BY DR. R. VON LENDENFELD. 169 



Umbrella conic, £ higher than broad. Pedal zone higher than 

 the lap zone. Both together § as high as the cone. Margin laps 

 oval, distal wings triangular. Tentacle laps slightly projecting, 

 less than the eight laps of the mai-ginal sense organs. Tentacles 

 double as long as height of Umbrella, at the base J as broad as the 

 margin laps. Mouth tube cubic, J as high as the Umbrella, 8 

 adradial long barbs. 



Colour : In spirits, light violet, subumbi'al surface dark violet. 

 Gonads orange. 



Size: Breadth of Umbrella, 120 mm., height, 160 mm. 



Locality: East Coast of New Zealand. Lat., S. 40° 28'. Long., 

 E. of Greenwich, 177° 43', depth, 1,100 fathoms. Station, Nr. 

 168, "Challenger." Wyville Thomson. 



7. Gen. Periphema. Haeckel, 1879. 

 With 4 perradial pouches in the mouth-tube, and 4 perradial 

 extensions of the basal stomach. Between these the four 

 subumbral funnel-cavities foi'in hollow cones which bear two rows 

 of gastral filaments, except on the top. The two rows terminate 

 separately below the point of the cone. 



9. Sp. Periphema regina. Haeckel, 1881. 



Haeckel Tiefsee medusen der " Challenger" Expedition. Seite, 

 72. Tafel, XXIV., XXV. 



Periphylla regina. Haeckel, 1879. System der Medusen. 

 Seite, 421. 



Umbrella bell-shaped, as high as broad ; pedal zone lower than 

 lap zone ; margin laps oval, distal wings semi-circular ; 8 ten- 

 tacular laps more projecting than those of the marginal organs of 

 sense. Tentacles very thick, about as long as the height of the 

 Umbrella, at the base ^ as broad as the mai'gin laps. Mouth-tube 

 cubic large and thick-walled half as high and broad as the 

 Umbrella-mouth, without barbs. 



Size: Breadth 180-200 mm. ; height, 180-200 mm. 



Locality : Antarctic Ocean, S.E. of Kerguelen, Lat. S. 62° 26'. 

 Long. E. of Greenwich, 95° 44'. In a depth of 1975 fathoms. 

 Station Nr. 156 of the "Challenger." Wyville Thomson. 



