no 1624. DESCRIPTIONS OF HAWAIIAN ALCYONARIA—NUTTING. 571 
Distribution —Off the coast of Kauai: Station 3998, 228-235 fath- 
oms (Cat. No. 25391, U.S.N.M.). 
Northeast coast of Hawaii: Station 4058, 190-195 fathoms (Cat. 
No. 22587, U.S.N.M.). 
The largest specimen, taken as a type for the above description, 
was without a locality label. 
CERATOISIS PAUCISPINOSA Wright and Studer. 
Ceratoisis paucispinosa WRicHTt and StupER, Report on the Alecyonaria col- 
lected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, 1889, p. 28. 
A fragmentary specimen with but four joints and the polyps much 
decomposed agrees fairly well with the original description of this 
species. 
Distribution.—North coast of Molokai: Station 3904, 295 fathoms 
(Cat. No. 22584, U.S.N.M.). 
The type specimen was taken by the Challenger off the coast of 
Japan, 3845 fathoms. 
CERATOISIS GRANDIS, new species. 
Plate XLIII, fig. 2; plate XLIX, fig. 3. 
Two fragments of the denuded axis measure, together, 437 mm., 
the indications being that the entire specimen was much longer. 
Calcareous internodes excessively elongated, none being certainly 
complete; measurements, 140 mm., 118 mm., 105 mm., and 70 mm. 
(the latter evidently broken). These internodes vary from 8 mm. 
to 24 mm. in diameter. There are but two horny internodes present, 
measuring 4 mm. and 24 mm. in length, the longer one being be- 
tween the stouter calcareous internodes, and these latter are also the 
longest. All of the calcareous internodes have a distinct central 
canal. 
The polyps were all detached from the axis, but were wrapped 
in a cloth with it. They are typical of the genus Bathygorgia of 
Wright and Studer, which is here included with Ceratotsis. Polyps 
large, slender-bodied, arising from a basal expansion and ending 
in an expanded distal part bearing the tentacles; length, 44 to 8 mm.; 
diameter below distal expansion 1 mm., across distal part 24 mm.; 
tentacles not fully retracted, but coiled over the mouth. 
Spicules long, slender, sometimes slightly forked, rarely cruciform, 
often bar-like, sometimes approaching the needle-like form; appar- 
ently absent from the skin-like coenenchyma peeled from the axis; 
but slender spicules are present in the basal expansions of the polyps. 
Very large spicules surround the polyps, arranged vertically in the 
calyx walls, although they are often inclined to be more or less diag- 
onal; strong spicules projecting up from the tentacle bases, and large 
