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 ruoh thinnrr fi.nd rorr trrrf-rarrrt crpcule of rierirr.rc. The 

 f^hrath C" thr pte" is thirl- rnd crurtrd vath fcrripr rattrr. 

 It trrr^'rr.trE f.brnrtly by r. rharn cr]]ar ,1u?t bflcv; each 

 hydranth. The younr hycranthr ard the f^rducae are biidded off 

 above the collar, but they soon becce entirely sheathed 

 ir rerisarc by the prcvth of the ?ten-. The vs-lc yellcv.-ish- 

 red hydranths are very sirilar to those of Tubvj.aria (All- 

 nan) and the hydr^^jdd is so sirilar to Dendrcc lav a Dchrn:". i 

 recently described by Veisnam), that they nndoubtedly be- 

 lonr to the srre prnus." 



SU'^APY. 



1. The ova of Turritrr sis arise ir the ectoderr- of the 

 Faniibriur, They' prcv; by the absorrtion of the rriritive 

 ovaria:- cells; and vhen "ature are densely crov/ded with 

 larf:e yell: rranules. 



2. Dehiscence takes ^^lace at a definite tire, frcr 

 five to six c'clrcl: i'- the r-orninf;. 



3. The epp is srhericcl and -e'~branel"ess . It is cor- 



