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Plate 67. page of the 



Fig. i. Acropora corymbose (Lamarck), from Cocos-Keeling Islands. A peripheral branch and brandlES"™" 

 natural size 



Figs. 2, 2a, lb. Acropora decipiens (Brook), from Murray Island.' ' Fig.' '2,' coral'lum,' half natural' size'- '^ 

 tig. 2a upper surface of a branch end, natural size; fig. lb, lower surface of same branch' 



natural size ' 



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Plate 68. 

 Figs, i, i fl , 2. Acropora abrolanoides (Lamarck), from Murray Island. Fig. 1, view of lower surface of a 

 peripheral branch, natural size; fig. la, upper surface of the same specimen, natural size 



fig. 2, another branch, natural size ,, 



Figs. 3, 3 a, 3 b Acropora spicifera (Dana), from Cocos-Keeling "islands'." Figs. "3', ' 3 a,' upper' and "lower ' 

 coram"' reSpeCtlVe ' y ' ° f P er 'P heral branches and branchlets, natural size; fig. 3 b, an apical 



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Plate O).— Acropora pharaonis (Milne Edwards), from Cocos-Keeling Islands (see page 166). 



Fig. 1. General view of a corallum, photograph from Dr. Wood Jones, about 2/5 natural size, see speci- 



mens No. 5 of description 



Fig. 2. Branch, natural size; No. 1 of description ^ 



Figs. 3, 3a. Two views, natural size, of same specimen, No. 2 of description \% 



i ics. 4, 4 a. Two views, natural size, of same branch, No. 1 2 of table A, 



Fig. 5. A branch, natural size, No. 9 of table „ 



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Plate 70. 

 Fig. I. Acropora pharaonis (Milne Edwards), from Cocos-Keeling Islands. An arborescent colony with 



short coralhtes, about 2/7 natural size. Photograph from Dr. Wood Jones ,,, 



1MGS. 2, za. Acropora pharaonis forma arabica (Milne Edwards), from Cocos-Keefing Islands Fig '2 a 



branch, natural size; fig. 2a, calices, X8 



Figs. 3, 3a, 3 b Acropora hairnet (Milne Edwards), from MurVay Island. ' ' Fig.' 3,' corallum," X i/i- fig \a a " 7 ° 

 branch, X3; fig. 3*, terminal calice, X3. (Figures of a variety of same species on plate 66 



h 6S. 4. S) ' , 



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Plate 71.— Acropora peclinata (Brook), from Murray Island. 



Figs, i, la, lb u Figs. 1, la, upper and lower surfaces of a corallum, respectively, each natural sire- 

 rig lb, a branch, X3; fig. If, a terminal calice, X8 



Fig. 2. Corallum of thick plate form ... ' 2 



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Plate 72. 

 Figs, i, 2, 2a, 3. Acropora squamosa (Brook), from Murray Island, all views based on same specimen 

 Fig. I, corallum X 1/2; fig. 2, a branch terminal, X 3 ; fig. 2a, calice, X3, of branch repre- 

 sented by tig. 2; fig. 3, a branch, natural size 



Figs. 4> 4 a. Acropora sarmentosa (Brook), from Murray Island. Fig. 4, upper surface of the 'corallum 

 natural size; fig. 4 a, an apical corallite, X8. (Lower surface of the corallum on plate n 



ng. I) '■" 



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Plate 73. 



Fig. 1. Acropora sarmentosa (Brook), from Murray Island, lower surface, natural size. (Upper surface 



and an apical corallite on plate 72, figs. 4, 4a.) 



Figs. 2, 2a. Acropora hebes (Dana), Dana's type of Madrepora hebes. No. 287, U. S. Nat. Mus ' Fig 2 



corallum, natural size; fig. 2a, a branch, X3 



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Plate 74.— Acropora hebes (Dana), specimens from Murray Island. 



Fig. i. A corallum, natural size 



Figs. 2, 2a, 2b Three views based on same branch. Fig. 2, general view,' natural' size';' fig.' 2a! end of main '^ 



branch, X3; fig- 2b, apical calice of main branch, X8 



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Plate 75.— Acropora scherzeriana (Brueggemann), from Cocos-Keeling Islands. 



Fig. 1. Corallum, X2/5. Photograph from Dr. Wood Jones , 



Figs. 2, 2a, 2b. Three views of the same branch. Figs. 2, 2a, natural size;' fig.' 2*/ apical 'corailiies/x"*.' ' ' 176 



Figs. 3, 3a. 1 wo views, natural size, of same branch ', 



Fig. 4. View, natural size, of another branch . I7 ^ 



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