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consider these specimens as transitions between the species and its variety, so that both might 
be united. The polyps, described above, make it not doubtful as to which genus this formerly 
questionable species appertains. 
The specific diagnosis is as follows : 
Colony : Branches on all sides; crown is a rotation-ellipsoid; branches 
are curved dextrorsally or sinistrorsally, and besides in most cases curved 
downwards. On their convex side are inserted secondary branches, which 
are branched themselves. 
Spines : At least five longitudinal rows and quincunx; irregular on the 
older parts. Distance 180 p.. Length ± 120 [x. Smooth. Inclined di stall y. 
Polyps : Knob-shaped tentacles, 180 p. long, radiate; oral cone is a half¬ 
globe; mouth is rounded. Interpoly par distance 0.75 mm. 
Former habitat. 
Pallas, Indie; 
Esper, Banda-sea, etc.; 
Gray, Philippines; 
Brook (Br. Mus.), Mauritius 70 fath.; Ceylon (Ondaatje) ; 
Thomson & Simpson, Ceylon; 
F. Cooper, Seychelles 37 — 44 fm., Amirantes 20—39 fm., Cargados Carajos 45 fm., 
Table Island, Andamans 15 — 35 fm. 
2. Euantipathes myriophylla (Pall.) n. n. 
[. Antipathes\ myriophylla Pall., BROOK, Antipatharia. Chall. Rep. p. 166, PI. XII, fig. 1. 
Antipathes myriophylla Pall., Pallas, Elenchus Zooph. p. 210; Esper, pt. II, p. 180; Dana, 
Zooph. p. 578; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1857, p. 292; PoURTALES, Bull. Mus. 
Comp. Zool. 1880, pi III, fig. 23; COOPER, Antip. (Percy SI. Tr. Exp.) p. 318 figs 16, 1 6 a. 
Antipathes myriophilla, MlLNE-EDWARDS, Coralliaires, t. 1, p. 316. 
Antipathes sealarki F. Cooper, Cooper, Antipatharia (Percy SI. Tr. Exp.), p. 316, figs 13, 
13a, 13 b. 
Stat. 100. 6 °ii'N., i20°37'.5E. 450 M. Dead coral. 1 spec. 
Stat. 117. i°o.5 S., I22°56'E. 80 M. Sand and coral. 1 spec. 
Stat. 250. Island Kur. 1 spec. 
Stat. 257. Du-roa-strait. Till 52 M. Coral. 1 spec. 
Stat. 305. Solor Strait. 113 M. Stony bottom. 2 spec. 
Although the base is not complete, the horizontal splinters at the base of the stem 
demonstrate that the specimen of station 257 was torn off from the basal plate itself. All the 
branches of the 17 cm. high colony lie approximately in one and the same plane; the stem is 
slightly curved backwards and repeatedly bent at right angles alternately to the right and to 
the left; at every bend a thinner branch forms a continuation of the stem. It makes 
an impression as if every time a branch had taken upon itself the function of the stem. The 
basal stem-diameter of 2.5 mm. diminishes but slightly. Only after the bends the diameter 
diminishes each time, finally to taper gradually towards the top. The branches are inserted at 
