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An incomplete specimen, with few branches, rises to a height of 5.5 cm. It agrees closely 
with the description and figures of Bebryce indica. The superficial colour is brownish (whereas 
it was purplish-brown in Nutting’s specimens); the firmly built axis is olive brown and shows 
marked striae running irregularly in a more or less longitudinal direction ; the spicules are colourless 
and show the great variety of form previously figured. 
We may add a note on the armature of the polyp, which is retracted into a rough 
dome-like calyx. The polyp spicules form a crown and points. The crown consists of about 
four horizontal rows of bent spindles, forming a well-marked collaret. Each point consists of 
spindles sloping in chevron, and the commonest number of pairs is three. 
Previously recorded for the Siboga Collection by Nutting from Stations 310 and 305. 
Previously recorded from the Gulf of Manaar. 
2. Bebryce hicksoni Thomson and Henderson. 
For description see: Thomson and Henderson, Ceylon Pearl Oyster Report, Roy. Soc. 
London, N° XX, 1905, pp. 294—6, 2 figs. 
Station 289. 9°o / -3 S., 126° 24'.5 E. 112 M. Mud, sand and shells. 2 Ex. 
A couple of fragments agree well with the original description. 
Previously recorded by Nutting from the same Station and from Stations 154, 257, 305, 310. 
Previously recorded by Thomson and Henderson from Ceylon 
3. Bebryce thomsoni Nutting'. (Plate XI, Fig. 2). 
For description see: Nutting, Gorgonacea of Siboga Exp. XIII b, 1910, p. 49, 3 figs. 
Stat 310. 8° 30'S., 119 0 7 , -5 E. 73 M. Sand, with few pieces of dead coral. 1 Ex. 
A stout upright roughly pinnate colony, rising to a height of 13.2 cm. in height, while 
Nutting’s specimen was only 5.7 cm. The maximum spread of our specimen is 7.1 cm., whereas 
Nutting’s was 3 cm. We have therefore to do with an older colony. The diameter of the 
main stem increases as it ascends', and the maximum is 4 mm., in contrast to Nutting’s 
1.2 mm. But there is entire agreement as regards spiculation, colouring, and mode of growth. 
All the beaded, apparently spherical, spicules seem to have a very short stalk, and Nutting’s 
comparison to a rounded short-stalked mushroom is very apt. 
Our specimen comes from Station 310, from which Bebryce indica Thomson was recorded 
by Nutting, as well as Bebryce hicksoni ; but the three species are readily distinguishable. 
Previously recorded from Station 50, Flores, and Stations 258 and 260 Kei Islands. 
Genus Discogorgia. 
1. Discogorgia bebrycoides (Nutting). (Plate XV, Fig. 12). 
For description see: Nutting, Gorgonacea of the Siboga Exp., XIII b, 1910, p. 81, 3 figs. 
Kukenthal, Gorgonaria (Das Tierreich) 1924, p. 214. 
Stat. Unrecorded. 1 Ex. 
A group of young white colonies rising vertically from a disc of attachment to a maxi¬ 
mum height of 5 cm. There are no branchings of the third order. The ends of the branches 
