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Rh 8. Druppatractus lævis, Haeckel.

Stylosphæra lævis, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 84, Taf. xxv. fig. 6.

Cortical shell thin walled, smooth, with irregular network. Proportion of the two axes = 3 : 2. Pores roundish or subcircular, of different size, one-half to twice as broad as the bars; eight to ten on the half equator. Medullary shell ellipsoidal, one-third as large as the cortical shell. Polar spines conical, the larger and thinner nearly as long as the main axis, the shorter and thicker scarcely one-third as long.

Dimensions.—Major axis 0.07 to 0.1, minor 0.05 to 0.07; pores and bars 0.005 to 0.01; axes of the medullary shell 0.03 and 0.02; length of the major polar spine 0.06 to 0.09, of the shorter 0.03 to 0.04.

Habitat.—Cosmopolitan; Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, surface.

9. Druppatractus xiphias, n. sp.

Cortical shell thick walled, smooth, with irregular network. Proportion of the two axes = 6 : 5. Pores funnel-shaped, composed of two to four confluent smaller porules, twice to four times as broad as the bars; ten to twelve on the half equator. Medullary shell spherical, half as broad. Polar spines three-sided pyramidal, the larger about as long as the main axis, the shorter one-third to one-half as long.

Dimensions.—Major axis 0.12, minor 0.1; pores 0.012 to 0.018, bars 0.004; diameter of the medullary shell 0.05; length of the major polar spine 0.1, of the minor 0.03 to 0.05.

Habitat.—Pacific, central area, Station 268, depth 2900 fathoms.

Definition.—Network of the cortical shell irregular, with meshes of unequal size or dissimilar form; surface thorny or papillose, covered with small spines or tubercles.

10. Druppatractus diodon, n. sp.

Cortical shell thin walled, thorny, with irregular network. Proportion of the two axes = 5 : 4. Pores simple, irregular, roundish, twice to four times as broad as the bars; eight to ten on the half equator. Medullary shell spherical, half as broad. Polar spines conical, more or less curved; the major longer than the main axis, the minor scarcely half as long. (Resembles Sphærostylus ophidium, Pl. 16, figs. 14, 15, but differs from it in the prolongation of the main axis.)

Dimensions.—Major axis 0.15, minor 0.12; pores 0.01 to 0.02, bars 0.005; diameter of the medullary shell 0.06; length of the larger polar spine 0.12 to 0.18, of the shorter 0.06 to 0.08, basal thickness 0.003.

Habitat.—Pacific, central area, Station 274, surface.