*'*' VJSKKTlIiLID^E. 



52. Veretillum Valencieimesii. 

 Cavemularia Valenciennesii, Ilerklots, Not. p. 20, t. 7. f. 4. 

 ffab. Mediterranean, Palermo (Mus. Leyden). 



53. Veretillum luteiuu. 



Veretillum luteum, Quoij 8r Gaim. Ann. Sci. Nat. x. p. 188, t. 9a ; Dana, 

 Zooph. p. 590 ; Gray, Ann. <^ Mag. Nat. Hid. 1800, v. p. 24 ; Ilerk- 

 lots, Not. p. 27. 



Hah. Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Algesiras. 



? See Veretillum ckivatiim, Louck. Zool. Bruchst. ii. p. 120 (a doubt- 

 ful species). 



54. Veretillum pusillum. 



Veretillum pusillum, Philippi, in Wietjm. Arch. i. p. 277, t. 4. f, G-10. 

 Cavemularia pusilla, Hcrklots, Not. p. 20. 



Hah. Mediterranean, Palermo. 



20. LITUARIA. 



Coral club-shaped, elongate, smooth, without any appearance of 

 minute glands. Club minutely granular. Stem above one-third to 

 one-half the entire length ; smooth, without any granulations. 

 Polypes completely retractile. Polype-ceUs regularly disposed on 

 all sides of the club, with a contracted oblong or linear mouth, on a 

 level with the bark. Axis hard, stony, quadrangular. 



The lower part of the coral, which is destitute of polypes, is elon- 

 gate, often one-third, and rarely nearly half as long as the upper 

 polype-bearing portion of the club ; the length of the stem, as 

 compared with the club, appears to differ, within certain limits, in 

 different specimens of the same species from the same locality, but 

 it is always larger and more slender than the same part in the genus 

 Veretillum. 



Lituaria, Valenc. in MUm-Ediv. Sf Haime, Brit. Foss. Corals, Intr. 



p. Ixxxiv, 1850; Arch. Mm. H. N. v. p. 190; Hei-ldot^, Not., p. 24; 



Gray, Ann. 8f Mag. Nat. Hist. 1860, v. p. 24, 1862, x. p. 73. 

 Veretillum, sp., Cuvier, Lamk. Syst. v. p. 881. 



55. Lituaria phalloides. B.M. 



Pennatula phalloides, Pallas, Misc. p. 179, t. 23. f. 6-9; Zooph. p. 373. 



n. 220. 

 Veretillum phalloides, Cuvier, Jt. A. iii. p. 319 ; Schweiggcr, Handh. 



p^ 4.36 ; Lamk. Syst. A. s. V. p. 381 ; ifid. A. s. V. ed. 2. ii. p. 038 ; 



Blainv. Man. iVAct. p. 518 ; Ehrmh. CoraU. r. M. ; Dann, Zooph. p. 590. 

 Lituaria phalloides, Milne- Edw. l^ Haime, Arch, du Mtis. v. ; Herklots, 



Not. p. 24; Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1800, v. p. 24. 



Hah. Penang. 



In four specimens from Penang, collected by Dr. Cantor, which 

 are slender and white, all the polypes are entirely contracted, leaving 



