Foraminifera.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 351 



Distribution. — Having a wide geographical range. Brady says that it is less 

 common in the Arctic and Southern Oceans than elsewhere. Obtained from the 

 New Zealand area by the " Challenger," and off Great Barrier Island by the 

 writer. 



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

 north of Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; very rare, small. 



Globigerina aequilateralis, Brady. 



Globigerina aequilateralis, Brady, 1884, Rep. ChalL, vol. ix, p. 605, pi. Ixxx, 

 figs. 18-21. G. aequilateralis, Brady, Rluimbler, 1900, in Dr. Karl 

 Brandt's " Nordisches Plankton," heft 14, p. 20, figs. 21-23. 



Distribution. — Having a fairly wide range. Obtained from the New Zealand 

 area by the " Challenger," and off Great Barrier Island, where it was rare, by the 

 writer. 



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



Genus Orbulina, d'Orbigny, 1839. 



Orbulina universa, d'Orbigny, 



Orbulina universa, d'Orbigny, 1839, Foram. Cuba, p. 3, pi. i, fig. 1. 0. 

 universa, d'Orb., Rhumbler, 1900, in Dr. Karl Brandt's " Nordisches 

 Plankton," heft 14, p. 27, figs. 27-30, 



Distribution. — Widely distributed. Obtained from the New Zealand area by 

 the " Challenger," and off Great Barrier Island by the writer. 



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

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

 Island ; 85 fathoms ; very common. 



Genus Sphaeroidina, d'Orbigny, 1826, 



Sphaeroidina bulloides, d'Orbigny, 



Sphaeroidina bulloides, d'Orbigny, 1826, Ann, Sci. Nat., vol. vii, p. 267, 

 No. 1 ; modele No. 65. S. bulloides, d'Orb., Goes, 1894, K. Svenska 

 Vet.-Akad. Handl., vol. xxv, p. 87, pi. xiv, fig. 770. 



The examples here met with are small, and have a peculiarly rough test, almost 

 simulating Gldyigerina conglobata ; the aperture, however, serves to distinguish the 

 form generically. 



Distribution. — This species has a wide geographical range. The " Challenger " 

 obtained it from the New Zealand area, and it has also occurred off Great Barrier 

 Island at 110 fathoms. 



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

 very rare. Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; very rare. 



