PLATE III. 



FIG. 1. Protoptilum medium, 11. sp. Part enlarged. Note the irregular margins 



of the calyces. 

 2. Thouarella moseleyi, var. sjncata, n. Portion of colony nat. size showing 



the mode of branching. 

 ,, 3. Paramuricea indica, n. sp. Part enlarged to show the markedly spinose 



character of the coenenchyrna. 

 ,, 4. Thouarella moseleyi, var. spicata, n. Portion enlarged ( x 20). Note the 



spines on the pre-opercular scales. 

 5. Lepidogorgia verrilli, Wright and Studer. (a) Small portion of colony 



nat. size; (b) part enlarged (x 15) showing the dense armature and a 



partially retracted polyp. 

 G. Chrysogorgia indica, n. sp. (x li). To show mode of branching and 



arrangement of polyps. 



7. Acamptogorgia bebrycoides, var. robusta, n. Fragment nat. size. 

 ,, 8. Acamptogorgia bebrycoides, var. robusta, n. Twig enlarged ( x 10). Note 



the short and cylindrical polyps and the almost horizontal operculum. 



