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ENDEAVOUR SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



The dimensions in centimetres are as follows : — 



Lcnjrth of entire colony . . . . . . l.")."} 



Lonirth of polyp-bearing portion . . . . !»2 



Leniith of the stalk IM 



Breiwlth of polyp-bearing portion 11 



Breadth of the stalk Oo 



Locality. — Between Port Stephens and Newcastle, New 

 South Wales, 22-60 fathoms. 



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

 off Newcastle, New South Wales, 48-42 fathoms (Thomson 

 and Mackinnon). 



Family PTEROEIDID.E. 

 Genus Godeffroyia, Kolliker. 



GODEFFROYIA ELEGANS, KolliJcer. 



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 colony 

 Length of rachis 

 Length of stalk 

 Breadth of rachis 



Breadth of stalk 



Breadth of keel in the middle 

 Length of pinnules f)n the ventral side 

 Maximum breadth of pinnules 

 Number of pinnules on each side . . 



The colour is light brown. 



Localities. — Shoalhaveu Bight, New South Wales, 15-45 

 fathoms. 



BetA\'een Port Stephens and Newcastle, New South A\'ales, 

 22-60 fathoms. 



Distribution.— Gn\i of Siam (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). 



