422 ZOOPHYTES. 



Zoanthus Solandri, Lesueur, op. cit., 177, Zoanthus Solandri, Lamk., 2d ed., ii. 78, 

 pi. 8, fig. 1 ; well figured, with impor- No. 2. 

 tant dissections. , Blainv., Man., 329, pi. 50, fig. 2. 



4. ZOANTHA DUBIA. (LeSUCUT.) 



Z. polypis minoribus cylindricis, disco media viridi ; tentaculis oreque 

 luteis; tentaculis biseriatis, numerosis. 



Smaller than the sociata, cylindrical ; disk green at centre, tentacles 

 and mouth yellow ; tentacles in two series, very numerous. 



Guadaloupe, West Indies. Lesueur. 



Grows in close clusters or bunches upon marine bodies, asfuci, &c., 

 and is about a third smaller than the sociata. 



Zoanthus dubia, Lesueur, op. cit., 177. Zoanthus dubia, Blainville, Man., 329. 



5. ZOANTHA BERTHOLETII. (Audouin.) Ehrenberg. 



Z. reticularis, polypis quadrilinearibus et 1J-2"' latis, subcylindricis ; 

 tentaculis clavatis, contractis mammilliformibus. 



Reticulate; polyps 4 lines in height, and l to 2 lines broad, subcylin- 

 drical, with the tentacles clavate ; when contracted mammilliform. 



Red Sea. Savigny. 



Palythoa Bertholetii, Audouin, Explication Zoanthus Bertholetii, Ehrenb., G. xi., sp. 2. 



des Planches de M. Savigny, 1'Egypte, , Lamarck, 2d ed., ii. 78, No. 3. 



Polypes, pi. 2, fig. 3. 



GENUS PALYTHOA. LAMOUROUX. 

 Zoanthidce explanato-gemmatce ; polypis latere coadunatis. 



Zoanthidffi with explanate gemmation ; polyps united to one another 

 laterally. 



