Forammifera.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZKALAND. 361 



Distribution. — Found at various stations in tlie Nortli and South Atlantic, and 

 fnnn two stations in the South Pacific (Brady) ; also from the Malay Archipelago 

 (Millett). The species is new to the New Zealand area. 



Prc.^tev! Orcvrrcvrr. -Ofi the Snares; 60 fathoms; very rare. 



Pulvinulina canariensis, (rOrbigny sp. 



Rolii/niii canariensis, d'Orbigny, 1839, Forain. Canaries, p. 130, pi. i. figs. 



34-36. Pulvinulina canariensis, d'Orbigny sp., Rhumbler, lllOO. in 



Karl Brandt's " Nordisches Plankton," heft 14, p. 16, fig. 10. 



Distribution. — More generally diffused in the north and south temperate zones 



(Brady). Obtained from the New Zealand area by the " Challenger." Also recorded 



from Great Barrier Island by the writer. 



Present Occurrence. — Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; rare. 



Pulvinulina truncatulinoides, d'Orbigny sp. 



Rdtalnui /nniciifiilinoides, d'Orbigny, 1831), Foram. Canaries, p. 132, pi. ii, 



figs. 25-27. Pulvinulina truncatulinoides, d'Orb. sp., Rhumbler, 1900, 



in Karl Brandt's " Nordisches Plankton," heft 14. p. 17, fig. 16. 



Distribution. — Widely dispersed. Already recorded from the New Zealand area 



by the " Challenger " (as P. micheliniana, d'Orb. sp.). It was not uncommon in the 



dredgings off Great Barrier Island. 



Present Occurrence. — North-east of Bounty Island ; ")() fathoms ; very rare. 

 Off the Snares; 60 fathoms; frequent. Twenty miles north of Auckland Island; 

 85 fathoms : rare. Ten miles north of Enderb}^ Island ; 85 fathoms ; rare. 



Pulvinulina exigua, Brady. 



Pulcinulind eriqua, Brady, 1884, Rep. Cliall., vol. ix. p. 696. pi. dii, 

 figs. 13, 14. 



Distribution. — A deep-water form, only occasionally found in moderately shallow 

 water. It has a wide distribution, and has already been recorded from the New 

 Zealand area by the " Challenger." 



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

 of Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; very rare. 



Pulvinulina schreibersii, d'Orbigny sp. 



Botalina schreibersii. d'Orbigny, 1846, Foram. Foss. A'ienne, p. 154. ])1. viii, 

 figs. 4-6. Pulvinulina schreibersii, d'Orb. sp., Brady. 1884, Rep. Chall., 

 vol. ix, p. 697, pi. cxv, figs. 1 a-c. 

 Distribution. — Six out of seven " Challenger " stations were amongst the islands 

 of the South Pacific. Previously obtained from the New Zealand area by the " Chal- 

 lenger," but not noted in the " Index Faunae Novae-Zealandiae" : and also occurring 

 off Great Barrier Island. 



Present Occurrou-e. — Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; V(>ry rare ; not typical. 



