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Plate XXV. 



Figure 1. — Miissa (Isophyllia) multiflora Ver., sp. nov. A young specimen (No. 

 4009). Natural size. Page 126. 



Figure 3. — Mussa {SymplujlUa) rigida (Dana). Type of Dana. No. 4297. Trans- 

 verse section, x 2. Page 127. 



Figure 3. — Tlie same. A fresh Bahama specimen, in Anier. Mns. Nat. Hist. 

 Natural size. Page 128. 



Figure 4. — Miissa Harttii, var. conferta Ver. Vertical section of type, x 2. 

 Page 128. 



Figure 5. — Favia Whitfieldi Ver. ,sp. nov. Type, in Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. No. 

 543. Natural size. Page 132. 



Plate XXVI. 



Figures lo, lb. — Agaricia fragilis Dana, from Bermuda. Upper and under sides 

 of two symmetrical young specimens of ordinary size and form. Reduced 

 to |. Page 142. 



Figure Ic. — The same. Upper side of a specimen with two primary calicles, 

 perhaps due to the early coalescence of two young specimens. Page 142. 



Figure Id. — The same. Side view of two small specimens. All the above re- 

 duced to about f natixral size. Page 142. 



Figure 2. — Agaricia agaricites, var. agaricites. Part of the surface of a large 

 frondose specimen. No. 5671 (= fig. 7, pi. xxvii). From the Bahamas. 

 X 3. Page 146. 



Figure 8. — The same. Var. Dana' E. and H. Part of the surface of a frond 

 from a large Bahama specimen (= fig. 6, pi. xxvii). x 3. Page 147. 



Plate XXVII. 



Figure 1. — Agaricia agaricites, var. gibbosa D. Part of Dana's type from Bar- 

 bados. No. 1860. Side view of a terminal lobe. Natural size. Page 148. 



Figure la. — The same specimen. Calicles, x 1^. 



Figure 2. — Agaricia agaricites, var. agaricites, young. About half of a small 

 incrusting Florida specimen. No. 103. Natural size. Page 147. 



Figure 2o. — The same specimen. Calicles, x If, 



Figure 8. — Agaricia agaricites, var. pusilla V., nov. Part of the type. From 

 Colon. No. 1487. Natural size. Page 148. 



Figure 3a. — The same specimen. Part of upper side, x 1|. 



Figure 4. — Agaricia purpurea Las., var. /oreo?afa V., nov. Upper surface of 

 one of the types. No. 1201. From Colon, x If. Page 149. 



Figure 4a. — The same specimen. Vertical section, x If. 



Figure 5. — Agaricia agaricites, var. Dance E. and H. Part of Dana's type. No. 

 4301. xU. Page 147. 



Figiare 6. — The same variety. Part of a large frond from the Bahamas, x 1|. 



Figure 6a. — The same specimen. No. 5672. A group of calicles, x 5. 



Figure 7. — Agaricia agaricites, var. agaricites. Part of a frond from a large, 

 frondose, Bahama specimen. No. 5671. x If . Page 147. 



Figure 7a. — The same specimen. Calicles, x 5. 



Figures 8, 8a. — Asteroseris planulata (Dana) Ver. Small portions of Dana's 

 type. No. 4309. x 3. A transverse section is shown at b. Page 156. 



