[123] Physalia pelagica, of which a representation is given in the centre of Plate [XXVIII.] Some naturalists make two or three other species, but I do not think that their distinctive characters can as yet be depended on.
[124] Gatherings of a Naturalist, p. 7.
[125] I ought to say that, as usual in these stranded examples, the tentacles and suckers were so mutilated by washing on the shore, that I have been compelled to aid my observation by the figures of Eschscholtz and Huxley, on whose correctness I could depend.
[126] See his Gatherings in Australasia, for much interesting information on both these animals.
[127] Op. cit.
[128] Sarsia tubulosa; a group is represented of the size of life, in the lower right-hand corner of Plate [XXVIII.]
[129] Æquorea Forbesiana; this fine species forms the subject of Plate [XXIX.]
[130] Aurelia aurita, represented (about one-fourth of the natural size) in Plate [XXX.] On the extreme right and left are seen the young, in the stages of Hydra, Strobila, and Ephydra.
[131] Cydippe pileus, seen, of the size of life, near the upper left-hand corner of Plate [XXX.]
[132] Dr. Drummond, in Trans. Roy. Irish Acad. for 1839.