Dimensions.—Length of the two major spines 0.3 to 0.4, breadth 0.008 to 0.012; length of the eighteen minor spines 0.1 to 0.2.
Habitat.—Cosmopolitan; Mediterranean, Atlantic, Pacific, surface.
9. Amphilonche conica, n. sp. (Pl. [132], fig. 6).
Two principal spines conical, elongate, with simple apex; base thickened, with large leaf-cross. Eighteen smaller spines also conical, of about the same basal breadth, but only one-fourth to one-half as long. Central capsule ellipsoidal, pellucid.
Dimensions.—Length of the two major spines 0.15 to 0.2, basal breadth 0.03 to 0.04; length of the eighteen minor spines 0.05 to 0.1.
Habitat.—Central Pacific, Stations 265 to 274, surface.
10. Amphilonche lancetta, n. sp.
Two principal spines compressed, lanceolate, two edged, gradually tapering from the broader middle towards the two ends; apex simple; base of double the breadth, with a large leaf-cross. Eighteen smaller spines of the same form, but shorter and only half as broad. Central capsule lentelliptical, pellucid.
Dimensions.—Length of the two major spines 0.2 to 0.3, breadth in the middle part 0.02 to 0.03; length of the eighteen smaller spines 0.1 to 0.2.
Habitat.—South Pacific, Station 288, surface.