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F. coronata (Studer, 1881) Singapore. 



F. robusta (Dana). Fiji; Amboina. 



F. valida (Yer.) = Astrcea heliopora (jjars) Dana, p. 246, pi. xiii, 

 figs. 11a, lib. Wakes I. 



F. tessellata Ver., nom. nov. = A. tesserifera Dana (non Ehr.). 



F. Chinensis (Ver.) = Prionastrcea Chinensis Ver., Coram. Essex 

 Inst., v, p. 35, 1866. Hong Kong. 



F. armata (Ver.) = Astrcea intersepta Dana, Zooph., p. 246, pi. xiii, 

 figs. 12a to 120* (?io?il£s\)ev, = Stephanoccenia) = Plesiastrcea armata 

 Ver. in Dana, Coral Is., ed. ii, p. 381. 



F. coronella Ver., sp. no v. — Astrcea parvistella (pars) Dana, 

 Zoopb.., p. 244, but not the figures. One of Dana's specimens differs 

 from the type. Calicles small, (2-5 to 3'5 mm ,) angular, separated by 

 narrow, nearly solid walls. Septa unequal, in three cycles or more, 

 usually 24 to 30, those of the 3d cycle very narrow, the larger ones 

 roughly serrate and strongly granulated ; six prominent pali before 

 the primary septa ; columella nearly solid. Endothecal dissepiments 

 regular, nearly horizontal, not crowded. This and the next preced- 

 ing mieht be referred to Goniastrcea about as well as to Favites. Fiji. 



The following are from the Red Sea : 



F gibbosa (Klunz., p. 40, pi. iv, fig. 10, as Prionastrcea. 



T. pentagona (Esp.; Klz., non Ehr., = P. melicerum E. and H. 



F. spinosa (Klunz., p. 39, pi. iv, f. 7, pi. x, f. 5). 



F. vasta (Klunz., p. 38, pi. iv, f. 8, 12, pi. x, f. 4a, 4 b, as Prionas- 

 trcea). 



F tesserifera (Ehr.; Klz.; E. and H.). 



F JEgyptorum (Edw. and H.) = Metastrcea JEgyptorum E. and 

 H. Recent and fossil. 



Family Orbicellidae Ver. Star Corals. 



This family will include the astreiform corals that have circular or 

 nearly circular calicles, and increase by mural or exothecal budding. 

 The polyps, when expanded, ai'e exsert. 



Orbicella (Dana), restricted. 



Astrcea, subgenus Orbicella (pars), Dana, Zooph. Expl. Exped., p. 206, 1846. 

 Heliastrcea Edw. and Hainie, Hist. Corall., ii, p. 456, 1857. 

 Orbicella Verrill, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., i, p. 47, 1864. Verrill, in Dana's 

 Corals and -Coral Islands, ed. 1, p. 380, 1872; ed. 2, pp. 380, 388, 1874: ed. 

 3, pp. 421, 429, 1890. 

 Corallites cylindrical or nearly so. Costse well developed and 

 serving, with more or less cellular intercostal exotheca, to unite the 

 corallites. Septa exsert ; paliform teeth and columella are present. 



