294 ZOOPHYTES. 



The teeth of the lamellae are about three-fourths of a line long. 

 Another specimen, of the same size and general form, is one and three- 

 fourths inches thick at centre, with the lamellae quite stout. The 

 dentation is coarser than in the agariciformis, and the spines below 

 much stouter. 



Another specimen, probably of this species (Plate 20, fig. 1), was 

 ten inches in diameter, with the lamellse stout and very unequal, and 

 the dentations a little larger than above stated ; the spines below were 

 often a sixth of an inch or more in length, and the series were un- 

 equal, with the larger nearly a fourth of an inch apart. Within an 

 inch of the centre, the spines below were quite small. 



Madrepora Fitngites variet., Esper, i. 66, tab. 2, fig. 2 ; this figure appears to have 

 been made from a worn specimen of this species. 



7. FUNGIA ECHINATA. (Esper.) Dana. 



F. grandis, orbicularis, scepe undulata et interdum convexa ; umbrina, 

 tentaculis bursiformibi/.s, albidis, vix 3'" longis. Corallum lameUis 

 incequalibus, inciso-dentatis ; dentibus oblongis, in<zqualibus, s&pe 

 compositis ; subtus super fide remote lamelk-radiatd et crassime echi- 

 natci, cum aliis spinis intermediis valde minoribus partim seriatis. 



Large, orbiculate, often undulate, and sometimes convex ; umber- 

 coloured, tentacles bursiform, whitish, scarcely 3 lines long. Co- 

 rallum with unequal lamellae, inciso-dentate ; teeth oblong, irre- 

 gular, often compound; below, remotely lamello-radiate and coarsely 

 echinate, with other smaller spines intermediate, partly seriate. 



Plate 18, fig. 9, the animal expanded ; 9 a, a tentacle enlarged, with 

 the animal integument broken through, as often happens, over the 

 points or teeth of the lamellae; 9b, profile section of the corallum, 

 showing outline of lamella ; fig. 8, the same of another variety. 



East Indies, and the Feejee Islands. Exp. Exp. 



This species is readily distinguished by the remote radii of the 

 under surface, very coarsely echinate, and varying from one-third to 

 half an inch apart, with some smaller intermediate spines. The spines 

 are often bent and long ; about the centre they are smaller or nearly 

 wanting, but radiated. The teeth of the inciso-dentate lamellae, vary 



