Forammifera.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 345 



Distribution. — Brady records this form from the North and South Atlantic 

 and the North and South Pacific, and it was later recorded by the " Challenger " 

 from the New Zealand area. The writer found a single example off Great 

 Barrier Island, New Zealand. It seems to particularly affect moderately deep 

 water. 



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

 rare. 



Cristellaria cultrata, Montfort sp. (Plate XVI, fig. 6.) 



Rohulus cidtratus, Montfort, 1808, Conchyl. System, vol. i, p. 214, 54" 

 genre. Cristellaria ctdtrata, Montf. sp., Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., 

 vol. ix, p. 550, pi. Ixx, figs. 4-6 ; dentate var., figs. 7, 8. C. cultrata, 

 Montf. sp., Egger, 1893, Abhandl. k. bayer. Ak. Wiss., cl. ii, vol. xviii, 

 p. 352, pi. xii, figs. 7-10, 24, 25. 



Distribution. — Having a very wide range. Recorded by the " Challenger " 

 from the New Zealand area, and by the writer from Great Barrier Island. 



Present Occurrence. — North-east of Bounty Island ; 50 fathoms ; very rare. 

 Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; frequent ; one specimen with dentate carina. Twenty 

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

 Island ; 85 fathoms ; common. 



Cristellaria rotulata, Lamarck sp. 



Lenticulites rotulata, Lamarck, 1804, " Annales da Museum," vol. v, p. 188, 

 No. 3 ; Tableau Encycl. et Methodique, pi. cccclxvi, fig. 5. Cristellaria 

 rotulata. Lam. sp., Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 547, pi. Ixix, 

 figs. 13 a, b. C. rotulata. Lam. sp., Flint, 1899, Rep. of U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. for 1897, p. 314, pi. Ixiv, fig. 4. C. rotulata. Lam. sp.. Chapman, 

 1900, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, Gaol., vol. i, p. 251, pi. xxx, 

 fig. 4. 



Distribution. — A cosmopolitan species. Obtained by the " Challenger " from 

 the New Zealand area, and by the writer from Great Barrier Island. 



Present Occurrence. — (^ff the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; rare. Twenty miles north 

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

 85 fathoms ; very rare. 



Cristellaria vortex, Fichtel and Moll sp. 



Nautilus vortex, Fichtel and Moll, 1798, Test. Micr., p. 33, pi. ii, figs. d-i. 

 Cristellaria vortex, F. & M. sp., Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 548, 

 pi. Ixix, figs. 14-16. C. vortex, F. & M. sp., Flint, 1899, Rep. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. for 1897, p. 317, pi. Ixv, fig. 1. 

 Distribution. — Brady records this form from the west coast of Scotland, North 

 Atlantic, and the South Pacific ; Dr. Flint had it from the North Atlantic and 

 Caribbean Sea ; and Parker and Jones from the Mediterranean. 

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



