inllcra.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF XEW ZEALAND. SST 



Discorbina allomorphinoides, Reuss. sp. 



VidniJiiKi alloiHorphhinidcs, Reiiss, 1860, Sitzungsb. d. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien. 



vol. xl, p. 223, pi. xi. fig. (). Discorhina aUuiiiorphhioich-s, Rss. sp., 



Brady. 1884, Rep. ('hall., vol. ix. p. (i54. ])1. xci. figs. 5, 8. 



Distribution. — Brady records this form I'roni three localities — viz., oft' the 



Phili])piiies, off Raiiie Island, and at Port Jackson, ^lillett mentions it as having 



occurred in the Malay Archipelago and off Korea. It has also been found off 



Dunkerque (Terquem), and in the Adriatic (Fornasini). 



Present Occurrence. — Twentv miles north of Auckland Island ; 85 fathoms : one 

 small example. 



Discorbina rarescens, l)rady. 



Discorhina rarescens, Brady, 1884, Rep. ChalL, vol. ix, i^. 651, pi. xc, figs. 2, 

 3, ?4. D. rarescens, Brady, Egger, 1893, Abhandl. k. bayer. Akad. 

 Wiss., cl. ii, vol. xviii, p. 388, pi. xv, figs. 45-47. 



Distribution. — Raine Island and off the Philippines (Bradv) : west Afric;i and 

 Western Australia (Egger). 



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

 rare. Ten nudes north of Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; very rare. 



Discorbina biconcava, Parker and Jones. (Plate XVII. figs. S a, b.) 



Discorbina biconcava, Parker and Jones. 1865, Phil. Trans., vol. civ, p. 422, 



pi. xix, figs. 10 a-c. D. biconcava, P. & J., Brady, 1884, Rep. ChalL, 



vol. ix. p. 653. pi. xci, figs. 2, 3. D. biconcava, P. & J., Egger, 1893, 



Abhandl. k. baver. Akad. Wiss., cl. ii. vol. .xviii, p. 393, ])1. xviii, 



figs. 45-47. 



Distribution. — Commonest in the Australian area, having been found by the 



" Challenger " in Bass Strait, Port Jackson, and off Raine Island. Egger found it 



off New Guinea. It has also been recorded from Melbourne, and from Storm Bay, 



Tasmania. Of other widely separated localities may l^e mentioned the Dee Estuarv. 



England (Siddall), and the Gulf of Mexico (Flint). " 



Present Occurrence. — Oft' the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; one example. 



Genus Truncatulina. d'Orbigny, 1826. 



Truncatulina refulgens, JMoiitfort sp. 



Cibicuh's re/ulgens, Montfort, 1808, Conch. Syst., vol. i. p. 122. 31' genre. 

 Truncat}dina refulgens, Montfort sp., Egger, 1893, p. 401, pi. xvi, 

 figs. 31-33. T. refulgens, Montf. sp., Chapman, 1898, Journ. R. Micr. 

 Soc. p. 1, pi. i, fig. 1. 



Distribution.- -Found in the North Atlantic ; also in the temiaerate zone of the 

 Southern Hemisphere (Brady). This is its first occurrence in the New Zealand area. 



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

 rare; typical. Ten miles north of Enderby Islaiad ; 85 fathoms ; very I'are. 



