118 Principal J. W. Dawson on Mr, Carter s 



pyi'iform, somewhat compressed and subacuminate at top ; 

 opening- behind curved, tubular. Growth lax, straggling, 

 irregular. 



Hob. Swain's Bay. 



It has much of the habit and general aspect of Crisidia 

 cjeniculata^ but differs in the number of cells in the internode, 

 the very sparse punctuation of the surface, and in the form of 

 the oooecia. 



Fam. Tubuliporidae. 



Genus TuBULiPORA, Lam. 



T^ibulipora stellata, n. sp.? 



Zoarium irregularly stellate ; zoooecia diverging from the 

 centre in all directions. 



Ilab. Swain's Bay, Kerguelen's Island (Eaton). 



Fam. Discoporellidae. 



Genus DiscoPOEELLA, Bk. 



Diseoporella infundihuliformis^ n. sp. 



Zoarium stipitate infundibuliform : zoooecia arising from 

 the interior of the funnel ; mouth expanded, with five or six 

 acute teeth. 



Hob. Swain's Bay, Kerguelen's Island (Eaton). 



Diseoporella canalicidata, n. sp. 



Zoarium circular, bordered, slightly convex ; tubes very 

 irregularly uniserial, with a raised canalicular fillet on one 

 side ; interspaces cancellous. 



Hah. Swain's Bay, Kerguelen's Island (Eaton). 



XIV. — 0?i Mr. Carter's Objections to Eozoon. 

 By Principal J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S. 



With reference to these, as stated in the December number 

 of the 'Annals,' I beg to make an explanation as to matters 

 of fact. The woodcut which Mr. Carter criticises was intro- 

 duced into my little book in connexion with the history of 

 the discovery of Eozoon^ and as an illustration from Dr. Car- 

 penter of the tubulated wall first recognized by him. There 

 are in the book several other illustrations of these structures, 

 though of course not nearly so many as my collections could 

 furnish. The appearance of this cut as an illustration of my 

 note in ' Nature ' was an accident for which I am not respon- 



