322 TURBINOLIADJi. 



Size. 

 Diameter from wall to wall - 13 inch : height '05. 



Animal. Unknown. 



Locality. 

 The Moray Firth, deep water. 



For this very distinct and remarkable little Coral I am 

 indebted to Mr. James Macdonald, of Elgin, who obtained 

 it from Lossiemouth, in October, 1858, attached to a valve 

 of Cyprina, from the deepest part of the Moray Firth. 

 There is no other species with which it can possibly be 

 confounded, the expansions of the ribs presenting a very 

 striking character. They remind me of the immense but- 

 tresses which surround the base of the giant Ceiba of the 

 Jamaican forests. To this feature I have alluded in the 

 specific name, which is formed from irrepbv, a wing, and 

 7rou?, a foot. 



My friends, Messrs. Macdonald and Gregor, speak of 

 other Corals havins; at various times come under their 

 notice, but they had always been set down, like these now 

 recorded, as Caryopliyllia Smithii. It is by no mean> 

 improbable that further research may considerably aug- 

 ment the list of our living Corals. 



Thulensis. 



PTEROPUS. 



