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of a fine rose colour. They reach to a level with the margin of the umbrella. The specimen 

 I have described was a little more than an inch in length, exclusive of its tentacula. It was 

 sluggish, possibly owing to fatigue, as it had probably been in the tow-net during a greater 

 part of the night. I have represented it in Plate III, fig. 1, a, of the natural size ; fig. 1, h, is an 

 outline showing the arrangement of the muscular bands ; fig. 1 , c, represents a portion of the 

 peduncle laid open, with two of the ovarian masses, and the fimbriated Ups, also a part 

 of the border of the umbrella with its tentacula ; fig. 1, d, is a portion of one of the tentacles, 

 magnified ; and fig. 1, e, a portion of the tissue of one of the muscular bands, as seen under a 

 high power. 



Eschscholtz has strangely placed this Medusa as an associate of Diancea viridula, in his 

 genus Eirene. 



2. Turns neglecta. Lesson. 



Plate III, Fig. 2. 



Synonyms. Turris neglecta. Lesson, Prod., No. 38 (1837), and Acal. Hist., 

 p. 284 (1843). 

 Cyancea coccinea. Davis, Ann. Nat. Hist., t. vii, p. 234, pi. 2, f. 



12,13(1841). 

 Carminrothen heroe. Slabber, Ph. Vet., p. 59, t. xiii, f. 3? (1781). 

 Oceania sanguinolenta. Peron, Ann. de Mus., p. 347? (1809). 

 Oceania tetranema. Peron, Ann. de Mus., loc. cit. ? (1809). 



A beautiful little species, which, when in its native element, is brilliant as a bead of 

 brightest coral. It appears to be not uncommon in the Solent and around the Isle of Wight. I 

 first caught it on the south coast of that island in 1844, when geologising there with my friend 

 Captain Ibbetson. Since then it was taken in the west bay of Portland, just before the 

 Southampton meeting of the British Association, by Mr. M'Andrew and myself, and again off 

 the mouth of Southampton harbour during the week of the meeting, in a memorable day's 

 cruising, when a small band of British naturalists fraternised with Agassiz and Middendorf, 

 and enjoyed themselves as true students of Nature only know how, when " dredging the 

 waters under." 



The umbrella is transparent, smooth, and sub-hemispheric, inclining to conical. Its 

 summit is slightly pointed. The sub-umbrella is small in proportion, reaching to a little more 

 than half the height of the former. It is slightly pyramidal, with a truncated summit. The 

 muscular bands are distinctly seen striping its sides. The peduncle is large, and has a 

 singularly substantial aspect, in consequence of the compact masses of rich crimson or vermilion' 

 convoluted and fimbriated ovaries which occupy its broader and upper half. This bright red 

 nucleus causes the animal, small as it is, for it reaches scarcely more than one fourth of an 

 inch in height, to be very conspicuous in the water. The substance of the lining of the sub- 

 umbrella is also very firm. The brilliant colouring of the ovaries is due to the presence of 

 large red ova. I met with individuals, which at first sight seemed as if belonging to a different 

 species, in whiph the reproductive glands were dull pink. These may have been males. 

 The peduncle terminates in four lips, which are fimbriated at their edges, and highly muscular. 



