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these lenses, marked as I have indicated, on a triple or 

 quadruple nose-piece, is not only a pleasure, l)ut a great 

 convenience. 



The accompanying illustration which is purely dia- 

 grammatical, represents a triple nose-piece with the ob- 

 jectives i, I and 1-5 attached removed from the body 

 tube. The nose-piece is so revolved that all. the upper 

 surfaces of the lenses are visible, disclosing tlieir desig- 

 nation. 



Radiolaria : A New Genius from Barbados. 



HARRY J. SUTTON. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Asti'ococcura. n. gen. 



Definition. — Coccodiscida with four chambered arms on 

 the margin of the circular or quadrangular disk, crossed 

 in two equatorial diameters, without a coiiiiecting pat- 

 agium. Medullary shell double. 



Astrococ'jura concinna, n. sp. 



Phacoid shell twice as broad as the outer mid four 



times as broad as the inner medullary slndl, with ten 

 pores on its radius, surrounded by one perfect chambered 

 ring. Arms fingered-shaped, as long as l)road at the 

 base, at the rounded distal ends about three-fourths as 

 broad. 



