2. Lophospyris acuminata, Haeckel.
Ceratospyris acuminata, R. Hertwig, 1879, Organism. d. Radiol., p. 70, Taf. vii. fig. 2.
Shell campanulate, smooth, without external transverse stricture. Cupola conical, half as long and broad as the nut-shaped cephalis. Pores irregularly roundish, on each side of the sagittal strictures much larger. Basal plate with four large triangular pores. Apical horn slender, prismatic; its outer free part of the same length as the inner columella, and as the two lateral feet, which are curved, shorter than half the ring.
Dimensions.—Shell 0.08 long, 0.09 broad; ring 0.06 long; horn and feet 0.03 long.
Habitat.—Mediterranean, Messina (R. Hertwig).
3. Lophospyris comosa, n. sp.
Shell ovate, spiny, with deep transverse stricture. Cupola large, campanulate, nearly as long and two-thirds as broad as the nut-shaped cephalis. Pores irregular, roundish, of little different size, Basal plate with numerous (eight to twelve) similar pores. Apical horn large, nearly as long as the shell, surrounded by a bunch of smaller divergent spines. Two lateral feet divergent, larger than the shell, cylindrical; at the distal end irregularly branched, at the base surrounded by some smaller spines.
Dimensions.—Shell 0.15 long, 0.11 broad; ring 0.08 long; feet 0.2 long.
Habitat.—Western Tropical Pacific, Station 206, depth 2100 fathoms.