92 A. E. Verrill — Bermudian and West Indian Reef Corals. 



Pavites Link, 1807, restricted. 



Favites Link (pars), op. cit. , p. 162, 1807. 

 Favia (pars) Oken, Lehrb. Naturg., i, p. 67, 1815. 

 Fissicella (pars) Dana, Zooph., p. 220, 1846. 



Prionastrcea Edw. and Haime, Comptes-rend., xxvii, p. 495, 1848. 

 Prionastrcea and Metastrcea Edw. and Haime, Hist. Corall., ii, pp. 513 and 

 525, 1857. 



Calicles usually angular or polygonal, separated by nearly solid 

 walls, which often contain a single series of cellules, more distinct 

 toward the base. The division of the calicles is generally excentric,^ 

 or near the margin, by unequal fission or intracalicinal budding, but 

 it may also be by median fission, where the calicle^ become crowded, 

 or in the central parts. Septa rather numerous, denticulated, the 

 larger teeth usually proximal. Columella developed more or less, 

 spongy or trabecular. Pali usually distinctly developed. 



The history of the name of this genus has been discussed on 

 page 89. 



This large genus appears to be absent from the West Indian 

 fauna. The American species, hitherto referred to it, belong in 

 other groups, so far as I have seen them. Among the better known 

 Indo-Pacific species are the following, most of which I have studied 

 personally : — 



Favites favites (Pallas, not 31. favosa L., ed. x, which was a 

 fossil) = P. abdita (Lam.) E. and H. East Indies ; Singapore. 



F.profandicella (E. and H.). 



F. crassior (E. and H.). 



F. rnagnifica (Bv. ; E. and H.) {non Dana). Batavia. 



F. magnistellata (E. and H.). 



F. obtusata (Lam.; E. and H.). Tongatabou; Fiji. 



F. sulfurea (E. and H.). Vanikoro. 



F. Quoyi (E. and H.). New Ireland; Fiji. 



F. Ellisiana V. (nom. no\.):=M. favosa Ellis and Sol., Hist., p. 

 167, pi. 1, fig. 1, 1786, wo» JAniu'= P/'io}iast7'aia favosa E. and H., 

 no?i Linne. 



F. fuseo-viridis (Q. and G. ; Dana). Tongatabou; Fiji. 



F. virens (Dana). Fiji. 



F. flexuosa (Dana). Fiji. 



F. spectabilis {YQ\\)-:=.Astrma rnagnifica Dana, >2-o;i Blainv. = P. 

 spectabilis Ver. East Indies. 



F. sinuosa (Dana). Fiji. 



F. favulus (Dana). Fiji. 



