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VERRILLIA BLAKE! OR HALIPTERIS BLAKEI.—In the San Fran-
cisco Mining and Scientific Press, of August goth, 1873, I pub-
lished a “ Description of a new species of Alcyonoid Polyp, which
I placed in Cuvier’s genus Pavonaria, and gave tK it the specific
name of d/akez, in recognition of the courtesy of Dr. James Blake,
who kindly furnished the specimens to describe. Subsequently,
nine days after the publication of the first description as above, at
a meeting of the California Academy of Sciences, held on the 18th
day of August, I removed the species to a new sub-genus which
T called Verrillia, in honor of Professor Verrill, of Yale College.

The characters of this sub-genus were defined as follows:
“Polypidon linear-elongate, round or ovate in cross section.
Axis round, slender, bony; polyps arranged in two unilateral
longitudinal series.”

In Mature for November 6th, 1873, Dr. J. E. Gray, in an article
entitled, “On the stick fish ( Osteocella septentrionalis), and the
habits of the sea pens,’ endeavored to make it appear that his
genus and species, should have precedence, or the names so given
by him should stand instead of mine, and gave what he called
“the synonyma ofthese animals,” presenting the sequence of dates
of publication of the various papers, to show the priority of his
own.

To this communication of Dr. Gray’s I replied in a paper read
before the California Academy of Sciences on the 16th of March,
1874, in which I reviewed the claims of Dr. Gray and his genus
and species Osteocella septentrionalis, and denied the validity there-
of, on the ground that “ No description sufficiently accurate to be
worthy of consideration can be made of the axial rods or bones
alone, of this class of animal forms, nor can species be satisfac-

56 General Notes. Janta,

torily determined without the fleshy portion; nor in our present
state of knowledge can the microscope determine these points.”

In the Zodlogical Record for 1873, Vol. x (pp. 508-9), Dr. Lut-
kh, editor of the department Ccelenterata, uses the following
language: “Its generic identity with the Australian species (type
of Osteocella), cannot be established so long as the latter is known
only from the axial skeleton.”

It will be seen by the quotation that Dr. Lutken practically
sustains my position.

My description, read before the Academy, August 18th, 1873,
was soon after réprinted in the American Fournal of Science and
Art, to which Professor Verrill added a foot-note as follows: “A
recent examination of a specimen, convinces me that this species
is most nearly allied to the Hatpteris christa Kolliker (Koren
and Dar., sp.), and probably ought to be referred to the same
genus.”

While regretting that the generic title with which I had asso-
ciated the name of a justly distinguished naturalist, as well as a
personal friend, must yield to precedence, I can only accept his
suggestion, and place the species in Kolliker’s genus Halipterus.
The allusions herein to the late Dr. Gray are not intended to re-
vive any differences of opinion as between that eminent authority
and myself, but are incidentally introduced, being necessary to
the continuity of the record of my own connection with the form
which furnishes the title to this paper.

I was not aware until recently that I had not already called the
attention of the Academy to Professor Verrill’s note, which long-
continued sickness in my family, and the pressure, until very re-
cently, of-official duties caused me to overlook.—R. £. C. Stearns,
Berkely, California, Nov. 9, 1881.

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