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developed. A very young specimen has the tertiaries formed by a few spines 

 projecting from the wall, the columella has fewer papilla?, and the pali are only 

 beginning to form. Larger specimen 16 mm.. high and 1 cm. in diameter. 



It is referred to this genus with some doubt, but its systematic position is 

 near it. 



(Sigsbee.) Off Havana. 80 fms. 



Station No. 22. Lat. 23° 1' N., Long. 83' 14' W. 100 fms. 



Cylicia inflata Pourt. spec. nov. 



Plate I. Figs. 10, 11. 



Corallum forming small, loose clusters, connected by a smooth expansion of 

 the epitheca, which is considerably thickened, very smooth, but has no distinct 

 border. The corallites are conical, slightly bulging below, having thus an in- 

 flated appearance. Calicle small, circular, very deep. Columella papillose, 

 well developed. Septa in three cycles and six systems. Primaries entire, sec- 

 ondaries lobed below, the lowest lobes in form of stout pali, considerably raised 

 above the columella. Tertiaries very small. Height, 3 mm.; diameter of 

 calicle, 1 mm. 



(Sigsbee.) Off Havana. 100 fms. 

 " Off Havana. 242 fms. 



Balanophyllia floridana Pouet. 



(Sigsbee.) Off Sand Key, Fla., on telegraph cable. 50 fms. 

 « Off Havana. 80- 100 fms. 



Balanophyllia palifera Pocut. spec. nov. 



Conical, attached, with thin pellicular epitheca ; cost* of the usual form in 

 the genus. Calicle slightly elliptical. Septa in si.\ complete systems, four 

 cycles ; primaries thick and prominent. Tertiaries very small and thin. Pali 

 stout and prominent, in front of the tertiaries and inside the junction of the 

 septa of the fourth cycle with the former. Columella well developed and 

 spongy. About 15 mm. high. A specimen dredged off Barbadoes in 100 

 fathoms was figured in 111. Cat. Mus. Zoul. Xo. YIII. PL VI. Fig. 20 under 

 the name of B. floridana, which it resembles most. The pali are an anomaly 

 in the family, though the part representing them is mostly present, though not 

 thickened or elevated. 



Station No. 12. Lat. 24° 34' N., Long. 83° IC W. 36 fms. 



(Sigsbee.) Off Havana. 243 - 458 fms. 



Thecopsammia tintinnabulum Pourt. 



Station No. 5. Lat. 24' 16' N., Long. ft2° 13' W. 152-229 fms. 

 « "44. Lat. 25° 33' N., Long. 81° 35' W. 539 fms. 



