THE JOURNAL THE LINNEAN SOCIETY ZOOLOGY VOL, XXI LONDON: SOLD AT THE SOCIETY'S- APARTMENTS, BURLINGTON HOUSE, AND BY LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO., AND WILLIAMS AND NORGATE 1889 Dates of Publication of the several Numbers included in this Volume No 126, E^b'^"^ LIST OF PAPERS Page Anderson, Dr John, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c List of Birds, chiefly from the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum 136 Report on the Mammals, Reptiles, and Batrachians, chiefly from the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Bates, On Museum Henry Walter, a new 331 F.R.S., F.L.S Species of Brachyonychus from the Mergui Archipelago 135 Beddard, Frank E., M.A., F.Z.S Report on Annelids from the Mergui Archipelago, collected the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, for by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum (Communicated by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S.) (Plate XXL) Bell, Prof F Jeffrey, M.A., On 256 Sec R.M.S the Holothurians of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum (Communicated by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S.) (Plate II.) Carpenter, P Herbert, D.Sc, at 25 F.R.S., F.L.S., Assistant-Master Eton College Report on the Comatulse of the Mergui for the Trustees of the Indian A rcliipelago, Museum, collected Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum (Plates XXVI & XXVII.) 304 Cartee, Henry J., F.K.S Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island in the for the Trustees of the Mergui Archipelago, collected Indian by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum (Communicated by Dr John Museum, Calcutta, Duncan, On Martin, M.B Prof P 61 (Plates V.-VII.) Anderson, F.E.S., F.L.S.) (Lond.), F.R.S., F.L.S the Madreporaria of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum (Plate On I.) the Ophiuridae of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the the Indian Trustees of Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum (Plates VIII., IX., On some Parts of the and Ophiocampsis & XL figs Anatomy pellicula, 85 28-40.) of OpMothrix variabilis, Dune, Dune, based on materials furMuseum, Calcutta nished by the Trustees of the Indian (Plates X & XL figs 107 21-27.) Duncan, Prof P Martin, M.B (Lond.), F.E.S., F.L.S., and W Percy Sladen, F.G.S., Sec L.S On the Echinoidea of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Ander316 son, F.R.S F.L.S,, Superintendent of the Museum , Haddon, Prof On two Alfred C, M.A., M.R.I.A Species of ActiniaB from the Mergui Archipelago, col- Museum, Calcutta, by John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum (Communicated by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., lected for the Trustees of the Indian Dr F.L.S.) (Plates XIX & XX.) 247 HiNCKS, Rev Thos., B.A., F.R.S On the Polyzoa and Hydroida of the Mergui Archipelago, col- lected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum (Communicated by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F,L,^,(),, -(Pla^e XH.) 121 V Page HoKK, Dr C, Member Royal Academy P P of Science of the Netherlands, Leiden On DichelasjJts pellucida, Darwin, from the Scales of an Hydro- (Communicated by Dr John phid obtained at Mergui 154 (Plate XIII.) Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S.) Marshall, Prof A Milnes, M.A., M.D., r.R.S.,and Fowler, B.A., Ph.D G Heebert Report on the Pennatulida of the Mergui Archipelego, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum (Communicated by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S.) XXII & (Plates Martens, Prof XXm.) 267 Edtjard von, M.D., C.M.Z.S., of the University of Berlin List of the Shells of Mergui and the Trustees of the Indian its Archipelago, collected for Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum (Communicated by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S.) XIV.-XVI.) (Plates Moore, Frederic, 155 A.L.S., F.Z.S List of the Lepidoptera of Mergui and its Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museimi, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum, (Plates Til PocoOK, R, 1., & 29 IV.) Assistant in the Zoological Department, British Museum Report on the Myriopoda of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum (Communicated (Plates by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S.) XXIV & XXV.) Ridley, Stuart 0., 287 M.A., F.L.S., late Assistant in the Zoological Department, British Museum Report on the Alcyoniid and Gorgoniid Alcyonaria of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr Johu.\nderson,F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum (Plates XVII ."t XVIII.) 223 Selenka, On Prof Emil the Gephyreans of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum (Communicated by Dr, John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S.) Sladen, On W Percy, 220 F.G.S., Sec L.S the Asteroidea of the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.R.S., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Museum (Plate XXVIII.) 