inifera.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 331 



Akad. Handl., vol. xxv, p. 46, pi. ix, figs. 439-444. B. marginata, 

 d'Orb., Wright, 1900, Geol. Mag., Dec. 4, vol. vii, p. 100, pi. v, fig. 4. 

 B. marginata, d'Orb., Chapman, 1906, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxxviii, 

 p. 89. 



Distribution. — This species has a wide range, and is unrestricted as to depth. 

 It has already occurred in the New Zealand area, off Great Barrier Island. 



Present Occurrence. — Ten miles north of Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; very 

 rare. 



Bulimina contraria, Reuss. 



Rotalina contraria, Reuss, 1851, Zeitschr. d. deutsch. Gesellsch., vol. iii, 

 p. 76, pi. v, fig. 37. Bulimina contraria, Reuss sp., Brady, 1884, Rep. 

 Chall., vol. ix, p. 409, pi. liv, figs. 18 a-c. 



Distribution. — This is a rather rare species. The " Challenger " obtained it 

 from nine stations. It appears to be new to the New Zealand area. 



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

 very rare, and of small size. 



Genus Bolivina, d'Orbigny, 1839. 



Bolivina robusta, Brady. 



Bolivina robusta, Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 421, pi. liii, figs. 7-9. 

 B. robusta, Brady, Egger, 1893, Abhand. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss., cl. ii, 

 vol. xviii, p. 294, pi. viii, figs. 31, 32. 



Typical examples occur here, having a short aboral spine. 



Distribution.— -Dr. Brady states that out of twenty-two localities where this 

 species occurs thirteen are in the South Pacific. Egger records it from the Mauritius, 

 New Guinea, Western Australia, and New Amsterdam. Millett records it as occurring 

 sparingly in the Malay Archipelago. The writer has already noted it from the New 

 Zealand area, at Great Barrier Island. 



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

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



Bolivina pygmaea, Brady. (Plate XIV, fig. 11.) 



Bolivina pygmaea, Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 421, pi. liii, figs. 5, 6. 

 B. pygmaea, Brady, Egger, 1893, Abhandl. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss., cl. ii, 

 vol. xviii, p. 295, pi. viii, figs. 48-50. 



Distribution. — This rare little form was noted by Dr. Brady from the Canary 

 Islands ; off Prince Edward Island ; off Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha ; and 

 in the Faroe Channel. The Rev. A. M. Norman had it from near Bergen, Norway. 

 Egger records it from Cape Verde, off west Africa, off Western Australia, and New 

 Guinea. This is its first occurrence in the New Zealand area. 



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

 very rare. 



