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 1880. Carter. ' Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,' ser. v., vol. 5. 



1904. Forster-Cooper, C. "Antipatharia" in 'The Fauna and Geography of the Maklive and 



Laccadive Archipelagoes,' part iii., vol. 2. 

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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 



Fig. 1. Antipathella rugosa, n. sp., dendriform spines, -/, different stages of growth. 

 2. Antipathella ceylonensis, n. sp., arrangement of spines. 



(a) Main axis ; (b) Axis of pinnule. 

 3. Stichopathes contorta, n. sp., arrangement of spines. 



(a) Near base of the colony ; (b) Towards the tip of the colony. 

 ,, 4. Antipathes abies, Gray, polyps. 



(a) On main branches ; (b) On axis. 

 ,, 5. Antipathella rugosa, n. sp., polyps on pinnules. 

 6. Stichopathes papillosa, n. sp., polyps near the tip of the colony. 

 ,, 7. Antipathes gracilis, n. sp., complete colony. Nat. size. 

 ,, 8. Cirripathes (?), n. sp., arrangement of spines. 



(a) Near base of colony ; (b) Middle of colony : (c) Near tip of colony. 

 9. Stichopathes ceylonensis, n. sp., arrangement of spines. 



(a) Near base of colony ; (b) Towards top of colony. 

 ,, 10. Antipathella elegans, n. sp., arrangement of spines. 



(<f) Lower part of axis ; (b) Near top of axis. 

 ,, 11. Antipathella rugosa, n. sp., arrangement of spines. 



(a) Near base of main stem ; (b) Part of a pinnule. 

 ,, 12. Antipathella irregularis, n. sp., arrangement of spines. 



(a) Main stem and branch ; (/>) Pinnule. 

 ,, 13. Stichopathes papillosa, n. sp., arrangement of spines. 



(a) Near the base of the axis ; (5) At the tip of the axis. 

 ,, 14. Antipathes gracilis, n. sp., arrangement of spines. 



(a) On main stem ; (b) Part of a pinnule. 

 15. Antipathes gallensis, n. sp., arrangement of spines. 



(a) Main stem and branch ; (b) Pinnule. 



