PLATE I. 



FIG. 1. Sarcophytum aberrans, n. sp. STALKED COLONY without basal attach- 

 ment. Slightly enlarged ( x 1|). 



2. Sarcophytum aberrans, n. sp. ENCRUSTING COLONY, (a) portion enlarged 

 (xl^), showing part of the spiral bare streak, at one place the coenen- 

 chyma overarching it, at another the ccenenchyma completely surrounding 

 the support ; (b) distal end of an autozooid showing the arrangement 

 of the pinnules on the tentacles; (c) colony reduced (^ n. s.) in size 

 showing the incrusting habit and the projecting siliceous support. 



,, 3. Sarcophytum agaricoides, n. sp. (Nat. size.) Note the characteristic 

 autozooids ; the siphonozooids (represented by white spots) are much 

 more numerous than in the figure. 



4. Spongodes alcocki, n. sp. (x 15). Two polyps showing the single pro- 

 jecting spicule of the Stiitzbiindel. 



,, 5. Paragorgia splendens, n. sp. (Nat. size.) Note the characteristic clusters 

 of autozooids. 



,, 6. Keroeides koreni, Wright and Studer ( x 10). Small portion of a twig. 



,, 7. Keroeides koreni, Wright and Studer. Colony nat. size. 



,, 8. Muricella bengalensis, n. sp. Small portion enlarged ( x 20). Note the 

 large size of the spicules of the cceneuchyma. 



,, 9. Pleurocorallium variabile, n. sp. Small portion enlarged ( x 8 ) showing 

 the arenaceous ccenenchyma and the stellate appearance of the retracted 

 polyps. 



,, 10. Juncella elongafa, Pallas. Small portion enlarged (x 4). 





