340 ANGIAD.E. 



element angia, from ayyos, a cup, I have completed the 

 word from ottXov, armour; with a double allusion to the 

 mail-like epitheca, and the toothing of the plates. The 

 English name commemorates the manner of gemmation ; 

 and the specific, the locality in which it was found ; the 

 Durotriges having, according to Ptolemy, anciently in- 

 habited the coast of Dorset. 



In September, 1858, a dealer from Torquay, dredging 

 in Weymouth Bay, brought up a piece of the bottom, 

 about a foot square, evidently the edge of one of the 

 oolite ledges, torn off by the lip of the dredge. On this 

 were from fifty to a hundred specimens of this little Coral, 

 clustered in many groups. It was presumed to be Caryo- 

 phyllia Smithii, and no special notice being taken of it, 

 the mass was broken up and dispersed ; and a small frag- 

 ment accidentally fell under my eye, and was secured. I 

 was not so fortunate as to see the animal alive, my 

 specimen, though in the flesh, being in an advanced state 

 of decomposition ; but the discoverer, who is pretty familiar 

 with C. Smithii, at least as to its general appearance, spoke 

 of the Hoplangia as resembling that species, and told me 

 that he remarked green and white hues. He observed 

 also numerous tentacles, but did not notice whether they 

 were knobbed. 



[Angia.] 



Hoplangia. 



[Phyllangia.] 



