198 MADREPORARIA. 
The species appears related to M. rambleri, B.-Sm., but the description is too incomplete 
to allow of a proper comparison. 
Philippine Islands (Berlin Museum and a fragment in the Hamburg Museum). 
219. Madrepora teres. 
Madrepora teres, Verrill, Proc. Essex Inst. 1866, vol. v. p. 20; ibid. 1869, vol. vi. p. 102; Rathbun, 
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1887, vol. x. p. 19. 
Corallum arborescent ; branches 15 to 20 cm. long and 1:2 cm. diameter, slightly tapering, 
spreading at an angle of about 50°; branchlets slender, rapidly tapering, rounded at the 
end. Axial corallites small, scarcely prominent, with 6 well-marked septa and 6 rudimentary 
ones between. Radial corallites small, about 1 mm. diameter, not crowded, arranged evenly 
on all sides: those towards the end of the branches opening upward, and provided with a 
small ligulate border ; those on the larger branches wholely immersed. Ccenenchyma strongly 
vermiculate and sharply scabrous. (Verrill.) 
Pacific Ocean: Ousima (Japan). 
? a. China (probably South). Fisheries Exhibition, 84. 2. 26. 4. 
220. Madrepora turgida. 
Madrepora turgida, Verrill, Proc. Essex Inst. 1866, vol. v. p. 19; ibid. 1869, vol. vi. p. 101; Rathbun, 
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1887, vol. x. p. 19. - 
“The corallum consists of a cluster of thick, irregular branches arising from a large 
massive base. The branches are short and turgid, rounded and elevated at the ends, or often 
dividing into a cluster of short, obtuse branchlets. Lateral corallites irregular in size and 
position, swollen below, smaller at the ends, appressed, turned in various directions, the 
summits often incurved; cells opening inward, small, usually showing 6 nearly equal septa. 
Terminal corallites not much exceeding some of the lateral ones in size, thick, obtuse, but 
little prominent ; cells showing 12 septa, those of the second cycle much narrower than the 
rest. Surface of the cenenchyma and exterior of the corallites loosely porous, covered by 
crowded lacerately divided granules or small spines, with numerous openings between them. 
Cost scarcely apparent. Colour of unbleached coral light brownish yellow. Height of the 
only specimen collected 6 inches ; length of branches 8; thickness about °25 inch.” (Verriil.) 
This species appears to be related to M. glauca, or may indeed be identical with it, but 
the description is not sufficiently precise to allow of the point being settled at present. 
Loo Choo Islands. 
