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going species, but smaller, about 18 (.i long, and shaft more evenly 
curved, not straight in the middle. 3. sigmata, regular or con- 
torted, 14—35 (.i. 
Genus Myxilla, O. Schm. 
MyxiWa. tornotata nov. sp. 
1 mile E. of Auckland Island, on floating Lessonia. 28/XI.1914. 
Fig. 21. Myxilla tornotata, nov. sp. a. styli; h, tornota; c, sigmata; d, anchorae. 
One specimen, a fragment; the sponge seems to be irregul- 
arly lumpshaped; greatest extension ca. 20 mm. Surface finely 
hispid. Oscula? ostia? Consistence soft. Colour light reddish. 
Skeleton consists of stout but ill-defined main-fibres, running 
somewhat parallel with the surface at a mutual distance equal to 
the length of one style; they are often dissolved into a diffuse 
mass of spicules. Secondary fibres are represented by spicules 
lying transversely between the main fibres at angles approaching 
the right. Both main and secondary fibres consist of styli and tor- 
nota indiscriminately; numerous sigmata, anchorae and alsomega 
sclera are scattered about in the tissues. 
