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Two Periphylla hyacinthina, Steenstrup. One in the Guinea stream, the other in the Benguela 

 stream. 



Three Periphylla dodecabostrycha, Brandt. One in the Guinea stream, two in the Benguela stream. 



Two Periphylla regina, Vanhoeffen. One in the West Wind Drift, St. 120, 42° 17' S, 14° i' E, 

 near Bouvet Island. Closing net, 1000-1500 m. depth. One in the " Antarktische Trift", St. 136, 

 55° 57' S, 16" 14' E, south-east of Bouvet Island. Vertical net, 2000 m. 



One Nausithue punctata, Kolliker. In the Gulf of Guinea. 



One Nausithoe rubra, Vanhoeffen. St. 73, south of the Congo mouth. 



Many Pelagia phosphora, Haeckel. Between 50° N and 40" S. 



The Expedition antarctique fran5aise ('Pourquoi Pas?') (Maas, 1908) fished 

 along the Antarctic archipelago and in the Bellingshausen Sea where medusae were 

 collected in two hauls only: 



One Coiithoiiyia gaudichaudi. Lesson (= Desmonema gaudichaudi, Maas). About 65° S, 66° W 

 (Paris), off Wandel Island. 



Two Diplulmaris antarctica, Maas. About 65° S, 66° W (Paris), off Anvers Island. 



The Scottish Antarctic Expedition ('Scotia') (Browne, 1909) fished along the 

 coast of the Atlantic quadrant of the Antarctic Continent, in the waters of the Falkland 

 Islands and of the South American coast : 



One Atolla chuni, Vanhoeffen. St. 450, 48° S, 9° 30' W, between South Georgia and Bouvet 

 Island. 1332 fathoms. 



One Atolla wyvillei, Haeckel. St. 413, 72° 02' S, 23° 40' W, north-west of Coats Land, o-iooo 

 fathoms. 



Fourteen Pelagia perla (Slabber). Fayal Harbour, and north and west of the Azores. 



Three Desmonema chierchiana, Vanhoeffen. Stanley Harbour, Falkland Islands. 



One Phacellophora ornata (Verrill). St. 98, 34° 2' S, 49° 7' W, 15° E of Montevideo. Surface. 



The Deutsche Sudpolar Expedition (' Gauss') (Vanhoefi^en, 1908) did not examine 

 the same part of the South Atlantic as the ' Discovery ' . The ' Gauss ' worked in the middle 

 of the Atlantic on both sides of the Atlantic threshold and farther north between the 

 Equator and 40° S. The large number of Pelagia is striking, but in other respects the col- 

 lection is very poor. Periphylla and Atolla were collected by the ' Gauss ' only in the same 

 places as the ' Discovery ', in the waters off Cape Verde and west of the Cape of Good Hope. 



One Periphylla dodecabostrycha, Brandt. At the Equator. 3000 m. 



One Periphylla dodecabostrycha, Brandt. West of Cape Verde. 3000 m. 



One Periphylla regina (Haeckel). West of Cape Town. (Lost.)^ 



One Atolla verrilli, Fewkes. Between Tristan d'Acunha and Cape Town. 3000 m. 



One Atolla verrilli, Fewkes. West of Cape Verde. 3000 m. 



One Atolla verrilli, Fewkes. At the Equator. 3000 m. 



Three Nausithoe punctata, Kolliker. St Vincent, Cape Verde. Surface. 



One Palephyra sp. At the Equator. 400 m. 



One hundred and six Pelagia noctiluca. Along the whole route in the Atlantic. 



All these expeditions that worked in the South Atlantic collected but few specimens 

 (not more than eleven) of each species. Pelagia only is an exception, as the ' Valdivia' 



1 The specimen taken west of Cape Town was lost, and of two others taken in the ' Eisberggebiet ' 

 between s8°-63° S and go°-()'j° E at 2000 m. one was badly damaged: only one well preserved 

 specimen thus exists from the Indian Ocean quadrant. 



