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Australia, and has since been obtained off the north-east coast by H.M.S. "Alert." A 

 number of young specimens from St. Helena are preserved in the British Museum. 

 Aphanipathes pennacea (Pall.) has been obtained off the same island ; it also occurs in 

 the Indian Ocean. The remaining species were obtained during the voyage of the 

 Challenger, — Schizopathes crassa, off Monte Video; Taxipathes recta and Dendrobrachia 

 fallax, off Ascension. 



V. Indian Ocean (including Red Sea). 



Cirripaihes spiralis (Linn.), Blainv. 



,, diver sa, n. sjd. 



„ jlagellum, n. sp. 



,, anguina, Dana. 



Stichopathes echinulata, n. sp. 

 Antipathes fceniculacea, Pall. 



,, virgata, Esp. 



,, lentijnnna, n. sp. 



Aphanipathes alata, n. sp. 



,, verticillata, n. sp. 



Tylopa thes fia helium (Pall. ). 



,, hypnoides, n. sp. 



,, elegans, n. sp. 



Arachnopathes ericoides (Pall.), M.-Edw. 

 ,, clathrata (Pall.), M.-Edw. 



[Antipathes] corticata, Lamk. 



abies (Linn.), Gray. 



pumila, n. sp. 



ulex, E. and S. 



spinosa (Carter). 



myriophylla, Pall. 



lacerata, Lamk. 



■isidisplocamos, Klunz. 

 Schizop>athes conferta, n. sp. 

 Bathypathes tenuis, n. sp. 

 Cladopiathes plumosa, n. sp. 



The species described by earlier authors from the Indian Ocean have rarely had a 

 definite habitat assigned to them ; indeed, in many cases the type specimens were 

 purchased from dealers in Europe. The following lists have been compiled from various 

 si lurces : — 



Red Sea. — Cirripaihes anguina, Dana; Antipathes lenlipinna, n. sp. ; [Antipathes] 



corticata, Lamk.; [Antipathes] isidis-plocamos, Klunz. 

 Persian Gulf. — Antipathes virgata, Esp. 

 Off Kurrachee. — Cirripaihes spiralis (Linn.), Blainv.; Tylopathes elegans, n. sp. 



[Antip>athes] pumila, n. sp. 

 Off Ceylon. — Cirripaihes spiralis (Linn.), Blainv.; Cirripaihes anguina, Dana; 



Cirripathes diversa, n. sp.; Cirripaihes jlagellum, n. sp. ; [Antipathes] abies 



(Linn.), Gray; [Antipathes] abies, var. ptaniculata, Esp.; [Antipathes] spinosa 



(Carter). 

 Off Seychelles Islands. — Cirripathes anguina, Dana. 

 Off Mauritius. — Stichopathes echinulata, n. sp. ; Aphanipathes verticillata, n. sp. ; 



