'M\ Mr. S. r, W'tKHlward on the Evils of Increasiny Synouyiiis. 



oupprd ; surface ot' slcin and back iti' disk covered with small, 

 oblong, rather distant pores (fig. 8 c). 



Mi/lepora tninrata, James. Werii. Mem. i. .')(i(). 

 Tubulipurd tniuratii, rieiiiing, IJrit. Anim. 529 ; Johnst. Brit. 

 Zooph. 'J71. pi. :Vi. figs. 8-10. 



^. Interstices of costa smooth. 



2. D. stellnta, Goldluss. PI. I. fig. 9. 



Polyzoary fnngitbrni, proliferous, fiattenod above; costse nu- 

 merous, slender j surface of stem covered with large, hexagonal, 

 closely contiguous pits (fig. 9 c). 



Cenoj)o>-(t stellata, Goldfuss, Petrefact. i. p. 39. t. 30. fig. 12; 



Philippi, Die Tertiarverst. der Nordwestl. Deutschlands. 



p. 36, 37. 

 Defrance'ut atellata, Reuss, Die fossil. Polyparien des Wiener 



Tertiiirheekens, p. 3". pi. 6. fig. o. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE L 



Fig. 1. Celleporti cervicornis, aiictor. : a, nut. size ; />, j)ortioii of surface 



towjirils the end of a branch magnified 25 diam. ; c, eells mag- 

 nified. 

 Fig. 2. Eschara teres (u. sp.) : a, natural size; b, portion magnified; 



c, transverse scetion of a small branch magnified. 

 Fig. 3. Eschara Skeiiei (var. tridens) : a, nat. size ; b, portion magnified ; 



c, front of eell magnified. 

 Fig. 4. Eschara rosacea (n. sp.) : a, a, a, nat. size ; b, portion magnified ; 



c, portion magnified (older state of eells) ; d, portion magnified 



(young state of cells). 

 Fig. 5. Eschara saccata (n. sj).) : a, nat. size ; b, ])ortion magnified (young 



state of eells) ; c, portion of surface in older ])arts magnified. 

 Fig. 6. Idmoiiea atlantica, E. Forbes : a, nat. size ; b, front view of branch 



magnified ; c, side view of branch magnified ; d, front of young 



branch magnified ; e, back of branch magnified. 

 Fig. 7. Horneru frondiculata, Lamx. : a, nat. size; b, var. affinis? nat. 



size ; c, front view of branch magnified ; d, back view of branch 



magnified. 

 Fig. 8. Defrancia fruncuta (n. sp.) : a, nat. size ; b, portion of costa: 



magnified ; c, surface of stem magnified. 

 Fig. 9. Defrancia stellufa?, Goldfuss: a, nat. size; b, portion of edge of 



disk magnified ; c, surface of stem magnified. 



V. — On the Evils of Increasing Synonyms, 

 By S. P. Woodward, F.G.S. 



To the Editors of the Annals of Natural History. 



Gentlemex, 



In the May Number of the ' Annals ' I showed that " the type of 

 Mr. Jeflfreys ' new genus {Schismope) was a typical Scissurella." 



