394 PROF. J. A. THOMSON AND MR. W. D. HENDERSON ON [Apr. 10, 



of Clavidaria, Sympodmm, Xeoiia, S'^Jongodes, Lithophytuon, and 

 Sclerophyfum ; but there are also some representatives of the 

 deeper water fauna, e. g., species of Pieroeides and Virgidaria. A 

 few specimens * collected by Mr. Crossland at Cape Verde Islands 

 have been included in the repoi-t. We have been indebted to the 

 indefatigable collector for some notes on the colours of the living- 

 animals. 



List of Species. 



Order I. STOLONIPERA Hicksou. 

 Familj' Coenuiaeiid^. 



ClavvJaria garcice Hickson. 



„ „ „ var. inermis, iiov. 



„ flava Maj\ 

 „ (jracilis Maj". 



„ reptans Hickson. 



„ strumosa Elirenberg. 



„ margaritiferce Thomson & Heiidevson. 



„ crosslandi, sp. n. 



„ repens, sp. n. 



„ pulohra, sp. n. 



„ zanziharensis, sp. ii. 



„ mollis, sp. n. 



„ parviila, sp. n. 



„ pregnans, sp. n. 



Sympodiuni pimctatum May. 



„ caruleum Ehrenberg. 



> „ fuscum, sp. n. 



„ splendens, sp. ii. 



Family T u b i p o e i d ^. 



Ttihipora cliamissonis Elirenberg. 



Order II. ALCYONACEA Verrill {pro parte). 

 Family X E if 1 1 d ^. 



£enia mnbellata Savignj'. 



„ quinqueserta Maj". 



„ memhranacea Sebenk. 



„ coeridea Elirenberg. 



„ ternatana Scbenk, var. elongafa, nov. 



„ rigida, sp. u. 

 Seteroxenia elisahetJics Kolliker. 

 Cespitularia coeridea Maj^ 



Family Aictoktiid^. 



Alcyonimn pacliyclados Klunzingc-r. 

 Simdaria brassica May. 



„ fungoides, sp. n. 



Scleropliytum polydactyliwi Dana. 



„ querciforme Pratt. 



„ marenzeUeri Pratt {^=Tjol>oplii/t'um marenzelleri). 



„ hirtmri Pratt. 



,, viride, sp. n. 



Lohophytum pauciflormn Elirenberg. 



* Viz. Clavularia parvzda, sp. n., LopJiogorgia, crista Mobius, Leptogorgia 

 ocJiracea, sp. n. 



