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Fiiiiiciiliiifi qiiadraiig-ularis, Hcrhhdz, Not. p. 8 ; Gray, Ann. ^- Mag. 

 Nat. Hkt. 1800, V. p. 20; KolUkcr, Ic. Hid. pp. V.U, 100, f. 27, 28. 



Hah. Oban {MacAndreiv). 



Mr. Verrill first pointed out tliat tho Scottish spocimoiis are rlif- 

 forent from those from Norway. 



3. Funiciilina philippinensis. B.M. 



Axis quadrangular, ahoxit a foot long. 

 Hab. Philippines (Ciiminff). 



2. BALTICINA. 



Coral free, linear, elongate, subquadrangular ; base sterile, elon- 

 gate, clavate ; front of upper part shelving on each side of a narrow, 

 rather sunken, medial groove, hinder sides rounded. Polype and 

 tentacles quite retractile. Cells (when retract(Kl) conical, separate, 

 isolated, in irregular, oblique, converging lines of 10 or 12, and some 

 few isolated among the series. Axis calcareous, elongate, as long 

 as the coral, " cylindrical." 



Funiculina, sp., Sars. 



4. Balticina finmarchica. B.M. 



Virgularia finmarchica, Sais, Faune Lit. Norv. ii. p. 08, 1. 11 ; Mili.c- 



Edw. &i Haime, Corall. i. p. 213. 

 Funiculina finmarchica, Hcrklotz, Not. p. 9 ; Gray, Ann. ^- Maq. Nat. 



Hist. 1800, V. p. 20 ; Kdllikcr, Ic. Hist. p. 134." 



Hah. Fin mark. 



3. NOHTICINA. 



Coral free, linear, elongate, compressed ; base sterile, largely cla- 

 vate ; upper part much compressed, mth a narrow, rounded back 

 edge ; the sides compressed, converging and narrower in front. 

 Polypes completely retractile. Cells (five in each series) conical, 

 close together, regularly placed in narrow, rounded, subangular, 

 transverse fleshy ridges. Spicules dark at the top. Axis calcareous, 

 elongate, as long as the coral, cylindrical. 



Virgularia, sp., Koren. 

 Funiculina, sp., Herhlotz. 



5. Norticina Christii. B.M. 



Virgularia Christii, Koren (Si- Danielsscn in Sars, Faune Liftor. Noit. ii. 



p. 01, t. 12. f. 7, 12; Milne-Edwards S^- Haime, Corall. i. p. 213. 

 Funiculina Christii, HerMutz, Not. p. 9; Gray, Ann. i^- Maq. Nat. Hist. 



1800, V. p. 20 ; Kolliker, Ic. Hist. p. 134. 



Hah. Coast of Norway. 



See 1. Pennatulata arundinacea, Gmelin, S. N. p. 38G6; Modeer, 

 N. Act. Stockh. 1786, p. 14. n. 5. chap. 28. 



Funiculina arundinacea, Blainr. Man. d'Act. p. 508. 

 2. Fennatula scirpea, Pallas, Zooph. p. 372. n. 218. " P. simplex, 



