EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXIV. 



Figure 257. — Alcyonidium ramosum, (p. 708;) a young unbrauched specimeD, enlarged 

 two diameters. 



258. — Bngula turrita, (p. 712;) extremity of a branch, enlarged. 



259. — The same ; a branchlet more highly magnified. 



259rt. — The same ; a branchlet bearing ovicells. 



260. — Crisia eburuea, (p. 707 ;) a cluster of branches, enlarged. 



261. — The same; a branch bearing an ovicel],more highly magnified. 



262. — Membranijiora pilosa, (p. 712;) a few of the cells, seen from above, mag- 

 nified. 



362a. — The same ; a single cell, seen in profile. 



263. — The same ; one of the zooids expanded. 



264. — Mollia hyalina, (p. 713 ;) one of the zooids in expansion, highly magni- 

 fied. 



(Figures 257, 259, 259a were ilrawn by A. E. Yen ill ; the rest were furnished by A. Hyatt.) 



