1G4 PERCY SLADBN TEUST EXPEDITION. 



Avitli the descriptions of Scirpearla Jlabellum: (1) iu the club-shaped polyps; (2) in the 

 l)il;iteral arraugement of the polyps on the stem in single alternating rows above, with a 

 tendency to form two rows on each side in the thicker parts of the colony ; and (3) in the 

 character of the spicules, which are double-clubs and relatively large spindles. The 

 colour of our specimen is cream. If our identification is correct, the geogi-aphical 

 distribution of this species is rather striking. 



Localit!/. Salomon, 60-120 fms. 



Previously recorded from near the Azores and Madeira. 



49. Gorgonella orientalis, Wright and Studer (?). 

 For description see : — 



Wright and Studer: 'Challenger' Report, xx.\i, 1889, pp. 161-162, pi. 31. fig. 10. 



A small and much-weathered specimen shows some agreement with Gorgonia orienlalis, 

 Wright and Studer, more especially in the form of its spicules ; but it is not sufficiently 

 preserved nor large enough to admit of more than tentative classification. 



Locality. Cargados Carajos, 45 fms. 



This species was previously recorded from Hi/alonema-gvuund off Japan, 345 fms. 



Genus GORGONELLA. 

 50. Gorgonella verriculata, Milne-Edwards and Haime. 

 Eor description see : — 

 Hicksou : The Alcyonaria of the Maldives, part iii., in Fauna and Geogr. of Maldive and Laccadive 

 Archipelagoes, vol. ii. 1903, pp. 816-817. 



A flabellate colony, 46-5 cm. in height by 27 cm. in breadth, with very frequent 

 anastomosis forming approximately oblong meshes, agrees well, except in one feature, 

 with the description which Hickson gives of the form which he referred to the above 

 species. The colony is dry, and the anthocodiaj are entirely retracted ; the verrucse are 

 indicated only by the apertures unevenly scattered over the stem and branches ; the 

 axis is very calcareous ; the colour is rufous brown ; the spicules are tuberculate double- 

 clubs (-034X017 mm.) and tuberculate spindles (•187 X "034, -119 X "034 mm.). The 

 feature in which there is a marked difi'erence between our form and Ilickson's is that 

 his specimen had "a few double-clubs," whereas iu ours the double-clubs are abundant. 



Locality. Seychelles. 



Previously recorded from Maldives. 



