ITS MANNERS. 409 



war-maces, in allusion to that hero of the Iliad who 

 was so named, — 



' For that he combated and burst his way' 

 Through the firm phalanx, armed with neither bow 

 Nor quiv'ring spear, but with an iron mace." 



II. vii. 143. 



Its peculiarities may perhaps warrant its separation 

 from 2'/^a^/;;^«/?//«5, especially the form of the peduncle, 

 and the gathering of its tentacles into groups, which 

 reminds us of the genus Lizzia. 



I took the first specimen on the Gth of Septemher, hy 

 dipping at the outside of Warphouse Point, that forms 

 the western boundary of the harbour of Ilfracombe. 

 Its motions were lively in captivity. The thick ten- 

 tacles are probably adhesive, for I had repeatedly to 

 clear them of extraneous matter, which they dragged 

 about with them. It occasionally rested on the bottom 

 of the vessel, back downward, with the tentacles 

 lengthened to thrice the diameter of the hell, radiating 

 in all directions, and lying on the bottom, motionless 

 except that the terminal part of every one was con- 

 tinually vibrated in little jerks. It had thus a pecu- 

 liar and curious appearance. 



Sept. %hth. — I dipped three more at the Tunnel 

 Rocks, one a little larger than the above, but none 

 presenting any difference of character from it. The 

 subsidiary tentacle in each group of three was less 

 disproportionately small in these specimens. 



The smaller Medusae, when dipped and deposited in 

 the collecting jar, are apt to be more or less covered 

 with minute air-bubbles, adhering to the surface of the 

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