Fossil Corals. 



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Fossil : 



No. 1,042. Pinnacles at foot of first inland cliff at the 



Zigzag. 

 No. 969. Pedestal of block of foraminiferal limestone 



on top of the sea cliff. 

 No. — . Sea cliff at Rocky Point. 



Orbicella herklotsi (Duncan), 1864. 



Astrcea herklotsi, Duncan, 1864. Coral from Mount Sela: Quart. Joum. Geol. 



Soc, vol. XX, p. 72, pi. vii, fig. 9. 

 ffeliastrcea tabulata, Martin, 1880. Tertiarsch. Java, p. 140, pi. xxiv, fig. 21, 



pi. xxvi, fig. 4. 



Distribution. — Orbitoidal Limestone. Miocene at Radjamandala, 

 near Tjisitu, Java ; and Mount Sela, Java. 

 Christmas Island. 



No. 659. Limestone from south side of chalk-capped 



hill ; alt. 700 feet. 

 No. 954. From talus at foot of high cliff, east of 



Phosphate Hill. 

 No. 947. Broad reef near middle of the island. 

 ?No. 996. An altered specimen fi'om inland cliff, 



south coast ; alt. 200 feet. 

 ?No. 626. A specimen in fonn of a cast, from the foot 

 of the second inland cliff, east coast. 

 Figure. — Fig. 2. Part of a thin section of specimen, No. 659, 

 X 7 dia. 



Fig. 2. 



Orbicella murrayi, sp.n. 



Diagnosis. — Corallum massive, with very large corallites, and 

 very thick exothecal areas. The calices are fi'om 9 to 10 mm. in 

 dia., while the calicinal centres are from 15 to 25 mm. apart. 



