952 The Philippine Journal of Science 1921 
Measurements of specimens of Lituaria philippinensis sp. nov. 
Maximum 
Length of — diameter of— 
No. 
Colony. | Rachis. | Stalk. | Rachis. Stalk. 
mm, mm, mm. mm, mm, 
bE ESE SR eee er ene 103 60 53 6 if 
gen a Be eins cabs Sead sche beee 87 55 32 ud 9 
Oe ae tee ty Biles Eras See ae ep ee eae 92 50 42 6 7 
This species differs from L. phalloides in the absence of any 
‘outgrowth from the upper end of the axis; from L. hicksoni in 
that the colony is much slenderer, that the nonretractile basal por- 
tions of the autozooids are of quite different shape and appear- 
ance, and that the spicules are smaller; from L. australasiz in 
that the axis is deeply grooved; and from L. kiikenthali in that 
the axis extends to the upper end of the rachis and in the 
absence of the characteristic brown area on the upper part 
of the polyp base. 
From L. habereri, to which it is apparently most nearly re- 
lated, it differs, so far as I have been able to determine from 
the rather meager description in Kiikenthal’s revision (I do 
not have access to Balss’ description), in that the rachis is 
longer than the stalk; that the axis does not extend through- 
out the entire colony, ending below in the middle of the stalk; 
in that there are no spicules in the stalk rind; and in that the 
colors are different. 
Lituaria molle sp. nov. 
Type.—No. C. 2457 in the zodlogical collection, College of 
Liberal Arts, University of the Philippines; collected from Port 
Galera Bay, Mindoro, by L. E. Griffin. 
The rachis, which is somewhat longer than the slender stalk, 
increases in size from the stalk to the blunt upper end where 
it reaches a maximum diameter of 10 millimeters. The entire 
colony is expanded and soft: hence the specific name. 
The large, irregularly scattered autozooids reach a length of 
10 millimeters and a basal diameter of 2 to 3 millimeters. The 
upper portion of the autozooids and the tentacles are brown. The 
numerous long, closely set pinnules are transparent white, as 
are the polyp walls. The lower portion of the stomodzeum is 
