344 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Foraminifera. 



Rss., Millett. 1903, Journ. R. Micr. Soc. p. 256, pi. v, fig. i. C. vari- 

 abilis, Rss., Sidebottom, 1907, Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. 

 Soc, vol. li, pt. iii, p. 8, lA. ii, fig. 3. 

 Our specimens show all stages between the extremes, of those with rounded back 

 and those with well-developed carinate periphery. 



Distribution. — This species, which is also a Miocene and Pliocene fossil, has been 

 recorded from the North and South Atlantic and the North and South Pacific by 

 Dr. H. B. Brady ; Egger had it from the west coast of Africa, the Mauritius, and 

 off Western Australia ; Goes, from the Atlantic ; Flint, from the Caribbean Sea, 

 North Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico ; Millett, from the Malay Archipelago ; and 

 Sidebottom, from the Island of Delos and Palermo. 



Present Occtirrence. — Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; rare. Twenty miles north 

 of Auckland Island ; 85 fathoms ; frequent. Ten miles north of Enderby Island : 

 85 fathoms : very rare. 



Cristellaria articulata, Reuss sp. 



Bohulina articulata, Reuss, 1863, Sitzungsb. d. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. xlviii, 

 p. 53, pi. V, fig. 62. Cristellaria articulata, Rss. sp., Brady, 1884, Rep. 

 Chall., vol. ix, p. 547, pi. Ixix, figs. 10-12 ; wild-growing form, fig. 14. 

 This species is a fossil in the Oligocene clays of Germany. 



Distribution. — Brady records this species from Culebra Island, West Indies, 

 at 390 fathoms ; and off Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha, 100-150 fathoms. 

 Dr. Flint obtained it from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic, at 169-276 fathoms. 

 It was also found to be rather common in soundings off Great Barrier Island, New 

 Zealand, by the writer. 



Present Occurrence. — Gft' the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; rare. Twenty miles north 

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

 85 fathoms ; rare. 



Cristellaria gibba, d'Orbigny. 



Cristellaria (jibba, d'Orbigny, 1826, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. vii, p. 292, No. 17 ; 



id., 1839, Foram. Cuba, p. 40, pi. vii, figs. 20, 21. ('. gibba. d'Orb., 



Fornasini, 1894, Mem. R. Accad. Sci. 1st. Bologna, ser. 5, vol. iv, p. 221, 



pi. iii, fig. 20. 



Distribution. — North Atlantic and South Pacific (Brady); Mediterranean 



(Silvestri) ; the Mauritius, off Western Australia, and New Guinea (Egger) : Gulf 



of Mexico (Flint) ; Malay Archipelago (Millett). 



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

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

 85 fathoms ; frequent. 



Cristellaria reniformis, d'Orbigny. 



Cristellaria reniformis, d'Orbigny, 1846, Foram. Foss. Vienne, p. 88, pi. iii, 

 figs. 39, 40. C. reniformis, d'Orb., Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, 

 p. 539, pi. Ixx, figs. 3 a, b. 



