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Dimensions. Length of the cortical shell 017, breadth Oil, thickness 0'06 ; pores O'OOS to 

 0-012, bars 0'004 ; medullary sheU 0'03 to 0'06. 



Habitat. Pacific, central area, Station 274, depth 2750 fathoms. 



Genus 269. Larcidium, 1 n. geii. 





 Definition. Larcarida with two concentric latticed shells, an outer lentel- 



liptical cortical shell, and an inner (spherical or lentelliptical) medullary shell, both 

 connected by radial beams. Surface covered with radial spines. 



The genus Larcidium differs from the foregoing Coccolarcus only in the possession 

 of radial spines, and bears to it the same relation that Larcarium does to Cenolarcus. 

 The spines are commonly symmetrically disposed, opposite in pairs in the dimensive 

 axes, sometimes also in diagonal axes. 



1. Larcidium dissacanthum, n. sp. 



Cortical shell with thorny surface and regular network ; pores circular, hexagonally framed, 

 three times as broad as the bars ; about thirteen on the half meridian, eleven on the half equator. 

 Proportion of the three dimensive axes = 2:3:5. Medullary shell spherical, one-fourth as broad as 

 the cortical, connected with it by two thin beams, lying in the principal axis, and prolonged on its 

 poles into two strong conical spines, somewhat longer than the greatest axis. 



Dimensions. Length of the cortical shell (or principal axis) 015, breadth 0'09, thickness 0'07 ; 

 pores 0-015, bars 0'005 ; medullary shell 0'025. 



Habitat. North Pacific, Station 253, depth 3125 fathoms. 



2. Larcidium hexacanthum, n. sp. 



Cortical shell with smooth surface and regular network; pores circular, twice as broad as the 

 bars ; about eleven on the half meridian, nine on the half equator. Proportion of the three axes = 

 2 : 2'5 : 3. Medullary shell spherical, one-third as broad as the cortical. On the surface six strong, 

 three-sided pyramidal spines, all about as long as the breadth of the cortical shell. 



Dimensions. Length of the cortical shell 012, breadth 01, thickness 0'08 ; pores O'Ol, bars 

 O'OOo ; medullary shell 0'035. 



Habitat. Pacific, central area, Station 266, surface. 



3. Larcidium axacanthum, n. sp. 



Cortical shell with rough surface and irregular network ; pores roundish, twice to four times 

 as broad as the bars ; about fifteen to nineteen on the half meridian, twelve to fourteen on the half 

 1 Larcidium = Little basket, diminutive of Larcu* ; x{*/B;oi<. 



