Shell ovate, thorny, with two distinct strictures. Length of the three joints = 2 : 5 : 5, breadth = 3 : 8 : 9. Cephalis subspherical, with a large conical horn, which is half as long as the shell, and spirally dentated in the distal half. Thorax conical, spinulate, with regular, circular, quincuncial pores. Abdomen tuberculate, with a small number of very large irregular pores. Feet short, shovel-shaped, nearly vertical, as long as the cephalis.
Dimensions.—Length of the three joints, a 0.02, b 0.05, c 0.05; breadth, a 0.03, b 0.08, c 0.09.
Habitat.—Fossil in Barbados.
43. Podocyrtis sphærogaster, n. sp.
Shell inversely ovate, with two deep strictures. Length of the three joints = 1 : 2 : 6, breadth = 2 : 4 : 7. Cephalis hemispherical, with a slender, slightly bent horn, as long as the abdomen. Thorax hemispherical, spinulate. Abdomen nearly spherical, with much constricted mouth. Pores subregular, circular, hexagonally framed. Feet slender, cylindro-conical, about as long as the shell, with outer convexity, distinctly convergent.
Dimensions.—Length of the three joints, a 0.02, b 0.04, c 0.12; breadth, a 0.04, b 0.08, c 0.14.
Habitat.—Central Pacific, Station 266, depth 2750 fathoms.
44. Podocyrtis tripus, Haeckel.
Podocyrtis bicornis, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 80, Taf. xvi. fig. 8.
? Podocyrtis dipus, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 83, Taf. xii. Fig. 11.