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into pieces, each portion, on which there was any 

 of the fringe, continued, by its incessant p ay, to 

 give evidence of life during two or three days ; 

 after which it became putrescent, and began to 

 waste away. This animal was found in the Spitz- 

 bergen sea. I have seen but one specimen. 



Medusa ? or Bottle-shaped Medusa. 



(PI, XVI. Fig. 8. natural size). Caught in a trans- 

 parent green sea, in latitude 75° 48', longitude 

 8° W. A sensitive animal. Large single cavity. 

 Eight segments. Finny fringes white and irides- 

 cent. Form ovoidal, with compressed mouth. 



Medusa ? ? or Orange-coloured Medusa. 



(PI. XVI. Fig. 9. natural size.) This singular spe- 

 cies I have seen but once. It was sent me by Cap- 

 tain Bennet of the Venerable, being found in lati- 

 tude 75° 20', longitude 11' 50' E. On the under- 

 side of the right hand extremity, (in the plate), there 

 was a transverse slit or opening. This animal was 

 convex above, and concave beneath. The length 

 was three inches, its breadth nearly an inch ; its 

 thickness one-third of an inch. When slit open, 

 it exhibited a number of transverse bands and three 

 cavities. Its colour was a brilliant orange. It was 

 not transparent. It was not tenacious of life ; ha- 

 ving died, to appearance, soon after it was taken. 



AsTERiAS : Star-fish. Several species of this 

 animal occur on the coast of Spitzbergen. Captain 

 Phipps procured, by means of a trawl, specimens of 



