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Family IV. Protoptilid.^ 



Protoj)tilmn, KoU. (according to 



Verrill, a young form of Virgu- 



laria). 

 Lygomorpha, Kor. and Dan. 

 Mierojitilum, Koll. 

 Leptcyptilum, Koll. 



Trichoptilum, Koll. (accoi-ding to 

 Verrill, a young form of Funicxi- 

 laria). 



Sderojitilum, Koll. 



Distichoptiluni, VeiT. 



Gunneria, Dan. and Korn. 



Section III. EENILLE^. 

 Family I. R e n i l l i d /E. 

 Renilla, Lam. 



Section IV. VERETILLE^. 

 Family I. C A v e R n u L A r i d ^. 

 Cavernularia, Val. I Stylohelemnon, Koll. 



Lituaria, Val. 



Veretillum, Cuv. 



Family II. L i T u A R i d ^. 



Policella, Gray. 

 Clavella, Gray. 



Section V. GOENDULE^. 



Family I. G o E N D u l i d .^. 

 Goendul, Kor. and Dan. 



Order III. GORGONACEA, Verrill. 



Gorgonacea, Verrill, Proc. Essex Inst., vol. iv. p. 148. 

 Axifera, Gray, Cat. Lithophytes Brit. Mus., p. 1. 

 Gorgonidse, Dana, Milne-Edwmds, Klunzinger, etc. 



Fixed colonial Alcyonaria with a more or less firm internal axis, which is covered 

 by a ccenenchyma from which the polyps, with theii" short body cavities, arise. 



(ZOOL. CUALL. EXP. — PART LXIV. — 1889.) Sss t 



