358 SUBAXTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Foraminijrm. 



Truncatulina lobatula, Walker and Jacob sp. 



Nautihis lobutulus. Walker and Jacob, " Adams's Essays," Kanmacher's ed., 



p. 642, pi. xiv, fig. 36. Truncatulina lobatula, W. & J. sp., Egger, 



1893, Abhandl. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss., cl. ii. vol. xviii. p. 396, pi. xvi, 



figs. 1-3, 10-12. T. lobatula, W. & J. sp., Chapman, 1902, Proc. Roy. 



See. Edin., vol. xxiii, p. 392, pi. i, figs. 2, 3. 



Distribution. — A very common form, and most widely distributed. T. lobatula 



was obtained by the '" Challenger " from the east coast of New Zealand, and the 



writer has recorded it from Great Barrier Island. 



Present Occurrence. — North-east of Bounty Island ; 50 fathoms ; frequent. Of! 

 the Snares : 60 fathoms ; very common. Twenty miles north of Auckland Island ; 

 85 fathoms ; very common. Ten miles north of Enderby Island : 85 fathoms ; very 

 common. 



Truncatulina variabilis, d'Orbigny 



Truncatulina variabilis, d'Orbigny. 1826. Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. vii, p. 279, 



No. 8. T. variabilis, d'Orbigny, Jones, 1896, Pal. Soc. Mon., Crag. 



Foram., p. 309, pi. vi, fig. 23. 



Distribution. — A well-known wild-growing form in most shallow-water areas, and 



occasionally found in deeper water. It was recorded for the first time from the New 



Zealand area by the writer, off Great Barrier Island, 1 10 fathoms. 



Present Occurrence. — Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Islands ; 8 fathoms ; 

 frequent ; examples with thin tests. North-east of Bounty Island ; 50 fathoms : 

 rare. Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; very common. Twenty miles north of Auckland 

 Island ; 85 fathoms ; very common. Ten miles north of Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; 

 very C(unmon. 



Truncatulina tenuimargo, Brady. 



Truncatulina tenuimargo, Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 662. pi. xciii, 

 fias. 2, 3. T. tenuimargo, Brady, Egger, 1893, Abhandl. k. bayer. 

 Akad. Wiss., cl. ii, vol. xviii, p. 399, pi. xvi, figs. 7-9. T. tenuimargo, 

 Brady, Chapman, 1906, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxxviii, p. 102. 

 Distribution. — This is never a common form. It is known from the South At- 

 lantic and the Pacific. Recorded by Dr. Brady from the shores of New Zealand, 

 but not noted in Hutton's " Index Faunae Novae-Zealandiae." Dr. Egger found it 

 at Kerguelen, amongst other localities. It was also found in dredgings off Great 

 Barrier Island by the writer. 



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

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

 Island ; 85 fathoms : frequent. 



Truncatulina wuellerstorfi, Schwager sp. 



Anomalina wuellerstorfi., Schwager, 1866, " Novara " Exped., geol. Theil. 

 vol. ii, p. 258, pi. vii, fig. 105. Truncatulina wuellerstorfi, Schw. sp.. 

 Chapman, 1906, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxxviii, p. 102. 



