ALCYONARIA. 327 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



PLATE I. 



Fig. 1 . Expanded polyps of Acamptogorgia spinosa, var. eeylomensis, n. x 25. 

 Spongodes splendms. x 20. 

 Eunephthya purpurea, n. sp. x 20. 

 Nephthya ceylonensis, n. sp. x 20. 

 Spongodes pulchra, n. sp. x 20. 

 Spongodes armafa, var. ceylonensis, n. x 20. 

 Siphonogorgia kollikeri. x 4. 

 Aslromuricea ramosa, n. sp. x 12. 

 Spongodes aurantixica* n. sp. x 20. 



PLATE II. 



Fig. 1. Stenogwgia ceylonensis, n. sp. x 12. 



,, 1a. Branching of Slenogorgiu ceylonensis, n. sp. Nat. size. 



2. Paraspongodes striata, n. sp. x 1. 



3. Acis indica, n. sp. x 15. 



4. Capnella manaarensis, n. sp. x 15. 



5. Virgularia tubcrculala, n. sp. x 20. 



6. ParanepMhya pratti, n. sp. x 25. 



,, 7. Paraspongodes striata, n. sp. x 15. 



8. Acanihogorgia media, a. sp. x 20. 



,, 9. Virgvdaria tuberadata, n. sp. x 12. 



PLATE III. 



Bebryce hicksoni, n. sp. x 12. 



Blanching of Muricella ramosa, n. sp. Nat. size. 



Mnricella ramosa, n. sp. x 8. 



Ven-ucella flexuosa, var. aurantiaca. x 2 J. 



SI yhibelemnoMes herdmani, n. gen. et sp. x 5. 



Lophogorgia lidkeni. x 1J. 



Acanihogorgia media, n. sp. x 20. 

 8. C'lamilaria margaritiferm, n. sp., spreading on an oyster shell, x 2. 

 ,, 9. ^/.s alba, n. sp. x 12. 



PLATE IV. 



Fig. 1. Scirpcaria sp. Nat. size. 

 2. Virgxdaria sp. xl|. 



3. Sfylobelemnoides herdmani, n. gen. et sp. x 2. 

 4, 5. Juncella gemmacea. Nat. size. 



6. Acanthogorgia ceylonensis, n. sp. x 3. The stem and branches have 

 been made much too substantial. 



* This has been by mistake printed S. flabellifera on the plate. 



