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Genus 308. Tholospira,'^ n. gen. 



Definition. — Litlielida with double, trizonal or Zor?iac«7/rt -shaped medullary 



shell ; cortical shell subspherical or leutelliptical, constructed of a simple or double 



sjiiral of the sagittal girdle (or third cortical girdle) ; the spiral lamella revolving 

 around the transverse axis. 



The genus Tholospira represents the thu'd genus of Larcospirida. Whilst the 

 spiral growth of the cortical shell is produced in Larcospiixi by the first (trans- 

 verse) girdle of the Diplozonaria, in Pylospira by the second (lateral) girdle, in 

 TJioJospira it is effected by the third or sagittal girdle, Avhicli we found complete in 

 Py Ionium. If in this genus one wing of the sagittal girdle overgrow the other 

 remaining one and turn around the transverse axis, we get Tliolospirema, the first 

 subgenus of our genus, with simple sjiiral ; but if afterwards the second wing follow 

 the example of the first, and overgrow it from the other side, we get Tliolospironium, 

 with double spiral. 



Subgenus 1. Tliolospirema, Haeckel. 



Definition. — Spiral convolutions or turns of the cortical shell simple, only one 

 single wing of the sagittal gii'dle turning around the transverse axis. 



1. nwlospira nautiloidcs, n. sp. 



Cortical shell with smooth surface, five times as long as the leutelliptical medullary sliell. 

 Perimeter of the lateral plane elliptical, one and a half times as long as broad. Four internal 

 kidney-shaped gates (between the lateral wings of the transverse girdle, as in Tetrapyle). One 

 wing of the sagittal girdle turns around the other in two to two and a half sunple sjjiral 

 turns. 



Dimensions. — Length of the cortical shell 024, breadth 018 ; length of the medullary shell 

 0-05, breadth 0-04 



Habitat. — Indian Ocean, between Ceylon and Socotra, Haeckel, surface. 



2. TJiolospira spinosa, n. sp. 



Cortical shell covered with numerous (sixty to eighty or more) simple, bristle-like radial spines, 

 about the length of the shell. Perimeter of the lateral plane nearly quadrangular, with four 

 rounded corners (on the poles of two crossed diagonal axes), one and a half times as long as broad. 

 Eight internal egg-shaped gates (between the lateral wings of the transverse girdle and two axial 



' T/iofospiVn = Sliell with spiral domes; ^oAor, uTrn^a. 



