124 Dr. J. E. Gray on Red- Sea Corals dec. 



French Museum, like the specimens obtained by Quoy, Gai- 

 mard, and other French travellers. I have not had the 

 opportunity or time to examine the Red-Sea species. 



Synapta reciprocans, Dujard. & Hupe, p. 615. 



Fistularia reciprocans, Forsk. Egypte, p. 121, t. 30. f. 8=E. M. t. 87. f. 7. 

 Holothwia glutina, Lamk. 



Hab. EedSea(Forskal). 



Synapta vittata, Jgeger ; Dujard. & Hupe, p. 615. 



Fistularia vittata, Forsk. Egypte, p. 223, t. 37. f. 26= E. M. t. 87. f. 8, 9. 

 Holothuria vittata, Lamk. 

 Tiedemannia vittata, Lamk. 



Hab. Red Sea (Forskal). 



Alcyonoid corals and sponge from the Gulf of Suez, col- 

 lected by R. M' Andrew, Esq., in 1868 :— 



Corals. 



Sarcophyton , n. sp. 



On shells. 

 Ammothea virescens^ Savigny, Pol. Egypte, t. 2. f. 6. 

 Nephthya Savignii^ Ehrenb. 

 Xenea umbellata^ Ehrenb. 

 Antlielia glauca, Ehrenb.; Savigny, t. 1. f, 7. 

 AntJielia grandis, n. sp. 

 Alcyonium aurum^ n. sp. 



This is not Amocella ; the coral is not fleshy, but crustaceous 

 externally, and with subcylindrical branches. 



Sponge. 

 Genus Grayella, Carter, Ann.&Mag.JN.H. 1869, iv.p. 190. 



Sponge massive, expanded or subglobular, attached by an 

 expanded base ; outer surface covered with a smooth fleshy 

 skin, with numerous, regular, equal-sized, flat-topped, low 

 tubercles. Sponge fleshy, with spicules siliceous, fusiform, 

 elongate, of one form. 



Grayella cyathophora^ Carter. 

 Hab. Red Sea; Gulf of Suez (JVF Andrew). B.M. 



