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2. Pteropilium ItopliU's, ii. sp. 



Shell in the general form ami in the irregular, quadrangular fenestration similar to the 

 preceding species, but more heavy and with different proportions. Length of the three joints = 

 1:6:4, breadth = 2:6:8. Cephalis twice as broad as in Pteropilium stratiotes. Thorax more 

 slender and subovate. Abdomen truncate, conical, gradually dilated, with straight, non-geniculate 

 outline. Network coarser, with larger square meshes and thicker bars. 



Dimensions.— Length of the three joints, a 0-03, h 012, c 008 ; breadth, a 0-05, b 012, c 016. 



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



3. Pteropilium ecpies, n. sp. 



Shell in the general form and in the in'egular, quadrangular fenestration similar to those of the two 

 preceding species, but more slender and with different proportions. Length of the three joints = 

 1:3:2, breadth = 2:4:4. Cephalis flatter. Thorax subcouical, also flatter. Abdomen short, 

 cylindrical, with straight outline. Network looser than in the two preceding species, with larger 

 square meshes and thinner bars. 



Dimensions. — Length of the three joints, « 0-03, b 0-08, e 0-06 ; breadth a 0-06, b 012, c 012. 



Habitat. — Central Pacific, Station 274, depth 2750 fathoms. 



Subgenus 2. Arachnopilium, Haeckel, 1881, Prodromus, p. 435. 

 Definition. — Thorax with three large lateral holes between the three latticed wings. 



4. Pteropilium elathrocanium , n. sp. (PL 64, fig. 7). 



Arachnopilium elathrocanium, Haeckel, Prodromns, 1881, p. 435. 



Shell very delicate, with two deep strictures. Length of the three joints = 2:4:2, 

 breadth = 2:10:5. Cephalis subspherical, with circular, polygonaUy-framed pores, and a central, 

 three-sided pyramidal, apical horn of twice the length. Thorax three-sided pyramidal, with 

 three large, ovate holes between three prominent latticed wings. From its surface arises a very 

 deUcate, arachnoidal network with irregular, polygonal meshes, enveloping also the entire cephalis. 

 Abdomen wide and short, as long as the cephalis, and half as broad as the distance of the wings, 

 twice as broad as the constricted mouth. 



Dimensions. — Length of the three joints, a 0-04, b 0'08, c 0-04 ; breadth, a O'Oo, b O'Z, c 01. 



Habitat. — Central Pacific, Station 271, depth 2425 fathoms. 



