Stylosphæra spinulosa, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 84, Taf. xxv. fig. 8.
Cortical shell thin walled, with spiny surface, and large, regular, circular pores, four times as broad as the bars; seven to eight on the half equator. Spines between the pores of the same size, conical. Polar spines also conical, but much larger; the major about as long as the main axis, the minor scarcely half as long; their basal thickness equals the largest pores.
Dimensions.—Major axis 0.1, minor 0.08; pores 0.012, bars 0.003; diameter of the spherical medullary shells 0.06 and 0.03; length of the major polar spine 0.09, of the minor 0.04, basal thickness 0.02.
Habitat.—Fossil in the Tertiary rocks of Barbados.
4. Xiphatractus sulcatus, Haeckel.
Stylosphæra sulcata, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 84, Taf. xxiv, fig. 6.
Cortical shell thick walled, with thorny surface, and regular, circular pores, quite as broad as the bars; nine to ten on the half equator. Polar spines cylindrical, with longitudinal basal furrows and conical apex, three times as broad as the pores; the larger about as long as the main axis, the shorter only one-half or two-thirds as long.
Dimensions.—Major axis 0.01, minor 0.08; pores and bars 0.007; main axes of the two medullary shells 0.08 and 0.04; length of the major polar spine 0.1, of the minor 0.06, breadth of them 0.02.
Habitat.—Fossil in the Barbados deposits.
5. Xiphatractus dasypus, n. sp.