910 MJSS R. M. IJAIIRISOX AND MISS M. POULU l).\ [ Do-C. 14, 



the columella, in no individunl is as pi'oiiounced as that of the 

 Ceylon specimen [5. pi. ii. fig. 10 a]; but as it is so inuch 

 reduced as to be practically non-existent in the youngest individual, 

 and considerably more developed in older individuals, the fact 

 that it never readies the dimensions of that in Bourne's figure 

 may be due to imma.tnrity. 



Localities. — One colony from Station XVI II. Paye Island. 

 Bottom : sand, shell, and I'ock. Depth : 10-21 fathoms. 



Two colonies from Station XXI V. Cat Island. Bottom: rock, 

 sand, and broken sliell. Depth : 8-22 fathoms. 



Dendeophyllia gracilis Milne-Edwards it Haime. 



A single individual 12 mm. high, and two young colonies 17 

 and 19 mm. high, consisting of three and four individuals 

 i-espectively. The calices of the younger individuals are practically 

 spherical ; the columelliv rises very slightly in the calicular fossa., 

 and in the solitary specimen it is compressed and narrow from side 

 to side. Tlie septa of the first two cycles are not denticulate, but 

 in all other I'espects it is identical with M. -Edwards and Haime's 

 description. 



Locality. — Station XXIY. Cat and Kitten. Bottom : rock, 

 sand, and broken shell. Depth : 8-22 fathoms. 



BiBLIOGRArilY, 



1. Alcock, a. — " Newly Recorded Corals from Indian Seas." 



Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Ixii. p. 138. 



2. Alcock, A. — "Natural History Notes from H.M. Indian 



Marine Sui'vey Steamer ' Investigator,' " ser. ii. 9. Journ. 

 Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Ixii. p. 169. 



3. Alcock, A.- An Account of the Madreporaria collected by 



the Royal Indian Survey Sliip ' Investigator.' Calcutta, 

 1898, p. 29. 



4. Alcock, A. — "Report on the Madreporaria of the Siboga 



Expedition." Siboga-Expeditie, Monogr. xvi. «, 1902, p. 52. 



5. Bourne, G. C. — " Report on the Solitaiy Corals collected by 



Prof. Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902." Repoi't Ceylon Pearl 

 Oyster Fisheries, iv. 1905, p. 187. 



6. DoDERLETN, L. — " Die Korallen-Gattung i'\6«(/i«." Zool. Anz. 



xxiv. 1901, p. 353. 



7. DoDERLEiN, L. — " Die Koiullen-Gattung Fimgia." Abh. v. d. 



Senckenbergischen natnrfoischenden Gesellschaft, xxvii., 

 1905. 



8. Duncan, P. M. — " On the Madreporaria of the Expedition of 



H.M.S. ' Porcupine.' " Proc. Roval Soc. London, xviii. 1870, 

 p. 289. 



9. Duncan, P. M.— " A Description of the Madreporaria dredged 



lip during the Expeditions of H.M.S. ' Porcupine.' " Trans. 

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