22 Dr. J. E. Gray on new Alcyonoid Corals. 



the base, the polype-cells terminating the branches and 

 branchlets. 



1. T. aurantiaca, Lamx. Pol. Flex. t. 7. f. 6 (T.lutea, Lamx. 



Pol. Flex. 231). Australia. 



2. T. ramidosa, Verrill (Cornicularia aurantiaca, Stimpson). 



Hongkong. 



3. T. pelagica, Lamx. {Alcyonium pelagicwm, Bosc; T. 

 fruticulosa, Dana). North America. 



II. Telescella. The coral erect, with successive spread- 

 ing clusters of branches, which are ramulose on the sides. 



4. T. (T.) nodosa (Telesco? nodosa, Verrill). Loochoo. 



III. Alexella. The coral erect, simple, with short, cylin- 

 drical, adpressed polype-cells on the side of the stem, generally 

 opposite each other, or scattered ; some have one or more cells 

 produced into a short lateral branch. 



5. T. {A.) Smitliii. Australia, Sydney. 



The Museum has received from Mr. Rayner several most 

 interesting Corals — among others, the two following Gorgo- 

 noids with calcareous axis : — 



Eayneeella. 



Coral much branched, fan-shaped, expanded in a plane ; 

 branches and branchlets pinnate ; branches diverging, sub- 

 cylindrical, slender, nearly of a uniform size ; branchlets op- 

 posite or alternate, diverging. Bark thin, with an even, very 

 slightly corrugated surface, internally finely granular. Polype- 

 cells prominent, roundish, close together, diverging irregularly 

 on all sides of the slender branches ; apex rather conical, con- 

 tracted, with a central dot. Axis calcareous, hard, white, with 

 well-marked longitudinal grooves. 



Raynerella aurantia. 



Coral orange-yellow ; branches and branchlets diverging, 

 pinnate; branchlets ending in a broader tubercle, simple, 

 rarely forked. 



Seba, Thes. iii. 1. 100. f . 9 ? 



Hah. Bass's Strait, Dewi Reef. (Rayner.) 



BllANDELLA. 



Coral very much branched, very slender, linear ; branches 

 diverging, pinnate, and nearly parallel to each other ; branch- 

 lets pinnate, opposite or alternate, diverging at nearly right an- 

 gles, often sinuous, inosculating, uniting the diverging parallel 

 branches into an irregular network. Bark, when dry, very 



