314 SiVithcrti Cross. 



When expanded I estimate its heiglit to be about Of) mm. or more, 

 and its width about 50 mm. 



The second specimen is about one-third smaller. 



Dredged oil" Cape Adare on 9th January, 1900. 28 fms. 



The specimens look like lAicernaria pyramidalis, Haeckel, except 

 that the stalk is shorter. To judge from the contracted state of the 

 stalk, I am inclined to think that it is much shorter when expanded 

 tlian that of L. j^lP'ainidalis. 



Haeckel (" System der Meduseu," Taf. XXIL) figures L. irura- 

 miiJalis with a very long thin stalk, and states that it is always 

 longer than the umbrella. 



It will be necessary to dissect the smaller specimen to determine 

 the species. The white opaqueness of the substance of the umbrella 

 and the contracted state of the arms prevent the internal anatomy 

 from being seen. 



PEROMEDUSiE. 



PERIPHYLLID^. 



Periphylla. 



Five specimens. 



The largest about 180 mm. in height and 140 mm. in width. 



Unfortunately not one of the specimens is in a good state of 

 preservation, and all are more or less damaged. One has the 

 ai)pearance of having been partly dissected and then preserved ; it 

 is now quite rotten. One was placed or rather squeezed into a bottle 

 much too small for it, and has become a cylindrical mass of jelly. 

 Another has lost all its tentacles and has the margin of its umbrella 

 in tatters. 



The other specimens are far from being perfect, but show the 

 characters of the genus Periphylla. No attempt has yet been made 

 to determine the species, and the condition of the specimens leaves 

 but little hope of success. 



Taken on 28th December, 1899, at 5 fms., and loth-17tli Januarv, 

 1900, 4-G fms. 



