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10. Bugula neritina var. rubra Thomely. 



Thornely. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., March 1912, p. 141. 

 Localities : Off Beyt ; Dwarka, 15-17 fathoms ; Kiu, low water. 



11. Bugula neritina var. fastigiata nov. (Figs. 1-5). 



Zoarium with a stout, dark brown, branched, fasciculated stem rising from a 

 fibrous root to a height of about three inches, the branches also fasciculated and 

 dark coloured below, becoming gradually less stout and rigid until near the top 

 where they curl gracefully over in delicate transparent tufts like those of Bicellaria 

 ciliata. Zooecia biserial, stout and showing through the fascicles of the branch 

 below, delicate and smaller in the curled upper parts ; a small avicularium below 

 each oral aperture. Ooecia opening laterally in the usual B. neritina manner. 



FIG. 6. Beania regularis, n. sp. 



There are several colonies of this species which must be very beautiful when 

 perfect, the contrast of the thick dark stems and branches and their delicate 

 white tips being remarkable. 



Localities : Dwarka, 15-17 fathoms ; Chindi Reef, 6-10 fathoms ; Rupan 

 Bandar ; Kutchegad. 



12. Beania re'gularis, n. sp. (Fig. 6). 



Zoarium loosely attached ; zooecia erect, distant, oval, open in front, widest 

 at the base, five points on the margin above the orifice. 



No lateral spines, no avicularia, connecting tubes proceeding from the lower 

 portion of the zooecium. 

 Locality : Dwarka. 



13. Synnotum aviculare (Pieper). 



Hincks. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, Vol. XVII., p. 257. 

 Localities : Dwarka, deep water ; off Beyt Island. 



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