208 PERCY SLADEN TEUST EXPEDITION. 



Lohophytum pauciforum, Ehrenberg Maldives ; now from Egmout, Wight Bank, Chagos ; 



also II., III., IV. 



Surcophytum latum, Dana Maldives ; now from Salomon ; also IV. 



,, ehrenbergi, Marenzeller .... Maldives ; now from Diego Garcia ; also I., II., 



III., IV. 



Sclerophytum durum, Pratt Maldives ; now from S. de Mallia ; also III. 



„ gardineri Maldives; now from S. de Mallia, Praslin Reef, 



Amirante, Seychelles; also II. 



„ rfew«uw, Whitelegge Maldives; now from Praslin Reef; also II., III., 



IV. 



,, quercijorme, Pratt Maldives ; now from Cargados Carajos ; Diego 



Garcia; also I., II., III. 

 Siphonogorgia variabilis (Hickson) Maldives ; now from Providence, Seychelles, Ami- 

 rante, Salomon; also III. 

 „ macrospiculata (Thomson and ' Investigator ' Station 246 (11° 14' N., 74° 57' E.) ; 



Henderson). now from Salomon. 



„ mirabilis, Klunzinger Maldives ; now from Providence ; also II. and III. 



Solenocaulon tortuosum, Gray Maldives ; now from Seychelles and Amirante ; also 



III. and IV. 



Melitodes variabilis, Hickson Maldives; now from Providence ; also III. 



Wrightella coccinea, Gray Seychelles ; now from Farquhar Atoll, Praslin 



Reef; also IV. 

 Parisis fruticosa,Yern\\ Mauritius; now from Providence ; also III. 



EXPLANATION OP THE PLATES. 

 Plate 6. 



Eig. 1. Mwicella rubra, Thomson. ^ nat. size. 



Fig. 2. Acis dejecta, sp. n. ^ nat. size. 



Fig. 2 a. Side view of .(4m rfe/ec/a, sp. n. Much reduced. 



Fig. 3. Muricella cumplanata, Wright and Studer. f nat. size. 



Fig. 4 a. Under surface of Acis dejecta, sp. n., showing the polyps. X 3^. 



Fig. 4 b. Upper surface of Acis dejecta, sp. n., without polyps, x 3f . 



Fig. 5. Piece of Muricella rubra, Thomson, x 7^. 



Fig. 6. Muricella purjmrea, M'^hitelegge. | nat. size. 



Fig. 7. Acis solitaria, Pourtales. ^ nat. size. 



Fig. 8. Piece of Muricella complanata, Wright and Studer. x 7i. 



Fig. 9. Piece of Muricella jnirpurea, Whitelegge. x 6. 



Fig. 10. <Scte'e//a^rai<i (Thomson and Henderson). Nat. size. 



Fig. 11. Capnella fungiformis, Kiikenthal. Nat. size. 



Fig. 12. Colour variety of Muricella complanata, Wright and Studer. x 7\ 



