682 ZOOPHYTES. 



Isinse, consisting of an alternation of calcareous and suberose joints. 



The species of Melitsea are mostly of bright colours, either yellow, 

 orange, scarlet, or crimson, and all these colours are met with in the 

 same species. They are very fragile, the branches breaking easily 

 at the internodes, which have a texture something like cork. 



Arrangement of the Species. 



*1. M. ochracea. *3. M. coccinea. 



2. M. retifera. *4. M. tenella. 



1. MELIT.EA OCHRACEA. 



M. maxima, ramosissima, plerumque in piano fere arborescens, ramis et 

 ramulis suberectis, non coalitis. 



Large, much branched, generally arboriform nearly in a plane; 

 branches and branchlets suberect, not coalescing. 



East Indies. Feejee Islands, of crimson and orange colours. Exp. 

 Exp. 



This species grows to a height of three feet or more, and occurs 

 both of crimson, pale yellow, and orange colours, the latter often 

 having minute crimson verruca? or dots. At base the trunk is some- 

 times nearly two inches through, while the branchlets are delicate 

 and slender, breaking easily. 



Seba, Thes. iii., tab. 104, No. 1. Melitcea ochracea, Lamour., Pol. flex., 462. 



Isis ochracea, Linn., ed. xii., 1287. , Schweig., Handb., 434. 



, Pallas, Zooph., 230. _, Lamarck, ii. 472, No. 1. 



, Ellis, Phil. Trans., vol. xi., abridg., , Deslongchamps, Encyc., 512. 



p. 109; Ellis and Solander, 105. , Blainv., Man., 504, pi. 86, figs. 3, 

 , Esper, i., 38, tab. 4 and 4 A, and 3 a, 3 b not good. 



Fortsetz., Isis, tab. 11; represent well , Ehrenberg, G. Ixxvii., sp. 1. 



the different varieties. 



2. MELITjEA RETIFERA. 



M. Jlabelliformis, in piano ramulosa, ramis suberectis Jkxuosis, ramulis 

 s&pe subreticulatim coalitis, creberrime verrucosis. 



