58 NATURAL HISTORY OF 



FAMILY VIII. MYRIOTHELID^, Sars. 



Polypites single, ivith very many minute capitate tenta- 

 cula scattered over the body. — T. H. 



Genus Myrtothela, Sars. {fivpLo<;, innumerable, 

 OTjXy'], a nipple.) 



Polypites solitary, cylindrical, terminating in a 

 conical proboscis. Tentacles very small, capitate, 

 covering the greater portion of tbe body. — T. H. 



M. CocKsii, Vigurs. Plate III. fig. 4. 



Arum Cocksii (Vigtors), Spadix purpurea (P. H. G.), 

 Candelabrum arcticum (Ag.), M. arctica (All.), M. 

 Phrygia {AIL, T. R). 



Hab.: Falmouth (Mr. Cocfcs), Devonshire Coast {T.H., 

 P. H. G.). Height, 1 to 2 in. when extended. Poly- 

 pites nearly cylindrical, terminating in a conical pro- 

 boscis. Tentacles capitate, tipped with red, densely 

 crowded, covering about three-fourths of the body. 

 Gonophores spherical, borne below the tentacles on 

 short processes ; said by Mr. Hincks to be coryni- 

 form (hlastostyles) , but in Prof. Allman's opinion 

 peduncles. 



In the tentacles Prof. Allman discovered the curious 

 sense-organs referred to in the preceding descriptive 

 chapter. 



This species has until recently been considered 

 identical with the Lucernaria Phrygia of Fabricius 

 (the Myriotliela arctica of M. Sars), but Mr. G. O. Sars 

 has shown that that species is distinct from the British 

 one, and therefore the name given by Mr. Vigurs 

 must be restored (Hincks, A. and M. N. H., 4th ser., 

 xiii. 136). 



