Foraminifera.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OP NEW ZEALAND. 343 



Cristellaria crepidula, Fichtel and Moll sp. 



Nautilus crepidula, Fichtel and Moll, 1798, Test. Micr., p. 107, pi. xix, 

 figs. g-i. Cristellaria crepidula, F. & M. sp., Flint, 1899, Rep. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. for 1897, p. 316, pi. Ixiii, fig. 2. 



Distribution. — This is usually a shallow-water form, but is occasionally met 

 with in moderately deep water. It is widely distributed. 



Present Occurrence. — Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; frequent. Ten miles north 

 of Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; frequent. 



Cristellaria tricarinella, Reuss. (Plate XVI, fig. 3.) 



Cristellaria tricarinella, Reuss, 1862, Sitzungsb. d. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. 

 xlvi, p. 68, pi. vii, fig. 9 ; pi. xii, figs. 2-4. C. tricarinella, Rss., Brady, 

 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 540, pi. Ixviii, figs. 3, 4. C. tricarinella, 

 Rss., Egger, 1893, Abhandl. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss., cl. ii, vol. xviii, 

 p. 351, pi. xii, figs. 28, 29. C. tricarinella, Rss., Chapman, 1905, 

 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxxviii, p. 96. 



Distribution. — As a Recent form this species is comparatively rare. Dr. Brady 

 records it from three localities — viz., off the Philippine Islands, off Raine Island, and 

 off the west coast of New Zealand. Dr. Egger notes it from the Mauritius and off 

 Western Australia. It has also occurred off Great Barrier Island, at 110 fathoms. 



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



Cristellaria lata, Cornuel, sp. (Plate XVI, fig. 4.) 



Marginulina lata, Comuel, 1848, Mem. Soc. Geol. France, ser. 2, vol. iii, 

 p. 252, pi. i, figs. 34-37. Cristellaria lata, Cornuel sp., Brady, 1884, 

 Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 539, pi. Ixvii, figs. 18 a, b. 



Distribution. — The only previously recorded locality for this species as a Recent 

 form is off East Moncoeur Island, Bass Strait; 38 fathoms. 



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

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



Cristellaria compressa, d'Orbigny. (Plate XVI, fig. 5.) 



Cristellaria compressa, d'Orbigny, 1846, Foram. Foss. Vieane, p. 86, pi. iii, 

 figs. 32, 33. C. compressa, d'Orb., Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, 

 p. 538, pi. cxiv, figs. 15, 16. 



Distribution. — Recorded from the North Atlantic and the New Zealand area 

 by the " Challenger." Not uncommon as a Tertiary fossil. 



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

 of Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; rare. 



Cristellaria variabilis, Reuss. 



Cristellaria variabilis, Reuss, 1849, Denkschr. k. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. i, 

 p. 369, pi. xlvi, figs. 15, 16. C. variabilis, Rss., Gots, 1894, K. Svenska 

 Vet. -Akad. Handl., vol. xxv, p. 62, pi. x, figs. 593-595. C. variabilis. 



