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Plate 67. page of the 



description 

 Fig. I. AcTopora corymbosa (Lamarck), from Cocos-Keeling Islands. A peripheral branch and branrhlets, 



natural size 171 



Figs. 2, 2a, 2b. Acropora decipiens (Brook), from Murray Island. Fig. 2, corallum, half natural size; 

 fig. 2a, upper surface of a branch end, natural size; fig. 2b, lower surface of same branch, 

 natural size 165 



Plate 68. 



Figs, i, \a, 2. Acropora abrotanoides (Lamarck), from Murray Island. Fig. i, view of lower surface of a 

 peripheral branch, natural size; fig. la, upper surface of the same specimen, natural size. 

 Fig. 2, another branch, natural size 166 



Figs. 3, 3a, 3i. Acropora spicifera (Dana), from Cocos-Kecling Islands. Figs. 3, 3a, upper and lower 

 surfaces, respectively, of peripheral branches and branchlets, natural size; fig. ^b, an apical 

 corallite, X8 172 



Plate 69. — Acropora pharaonis (Milne Edwards), from Cocos-Keeling Islands (see page 166). 



Fig. I. General view of a corallum, photograph from Dr. Wood Jones, about 2/5 natural size, see speci- 

 mens No. 5 of descri prion 168 



Fig. 2. Branch, natural size; No. i of description 167 



Figs. 3, 312. Two views, natural size, of same specimen. No. 2 of description 167 



Figs. 4, ^a. Two views, natural size, of same branch, No. 12 of table 168 



Fig. 5. A branch, natural size. No. 9 of table 168 



Plate 70. 



Fig. I. Acropora pharaonis (Milne Edwards), from Cocos-Keeling Islands. An arborescent colony with 



short corallites, about 2/7 natural size. Photograph from Dr. Wood Jones 171 



Figs. 2, la. Acropora pharaonis forma arabica (Milne Edwards), from Cocos-Keeling Islands. Fig. 2, a 



branch, natural size; fig. 2a, calices, X8 170 



Figs. 3, 3a, 3^. Acropora haimei (Milne Edwards), from Murray Island. Fig. 3, corallum, X 1/2; fig. 3a, a 

 branch, X3; fig. 3^, terminal calice, X3. (Figures of a variety of same species on plate 66, 

 figs- 4. S) 163 



Plate 71. — Acropora pectinala (Brook), from Murray Island. 



Figs, i, la, li, ic. Figs, i, la, upper and lower surfaces of a corallum, respectively, each natural size; 



fig- lb, a branch, X3; fig. K, a terminal calice, X8 172 



Fig. 2. Corallum of thick plate form 172 



Plate 72. 



Figs, i, 2, 2a, 3. Acropora squamosa (Brook), from Murray Island, all views based on same specimen. 

 Fig. I, corallum, X1/2; fig. 2, a branch terminal, X3; fig. 2a, calice, X3, of branch repre- 

 sented by fig. 2; fig. 3, a branch, natural size 17^ 



Figs. 4, 4a. Acropora sarmentosa (Brook), from Murray Island. Fig. 4, upper surface of the corallum, 

 natural size; fig. 4a, an apical corallite, X8. (Lower surface of the corallum on plate 73, 

 fig- l) 174 



Plate 73. 



Fig. I. Acropora sarmentosa (Brook), from Murray Island, lower surface, natural size. (Upper surface 



and an apical corallite on plate 72, figs. 4, 4a.) 17^ 



Figs. 2, 2a. Acropora hebes (Dana), Dana's type of Madrepora hebes. No. 287, U. S. Nat. Mus. Fig. 2, 



corallum, natural size; fig. 2a, a branch, X3 174 



Plate 74. — Acropora hebes (Dana), specimens from Murray Island. 



Fig. I. A corallum, natural size 17^ 



Figs. 2, 2a, 2b. Three views based on same branch. Fig. 2, general view, natural size; fig. 2a, end of main 



branch, X3; fig. 2b, apical calice of main branch, X8 17^ 



Plate 75. — Acropora scherzeriana (Brueggemann), from Cocos-Keeling Islands. 



Fig. i. Corallum, X2/5. Photograph from Dr. Wood Jones 176 



Figs. 2, 2a, ib. Three views of the same branch. Figs. 2, 2a, natural size; fig. zb, apical corallites, X3 . . . 176 



Figs. 3, 3a. Two views, natural size, of same branch 176 



Fig. 4. View, natural size, of another branch 176 



