92 '' ENDEAVOUR " SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



The dimensions in centimetres are as follows : 



Length of entire colony . . . . . . 13-3 



Length of polyp-bearing portion . . . . 9'2 



Length of the stalk 6-1 



Breadth of polyp-bearing portion .. .. 1-1 



Breadth of the" stalk O5 



Locality. Between Port Stephens and Newcastle, New 

 South Wales, 22-60 fathoms. 



Distribution. Formosa (Kolliker). " Thetis " Station 25, 

 off Newcastle, New South Wales, 48-42 fathoms (Thomson 

 and Mackinnon). 



Family PTEROELDLD^E. 

 Genus GODEFFROYIA, Kolliker. 



GODEFFROYIA ELEGANS, Kolliker. 



Godeffroyia elegans, Kolliker, Anatom. Systemat. Beschreib. 

 Alcyonarien, Abth. 1., Pennatuliden, 1872, p. 116, 

 pi. viii., figs. 63-65. Id., Thomson and Mackinnon, 

 Mem. Austr. Mus., iv., 13, 1911, p. 693. 



This species was founded on a single specimen, 134 mm. 

 in length, from the Gulf of Siam. There are three specimens 

 in the present collection which agree in detail with Kolliker's 

 description. 



The dimensions in centimetres are as follows : 



Sp. I. Sp. II. Sp. III. 



Length of entire colony . . . . . . 2O5 19'4 18 



Length of rachis 11 10-4 10'7 



Length of stalk 9 -5 9 7 "3 



Breadth of rachis . . . . . . . . 5'5 4'S 4 - 5 



Breadth of stalk 1-2 1-2 1-2 



Breadth of keel in the middle . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 



Length of pinnules on the ventral side . . 3 2-2 2'6 



Maximum breadth of pinnules .. .. 1 - 1 1 1-1 



Number of pinnules on each side . . 27 32 31 



The colour is light brown. 



Localities. Shoalhaven Bight, New South Wales, 15-45 

 fathoms. 



Between Port Stephens and Newcastle, New South Wales, 

 22-60 fathoms. 



Distribution. Gulf of Siam (Kolliker). The " Thetis ' 

 obtained it at the following localities off the coast of New 

 South Wales : Station 22, Newcastle Bight, 40-26 fathoms ; 

 Station 54, Jervis Bay, 10-11 fathoms (Thomson and Mac- 

 kinnon). 



