72 Messrs. L. Murbacli and C. Shearer on Meduscc 



Description of New Species. 

 Mesonema victoria, sp. n. 



Bell hemispherical, twice as broad as high. Velum well 

 (levelojied. Tentacles over one hundred in number, shorter 

 than the diameter of the bell. Small papiilaj between the 

 tentacles and below them ; excretory pa))ill{e beneath the 

 velum. Otocysts present. Gastric cone lens-shaped, not 

 j)edunculatcd. Blouth much lobed, half as many lobes as 

 there are radial canals. Kadial canals about one hundred, 

 running to tiie highest point of the stomach. Each radial canal 

 is covered on its outer edge by a ridge of glandular colls ; 

 sometimes tiiese are continued over the stomach and oral 

 peduncle down to the lobes of the mouth, resembling the 

 appearance presented by the ovaries cf Orchistoma. 



Colour : bell transparent, organs opaque. 



Collected in considerable numbers at the entrance of 

 Victoria Harbour, and in Paget Sound. 



Codonium apiculum, sp. n. 



Bell nearly one half taller than broad. The apical process 

 on the bell is small and not abrujitly set off from its suifocc. 

 Apical canal short. Velum w^ell developed. The four tentacles 

 are strong and can be protruded to great length when the 

 animal is floating on the surface of the water. ^I'hey are 

 attached by strong tentacle-bulbs to the bell-niargin. Each 

 tentacle-bulb has two nen)atucyst-])ads, one on either side. 

 The stomach passes without distinction into the proboscis, 

 which is cylindrical and thrown into circular ridges bearing 

 the gonads. 



Colour : bell-margin and radial canals pale blue ; stomach 

 and proboscis purple. 



Found in Puget Sound, and in great numbers iu Victoria 

 Ilarbour. 



Folyorchis minuta, sp. n. 



Bell 15 millim. high, 12 niillim. broad, Iruncafed-oval in 

 shape. A prominent cone-shaped gelatinous ])eduncle 

 depends Irom the roof of the bell, and to this the stomach 

 and the upper ends of the radial canals and the gonads seem 

 to be attached. The lower truncated edge of the bell is 

 nearly as broad as the velum, which is strong and 2'5 millim. 

 in breadth. There are sixty-four tentacles with long slender 

 teutacle-bulbs. The lateral diverticula on the ra<lial (anals 



