362 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OP NEW ZEALAND. [Foramini/era. 



Pulvinulina elegans, d'Orbigny sp. 



Rotalia (TurhinuUna) elegmis, d'Orbigny, 1826, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. vii, 

 p. 276, No. 54. Pulvinulina elegans, d'Orb. sp., Flint, 1899, Rep. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. for 1897, p. 331, pi. Ixxv, fig. 1. 



A carinate variety also occurs here. 



Distribution. — It has been previously recorded from the New Zealand area by 

 the " Challenger." 



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



Genus Rotalia, Lamarck, 1804. 



Rotalia soldanii, d'Orbigny. 



Rotalia (Gyroidina) soldanii, d'Orbigny, 1826, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. vii, p. 278, 

 No. 5; modele No. 36. R. soldanii, d'Orb., Flint, 1899, Rep. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. for 1897, p. 332, pi. Ixxv, fig. 4. 



Distribution. — This species has a wide geographical distribution. Brady states 

 that out of sixty localities for this species only six have a depth of less than 300 

 fathoms. Recorded previously from the New Zealand area by the " Challenger." 

 It was rare in the Great Barrier Island dredgings. 



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



Rotalia clathrata, Brady. 



R. clathrata, Brady, 1884, Rep. Chall., vol. ix, p. 709, pi. cvii, figs. 8, 9. 



Distribution. — Confined to the area between Australia and New Zealand. Re- 

 corded previously from the New Zealand area by the " Challenger." It was a rare 

 form in the Great Barrier Island dredging. 



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

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

 60 fathoms ; very common. Twenty miles north of Auckland Island ; 85 fathoms ; 

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



Subfam. TINOPORINAE. 

 Genus Gypsina, Carter, 1877. 



Gypsina vesicularis, Parker and Jones sp. 



Orbitolina vesictdaris, Parker and Jones, 1860, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 ser. 3, vol. vi, p. 31, No. 5. Gypsina vesicularis, Parker and Jones, 

 Egger, 1893, Abhandl. k. bayer. Akad. Wiss., cl. ii, vol. xviii, p. 382, 

 pi. xiv, figs. 20-23. G. vesicularis, P. & J. sp., Chapman, 1900, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool., p. 198, pi. xix, fig. 12. 



Our specimens are rather small, but otherwise typical. 



Distribution. — This species is new to the New Zealand area as recorded. It is 

 typically a form inhabiting warm latitudes, being frequent in coral sands. With 

 regard to its occurrence in cold-water areas, Dr. Brady has noted it from the Atlantic 



