404 Rev. L. Guilding on the Zoologi/ of 



Sitstcntaculum-^ dorsale, cartilagliieum, nudum, complanatum, 

 rotundum, radiatum, conceiitrico striatum. 



Pallium angustum, liberum, sustentaculum cingens. 



Brachia numerosa, parallela, longituditie varia, elongata, subtis 

 afBxa, mox declinanda ad praedam captandam. 



Os inferum, centralc, bursiforme, extensile. 



Tentaciila plurima diflbimia, suctoiia, ventrem totum tegentia. 



Ova miiiutissima, inuumera, inter tentacula nidulaiitia. 



Pulijbrachiotiia Limmana, 



P. sustcntaculo lato vitreo ; corpore coeruleo; tentaculis pal- 

 lidis; brachiis serie triplici glandulosis, glandulis peduticulatis. 



Habitat in mari Caribeo, supcrficie natans tempestate serena, 

 vel potius fluitans, praedam brachiis quibusdara vel omnibus subito 

 declinatis amplectens. Brachia facile abrumpit atterrita. 



Animal mirae pulchritudinis, tanto nomine digimm. 



Diam. pallii, brachiis exclusis, \.\\ lin. 



Det nomen triviale immortalis Carolus von Linnk, Zoologo- 

 rum et Botanicorum Pater, Dux, Princeps. 



Tab. X. 

 Expl. tab. 

 Fig. 1. Animal pronum auctum. 2. Supinum. o, 6, c, Os 

 forma mulata. rf, Ova mag. nat. e,/, Eadem plus miuusve aucta. 



The old genus Porplta should be restricted to contain those spe- 

 cies which resemble P. appendiculata of Bosc, which have few and 

 broader arms. The Medusa Porpita of the " Amsenitates Acade- 

 micae " seems nothing more than the central disk of some species 

 deprived of all the organs of the body. 



Analeda Zoologica. 

 I know not whether that invaluable instrument, the Camera Lu- 

 cidaof Dr. Brewster, is often used in England in taking the outline 



+ This term may be also applied to tlie central support of the Cephalopoda 

 which supplies the place of the vertebrae. 



