_ — the exact sae? of the latter work is s unknown, it could 
not have been until ay, since, on page 7, there is a Sodk t 
dated “Turin, 17 Mai” 7 te ose 
| Muricea flexuosa Verrill, = Lissogorgia flexuosa V., Pree. Es- 
sex Inst., iv, p. 187, 1865. 
This sp species appears to be referable to Muricea, but, with other 
This Soaase species is allied to the last ; but differs in the se 
: purplish-red color, and larger size of the spicula, which com 
; almost exclusively, the caenenchyma. ese are relatively very 
large, lon ng fusiform, blant at the ends, often crooked, the surface 
finely papillose and shining. Those of the polyps are bright yel- 
ow. ‘The cells are small, verruciform, and covered by small fusi- 
form spicula, branches slender, axis light yellowish brown, horn-like. 
ce n Island, Central Pacific, on Stylaster apm Verrill,—(H. 
Anthogorgia divaricata Verrill, = Muricea divarieata V., Proe. 
x Inst., iv, p. 188, 1865, pl. 5, fig. 5 and 6. 
The genus Anthogorgia 1s now proposed for this remarkable 
form. iti is characterized by very prominent, tubular cells, eight- 
tusi- 
Paramuricea cancellata Verrill, = Gorgonia — Dana, 
1846, = Villogorgia nigrese ns Duch. and 
flabellum Verrill, 1864 (non estipnthiis dabellam "Pallas: ? AL 
bellum Esper. Tab. i.), = Paramuricea nigrescens Kéll, 1866, = 
Echinogorgia flabellum Verrill, this Jour. 1866, vol. xlii, p. 283 
This is unquestionably Dana’s species, and identical with 
muricea nigrescens tp Pate) has sent me spicula or an authen- 
tie specimen. was erroneous, having been pre-occu- 
pied in both ong ale wee Antipa thes, Therefore, if he his A. fla- 
—— proves to be this species, Danas pr should still have pref- 
The reference by Prof. Dana to Esper’s G. pseudo-anti- 
pathes proves to be wrong, for Dr. Kélliker has found that the lat- 
ter is a Gorgonella, but he has, by a similar error, referred Dana’s 
Species to this as a bi founded on 
whi 
well i in the — of the spicul 
h. an Mich., are. salieale erroneous, and the name has a 
DdecsigniSuathia: 
- Genus Boripvts oo daa This genus has been established 
upon two curious species from Panama. It is coo bine 
