1021.] A. Robertson: Report on Brvozoa. 53 



40. Microporella ciliata, Pallas. 



Microporella ciliata, Hiiicks, i88o, p. 206, pi. wviii, tigs. [-8. 



Abundant in this collection : obtained at Gopalpore at 24 

 fathoms ; Palk Straits at 6-8 fathoms ; Andaraans, Ba^- of Bengal 

 at 15 to 30 fathoms; at station 387 (off C. Negrais, Burma, I5°25' 

 N., 93°45' E.) dredged at 40 to 40 fathoms. 



41. Microporella distoma, Busk. 



Aileonella distoma. Husk, 1884, pi. x\\, p. 187, wood cuts, 56, 57. 



Rather widely distributed. Obtained at ^he Andamans, North 

 Sentinal I. ; station 387 (off C. Negrais, Burma, I5°25' N,, 93°45' 

 E.) dredged at 40 to 49 fathoms, at Cape Bluff dredged at 375 

 fathoms. 



42. Microporella imprcssa, Audouin. 



Mictopni-ell'i linpi-enu, HincUs. i88i>, p. 214, pi. xxvi, figs. y-ii. 



Obtained off Cejdon, growing on a dead shell dredged at 703 

 fathoms. 



43. Microporella malusii, Audouin. 



Microporella malusii, Hiiicks, iS8f), p. 211, pi. xxviii, fig. II. 



Dredged ai 6-8 fathoms at the entrance to Palk Straits. 



44. Microporella yarraensis, Waters. 



Eschara tichenoiiias, Busk, 1854, pt. ii, p. go, pi. cvi, figs. i. 2,3. 

 Obtained 21 miles S.W. by W. of Mangalore, west coast of 

 India, dredged at 31 fathoms, growing on a shell. 



45. Porina tubulosa, Norman. 



Porina tiihulosa. Hincks, 1880, p. 230, pi. xxxii, figs. 6-9. 



Obtained at the Andamans and dredged at the entrance to 

 Palk Straits at 6-8 fathoms. 



46. Tubucellaria cereoides, Ellis and Solander. 



Tubiiceilaria cereoides. Waters, 1907, p. 130, pi. xv, fig. 8. 



A small piece of a colony about an inch in height obtained by 

 the " Investigator " at the Andamans at 20 fathoms. 



47. Schizoporella auriculata, Hassall. 

 Schizoporella anriculafa, Hincks, 1880, p. 260, pi. xxix, fig. 4. 

 Dredged in the Bay of Bengal (off C. Negrais, Burma, I5°25' 

 N., 93°45' E.) at 15 to 30 fathoms, also at station 237 (Andaman 

 Sea, I3°i7' N., 93°7' E.) at 90 fathoms, at station 387 at 40 to 49 

 fathoms and off Ceylon at 703 fathoms. Obtained also at the 

 Andamans. 



These specimens conform to the description and plates given 

 by Hincks e.Kcept in a variation in position and size of avicularia. 



