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Dendrophyllia profunda. 



{Diplohtlia profunda PouRT.) 

 Flate I. Figs. 6-8. 

 A well-preserved specimen shows that I had mistaken the genus in describ- 

 ing this species. The family characters are indeed quite obscure, and only ap- 

 parent in very young calicles, or at the bottom of the older ones. In the pres- 

 ent specimen the calicles are much more prominent than in the one formerly 

 described. The border of the calicle is vermiculated and porous to a very slight 

 degree, easily overlooked. The septa are entire in the upper part, finely serrate 

 in the lower. Its nearest ally is Cccnopsammia scilla: Seg. I follow Professor 

 Verrill in joining Civnopsammia to Dcndropihyllia. 



Station No. 44. Lat. 25° 33' N., Long. 84° 35' W. 539 fms. 

 " " 2. 4 miles from Morro Light. 805 fms. 



Dendrophyllia cyathoides Pourt. 

 (Sigsbee.) Station No. 5. Off Havana. 100 fms. 



TROCHOPSAMMIA Pourt. gen. nor. 



BalanophylUce with non-coalescent septa and rudimentary or absent 

 columella. 



Trochopsammia infundibulum Pourt. spec. nov. 



Plate I. Figs. 16, 17. 



Turbinate, fixed, covered by a thickened epitheca near base. Costoe thick 

 and flattened, with scattered pores, which are more abundant in the furrows. 

 Wall thin. Calicle almost circular ; septa in six complete systems, three cycles, 

 nearly equal, extending down to the bottom where they join into a rudimen- 

 tary columella. Towards the bottom the tertiaries approximate slightly towards 

 the secondaries without actually coalescing. At the border of the calicle the 

 septa are much thickened and vermiculated ; farther down they are thin and 

 sparsely dentate, but appear to thicken with age. Height, 10 to 11 mm. Diam- 

 eter of calicle, 7 to 8 mm. 



Station No. 25. Lat. 83° 12' N., Long. 23° 4' W. 635 fms. 

 " " 2. Off Havana. 805 fms. 



Fungia symmetrica Pourt.* 



(Sigsbee.) Off Havana. 175 fms. 



" Lat. 23° 25' N., Long. 83° 11' W. 220 fms. 



" Off Havana. 243 - 458 fms. 



" Lat. 23° 2' N., Long. 83° II' W. 287 fms. 



St-ition No. 2. Off Havana. 805 fms. 



* "Tlii.s sfK'cics lia« been proved by our dredging.s to be one of the most con- 

 stantly recurring of deep-sea animals, with a world-wide distribution It oc- 



