Fomminijera.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 351 



Distribution. — Having a wide geographical range. Brady says that it is less 

 common in the Arctic and Southern Oceans than elsewhere. Obtained from the 

 New Zealand area liy the " Cliallenger." and off (Jreat Barrier Island by the 

 writer. 



Present OceKrreiice. — Ofl' the Snares; 60 fathoms; very common. Ten miles 

 nortih of Enderbv Island ; Sf) fathoms ; very rare, small. 



Globigerina aequilateralis. Brady. 



(ilubigeriiKi (letjiri/dterdlis, Brady, 1884, RejJ. Chall., vol. ix, p. 605, pi. Ixxx, 

 figs. 18-'21. (/. nequilateralis, Brady, Eluimbler, 1900, in Dr. Karl 

 Brandt's " Nordisches Plankton," heft 14, p. 20, figs. 21-23. 



Distfihtttioii. — Having a. fairly wide range. Obtained from the New Zealand 

 area bv the " Challenger," and off ( ireat Barrier Island, where it was rare, by the 

 writer. 



Present Occurrence. — ( )ff the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; very rare 



(lenus Orbulina, d'Orbigny, 1839. 

 Orbulina universa, d'Orbigny. 



Urhulind unlrersa. d'Orbigny, 1839, Foram. Cuba, p. 3, pi. i, fig. 1. 0. 

 N)u'rersit. d'Orb., Rhumbler, 1900, in Dr. Karl Brandt's "Nordisches 

 Plankton." heft 14, p. 27, figs. 27-30. 



Distribution. — Widely distributed. Obtained from the New Zealand area by 

 the " Challenger," and off Great Barrier Island by the writer. 



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

 north of Auckland Island ; 85 fathoms ; frequent. Tcm miles north of Euderby 

 Island ; 85 fathoms ; very common. 



(m'uus Sphaeroidina, d'Orbigny, 1826. 



Sphaeroidina bulloides, d'Orbigny. 



Sphaeroidind bullnliles. d'Orbigny, 1826, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. vii, p. 267, 

 No. 1; modele No. 65. S. bulloides, d'Orb., Goes, 1894, K. Svenska 

 Vet.-Akad. Handl., vol. xxv, p. 87. pi. xiv, fig. 770. 



The examples here met with are small, and have a peculiarly rough test, almost 

 simulating Globigerinn conglobata. ; the aperture, however, serves to distinguish the 

 form generically. 



Distribution. — This species has a wide geographical range. The " Challenger " 

 obtained it from the New Zealand area, and it has also occurred oft' Great Barrier 

 Island at 110 fathoms. 



Present Occurrence.— Perseverance Harbour, Campl>etl Islands ; 8 fathoms ; 

 verv rare. Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms : very rare. 



