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The majority of our specimens are typical, but a few form connecting-links 

 with l>. rosacea, after the manner observed by Mr. Millett in his series from the 

 Malay Archipelago. 



Distribution. — The present record is the fartliest south of any yet made. The 

 " Challenger " obtained it from the Cape de Verde Islands : oif Ascension Island ; 

 off the coast of South America, near Pernambuco ; and from Port .Jackson. Dr. 

 Brady further records it from Bermuda, and Port Stephen, New South Wales. Dr. 

 Egger notes it from the Mauritius. Dr. Haeusler found it in shallow water in the 

 Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. 



Present Occurrence. — North-east of Bounty Island ; 5() fathoms ; rare. Oft' the 

 Snares ; 60 fathoms : Very rare, Twenty miles north of Auckland Island ; 85 

 fathoms : very rare. Ten miles north nf Knderl»v Ishiiul : 85 fathoms ; common. 



Discorbina globularis, d'()rl)igny sp. 



Rosalina globularis. d'Orbigny, 1826, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. vii, p. 271, pi. xiii, 



figs. 1-4; modele No. 69. Discorbina globularis, d'Orb. sp., Flint, 1899. 



Rep. U.S. Nat. Mus. for 1897, p. 327, pi. Ixxii, fig. 2. 



Distribution. — Dr. Brady refers to this species as the conmionest of the genus. 



It has a wide distribution, and was recorded as far south as the Magellan Strait bv 



the " Challenger." Dr. Haeusler has noted it from the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. 



Present Occurrence. — Oft' the Snares; 60 fathoms: common. Ten miles north 



of Enderbv Island ; 85 fathoms ; very rare. 



Discorbina rosacea, crOrbigny sp. 



Rota/ia rosac('((, d'Orbigny. 1826, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. \'ii, p. 273, No. 15. 

 Discorbina rosacea, d'(_)rb. s])., Goi'S. 1894, K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. 

 Handl., vol. xxv, p. 94, pi. xv, fig. 792. 



Distribution. — A common form in shallov/ to moderately shallow water. It is 

 widely distributed, and was recorded by the " Challenger " as far south as the Straits 

 of Magellan. Dr. Haeusler has obtained it from the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. 



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

 north of Auckland Island ; 85 fathoms ; frequent. Ten miles north of Enderbv 

 Island ; 85 fathoms ; frequent. 



Discorbina patelliformis, Brady. 



Discorbina patellijorniis, Brady, 1884, Rep. Chalk, vol. ix, p. 647, l)\. 



Ixxxviii, fig. 3 ; pi. Ixxxix. fig. 1. D. pateUifnrmis, Brady, Egger, 



1893, Abhandl. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss., cl. ii, vol. xviii. p. 390, pl. xv, 



figs. 48-50. D. patelliformis, Brady, Sidebottom, 1908, Mem. & Proc. 



Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc, vol. Hi, p."l4, pl. v, fig. 3. 



Distribution. — More numerous in the Southern Hemisphere. Amongst othe] 



places, it has been recorded from the islands of the Pacific and off Western Australia. 



Present Occurrence. — Twenty miles north of Auckland Island ; 85 fathoms ; 



rare. Ten miles north of Enderby Island : 86 fathoms ; very rare. 



