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SPECIES VII. 



MEDUSA AURANTII SCORESBY/, 



OR THE 



ORANGE-COLOURED MEDUSA, 

 OF SCORE SB Y 



This singulra species Captain Scoresby had only the oppor- 

 tunity of seeing one, and after whom I have named it. 

 It was sent him by the late Captain Bennet of the Vener- 

 able of Hull, being found in latitude 75? 20' N., longitude 

 11° 50' E. On the right extremity (vide cut) there was a 

 transverse slit or opening. This animal was convex above, 

 and concave beneath. The length was three inches, breadth 

 nearly an inch ; its thickness one-third of an inch. When 

 slit open, it exhibited a number of transverse bands and 

 three cavities. Its colour was a brilliant orange. It was 

 not transparent, nor tenacious of life, having died to all ap- 

 pearance soon after it was taken. 



SPECIES VIII. 



MEDUSA CAMPANULA, 



OR 



BELL-SHAPED MEDUSA. 



The disk of this Medusa is gibbous, the border white and 

 ciliate; beneath which is a hairy cross. The body is conic- 

 orbicular, beneath hollow and snowy ; the fringe of the 

 margin and cross yellow : the latter is often white , it is an 

 inhabitant of the Greenland Seas. 



