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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Ccmocyathus vermiformis, sp. n., Pourtales, 1. c. p. 133, off Sombrero, 
180 fathoms. 
Paracyathus confertus, sp. n., Pourtales, /. c. p. 134, off Florida Reef, 
100 fathoms. 
Thecocimthus cidindracens. sp. n., Pourtales, 1. c. p. 134, off Florida Reef, 
200 fathoms. 
Rhizotrochus frayilis, sp. n., Pourtales, /. c. p 134, off Florida Reef, from 94 
to 324 fathoms. 
Oculinida. 
Riplohelia profunda, sp. n., Pourtales, 1. c. p. 114, off Havana, 350 fathoms; 
also brought up by the lead from a depth of 1050 fathoms. 
Oculina disticha, sp. n., Pourtales, 1. c. p. 135, off American Shoal, Florida; 
a few dead branchlets in 43 fathoms. 
Lophohdia ajinis, sp. ii., Pourtales, 1. c. p. 136, almost certainly = L. 
prolifer a (Pallas). 
Cryptohelia peircei, sp. n., Pourtales, 1. c. p. 115, off Havana, 270 fathoms. 
Stylaster complanatus, sp. n., Pourtales, 1. c. p. 115, off Havana, 270 fathoms ; 
S. erubescens, sp. n., Pourtales, 1. c. p. 135, off Florida Reef, 120 to 324 
fathoms. 
Allopora miniata, sp. n., Pourtales, 1. c. p. 130, same locality as last. 
Distichopora sulcata, sp. n., Pourtales, l.c. p. 117, off Havana, 270 fathoms ; 
D.foliacea, sp. n., Pourtales, 1. c. p. 137, off’ Florida Reef, 100 to 200 fathoms. 
Errina, Gray.* Pourtales emends the diagnosis of this genus as follows, 
1. c. p. 116 : — Oorallum branching, subffabellate, finely granulated or obscurely 
striated, the younger branches more or less studded with tubular pores, split 
downwards into a furrow ; calycles at first terminal, in shape of a transverse 
slit, of which one lip continues to gTOw in a conical shape to repeat the pro- 
cess, whilst the other expands in the shape of a bract or spoon, hiding the 
calycle after it has become lateral ; fossa circular and very deep ; septa ob- 
scure or none ; pali rudimentary, in the shape of small beads ; columella 
pistilliform ; ampullf© as in Stylaster. E. coehleata, sp. n., Pourtales, 1. c. p. 110, 
off Havana, 270 fathoms, and one small specimen on Florida side ; E. glabra, 
sp. n., Pourtales, 1. c. p. 117, fragments found at a depth of 000 fathoms. 
Astrcddce. 
Siderastrrea stellata, sp. n., Verrill, 1. c. p. 352, Abrolhos Reefs. 
Favia leptophylla, sp. n., Verrill, 1. c. p. 353, F. gravida, sp. n., Verrill, 
1. c, p. 364, F. conferta, sp. n., Verrill, 1. c. p. 365, Abrolhos Reefs, Brazil. 
Acanthastrcea braziliensis, sp. n., Verrill, 1. c. p. 355, Abrolhos Reefs. 
EeliastrcBa aperta, sp. n., Vemll, 1. c. p. 356, Abrolhos Reefs ; brought to 
the city of Bahia from Itaparica for burning into lime. 
Mussa harttii, sp. n., Verrill, 1. c. p. 357, Abrolhos Reefs. 
Symphyllia harttii, sp. n., Verrill, 1. c. p. 358, Abrolhos Reefs. 
Astroco^iia pharensis, sp. n., Heller, 1. c. p. 27, Taf. 1. figs. 1, 2, Lesina, 20 
fathoms deep. All the hitherto described species of this genus have been met 
with as fossils. 
* Too near Erina, Swainson, 1833, a genus of Lepidoptera, and Erinna, 
H. & A. Adams, 1855, a genus of Mollusca ; Errina, Gray, 1836. — E. P. W. 
