54 ANTIPATIIES. 



cliassaing and MiclR'llotti had evidcMitly spociinons with dricMl polyps 

 hcfbre them, which give to tlie branchlets the appearance described by 

 them.) Spines contined only to the smaller branches and branchlets, 

 tew, small, and rounded, thus having under the microsco])e a nipple- 

 shape a])])earauce in prodle, though tiattened longitudinally. 



Polyp large, resembling in their proportions those of ^1. arhorea, as 

 represented by Dana. They are all on one side of the branchlets (not 

 the upper or lower), and generally the row is composed of alternately 

 large and small ])olyps. The mouth surmounts a tubercle and is elon- 

 gated transversely to the lirancli, as has been oljserved by Lacaze- 

 Duthiers in other s])ecies of the genus. The tentacles are elon- 

 gated, conical, and do not a])pcar su-^ce]itible of much contraction, but 

 can be curled u]i over the mouth. They are never found contracted 

 into small knobs, as in some species hereafter described. The largest 

 specimen obtained is one meter high, the main stem being 2 cm. in 

 diameter. Piiniules 3 or 4 cm. long. 



Oir .Mli-ator l^'pf. in 110 fathoms. 

 Oir Sm.l K.'V, in Vlh liillionis. 

 Oir Colliirs Tatclies. in 1',).") Iktlioms. 

 Oil' lialii.i Ilonila, in :J24 latlionis. 



Antipathes filix Pornr. 



Aiitijmthes filij: PoUkt. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zuol., No. (i. 



Main stem simple, pinnate ; the pinnules setting oft' nearly at right 

 angles, rather short, alternate, covered with spines or short, stiff hairs, 

 and showing a succession of slight swellings and contractions. Soft 

 parts not observed. 



Height about 7 cm. 



Every specimen obtained served as support to the tube of an An- 

 nelid. * 



Oir Havana, in -.'TO fatlioras. 



Antipathes huniilis Pouht. 

 Anlipathcs Inimilis r.)ri;T. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zu(il., Xo. G. 



Corallum llabcUate, irregularly dichotomous. spreailing more laterally 

 than vertically, hirsute, the s])ines being slendei- and longer than the 

 dianu'tcr of the branchlets. which are alternately swollen and con- 



* 'Hn; spfi-iuuMis having bi'cn sent to I'rol'cssDr Elilcrs witli the collection of Annflids, I liavo 

 bi'iin prtfvcniuj I'roin comparing the jiolyps with those ol' the other species since obtained. 



