528 REPORT—1885. 
Geuus (26°). Brettia, Dyster. 
By some oversight Mr. Busk refers this genus to two different 
families. See genus 5 of the present Report. 
Genus 27. Huxleya, Dyster. 
‘Quart. Jour. Mic. Soc.’ vi. p. 260, 1858; Hincks, ‘Brit. Mar. 
Polyzoa,’ p. 26. 
‘Zoarium corneous or sub-calcareous, dichotomously branched, the 
branches given off from the top or side of a cell, and facing in the same 
direction. Zocecia uniserial; orifice small, sub-terminal, unarmed.’— 
Brit. Mar. Polyzoa, p. 26. 
Huxleya fragilis, Dyster, Hincks, ‘ Brit. Mar. Polyzoa,’ pl. ii. fig. 1. 
Mr. Hincks has altered the generic character of Dyster. The original 
description represents the cells as biserial; hence in placing the genus 
in the Gemellaride it appears to be out of place. Mr. Hincks places 
Hualeya in his family Evcratip# in company with Brettia. 
Family IX. Farciminariade. 
Td., Busk, ‘ Brit. Mus. Cat.’ and ‘ Challenger Report’ only. 
‘Zoarium sub-membranaceous or corneous, continuous, erect, ramose, 
radicate. Zocecia quadri- or multi-serial, disposed round an imaginary 
axis, and forming cyclindrical or prismatic branches.’—Challenger Rep., 
. 48. 
’ Only one genus is placed in this family by Mr. Busk in the ‘ Challenger 
Report,’ but in his remarks on Farciminaria he suggests the necessity of 
establishing two species formerly described as Farciminaria (‘ Quart. 
Jour. Mic. Soc.’ new ser., vol. i. p. 155) in a genus by themselves as 
Verrucularia,! V. Suhr, 
= Farciminaria, id., Busk. 
Port Phillip (Australia), Kirchenpauer. 
Regarded by V. Suhr as a fucus = Verrucularia dichotoma, V. Suhr, 
‘Flora,’ 1834, p. 725, tab. i. fig. 9. 
Verrucularia Binderi, Harvey (?), ‘Quart. Jour. Mic. Soc.’ vol. i. 
p. 156, pl. xxxv. figs. 2, 2a. 
In his original description of the above, Mr. Busk makes the following 
remarks (loc. cit. p. 156) :— 
‘Tt seems doubtful whether these two species should be referred to 
our genus Farciminaria, but we have thought it better, provisionally at 
any rate, to place them in it. Should it be thought advisable to separate 
them from F’. aculeata, there appears to be no reason against the adoption 
of V. Suhr’s name, Verrucularia, notwithstanding his having placed the 
genus among the Fuci.’ 
Genus 28. Farciminaria, Busk. 
Id., Busk, ‘Brit. Mus. Cat. Kirchenpauer (pars)? ‘ Challenger 
Report,’ p. 48. : 
Zoarium furcate or dichotomous; the angle of each bifurcation 
1 Verrucularia dichotoma ( V. Suhr), ‘ Quart. Jour. Mic. Soc.’ vol. i. p. 155, pl. xxxv. 
figs. 1, la. 
