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Plate XLIV. 



Fig. 25. Sagartia Acanelloe V. Side view of a partially expanded specimen surround- 

 ing a branch of Acanella Normani by its clasping base; a, the prolonga- 

 tion of the base toward the tip of the branch ; b, a smaller extension of 

 the base in the opposite direction, enlarged two diameters. 



Fig. 177. Sagartia abyssicola V., on a tube of Hgalinoecia artifex Y., somewhat less 

 than natural size; a, an individual in full expansion; i, one partially 

 contracted; c, one in expansion, showing the protruded acontia; d,the 

 head and anterior part of the Hyalinoecia protruded from its tube, side 

 view ; k, ventral view of the same, with the antenna; cut oif near their 

 bases. Drawn from life. 



Fig. 197. Clador'hiza grandis V., two-thirds natural size. 



Fig. 198. Acanella Normani. Part of a branch with the axis denuded to show the ar- 

 rangement of the branchlets in whorls, natural size; a, the same, a group 

 of calicles from the tip of a branch with the tentacles partly expanded. 

 Drawn from a living si)ecimen; », several forms of spiculas, enlarged 

 twenty diameters. 



