A. Silvestri, 1902, Mem. d. Pont. Ace. Rom. d. Nuovi 

 Lincei, vol. xix. p. 14 ; woodcuts, figs. 9-11. 



This species is often confused with L. marginata, W. & B. It has a distinctive 

 eccentric aperture and a long entosolenian tube. ( )ur specimens differ from 

 Silvestri's Mediterranean form in having the margin entire, instead of denticidate, 

 aborally. 



Distribution. — It appears to be widely cUstributed. 



Present Occurrence. — North-east of Bounty Island ; 50 fatlioms ; rare. (_)fl: 

 the Snares; 60 fathoms; frec|uent. Twenty miles north of Auckland Island; 

 85 fathoms ; frequent. Ten miles north of Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; common. 



Lagena biancae, Seguenza sp. (Plate XV, figs. 8 a, b.) 



Fissurina biancae, Seguenza, 1862, Foram. Monotal. Mioc. Messina, p. 57, 

 pi. i, figs. 48-50. F. biancae, Seg., A. Silvestri, 1902, Mem. d. Pont. 

 Ace. Rom. d. Nuovi Lincei, vol. xix, p. 20 ; woodcuts, figs. 29-32. 

 Distribution. — Previously known from the Mediterranean area. 

 Present Occurrence. — Oft" the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; frequent. Ten miles north 

 of Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; rare. 



Lagena orbignyana, Seguenza sp. (Plate XV, fig. 10.) 



Fissurina orbignyana, Seguenza, 1862, Foram. Monotal. Mioc. Messina, p. 6, 



pi. ii, figs. 65, 66. Lagena orbigni/ana, Seg. sp., Brady, 1884, Rep. 



Chall., vol. ix, p. 484, pi. lix, figs. 1, and 24-26. L. orbignyana, Seg. sp., 



Egger, 1899, Abhandl. d. k. bayer. Ak. Wiss., cl. ii, vol. xxi, p. 104, 



pi. V, figs. 8, 9. 



The majority of our specimens resemble Brady's fig. 25. The example figured 



by Brady under the same name (fig. 24) has been erected into a new species [L. bradii) 



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