34 PODOCOllYNIDYE. 



but Mr. Hodge, who has obtained the species at Seaham 

 Harbour, figures only 8, the largest number hitherto 

 observed on P. carnea. In both cases there is a progres- 

 sive increase with age, and as yet we do not know the 

 maximum with certainty. 



I have therefore no hesitation in referring Mr. Alder's 

 Hydroid to the genus Podocoryne. 



Hub. " On a dead shell of Natica Alderi, brought in by 

 the fishing-boats at Cullercoats" (J. A.) : on Natica 

 Grcenlandica, Shetland (A. M. N.) : Seaham Harbour, in 

 30 fathoms (Mr. Hodge). 



Genus CORYNOPSIS, Allman. 



Der. From icopvvri, a club, and oi^is, face (resemblance). 



GENERIC CHARACTER. Polypites sessile, claviform, with 

 a single verticil of filiform tentacula surrounding the base 

 of a conical proboscis, rising from a creeping and ramified 

 stolon, clothed with a chitinous polypary ; gonophores borne 

 on the body of the polypite below the base of the tentacles, 

 and originating free, medusiform zooids. 



Umbrella of the gonozooid (at the time of liberation] deep 

 bell- shaped ; manubrium not reaching the orifice of the bell, 

 with 4 short tentacles round the mouth ; radiating canals 

 4, each terminating in a bulb, bearing two tentacles with a 

 distinct ocellus at the base. 



C. ALBERT, Hodge. 



PonoooRYNE ALDERI, Hodge, Trans. Tynes. Nat. F. C. v. 82, pi. ii. figs. 10-1"). 

 CORYNOPSTR AUIF.RI, Allman, Ann. N. II. for May 1804. 



Plate VI. fig. 2. 



PoLYriTEs tall and slender, tapering towards the base, of 

 a pale pink colour, with 6 or 8 to 12 tentacles ; GONO- 

 PHORES produced at a short distance below the tenta- 

 cular verticil. 



