PLATE XXIII. 



[Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., Vol. II, PI. XIX.] 



(All figures drawn by aid of a camera lucida except ya, n, 13, and 13.) 



Fig. I. Menipea erecta sp. nov. Frontal view, showing bifurcation of an inter- 

 node and main points of structure; spine {sp.), operculum {op.), 

 frontal avicularia {f. a.), oecia («.), and mode of articulation {art.). 



2. Dorsal view of the same, showing the radical fibers {r. f.) and the 

 place of their attachment upon the zoecia. 



3. Scrupocellaria scabra Van Beneden, frontal view. 



4. Dorsal view of the same, showing absence of vibracula. 



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