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test. The tube is flexible and wrinkled in other examples as in typical specimens, 

 and the tube is composed of fine sand without spicules. 



Distribution. — The Faroe Channel ; off the Cape of Good Hope ; and off Kan- 

 davu Island (Brady). Cape Verde (Egger). 



Present Occurrence. — Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Island ; 8 fathoms ; rare. 

 Ten miles north of Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; rare. 



Fam. LITUOLIDAE. 



Subfam. LITUOLINAB. 



Genus Reophax, Montfort, 1808. 



Reophax scorpiurus, Montfort. 



Reophax scorpiurus, Montfort, 1808, Conchyl. System., vol. i, p. 330, 83" 

 genre. R. scorpiurus, Montf., Flint, 1899, Rep. U.S. Nat. Mus. for 

 1897, p. 273, pi. xvi, fig. 3. 

 The tests of the present examples are white, and composed chiefly of small 

 foraminiferal shells. 



Distribution. — This species has a wide geographical range, and frequents shallow 

 water down to 3,950 fathoms (Brady). It has been recorded from the New Zea- 

 land area by Dr. Brady ; from the Haurald Gulf by Dr. Haeusler ; and from Great 

 Barrier Island by the writer. 



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

 rare. 



Reophax nodulosa, Brady. 



Reophax nodulosa, Brady, 1879, Quart. Journ. Micr. Sci., vol. xix, n.s., 

 p. 52, pi. iv, figs. 7, 8. R. nodulosa, Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, 

 p. 294, pi. xxxi, figs. 1-9. 

 Distribution. — Like the preceding, this form is widely distributed. It was 

 found in the " Challenger " series from the New Zealand area. 



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

 a fragmentary example. 



Genus Haplophragmium, Reuss, 1860. 



Haplophragmium canariense, d'Orbigny sp. (Plate XIV, fig. 6.) 



Nonionina canariensis, d'Orbigny, 1839, Foram. Canaries, p. 128, pi. ii, 

 figs. 33, 34. Haplophragmium canariense, d'Orb. sp., Brady, 1884, 

 Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 310, pi. xxxv, figs. 1-5. 

 A single specimen, of a neat, compressed variety, was found in the present 

 series of gatherings. 



Distribution. — A cosmopolitan species. Recorded by Dr. Haeusler from the 

 Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand ; and from Great Barrier Island by the writer. 

 Present Occurrence. — Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms. 



