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ENDEAVOUR SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



The dimensions in centimetres are as follows : — 



Length of entii-e colony . . . . . . 15-3 



Length of pol_yp-bearing portion . . . . 9-2 



Length of the stalk . . . . . . . . (VI 



Breadth of polyp-bearmg portion . . . . I'l 



Breadth of the stalk 0-5 



Locality. — Between Port Stephens and Newcastle, New 

 South Wales, 22-60 fathoms. 



Distribution. — Formosa (Kolliker). " Thetis " Station 25, 

 off Newcastle, New South \Yales, 48-42 fathoms (Thomson 

 and Mackinnon). 



Family PTEROEIDID^. 



Genus Godeffroyia, Kolliker. 



GoDEFFROYiA ELEGANS, Kolliker. 



Godeffroyia elegans, Kolliker, Anatom. Systemat. Beschreib. 

 Alcyonarien, Abth. 1., Pennatuliden, 1872, p. 116, 

 pi. viii., figs. 63-65. Id., Thomson and Mackinnon, 

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



This species was founded on a single specimen, 134 mm. 

 in length, from the Gulf of Siam. There are three specimens 

 in the present collection which agree in detail with Kolliker's 

 description. 



The dimensions in centimetres are as follows : — 



Length of entire colon}' 



Length of rachis 



Length of stalk 



Breadth of rachis 



Breadth of stalk 



Breadth of keel in the middle 



Length of pinnules on the ventral side 



Maximum breadth of pinnules 



Number of pinnules on each side . . 



The colour is light brown. 



Localities. — Shoalhaven Bight, New 

 fathoms. 



Between Port Stephens and Newcastle, New South Wales, 

 22-60 fathoms. 



Distribution.— Gnli of Siani (Kolliker). The "Thetis" 

 obtained it at the following localities off the coast of New 

 South Wales :— Station 22, Newcastle Bight, 40-26 fathoms ; 

 Station 54, Jervis Bay, 10-11 fathoms (Thomson and Mac- 

 kinnon). 



