312 South en I Cross. 



Eight radial canals. Stomach about \-^ the length of umbrella 

 cavity. 



Gonads on the stomach. Mouth with lips (8 ?). 



Tentacles 16, with a terminal knob. 



Taken on 1st, 17th and 20th November, 1899. 



I consider this medusa to belong to the Anthomedusas, and to be 

 probably a new type. The margin of the umbrella has not yet been 

 carefully examined for sense-organs, and this must be done before 

 the generic position can be decided. The margin of the umbrella is 

 badly contracted and turned inwards. It is so badly contracted that 

 all the tentacles meet and form a dense cluster in the centre. The 

 margin from one of the specimens will have to be removed and an 

 attempt made to unroll it. 



LEPTOMEDUS^. 



THAUMANTIIDJE. 



Laodice. 



One specimen about 60 mm. in diameter. 



Four radial canals, four large gonads. 



Margin of umbrella crowded with tentacles, over 200. There is 

 a cordylus (sensory club) between every two tentacles. 



This specimen is fairly well preserved, but unfortunately useless. 

 There is a hole through (as if cut with a knife) the top of the 

 umbrella. The stomach is clean gone, and half the gonads. 



Taken 27th November, 1899. Surface. 



There are also two smaller specimens, about 25 mm. in diameter, 

 which may be earlier stages. They are rather rotten, and the margin 

 of the umbrella is in bad condition and contracted ; it is crowded 

 with tentacles, over 100, similar in form to those of the large 

 specimen described above. 1 cannot hnd any cordyli to settle the 

 point. 



Stomach very large, occupying nearly the whole umbrella cavity. 

 Eadial canals meet in the centre. Gonads upon them. 



Taken on 10th May, 1899. Surface. 



