PROCEEDINGS 



GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



PAPERS. 



2G. Observations on some Alcjonaria from Singapore, with 

 a brief Discussion on the Classification of the Family 

 Ne})hthyid;e. By Edwakd W. Shann, B.Sc, Demon- 

 strator and Assistant Lecturer in Zoology in the 

 Victoria Universit}'- of Manchester *. 



[Received Jannavy 17, 1912 : Read Marcli 19, 1912.] 



(Plates LXI.-LXIII.t) 



Index. 



Systematic : Page 



ScleropJri/liim jihiniddtum, tip. n , 507 



Nephtlrijn hedfordi, sp. n 51 i 



StereonepMhi/n lutea, 9,\). w 521 



WritjhteUa rohusta, sp. ii 525 



Ncplitliija : Historical Summary of 610 



Uemlroncplitli^ya ilo. 518 



Stereoneplitliija do. 520 



A collection of Alcyonaria, made by Mr. W. F. Lanchester 

 and the late Mr. F. P. Bedford during theiv residence in Singa- 

 pore, was sent to the Zoological Department at the Victoria 

 University of Manchester. Professor S. J. lliekson kindly 



* Communicated Ly Prof. S. J. IIickson, D.Sc., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 

 f For explanation of the Plates see p. 527. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1912, Xo. XXXIV. 34 



