No. 415.] MORTH-AMERICAN INVERTEBRATES. 595 
C. CysToNecTt&. With large vesicular pneumatophore only, no necto- 
phores or bracts. 
Physalia pelagica Bosc. Common along the coast, occasionally 
taken at the Bay of Fundy. The well-known Portuguese-man-of- 
war. One of the most conspicuous of the siphonophores, and with 
long graceful tentacles which are loaded with batteries of nemato- 
cysts of highly venomous character. 
In the foregoing synopsis only. incidental notice has been made of 
synonomy, any details on this line being incompatible with the purpose 
and limits of the paper. 
It is a pleasure to acknowledge in this connection my obligations to 
Dr. Alfred G. Mayer, of the Brooklyn Institute, who has kindly reviewed 
the manuscript of Part III of this synopsis, and offered suggestions, and 
from whose various recent papers on Medusz I have been able to extend 
the list of species in several cases. 
I desire also to acknowledge the services of my son George, who has 
copied most of the figures and has under my direction drawn most of those 
made directly from nature. 
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CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ZOOLOGICAL 
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