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Lobonema mayeri 8 sp. nov. (figs. 7, 8, and 9). 



Type. — No. C. 2424, zoological collection, University of the 

 Philippines. 



During the middle and latter part of May, Malampaya Sound 

 on the west coast of Palawan contained great numbers of this 

 very beautiful and interesting medusa. Two specimens were 





Fig. 7. Lobonema mayeri sp. nov., a quadrant of the exumbrellar surface, showing the papillae, 

 sense organs, and tentaclelike marginal lappets. X i- 



taken in as perfect a condition as was possible in the case of 

 forms with such long and fragile arm filaments. 



The bell is much flatter than a hemisphere both in preserved 

 and living specimens. The portion of the bell beyond the ring 



8 1 have named this species in honor of Dr. A. G. Mayer without whose 

 Medusae of the World the completion of this report would have been ex- 

 tremely difficult if not impossible and who (1910) described the genu3 

 Lobonema and the only other known species, L. smithii Mayer. 



