42 MISS RUTH M. HARRISON ON NEW ALCYONARIA 



51. 1905. Thomson, J. A., and Henderson, W. D., in Herdman, R. Soc. Report Pearl Oyster 



Fisheries, iii. 



52. 1906. An Account of the Alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship 



' Investigator ' in the Indian Ocean. — I. The Alcyonarians of the Deep Sea. 



53. 1906. The Marine Fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from Collections made by 



Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc, F.Z.S., 1901-1902. Alcyonaria, P. Z. S. 1906, vol. i. 



54. 1864. Verrill, A. E. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Cambridge. 



55. 1866. Synopsis of Polyps and Corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. — Pt. 2. 



Proc. Essex Inst. vol. iv. 



56. 1901. Whitelegge, T. The Alcyonaria of Funafuti. — Pt. I. Mem. Austral. Mus. vol. iii. 



57. 1889. Wright, E. P., and Studer, T. Alcyonaria. Rep. Sc. Res. 'Challenger/ vol. xxxi. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate 3. 



Fig. 1. Spout/odes rubescens, sp. n. Complete colony. (f, nat. size.) 



2. Spongodes elegans, sp. n. Complete colony. (■£ nat. size.) 



3. Spongodes chimmoi, sp. n. Complete colony, (i nat. size.) 



4. Spongodes thomsoni, sp. n. Complete colony. ( x *.) 



5. Spongodes biformata, sp. n. Complete colony, (i nat. size.) 



6. Chironephthya variabilis, Hickson. Two fragments of a colony. Specimen A in text. 



(| nat. size.) 



7. Chironephthya variabilis (Hickson). Complete colony, but upper part somewhat broken. 



Specimen B in text. (* nat. size.) 



8. Chironephthya pendula (Studer), var. bengalensis, var. n. Three broken fragments of a colony. 



(| nat. size.) 



9. Chironephthya siphonogorgica, sp. n. One small complete colony, and one larger colony with 



basal attachment wanting. (J nat. size.) 



10. Chironephthya planoramosa, sp. n. The terminal portion of a single branch, (i nat. size.) 



11. Chironephthya purpurea, sp. n. Branch of a colony, (f nat. size.) 



12. Chironephthya flavocapitata, sp. n. Branch of a colony, (f nat. size.) 



13. Siphonogorgia rotunda, sp. n. Complete colony, but with basal attachment waiiting. (x §.) 

 1 1. Solenocaulon tortuosum (Gray). Colony broken at both ends. Specimen C in text. ( x J.) 



15. Solenocaulon tortuosum (Gray). Lower portion of a colony. Specimen A in text, (x f r ) 



16. Solenocaulon ramosum (Hickson). Three portions of a colony, showing the mode of formation 



of the belts (those in the figure are incomplete) and the grooved branches of the upper 

 terminal twigs. ( x %.) 



Plate 4. 



fig. 17. Spongodes thomsoni, sp. n. Enlarged drawing of a single polyp. 



18. Spongodes thomsoni, sp. n. Group of four spicules from the wall of the sterile stalk. 



19. Spongodes thomsoni, sp. n. Group of spicules from the outer wall of a branch. 



20. Spongodes chimmoi, sp. n. Enlarged drawing of a polyp. 



21. Spongodes chimmoi, sp. n. Group of spicules from the outer wall of the sterile stalk. 



22. Spongodes chimmoi, sp. n. Group of spicules from the outer wall of a branch. 



