PHYSOPHOR1D&. 1 3 1 



it is of a fine rose tint, and flattened into the form of a ribbon ; it is 

 marked in all its length with asperities or hollow dimples, in which 

 the nlamental appendages originate. 



p lg 43 Apolemia contorta, one-third natural size (Milne-Edwards) 



The nursing polyps have been called proloscidiferous organs by 

 M Milne-Edwards, who has studied them carefully. They are 

 rendered conspicuous at a glance by the bright-red colour of their 

 digestive cavity and their extreme disability. At the base of their 

 sterns the very delicate filaments called fishing-lines are attached 



