FARREA OCCA SCUTELLA. 119 
provided with lateral spines and a terminal verticil (‘“‘dise’”’) of such, like the 
secondary end-rays. I consider these simple rays as ordinary end-rays which 
have not coalesced with others to form pseudomain-rays and which are not 
divided distally into branches (secondary end-rays). 
I am inclined to consider the specimen above described as the basal part of a 
higher, perhaps cup-shaped, sponge, the upper parts of which may have been 
either nipped off by the Dicranodromia, which used it as tent and shield, or torn 
off during capture. 
Since hexactine megascleres are absent and since the sponge possesses 
hypodermal pentactines, mostly diactine spiny dermals, oxyhexasters, hemioxy- 
hexasters, microoxyhexactines, small discohexasters, and discoctasters, I think 
there can be little doubt that it belongs to Staurocalyptus, although its gastral 
spicules are unknown. It differs from all the species of this genus hitherto 
described by the possession of oxyhexactines and hemioxyhexasters with hook- 
like rays. This and other minor differences necessitate the establishment of a 
new species for it. 
EURETIDAE Zire. 
Hexasterophora the body of which is calyculate or composed of ramified or 
anastomosing, thin-walled tubes. With a firm reticulate supporting skeleton- 
net. Among the free spicules are always uncinates and either scopules or 
clavules. With oxyhexasters or discohexasters or both. 
The collection contains nine more or less complete specimens and twenty 
fragments of this family. The generic position of two specimens and twelve 
fragments is doubtful. The others belong to the two genera Farrea and Eurete. 
FARREA BoweERrBANK. 
Kuretidae with clavules, without scopules. 
There are four more or less complete specimens which represent a new 
variety of Farrea occa Bowerbank. Hight fragments apparently belong to two 
distinct forms which, however, cannot be specifically determined. 
Farrea occa scutella, var. nov. 
Plate 25, figs. 25-29; Plate 26, figs. 1-21; Plate 27, figs. 1-17. 
The collection contains four more or less fragmentary specimens of this 
sponge, all trawled off the southern coast of western Panama at Station 4621 on 
21 October, 1914; 6° 36’ N., 81° 44’ W.; depth 1067 m. (581 f.); they grew on 
green mud and rock; the bottom-temperature was 40.5°. 
