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upward. In at least one of these the mandible is prolonged into 

 a branching process sometimes bifid, sometimes trifid, each 

 branch assuming the form of a rather broad Ihin blade, reminding 

 one of the wings of maple seed or of the membranous wings of an 

 insect. The avicularium on the other side small, with a triangular 

 mandible directed upward. Ocecimn shallow, widely open, two or 

 three spines on each side projecting in front of it (fig. 9, A, oe.). 



Dredged at 25 to 28 fathoms off Gopalpore, Ganjam district, 

 east coast of India. 



57. Lcpralia adpressa, Busk. 



Lepi-alia adpressa. Bask, 1S54, pt. ii, p. 82, pi. cii, figs. ,^, 4. 



Obtained at "Investigator" station 532, at 62 fathoms, 

 Mergui Archipelago (i2°i5' 20" N., 97°io' 10" E.). 



58. Lepralia depressa, Busk. 



Lepyalia depressa, Busk, i85_i, pt. ii, p. 75. pi- xl. figs. ,v 4. 



Many avicularia possess mandibles long and tapering, almost 

 vibraculoid in character, others possess stout mandibles which 

 terminate in a three parted process resembling the claws of a 

 gallinaceous bird. Commonly the avicularia are similar to those 

 represented by Busk. 



Growing on a mass of conglomerate, dredged at 15 to 30 

 fathoms in the Bay of Bengal, and at 70 fathoms off Ceylon. 



59. Lepralia feegeensis, Busk. 



Lepralia feegeensis, Busk, 1884, pt. x.xx, vol. x, p. 144. pi. xxii, fig. 10. 

 Loosely incrusting coral conglomerate obtained from coral 

 reefs of Kilakarai, Ramnad district, G. of Manaar. 



60. Lepralia turrita, Smitt. 



Lepralia turrita. Smitt, 1873, pt. ii, p. 05, pi. xl, figs. 226, 228. 



Dredged at 24 fathoms on the Ganjam coast, also at 6 to 8 

 fathoms at the entrance to Palk Straits. Obtained off Gopalpore, 

 and at Galle, Ceylon. 



61. Escharoides occlusa, Busk. 



Lepralia occlusa, \\'aters, 1909, vol. xxxi, p. 152, pi. 14, figs. I, 2. 



A fine specimen obtained in Gaspar Straits. Malay Archi- 

 pelago. Small, broken and somewhat imperfect specimens obtained 

 at the Andamans and dredged at 112 fathoms off Port Blair, Anda- 

 mans. 



62. Petralia laccadivensis, sp. nov. 



Material consisting of several small colonies incrusting sponge 

 or small shells. Adult zocecia with front wall rounded, porous. 



