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tubes with a circular mouth. Polypes half retractile, forming when re- 
tracted a white tubular termination to the cells. The more developed cells 
of the polypes, especially those at the end of the lobes, are longitudinally 
grooved. H. couchii, sp. n.. Gray, 1. c. p. 706, with a woodcut illustration, 
Cornwall, near Polperro. 
Ncphthya tturantiaca, Verrill, Proc. Essex Inst. iv. p. 191, Chinese Sea. 
Sponyodes gracilis, Verrill, l.c. p. 193, Loo Choo Islands, 
. Ammothea nitida, Verrill, List &c. p. 39, Zanzibar. 
Spongodes capitata, Verrill, List &c. p. 40, Hong Kong. 
Sgmpodmm pacijicum, Verrill, Proc. Post. Soc. N. H. x. p. 329, Panama. 
Telesio ramiculosa, Verrill, 1. c. p. 194, pi. 6. fig. 10 (= Cor?tularia auran- 
tiaca, Verr. olmi), Hong Kong ; T. ? nodosa, Verr. ibid.. Loo Choo Islands. 
Pennatulida5. 
E. Mullioii(/. c.) criticises l)r. Gray for instituting n new genus for Wioltenilla 
edwardsii (llerkl.). A careful comparison is instituted between llenilla and 
Herklotsia, showing that there is no occasion for the latter genus. 
Ptilosareus. Verrill (Proc. Essex Inst. iv. p. 183) raises this section of the 
genus Sarcoptilus (Gray) to generic rank, and describes its characters and 
.those of P. gurneyi (Gray). 
Veretillum stimpsoni (Verrill) and Kop)hohelemnon clavatum (Verr.) are de- 
scribed and figured by Verrill, 1. c. p. 184, pi. 6. fig. 3, & p. 185, pi. 5, fig. 4 j 
V. haculatum (Verr.) is also described (/. c. p. 185). 
New genus and species : — 
Stylatida, g. n., Verrill, List of Polyps &c. p. 30. Elongated, slender, nearly 
Cylindrical; near the base naked, bulbous at the] end. Pinna3 short, sup- 
ported by numerous strong radiating spines, the polyps clustered on their 
upper surface. Axis subcylindrical, extending through nearly the whole 
length. Sp. 8. gracilis, sp, n., Verr. ibid., California. 
Pteromorpha cxpansa, Verfill, Proc. Essex Inst. iv. p. 181, pi. 5. fig. 1, 
Hong Kong. 
Ixioptilum undidatmn, Verrill, 1. c. p. 182, California. 
Virgidaria pusilla, Verrill, 1. c. p. 183, pi. 5. fig. 2, near Hong Kong. 
Virgularia gracilis, Gabb, Proc. Califor. Acad. Nat. Scien. vol. iii. part 2, 
San Francisco, 1864, p. 120. Polypidom 19 inches long; Bay of Monterey, 
California. Near V. elongata, Gabb. ’ (Is this Stylatula gracilis, Verrill ?) 
Verrill (List of PolypH<and Corals &c.) describes the following new 
species : — 
Renilla dance, p. 29, Pio de Janeiro (= americana, pars, Dana) ; P. 
peltata, ibid., Breton Island, mouth of Mississippi; P. patula, ibid., Cumana, 
Venezuela, South America; and P. amethystina, ibid., Panama. 
Funictdma forhesii, p. 30 (= Pavonaria quadrangidaris, pars, Johnst.), 
Oban. 
H,eroides putnami, p. 30, Ilong Kong. 
Gorgonid^. 
Verrill establishes a new genus, Lissogorgia, for the Antipathes Jiahellum 
(Esper)) and remarks on the difierences which exist between the Alcyonaria 
