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ACTINOZOA. 495
HeterogorgiapapUlosa, sp. n., Verrill (I. c. p. 557), La Paz.
Murieea granulosa, sp. nov., Verrill (Am. J. Sc. xlix. p. 373), Sherbro'
Island, West Africa.
The following are the additions and corrections given by Verrill (P. Ess.
Inst. vol. vi. pt. 1, p. 75 et seq.) to the Gorgoniidae described in the previous
part of his synopsis of the polypes and corals of the North-Pacific Exploring
Expedition:—
Litigorgia cuspidata, Verrill (loc. cit. p. 7'5)= Leptogorgia cuspidala, Verrill.
Euplexaura, gen. nov., Verrill (I. c. p. 75), Resembling Plexaurella, with
rather large open cells. Spicules mostly short, blunt, warty spindles, of
rather small size, with a few small, simple, double spindles, and, rarely, small
irregular crosses. E. capensis, sp. n., Verrill (p. 76),=Plexaura friabilis,
Verrill.
Murieea fiexuosa, Verrill (I. c. p. 77),=Lissogorgiaflexuosa, Verrill. The
genus Lissogorgia is no longer necessary, because the typical species prove to
belong to Paramuricea, Koll. ViUogorgia and Blepharogorgia, Duch. & Mich.,
are probably also synonyms.
Astrogorgia sinensis, Verrill (I.e. p. 77),=Murieea sinensis, Verrill.
Anthogorgia divaricata, Verrill (I. c. p. 78), = Murieea (?) divaricata,
Verrill.
Echinomurieea coeeinea, Verrill (I. c. p. 79), = Acanthogorgia coccinea, Verrill.
The following are given by Duchassaing (I. c. pp. 13-18) :—
Dendrogorgia, g. n. Type D. parvula, sp. n., Guadeloupe.
Gorgonia letellieri,sv, n., Guadeloupe.
Pterogorgia esperi, sp. n., = Gorgonia violacea, Esper,
Melithaa occidentalis, sp. n., St. Thomas,
ZOANTHARIA.
MALACODERMATA.
Cereus stimpsoni, sp. n., allied to C. bellis, Oken, Cape of Good Hope, False
Bay ; C. sinensis, coast of China : Verrill, Pr. Ess. Inst. vi. pp. 53,54.
Sagartia paguri, sp. n. (—Carcinophilus paguri, Stimpson, MS.), Chinese
seas, always parasitic on Diogenes edwardsi; S. lineata, sp. n., Hong Kong;
S. nigropunctata, sp. n.,=Actinia nigropuncta, Stimpson ; 8. napensis, sp.n.,=
Actinia napensis, Stimpson : Verrill, I. c. pp. 57, 58.
Bunodes inornata, sp. n.,^=Actinia inornata, Stimpson ; B.japonica, sp. n.,
Hakodadi Bay, Japan : Verrill, I. e. pp. 61,62.
Urticina coccinea, Verrill (I. c. p. 63), = Bhodactinia coccinea, Verrill
(1866).
Physactis, g. n., Verrill (I. c. p. 63). Base as broad as the disk. Column
short, cylindrical, with a fold below the margin, beneath which its sides are
covered with prominent and persistent scattered verrucae ; above the fold the
texture is softer and smoother, and the surface is crowdedly covered with
small, inconspicuous, soft papillae or verrucae, arranged in vertical lines.
Tentacles not very numerous, stout, fusiform or conical, pointed, apparently
not contractile, and not capable of involution. Ph. multicolor, sp. n.; Verrill,
near Hong Kong, China.
Anthopleura stimpsonii, sp. n., Verrill (ib. p. 66), Hong-Kong Harbour.
Ampkiactis, g. n., Verrill (ib. p. 67). Base broad. Column covered with