MOVEMENT OF GLOBULES IN LOBES OF FLOSCULE. 79 



vertical edge, by which it is attached to the side 

 of the chamber, and being ample and of great 

 delicacy, it continually floats and waves from side 

 to side. At the bottom of this veil^ but on the 

 dorsal side, are placed the jaws, consisting of a 

 pair of curved, unjointed, but free mallei^ with a 

 membranous process beneath each." 



Tlie Beautiful Floscule could always be made to 

 repeat the process of retreating into her den, and 

 coming out again to spread her elegant plumes before 

 our eyes, by giving the table a smart knock, and 

 her colours and structure were well exhibited by 

 the dark-ground illumination, which has been ex- 

 plained in a previous page. 



An object like this should be watched at in- 

 tervals for hours and even days, especially if the 

 eggs are nearly ready to give up their infantile 

 contents. This was the case with the specimen 

 described, and after a few hours a young Floscule 

 escaped, looking very much like a clumsy little grub. 

 After a few awkward wriggles the new-born baby 

 became more quiet, and on looking at it again 

 at the expiration of seventeen hours, it had developed 

 into the shape of a miniature plum-pudding, with 

 five or six tiny lobes expanding their tufts of slender 

 hair. Unfortunately its further proceedings were 

 not seen, or it would have been interesting to note 

 the growth of the foot, and the formation of tlie 



