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1. PARACYPRIS ZEALANDICA. G. S. Brapr. (Fig. 17). 
1880. Phlyctenophora Zealandica. G. S. Brapy, 5, p. 33, t. 3, f. 1. 
1912. Paracypris Zealandica. G. W. Mürrer, 11, p. 126. 
Of these Ostracods comparatively few remnants have been pre- 
served viz. a few loose valves and one entire carapace. 
The thin valves are quite transparent, with a pearly lustre or 
they are of a chalky white colour. 
The entire carapace has a length of 0,78 mm., a height of 0,37 
mm. and a width of 0,35 mm. 
The reasons for my classing these rests with Paracypris Zealan- 
dica, which according to Mürrer is found alive near New Guinea, 
New Zealand and Australia, though only the hard parts were at 
my disposal, is, because in all important points they are in accord- 
ance with the illustrations and the deseription which Brapy gives 
of this now living species. 
The height of the carapace is about half the length and as large 
as the width, so that it is more or less cylindrical. The dorsal edge 
however is rather convex, the ventral one slightly concave. The 
anterior edge, which merges imperceptibly into the dorsal and ven- 
tral ones is rounded. The posterior part of the carapace ends in a 
fairly obtuse point. 
The hinge lines contain no teeth. The left valve shows on all 
ridges a furrow, while those of the right valve are sharp everywhere. 
The calcified part of the inner sheet is narrow in the case of the 
hinge line and otherwise rather wide. This is especially so. at the 
anterior part, while it gets narrower along the ventral edge towards 
the posterior end. 
The ‘Verwachsungslinie’ is not at all parallel with the ““Innen- 
rand”. The first proceeds with large curves. These lines approach 
each other prominently in the middle of the anterior, the ventral 
and the posterior edge. The result of this is, that the “Porenkanäle”, 
which are very much bifurcated and scattered and which are to be 
found in these places are very long and much shorter in the parts 
that lie between. 
The peculiar sculpture which the nether part of the shell shows 
and which was sketched by Brapy is a result of the qualities of 
the inner sheet, which we discussed just now. 
According to Brapy the carapace of the now living animals pos- 
sesses dark strigae. [ have not been able to see these, but it is 
quite possible that they have disappeared. On the other hand little 
round elevations are to be found on the outside of the valves in 
