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type. There are also numerous stars, crosses and multiradiate forms, besides Stachelplatten and 

 an occasional Acaiiiptogorgia type. 



Color. The colony is a deep crimson red, and the spicules are of the same tint. 



This species bears considerable resemblance to Mllogorgia rubra, but the calyces are 

 considerably larger and of different proportions from those of that species. 



7. Villogorgia flavescens new species.- (Plate XIV, figs, i, \a\ Plate XXII, fig. i). 



Stat. 38. 7°35'.4S., II7°28'.6E. near Paternoster Islands. 521 meters. Coral. 

 Stat. 117. 1° 0.5 N., 1 22° 56' E. North Celebes. 80 meters. Sand and coral. 

 Stat. 256. 5°26'.6 S., I32°32'.5E. Kei Islands. 397 meters. Mud. 



Colony (incomplete) flabellate and typically reticulate, 1 7 cm. in height and with a 

 diameter of 13.3 cm. It was doubtless much larger originally. The main stem is tortuous, sending 

 off very irregular branches which anastomose extensively. There are three main branches on 

 one side and four stubs of branches on the other. The three main branches send off irregular 

 branchlets which form the reticulate pattern. 



The calyces are lateral in position, as a rule, and tend to be alternate, the average 

 distance between them being about 1.6 mm. 



The individual calyces are tubular in form, and are set at a right angle with the 

 branches. A typical one measures .8 mm. in height and i mm. in diameter. The walls are 

 often quite straight, but not infrequently they are somewhat e.xpanded at the margin. The walls 

 are filled with very small spicules of complicated patterns, and their surface is smoother than in 

 other species of this genus. There is a slightly developed crown of points around the margin. 

 Both the calyx walls and ccenenchyma appear to be finely felted under a low magnification, 

 and this appearance is due to the small size and delicate structure of the spicules. The polyps 

 are only partly retractile, and rest with their collarets on the calycular margin. The operculuni 

 is high, and is composed of the usual three spindles. 



Spicules. These are quite small tri-partite forms, crosses, daggers, butterflies and multi- 

 radiate forms, as well as irregular Stachelplatten of various patterns. Simple spindles are seldom 

 seen. The spicules remind one of the Heterogorgia type, in many instances, but the triradiate 

 forms and butterfly-shapes predominate. 



Color. The colony is light buffy, in alcohol. The axis is brown and the spicules are 

 colorless. 



8. Villogorgia inermis new species. (Plate XIV, figs. 4, 4a; Plate XXII, fig. 2). 



Stat. 299. 10° 52.45., i23°i'.iE. Rotti Island. 34 meters. Mud and coral. 



Colony (incomplete) flabellate and slightly reticulate in form, the basal part being mi.ssing. 

 The portion remaining is 8.9 cm. in height and has a width of 8.3 cm. The branches are 

 irregularly alternate, and they give oft' alternately disposed branchlets many of which produce 

 «lavate terminal twigs. There is a moderate degree of anastomosis, resulting in a loosely 



