3. NORTICINA. 13 



Fuiiiculina quadrangularis, HerUotz, Not. p. 8 ; Gi'ay, Ann. Sf Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. 1800, v. p. 20; KoUiker, Ic. Hist. pp. 134, 100, f. 27, 28. 



Ilah. Oban {^Mac Andrew). 



Mr. Vorrill first pointed out that the Scottish specimens are dif- 

 ferent from those from Norway. 



3. Funiculina pMlippinensis. B.M. 



Axis quadrangular, about a foot long. 

 Hah. Philippines {Cuming). 



2. BALTICINA. 



Coral free, linear, elongate, subqiiadrangular ; base sterile, elon- 

 gate, clavate ; front of upper part shelving on each side of a narrow, 

 rather sunken, medial groove, hinder sides rounded. Polype and 

 tentacles quite retractile. Cells (when retracted) conical, separate, 

 isolated, in irregular, oblique, converging lines of 10 or 12, and some 

 few isolated among the series. Axis calcareous, elongate, as long 

 as the coral, " cylindrical." 



Funiculina, sp., Sars. 



4. Balticina finmarcMca. B.M. 



Virgularia finmarchica, Sars, Faune Lit. Norv. ii. p. 08, 1. 11 ; ■Mihie- 



JEdw. 4r Haitne, Corall. i. p. 213. 

 Funiculina finmarchica, Herklotz, Not. p. 9 ; Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. 



Hist. 1800, V. p. 20 ; KoUiker, Ic. Hist. p. 134. 



Hah. Finmark. 



3. NOKTICINA. 



Coral free, linear, elongate, compressed ; base sterile, largely cla- 

 vate ; upper part much compressed, with a narrow, rounded back 

 edge ; the sides compressed, converging and narrower in front. 

 Polypes completely retractile. Cells (five in each series) conical, 

 close together, regularly placed in narrow, rounded, subangular, 

 transverse fleshy ridges. Spicules dark at the top. Axis calcareous, 

 elongate, as long as the coral, cylindrical. 



Virgularia, sp., Koren. 

 Fimiculina, sp., Herklotz. 



5. Norticina Christii. B.M. 



Virgularia Christii, Koren (^ Danielssen in Sars, Faune Littor. Nwv. ii. 



p. 91, t. 12. f. 7, 12; Milne-Edwards i^ Haime, Corall. i. p. 213. 

 Funiculina Christii, Herklotz, Not. p. 9; Gray, Ann. <^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 



1800, V. p. 20 ; KoUiker, Ic. Hist. p. 134. 



Hah. Coast of Norway. 



See 1. Pennatulata arunclinacea, Gmelin, S. N. p. 3866; Modecr, 

 N. Act. Stockh. 1786, p. 14. n. 5. chap. 28. 



Funiculina arundinacea, Blaitiv. Man. d'Act. p. 508. 

 2. Pennatuh scirpea, Pallas, Zooph. p. 372. n. 218. " P. simplex, 



