REPORT ON THE RADIOLARIA. 1701 



The genus Haecheliana comprises the spherical Circoporida, with dimpled, porcellanous 

 shell, which are widely distributed, but rather rare, in depths between 2000 and 3000 

 fathoms. All the known species (six in number) are very closely related, and though 

 the extreme forms appear very different in size and structure, they are so connected by 

 a continuous series of intermediate forms, that they may be regarded as varieties of a 

 single species, first observed by Dr. John Murray, and called by him Haeckeliana 

 porcellana. The number of radial spines may be from sixteen to fifty-five, and is 

 usually between thu'ty and forty. Each is surrounded by a basal coronet of aspinal 

 pores, usually five, more rarely four or six; the number, however, is not constant in any 

 one species. • Each coronet is armed with an outer ring of by-spines. The surface of 

 the shell between the coronets is dimpled. The mouth (PI. 114, fig. 3) is about as large 

 as a corona, and also armed wdth a ring of by-spines. The structure of the thick 

 porcellanous shell and the radial spines is different from the other Circoporida. 



1. Haecheliana porcellana, John Murray (PL 114, fig. 6). 



Haeckeliana po)rella7ia, John Murray, 1879, in schedulis, Chall. Coll. 



Shell with forty to forty-five coronets, the majority of which have five pores (more rarely four or 

 six). Coronets broader than their intervals, and twice as broad as the length of the by-spines. 

 Dimples subcircular, of the same breadth as the pores. Main-spines about as long as the radius. 



Dimensions. — Diameter of the shell 0"37 to 042, of the coronets 0'06 to 0"07. 



Habitat. — South Pacific, Stations 289 to 293, depth 2025 to 2550 fathoms. 



2. Haecheliana maxima, n. sp. (PL 114, fig. 5). 



Shell with fifty to fifty-five coronets, the majority of which have six pores (more rarely five or 

 seven). Coronets broader than their intervals, and eight to ten times as broad as the length of the 

 by-spines. Dimples irregularly polygonal, of about the same breadth as the pores. Piadial main- 

 spines about as long as the diameter of the shell. 



Dimensions. — Diameter of the shell 0'5 to 0'52, of the coronets 0'08 to 0"09. 



Habitat. — Equatorial Atlantic, Station 347. depth 2250 fathoms. 



3. Haecheliana lamarchiana, n. sp. (PL 114, fig. 4). 



Shell with thirty-five to forty coronets, the majority of which have five pores (more rarely six or 

 fom-). Coronets broader than their intervals ; each funnel-shaped pore on the inside with a circle 

 of small conical thorns. By-spines rudimentary or wanting. Dimples iiregularly polygonal, lialf 

 as broad as the pores. Eadial main-spines shorter than the radius. 



Dimensions. — Diameter of the shell 038 to 0'45, of the coronets 0'06 to 0'07. 



Habitat. — South Atlantic, Stations 318 to 333, depth 2000 to 2900 fathoms. 



