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too sparingly to be considered as anything more than a growth-variation, but it is at 

 least interesting as suggesting a link between Anthelia and Xenia. 



Localities. Salomon, 10-14 fms., lagoon reefs, 15 fms., 79 fms. ; Egmont ; Coetivy. 



Previously recorded from E.ed Sea ; Zanzil)ar. 



5. Anthelia longissima (May). 

 = Clavularia lonyissima, May. 



For description see : — 

 May: Jenaische Zeitschr. Naturwiss. xxxiii. (1899), p. 4], pi. 1. fig. 1. 



The specimens in this collection differ somewhat markedly in size from those 

 described by May. The total height of a polyp is about 25-28 mm., of which 7 mm. is 

 the length of the tentacles. May's specimens were 27-66 mm. in height, and the 

 tentacles 12 mm. long. 



But our specimens show the complete absence of spicules, the pronounced swelling of 

 the polyp below the tentacles, and the arrangement of the " long, sausage-like " pinnules 

 in a single row on each side of the tentacles, which are characteristic features of 

 A. longissima. 



Locality. Salomon, 79 fms. 



Previously recorded from Tumbatu, Kokotoni. 



6. Anthelia f lava (M.a.j). 



= Clavularia flava, May ; non CI. flava, Hickson. 



See Kukeuthal: Alcyonacea, Wiss. Ergebn. deutsch. Tiefsee-Exped. xiii. 1906, p. 11. 



Por description see : — 

 May : Jenaische Zeitschr. Naturwiss. xxxiii. (1899), p. 43, pi. 1. fig. 3; and Thomson & Henderson, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 190G, p. 402, pi. 30. fig. 4. 



The collection contains a specimen of Anthelia flaui with yellow-pink basal portion 

 and cream-white polyps, and a number of smaller pale bluish-green specimens. 



The polyps come very close to Hickson's description of A. garcice [Clavularia garcice, 

 Hickson), especially as regards the " fluffy " appearance of the tentacles. But the 

 spicules of A. garcice are " of rhomboid shape with the angles rounded off, and having 

 a number of extremely minute thorn-like projections," while those in our specimens are 

 small (•02--03 mm. in length) oval bodies with a smooth surface. They occur in great 

 numbers over the whole colony. 



Locality. Cargados Carajos, reef ; Egmont; Salomon, lagoon reef. 



Previously recorded from Zanzibar. 



Genus TUBIPORA. 

 7. Tubipora purpurea, Pallas. 



The collection includes several specimens of this well-known coral. 

 Localities. Salomon ; Egmont. 

 Previously recorded from Zanzibar, Red Sea, " East Indies," &c. 



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