Dr. T. Wright o)i the Cassidulidae of the Oolites. 213 



Spatanyus ovalis, Parkinson, Org. Rem. vol. iii. tab. 3. fig. 3 ; Phil- 

 lips, Geol. of Yorksh. vol. i. p. 127. tab. 4. fig. 23 ; Young and 

 Bird, Geol. of York. pi. 6. fig. 9. 



Var. A. Dysaster projiinquus, A'^disn.l£ic\im. Foss. Suisse, i. p. 2. tab. 1. 

 fig. 1-3 ; Desor, Monogr. des Dysaster, p. 14. tab. 3. fig. 24-26 ; 

 Agassiz and Desor's Catalogue raisonne des Echinides, p. 32. 



Var. B. Dysaster trimcatus, Dubois, Voy. au Cauc. (Ser.Geol.) tab. 1. 

 fig. 1 ; Desor, Monogr. des Dysaster, p. 1 7. tab. 13, des Galerites, 

 fig. 8-1 1 ; Agassiz and Desor, Cat. raisonne des Echinides, p. 32. 



Var. major. Height l^^ths of an inch, antero-posterior dia- 

 meter 1 inch and j^ths, transverse diameter 1 inch and y^^ths. 



Var. minor. Height l^fths of an inch, antero-posterior dia- 

 meter 1 inch and y^ths, transverse diameter ^^^ths of an inch. 



Description. — The general outline of this Dysaster is oval, the 

 anterior border however forms the segment of a larger circle 

 than the posterior border, which is produced and truncated ; the 

 upper surface is uniformly convex, the sides are tumid, and the 

 base is flat ; the ambulacral arese are relatively wide, the anterior 

 single ambulacrum and the antero-lateral ambulacral areae con- 

 verge at the apical disc, near the centre of the back ; the single 

 area descends in a depression which grooves the anterior border 

 of the test, and the base thereof as far as the mouth ; the antero- 

 lateral ambulacra are gently sinuous, and form graceful curves 

 over the sides of the shell, having their apices separated from 

 that of the single area by the anterior pair of ovarial plates ; the 

 postero-lateral ambulacra are relatively wider than the antero- 

 laterals, they take a straight direction at the base, are slightly 

 sinuous on the sides, and converge at about the posterior third 

 of the back, at a point about midway between the apical disc and 

 the anal opening. The interambulacral arese are formed of large 

 plates, the single area is produced and sometimes truncated, and 

 the anal opening is situated at the superior part of the posterior 

 border between the point of convergence of the postero-lateral 

 ambulacra and the basal angle. 



The mouth-opening is excentral and lodged in a depression 

 near the anterior border, about the anterior fourth of the base ; 

 the surface of the shell is covered with small tubercles, very uni- 

 form in size on the different parts thereof; the interambulacral 

 plates are convex inferiorly and concave superiorly, whilst the 

 ambulacral plates are united together by straight sutures ; the 

 pores are small and distinct, and more numerous in the avenues 

 than in the preceding species ; the apical disc is formed of four 

 ovarial plates and three large ocular plates, the mode of arrange- 

 ment appearing to resemble that described in D, ringenSy but we 

 cannot state precisely their structure from the condition of the 

 test. 



