TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS i'*?^ 1 



THE FAMILY PORITID^. 



i. 

 Historical 



THE GENUS GONIOPORA. 

 I. Historical. 



a. Goniopora 



b. Litharsea 



-;. Rbodaraa ^^ 



d. Tichopora ^^ 



H. The Polyp and its Anatomy 1 ^ 



HI. The Morphology of the Skeleton ^'^ 



IV. On the Position of the Family and C4^enus in the 



Madreporarian System 2 ' 



V. Diagnosis of the Genus 30 



VI. (a) Distribution in Space 30 



VI. (h) Distribution in Time 31 



VII. On the Method adopted of Arranging the Specimens.. 31 



GEOGRAPHICAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE FORMS. 

 Group I. Polynesia. Group III. Malay Archipelago. 



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New Guinea 36 Moluccas ^o 



New Ireland 38 , Celebes 66 



Solomon Islands 38 | Philippines 6( 



Queen Charlotte Islands 41 \ China Sea ^0 



Loyalty Islands 42 



Fiji Islands 43 



Tonga Islands 44 



Samoa 47 



lava Sea ''^ 



Singapore ' ^ 



Observations on Singapore forms . . 84 



1 Group IV. Indian Ocean. 



Group II. Australia. Ceylon S5 



Great Barrier Reef 48 Maldives 86 



North-West Australia i59 Mauritius ^"J 



" Australia '' tJ+ Seychelles ^ 1 



