ALCYONARIANS. — BRIGGS. 91 



Telesto trichostemma {Dana). 



Gorgonia trichostemma, Dana, Zooph., 1846, p. 665, 

 pi. lix., figs. 3, 3a, 3b. 



Telesto tridwstemma, Verrill, Amer. Joiirn. Sci. and Arts, 

 xlv., 1868, p. 415. Id., Wright and Studer, Chall. 

 Rep., Zool., xxxi., 1889, p. 264. Id., Hickson, Fauna 

 Geography Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, ii., 

 1, 1903, p. 481. Id., Thomson and Henderson, in 

 Herdman, Rep. Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries, Part 

 III., Suppl. Rep., XX., Alcyonaria, 1905, p. 319. Id., 

 Thomson and Simpson, Alcyonaria of the Indian 

 Ocean, ii., 1909, p. 277. Id., Thomson and Mackinnon, 

 Mem. Austr. Mus., iv., 13, 1911, p. 692. 



A solitary specimen is referred to this species. It is 13 cm. 

 in length, and of a yellowish-brown colour. It agrees Avith 

 the description given by Wright and Studer, and with speci- 

 mens in the Australian Museum collection. The basal attach- 

 ment is intact, and consists of a flattened expansion. The 

 spicules are exactly like those described in the " Challenger " 

 Report. 



Locality. — Shoalhaven Bight, New South Wales, 15-45 

 fathoms. 



Distribution. — Fiji Islands (Dana). Torres Strait, 3-11 

 fathoms (Wright and Studer). Mulaku Atoll, 25 fathoms, 

 and Miladumadulu Atoll, Maldive Archipelago, 24 fathoms 

 (Hickson). Patani, Siam (Thomson and Henderson). 

 " Thetis " Station 44, off Coogee, New South Wales, 49-50 

 fathoms (Thomson and Mackinnon). 



Family KOPHOBELEMNONID.E. 



Genus Kophobelemnon, Kolliker. 



KoPHOBELEMXON scHMELTZii [KdlUker). 



Sclerobelemnon schmeltzii, Kolliker, Anatom. Systemat. 

 Beschreib. Alcyonarien, Abth. i., Pennatuliden, 1872, 

 p. 312, pi. xxi., figs. 184a, 184b, 185. 



Kophohelemnon schmeltzii, Thomson and Mackinnon, Mem. 

 Austr. Mus., iv., 13, 1911, p. 693. 



A single specimen of a light brown colour represents this 

 species, which was originally described by Kolliker from 

 Formosa. 



