Galeolaria Vogt. 54. 



35. Galeolaria quadrivalvis Les. PI. IX, fig. 74. 



= Epibiilia aurantiaca Vogt. 51. 



= Epibidia filiformis Lkt. 53. 



= Galeolaria aurantiaca Vogt. 54. 



= Diphycs quadrivalvis Ggbr. 54. 



= Galeolaria filiformis Lkt. 54. 



= Diphyes quadrivalvis Kef. et Ehl. 61. 



= Epibidia aurantiaca var. canariensis Ch. 88. 



= Galeolaria quadrivalvis Ch. ()Ta. 



Stat. 99. Anchorage off North-Ubiaii June 28 and 29 to tlie West, June 30 to the East of 

 the island. Cat. 70 B. ale. 90° ,^. One loose superior, one loose inferior nectophore. 



Stat. 117'. Lat. I°I5'N., Long. 123° 37' E. Cat. 119F. (2). formald. A°lo- - ^oo^e inferior 

 nectophores. 



Stat. 144. Anchorage North of Salomakie-(Damar-)island. Cat. 122 G. (2). formald. 4°/^. 2 loose 

 superior, 2 inferior nectophores. 



Stat. 146. Lat. 0° 36' S., Long. 128° 32^7 E. Cat. 64 F. (i). formald. 4°/^. One superior nectophore. 



Stat. 148. Lat. o°i7'.6S., Long. 129° I4'.5 E. Cat. 160 A. formald. 4°^. One inferior nectophore. 



Stat. 165. Anchorage on North-east side of Daram-island (False Pisangs), East-coast of Misool. 

 Cat. 164 L. (2). formald. 47o- 4 superior nectophores, 2 inferior nectophores, 

 some loose stems and appendages. 



Stat. 194. Lat. i°S3'.5 S., Long. 126° 39' E. Cat. 23 A.E. (2). formald. 4°/^,. One inferior 

 nectophore. 



Stat. 213. Saleyer-anchorage and surroundings, including I'ulu Pasi Tanette, near the North- 

 point of Saleyer-island. Cat. 58 H. formald. 47o- One inferior nectophore. 



The Siboga expedition caught 8 loose superior nectophores, 10 loose inferior nectophores 

 of the well known Galeolaria quadrivalvis Les. The species has been especially well described 

 by Vogt under the name of Galeolaria aurantiaca and by Gegenbaur as Diphyes quadrivalvis. 

 Up to the expedition of the Siboga none were described from the tropical Pacific, excepting 

 perhaps Huxley's Galeolaria filiformis of which he found only an inferior nectophore. But it 

 seems that its inferior nectophore did not show the characteristic double narrowing of the nectosac 

 and it is doubtful whether this species is authentically a Galeolaria quadrivalvis. Chun too 88 

 mentions that in the specimens of Epibulia aurantiaca of the Canary-islands the characteristic 

 narrowing was less developed. This and a slight difference in the shape of the teeth near the 

 velum distinguish them from e. g. Gegknbaur's specimens. He calls them Epibulia aurantiaca 

 var. cajtariensis. 



The inferior nectophores of our material all distinctly show the characteristic nectosac of 

 the Galeolaria quadrivalvis Les. They do not differ at all from the descriptions given by the 

 other authors. 



We give a sketch of one of the best preserved loose superior nectophores, as there 

 was no complete specimen left. In none of these loose superior nectophores is the least trace 

 left of stem and appendages. The gonophores ripen on the stem, they are not detached 

 from it. We found two long stems with many groups of appendages, the cf gonophores very 



