100 - A. E&. Verrill on Echinoderms and Corals, ele, 
essential characters of the adult, though the spines and tuber- 
cles are less numerous. 
The name of the genus, Pentaceros Gray, has priority over 
Oreaster M. & Tr., which was substituted on the ground that 
the former was in use among fishes,* which I have been able 
to confirm, although Mr. A. Agassiz adopts it. 
Among the other starfishes are Gymnasteria spinosa Gray 
(large); Amphiaster insignis Verrill, Nidorellia armata Gray, 
Ophidiaster pyrimidatus Gray, Linckia bifascialis Gray, Acan- 
thaster Ellis Verrill, Mithrodia Bradleyi Verrill, ete. 
CoRALS. 
Fungia elegans Verrill, sp. nov. 
This is a small and very distinct species, remarkable as the 
first one of the genus described from America. 
Among the other corals are Pocillipora capitata V., P. capitata, 
var. porosa V., Cenopsammia tenwilamellosa KE. & H., Porites (two 
species), Stephanarva stellata V., Callipodium Pacificwm V., Bu 
gorgia aurantiaca V., E. nobilis, var. excelsa V., orga 
rigida V., L. Agassiz V., L. media V., Muricea austera V., UV. 
appressa V., Most of these are represented by numerous 
large and beautiful specimens. — 
¢> Ouylerand Val, vol. iii, p. 30, 1828; Gunther, Catal. Fishes British Museum, 
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