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As before stated, the longer hairs, or tubes, take their 
clusters fairly equidistant midway across the 
back 
To the question, What is the function of the strange 
coarse hairs, or tubes, and their peculiar apices, and what 
Purpose do they serve? I can find no definite answer. I do 
. presence of some m À 
milar, though much smaller, to the ‘‘spear-heads” on 
Lori €i anoaass; 
I have presented the tvpe of Loricella torri to the South 
Australian Murun. yP 
Fi DESCRIPTION OF PLATE X E» 
'E- l. Shell of Loricella angasi, Ad. and Ang., xi, showing in 
ues : ts e, slit, fringed margin, and spicules, p. 60. H 
» le. Girdle of same, x6, showing finger-like processes an 
: — 5 1b. Girdle and | rt shell f Loricella torri, n. sp., X9, p. 62. 
e le. Loricella angasi, Ad. "od Ang., x2, underside showing 
i al. : 2 
e Spear-headed spicules and girdle margin of same, x20. 
