via. D. « Light: Philippine AlcyonaHa 451 



and spindles which is continued with some changes in the form 

 of the spicules on to the stem cortex. The canal walls contain 

 numerous spindles, clubs or cross-shaped spicules. The canals 

 are numerous and small with fairly thick walls. Their cavities 

 are sometimes very small or lacking in the center of the stem, 

 resulting in the formation of an irregular central axis. 



Kiikenthal in his revision of the genus (1903) recognized 5 

 species; namely, C. capituUfera (Wr. and St.), C. imbricata (Q. 

 and G.), C. rugosa (Kiikth,), C. spicata (May), and C. fungi- 

 forniis Kiikenthal. Since Kiikenthal's work 2 new species have 

 been added to the genus ; namely, Capnella morula Thomson and 

 Mackinnon (1910) and C £ifi7c/i/7s^i Thomson (1911). Capnella 

 manqarensis Thomson and Henderson (1905), as Kiikenthal 

 says, cannot be placed in the genus Capnella, and Thomson and 

 Mackinnon (1910) have erected a new genus, Sclerella, for Pa- 

 ranephthya pratti Thomson and Henderson (1905). 



\^'^ith the 3 species and 3 varieties added in this paper, we 

 have now 10 species and 3 varieties in the genus Capnella re- 

 ported from the following localities: 



(1) Capnella capituUfera (Wr. and St.). Zamboanga {Wr. and St.), 



Sulu Sea (Studer). 



(2) Capnella imbricata (Q. and G.). Duke of York (Q. and G.), New 



Ireland {Studer, Kiikth.) . 



(3) Capnella rugosa (Kiikth.). Indian Ocean (South African coast) 



{Kiikth.), Pacific Ocean {Kiikth.). 



(4) Capnella spicata (May). Zanzibar {May), Aru Islands {Kiikth.). 



(5) Capnella fungiformis Kiikth. Indian Ocean (coast of Dar es Salaam) 



{Kiikth.), Coetivy {Thomson and Mackinnon). 



(6) Capnella morula Thomson and Mackinnon. Southwest Indian Ocean 



{Thomson and Mackinnon). 



(7) Capnella gilchristi Thomson. Cape of Good Hope {Thomson). 



(8) Capnella philippinensis Light. Sabong Cove and Port Galera Bay, 



Mindoro; Doong Is., Bantayan Islands; Taytay, Silanga and the 



Pabellones Islands, Palawan {Light). 

 Capnella philippinensis var. mindorensis Light. Sabong Cove and Port 



Galera Bay, Mindoro {Light) . 

 Capnella philippinensis var. arborea Light. Sabong Cove, Mindoro 



{Light). 

 Capnella philippinensis var. albida Light. Port Galera Bay, Mindoro. 



(9) Capnella ramosa Light. Sabong Cove, Mindoro {Light). 

 (10) Capnella parva Light. Doong Is., Bantayan Islands {Light). 



LITERATURE 



KtJKENTHAL, W. Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien. II. Die Familie 

 der Nephthyiden, Teil 1. Zool. Jahrb. (1903), 19, Systematik, 99-172, 

 Plates 7-9. 



