224 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (June, 1913. 
but even on young branches can as a rule be detected. They 
become clearer in disintegrating zooecia the polypide of which 
as died. : 
: The polypide resembles that of the typical race, except 
that the tentacles, about 20 in number, are perhaps longer. 
The velum at their base is very narrow but distinctly festooned. 
The statoblasts are smooth on both surfaces and in other 
respects resemble those of European colonies; but they are 
perhaps as a rule more elongate and less frequently kidney- 
shaped. They are more numerous in some colonies than is 
usual in the European race. ae : 
e type of Fredericella sultana jordanica is preserved in 
spirit in the Indian Museum, its number in our registers being 
aving now had the opportunity of examining a consider- 
they can be distinguished at present : 
Forma typica, Indica. Jordanica. Duplessisi. 
Colony, when luxuri- Colony 
recum-| Colony _recum- | Colony free in 
ant, with long free} kent, adherent. bent, adherent.| mud. 
br es, erent 
ati 
Zooecia a 
st cylin- | Zooecia with ‘ 
drical, with aslight | dorsal keel and| gal keel andfur-, most cylin- 
dorsal keel onolder | furrow more or row well devel- | drical. 
| less distinct. oped. 
Statoblast with| Statoblast with | Statoblast un- 
one surface; both surfaces| known. 
sculptured. smooth. 
Zooecia with dor- | Zooecia al 
zooecia. 
Statoblast with _both 
surfaces smooth 
| Faun. Brit. Ind., Freshwater Snon es, pg i . 245 (1911), and 
Rec. Ind. Mus. VIL, pp. 136, 140 (1913). . ne 
2 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1907 (2), p. 254, 
