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circular, quincuncial, four times as large in the abdomen as in the thorax. Feet short and broad, 

 triangular, shovel-shaped, with convergent ends. This species is similar to Podocyrtis hrevipes, but 

 differs in the form and size of the horn and of the feet. 



Dimensions. — Length of the three joints, a 0-02, h O'OS, c 0-05 ; breadth, a 0-02, I 0-04, c 0-08. 



Habitat. — Central Pacific, Stations 263 to 274, depth 2350 to 2925 fathoms. 



38. Podocyrtis lithoconus, n. sp. (PL 72, fig. 3). 



Shell conical, thick-walled, smooth, with two sKght strictures. Length of the three joints = 

 2:3:6, breadth = 2:4:7. CephaUs hemispherical, with a spindle-shaped horn of the same length. 

 Pores subregular, circular, two to four times as broad in the abdomen as in the thorax. Feet 

 triangular, shovel-shaped, nearly vertical, as long as the cephalis. 



Dimensions. — Length of the three joints, «■ 0-03, h 0-06, c 012 ; breadth, « 0-04, I 0-08, c 0-14. 



Habitat. — Central Pacific, Station 270, depth 2925 fathoms. 



39. Podocyrtis a,m23la, Ehrenberg. 



Podocyrtis ampla, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 80,Taf. xvi. fig. 7. 



Shell conical, thick-walled, with distinct collar, but without lumbar stricture. Length of the 

 three joints = 1:4:5, breadth =1:6:7. Cephalis hemispherical, with a large conical horn, as long 

 as the thorax. Pores regular, circular, quincuncial, three times as broad in the rough abdomen as 

 in the smooth thorax. Feet very small, shovel-shaped, only as long as the cephalis. 



Dimensions.- — Length of the three joints, a 0-02, b 0-08, c 01 ; breadth, a O'Oo, b 012, c 014. 



Habitat. — North Atlantic (Florida) ; also fossil in Barbados. 



40. Podocyrtis nana, Ehrenberg. 



Podocyrtis nana, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 82, Taf. xvii. fig. 2. 



Shell conical, thorny, with two distinct strictures. Length of the three joints = 1:3:3, 

 breadth = 2:5:6. Cephalis hemisiDherical, with a large cylindrical horn, nearly as long as the 

 shell. Pores in the abdomen irregular, roundish, two to four times as broad as the regular, 

 circular, quincuncial pores of the thorax. Feet very small, shovel-shaped, scarcely as long as the 

 cephalis. 



Dimensions. — Length of the three joints, a 0-01, b O'Oo, c 01)3 ; breadth, a 0-02, b 0-05,c'0-06. 



Habitat. — South Atlantic, Station 335, depth 1425 fathoms ; also fossil in Barbados. 



41. Podocyrtis lycea, Haeckel. 



Thyrsor.ijrtis lijwa, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wis.'^. Berlin, p. 84, Taf. xii. fig. 3. 



Shell ovate, conical, with two deep strictures. Length of the three joints = 2:5:8, breadth 

 = 3:8:9. Cephalis hemispherical, with a large conical horn, which is spinulate, scaly, and as 



