26 TUBULIPORID^E. 



"Small purple Eschara," Ellis, Corall. p. 74, pi. 27e, E. 



Tubipora serpens, Linn., Jameso)i. 



Millepora liliacea, rallas. 



Millepora tubulosa, Soland. 



'i Cellepora ramulosa, Esper, pi. 5. 



Tubulipora triiusversa, Lamarck ; Johnst. Trans. Newc. Soc. ii. p. 269 ; 



Blainville, Man. d'Act. p. 424 ; Lamx. Expos. Meth. pi. 64. fig. 1 



(from Ellis). 

 Obelia tubulifera, Lamx. pi. 80. fig. 7 ; M.-Edtoards, I. c. pi. 12. fig. 3. 

 Tubulipora foramiuulata, Blainv. Man. d'Act. p. 425, pi. 62. fig. 3, 3a. 

 Tubulipora serpens, I'leminff ; Couch : Johnst. B. Zooph. vol. i. p. 275, 



pi. 47. figs. 4-6. 

 Idmouea serpens, Tan Bcneden ; Bull, de I'Acad. d. Brux. t. xvi. 



p. 647, pi. 1. fig. 7 ; Smitt (subg.), I. c. p. 399, pi. iii. figs. 1-5, aud 



pi. ix. figs. 1, 2. 

 Ileptotubigera tubulifera, D'Orb. Pal. Franq. p. 752. 

 Tubulipora lobulata, Hassall, An. N. LI. yii. p. 367, pi. 10. figs. 1,2; 



Johnst. B. Zooph. vol. i. p. 272 ; Smitt, I. c. p. 400. 



Jiab. British coasts (ubique), usually on Fucus ; Scandinavian 



seas [Smitt) ; Spitzbergen. 



4. Tubulipora fungia. Couch. (Plate XXXII. fig. 3.) 



Zoarium fungiform, suberecfc or decumbent, and spreading in 

 irregular lobes ; cells disposed very irregularly, and opening chiefly 

 at the dilated ends of the lobes ; free portion very short or obsolete ; 

 mouth annular, ■with a slightly thickened margin. 



Tubulipora fungia, Couch, Corn. Faun. iii. p. 107, pi. 19. fig. 3. 

 Tubulipora penicillata, Johnst. I. c. p. 271, pi. 48. figs. 1, 2. 

 Tubulipora {suhyen. Probnsciua) fungia, Smitt, I. c. p. 403, pi. x. 



figs. 2, 5. 

 Tubipora penicillata, I'ah. F. Grant, p. 429. 



Hah. Northern coast of Britain ; Arctic Sea (Smitt) ; Finmark, 

 50 fathoms; Hamilton's Inlet, Labrador (Wallich); Banff (on 

 stone) ; coast of Devon (Hinrl-s). 



5. Tubulipora ventricosa, Bk. (Plate XXXII. fig. 4.) 



Zoarium pj'riform, simple, suberect or decumbent, attached by its 

 contracted portion, which rapidly expands into a hollow vesicle 

 (oooecial) ; cells disposed irregularly. 



Tubulipora ventricosa, Bk. Quart. Journ. Mic. Sc. vol. iii. p. 256, 



pi. ii. figs. 3, 4. 

 TubuHpora {sidx/en. Proboscina) iucrassata (var. a. forma erecta), 



Smitt, I. c. p. 402. 



Hab. "VV. Greenland, on Fucus {Dr. Sutherland, H.M.S. 'Sophia ') ; 

 Arctic and Norwegian seas (Smitt) ; Spitzbergen (Loven). 



Prof. Smitt gives T. ventricosa, mihi, as a synonym of his Tubuli- 

 pora (Proboscina) incrassata, which again he regards as synonymous 

 with Filisparsn incra:-saia of il. d'Orbigny ; but I am unable to 

 agree with him in these determinations. Several specimens of T. 



