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CCELENTERATA. 
Oculinidce* 
Lophohelia prolifera. As varieties of and synonymic with this well- 
known coral, Dr. Duncan (/. c. pp. 293, 294) proposes to unite the following, 
hitherto recognized as distinct species, viz. : — Lophohelia anthophyllites, Edw. 
& Haime ; L. suhcostata, Edw. & H. j L. affinis, Pourtales j L. defrancei, De- 
france ; L. gracilis, Seguenza. 
Amphihelia profunda, sp. n., and A. ornata, sp. n., Duncan (/. c. p. 295). 
^ Porcupine ’ Expedition, in lat. 59° 50' N., long. 00° 27' W., depth 363 faths. 
Amphihelia and Diplohelia, Edw., considered by Duncan to he identical 
{ib. pp. 294, 295). 
Allopora venusta, sp. n., Verrill (Tr. Conn. Ac. i. 1870, p. 517), = A. cali- 
fornica, Pourtales {non Verrill), Neah Bay, Washington Territory. 
Stenohelia, g. n., Kent (Ann. N. H. (4) Feb. 1870, p. 120). Corallum 
dendroid, flabelliform ; surface of the coenenchyma delicately striate. Calices 
all turned one way, pedunculate, compressed transversely to the axis of their 
peduncles. Septa equal, scarcely exsert. Columella styliform, deeply im- 
mersed. Pali rudimentary. Calicular fossa deep. Increasing somewhat ir- 
regularly by alternate distichal or subdichotomous gemmation. Ampullae 
not essential, developed to a more or less considerable extent. S. maderensis, 
Kent (/. c. p. 121),— Allopora maderensis, J. Y. Johnston, Madeira ; S. com- 
planata, Kent {1. c. p. 123),= Stglaster complanatus, l^ourtalos. 
Stylophora dumetosa, sp. n., Ducliass. (/. o. p. 20), Guadeloupe. 
AstrceidcE. 
Lophosmilia urena, sp. n., Duchass. {1. c. p. 26), Guadeloupe. 
Oxysmilia, g. n. Type Lophosmilia rotundifolia, MM. Edw. & Haime : 
Duchass. (/. c. p. 27). 
Thalamophyllia, g. n. Type Desmophyllum riisii, Duchass. & Michel. : Du- 
chass. {1. c. p. 28). 
Asirangia pedet'seni, sp. n., Verrill (/. c. p. 529), La Paz, Guaynas. 
Astrangia {Ccenangia) conferta, sp. n., Verrill (76. p. 630), Gulf of Cali- 
fornia. 
Pocilloporidce, 
Pocillopora gracilis, sp. n., Verrill (Proc. Ess. Inst. vi. pt. 1, p. 90,) Loo-Choo 
Islands; P. aspera, sp. n. (p. 93), =P. favosa, Dana (pt.) non Ehrenb., and 
P. plicata, Dana (pt.); P. favosa, yen. Verrill, = plicata, Dana (pt.), 
Hawaiian Islands ; P. frondosa, sp. n. (p. 96), Hawaiian Islands ; P. lacera, 
sp. n. (p. 100), Acajutla and Pearl Island ; P. capitata, var. porosa, v. nov. 
(p. 99), La Paz ; P, capitata, var. rolusta, v. nov., Verrill (Tr. Conn. Ac. i. 
p. 621), Gulf of California. 
FungiidiB, 
P'ungia elegans, Verrill, sp. n. (Am. J. Sc. xlix. p. 100), La Paz. 
Agaricia frondosa, sp. n., Duchass. {l.c. p. 31), St. Thomas. 
Madreporaria perforata. 
Mad7'epo7'id(B. 
Madrepora microphthalma, sp. n., Verrill (Proc. Ess. Inst. vi. pt. 1, p. 83), 
Loo-Choo Islands. 
