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Plate 14. — Continued. 



No. 19. Maandra astreijormis Milne Edwards and Haime. From the southeast 



reef-flat of Maer Island, about 1,650 feet from shore, on a hard rocky bottom, 



in water 15 inches deep at low tide. 

 No. 20. Mccandra dcedalea Ellis and Solander. From the southeast reef-flat of 



Maer Island, 1,632 feet from shore, on a hard rocky bottom, in water 14 



inches deep at low tide. 

 Plate 15. — No. 21. Goniastrea pectinata (Ehr.) From the southeast reef-flat of Maer Island, 



about 700 feet from shore, in water about 12 inches deep, on a sandy bottom. 

 Nos. 22 and 23. Goniastrea pectinata (Ehr.) From the southeast reef-flat of Maer 



Island, between 525 to 650 feet from shore, on a sandy bottom, in water 8 to 



10 inches deep at low tide. 

 No. 24. Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck). From the southeast reef-flat of Maer 



Island, about 1,225 feet from shore, on a hard rocky bottom, in water about 



16 inches deep at low tide. 

 Plate 16. — No. 25. Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck). From the southeast reef-flat of Maer 



Island, 500 to 550 feet from shore, on a sandy and limestone mud bottom, in 



water about 6 inches deep at low tide. 

 No. 26. Favia pallida (Dana) facies 3 of Vaughan. From the southeast reef-flat 



of Maer Island, i,66o feet from shore, on a hard rocky bottom, in water 14 



inches deep at low tide. 

 No. 27. Favia pallida (Dana) facies 6 of Vaughan. From the southeast reef-flat 



of Maer Island, 1,020 feet from shore, on a rocky bottom, in calm water 12 



inches deep at low tide. 

 No. 28. Favites virens (Dana). From the southeast reef-flat of Maer Island, 1,635 



feet from shore, on a hard rocky bottom, in water 16 inches deep at low tide. 

 No. 29. Favia pallida (Dana) facies 4 of Vaughan. From the southeast reef-flat 



of Maer Island, 1,630 feet from shore, on a hard rocky bottom, in water about 



16 inches deep at low tide. 

 No. 30. Favia pallida (Dana) facies 6 of Vaughan. From the southeast reef-flat 



of Maer Island, 1,645 feet from shore, on a hard rocky bottom, in water 13 



inches deep at low tide. 

 No. 31. Favites abdita (Ellis and Solander). From the southeast reef-flat of Maer 

 Island, 1,630 feet from shore, on a hard rocky bottom, in water about 15 



inches deep at low tide. 

 pi ate jy, — No. 32. Orbicella curia Dana. From the southeast reef-flat of Maer Island, in a 



tide-pool of the lithothamnion ridge, 1,755 ^ eet f rorn shore, in water 3 inches 



deep at low tide; exposed to the wash of the breakers. 

 No. 33. Leptastrea purpurea (Dana) var. From the southeast reef-flat of Maer 



Island, about 1,650 feet from shore, on a hard rocky bottom, in water about 



16 inches deep at low tide. 

 No. 34. Leptoria gracilis (Dana). From the southeast reef-flat of Maer Island, 



1,640 feet from shore, on a broken coral bottom, in water about 14 inches deep 



at low tide. 

 No. 35. Symphyllia nobilis (Dana). From the southeast reef-flat of Maer Island, 



1,625 f eet fr° m shore, on a hard rocky bottom, in water about 14 inches deep 



at low tide. 

 No. 36. Astreopora ocellata Bernard. From the southeast reef-flat of Maer Island, 



about 1,650 feet from shore, on a hard rocky bottom, in water 14 to 16 inches 



deep at low tide. 

 No. 37. Astreopora ocellata Bernard. From the southeast reef-flat of Maer Island, 



about 1,225 feet from shore, in water 16 inches deep at low tide, on a hard 



bottom of broken coral. 

 No. 38. Cyphastrea serailia (Forskal). From the southeast reef-flat of Maer Island, 



1,020 feet from shore, on a rocky bottom, in water about 14 inches deep at 



low tide; photograph 1.4 natural size. 



