580. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. XXXIV. 
ACANTHOGORGIA ARMATA Verrill 
Acanthogorgia armata VERRILL, Amer. Journ. Sci., XVI, 1878, p. 376. 
It appears to me to be likely that the Acanthogorgia spinosa of 
Hiles* is a synonym of this species. The specimens in the Ha- 
walian collection vary considerably among themselves. 
Distribution —Between Molokai and Oahu: Station 4107, 350-355 
fathoms (Cat. No. 22556, U.S.N.M.). 
Off Bird Island: Station 4156, 286-568 fathoms (Cat. No. 25381, 
U.S.N.M.). 
Vicinity of Nuhau Island: Station 4179, 378-426 fathoms (Cat. 
No. 22557, U.S: N.M.).. 
The ibvetinel description was based on specimens taken from off the - 
New England coast, from depths of 304 to 524 fathoms. 
Genus PARAMURICEA Kolliker (emended by Verrill). 
Bases of contracted tentacles bearing spicules arranged en chevron, 
forming an eight-rayed pseudo-operculum. Spicules of calyx walls 
forming eight longitudinal bands. 
PARAMURICEA ZZQUATORIALIS Wright and Studer. 
Paramuricea equatorialis WRIGHT and STUDER, Report on the Aleyonaria 
collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, 1889, 
p. 100. 
A specimen from Station 3859 (Cat. No. 25366, U.S.N.M.) agrees 
with the original description and figures except than the spicules are 
not so decidedly curved in our specimen, and do not show such de- 
cided “ stachenplatten.” The calyces are exceedingly varied in form, 
from a truncated cone to a short cylinder. 
The figures in the Challenger report do not agree with ale descrip- 
tion in the text as to the proportion of height to diameter of the 
polyps. 
The type specimens were taken by the Challenger near St. Pauls 
Rock, South Atlantic, from a depth of 80 fathoms. 
PARAMURICEA HAWATIENSIS, new ‘species. 
Plate XLIV, fig. 1; plate XLVIII, fig. 3. 
Colony large, robust, flabellate in outline, incomplete, 200 mm. in 
height. Main stem about 8 mm. in diameter, irregularly bent, giv- 
ing off irregularly spaced lateral branches which resemble the main 
stem; branches showing a tendency to branch on one side only, but 
in some cases the distal branchlets are alternate; branch terminations 
abruptly enlarged and usually bearing a group oF two to four later- 
ally placed polyps. 
Bras hlorsiel Results of the Willey Expedition, Pt. 2, p. 1138. 
