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L. R. CRAWSHAY. 



(excluding the test) 3'6 cm. in length and 2-6 cm. in height. The 

 anterior end is narrowed and bluntly rounded ; the posterior end, on 

 the contrary, is more than usually broadened. The whole animal has 

 evidently undergone a shortening in the long axis. One consequence 

 of this shortening at least is the almost horizontal position of both 

 loops of the intestine and the situation of the anal opening as high as 

 the upper curvature of the intestine, whereby the unusual course of 

 the latter is occasioned. The test is beset with conspicuously 

 large prominences, which in their form recall those of Ascidiella aspersa 

 (Midler). The other specimen (Fig. 3), from Position 8, likewise shows 

 certain peculiarities. 



Fig. 2. — Phallusia conchilega (MiiW.), Interior x 2 



Fig. 3. — FkaUusia conchilega (Miill.), Interior x 2. 



Such are the pronounced oval form, and the likewise very strongly 

 bent loops of tlie intestine, although the anus retainsats position below 