319 EXPLANATIO>' OF THE PLATES Plate Madreporaria from Mergui Archipelago I CucuJiARiA FoRBESi and C assimilis II Lepidoptera from Mergui Archipelago jy" \ VI > VII.J Opiiiurid^ from Mergui Archipelago ix' X -vt' Sponges from Mergui Archipelago " ^ ^ I \ Structure of Ophiuridje Hydrozoa and Pulyzoa from Mergui Archipelago XII, DicnELASPis pellucida, Darwin XIII XIV.] XV y MoLLuscA from Mergui XVI J XVIII* XIX -srv" Ji^LCYONARiA from XXV jQ^jj' XXVIII Mergui Archipelago I \ AcTiNi-E from Mergui Archipelago Annelids from Mergui Archipelago XXI XXII XXIli Archipelago "1 Pennatulida from Mergui Archipelago I Myriopoda from Mergui Archipelago I [ CoMATUL^ from Mergui Archipelago Asteroidea from Mergui Archipelago ;[^ofe.—The Crustacea of the Mergui Archipelago are described and figui-ed in Vol XXII EEEATA Page 36, line 14 from bottom, for Neptis Hira, Kiel, read Neptis ilira, Xheil Ennomid^ from bottom, for Briada reliquenda read Briarda reliquenda from bottom, for Botys rutilatis read Botys rutilalis 11 from bottom, iov Hypothornis azurea read Hypothymis azurea 57, first line, for ENNOiiiiDiE read 67, line 69, line 140, line THE JOUEML OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY On tlie Madreporaria of the Mergui Archipelago collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson, F.RS., Superintendent of the Museum P Martin Duncan, M.B By Prof (Lond.), P.E.S., P.L.S [Bead 18th March, 1886.] (Plate Contents: I.) — Introduction List List of Genera and Species found Description of the new Species Remarks; and the Description of Plate Affinities of the Coral-fauna of Mergui of new Species Introduction The Madreporaria which are classified and in part described in communication were personally collected by Dr Anderson The in the Mergui Archipelago off the coast of Tenasserim collection is very interesting on account of the numerous species which it contains and of their alliances with the forms of the Coral-faunas of the Eed Sea, of Ceylon, of the Eastern Archipelago, this The facies of the large collecstamped and characterized by the presence of numerous encrusting species, and by the evidence that even some of the species of the reef-building genus Madrepora and of the Central- American coast tion of 84 determinable species is appear to have grown under unfavourable conditions E ncrusting known as freely growing, occur, and species of genera, hitherto many species which are recognized without difficulty in LINN JOUEN — ZOOLOay, TOL XXI more PEOr p M DUlSrCAlS' ON THE MADREPORAEIA Vigorously growing faunas, are represented at Mergui by varieties which have given me much trouble in their classification This difficulty was intensified on account of the predominance in the therefore very variable genera as Mussa, fauna of such large and Mceandrina {Coeloria), SympJiyllia, Favia^ondi Qoniastrcea Several species which were described by MM Milne-Edwards and Jules Haime, the habitats of which were not known to them, are recognized at Mergui The following is the list of genera and species constituting the fauna List of Genera and Species MADEEPORAEIA APOROSA 29 Family Turbinolid^ 30 31 Paracyathus Andersoni, sp nov profundus, sp nov indicuB, sp nov caeruleus, sp nov merguiensis, sp nov Polycyathus Verrilli, sp nov difficilis, sp nov Pocillopora csespitosa, Dana favosa, Ehr Family Aste^iDjE 10 11 Mussa cristata, Esper, sp flexuosa, Ed ^ H.^ corymbosa, Forskal, sp 13 Euphyllia striata, Ed ^ H., sp 12 14 15 rugosa, Dana plicata, Ed &( H 34 Bournoni, Ed 35 halicora and 19 (0.) astrseiformis, Ed ^ H., (0.) labyrinthiformis, Linn., sp 20 Brachymseandrina ^ Hemp H S( Ehr., sp., variety incrustans, sp nov 37 Heliastraa (Ulastrsea) crispata, 36 Lmk., sp 38 Phymastrsea irregularis, aspera, Quelch 39 Dune 40 Solenastrjea (Quelchia) spongiformis, sp nov indurata, Verrill, 41 Plesiastrsea variety 42 Echinopora aspera, Solander, sp 43 LeptastrEea humilis, sp nov 44 Galaxea irregularis, Ed ^ H., sp abdita, Solander, 46 Prionastraa sp 16 Mseandrina (Ocsloria) dsedalea, Solander, sp 17 (0.) Esperi, Ed # H., sp 18 cavernosa, Forskal, sp Geoffroyi ( Fal.), Ed # H 32 Goniastrffia favus, ForsJc., sp.,and variety retiformis, I/mJc., sp 33 Family Pocillopoeid^, Dune Favia tubulifera, Klunz vasta, Klunz 46 robusta, Dana, sp 47 48 Merulina ampliata, Solander, sp ramosa, Ehr 49 MADEEPORABU pachychila, FUNGflDA Family PLESioFUNGiDiE, Dune Ehr., sp 21 Symphyllia grandis, Ed ^ H recta, Bana, sp, 22 (Isophyllia) erythrsea, 23 Klum., 24 ehella, Ed ^ H sp Hydnophora microcona, Lmh., sp 25 Tridacopliyllia lactuca, Pallas, sp 26 Favia Ehrenbergi, Kltmz., var Klunz Okeni, Ed Sf H Eousseaui, Ed ^ H., sp, laticoUis, 27 28 50 Siderastrsea radians, Pallas, sp., variety pulchella=S pul- Family Fungid^ 51 52 53 54 55 Fungia crassa, dentata, Dana Dana patella, Solander, sp glans, Dana ? (Haliglossa) Pallas, sp echinata, PE Tv-^T J —-' TT^A MeravMHocped, LjnmSoc JouRN Eerjea-Li rX rlighiey Jatij Zooi Vor, XXI PI '.Vest;iTe-.v.-7ia.n