126 ME. J. T. CUNNINGHAM OX MARINE FISHES [J;m. 18. 



Class CRINOIDEA. 



Antedon carinata. 



Comatula carinata Lamarck. 



Antedon carinata Carpenter, Voyage of ' Challenger,' Report on 

 Crinoiclea, pt. ii. 



This is doubtless the species mentioned by Melliss as Comatula 

 sp. He says it is occasionally taken in rock pools at the West 

 Rocks, i. e. to the west of the wharf at Jamestown, but that it is 

 extremely rare. I took one specimen in my haul of the trammel 

 off Banks' Valley, and should think it is by no means rare. It 

 has a wide distribution, occurring in the tropical Atlantic, the 

 Indian Ocean, and the Eastern Pacific ; the localities are 

 Mauritius, Seychelles, Ceylon, the coast of Brazil, and the coast 

 of Chile. A specimen from St. Helena, according to Carpenter, 

 is in the British Museum. 



ANTHOZOA. 



ACTINIARIA. 

 PHYMACTTS SANCT.E HELENA. 



Actinia sanctce helence Lesson, Voy. Coquille, 1830, p. 74, 

 Zoophytes, p. 74, pi. ii. fig. 1. 



Phymactis sanctce helence H. Milne-Edwards, Coralliaires, 

 Tome i. p. 275. 



This species is chiefly distinguished from other species of the 

 genus by its colour, which on the outside of the column is very 

 dark, almost black ; Milne-Edwards calls it a very obscure 

 reddish brown. This colour harmonises with that of the volcanic 

 rocks on which it lives, adhering usually to the under side of 

 overhanging masses. The species has been known at St. Helena 

 since Lesson's circumnavigating voyage in 1830, and is mentioned 

 by Melliss. Allied species occur on the coast of Brazil, at the 

 Cape of Good Hope, and at Cape Verde. 



MADREPORARIA. 



M^IANDRINA (PLATYGYRA) ASCENSIONIS. 



Platygyra ascensionis S. 0. Ridley, Report on Collection made 

 by Mr. T. Conry in Ascension Island, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (5) viii. 1881. 



I found only one species of coral on the island. It was growing 

 in small rounded masses of from 2 to 6 inches in diameter in 

 rock pools at Prosperous Bay on the windward side. I was 

 unable to detach living colonies, but found dry skeletons on the 

 shore. This is evidently the same species that is mentioned 

 under the name Mceandrina sp. ? by Melliss,, whose specimens were 



