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Dimensions. — Diameter of the shell 0-13, larger pores 0-03, smaller 0003 ; length of the 

 spines 0'03. 



Habitat. — -Mediterranean (Nice), surface. 



22. AcanthosphcBra longispina, u. sp. 



Shell thin walled, with in-egular polygonal meshes, four to six times as broad as the bars ; six 

 to eight on the radius. Thirty to forty radial spines, three-sided prismatic, twice as broad as the 

 bars, twice to three times as long as the diameter of the shell. 



Dimensions. — Diameter of the shell 012 to 0-15, pores 0-012 to 0-02, bars 0-003 ; length of the 

 radial spines 0-2 to 0-4, breadth 0-006. 



Habitat. — North Pacific, Station 253, surface. 



23. Acanthosphcera brevispina, n. sp. 



Shell thick walled, with irregular polygonal meshes, twice to four times as broad as the bars ; 

 twelve to sixteen on the radius. Sixty to eighty radial spines, pyramidal, half as long as the radius 

 of the shell, one-fourth as broad at the base. 



Dimensions. — Diameter of the shell 0-2 to 0-22, pores 0-006 to 0-012, bars 0-003 ; length of the 

 spines 0-05, basal breadth 0-02. 



Habitat. — Central Pacific, Station 268, depth 2900 fathoms. 



24. AcanthospjhcBra acantJiica, Haeckel. 



Cenosphcera acanthica, Stohr, 1880, Palseontogr., vol. xxvi. p. 86, Taf. i. fig. 3. 



Shell thick walled, with irregular, roundish pores, twice to three times as broad as the bars ; 

 seven to nine on the radius. Ten to twenty radial spines pyramidal, shorter than the radius, 

 twice as broad at the base as one mesh. 



Dimensions. — Diameter of the shell 0-12 to O'lG, pores 0-006 to 0-009, bars 0-003 ; length of 

 the spines 0-04 to 0-06, basal breadth 0-01 to 0-015. 



Habitat. — Fossil in Tertiary rocks of Sicily and Barbados. 



25. AcanthosphcBra haliphormis, Ehrenberg. 



Acanthosphcera haliphormis, Ehrenberg, 1861, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, 1872, Taf. iL 

 fig. 1. 



Shell thick walled, with irregular, roundish pores, twice to four times as broad as the bars ; four 

 to five on the radius. Twelve to twenty radial spines pyramidal, longer than the radius, scarcely 

 as broad as one mesh at the base. 



Dimensions. — Diameter of the shell Oil, pores D'Ol to 0-02, bars 0-005 ; length of the spines 

 0-06 to 0-08, basal breadth 0-01. 



Habitat. — Arctic Ocean, near Greenland, depth 1000 fathoms. 



