NOTES ON A FEW MEDUS/E NEW TO WOODS ROLL. 



CHAS. W. HARGITT. 



The following notes on a few medusae taken during the cur- 

 rent summer in the region of Woods Holl may serve as a pre- 

 liminary account of work under way which will present a synopsis 

 of the medusoid fauna of the region and which it is hoped may 

 be ready within the year. 



During the summer several expeditions for collecting were 

 made to localities within fifty to seventy-five miles, most of which 

 were made within a single day on board the launch " Phalarope," 

 of the United States Fish Commission Laboratory, under direc- 

 tion of Dr. H. M. Smith, to whose courtesy I am under obliga- 

 tions, as also to Mr. Vinal N. Edwards for many favors. 



The first excursion, and the one most prolific in specimens, was 

 made to the region of the Gulf Stream, known as the Tile-fish- 

 ing Station, latitude 40 10' 45", longitute 70 20' 30", by 

 the schooner "Grampus," Captain Hahn, July 30 to August 2. 



The material was taken by means of the tow -net, mostly from 

 the surface, though in a few cases hauls were made from depths 

 of from fifteen to twenty-five fathoms. Further reference to 

 results of these deeper hauls will be made in another connection. 



The medusae taken include representatives of at least twelve 

 genera and probably eighteen species. Several species of sipho- 

 nophores are as yet undetermined. Specimens of Oceania lan- 

 guida and of Epenthesis foliata were very abundant, but these 

 were taken most plentifully near Gay Head and No Mans Land. 

 The following named species have been identified and of those 

 not formerly recorded sketches and brief descriptions are given. 



Oceania langnida, taken in great abundance chiefly from a 

 depth of about fifteen fathoms in water of seventeen fathoms. 

 They were taken in the surface tow but in fewer numbers. 



Epenthesis foliata, likewise taken in considerable numbers at 

 similar ranges of depth. 



Very few specimens of Bougaimdlla superciliaris partly from 

 the surface and partly from a lower depth. 



