Verrlll^ Notes on Radiata. 565 



Heterogorgia papulosa V. Rare. Astropsammia PederseniiY . Rare. 

 CallipodiiDn Pacificrmi V. Rare. Pocillipora capitata V. Common, 



Epizoanthus elongatus V. Rare. var. porosa Y. Not common. 



Porites Galifomica V. Not com var. rohusta Y. Common. 



mon. var. pumila Y. Common. 



P. porosa Y. Common. Astrangia dentata Y. Rare. 



P. nodidosa Y. Common. A. Pedersenii Y. Not common. 



Dendrophyllia tenuUauidlosa Y. Fungia elegans Y. Rare. 



]\are. Stephanaria stellata Y. Rare. 



The fauna at Cape St. Lucas appears to be similar to that of La 

 Paz. The collections made there by Mr. J. Xantus include many of 

 the species common at La Paz, especially Leptogorgia rigida., L. 

 Agassizii and L. media, in abundance. He also collected a few addi- 

 tional species, although his collection was much less extensive than 

 that of Capt. Pedersen. At Acapulco considerable collections, chiefly 

 of Gorgonians, have been made by Mr. A. Agassiz, Mr. D. B. Yan 

 Brunt, and others. The common species are mostly the same as at 

 La Paz, and there appears to be but little diiference in the faunae of the 

 two localities, except what may be explained by the incompleteness 

 of the collections received. A few species {Leptogorgia rutila Y., L. 

 stenohrochis., var. Englemanni, Muricea rohusta, M. purpurea, etc.) 

 common at Acapulco, have not been found at La Paz. 



From the coasts of San Salvador and Nicaragua I have seen several 

 collections, made by Capt. Dow, Mr. Bradley, Mr. J. A. McNiel, and 

 others, but none of them can be considered as at all complete, even 

 for the Gorgonians. So far as can be judged from these collections, the 

 faunae of those coasts are essentially the same as that of Panama Bay. 



List of species collected on the coast of Nicaragua by J. A. McNiel. 

 The following species were collected by Mr. McNiel on the beach 

 at Corinto, and by the aid of divers in the Gulf of Nicoya. Those 

 species foixnd only at one of these places are designated either by 

 (C.) or (N.) according to the locality. The first series from this 

 collection is in the Peabody Academy of Science, Salem, Mass., by 

 which Mr. McNiel was sent out : 



Leptogorgia media Y. (C.) Psammogorgia arhuscula Y. (N.) 



L. Adamsii Y. Large. Muricea fruticosa, var. miser Y. 



L. stenobrochis Y. (C.) 



L. ramulus Y. (C.) M. hebes Y. (C.) 



L.labiataY. (C.) 31. purpurea Y. (C.) 



