1. Druppatractus ichthydium, n. sp.
Cortical shell thin walled, with smooth surface and regular network. Proportion of the major axis to the minor = 3 : 2. Pores circular, hexagonally framed, twice as broad as the bars; seven to eight on the half equator (as in Xiphostylus alcedo, Pl. [13], fig. 4). Medullary shell spherical, one-third as broad as the cortical shell. Polar spines straight, three-sided pyramidal, as broad at the base as one mesh; the longer equals the main axis of the cortical shell, the shorter only its half.
Dimensions.—Major axis of the ellipsoidal cortical shell 0.18, minor axis 0.12; pores 0.01, bars 0.005; diameter of the medullary shell 0.04; length of the major polar spine 0.16 to 0.2, of the minor 0.01 to 0.12, basal breadth 0.01.
Habitat.—Mediterranean (Corfu), surface, Haeckel.
2. Druppatractus hippocampus, n. sp. (Pl. [16], figs. 10, 11).
Stylosphæra hippocampus, Haeckel, 1881, Atlas, pl. xvi. figs. 10, 11.
Cortical shell thick walled, with smooth surface and regular network. Proportion of both axes = 7 : 6. Pores circular, hexagonally lobed, three times as broad as the bars; nine to ten on the half equator. Medullary shell ellipsoidal, nearly half as large as the cortical. Larger polar spine horn-like curved, as long as the main axis, smaller scarcely half as long, pommel-shaped.
Dimensions.—Major axis 0.09, minor 0.075; pores 0.01, bars 0.003; axes of the medullary shell 0.04 and 0.03; length of the larger polar spine 0.06 to 0.09, of the smaller 0.04, basal breadth 0.02.
Habitat.—Pacific, central area, Stations 270 to 272, surface.
3. Druppatractus belone, n. sp.