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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  [Nov. 
  18, 
  

  

  area 
  in 
  which 
  Colonel 
  Heneken 
  collected 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  number 
  unequalled 
  

   as 
  yet 
  by 
  modern 
  observers 
  amongst 
  any 
  recent 
  reef, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  

   aware 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  group 
  of 
  species 
  which 
  possesses 
  such 
  wide 
  and 
  

   interesting 
  alliances. 
  The 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  commonest 
  recent 
  West 
  

   Indian 
  Coral-genera 
  from 
  the 
  Antiguan 
  Tertiaries 
  has 
  been 
  already 
  

   noticed, 
  and 
  the 
  remark 
  is 
  nearly 
  equally 
  true 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  San 
  

   Domingo. 
  

  

  V. 
  Alliances 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Indian 
  Fossil 
  Corals. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  described, 
  and 
  to 
  which 
  a 
  Miocene* 
  age 
  is 
  given, 
  are 
  

   76 
  f 
  in 
  number 
  : 
  the. 
  varieties 
  are 
  not 
  included, 
  neither 
  are 
  doubtful 
  

   species, 
  nor 
  are 
  the 
  forms 
  whose 
  generic 
  diagnosis 
  was 
  alone 
  possible. 
  

   The 
  West 
  Indian 
  Miocene 
  Coral-fauna 
  may 
  be 
  considered, 
  from 
  our 
  

   present 
  knowledge, 
  to 
  include 
  the 
  following 
  groups 
  of 
  species 
  and 
  

   their 
  subdivisions 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1 
  . 
  Species 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  West 
  Indian 
  seas 
  4 
  

  

  2. 
  

   3. 
  

   4. 
  

   5. 
  

   6. 
  

   7. 
  

  

  East 
  Indian 
  and 
  Pacific 
  oceans 
  2 
  ]■ 
  recent 
  7 
  

  

  both 
  the 
  Pacific 
  and 
  West 
  Indian 
  seas... 
  1 
  

  

  the 
  European 
  Miocene 
  9 
  ^ 
  

  

  the 
  Asiatic 
  Miocene 
  2 
  

  

  the 
  European 
  Eocene 
  1 
  

  

  the 
  European 
  Cretaceous 
  strata 
  2 
  

  

  14 
  

  

  8. 
  West 
  Indian 
  Miocene 
  Species 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  a. 
  Species 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  West 
  Indian 
  recent 
  Coral-fauna 
  2 
  N 
  

  

  the 
  Pacific 
  & 
  East 
  Indian 
  

  

  both 
  the 
  above 
  

   the 
  European 
  Miocene 
  

   the 
  Asiatic 
  Miocene 
  

   the 
  European 
  Cretaceous 
  

   the 
  Oolitic 
  

   k. 
  Species 
  with 
  a 
  facies 
  peculiar 
  to 
  the 
  West 
  Indian 
  Miocene 
  Coral- 
  

   fauna, 
  and 
  having 
  no 
  close 
  affinity 
  with 
  any 
  other 
  12 
  , 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  55 
  

  

  76 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  belonging 
  to 
  each 
  group 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  ■ 
  

  

  1%. 
  Astraea 
  radiata 
  ; 
  Mseandrina 
  sinuosissima 
  ; 
  Agaricia 
  agaricites 
  ; 
  

   A. 
  undata. 
  

  

  2. 
  Alveopora 
  Daedahea 
  ; 
  A. 
  fenestrata. 
  

  

  3. 
  Stephanoccenia 
  intersepta. 
  

  

  4. 
  Solenastraea 
  Turonensis; 
  S. 
  Ellisii; 
  Astroccenia 
  ornata§; 
  Trocho- 
  

  

  * 
  Since 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  communication 
  was 
  read, 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  oppor- 
  

   tunity 
  of 
  discovering 
  that 
  Prof. 
  Heer 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  Miocene 
  flora 
  of 
  the 
  Southern 
  

   States 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  San 
  Domingo 
  ; 
  the 
  application 
  of 
  his 
  

   theory 
  is 
  not, 
  however, 
  the 
  less 
  interesting. 
  The 
  affinity 
  between 
  the 
  Miocene 
  and 
  

   Recent 
  North 
  American 
  floras 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  Oceania 
  and 
  Japan 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  con- 
  

   sideration 
  when 
  the 
  Coral-affinities 
  are 
  studied. 
  

  

  t 
  There 
  are 
  33 
  varieties, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  forms 
  which 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  specifically 
  

   determined. 
  

  

  J 
  The 
  numbers 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  groups 
  just 
  noticed. 
  

  

  § 
  The 
  great 
  masses 
  of 
  this 
  Coral 
  resemble 
  the 
  Miocene 
  form 
  called 
  Astrcea 
  mi- 
  

   crostella 
  by 
  Michelin. 
  

  

  