A. E Very ill — Bermudian and West Indian Reef Corals. 93 



F. coronata (Studer, issi) Singapore. 



F. robusta (Dana). Fiji; Amboina. 



F. valida (yeY.)=iAstrcea heliopora {pars^ Dana, p. 246, pi. xiii, 

 figs. 11 Of, 11^». Wakes I. 



F. tessellata Yer., noni. nov. = ^. tesserifera Dana [non Ehr.). 



F. Chinensis (Vei:)=:.Prio7iastr(jea CJmiensis Ver., Conim. Essex 

 Inst., V, p. 35, 1866. Hong Kong. 



F arniata (Vei:)=Astrcea intersepta Dana, Zooph., p. 246, pi. xiii, 

 figs. 12a to l'2d {no7i'Es^er, = S(ep/ianocoenia) = Pl€siastrcea annata 

 Ver. in Dana, Coral Is., ed. ii, p. 381. 



F coronella Ver., sp. nov. = Astroia parvistella {pars) Dana, 

 Zoupli., p. 244, but not the figures. One of Dana's specimens differs 

 from the type. Calicles small, (2 -.5 to 3-o""',) angular, separated by 

 narrow, nearl}^ solid walls. Septa unequal, in three cycles or more, 

 usually 24 to 30, those of the 3d cycle very narrow, the larger ones 

 roughly serrate and strongly granulated ; six prominent pali before 

 the primary' septa ; columella nearly solid. Endothecal dissepiments 

 regular, nearly horizontal, not crowded. This and the next preced- 

 ing might be referred to Goniastroia about as well as to Favites. Fiji. 



The following are from the Red Sea : 



F. gihhosa (Klunz., p. 40, pi. iv, fig. 10, as Prionastrma. 



T. pentagona. (Esp. ; Klz., non Ehr., = P. melicerum E. and H. 



F. spinosa (Klunz., p. 39, pi. iv, f. 7, pi. x, f. 5). 



F. vasta (Klunz., p. 38, pi. iv, f. 8, 12, pi. x, f. 4a, 4^, as Prionas- 

 trcea). 



F tesserifera (Ehr.; Klz.; E. and H.). 



F ^gy2)torum (Edw. and H.) = 3fetastr(Ba ^gyptorum E. and 

 H. Recent and fossil. 



Family Orbicellidse Ver. Star Corals. 



This family will include the astreiform corals that have circular or 

 nearly circular calicles, and increase by mural or exothecal budding. 

 The polyps, when expanded, are exsert. 



Orbicella (Dana), restricted. 



Astratu, subgenus Orbicella (pars), Dana, Zooph. Expl. Exped., p. 206, 1846. 



Heliastrcea Edw. and Haime, Hist. Corall., ii, p. 456, 1857. 



Orbicella Verrill, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., i, p. 47, 1864. Yerrill, in Dana's 



Corals and Coral Islands, ed. 1, p. 380, 1872 ; ed. 2, pp. 380, 388, 1874 : ed. 



3, pp. 421, 429, 1890. 



Corallites cylindrical or nearly so. Costje well developed and 

 serving, with more or less cellular intercostal exotheca, to unite the 

 corallites. Septa exsert ; paliform teeth and columella are present. 



