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ingest calcareous internode is 6.1 cm. long, while the horny nodes are but i mm. li 

 The shorter fragment bas ;i thicker axis than die other, their diameters bemg 2 mm. and 

 rively. Both are largely denuded of coenenchyma, but retain this and the polyps 

 in pla 1 1 1 c ■ calyces are rather closelj set in irregular spirals, being on all sides of the 



stem or brunch. 



The individual calyces are columnar in shape and usually project at a wide angle from 

 stem. A typical one is 4.5 mm. in height and 2.5 mm. in diameter. The walls are nearly 

 straight. There are a few transversely disposed spindles near the base, and a row of about 

 eight Kuii4 spindles extending perpendicularly from the transverse spicules to beyond the margin, 

 around which they form a crown of points. Shorter spindles support the larger ones near the 

 bas.-, as il propping them. The dorsal surfaces of the tentacles are armed with two or three 

 rtiws of bar-like spicules longitudinally disposed. 



The coenenchyma of the stem is thin and stripped from most of the specimens. It contains 

 a few spicules in the form of spindles. 



Spicules. These are nearly all slender spindles, pointed at the ends and attaining a 

 length of 3. mm. They differ from the others described in having their surfaces almost perfectly 

 smooth, without verrucae or projecting points of any kind, thus rcsembling most of the spicules 

 of the pennatulids. The largest of these spicules are those forming the crown of points around 

 the calyx margins. Besides these spindles, there are a few bar-like forms with rounded ends, 

 found in the tentacles. 



Color. The specimens are ivory white, in alcohol. The nodes are dark brown, and the 

 polyps very light brown. 



General distribution. The type locality is Challenger Station 20 1 , off the Philippines ; 

 depth 82 fathoms; bottom, stones. 



This species is also found in the Japanese waters. (Nuttin-g, Mss.). 



The specimen described is labeled ■ Ceratoisis pkilippinensis". This was very likely written 

 by 1 >r. Versluys during his preliminary studies of the Gorgonacca of the Siboga Expedition. 

 Through his kindness the writer has been permitted to examine fragments of the Challenger 

 types of this species. These agree fairly well with the above description ; but differ considerably 

 from the description in the Challenger Report, having calyces in some instances 5 mm. in height, 

 and with the spiculation as described above. The small spicules are more numerous than in 

 the Siboga material, and the color of the calyces is much darker. The calcareous internodes 

 are longer in the Siboga material than the descriptions of the type would indicate. 



3. Ceratoisis wrighti new species 1 . (Plate II, figs. 1, ia; Plate V, fig. 3). 



Stat. 87. o°32'S., [I9°39'.8E. 655 meters. Fine grey mud. 

 Colony over 1 meter in length ('113 cm.), unbranched. The base consists of two very 



1 Namcd in honoi il E. PerciVAI WrICHT who first dcfincd the genus Ceratoisis. 



