Descriptions of the Alcyonaria collected by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands in 1902

to note in this connection that the strong infusion of arctic forms found in reporting on the Hydroida of the Hawaiian region "is not to be found in the alcyonarian fauna.The Pennatulacea is a group mainly found in deep water in all seas, and its occurrence in this collection was to be expected, although the number of new species is rather larger than might have been anticipated.The most notable