184 VERRILL, SYNOPSIS OF 



Family, Pavonariixe Dana, restricted. 



Virgularia pusilla Verrill, nov. sp. 

 Plate 5, figure 2. 



Very small and slender, the pinnas extending nearly to 

 the base, which is rounded and bulbous ; pinnse of the up- 

 per portion surrounding the stalk on all sides except the 

 back, which is naked; below they are separated also by a 

 narrow anterior space, but the pinnse of the opposite sides 

 appear to coalesce anteriorly higher up, producing a sub- 

 verticillate arrangement. The middle whorls are separat- 

 ed about .1 of an inch; polyps small, twelve to fourteen in 

 the median whorls, somewhat crowded ; tentacles slender, 

 elongated, with slender, rather distant, lateral lobes along 

 nearly their whole extent. Length 1.75 inches ; diameter at 

 the middle .12. 



"Bays opposite Hong Kong, China, in 6 fathoms, mud. 

 April, 1854. Color pale orange or dirty red." Dr. Wm. 

 Stimpson. 



The only specimen in the collection is probably young. 



Family, Veretillim: Gray, emended. 



Veretillum Stimpsoni Verrill, these Proceedings, d. 

 152, April, 1865. 



Plate 5, figures 3, 3a. 



Polypiferous portion of surface thick, swollen, somewhat 

 fusiform, broadest below the middle, the surface granulous ; 

 basal portion less than a third of the whole length, bulb- 

 ous, smooth, and very contractile ; polyps rather distantly 

 scattered, arranged somewhat in quincunx ; between them 

 are numerous minute papillse or rudimentary polyps; in 

 expansion the polyps are much exsert with very slender 

 elongated tentacles, bordered with rather distant, elongated, 

 slender lobes in a single row on each side, commencing 

 close to their bases ; axis short, thick, fusiform, situated 

 just below the commencement of the polypiferous part. 



Whole length of the largest specimen in alcohol 3.5 

 inches ; naked part 1 ; diameter where broadest 1 ; length 



