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Spicule \' ■ ill «'t" thr bar-like form, the bars often being sotnewhat expanded 



distally. I h<ir ends are evenly rounded and their surfaa • are quite «mooth showing merel) 

 a very fine, dei [ranulated appearance under moderately high powers ol the microscope, 



rheir profil* .mooth, nol showing verruca; or points "i anj I li>\ resemble in form 



certain spicules found in the I>iil.i Bathygorgia profunda, but ar<- smoother than any 



others that the writer has seen. 



lor rh< colon) is ver) light brown and the axis is the same. 



'Tliis remarkable form shows a close resemblance to certain Isidae, and would be jilaced 

 in that family were the axis jointed It .i1m> shows an approach to the Primnoidae in th<- cha- 

 i the operculum. 



