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Tel es CO. The coral shrnb-like, furcately branched from the 

 base, tlie polype-cells terminating' the branches and branchlets. Hie- 

 her T. aurantiaca Lmx., T. ramulosa Verr., T. pelagica Lmx. 



Telescella Gr. The coral erect, with successive spreading 

 Clusters of branches, which are ramulose on the sides. Mit T. no- 

 dosa Verr. (Ist nach Verrill's neuesten Mittheilungen Proceed. 

 Essex Inst. Vol. VI. p. 82 , eine sehr zweifelhafte Art , zu deren 

 Aufstellung wahrscheinlich ein kleines Anneliden- oder Amphipo- 

 dengehäuse Veranlassung gegeben hat.) 



Alex eil a Gr. The coral ercct, simple, with short, cylindrical 

 adpressed polype-cells on the aide of the stem. generally opposite 

 each other, or scattered; some have one or more cells produced 

 into a short lateral branch. Mit A. Smithii Gr. 



Ebenso macht Gray (Proceed. zool. 8oc. 1867. 

 p. 125, 126) einige nachträgliche Bemerkungen über Co- 

 rallium Johnsoni und schlägt dabei vor, das frühere Gen. 

 Corallium folgendermaasson cinzuthcilen: 



Corallium Lam. The polypes slightly elevated from the bark 

 and scattered on all sides of the branclies. C. rubrum L. 



Pleurocorallium Dana. The coral branching in a plane. The 

 polypes scarcely i'aised, confiued to one surface, mostly near the 

 apex of the very small branchlets and often in twos. PI. secun- 

 dum D. 



Hemicorallium n. The polypes prominent, ovate-cylindrical, 

 ofton clustered, all distributed on one side of the branches. H. 

 Johnsoni Gr. 



Unter dem Namen Kera to isis Groyi beschreibt Perc. 

 Wright eine mit Isis nahe verwandte Gorgonide aus 

 der Tiefe der Küste von Setubal (Ann. and Mag. nat, 

 bist. T. III. p. 23 — 25 mit Holzschnitt). Das neue Genus 

 ist vorn<ämlich durch die röhrenförmige Bildung der Kalk- 

 glieder und die Bewaffnung der Einzelthiere ausgezeich- 

 net und trägt folgende Diagnose : 



Gen. n. Keratoisis P.W. Coral branched, irregularly fur- 

 cate; axis jointed, composed of horny and calcareous portions; the 

 latter are hollow, smooth, varyiug considerably in length and main- 

 taining their form after maceration in caustic alcalies, the branches 

 are given off from the calcareous portions. The coenenchyma is 

 well developed and contains a large nuraber of calcareous spicu- 

 les. The polypes are irregularly and somewhat densely grouped 

 all round the axis; tbey are of large size and are completely cove- 

 red with spicules, which are closely packed side by side. A va- 

 riable number (nine to eleven) of long fusiform spicules Surround the 



