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J 2122, 2138, two young coralla, one 27 mm. diam. : lower raised 



beach, north of Qosseir. 

 J 2136, a well-preserved specimen: lower raised beach, north of 



Qosseir. 

 J 2140, two specimens with dense walls : lower raised beach, north 



of Qosseir. 

 J 2149 : lower raised beach, north of Qosseir. 

 1623, a much altered specimen, which, however, retains some of 



the original surface, showing the extent of projection of the 



calicinal edges : raised beach. Camp 4, Wadi Hamrawein, 



near Qosseir. 

 1628, a well-preserved specimen : 80 feet above sea-level, Wadi 



Queh, near Qosseir. 



2. SoLENASTK^A SEEAiLiA (Forskal), 1775. 



Madrepora serailia, Forskal, 1775: Descr. Anim. Itin. Orient., p. 135. 

 Gyphastrcea serailia, Klunzinger, 1879 : Korallenth. roth. Meer., pt. iii, p. 52, pi. v, 



fig. 4 ; pi. X, fig. 12. 

 Solenastrcea J'orskalatia, Edwards & Haime, 1850 : Ann. Sci. nat., ser. in, vol. xii, 



p. 123 ; 1857, Hist. nat. Cor., vol. ii, p. 497. 



Distribution. — Eecent : Eed Sea. Fossil, Pleistocene : raised 

 beach, east of Jebel Esh, J 2177. 



This specimen has the more compact exotheca and the equality of 

 the septa of the first and second cycles, which are two of the chief 

 distinctions of this species as compared with S. chalcidicum (Forsk.). 



3. ?S0LENASTR^A SAVIGNYI (Ed. & H.), 1850. 



Cyphastrma savignyi, Edwards & Haime, 1850 : Ann. Sci. nat., ser. in, vol. xii, p. 115. 

 Cyphastrcea savignyi, Klunzinger, 1879 : Korallenth. roth. Meer., pt. iii, p. 51, 

 pi. V, fig. 7. 



This specimen (J 1826) is a large block with long, thin corallites, 

 about 2|-3 mm. in diameter. It agrees with this species by its 

 compact endotheca, and the marked inequality of the primary and 

 secondary septa. But the specimen has been so altered that its 

 identification is not free from doubt. 



OEBICELLA, Dana, 1848. 

 1. Orbicella foeskali (Edwards & Haime), 1849. 



Astrcea forskaliana, Edwards & Haime, 1849, Mon. Astr. : Ann. Sci. nat., Zool., 

 ser. Ill, vol. xii, p. 100. 



For Egyptian references and synonyms, see Gregory, 1898, Egypt. 



Foss. Madrep., Geol. Mag., Dec. IV, Vol. V, p. 242. 



Distribution. — Recent : Eed Sea. Fossil, Pleistocene : low-level 



and high-level raised reefs, near Jebel Zeit ; also near Qosseir, 



Wadi Abn Shigeli, and Wadi Barud. 



H 1633c ; this specimen is much weathered, and has no trace of the 

 surface, but the available characters are the same as those of 

 J 2138 : Camp 4, Wadi Hamrawein, near Qosseir. 



J 1669, a specimen with the calices 6-8 mm. in diam. ; the corallites 

 are circular and not elliptical as in 0. mammillosa : raised 

 beach, 80 feet above sea-level, Wadi Abu Shigeli. 



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