TON GAG Ty Ac 495 
TUNICATA. 
CynTuta AMPHORA (Gould). 
C. subglobosa, ochracea, tenuis, longitudinaliter sulcis remotis segmentata 
et omnimode subtiliter corrugata. Orificia approximata, magna, la- 
bits eversis et incrassatis. 
Anima. sub-globose, colour ochreous, tinted orange, tunic thin, and 
rendered rough by short wrinkles running in all directions, surface 
also divided somewhat into segments by longitudinal furrows. Ori- 
fices approximate, large, remarkable for the eversion and thickening 
of their lip. The superior orifice is much the larger, and they both 
open at the end of short, thick, constricted tubes. 
Height an inch and a half; circumference three or four inches. 
Found abreast of Fort Santa Cruz, Rio Janeiro, in four or five 
fathoms of water. 
Figure 609, lateral view of the animal. 
Puatuusta vIoLAcea (Gould). 
P. nigro-violacea, erecta, ovato-cylindracea, coriacea, levigata, nitida: 
orificia subequalia, parva, mamillas subglobosas perforantia. 
Antmat blue-black, erect, of an ovate-cylindrical form, somewhat 
lobulated, of a rigid, leathery consistence, and smooth, shining surface. 
The orifices are very small, nearly equal in size, seated on large, 
rounded protuberances, one of which rises only to the base of the 
other. 
