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covered over by a continuous dermal cortex. The tubar skeleton is articulate, the first 

 Joint Itfinij fortntd of chiactines. 



The above only differs from Dendy's definition of Syctttidse by the addition of the 

 words in italics. 



STRITTOOONUS. 



Chiphorids in which the radial chamlwrs are usually more or less united at places 

 where they come in contact with one another, and are always crowned at the distal 

 extremity with tufts of oxeote spicules. The tubar skeleton is articulate, the first 

 joint being formed of chiactines. 



The definition of this new genus in the Chiphoridse corresponds to that of Sycon 

 in the Sycettidee. 



STREPTOCONUS AUSTRALIA 

 (Plate XXVII., Fig. 3, and Plates XXXII. and XXXIII., Figs. 75-80.) 



There are three specimens of this new species in the collection ; all are small, 

 shaped like a Florence flask and covered with long projecting oxea, sec Fig. 3. They 

 arc white as preserved in spirits. 



Their dimensions are between 7 mm. x 3 mm. and 10 mm. x 4 mm. 



The gastrnl cavity terminates in a long oscular collar 2 mm. to 3 mm. long, 

 with slightly everted edge crowned with a fringe of slender hastate oxea. 



The Inxly wall is made up of the radial flagellated chambers (sec Fig. 75 ), which 

 touch each other for most of their length and have large projecting distal cones 

 crowned by tufts of long slightly l)ent hastate oxea ; these oxea converge in cones over 

 the chambers, and then, crossing spirally, spread out and interlace. Each chamber 

 opens separately into the gas t ml cavity. In tangential section the chambers appear 

 more or less regularly arranged as hexagons with triangular intercanals. 



The Skeleton. The whole gastral cavity and oscular tul>e is lined with a sparse 

 layer of large quadriradiates (see Figs. 77 and 79), regularly arranged with the *Ttiiml 

 ray pointing downwards and the apical ray projecting into the gastral cavity ; the apical 

 ray is slightly bent orally. A few of these large radiates appear to lack the apical ray. 



The radial chambers have articulated skeletons (see Fig. 75), the proximal joint 

 consisting of chiactines, all of which have their apical rays turned towards the 

 flagellated chamber, so that when looking at the gastral surface the apical rays appear 

 to form a protection to the apopyle (see Fig. 79). The upper joints of the articulated 

 skeleton of the flagellated chamber consist of triradiates of ordinary form. The 

 unpaired rays of the outermost triradiates project, with the oxea, forming the bases 

 of the large distal tufts. 



The oscular collar has a very fragile skeleton consisting of large qu ad ri radiates 

 widely spaced (see Fig. 77). On the outside it is thinly covered with long 

 oxea which project downwards and outwards at an angle of about 45 from the axis. 



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