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PROUT—BRYOZOA, 4TH SERIES. 5TT 
pressed these forms upon ae were accidental, and not 
strictly the aaah of differences in the laws which regulate 
the definite development of organic forms. 
CYcLOPORA FUNGIA, n. sp. 
Polyzoum a flattened disk about two inches in “peso 
with a central depression on the lower surface, and a some- 
what irregular margin ; strie or sole-lines radiating frou: the 
centre, ec agen whorled at first » delieate, interrupted, or 
ing apparently formed of long, slightly waved, sep- 
: tate, flattened tubes in juxta position on a common plane of 
expansion; concentric rings more or less ru rugosely plicated, 
and marked b by a which seem to have resulted from 
— cells larger than those which formed the sadinihig 
strie. As the suatlnmone become more prominent toward 
the akg the striations become less distinct and more 
, St. Fania Mo, Colleétion ora Worthen, N No. 9, sr 
At first Wwe were disposed to refer this species to the genus 
so examination nifest 
that it was a true cui allied F acanowehiee on one side to 
Ceriopora (Gold.), and on the other to Chaetetes (Fisch), from 
ee of which it is separated by the existence of a sole, 
the comparative shortness of its chalices. The chalices 
and the interchalicular space: e, but the same 
mech, that the septe in the forms Poser we examination 
bowie imaginary than real, being caused by the breaking 
Spaces, 
cells forming a part of chee netlike interchalicular 
