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6. Zygocircus hexagonus, n. sp. 



Gate irregularly hexagonal. Ring obliquely hexagonal, thick, without edges, with six short 

 and stout conical spines on the six corners. The two spines of the curved ventral rod are 

 longer than the two spines of the straight dorsal rod. The apical spine is smaller and the basal 

 spine larger than the four others. 



DinieimoTis. — Diameter of the gate 0"07 to 0"09 ; length of the spines O'Ol to O^OS. 



Habitat. — North Pacific, Station 241, depth 2300 fathoms. 



7. Zygocircus triquetrus, n. sp. (PI. 81, fig. 3). 



Gate obliquely ovate. Pang obliquely hexagonal, with three sharp edges and three short conical 

 spines on each of the six corners. Therefore each hexagonal edge bears six short radial spines of 

 equal size. 



Dimensions. — Diameter of the gate 0'04 to 0'08 ; length of the spines O'Ol to 0'02. 



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



8, Zygocircus dodecanthus, n. sp. 



Gate semicircular. Eing semicircular or irregularly hexagonal, without edges, with twelve short 

 blunt spines, arising in pairs from the six corners ; two apical, two basal, and between them two 

 equatorial corners. Three pairs of spines remain on the straight dorsal rod, three on the curved 

 ventral rod. 



Dimensions. — Diameter of the gate 0-04 to 0-06 ; length of the spines O'Ol to 0'02. 



Habitat. — Central Pacific, Stations 263 to 268 ; depth 2650 to 2900 fathoms. 



9. Zygocircus acacia, n. sp. (PL 81, fig. 5). 



Gate obliquely ovate. Eing semi-ovate, with straight dorsal and curved ventral rod, partly with 

 distorted edges. Six bunches of numerous short and straight conical spines arise from the ring, one 

 larger bunch (often trifid) from the apex, two smaller bunches from the dorsal, two from the 

 ventral rod, and one very large bunch from the base. The six bunches are often more sej^arated, 

 smaller, and the spines shorter than in the figured specimen, which passes over into Derulrocircus. 



Dimensions. — Diameter of the gate 012 to 0"16 ; length of the spines, 0-01 to 0'07. 



Haiitat. — Central Pacific, Station 266, depth 2750 fathoms. 



10. Zygocircus polygonus, n. sf). (PI. 81, fig. 2). 



Gate irregularly roundish or ovate. Eing irregularly pol3-gonal or sometimes nearly circular, 

 without edges, armed with a single series of ten to fifteen short pyramidal spines, which are irregularly 



