Pterocanium sphinx, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 255, Taf. xvii. fig. 5.
Shell slenderly conical, with three slight strictures. Each of the two last joints as long as the two first joints together. Cephalis hemispherical. Third joint with three prominent, divergent ribs, which are prolonged along the fourth joint into three latticed, triangular wings, ending in a free, strong, conical spine. Pores subregular, circular, twice as broad in the fourth joint as in the third, and three times as broad as in the second joint.
Dimensions.—Length of the shell (with four joints) 0.15, of the single joints, a 0.02, b 0.03, c 0.05, d 0.05; breadth of the third joint 0.09, of the fourth joint 0.06.
Habitat.—Fossil in Barbados.
2. Pteropilium bombus, Haeckel.
Pterocanium bombus, Ehrenberg, 1875, Abhandl. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 82, Taf. xvii. fig. 4.
Shell broadly conical, with three deep strictures. Length and breadth of the four joints, gradually increasing giving the proportion 2 : 4 : 5 : 6. Cephalis hemispherical, second joint with three prominent ribs, which are prolonged along the third and fourth joints into three slender, triangular pointed wings, with few pores at the base. Pores of the shell subregular, circular.
Dimensions.—Length of the shell (with four joints) 0.17, of the single joints, a 0.02, b 0.04, c 0.05, d 0.06; basal breadth 0.11.
Habitat.—Fossil in Barbados.
3. Pteropilium pyramis, n. sp.