PLATE IV. 



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Fie. 2. 



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Pig. 6. 



Pig. 7. 



Pig. 8. 



Dasygorgia spiculosa, Verrill. Terminal polypj .... 



„ Jlexilis, n. sp. a. Polyp retracted ; b, polyp partly expanded, 



showing the distended body-cavity, which is packed with 

 ova, .... 



polyp from the 



melanotrichos, n. sp. Two polyps, . 



expansa, n. sp. a, Two terminal polyps ; h 

 central portion of the colony, 



geniculata, n. sp. One of the lateral polyps 



acanthella, n. sp. Two polyps, one terminal 



of the siphonozoids are scattered through the coenenchyma, 



axillaris, n. sp. Two lateral poylps. Also with siphonozoids, 



japonica. n. sp. A terminal and a lateral polyp. 



All these fieures are enlarged. 



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