492 DR G. S. BRADY ON 



Pontocypris sicula, n. sp. (PI. I. figs. 7, 8). 



Shell, seen from the side, slender, awl-shaped; greatest height equal to about one-third 

 of the length, and situated near the middle. Anterior extremity depressed, rounded and 

 narrowed ; posterior excessively depressed, produced and tapered to an acute point on the 

 level of the ventral border ; dorsal margin arched, highest near the middle, forming a 

 gentle curve in front, but sloping steeply and in a right line quite to the posterior 

 extremity ; ventral margin straight. Seen from above, the outline is lanceolate, four 

 times as long as broad, broadest in front of the middle, acutely pointed behind, subacutely 

 in front. Surface of the valves smooth, covered with closely-set, minute, impressed 

 puncta. Length 9 mm. 



Habitat. — Sava-Sava Bay, 4 fathoms. 



Fam. Bairdiid^e. 

 Genus Macrocypris, G. S. Brady. 



Macrocypris decora, G. S. Brady. 



Macrocypris decora, Brady, " Ostracoda of Challenger Expedition," p. 44, pi. i. fig. 3 a-d and 

 pi. vi. fig. 8 a-b. 



Found in shore-sand, Porcheron's Beach and near Artillery Point, Noumea ; dredged 

 in the port of Noumea, 3-6 fathoms ; and between tide-marks, Vuna Point, Taviuni. 



Genus Bairdia, M'Coy. 



Bairdia simplex, G. S. Brady. 



Bairdia simplex, Brady, " Ostracoda of Challenger Expedition," p. 51, pi. vii. fig. 1 a-d. 



Habitat. — Vuna Point, Taviuni, Fiji, between tide-marks. The types were taken by 

 the " Challenger" off Heard Island. 



Bairdia amygdaloides, G. S. Brady. 



Bairdia amyydaloides, Brady, " Ostracoda of Challenger Expedition," p. 54, pi. ix. fig. 5 a-f, 

 pi. x. fig. 2 a-e. 



Habitat. — Port of Noumea, 3-6 fathoms ; Suva, reef ; Levuka, between tide-marks ; 

 Mango Island, fringing reef; Rambe' Island, between tide marks ; amongst shore-sand, 

 Loma-Loma ; Vuna Point, Taviuni, between tide-marks. 



A very fine series of this species occurred in several of the gatherings above mentioned. 

 In the living condition the shell is beautifully blotched with chocolate-brown, and is 

 usually smooth or nearly so — never more than very moderately punctate, sometimes 

 also bearing a few scattered silky hairs. The posterior extremity never has any well- 

 developed beak, but ends acutely, sometimes in a single small spine. The marginal 



