PLATE XXX. 



Drawn by me from life in Ceylon, in December 1881. 



Desmophyes annectens, n. sp. (p. 170). 



Diam. 



Fig. I. The complete corm, with six nectophores and numerous diclinie 



cormidia, males and females alternating, . . . . x 3 



Fig. 2. Lateral view of a single female cormidium (from the right side). 

 b, Bract ; be, phyllocyst ; cv, ventral canal ; cd, dorsal canal ; 

 ex, right canal ; cl, left canal (see fig. 3) ; a, trunk ; s, siphon ; 

 sr, its proboscis ; t, tentacle ; run, special nectophore ; w, sub- 

 umbrella ; v, velum ; t, rudimentary tentacles ; uy, ocelli ; cc, ring- 

 canal ; cr, radial canals ; f, gynophore ; o, eggs, . . x 20 



Fig. 3. Lateral view of a single male cormidium (from the left side) ; the 

 special nectophore, and the bunch of androphores (represented in 

 fig. 4), which fill up the ventral half of the bracteal cavity, have 

 been detached. Characters as in fig. 2. sb, Basigaster ; sh, hepatic 

 ridges in the stomach ; sr, proboscis ; ss, suctorial disc, . x 20 



Fig. 4. A bunch of androphores (h) detached from the male cormidium, fig. 3. 

 u, Umbrella; cr, its four radial canals; cc, ring-canal ; hm, spermarium; 

 hx, spadix ; hs, sperma, . . . . . x 40 



Fig. 5. A bunch of gynophores (f) detached from a female cormidium. u, 

 Umbrella ; cr, its four radial canals ; v, velum ; cc, ring-canal ; 

 o, eggs ; o 1 , germinal spot ; o 2 , germinal vesicle ; o 3 , germinal yolk, . x 40 



Fig. 6. A special nectophore, detached from a male cormidium. w, Sub- 

 umbrella; v, velum; t, rudimentary tentacles; uy, ocelli ; cc, ring- 

 canal ; cr, radial canals ; ep, penduncular canal, . . x 40 



Fig. 7. A small portion of the umbrella margin of the special nectophore, fig. 6, 



more enlarged, cc, Bing-canal ; t, rudimentary tentacles ; uy, ocellus, x 100 



Fig. 8. A single tentillum. tt, Pedicle; to, distal ampulla of the pedicle ; tk, 

 cnidosac ; kl, large lateral cnidocysts ; km, small median cnidocysts ; 

 hp, distal pyriform cnidocysts ; tf, terminal filament, . . x 300 



