Report of Pt. Pliillip Biological Survey Committee. 137 



(2) Telesto smithi (Gray). "Annals and Mag. of jSTatural History " 



(4)iii, p. 21. 

 There are considerable quantities of tliis species in the national 



collection at South Kensington. 

 Specimens collected by H.M.S. Alert, Arafura Sea, 32-36 fthms; 



Port Holle, Queensland, 12-20 fthms. 



(3) Clavularia austrcdiensis (sp. nov.) 



Specimen growing on the test of an ascidian. 



Stolon thin ; membranous plate-like, dividing into separate 



ribbon-like pieces at the edges. 

 Polypes 2mm. long, 1mm. diameter in average size; separated 



from one another by very slight intervals. 

 Colour, brownish-yellow, due in large part to a considerable 



deposit of fine yellow sand. 

 Spicules very few, or absent. 

 Vide general remarks at the beginning of the report. 



(4) Virgidaria lotvenii (?) 



I believe this specimen to be a young form of V. loioenii, 

 see (1). 



(5) Mojysea dichotoma (Lamx.) " Hist, polyp, flexibles," p. 467 ; 



Isis dichotoma, "Linn. Syst. Nat.," Ed. x, p. 799, vide 

 Challenger Reports Ixiv, p. 41. 

 The specimen agrees with the specimens obtained by H.M.S. 

 Challenger at Port Jackson, 35 fthms. 



(6) Telesto smitld, vide (2). 



(7) Clavularia raviosa (sp. nov.) 



Specimen growing on a much ramified Alga. 



Stolon composed of a number of branched tubular strands, upon 



which stand at intervals of about 3mm. the polypes. 

 Polypes partially retracted (the calyx being withdrawn into the 



body of the polype) ; funnel-shaped (narrow at the base, 



broad at the extremity) ; in the retracted condition 3mra. 



long by 1| diameter at the extremity. 

 Spicules numerous both in polyp walls and stolon, "1 to •1.5mm. 



long, double clubs and spindles bearing numerous ])romi- 



nent wart-like projections. 

 Colour, pale, dirty yellow. 



(8) Epizoanthus parasiticus (Verrill). "Memoirs Boston Soc," 



Vol. i, p. 34. 



Vide Challenger Report vi, p. 116, by Hertwig; and Supple- 

 ment to Report on Actiniaria, by Hertwig and Erdman, 

 published in 1888. 



Vide remarks on the species of Zoantharia at the beginning of 

 the report. 



