Faraminifera.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 361 



Distribution. — Found at various stations in the North and South Atlantic, and 

 from two stations in the South Pacific (Brady) ; also from the Malay Archipelago 

 (Millett). The species is new to the New Zealand area. 



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



Pulvinulina canariensis, d'Orbigny sp. 



Rotalina canariensis, d'Orbigny, 1839, Foram. Canaries, p. 130, pi. i, figs. 

 34-36. Pulvinulina canariensis, d'Orbigny sp., Rhumbler, 1900, in 

 Karl Brandt's " Nordisches Plankton," heft 14, p. 16, fig. 10. 



Distribution. — More generally diffused in the north and south temperate zones 

 (Brady). Obtained from the New Zealand area by the " Challenger." Also recorded 

 from Great Barrier Island by the wntei. 



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



Pulvinulina truncatulinoides, d'Orbigny sp. 



Rotalina truncatulinoides, d'Orbigny, 1839, Foram. Canaries, p. 132, pi. ii, 

 figs. 25-27. Pulvinulina truncatulinoides, d'Orb. sp., Rhumbler, 1900, 

 in Karl Brandt's " Nordisches Plankton," heft 14, p. 17, fig. 16. 



Distribution. — Widely disjiersed. Already recorded from the New Zealand area 

 by the " Challenger " (as P. micheliniana, d'Orb. sp.). It was not uncommon in the 

 dredgings ofE Great Barrier Island. 



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

 Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; frequent. Twenty miles north of Auckland Island ; 

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



Pulvinulina exigua, Brady. 



Pulvinulina exigua, Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 696, pi. ciii, 

 figs. 13, 14. 



Distribution. — A deep-water form, only occasionally found in moderately shallow 

 water. It has a wide distribution, and has already been recorded from the New- 

 Zealand area by the " Challenger." 



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

 of Enderby Island ; 85 fathoms ; very rare. 



Pulvinulina schreibersii, d'Orbigny sp. 



Rotalina schreibersii, d'Orbigny, 1846, Foram. Foss. Vienne, p. 154, pi. viii, 

 figs. 4-6. Pulvinulina schreibersii, d'Orb. sp., Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., 

 vol. ix, p. 697, pi. cxv, figs. 1 a-c. 

 Distribution. — Six out of seven " Challenger " stations were amongst the islands 

 of the South Pacific. Previously obtained from the New Zealand area by the " Chal- 

 lenger," but not noted in the " Index Faunae Novae-Zealandiae " ; and also occurring 

 off Great Barrier Island. 



Present Occurrence. — Off the Snares ; 60 fathoms ; very rare ; not typical. 



