actinOzoa. 
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Jleterogoi’gia painllosa, 8p. n., Verrill (/. c. p. 567), La Paz. 
Muricea granulosa, sp. nov.,, Verrill (Aiii. J. Sc. xlixi p< 373), Sherbro’ 
Island, West Africa. 
The following are the additions and corrections given by Verrill (P. Ess. 
Inst. vol. vi. pt. 1, p. 75 et seq.) to the Gorgoniidae described in the previous 
part of his synopsis of the polypes and corals of the North -Pacific Exploring 
Expedition : — 
Litigorgia cuspidata, Verrill {loc. cit. p. 1h')~Leptogorgia cuspidata, Verrill. 
Euplcxaurcl, gen. nov., Verrill (/. c. p. 76). Resembling Ple.xaurella, with 
rather large open cells. Spicules mostly short, blunt, warty spindles, of 
rather small size, with a few small, simple, double spindles, and, rarely, small 
irregular crosses. E. capensis, sp. n., Verrill (p. 7Q),=Plexaura friahilis, 
Verrill. 
Muricea Jiexuosa, Verrill (1. c. p. 71),-=Lissogorgia Jiexuosa, Verrill. The 
genus Lissogorgia is no longer necessary, because the typical species prove to 
belong to Paramuricea, Koll. Villogorgia and Blepharogorgia, Duch. & Mich., 
are probably also synonyms. 
Astrogorgia sinensis, Verrill {l.c. p. 77),=^ Muricea sinensis, Verrill. 
Aniliogorgia divaricata, Verrill (/. c, p. 78), = Muricea (?) divaricata, 
Verrill. 
Echinomuricea coccinea, Verrill (1. c. p. 7Q),=^Acanihogorgia coccinea, Verrill. 
The following are given by Duchassaing (1. c. pp. 13-18) : — 
Dendrogorgia, g. n. Type D. parmda, sp. n., Guadeloupe. 
Gorgonia htelUeri, sp. n., Guadeloupe. 
Pterogorgia esperi, sp. n., = Gorgonia violacea, Esper. 
Melithced occidentalis, sp. n., St. Thomas. 
ZOANTHARIA. 
Malacodermata. 
Cereus stimpsotii, sp. n., allied to C. hellis, Oken, Cape of Good Hope, False 
Bay ; C. sinensis, coast of China : Verrill, Pr. Ess. Inst. vi. pp. 63, 64. 
Sagartia paguri, sp. CarcinoqjJiilus paguri, Stimpson, MS.), Chinese 
seas, always parasitic on Eiogenes edwardsi ; S. lineata, sp. n., Hong Kong ; 
/S', nigropunctata, sp. n.,— Actinia nigropuncta,^iim^s(m ', S. napensis, sp. n.,= 
Actinia napensis, Stimpson : Verrill, 1. c. pp. 67, 58. 
Bunodes inornata, Bp. Ty.,= Actinia inornata, Stimpson; B.japonica,Bp. n., 
Hakodadi Bay, Japan : Verrill, 1. c. pp. 61,62. 
XJrticina coccinea, Verrill (/. c. p. 63), = JRJiodactinia coccinea, Verrill 
(1866). 
Ptiysactis, g. n., Verrill (l.c. p. 63). Base as broad as the disk. Column 
short, cylindrical, with a fold below the margin, beneath which its sides are 
covered with prominent and persistent scattered verrucre ; above the fold the 
texture is softer and smoother, and the surface iS crowdedly covered with 
Small, inconspicuous, soft papillm or verrucse, arranged in vertical lines. 
Tentacles hot very numerous, stout, fusiform or conical, pointed, apparently 
not contractile, and not capable of involution. Ph. multicolor, sp. n. . Verrill, 
near Hong Kong, China. 
Anthopleura stimpsonii, sp. n., Verrill (ih. p. 66), Hong-Kong Harbour. 
Amphiactis, g. n., Verrill (ih. p. 67). Base broad. Column covered with 
