PLATE II. 



FIG. 1. Stachyodes allmani, "Wright and Studer. Axis of a colony to show mode 



of branching. (Nat. size. ) 



,, 2. Acantliogorgia aspera, Pourtales. Colony nat. size. 

 3. Chrysogorgia flexilis, Wright and Studer. Colony showing branching 



and arrangement of polyps. 

 ,, 4. Chrysogorgia irregularis, n. sp. Part of a colony to show the indefinite 



mode of branching. 

 ,, 5. (a and b) Stachyodes allmani, Wright and Studer. Obverse and reverse 



views of a small portion of a twig enlarged. 

 ,, 6. Sympodium indicum, n. sp. Portion enlarged showing burrowing 



polychset worm. 

 ,, 7. Sympodium incrustans, n. sp. Part enlarged to show the furrowing of 



the polyps, and also stages in retraction. 



