1896.] 



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been sterilized, be opened until the consumer is ready to 

 use them, as contamination will almost invariably take 

 place. 



Some houses are listing as many as twenty different 

 varieties of culture media, at a very low price. These 

 are a great convenience to the investigator, relieving 

 him of the trouble of preparing his own material. — Bulle- 

 tiii of Pharmacy. 



Radiolaria; Two new Species from Barbados. 



By harry J. SUTTON, 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Staiirococcura locidata, n. sp. 



Phacoid shell three times as broad as the outer and 

 eight times as broad as the inner medullary shell, with 

 spongy surface, pores indistinct. Arms paddle-shapedj 

 one and one-half times as long as the phacoid shell and 



about four times as long as the phacoid shell and 

 about four times as long as broad at the base, with 

 pyramidal terminal spines at the distal ends, all spines 



