NO. 1658. ALCYOyARIA OF THE CALIFORNIA^' COAST— NUTTING. 723 



tened, 14 to 25 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide; somewhat widening at the 

 terminations. 



The calyces are arranged in tw^o series on each side of the stem and 

 larger branches and in one series on each side of the terminal 

 branchlets. There are occasional calyces on the front and back of 

 stem and branches. The calyces are in the form of low rounded ver- 

 ruc£e, closely crowded, about 1.5 mm. from summit to summit. Mar- 

 gins usually showing a tendency to a bilobed condition when the 

 polyps are almost completely contracted. The calyces are about 2 

 mm. broad at base and 1 mm. or less high. 



The polyps are small, \\ith few spicules. 



The spicules are of very uniform type, quite small stout double 

 spindles mth crowded verrucse. They ai'e often so stout as to be 

 oval or even round in profile. 



Color. — Uniformly purplish red. 



Distribution. — Station 4431, Brockway Point, Santa Rosa Island, 

 S. 43° W. 5.2 miles, 41 fathoms. 



The locality given by Pallas is ''Mare Americanus." 



The Challenger took this species at Bahia, 10 to 20 fathoms, and at 

 Station 310, Sarmiento Channel, depth 400 fathoms. 



The specimens secured by the Fisheries steamer Albatross agree 

 very well with the description and figures given by Wright and Studer." 



? LEPTOGORGIA CARYI Vernll. 



Leptogorgia caryi Verrill, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts and Sci., I, Pt. 2, 1867 

 to 1871, p. 404. 



A fragmentary specimen in the collection of the University of CaH- 

 fornia is hardly sufficient for identification, and is referred to this 

 species with nuich doubt. It is a single unbranched stem about 8 

 inches long, with two distant stubs indicating that it was sparsely 

 branched. The verrucse are almost entirely included and hardlj- 

 e^ddent. 



The spicules are typical of this genus, those in the polyps walls 

 being very small and sparse. 



The specimen bears the label "L-H 3." It was probably secured 

 off San Diego, California. 



The type was collected near San Francisco by T. G. Cary. 



Genus STENOGORGIA Verrill. 



Colony branched; coenench^ana thin. Polyps scattered, chsposed 

 in two rows, retractile and bent inwaril when at rest. Calyces exserted. 

 Spicules small warty spindles and granules. There are spicules in 

 the tentacles. 



"Challenger Report, Alcyonaria, p. 150. pi. xxix, lig. 1. 



