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with low warts, some blunt, some simply conical, and others compound. Some of the coarsely 
warted spindle-types are branched. This species seems to us to be very near L. stuhhnanni , 
which has, however, (i) more elongated narrow lappets, and (2) spicules on the cortex of 
the branches. 
Another specimen, from Station 142, of a creamy yellow colour, rises to a height of 
6 cm. and has markedly tapering conical lappets covered with polyps. The superficial sclerites 
of the stem are mainly irregular jagged discs and double capstans. 
Previously recorded from Indian Ocean, East Coast of Africa. 
Genus Capnella. 
1. Capnella fungiformis Kukenthal. (Plate X. Figs. 2 and 5). 
For description see: KUKENTHAL: Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien. II. Nephthyidae, 
Zool. Jahrb. XIX, 1904, p. 133, 4 figs. 
Stat. 58. Savu. Up to 27 M. Sand. 5 Ex. 
Stat. 60. Haingsisi. 23 M. 1 Ex. 
Stat. 152. Wunoh-bay, Waigeu. 32 M. Lithothamnion-bottom. 1 Ex. 
Stat. 282. 8°25 / .2S., I27 °i 8'.4E. 27—54 M. Sand, coral and Lithothamnion. 1 Ex. 
Stat. 301. Rotti. Reef. Mud, coral and Lithothamnion. 3 Ex. 
Apart from the mode of growth our specimens agree well with Kukenthal’s species. 
But whereas his colony had a fungus-like appearance due to the close apposition of very short 
flat lobes, ours has a more elongated polyparium, with numerous short thick branches arising 
from a substantial trunk. We have figured two colonies, one nearest to, the other furthest from 
the type described by Kukenthal, and intermediate modes of growth also occur. 
More important, it seems to us, is the agreement in spiculation. There are three main 
types: — (a) clubs with large prominences, sometimes approaching foliate at the thick end; 
{p) substantial spindles with prominent warts •, (c) numerous ovals and double-spheres showing 
compound warts often in zones. The sterile trunk is sometimes longitudinally striped. A cross 
section shows extremely numerous very narrow canals. 
The largest specimen has a total height of 10.5 cm. of which 5 cm. consists of the 
unbranched trunk. This then branches and rebranches, the polyps borne on the terminal twigs. 
Previously recorded from Dar es Salaam. 
2. Capnella imbricata (O. G.) (Plate X, Fig. 6; Plate XXIV, Fig. 2 and 5). 
For description see: KUKENTHAL, Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien, Nephthyidae, 
Part I, Zoolog. Jahrbiicher XIX, 1904, p. 129. 
Stat. 33. Bay of Pidjot, Lombok. 22 M. and less. Mud, coral and coral sand. 16 Ex. 
Stat. 60. Haingsisi. 23 M. 1 Ex. 
Stat. 79b. Kabala-dua. Reef. Coralsand. 1 Ex. 
Stat. 89. Kaniungan Ketjil. Reef. 1 Ex. 
Stat. 91. Muaras Reef. 1 Ex. 
Stat. 99. 6°7 / .5N., 120° 26'E. 16—23 M. Lithothamnion bottom. 11 Ex. 
Stat. 104. Sulu. 14 M. 3 Ex. 
Stat. 123. Biaru Island. 36—27. M. Stone and Lithothamnion-bottom. 1 Ex. 
