ANTHOZOA. 
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27. Marshall, A. M. & W. P. Report on the Oban Pennatulida. 
Birmingham : 1882, 77 pp., 4 pis. 
The authors describe in some detail the anatomy of Funiculina quad- 
rangularis , Pennatula phosphor ea, and Virgularia mirabilis, together with 
the bibliography, geographical distribution, and habits of each genus. 
28. Meyer, G. Rugose Korallen aus ost- und westpreussische Diluvial- 
geschiebe. Schr. Ges. Konigsb. xxii. p. 97, pi. Abstr. in Neues 
JB. Mineral, i. p. 313. 
29. Moseley, II. N. Precious Coral. Nature, xxv. p. 510. 
This article contains a letter on the coral fishery of Sicily and Italy, 
and an inquiry as to the occurrence of the precious coral in Japan. [See 
Giglioli (8)]. 
30. . Notes on the structure of Seriatopora, Pocillopora, Corallium, 
and Tubipora. Q. J. Micr. Sci. lxxxviii. p. 391. 
A re-examination of the structure of Seriatopora clearly proves that it is 
Madreporarian. The polyps bear twelve short tentacles with rounded knobs 
in two scries. The cavities of the polyps are in communication by means 
of a canal system, forming a network which traverses the entire area at 
the surface between the polyps. The polyps in both Seriatopora and 
Pocillopora possess only a single pair of long mesenterial filaments, and 
these belong to the central mesenteries of the lateral chambers. Both 
the genera differ from other Madreporaria in not having their mesenteries 
disposed in pairs. The polyps in each stock are arranged with regularity ? 
with the dorsal ends of their oval calices turned towards the tips of the 
branches, and their longer axes parallel to the lengths of the branches, in 
this respect agreeing with the Alcyonarians. In Corallium , the author has 
noticed that the dorsal and ventral mesenteries are longer than the lateral 
in the small polyps which are found in the coenenchym between the 
larger ones. They are also devoid of tentacles, and consequently cor- 
respond with the siphonozooids of Sarcopliyton and other dimorphic 
Alcyonarians. In Tubipora , the axial internal tubes are exceedingly 
irregular ; sometimes one infundibuliform tube is lodged within another 
in a manner similar to that in Syringopora, sometimes they give off radial 
offshoots having somewhat the appearance of septa. 
31. Pollock, W. H., with an addendum by Romanes, G. J. On indi- 
cations of the sense of smell in Actiniae. J. L. S. xvi. p. 474 ; abstr. 
in J. R. Micr. Soc. (2) ii. p. 635. * 
The animals were capable of distinguishing when food was placed near 
them, but could not tell in what direction it was, unless placed quite close 
to them. 
32. Pratz, E. Ueber die verwandschaftlichen Beziehungen einiger 
Korallen Gattungen. Palseontographica, xxix. 2, p. 81. 
33. Rein, J. Die Bermudas Inseln und ihre Korallenriffe, nebst einem 
Nachtrage gegen die Darwins’che Senkungstheorie. Yerhandlungen 
des ersten Deutschen Geographentags. Berlin: 1881. Abstr. in Zool. 
Gart. xxiii. p. 62. 
The arguments urged against the Darwinian theory are — 1. That sub- 
