GGBLENTEEA. 



V. -MEDUSAE. 



By EDWARD T. BROWNE, 



Zoological Research Laboratory, University College, London. 



(7 Plates.) 



CONTENTS. 



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INTRODUCTION 



LIST OF MEDUSAE COLLECTED BY THE ' DISCOVERY ' AND ' SOUTHERN CROSS ' 



EXPEDITIONS ....... .4 



LIST OF MEUUS/E COLLECTED BY ' BELGICA,' ' SCOTIA,' ' FRANCAIS ' AND 



' GAUSS ' ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS . . . . . .5,6 



TABLE SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF MEDUS.E IN McMuRDO SOUND . . 7 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION .... .6 



PRIMITIVE CHARACTERS OF THE ANTARCTIC MEDUSAE . . .8 



BATHYMETPJCAL DISTRIBUTION . . 9 



ANATOMICAL RESULTS . .10 



CLASSIFICATION . . . . .10 



I. HYDROMEDUS^E : 



Margelopsis australis, sp.n. .... 



Catablema. NOTE ON THE GENUS 



Catablema weldoni, sp.n. . 



Perigonimus sp. . 



Bythotiaridse. NOTE ON THE FAMILY . 



Sibogita. NOTE ON THE GENUS . 



Sibogita borchgrevinki, sp.n. 



Kodlikeria and Rathkea. CRITICISM ON THE SPECIES 



Koellikeria maasi, sp.n. 



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CRITICISM ON THE CHARACTER OF THE FAMILY AND GENERA 24 



Eleutheria. NOTE ON THE SPECIES . . 

 Eleutheria charcoti (Bedot) ( )l "andelia charcoti) 

 Eleutheria hodgsoni, sp.n. ... 



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