Foraminifera.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 333 



as compared with the usual semicircular slit. The concave face of the test bears a 

 single row of short spines. 



Distribution. — A well-distributed form, but never abundant. Brady records it 

 from the North and South Atlantic ; from the North Pacific ; and from ten stations 

 in the South Pacific, from 150 to 2,075 fathoms. It is recorded from the New 

 Zealand area in the " Challenger " summary. 



Present Occurrence. — North-east of Bounty Island ; 50 fathoms ; one example. 



Fam. LAGENIDAE. 



Subfam. LA.GENINAE. 



Genus Lagena, Walker and Boys. 



Lagena globosa, Montagu sp. 



Serpula {Lagena) laevis globosa, Walker and Boys, 1784, Test. Min., p. 3, 



pi. i, fig. 8. Vermiculum globosum, Montagu, 1803, Test. Brit., p. 523. 



Lagena globosa, Montagu sp., Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 452, 



pi. Ivi, figs. 1-3. 



Distribution. — Found in every latitude. Recorded previously from the New 



Zealand area by the " Challenger." 



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

 rare (compressed var.). Ten miles north of Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; very 

 rare. 



Lagena gracilis, Williamson. 



Lagena gracilis, Williamson, 1848, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, vol. i, p. 13, 

 pi. i, figs. 3, 4. L. gracilis, Will., Reuss, 1862, Sitzungsb. d. k. Ak. 

 Wiss. Wien, vol. xlvi, p. 331, pi. iv, figs. 58-61 ; pi. v, fig. 62. L. 

 gracilis. Will., Egger, 1893, Abhandl. d. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss., cl. ii, 

 vol. xviii, abth. ii, p. 328, pi. x, figs. 25, 33, 49. 

 A typical example, having a moderately short neck and delicately costulate 

 body which is feebly apiculate, occurs here. 



Distribution. — Extensive ; more abundant in the Southern Hemisphere, and 

 affecting deep water (Brady). The " Gazelle " specimens were found off west 

 Africa, Western Australia, and between Fiji and South America (Egger). Recorded 

 previously from the New Zealand area by the " Challenger." 

 Present Occurrence. — Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms. 



Lagena sulcata, Walker and Jacob sp. (Plate XV, fig. 4.) 



Serpula (Lagena) striata sulcata rotundaia. Walker and Boys, 1784, Test. 

 Min., p. 2, pi. i, fig. 6. Lagena sulcata, W. and J. sp., Brady, 1884, 

 Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 462, pi. Ivii, figs. 23, 26, 33, 34 ; pi. Iviii, figs. 4, 

 17, 18. L. sulcata, W. and J. sp., Chapman, 1906, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 

 vol. xxxviii, p. 91. 

 One of the examples found (here figured) has a feeble spiral ornament on the 

 tubular neck. 



