VOL. XXXIV. 
546 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Family Muricrmpas, 
Acanthogorgia armata Verrill. 
Paramuricea wequatorialis Wright and Studer. 
Paramuricea hawatiensis, new species. 
Anthomuricea tenwispina, new species. 
Clematissa alba, new species. 
Clematissa tenwe, new species. 
Clematissa verrilli Wright and Studer. 
Menella grandiflora, new species. 
Hehinomuricea brunneda, new species. 
Cyclomuricea flabellata, new species. 
Muricella tenera Ridley. 
Lepidogorgia 
Lepidogorgia 
Chrysogorgia 
Chrysogorgia 
Chrysogorgia 
Chrysogorgia 
Chrysogorgia 
Chrusogorgia 
Chrysogorgia 
Chrysogorgia 
Chrysogorgia 
Chrysogorgia 
Family CHRYSOGORGIDA. 
gibbosa, new species. 
spiralis, new species. 
arborescens, new species. 
delicata, new species. 
elegans (Verrill). 
flexilis (Wright and Studer). 
lata Versluys. 
spiculosa (Verrill). 
curvata Versluys. 
flavescens, new species. 
geniculata (Wright and Studer). 
stellata, new species. 
Metallogorgia melanotrichos (Wright and Studer). 
Metallogorgia squarrosa (Wright and Studer). 
fridogorgia bella, new species. 
fridogorgia superba, new species. 
Pleurogorgia militaris, new species. 
Family GORGONELLIDZ. 
Verrucella bicolor, new species. 
The synopsis given above shows that the 68 species of aleyonarians 
now known from the Hawaiian Islands are distributed among 17 
families and 88 genera. 
DISTRIBUTION. 
Our knowledge of the Alcyonaria as a whole is far too incomplete 
to warrant us in being dogmatic in our conclusions regarding their 
general distribution, either geographic or bathymetric. When we 
consider how little of the ocean bottom has been explored with any 
thoroughness, and the vast extent of practically unknown regions, 
and the host of species yet to be discovered, it becomes evident that 
our conclusions are tentative at best, and very likely to be rendered 
valueless by further exploration and study. ‘The ocean floor has been 
but scratched here and there by the dredge and trawl, and the absence 
of species from our collections will by no means warrant us in saying 
that they are really absent from the regions explored. 
