PROCEEDINGS 



GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



PAPEES. 



26. Observations on some Alcjonaria from Singapore, with 

 a brief Discussion on the Classification of the Family 

 Nephthyidse. By Edwaed W. Shann, B.Sc, Demon- 

 strator and Assistant Lecturer in Zoology in the 

 Victoria University of Manchester *. 



[Received January 17, 1912 : Read March 19, 1912.] 



(Plates LXI.-LXIII.t) 



Index. 



Systematic : Pao-e 



Scleropliytum pinnulatt»n,^\}. n 507 



Nephtliya hedfordi, sp. n 514 



Stereoneplithya hitea, sp. n 521 



WrighteUa rohusfa, sp. n 525 



Nephihi/a : Historical Summary of 510 



DendronepJitJiffa do. 518 



Stereonephthya do. 520 



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

 and the late Mr. F. P. Bedfoi'd during theii' residence in Singa- 

 pore, was sent to the Zoological Depai-tment at the Victoria 

 University of Manchester. Professor S. J. Hickson kindly 



* Communicated by Prof. S. J. Hickson, D.Sc, P.R.S., F.Z.S. 

 t For explanation of the Plates see p. 527. 



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