205 
directives fertile. Nematocysts of the column 15 — 22 x almost 
1,5 —1,5 ^/, those of the tentacles 19—29 x almost 1,5 —2,5 /<, 
those of the actinopharynx partly 22—31 x 2— 2,5 fi, partly 24— 
26 X 4—5 //. 
Colour in formaline: (specimens from Bay of Islands) Column 
dark reddish-brown, tentacles, oral disc, and actinopharynx of similar 
colour but paler, especially the actinopharynx. Specimens in alcohol 
(from Slipper Island and North Cape): column more or less distinet 
olive-brown. 
Dimensions of two contracted specimens: length of the column 
1,4 resp. 1,7 cm, breadth 2 cm, length of the tentacles about 0,4 cm. 
Occurrence. Bay of Islands, under stones, 1.1.1915. 4 spec¬ 
imens. North Cape, under stones, 3.4.1915. 7 specimens. Slipper 
Island, littoral, 20.12.1914. 3 specimens. 
Exterior aspect. The pedal disc is wide, the column espec¬ 
ially in its upper part provided with rather small verrucae, which 
in its lower part are probably more sparse. The warts were most 
distinet in the specimens from Bay of Islands, in one of them, a 
very contracted specimen, the warts were obscure. Also in the alco- 
holic specimens they were indistinet, as the longitudinal and trans¬ 
versal furrows, the latter due to the strong contraction of the column, 
make the body look checkered. The fossa is deep. There are no 
marginal sphaerules. The tentacles are rather short, cylindrical or 
somewhat aeuminated in their apex, smooth or somewhat longi- 
tudinally sulcated, according to the State of contraction. The outer 
tentacles are almost as long as the inner. Their- arrangement is 
probably often irregular in connection with an often appearing ir- 
regular development of the mesenteries. The numbers vary; I counted 
in 8 specimens 56, 66, 66, 75, 78, 94 (96?), 98 and 99. The 
oral disc is indistinetly radially furrowed, about half the oral disc 
lacks tentacles. Of 10 examined specimens 6 were provided with 
a single siphonoglyphe, 2 specimens were normally developed with 
2 siphonoglyphes, and 2 had 3 siphonoglyphes one of which weaker 
than the others. The aboral prolongations of the siphonoglyphes 
are inconsiderable. 
Anatomical description. The ectoderm of the column is 
high and contains, besides rather numerous nematocysts, numerous 
rather elongated glahd-cells. As far I can see from the not well 
