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peduncle to the proboscis. The gonads are developed upon a restricted portion 
of the 4 radial canals. 
Specific Characters. The bell is flat with sloping sides, and is 8 mm. in 
diameter. There are about 32 very small, slender tentacles, having well de- 
veloped basal bulbs. There are 64 otocysts, 2 between each successive pair of 
tentacles. Each otocySt contains a single spherical otolith. The velum is dis- 
tinct. The 4 radial canals are straight and narrow, and the gonads occupy 
their lower portions. There is a distinct peduncle. The proboscis is simple, 
and possesses 4 curved lips. The entoderm of the basal bulbs of the tentacles 
and the proboscis are turquoise in color. 
Single specimen found in Suva Harbor, December 29, 1897. This form 
differs from Eutima pyramidalis,! L. Agassiz, of the West Indies, in that the 
peduncle is smaller and the proboscis larger than in the Atlantic form. 
II SCYPHOMEDUSA. 
Tamoya, sp- 
A single specimen of Tamoya, in a very imperfect condition, was found by 
us in towing with an open net at 100 fathoms, three miles south of the entrance 
of Suva Harbor. 
Nausithoé punctata, var. pacifica, nov. var. 
Nausiihoé punctata, Kolliker, A., 1853, Zeit. fiir Wissen. Zool., Bd. IV. p. 823. 
This Medusa is extremely close to if not identical with Nausithoé punetata, 
Kolliker. It appears to differ from the latter, however, in that the brownish 
yellow spots upon the ectoderm of the ex-umbrella are not so prominent. As 
this difference appears to be constant, we consider the Fijian form to be a close 
variety of Nausithoé punctata. Nausithoé punctata is found in the Mediter- 
ranean, and we have taken it at the Dry Tortugas Islands, Florida. 
Linerges aquila, Harcket. 
Plate 10, Figs. 33, 34. 
Linerges aquila, Haeckel, E., 1879, Syst. der Medusen, p. 496. 
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In the absence of a figure and an accurate description by Haeckel, we are 
far from certain that the species about to be described by us is identical with 
L. aquila of the east coast of Madagascar. 
Generic Characters. Linerges, Haeckel, 1880. Discomeduse with simple 
quadrangular proboscis without mouth arms, and with simple quadratic lips. 
1 We hope soon to publish a figure of Eutima pyramidalis in the Bulletin of the 
Museum. 
