336 Mr. A. Dendy on the 



species, as opposed to the genus Siphonochalina, Schmidt, 

 whicli includes the smootli species, the type species of Siphono- 

 chalina, S- coriacea^ being perfectly smooth, as shown by 

 Schmidt's illustration thereof *. 



In short, the tubular Chalininje (excluding those form.^ 

 with microsclera, which I cannot regard as Chalininse at all) 

 may be very simply dealt with by dividing them between 

 the two genera Siphoflochalina, Schmidt, and Spinosella, 

 Vosmaer. The new genus Phylosiphonia is then quite 

 superfluous ; and the same remark also applies to Dr. von 

 Lendenfeld's new genus Siphonella, whose species come under 

 Spinosella, Vosmaer. 



The peculiarities in nomenclature, however, show them- 

 selves most strikingly in the case of the specific names. In 

 the first place Dr. von Lendenfeld attaches his own name to 

 every species which he places in a genus different from that 

 to which its real author had assigned it, thus, as it were, 

 capturing all stray species and taking forcible possession of 

 them. This fact gives us some insight into Iiis method of 

 working, but it does not explain by any means all the notice- 

 able peculiarities. 



Probably the printers have had some hand in the remark- 

 able transformation of " Pachychalina lohata Hidley," into 

 '"'• Chalinissa ohlata Lendenfeld," as in the case of several other 

 minor errors which need not be enumerated. We cannot, 

 however, thus explain the nomenclature of the author's " Gerao- 

 chalina papillata n. sp." This new species includes the 

 following, as given by its founder : — 



Ceraochalina pajpillata n. sp. 



I. Varietas pergamentacea, 



Cladochalina armigera var. pergamentacea Ridley. 

 Cladochalina pergamentacea Ridley. 



II. Varietas armigera. 



Cladochalina armigera O. Schmidt. 

 Cladochalina armigera Ridley, 



III. Varietas macropora. 



IV. Varietas intermedia. 

 V. Varietas micropora. 



* Spong. d. Kiiste v. Algier, Taf. ii. fig. 4, 



