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axis of an Antipathes, but on the upper part rising up into slender, hollow 
branches of its own. Verrill, 1. c. p. 415. 
Sarcodictyon ruyosum, sp. n., Pourtales, 1. c. p. 113, off Havana, 270 
fathoms. 
Nephthya nigra^ sp. n., Pourtales, l,c. p. 130, off Sand Key, 160 fathoms. 
Lemnalitty g. n., Gray, 1. c. p. 442. Coral soft, fleshy, formed of numerous 
clustered, small, cylindrical tubes j the outer surface is smooth, destitute of 
any appearance of spicules, but showing by grooves the places of union of the 
different tubes that form the mass, each tube ending in a poly~pe. The base 
is broad, expanded horizontally, fleshy like the coral, throwing up several 
stems, which are ii*regularly branched, the lateral branches being somewhat 
two-rowed, the terminal branchlets rather clustered, each branchlet ending in 
a short cylindrical polype, the mouth and tentacles of which are completely 
retractile, only leaving a central knob siuTOunded by eight slightly depressed 
radiating grooves, and entirely destitute of any appearance of superficial spi- 
cules. The whole coral is flaccid, and the larger branches appear to be more 
or less compressed j but this may in great part depend on the state of the 
specimen. L.jukesiiy sp. n.. Gray, 1. c. p. 442, fig. 1 (woodcut). 
Oyathopodiuni tenuCy Y Qi:nW.y= Aleopora temds, Dana. This new genus is 
proposed for the remarkable polyp rightly described by Dana as near Tubi- 
pora. It is in fact a Tuhip)ora-\\kQ polyp, with short cup-shaped tubes con- 
nected by narrow calcareous stolons, which correspond to the transverse plates 
of Tuhiporay and from which the new buds arise. Verrill, /. c. p. 416. 
Kollikeu’s note on the polymorphism of the Anthozoa and the structure 
of the Tubipora is translated in Ann^ & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. i. 1808, p. 227 
{vide Zool. Record, 1867, p. 661). 
Pennatulidce. 
Henilla amethystinay Verrill, described in full and figured. Verrill, 1. c. 
p. 379, pi. 6. fig. 1. 
Veriull mentions (1. c. p. 378) that he first called attention to the peculiar 
dimorphic forms met with among the polyps of Henilla in 1804. He at that 
time called them rudimentary polyps,” and since then he has described 
them as occurring in Leioptillum undulatuniy Ptilosarcus gurneyi, Veretillum 
slimpsotiiy &c. 
Stylatula gracilisy Verrill, is described in detail and figured by Verrill, l.c. 
p. 382, pi. 5. fig. 2. 
Gorgonida. 
Primnoa trilepisy sp. n., Pourtales, 1. c. p. 130, off Florida Reef, 324 fathoms. 
Acis solitaria, sp. n., Pourtales, /. c. p. 132, 200 fathoms. 
Oonigoria clavatay Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1851, p. 124, is, according to 
Verrill, /. c. p. 411, a young Muricea. 
Muricea albiduy sp. n., Verrill, 1. c. p. 411, Panama, included as a white var. 
of M. robusta, Verrill. — M. purpureuy sp. n., Verrill, /. c. p. 412, Panama, had 
been included as a purple var. of M. robustuy Verrill. — M. nitiday sp. n., Ver- 
rill, /. G. p. 412, Ebon Island, Central Pacific. — M. JlcxiiosUy Verrill = Z/.s\so- 
gorgia Jlexuosa, Verrill: Verrill, 1. c. p. 412. 
Muricea acervatay Verrill, is described and figured, Verrill, /. c. p. 419, pi. 7. 
fig. 6, pi. 8. fig. 1 } also M. hispida, Verrill, p. 422, pi. 7. fig. 4, pi. 8. lig. 3. 
