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(e) A fact which may yet prove to be of some importance is that in Stichopathes 

 papillosa, n. sp., belonging to a genus typically simple, a knob-like projection, about 

 6 centims. from the base, indicates, without doubt, the remains of a branch. 



(f) The various specimens show a considerable number of epizoic animals: e.g., 

 Sponges, Polyzoa, Serpula-tubes, Spirorbis-tubes, Cirripede-galls, stalked Barnacles, 

 Corals, and in one case a young pearl oyster. 



Cirripathes (?) n. sp. Plate, fig. 8. 



A very large simple colony, 135 centims. long, with a diameter varying from 

 3*75 millims. at the base to 0"75 millim. at the top. The basal portion, which is 

 attached to a stone, is expanded into a circular disc 16 millims. in diameter. The 

 stem is sinuous for the first 35 centims., but after that it is coiled into three distinct 

 spirals, with diameters of 10 centims., 9 centims., and 8 centims. respectively the 

 corresponding heights being 10 centims., 8 centims., and 7 centims. The total height 

 of the colony is 65 centims. The colour of the axis at the base is jet black, changing 

 gradually to a golden brown. It is hollow, at least in the upper region, and is 

 covered with distinctly papillose spines, which are - l millim. in height near the 

 top of the colony, but shorter and thicker further down. They are arranged 

 irregularly near the base, where twenty can be counted from one aspect, but further 

 up a linear arrangement seems to predominate. Near the top they are disposed in 

 verticils round the stem, about one and a half to two lengths apart, and the 

 number from one aspect diminishes to nine. They are of a paler colour than 

 the stem. 



As there are no polyps on the specimen, it is impossible to decide its position with 

 security, beyond saying that it is either a Stichopathes or a Cirripathes, but the 

 arrangement of the spines and the general nature of the colony would point towards 

 its being a new species of Cirripathes, which we would refrain from naming. The 

 specimen was trawled at Station XXIV., off Foul Point, outside Trincomalee, 

 46 fathoms. 



Antipathes gallensis, n. sp. Plate, fig. 15. 



A fragmentary portion of a colony, 8 centims. high and 4 '5 centims. broad. The 

 branching is irregular, giving the whole a shrub-like appearance, suggestive of the 

 broom. The main stem is short and sinuous, but a large branch arises about midway 

 up and constitutes the greater part of the colony. The general colour is black 

 towards the base, but rusty brown in the smaller branches, which are long and 

 slightly flexed. The diameter of the axis is 1 millim. at the base and tapers very 

 gradually. 



The spines on the main branch are low and conical, standing perpendicularly and 

 arranged irregularly, so that no definite number could be counted from any one 

 aspect. Those on the smaller branches are compressed and thorn-like the upper 



