CGELENTERATA. 
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Actinozoa. 
A. E. Verrill (Proc. Essex Instit. 1865, or Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist. 1865, xvi. p. 191) has published a condensed abs- 
tract of his classification of Polpys, preliminary to a full report 
upon the collections of the North Pacific Exploring Expe- 
dition : — 
Class CNIDARIA or POLYri. 
Order I. Madreporaria. 
Suborder I. Stauracea{Madreporariarugoso). Families: CyatJio- 
phyllidce, CyatJiaxonedce, CystipliylUdcR. 
Suborder II. Fungacea. Families : Cyclolitidce, Lophoseridcs, FungidcOy 
Merulinidtx. 
Suborder III. Astreacca. Families : LitliojdiylUdcs, Mmandrinidmy Emmi- 
liidcPy Caryophyllidfc, Stylinidai, Asti'einai, Oculinidw, and Sfylophorida;. 
Suborder IV. Madreporacca (^Madrcpor aria perforata). Families: Eupsam- 
midcBy GemmiporidcOy ForitidcCy Madreporidee. 
Order II. Actinaria. 
Suborder I. Zoanthacea. Families : Zoanthidcey BergideE. 
Suborder II. Antipathacea. Families : Antipathid(V, Gdrardidee. 
Suborder III. Actindeea. Families : Actimda>y J'halassianthidcSy Minyida;, 
Ilyanthidoiy Ceriatithidos. 
Order III. Alcyonaria. 
Suborder I. Alcyonacea. Families : AlcyonideE, Xcnidaiy CornukiridcPy 
Tubiporidee. 
Suborder II. Gorgonacea. Families : Gorgonidee, PlexauridxEy Primnoido’y 
GorgonelUdeSy isidee, CoraUidcBy Briaridee. 
Suborder III. Pennatulacea. Families : Pmnatididc^y PavonarideZj Vei'dil- 
lidcBy BenillidcB. 
Zoantharta. 
Verrill (/. c.) gives descriptions of the following new Actinozoa: — StepJm- 
nosef'is lamellosa (p. 194), from the Loochoo Islands ; Heterocyathus alternata 
(p. 194), from Gaspar Straits ; Balanophyllia capensisy Eupsammia stiinpsonii, 
from North China ; Metridium Jimhriatiim (p. 195), from San Francisco j 
llalocampa copensisy Cerianthiis orientalisy from Hongkong; Nephthya thyr~ 
soideay from the Cape of Good Hope ; Parish laxa (p. 190), Veretillum stimp- 
soniiy and V. hacidatum (p. 197), from Hongkong. 
AEgcoyiy g. n., Gosse (1. c. p. 41). Base adherent to rocks with a moderate tena- 
city ; broader than the medium diameter of the column. Column irregularly 
distensible, not mucous, somewhat versatile, but generally forming a tall, erect, 
thick pillar, the summit expanding ; the margin tentaculate ; the surface 
longitudinally fluted, each flute studded with a single vertical row of minute 
warts. No suckers or loopholes. Substance pulpy, membranous. JJislc ex- 
panded, membrfinous, concave, revolute. Tentacles numerous, in several rows^ 
long, lax, irregularly flexuous, scarcely retractile. Mouth not ordinarily set 
on a cone, but pouted after the reception of food ; lip thin. Gonidial tuber- 
cles prominent. Acontia wanting (?). A^geoyi alfordiy sp. n., Gosse, 1. c. p. 42, 
