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Lamx. {T. lutea, Lamx.), Australia; 2. T. ramulom^ Verr. {Cornicularia au- 
rantiaca^ Stinip.), Hongkong ; 3. T. pelagicay Lamx. {Alcyonimn pelagicum, 
Bose ; T. fruticulosaj Dana), North America. 
II. Telescella. The coral erect, with successive spreading clusters of 
branches, which are ramulose on the sides. 4. T. (Jl) nodosa {Telesco ? no- 
dosa, Verr.), Loochoo. 
III. Alexella. The coral erect, simple, with short, cylindrical, adpressed 
polype-cells on the side of the stem, generally opposite each other, or scattered ; 
some have one or more cells produced into a short lateral branch. 5. T. (A.) 
smithii, sp. n., Gray, 1. c. p. 21 (woodcut). Garden Island, Sydney. 
Spoggodes conglomeratus, sp. n.. Gray & Carter, 1. c. p. 391, South-east Coast 
of Arabia. 
Eusclertdcs, gen. nov.. Gray & Carter, /. c. p. 360. Coral fleshy, consisting 
of a growth of thick contorted laminae with rounded upper edge ; the lower 
part of the lamina and base bare, the upper part with regularly disposed 
polypes with numerous small concavities placed at the base on the surface 
between the pol5rpe-cells ; inner part strengthened with thick, fusiform, longish 
tubercular spicules with three or five wide, smooth, sunken cross bands, 
separating the tubercular surface of the middle of the spicules into bands re- 
spectively. E. chinensis, sp. n.. Gray & Carter, 1. c. p. 361, North China. 
Eaynerclla, g; n.. Gray, /. c. p. 22. Coral much branched, fan-shaped, ex- 
panded in a plane; branches and branchlets pinnate; branches diverging, 
subcylindrical, slender, nearly of a uniform size ; branchlets opposite or al- 
ternate, diverging. Bark thin, with an even, very slightly corrugated sur- 
face, internally finely granular. Polype-cells prominent, roundish, close to- 
gether, diverging irregularly on all sides of the slender branches ; apex rather 
conical, contracted, with a central dot. Axis calcareous, hard, white, with 
well-marked longitudinal grooves. E, aurantia, sp. n.. Gray, 1. c. p. 22, Dewi 
Reef, Bass’s Strait. 
Brandella, g. n., Gray, 1. c. p. 22. Coral very much branched, very slender, 
linear ; branches diverging, pinnate, and nearly parallel to each other ; branch- 
lets pinnate, opposite or alternate, diverging at nearly right angles, often 
sinuous, inosculating, uniting the diverging parallel branches into an irregular 
network. Bark, when dry, veiy thin, almost membranaceous, smooth, and 
slightly wrinkled. Polype-cells on all sides of the branchlets, alternate or 
opposite, cylindrical, short, smooth externally, with a convex eight-valved 
top. Axis very slender, thread-like, except the main stems, calcareous, hard, 
pale horn-colour, very brittle. E. intricata, sp. n.. Gray, 1. c. p. 23, Dewi Reef, 
Bass’s Strait. 
Verrill describes the following new species : — 
Mnricea squarrosa, 1. c. p. 423, pi. 6. fig. 13, pi. 8. fig. 4, Panama and Pearl 
Islands ; M. crassa, 1. c. p. 425, pi. 7. fig. 10, pi. 8. fig. 6, Pearl Islands ; M.fru- 
ticosa, /. c. p. 428, pi. 7. fig. 2, Pearl Islands, allied to M. echinata ; M. axistera, 
1. c. p. 430, pi. 8. fig. 7, Pearl Islands, Panama; M. retusa, I c. p. 432, pi. 8. fig. 8, 
Pearl Islands ; M. fonnosa, 1. c. p. 434, pi, 8. fig. 15, Zorritos, Peru ; M, tcnella, 
1. c. p. 446, pi. 6. fig. 12, pi. 8. fig. 14, Peru, Panama, &c. ; M, aspera, 1. c. p. 448, 
Panama. 
Verriil, c. p. 449, would subdivide Murtcea into: — 1. Eumxiricca, typical 
species E. acervata] 2. Muricea ; and 3. Muricdla, M.jlexuosa as type. 
CalUpodium, gen. nov., Verrill, 1. r. p. 455. Corallum incrusting stones and 
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