370 Ml-. P. W. Bassett-Smith on 



Mussa sinuosa, Lamarck. 



1816. Caryophyllia sinuosa, Lam. Auim. .sans Vert. t5d. 1, t. ii. p. 229, 

 6i. 2, t. ii. p. 3.57. 



A single specimen, probably a younq form ; it is 20 millim. 

 in height by 60 in width above. 

 Tizard Bank, 6 fath. 



Genus Meandrixa, Lamarck. 



Meandrina strigosa ?, Dana. 

 1848. Meandrina striyosa, Dana, Zoophytes, p. 2.57, pi. xiv. fig. 4. 



A single specimen, cylindrical, truncate, gyri about 6 

 millim. in width and S'5 millim. deep, about fifteen septa in 

 10 millim. Referred doubtfully to this species, which, 

 according to Quelch, can be seen to vary considerably in its 

 characters when a large series of forms is examined. 



East of Nam-1 it, Tizard Bank, 2 fathoms. 



Meandrina dcedalea^ Ell. & Sol., sp. 



1786. Madrepora da-daha, Ell. & Sol. Nat. Hist. Zoophytes, p. lii.'i. 

 pi. xlvi. fig. 1. 



Two specimens. Sand-Kay, Nam-Yit, Tizard Bank, 2-4 

 fatiioms. 



Genus Leptoria, Ed. & H. 



Leptoria phrygia^ Ell. & Sol., sp. 



1786. Madrepora phryyia, Ell. &; Sol. Nat. Hist, Zoophytes, p. 1<>-. 

 pi. xlviii. fig. 2. 



One specimen from the Tizard Reef, depth 6 fath. 



Genus SCAPOPHYLLIA, Ed. & H. 

 ScapojyhyUia ci/Iindrica, Ed. & IT. 



1849. ScapophyUia ey/i»drica, Edw. it Ilaime, Ann. dts Sci. Nat. S"" s^r. 

 t. X. |)1. viii. fig. 8, and t. xi. p. 278. 



One specimen from lagoon, Tizard Bank, depth 6 tath. 



The s])ecimen is depressed, spreading, with irregular lobate 

 slight elevations. The caliciiial valleys are mucli curved, 

 4 millim. in width and about 2'5 millim. in depth; septa 

 thin, with frilled edges. The so-called columella consists of 

 irregular tooth-like projections from the free edges of tlie 

 septa. 



