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conical, constricted at the base. Abdomen bottle-shaped. Pores in the thora.x irregular, 

 polygonal, in the alxlomen subregular, circular, qnincuucially disposed. 



Dimensions. — Length of the three joints, a 0-03, h O'OG, c 0-08 ; breadth, a 0-03, b O'OQ, c 0-08. 



Mabitat. — North Pacific, Station 253, surface. 



8. Theoc(yrys hyaloihorax, n. sp. 



Shell slender, ovate, with two deep strictures. Length of the three joints = 6:9:8, breadth = 

 7:12:11. Cephalis subspherical, with numerous densely-placed circular pores, and with a 

 pyramidal, slender horn of the same length. Thorax hemispherical, hyaline, without any pores. 

 Abdomen ovate, twice as broad as the constricted mouth, with two to four widely distant, 

 transverse rows of small, circular pores. 



Divicnsions. — Length of the three joints, a 0-024, h 0-036, c 0-032 ; breadth, a 0-028, b 0-048, 

 c 0-044. 



Habitat. — Tropical Pacific, Station 225, depth 4475 fathoms. 



9. Theocorys bachahunda, Haeckel. 



Thyrsoeyrtis bachabunda, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 84 

 Taf. xii. fig. 4. 



Shell inversely ovate, with two distinct strictures. Length of the three joints = 2 : 5 : 9, 

 breadth = 3:9:8. Cephalis subspherical, small, with a large cylindrical horn, which is half as 

 long as the whole shell, and armed with spines at the conical apex. Thorax conical, inflated, with 

 small, subregular, circular, quincuneial pores. Abdomen inversely ovate, with irregular, roundish, 

 pores of larger and smaller sizes mixed, gradually lessening towards the constricted mouth. 



Dimensions.- — Length of the three joints, a 0-02, b 0-05, c 0-09 ; breadth, a 0*03, b 0-09, c 0-08. 



Habitat. — Fossil in Barbados. 



10. Theocorys attenuata, Haeckel. 



EucyHidium aftenuatum, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhaudl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 70, 

 Taf. xi. fig. 16. 



vShell inversely ovate, with distinct collar, but indistinct lumbar stricture. Length of the 

 three joints = 2:5:5, breadth = 2:7:6. Cephalis hemispherical, with a short, oblique, conical 

 horn. Thorax inflated, campanulate, with small, regular, circular, quincuneial pores. Abdomen 

 inversely conical, with irregular pores of larger and smaller sizes mixed, gradually lessening towards 

 the truncated mouth. 



Dimensions. — Length of the three joints, a 0-02, b 0-05, c 0-05 ; a 0-025, b 0-07, c 0-06. 



Habitat. — Central Pacific, Station 268, depth 2900 fathoms ; also fossil in Barbados. 



11. Theocorys ohliqua, n. sp. (PI. 69, fig. 10). 



Shell inversely ovate, with distinct collar, but indistinct lumbar stricture. Length of the 

 three joints = 3 : 7 : 4, breadth = 4 : 9 : 8. Cephalis hemispherical, with a stout, pyramidal, oblique 

 (ZOOL. CDALL. EXP. — PART XL. — 1886.) Er 178 



