44 NATURAL HISTORY OP 



1. C. Alderi, Hodge. 



Podocoryne Alderi, Eudge. 



Hab. : Sealiam Harbour, Durham, on Serpula(£rocZ(7e). 

 Height 5 — I in. Polypites pale pink, gradually taper- 

 ing towards the base. Tentacles 6 — 12. 



Described by Mr. Hodge (from a specimen developed 

 from a free medusa) in Trans, of Tyneside Nat. Field 

 Club, V. 82. 



Genus III. Cionistes, T. S. W. [klwv, a pillar.) 



Polypifes sessile, developed on a reticulated, stolon. 

 Reproduction by fixed sporosacs. Gonophores borne 

 on rudimentary polypites. — T. H. 



Prof. Allman classes this amongst the Bimeridce 

 (Atractylidce of Hincks), but the polypites of that 

 family are borne on developed stems, whereas those of 

 Cionistes are sessile. 



1. C. reticulata, T. S. W. 



Hab. : Granton, New Edinburgh (T. 8. W.). Poly- 

 pites "minute, white, with a row of short tentacles. 

 Gonophores borne on the sides of blastostyles, which, 

 with the polypites, spring from a reticulated stolon.^' 



Described by Dr. Wright in A, N. H., August, 1861, 

 123. 



FAMILY IV. HYDEOLARID^. 



Polyjoites ivith a very small number of filiform tentacula 

 springing from the hose of the proboscis, but not 

 forming a circle round it. — T. H. 



This family is the " Laridce " of Hincks, a name not 

 admissible, having been previously applied to a family 

 of birds. 



