198 MADEEPOEAEIA. 



The species appears related to M. rambleri, B.-Sm., but the description is too incomplete 

 to allow of a proper comparison. 



Philippine Islands {Berlin Museum and a fragment in the Hamburg Museum) . 



219. Madrepora teres. 



Madrepora teres, Verrill, Proc. Essex Inst. 1866, vol. v. p. 20; ibid. 1869, vol. vi. p. 102; Eathbun, 

 Proo. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1887, vol. x. p. 19. 



Corallum arborescent ; branches 15 to 20 cm. long and 1-2 cm. diameter, slightly tapering, 

 spreading at an angle of about 50°; branchlets slender, rapidly tapering, rounded at the 

 end. Axial corallites small, scarcely prominent, with 6 well-marked septa and 6 rudimentary 

 ones between. Radial corallites small, about 1 mm. diameter, not crowded, arranged evenly 

 on all sides : those towards the end of the branches opening upward, and provided with a 

 small ligulate border; those on the larger branches wholely immersed. Ccenenchyma strongly 

 vermiculate and sharply scabrous. ( Verrill.) 



Pacific Ocean : Ousima (Japan) . 



? a. China (probably South). Fisheries Exhibition. 84. 2. 26. 4. 



220. Madrepora turgida. 



Madrejpora turgida, Verrill, Proc. Essex Inst. 1866, vol. v. p. 19 ; ibid. 1869, vol. vi. p. 101 ; Eathbun, 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1887, vol. x. p. 19. 



" The corallum consists of a cluster of thick, irregular branches arising from a large 

 massive base. The branches are short and turgid, rounded and elevated at the ends, or often 

 dividing into a cluster of short, obtuse branchlets. Lateral corallites irregular in size and 

 position, swollen below, smaller at the ends, appressed, turned in various directions, the 

 summits often incurved; cells opening inward, small, usually showing 6 nearly equal septa. 

 Terminal corallites not much exceeding some of the lateral ones in size, thick, obtuse, but 

 little prominent ; cells showing 12 septa, those of the second cycle much narrower than the 

 rest. Surface of the coenenchyma and exterior of the corallites loosely porous, covered by 

 crowded lacerately divided granules or small spines, with numerous openings between them. 

 Costae scarcely apparent. Colour of unbleached coral light brownish yellow. Height of the 

 only specimen collected 6 inches ; length of branches 3 ; thickness about "25 inch." ( Verrill.) 



This species appears to be related to M. glauca, or may indeed be identical with it, but 

 the description is not sufficiently precise to allow of the point being settled at present. 



Loo Choo Islands. 



