348 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Foraminilera. 



Polymorphina lactea, W. & J. sp., fistulose var. racemosa, Jones and Chapman. 

 (Plate XVI, tig. 8.) 



Polymorphina lactea, W. & J., sp., var. racemosa, Jones and Chapman, 1896, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool., vol. xxv, pp. 497, 504, fig. 20. 



This variety has the fistulose outgrowths confined to the oral extremity. 



Distribulion. — Probably coextensive with the species. 



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



Polymorphina gibba, d'Orbigny. 



Polymorphina (Globulina) gibba, d'Orbigny, 1826, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. vii. 

 p. 266, No. 20 ; modele No. 63. P. gibba, d'Orb., Brady, 1884, Rep. 

 Chall., vol. ix, p. 561, pi. Ixxi, figs. 12 a, b. 



Distribution. — A widely distributed form. 



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



Polymorphina gibba, d'Orbigny, fistulose var. racemosa, Jones and Chapman. 

 (Plate XVII, fig. 1.) 



Polymorphina gibba, d'Orb., var. racemosa, Jones and Chapman, 1896, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool., vol. xxv, pp. 497, 504, figs. 17, 18. 



Distribution. — Probably coextensive with the species. 



Present Occtirrence. — Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; one example. 



Polymorphina communis, d'Orbigny. 



Polymorphina (Guttulina) communis, d'Orbigny, 1826, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. vii, 

 p. 266, pi. xii, figs. 1-4 ; modele No. 62. P. communis, d'Orb., Jones, 

 1895, Palaeont. Soc. Mon., Crag. Foram., p. 265, pi. v, fig. 24 ; pi. vi, 

 fig. 16. 



Distribution. — A well-known form in almost every recent foraminiferal dredging 

 from shallow water to moderate depths. Dr. Brady records its greatest depth as 

 155 fathoms. One of Dr. Flint's samples with this species came from off the coast 

 of Georgia, at 276 fathoms. 



Present Occurrence. — Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; vory common. Twenty miles 

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

 85 fathoms ; frequent. 



Polymorphina compressa, d'Orbigny. 



Polymorphina compressa, d'Orbigny, 1846, Foram. Foss. Vienne, p. 233, 

 pi. xii, figs. 32-34. P. compressa, d'Orb., Egger, 1893, Abhandl. k. 

 bayer. Akad. Wiss., cl. ii, vol. xviii, p. 309, pi. ix, figs. 11-13. 



Distribution. — Dr. Brady mentions this species as of more frequent occurrence 

 in the temperate portion of the North Atlantic. It is occasionally found in the 

 North and South. Pacific. 



