326 VERRII/L, SYNOPSIS OF 



Length in expansion about 2.25 inches ; diameter .62. 



Port Lloyd, Boniri Islands, attached to pebbles beneath 

 the surface, in the lower part of the littoral zone. Dr. 

 Wm. Stimpson. 



When contracted in alcohol the specimens are one inch 

 to 1.25 long, and .40 to .60 in the greatest diameter. 

 The column is the largest in the middle, diminishing 

 below to the base which is a little expanded. At about the 

 upper third the column suddenly becomes smaller, with 

 strong longitudinal sul cations, between which the surface 

 rises up into papilla-like prominences ; the rest of the 

 column is faintly sulcated longitudinally and strongly 

 wrinkled transversely. The whole column, except a very 

 narrow zone close to the upper margin, is covered by a 

 closely adherent, firm, yellowish brown epidermis. No 

 acontia or loop-holes observable. 



This species differs considerably from the typical 

 Phettice described by Gosse, and might, with some reason 

 be generically separated. Should this be thought desira- 

 ble I would suggest the name Paraphellia. The principal 

 structural peculiarities are the extremely short, knotted, 

 outer tentacles ; the very narrow, submarginal, naked 

 zone ; the firm, inseparable epidermis, and the papillose 

 appearance of the upper part in contraction. The last 

 two characters are also found in P. gausapata Gosse. 



PHELLIA CLAVATA Verrill, these Proc. IV, p. 150, 

 1865. 



Edwardsia clavata Stimpson, loc. cit. p. 376, 1855, (non Capnea 

 clavata Duch. et Mich., 1860,=PAeHfa Americana V.). 



Vol. VI. , plate 1, figures 3, 3 a, 3b. 



Base small. Column elongated, thick, enlarging up- 

 ward, covered by a thick, inseparable epidermis, except 

 for a narrow naked space below the tentacles, becoming 

 sandy towards the base. Tentacles about forty in two 

 circles, about twenty in each ; inner ones stouter and 

 longer, usually erect ; outer ones horizontal ; mouth broad, 

 oval, margin with strong folds. 



