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49. Veretillum elegans. 



Stem 1 inch long. 



Sarcobelemnon elegans, Herklots, Not. p, 25, t. 7. f. 3 j Gray, Ann. *^ 

 3Ia(f. Nat. Hist. 1860, v. p. 21. 



Hah. Japan (Mus. Leyden). 



50. Veretillum Stimpsonii. 



Veretillum Stimpsonii, Verrill, Proc. Essex Inst. 1865, iv. pp. 152, 184, 

 t. 5. f. 3, 3 a. 



Coral 5 or 6 inches long, enlarged above for more than half the 

 entire length. Polypes much exserted, upwards of an inch long ; 

 tentacles very long. Axis thick, short, fusiform, one-third of an 

 inch long ; base white, somewhat striated ; body light cream-colour. 

 Polypes transparent, bluish-white at the base of the tentacles. 



Hab. Hong-Kong, 6-10 fathoms (W. Stimijson). 



Body white, cream-colour. Polypes transparent, with an opaque 

 digestive tube, bluish white about the bases of the tentacles ; base 

 white, somewhat longitudinally striated. The polypiferous portion 

 of surface thick, swollen, somewhat fusiform, broadest below the 

 middle ; the surface granulose ; basal portion less than a third of 

 the whole length, bulbous, smooth, and very contractile. Polypes 

 rather distantly scattered, arranged somewhat in quincunx ; between 

 them are numerous minute papillae or rudimentary polypes : in ex- 

 pansion the polypes are much exserted, with very slender elongated 

 tentacles, bordered with rather distant elongated slender lobes in a 

 single row on each side, commencing close to their bases. Axis short, 

 thick, fusiform, situated just below the commencement of the poly- 

 piferous part. 



Length 3| inches, naked part 1 inch ; diameter in broadest part 

 1 inch; length of axis 5 inch. "When living, length 6| inches; 

 breadth 4| inch ; polypes exserted about | inch. 



51. Veretillum baculatus. 



Veretillum baculatum, Verrill, Proc. Essex Inst. 1865, iv. pp. 152, 185. 



Club-shaped ; the base about one-third the length. Polypes scat- 

 tered, not numerous. Axis small, fusiform, about half an inch long 

 in a specimen 3 inches long. 



Hah. Sea of Ochotsk, off Siberia {L. M. Squires). 



Only a single specimen obtained. SmaU, clavate, broadest near 

 the upper end, which is obtusely rounded ; polypiferous portion about 

 one-half the whole length ; naked basal portion elongated, pointed 

 below in one specimen, with a distinct terminal pore. Axis small, 

 fusiform, less than one-half an inch long. Polypes much smaller 

 and more numerous than in V. Stimpsonii. Length 2 inches, dia- 

 meter 5 inch. 



