The anthocodiae are armed with 3 — 4 horizontal rows, and 3- — 4 pairs of slightly curved 
spindles en chevron in the points. They are completely retracted within verrucae, which are 
prominent, but not crowded. 
4. Siphonogorgia densa Chalmers. 
See: Chalmers, Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Vol. XXI, Part 4, p. 165. 
Stat. Not marked. 2 Ex. 
Two small, stout, dark red colonies, with several branches, short, lobate, and not again 
sub-divided. These branches are all given off at about the same ooint near the base and rise 
together almost vertically. 
The crown of the anthocodia is composed of 4—5 rows of red spicules, and the points 
of one pair of yellow spicules, forming a triangle with the first row of the crown. There may 
be a single small spicule between these two larger ones. The verrucae are very crowded, espe¬ 
cially near the ends of the branches. They are long and prominent and have their apices 
pointing upwards. The anthocodiae are wholly retracted. Several canals, with thin walls, occur in 
the stem branches. 
The majority of the spicules are slender spindles, pale pink to colourless, with narrow 
prominent warts. A common size is 2 X °- 2 mm. There also occur, however, a few stouter 
spicules, with peculiar irregular broadenings and projections at one side. 
5. Siphonogorgia eminens Chalmers. 
See: Chalmers, Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Vol. XXI, Part 4, p. 166. 
Stat. 260. 5 0 36'.5 S., i32°55 / .2E. go M. Sand, coral and shells. 1 Ex. 
Four branches, absolutely •straight, and without any secondary branching. They are only 
fragments, and no hint of the mode of growth of the colonies can be obtained from them. Two 
are red with yellow anthocodiae, and the other two are red with white anthocodiae. In each 
case the anthocodiae stand out very distinctly, as they are large and entirely unretracted. 
The crowm of the ’anthocodia consists of 8 rows of spicules, and the points of 3 pairs 
of spicules in chevron, sometimes with smaller ones lying at the foot. The verrucae are large, 
prominent, and cone-shaped, with spicules converging at the apex, on which the unretracted 
anthocodia rests. Four large canals with thin walls occupy the whole stem. 
The spicules are massive, either all red, or yellow with red centres. The following 
measurements were taken: 2.5 X 0.45 mm., 0.9 X 0.2 mm., 0.4X0.07 mm. 
6. Siphonogorgia godeffroyi Kolliker. 
For description see: KOLLIKER, Die Pennatulide Umbellula und zwei neue Typen der Alcyo- 
narien, 1874, p. 18. 
Stat. Not recorded. 1 Ex. 
A portion of the main stem, 2.5 cm. high and 1.5 cm. broad at the base, gives off two 
very short branches, with club-shaped tips. The ends of these small branches are covered with 
