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the Chaunostomidje. It is not found in great swarms but singly. 

 I have seen altogether about thirty specimens. Haacke has 

 found the same Medusa in Glenelc;, the harbour of Adelaide. 



VERSURID.E. 



HapTorhiza simplex. Haeckel. 



This Medusa found in Bass' Straits has been described by 

 Haeckel (1). 



Haplorhiza punctata. Haeckel. 



This species (2) comes from the noithern part of our district, 

 and was found on the coast of Arnheim's Land. 



Cannorhiza connexa. Haeckel 



This Rhizostoma was caught in the open sea, near New 

 Zealand,(3.) 



Phyllorhiza punctata. Von Lendenfeld 



Phyllorhiza punctata (4) has been found hitherto only in Port 

 Jackson, the harbour of Sydney, not so frequently as other 

 Medusa?. It is never to be found in close swarms but more 

 isolated, 



CRAMBESSID^E. 



Crambessa lyalmipis. Haeckel. 



According to Haeckel (5) this Medusa appears to be common in 

 the north of the Australian waters on the coast of northern 

 Australia. Haeckel received it from two different sources. 



(1.) E. Haeckel. Das System der Medusen. Seite 604. 



(2.) E. Haeckel. Das System der Medusen. Seite 604. 



(3) E. Haeckel. Das System der Medusen Seite 605. 



(4.) R. von Lendenfeld. Zur Metomorphose der Rhizostomen. Zoolo- 

 gischer Anzeiger Band VIII. The Seyphomedusfe of the Southern Hemis- 

 phere and The Development of the Versuridse. Proceedings of the Linnean 

 Society of New South Wales, 18S4. 



(5.) E. Haeckel. Das System der Medusen. Seite 620. 



