(99) 

 orcaua is incorrect. liiOiviunals v/ithout luti lo^hori^o ral or- 

 gans L-uilo nev; tubes coverea wi tii sana Li"aius just as ao those 

 viti. the organs ana yc vm^. specimens of Pliorox.is archi tecta,u'mch 

 are in possession o^' tubes, never have lophoi-ho -^al organs. 

 These two facts prove quite couclnsively that t<.e lophophoral 

 organs o^'Phoronis architects are not used Tor tube building, 



i/Iasterman's view tnat the lophophoral orga.. ol P. Euskii 

 are gla.naular' and that tney furnisi. mucus to hola t];o eg^s and 

 '''rnbryos in raasses cannot te appliea to P. arcnitecta, I'o r in 

 this species the eggs ana embryos are not held in njasses, 



I have exaclnea specimens o "^ Ph.oronio architecta duriu^ al- 

 most every month in the year in oraer to discover v-ihezher or not 

 th.ere is any relation between the lopliopnoral organs and the 

 breeaing season. Durin^- the months of June, July, August, Sep- 

 tember and October exa/rdnation of njany specimens o -f^ Pnoronis 

 architecta shows that more thai, one half are with lophophoral 

 organs; i. e. , v.dth the "carpel like organs" and the "spi:erical 

 sense lobes" ( Ar:dre-A's) . Exai.d nation of specimens taken durir.g 

 .'.ese months s hov.'s that some contain ovaries and ej_;.b while 

 others do not and that :liat all contain spermatozoa in the body 

 cavitybut that only those without ovaries, contain teates. Oc- 

 casio..ally an egg floating freely in the body cavity is ft) una in 

 specimens with testes. These facts, 1 fina, are correlated v;iti 



