REPORT ON THE RADIOLARIA. 925 



1. Plectanisctis cortiniscus, u. sp. (PL 91, fig. 9). 



Spines straight, three-sided prismatic, with three to four verticils of short perpendicular 

 branches ; the branches of the distal verticils are simple and free, those of the proximal verticils 

 again ramified and connected by an arachnoidal network of delicate threads. The vertical apical 

 spine (or horn) is scarcely one-third or half as long as the three divergent basal spines (or feet), and 

 the angle between it and the latter is smaller. 



Dimensions. — Length of the apical spine 0'05 to O'l, of the three basal spines 018 to 0'2. 



Hahitai. — North Pacific, Station 244, surface. 



2. Plectaniscus tripodiscus, n. sp. 



Spines curved, cylindrical, with a variable number of irregular branches, which in the distal 

 half of the spines are free, in the basal half again ramified and connected by a loose spongy frame- 

 work. The apical spine is shorter and simpler, nearly straight, less ramified. 



BiTnensions. — Length of the apical spine Ol, of the three basal spines 015 to 018. 



HaMtat. — North Pacific, Station 238, surface. 



3. Plectaniscus archiscenium, n. sp. 



Spines slightly curved, three-sided prismatic, with two to three verticils of short curved 

 branches. The vertical apical spine is about twice as long as the three basal spines, and connected 

 with them by an irregular loose framework. The three basal spines are connected together only by 

 a simple ring, so that between them remain three large coUar holes, like those of the similar and 

 closely allied Archiscenium quadrispinum (PI. 53, fig. 11). 



Dimensions. — Length of the apical spine 0'32, of the three basal spines 018. 



HaMtat. — South Pacific, Station 295, depth 1500 fathoms. 



4. Plectaniscus cladoscenium, ru sp. 



Spines curved, three-sided prismatic. The three basal spines pinnate, with four to five pairs of 

 opposite curved pinnulae ; the distal pairs are simple and free, the basal pairs branched and 

 connected by an irregular delicate framework, which together with the apical spine forms a spongy 

 cap-shaped shell, similar to Cladoscenium. Apical spine about half as long, simple. 



Dimensions. — Length of the apical spine 01, of the three basal spines 018, 



Habitat. — Central Pacific, Station 274, surface. 



5. Plectanisctis clatKi'ocorys, n. sp. 



Spines straight, three-sided prismatic, with seven or eight verticils of ramified branches, which 

 in the basal half are connected by an irregular loose framework. In the distal half each of the 

 three divergent basal spines (or feet) is connected with the longer apical spine (or horn) by a 



