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in by a granulated lamina ; one or two marginal spines on each side, above. Ocecia 
rounded, cucullate, smooth ; lip of orifice entire. 
Habitat. — Simon’s Bay, Cape of Good Hope. 
(8) Menipea cirrata, Lamouroux. 
Menipea cirrata, Lamx., Hist, des Polypes, p. 145 ; Exp. Metli., p. 7, pi. iv. fig. D ; Bk., 
Brit. Mus. Cat., vol. i. p. 21, pi. xx. figs. 1, 2 ; Krauss. 
Cellaria cirrata, Ell. and Soland. 
,, crispa, Pallas, Elencli. 
Sertularia crispa, Gmelin. 
„ cirrata, Gmelin. 
Tubularia cirrata, Esper, Seba. 
Character. — Zooecia pyriform, constricted below, six in each internode, one of the 
lower usually more or less aborted ; usually one large lateral avicularium to each 
internode ; three long, strong, marginal spines. Anterior avicularium single, its upper 
border toothed 
Habitat. — Simon’s Bay, Cape of Good Hope. 
(9) Menipea pateriformis, n. sp. (PI. Y. fig. 4). 
Character. — Zoarium branched, branches thick, almost cylindrical, arising from a 
loose tuft of radical fibres. Zooecia tri- or quadri-serial, the lateral series facing outwards 
at a slight angle, oblong, with a regularly oval aperture occupying the upper three- 
fourths ; the margin very thin, smooth and high. A large, prominent, sessile 
avicularium below the aperture in almost every zooecium. Ooecia lofty, narrow, surface 
smooth, entire. Dorsal surface covered with radical tubes. 
Habitat. — Station 299, lat. 33° 31' S., long. 74° 43' W., 2160 fathoms, blue mud. 
3. Emma, Gray. 
Emma, Gray, Dieffenb. New Zealand, vol. ii. p. 293; Bk., Voy. of Rattles., vol. i. p. 373; 
Brit. Mus. Cat., p. 27 ; T. W. Hutton. 
Menipea (sp.), Wyv. Thoms. ; Hincks. 
Character . — Zooecia in conjoined pairs or triplets in each internode (not opposite); 
much expanded above and contracted below. Upper part of front occupied by a wide 
subtri angular bordered area, partially filled in by a granular lamina ; and with a suborbi- 
cular membranous aperture. A lateral sessile avicularium placed below the level of 
the aperture. 
