ALCYONARIA — J. A. THOMSON AND DORIS L. M\CKINNON. 663 



Order V. STELECHOTOKEA, Bourne. 

 Section ASIPHONACEA. 



Family TELESTID^. 



Telesto trichostemma (Dana). 



„ arborea, Wright and Studer. 



Section PENNATULACEA. 



Family KOPHOBELEMNONfD^. 



Kophobelemnon schmeltziiiK.oWiker), = Sclerohelemnon schmellzii^ 

 Kolliker. 



Family PTEROEIDID^. 



Godeffroyia elegans, Kolliker. 

 Sarcophyllum australe, Kolliker. 



Of the thirty-five species in the collection, the following^ 

 thirteen have been previously recorded from Australian seas .• — 

 Clavularia jiava, Hickson. 

 Mopsella clavigera, Ridley. 



,, textiformis (Lamarck). 

 Psilacaharia gracillima, Ridley. /. 



Parisis anstralis, Wright and Studer. 

 Mopsea dichotoma (Linne). 



., encrinrda (Lamarck). 

 Acanthoisis fldbellum, Wright and Studer. 

 Primnoella flagellum, Studer. 

 Primnoella australasice, Gray. 

 Otenocella j^ectinata, Pallas. 

 Telesto trichostonma (Dana). 

 Sarcojyhylluni australe, Kolliker. 



The most striking of the records of distribution are the 

 following: — Primnoella flagellum, Studer, previously reported by 

 Hickson from Australian seas, was originally found in the South 

 Atlantic, otf Patagonia ; Primnoella distans, Studer, was 

 previously found off the West Indies and Brazil ; Kophobelemnon 

 schmeltzii (Kolliker), was previously found off Formosa; 

 Godfffroyia elegans, Kolliker, was previously recorded from the 

 Gulf of Siam. 



