Boone, Coelenterata, Cruises of "Eagle" and "Ara," 1921-28 67 



Stomphia carneola Verrill, A. E., Amer. Jrn. Sci., 4th Ser., vol. VII, 

 p. 206, figs. 24, 24a-d, 1899. (Good description.) — Whiteaves, 

 Cat. Marine Invert. East. Canada, publ. Geol. Surv. Canada, 

 p. 40, 1901. — Verrill, A. E., Canadian Arctic Exped. 1913-18, 

 vol. VIII, part G, p. 118, pi. 30, fig. 1, 1922.— Carlgren (part), 

 Kongl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl., vol. XXV, 2, p. 138, 1892. 



fStomphia churchiae Gosse, Ann. Hist. Nat., ser. Ill, p. 48, 1859 ; 

 Actinologi Brit., p. 22, pi. 8, fig. 5, 1860. — Andres, Attinie, 

 Fauna u. Flora Golf von Neapel, IX, p. 369, 1883. — Carlgren, 

 op. cit., p. 80, pi. I, VIII, IX, X, 1892, (anatomy and histology). 



CTENOPHORAE. 



Order: BEROIDA. 



Family: BEROIDAE. 



Genus: BEROE Browne. 

 Beroe forskalii H. Milne Edwards. 



Type: H. Milne Edwards' type was collected at Nice and deposited 

 in the Paris Museum. 



Distribution: This species is widely distributed in the tropic 

 Atlantic and the tropic eastern Pacific, being known from Ellice 

 Islands, Fiji, Hawaii, Malay Islands, the Maldives and several other 

 stations where it was secured by the "Albatross." In the tropic 

 western Pacific the only existing records are from the shores of south- 

 ern California (Torrey) and from Peru, prior to the capture of the 

 present material by the "Ara" in the Pacific Ocean 50 miles S. W. 

 of Cape Mala, Panama, 300 fms. Maas has recorded this species from 

 the Antarctic, a surprising record, in view of the fact that all other 

 known stations for the species are in tropical and subtropical seas. 



Color: Delicately diaphanous, the very young are transparent, 

 colorless, the half grown are rose color with brilliantly iridescent 

 bands of swimming plates. 



Life history : Chun has made careful histological and anatomical 

 studies of the embryo and larval forms of this species from the Gulf 

 of Naples. 



Discussion: The four specimens taken by the "Ara" are of aver- 

 age size and conform in every essential with the type form of the 

 species. 



Material examined : Four specimens, taken in 300 fms., 50 miles 

 S. W. of Cape Mala, Panama, March 16, 1926, by the "Ara." One, 

 Jicaron Island, Panama, January 26, 1928. One, Pacific Ocean, Lat. 

 1° 14' N., Long. 90° W., June 30, 1928, 1090 fms. 



