MADREPORA. 83 



Family STYLASTERID^E Gray. 



STYLASTER Gray. 

 Stylaster sanguineus ? Val. 



Three specimens of a Stylaster from Florida in the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology, labelled and catalogued as Stylaster rosetis, cannot be 

 distinguished from a specimen fi-om New Zealand, which, agrees with, 

 the description and figure of *S'/. sanguineus Val, in the Monograph of 

 the Oculinidaj by Milne-Edwards and Haime, in Annates des Sciences 

 Natureltes. 



Another specimen from Florida is kept in the Museum of Yale Col- 

 lege in New Haven, as I am informed by Professor Verrill. The depth 

 from which it was obtained is not stated, but it must be from compara- 

 tively shallow water, as it was obtained by parties not provided Avitli 

 dredges. I have never found it myself. I have raarked it doubtful as 

 to its specific identification, on account of the very distant habitat of 

 the specimens originally described. This is the species mentioned as 

 St. foseus Gi'ay, in Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., No. 3. The latter is abun- 

 dant on the under surface of blocks of coral rock, on the reef at Cruz 

 del Padre, north coast of Cuba, a couple of feet below low-water mark. 

 It is not found on the Florida Reefs. 



Family MADREPORID^ Dana. 



For reasons stated elsewhere, the Eupsammida3 ought to be excluded 

 from this fixmily, the limits of which would Ije thus nearly those estab- 

 lished by Dana ; the proper position of the Montipora3 (Manopora) 

 Dana) still requires investigation. 



MADREPORA Linn. (pars). 

 Madrepora palmata Lame. 



JMadrcpora flahellum Lamk. 

 jMadrepora alecs Dana. 

 Madrepora cornuta Ducii. & MtCii. 

 Madrcpora Tltomasiana f Ducii. & Micit. 



The conclusion arrived at from the comparison of a large iimnber of 

 specimens, of all ages and sizes, is the specific identity of 3Iadrej}ora 



