Fossil Corals. 



215 



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 liocky Point. 



Orbicella herklotsi (Duncan), 1864. 



Astraa herklotsi, Duncau, 1864. Coral from Mount Sela: Quart. Journ. Geol. 



Soc, vol. XX, p. 72, pi. vii, fi<r. 9. 

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



pi. x.xvi, fig. 4. 



Distrihution. — Orbitoidal Limestone. Miocene at Radjamandala, 

 near Tjisitu, Java ; and Mount Sela, Java. 

 Christmas Island. 



No. 659. Limestone fi'om 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 

 verj- thick exothecal areas. The calices are from 9 to 10 mm. in 

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



