THE TUFT-CORAL. 
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jige : tlie specimen figured is about ten inches in height, and seven in 
diameter. 
Animal. Uudescribed. 
Locality. 
The uorth-western coasts of Europe : deep water. 
Tlie figure in Plate X. is taken from a noble speeimen, 
undoubtcdlj British, reduced to half the natural size. ] 
am indebted for the opportunity of delineating it to the 
kindness of Professor Dickie, of Belfast, -who was at tlie 
pains of having several photographs taken from it for my 
use, and. favoured me also Avith many fragments including 
])erfect corallitcs. Dr. Dickie informs me that it Avas 
obtained from deep Avater off Skye, in 1852, by means of 
the deep-sea lines of a fislierman, Avho presented it to him. 
He mentions liaAdng seen another British example, in the 
possession of Professor Fleming, the same that the latter 
exliibited before the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1846, 
and which had been taken in the previous summer, by 
hshenneii Avhose lines had become entangled Avith it in the 
sea betAveen the islands of Rum and Eig. This specimen, 
Avhich Aveighs six pounds, is preserved in the IMuseum of 
King’s College, Aberdeen. A third example is alluded to 
by Johnston, Avho was informed by E. Forbes that certain 
published figures of the species “ had recalled to his mind 
a ATry large specimen in the possession of Dr. Edmonstonc 
of Orkney.” It is to be regretted tliat aa^c possess no 
information of the living animal of so fine a Coral, the 
only British example of the truly dendroid species. 
The name Lopliolielia is formed from X6(f>o<;, a tuft, and 
the sun ; q. d. “ a tuft of suns,” alluding to the 
radiating plates of the corallites. 
[Acrohelia.] 
Lopuohelia. 
[Amphihelia.] 
