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not thickened at the margin. No false columella. Costa not 

 corresponding T^itli the septa, which spring from between them. 

 Alt. 30, major axis 32, minor 12 millim. 



This coral has some points of resemblance to F. rubrum (Quoy 

 and Guimard), at present living in the New Zealand seas. It is, 

 however, larger, and the costa are different, besides its general 

 form. There are some also like it in the Australian tertiaries ; 

 but in none is the resemblance close. Nearer to F. woodi 

 (M.-Ed.), of the Iken Miocene. App. Off. Cat., p. 40, No. 74.. 

 Ngaruroro RiAcr, Napier ; II. Fig. 8, A, B, two specimens, 

 natural size. 



Flabelluji (?) SIMPLEX, u. s. Corailum seen in casts only. 

 Rather tall, cuneiform. As I have never seen the perfect coral, 

 I can only add that the systems appear to be six, with only 

 four cycles, that the calice is broadly oval, and that one fragment 

 shows radiciform appendages. It is very like F. victoria of the 

 Australian tertiaries, thovigh I hesitate to refer it to that species, 

 or even with certainty to the genus, as in one cast there seemed 

 to be faint e^ddence of granular costa. I record the fossil, how- 

 ever, as I have seen it also as a cast in the Mount Gambler 

 limestones. Alt. 20, major axis 15, minor 10 millim. App. 

 Off. Cat., p. 40, No. 70. Limekiln GuUy, Oamaru ; V. 



Flabellum corbicula, n. s. Corailum short, compressed, 

 slightly deltoid, with a very large basilar scar giving rise to a 

 moderately-rounded crest at each side ; and from thence to the 

 summit the sides are undulating in correspondence to the lines 

 of growth, which are well marked. Epitheca very thin. Costa not 

 raised or projecting, but distinct, bifurcating, and corresponding 

 to the septa, with which they are continuous, and conspicuously 

 marked across the basilar scar. Systems six, with four complete 

 cycles and the rudiments of a fifth ; not granular, but regularly 

 ridged in curves, which slope inwards and downwards. A false 

 columella formed by the interlocking of thickened projections on 

 the edges of the septa. The wall appears very thick from the 

 partial filling-up of the loculi in the lower portions. Alt. 16 ; 

 major axis 18, minor 8 ; length of basilar scar 12, width 7 millim. 

 App. Off. Cat., p. 40, No. 69. Port Hills, Nelson, Pareora beds; V. 



This fossil has some resemblance to Australian Miocene 

 forms. The scanty epitheca and the partial filling-up of the 

 loculi are very peculiar. Fig. 10 — A, coral, natural size; 

 B, portion of septa enlarged, to show partial filling-up of loculi. 



