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Family Mueiceid^. 



Acanthogorgia armata Verrill. 

 Paramuricea cequatorialis Wriglit and Studer. 

 Paramuricea haiDaiiensis, new species. 

 Antlwmuricea temiispina, new species. 

 Clematissa alba, new species. 

 ClematisSa temie, new species. 

 Clematissa verrilli Wriglit and Studer. 

 Menella grandiflora, new species. 

 Echinomuricea brunnea, new species. 

 Cyclomuricea flaheUata, new species. 

 Muricella tenera Kidley. 



Family Cheysogorgid^. 



Lepidogorgia gihbosa, new species. 



Lepidogorgia spiralis, new species. 



Chrysogorgia arhorescens, new species. 



Chrysogorgia delicata, new species. 



Chrysogorgia elegatis (Verrill). 



Chrysogorgia flexilis (Wriglit and Studer). 



Chrysogorgia lata Versluys. 



Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill). 



Chrysogorgia curvata Versluys. 



Chrysogorgia flavescens, new species. 



Chrysogorgia geniculata (Wright and Studer). 



Chrysogorgia stellata, new species. 



Metallogorgia melanotrichos (Wright and Studer). 



Metallogorgia squarrosa (Wright and Studer). 



Iridogorgia bella, new species. 



Iridogorgia superia, new species. 



Pleurogorgia wAlitaris, new species. 



Family Goegonellid^e. 



Verrucella hicolor, new species. 



The synoj)sis given above shows that the 68 species of alcyoiiarians 

 now known from the Hawaiian Islands are distributed among 17 

 families and 38 genera. 



DISTRIBUTION. 



Our knowledge of the Alcyonaria as a whole is far too incomplete 

 to warrant us in being dogmatic in our conclusions regarding their 

 general distribution, either geographic or bathymetric. When we 

 consider how little of the ocean bottom has been explored with any 

 thoroughness, and the vast extent of practically unknown regions, 

 and the host of species yet to be discovered, it becomes evident that 

 our conclusions are tentative at best, and very likely to be rendered 

 valueless by further exploration and study. The ocean floor has been 

 but scratched here and there by the dredge and trawl, and the absence 

 of species from our collections will by np means warrant us in saying 

 that they are really absent from the regions explored. 



