1 52 VERRILL, CLASSIFICATION OF POLYPS. 



Parisis laxa Verrill. 



Coral forming; openly reticulate fronds ; papillae numer- 

 ous rounded, on all sides of the branches ; coenenchyma 

 minutely villous in alcohol. Calcareous joints shorter and 

 internodes longer than in P. fruiicosa nobis. 



Hong Kong. Dr. Wm. Stimpson. 



Acanthogorgia coccixea Verrill. 



Nepthya coccinea Stimpson, 1. e. 1855. 

 Hong Kong, 10 fathoms, on shells. Dr. Wm. Stimpson. 



Veretillum Stdipsoxii Verrill. 



A large species six or eight inches long, the upper 

 portion enlarged, more than half the entire length. Pol- 

 yps much exsert, upwards of an inch long ; tentacles very 

 long. Axis thick, short, fusiform, a third of an inch long. 

 Base white, somewhat striated ; body light cream-color; 

 polyps transparent, bluish white at the bases of the tenta- 

 cles. 



Hong Kong, 6—10 fathoms, mud. Dr. Wm. Stimpson. 



Veretillum baculatum Verrill. 



Club-shaped, the base about a third of the length. 

 Polyps scattered, not numerous. Axis small, fusiform, 

 about half an inch long in a specimen three inches long. 



Sea of Ochotsk, off Siberia. L. M. Squires. 



Kophobelemxox clavatuji Verrill. 



Veretillum clavatum Stimpson, 1. c. 1855. 



Polyps more numerous and crowded than in K. Burgeri 

 Herkl. which it resembles ; body more claviform, naked 

 dorsal space very narrow. 



Hong -Kong, 6 fathoms, mud. Dr. Wm Stimpson. 



