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spicuous teeth. The zooids are in rows, usually of 3, on each side 

 of the bare middle space on the dorsal side of the rachis. On the 

 ventral side there are two lateral rows of zooids which are somewhat 

 broken and irregular, there being a tendency toward the formation 

 of double rows extending down the whole length of the rachis and 

 stem to the end bulb. 



These specimens are preserved in glycerin, and the spicules seem 

 to have largely been dissolved. 



The name Verrillia was proposed by Stearns as a subgeneric 

 designation based on the species named originally Pavonaria blakei 

 by the same author. Later Verrill republished Stearns's original 

 description, a very complete one, by the way, and adds, in a footnote: 

 "A recent examination of a specimen convinces me that this species 

 is most nearly allied to the Halipteris chrishi, and probably ought to 

 be referred to this genus." 6 



The present writer having compared the careful description of 

 Stearns with his own description of the specimens at Stanford Uni- 

 versity finds that the two agree quite closely. These specimens, 

 however, can not be placed in Kolliker's genus Halipteris because 

 the polyps are placed on rudimentary band-like pinnae, instead of 

 being seated directly on the rachis as in the original description of 

 the genus. They can be placed, however, in Kolliker's genus 

 Pavonaria, which Verrill has shown to be a synonym of the genus 

 Balticina Gray. c If the species under consideration is a valid one it 

 should be called Balticina blakei (Stearns). 



As indicated above, however, I am of the opinion that the Stanford 

 specimens belong to the well-known species Balticina jinmarchica 

 (Sars). 



Family FUNICULINID/E. 



Polyps sessile, free, arranged in rows on sides of rachis and pro- 

 vided with calyces. 



Genus FUNICULINA. 



Calyces with 8 teeth and spicules in 8 vertical bands. Zooids 

 dorsal. 



FUNICULINA ARMATA Verrill. 



Funiculina armata Verrill, Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts, XVII, 1879, p. 240. 



Largest colony about 45 cm. long. The axis is distinctly quad- 

 ra ngular in section, and the end bulb is scarcely distinguished from 

 the rest of the stem, the termination being curved and pointed. 



a Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., V, 1873, p. 147. 



b Amer. Journ. Sei. and Arts, VII, 1874, p. 68. 



c Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., XI, no. 1, p. 4. 



