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MISS R. M. IIARKISUX AXD MISS M. POOLE OX [iJeC. 14, 



IsTevertbeless, I think more evidence is necessary before uniting a 

 form witli so peculiar a method of reproduction as Diaseris with 

 the genus Fuvgia. Plate LXXXY. figs. 2 a, b, 3 a, h, show a 

 photograph of a specimen of Fungia cyclolites from the Ceylon 

 collection described by Bourne [5], which has been broken and 

 repaired, and for comparison a specimen of Diaseris distorta with 

 two segments. 



The collection includes one specimen measuring 30x27 mm. 

 and 20 X 18 mm., and a few fragments. 



Locality. — Statioji XIII. Maria Island. Bottom : rock and 

 sand. Depth : 8-10 fathoms. One specimen. 



Family Eupsammiid.^ Bourne [5]. 

 By Ruth M. Harrison. 



Genus Balanophylma Searles Wood, 



Balanoppiyllia sooiALis Semper [34]. 



BJiodopsammia socicdis Semper. 



Six examples, of which the largest measures exactly 30 mm. in 

 height, calice 10 x 8"5 mm., depth of calice 8 mm, ^ the smallest 

 is but 10 mm. high, with a nearly circvdar calice, 6x5-5 mm.^ 

 and 3-5 mm. in depth. The largest specimen shows two lateral 

 scars, one about halfway up the corallum, and the other on the 

 opposite side at a quarter of the entire length from the lip of the 

 calice. Another specimen has two small swellings, the beginnings 

 of lateral buds on opposite sides immedia,tely below the lip of the 

 calice, and below these again on one side is the old scar of a former 

 bud, and on the other is a large lateral bud nearly as large as the 

 parent zooid, and having itself two very fresh lateral scars. The 

 remaining four specimens are obviously young individuals, the two 

 smaller have such very freshly-made basal scars as to suggest that 

 they may have been artificially broken off". 



Table of measurements in mm. 



The table of measurements illustrates the fact pointed out by 

 Semper, that in the young individuals the calice is circular, and 

 the tendency to become oval increases with the age of the in- 

 dividual. The columella is but poorly developed in very youngs 



