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5. Clathrocircus dictyospyris, n. sp. (PL 92, fig. 9). 



Sagittal ring ovate, thorny, with eight pau's of pores. The four apical and the four basal pores 

 are elliptical and far larger than the four dorsal and the four ventral pores. Eesembles a 

 Dictyospyris with open lateral gates. 



Dimensicms. — Height of the sagittal ring 0'08, breadth 0"06. 



Habitat. — Central Pacific, Station 272, depth 2600 fathoms. 



6. Clathrocircus multiforis, n. sp. (PI. 92, fig. 10). 



Sagittal ring circular, smooth, with ten to twelve pairs of roundish pores, forming together a 

 complete lattice-girdle with two parallel circular rows of pores. Four larger of these are the four 

 gates of the basal ring (two jugular and two cardinal pores). 



Dimensions. — Diameter of the ring O'l to 0'15, breadth 0"03 to 0'05. 



.fia6«!a!l.— Central Pacific, Stations 263 to 274, depth 2350 to 2925 fathoms. 



Subfamily 2. Cortiniscida, Haeckel. 



Definition. — S emantida with large, typical, regularly disposed basal feet (origiually 

 three cortinar feet, one odd caudal and two paired pectoral). 



Genus 411. Cortiniscus,^ n. gen. 



Definition. — S emantida with three ty|)ical basal feet (an odd caudal foot and two 

 paired lateral or pectoral feet). 



The genus Cortiniscus is of peculiar importance, as the common ancestral form of the 

 Cortiniscida, or those Semantida in which the basal ring is provided with tj^iical, 

 regularly disposed basal feet — three, four, or six. Since these typical basal feet (or 

 " cortinar feet ") are preserved in the greater number of all Nassellaeia, determining 

 their triradial structure, they possess a great morphological value. Cortiniscus exhibits 

 the same three primary feet as Cortina, from which it difi"ers in the production of two 

 or more basal pores (between the odd caudal and the paired lateral feet). 



1. Cortiniscus tripodiscus, n. sp. (PL 92, fig. 11). 



Sagittal ring ovate, thorny, with three prominent, distorted edges ; its dorsal rod nearly 

 straight and vertical, with one or two pairs of short thorns ; its ventral rod strongly curved, with 

 three or four pairs of divergent thorns. Basal ring larger than the sagittal ring, with two 

 semicircular gates and obUquely ascending halves, which on the inner and lower edge are smooth, 



1 CorimiscJis= Small cortina or tripod. 



