3G4 CATALOGUE OF PORITES AND SYNARiEA. 



ty incAl /areata than the typical clavaria, but if we examine the cells 

 alone, we find that they agree perfectly in their structure and general 

 ai)peiirunce with those of undoubted specimens of clavaria. The cells 

 are large, moderately deep, comparatively solid, columella generally 

 well developed, sei)arated by very thick walls ; the excavated portions 

 regular, circular, and presenting a very neat appearance. 



Barbados. — Two specimens in the old collection received from Profes- 

 sor Dana (Cat. xS'o. 704) were labeled '■'•Forites recta Lesueur, Barbados.'? 

 These same specimens have since been relabeled by Professor Verrill 

 Forites furcata, var. A mistsiUve was evidently made in writing the 

 original label, as Dana had no specimens of recta while preparing his 

 report on Zoophytes, having copied Lesueur's description of that species. 

 One of these specimens is undoubtedly his Jfexuosa, the other his fur- 

 eata, as they agree perfectly with his descriptions of the same. The 

 relations of the specimen called flexuosa are doubtful ; the branches 

 and cells are large for furcata, but the mode of branching and the 

 structure of the cells would permit of its being placed in that species» 

 The cells are shallow, with the columella almost always more or less 

 developed. 



Curasao, Caribbean Sea. — A. very perfect specimen from the island of 

 Curagao, obtained by the Fish Commission steamer Albatross, in 1884, 

 has been referred doubtfully to this species, as it has points in common 

 with clavaria. It is a dense clump, arising from a single main stem^ 

 inverted conical in shape, about 22"" high and 30<=™ wide on top. The- 

 branches are stout, from 10 to 17™"^ in diameter, the texture rather 

 firmer than in /areata generally, the cells somewhat larger, shallow, and 

 comparatively regular. In general appearance it is not unlike some of 

 the more slender branched specimens of clavaria from the Tortugas. 



10. Porites lichen Dana, 



Zoophytes, p. 566, pi. 50, fig. 2, 1846. — Quclch, Challenger Reef-Corals, p, 

 181, 1H86. 



Fiji Islands; U. S. Espl. Expod., 1838-'42, type (66G). 



The Challenger collected this species at Honolulu. 



11. Porites limosa Dana, 



Zoophytes, p. .'j63, pi. 55, fig. 2, 1846. 

 Fiji Islands; U. S. Expl. Expcd., 1838-'42, type (673). 



12. Porites lobata Dana, 



Z()oi)hytes, p. 562, jjI. 55, fig. 1, 1846. 

 Sandwich Islands; U. S. Expl. Exped., 1833-'42, types (646,652). 



13. Porites lutea M. -Edwards and Haime, 



Coialliaires, iii, p. 180, I860. — Forites conglomerata Dana {non Lam.) Zoo- 

 phytes, p. 561, pi. 55, fig. 3, 1846. (Teste Verrill.) 

 Fiji Islands ; U. S. Expl. Expcd., 1838-'42, type (683). 



14. Porites mordax Dana, 



Zoophytes, p. 552, i)l. 53, figs. 3, 4, 1846. 



Sandwich Islands ; U.S. Expl. Exped., 1838-42, type (710); var. cJongaiaDa^rxA 

 (707). 



