370 A. E. Verrill on New Corals. 
ART. — Contributions to Zotlogy from the Museum A 
Y. ale Glee No. 7.—Deseriptions of New Corals; by A. 
VERR 
MADREPORARIA. 
Heteropsammia geminata, sp. nov. ‘Figure 1. 
Corallum ny encrusting and enclosing a small, dead, 
valve shell, which ‘Spm been oceupied 
~ Bae simple, slightly raised; it very 
becomes elongated and finally di- 
similar cor- 
ates, which are aa et well — and divergent, but 
€ co 
se narrow, much thickened and spongy outwardly ty ae 
tle projecting the septa of the fourth ¢ are na’ 
, outwardly Joining those of the first hh second, opps 
ba pore n becoming broader before joining the colu- 
een his be calioritely developed and fine spongy. The 
coral has an open vermicular be quite porous texture, more 
compact Sahieat In all the specimens there are seve 
holes, like pin-holes, near the base of the corallites, often form- 
ack a Pee complete circle around the base, which are, perhaps, 
e 
The base of ‘the largest specimen is ‘65 long; ‘50 broad; “45 
high ; corallites “12 high; ‘35 broad; - of cell 12 of an 
Aig Te a D all. 
Teal erro form in this species 
H, Michelin appears to differ not only in di 
ita emaller cup and a different : eae | 
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