342 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Foraminifera. 



Nodosaria (Dentalina) obliqua, L. sp., var. vertebralis, Batsch var. 



Nautilus [Orthoceras) verfehraJis, Batsch, 1791, Conchyl. des Seesandes, p. 3, 

 No. 6, pi. ii, figs. 6 a, b. Nodosaria vertebralis, Batsch sp., Brady, 

 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 514, pi. Ixii. fig. 3.5 : pi. Ixiv, figs. 11^14. 

 Distribution. — Having a fairly wide range, but not usually found in high lati- 

 tudes. Recorded previously from Great Barrier Island by the writer. 



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

 rare. 



(jenus Marginulixa, d'Orbigny, 1826. 

 Marginulina costata, Batsch sp. 



Nautilus {Orthoceras) costatus, Batsch, 1791, Conchyl. des Seesandes, pi. i, 

 fig. 1. Marginulina costata, Batsch sp., Millett, 1902, Journ. R. Micr. 

 Soc, p. 526, pi. xi, fig. 20. .1/. costata, Batsch sp., Sidebottom, 1907, 

 Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc, vol. li, pt. iii, p. 6, jdI. i. 

 figs. 29-32. 



Distribution. — This species appears to be rare in the Southern Hemisphere, with 

 the exception of Mr. Millett's record of specimens from the Malay Archipelago. It 

 has previously been found in the New Zealand area by the " Challenger," but is not 

 recorded in Hutton's " Index Faunae Novae-Zealandiae." 



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

 rare. 



Genus Vaginulina, d'Orbigny, 1826. 



Vaginulina legumen, Linne sp. 



Nautilus legumen, Linne, 1767, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., p. 1164, No. 288. 

 Vaginulina legumen, L. sp., Flint, 1899, Rep. U.S. Nat. Mus. for 1897, 

 p. 314, pi. Ix, fig. 2. 



All our examples are typical. 



Distribution. — Widely dispersed, and f(uind at all depths down to 2,000 fathoms 

 or more (H. B. Brady). 



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

 Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; very rare. 



Genus Cristellaria, Lamarck, 1812. 

 Cristellaria schloenbachi, Reuss. 



Cristellaria schloenbachi, Reuss, 1862, Sitzungsb. d. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien. vol. 

 xlvi, p. 65, pi. vi, figs. 14, 15. C. Schloenbachi, Rss., Egger, 1899, 

 Abhandl. k. bayer. Ak. Wiss., cl. ii, vol. xxi, p. 110, pi. xii, figs. 38-40 : 

 pi. xxiv, figs. 30, 31. 

 Distribution. — A rare form, only found at a few localities in the West Indies 

 and the Pacific. Recorded previously from Great Barrier Island by the writer. 

 This species is not uncommon as a fossil, dating from the Cretaceous. 

 Present Occurrence. — Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; very rare. 



