[3c.] [Lithotrya cauta], latus, greatly magnified.

[3d.] [Lithotrya cauta], uppermost scales of the peduncle, greatly magnified.

[3e.] [Lithotrya cauta], star-shaped discs of hard chitine, supported on a peduncle of the same substance, taken from the lower exterior surface of the peduncle, very greatly magnified.

[4.] [Lithotrya rhodiopus], (magnified five times,) internal views of; (a), scutum; (b), tergum; (c), latus; (d), carina.

[5.] [Lithotrya Valentiana], (magnified between three and four times;) (a), internal view of scutum and tergum, locked together; (b), capitulum seen from vertically above; (c), internal view of carina; (d), section across the middle of the carina.

[TAB. IX.]

Fig.

[1.] [Lithotrya truncata], (magnified four times.)

[1a´.] [Lithotrya truncata], capitulum seen from vertically above, not so distinctly represented as in fig. 5 b, Pl. VIII.

[1b´.] [Lithotrya truncata], internal views of valves; (a), rostrum, with a few subjacent scales of the peduncle; (b), scutum; (c), tergum; (d), carina.