REPOET ON THE RADIOL ARIA. 759 



Dimensions. — Length of the spines 0'2 to 0'3, breadth in the naiddle part 0'012, on the base 0'02 ; 

 length of the apophyses 0'02 to 0'03. 



Habitat. — Mediterranean, Atlantic, Stations 348, 354, surface. 



2. Xiphacantha crucifera, u. sp. 



Spines slender, four-sided prismatic, thin, of nearly equal breadth throughout the whole length. 

 Base with small wing-cross. Four apophyses much nearer the proximal than the distal end, thin, 

 straight smooth, three to six times as long as the basal breadth of the spine. Central capsule pellucid, 

 with yellow bodies. 



Dimensions. — Length of the spines 0'4 to 0'5, breadth 0-002 to 0004 ; length of the apophyses 

 ()-01 to 0-02. 



Habitat. — Central Pacific, Station 266, surface. 



3. Xiphacantha spinulosa, HaeckeL 



Xiphacantha spinulosa, Haeckel, 1862, Monogr. d. EadioL, p. 388, Taf. xvii. fig. 4. 

 Acanthometra spinulosa, Haeckel, I860, Monatsber. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. "Wiss. Berlin, p. 807. 



Spines stout, four-sided prismatic, of nearly equal breadth throughout the whole length, on the 

 distal apex truncated, two-edged. Base with large wing-cross. Four apophyses about in the 

 middle of each spine, conical, straight, spinulated, twice to four times as long as the basal breadth of 

 the spine. Central capsule opaque, yellow. 



Dimensions. — Length of the spines 0"27, breadth 0'014 ; length of the apophyses O^OS. 



Habitat. — Mediterranean (Messina), surface. 



4. Xiphacantha emarginata, \\. sp. 



Spines stout, four-sided, in the proximal half prismatic, in the distal half jjyramidal, willi 

 emarginated apes. Base with very large wing-cross. Four apophyses about in the middle of each 

 spine, comjDressed, straight, two-edged, with emarginated ends, about twice as long as the basal 

 breadth of the spine. Central capsule small, pellucid. 



Dimensions. — Length of the spines 0-2 to 0-3, breadth 0-02 to 0-03 ; length of the apophyses 

 0-04 to 0-06. 



Habitat. — South Pacific, Station 291, surface. 



5. Xiphacantha falcata, n. sp. 



Spines slender, four-sided prismatic, gi-adually thickened from both ends towards the middle part, 

 with simple apex. Base with very small wing-cross. Four aj)ophyses about in the middle part of 

 each spine, falcated, compressed, recurved, twice to three times as long as the greatest breadth of 

 the spine. 



