OF THE KERGUELEN EEGION OF THE GREAT SOUTHERN OCEAN. 467 



Articulina funalis, var. inornatd — Known only from tliis area. 



Laycna alveolata, var. substriata — South Atlantic, tropical and South Pacific, 150 to 2350 fathoms. 



„ formosa, \a.r. favosa — Tropical Pacific, 1850 fatlioms. 



„ margiiiata, var. semimaryinata — North, tropical and Soutli Atlantic, tropical ami South Pacific, 50 to iCOO fathoms. 

 Pohjmorphina sororia, var. cuspnluta — Nortli Atlantic, 808 to 1443 fathoms. 

 Globigerina hulloiihs, var. triloha — Oosmoijolitan, .surface and Ijottom. 



Tlie distribution of these species of Foraminifera may be summarised thus : — 



Geogra2Jh{cal Distribution. ^It will be observed that no fewer than 71 species (or 

 32 per cent, of the total number) arc cosmopolitan, and that other 8 species (or 4 per 

 cent.) are almost cosmopolitan, having a world-wide distribution, except that they have 

 not yet been recorded from the Arctic regions. The remaining species are distributed 

 among the various reoions of the oceans as follows : — 



111 species (or 50 per cent.) are represented in the North Atlantic. 



,, Tropical Pacific. 



,, South Pacific. 



,, South Atlantic. 



„ Tropical Atlantic. 



,, North Pacific. 



,, Magellan Strait. 



,, Mediterranean. 



,, Arctic. 



,, Indian Ocean (including 



Red Sea). 



Bathymetrical Distribution. — It appears that a total of 178 species (or 81 per cent, 

 of the total number) occur both in deep water over 1000 fathoms and in lesser depths, 

 while 14 species (or 6 per cent.) arc known only from deep water over 1000 fathoms, 

 and 14 species (or 6 per cent.) are known only from depths less than 1000 fathoms; 147 

 species (or 67 per cent.) occur in shallow water under 150 fathoms. 



LIST VII J,. 

 The following are the 14 species known only from deep water over 1000 fathoms : — 



Keramospha'ra murrayi. 

 Astrorhiza granulosa. 

 Aschemonella ramu liformis. 

 Reophax cylindrica. 



Til uram miiia albicans. 

 Hormosina ovicula. 

 Cydammina orbicularis. 

 Virgulina s tibdepressa. 



Haplophragmium rolulatiira. I Lagena longispina. 



LIST VII /). 



Lagena quadralata. 



„ trxmcata. 

 Truncatulina pyymma. 

 Nonionina pompilioides. 



The following are the 14 species known only from depths under 1000 fathoms, of 

 which 6 species are known only from shallow water under 150 fathoms as indicated : — 



Nubecularia inflata. | Spirillina obconica (shallow). 



Miliolina subrotunda (shallow). I ' „ tuberculata. 



Articulina funalis. \ „ vivipara. 



Reophax ampuUacca (shallow). 1 Patellina corrugata. 



Discorbina rosacea. 



„ vilardcboana (shallow). 



Polystomella crispa. 



Sa-grina raphanus. j Discorbina parisiensis (shallow). ! » maccUa (shallow). 



