Foraminifera.] SUBANTAECTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 349 



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

 north of Auckland Island ; 85 fathom.s ; rare. Ten miles north of Enderby Island ; 

 85 fathoms ; rare. 



Polymorphina oblonga, d'Orbigny. 



Polymorphina ohlonga, d'Orbigny, 1846, Foram. Foss. Vienne, p. 232, pi. xii, 

 figs. 29-31. P. ohlonga, d'Orb., FUnt, 1899, Rep. U.S. Nat. Mus. for 

 1897, p. 319, pi. Ixvii, fig. 5. P. ohlonga, d'Orb., Sidebottom, 1907, 

 Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc, vol. li, No. 9, p. 12, pi. ii, fig. 20. 



Our examples are quite typical. 



Distribution. — Widely distributed. 



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

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

 85 fathoms ; .frequent. 



Polymorphina elegantissima, Parker and Jones. 



Polymorphina elegantissima, Parker and Jones, 1864, Phil. Trans., vol. civ. 

 table X, p. 438. P. elegantissima, P. & J., Brady, Parker and Jones, 

 1870, Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. xxvii, p. 231, pi. xl, fig. 15. 



This species is a typical one in the Australasian Tertiary deposits, and it has 

 persisted in the Southern Ocean to the present time. 



Distribution. — Brady states that it appears to be confined to the shores of the 

 Pacific, and is best known from Australian specimens. It has been found as far 

 north as Hong Kong Harbour. 



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

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

 Island ; 85 fathoms ; very common. 



Genus Uvigerina, d'Orbigny, 1826. 



Uvigerina angulosa, Williamson. 



Uvigerina angulosa, Williamson, 1858, Rec. Foram. Gt. Brit., p. 67, pi. v, 

 fig. 140. U. angulosa. Will., Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 576, 

 pi. Ixxiv, figs. 15-18. 



The specimens vary greatly. They are generally small. Some of the shorter 

 forms have a few aboral spines, such as distinguish the variety spinipes of Brady, 

 and which was recorded from only one station by the " Challenger "- viz., off 

 Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha. 



Distribution. — Widely dispersed. Ranging from the North Atlantic to the ant- 

 arctic ice-barrier. Recorded from the New Zealand area in the " Challenger " 

 Reports. 



Present Occurrence. — Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Islands ; 8 fathoms ; very 

 rare. North-east of Bounty Island ; 50 fathoms ; common. Off the Snares ; 60 

 fathoms ; frequent. Twenty miles north of Auckland Island ; 85 fathoms ; very 

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



