Fossil Corah, 



215 



Possil : 



No. 1,042. Pinnacles at foot of first inland cliff at the 



Zigzag. 

 IN'o. 969. Pedestal of block of foraminiferal limestone 



on top of the sea cliff. 

 JN'o. — . Sea cliff at Eocky Point. 



Orbicella herklotsi (Duncan), 1864. 



Astrcea herklotsi, Duncan, 1864. Coral from Mount Sela: Quart. Journ. Geol. 



Soc, vol. XX, p. 72, pi. vii, fig. 9. 

 Heliastrcea tabulata, Martin, 1880. Tertiarsch. Java, p. 140, pi. xxiv, fig. 21, 



pi. xxvi, fig. 4. 



Distribution. — Orbitoidal Limestone. Miocene at E-adjamandala, 

 near Tjisitu, Java ; and Mount Sela, Java. 

 Christmas Island. 



JSTo. 659. Limestone fi'om south side of chalk-capped 



hill ; alt. 700 feet. 

 I^To. 954. Prom talus at foot of high cliff, east of 



Phosphate Hill. 

 No. 947. Broad reef near middle of the island. 

 ? No. 996. An altered specimen fi^om inland cliff, 



south coast ; alt. 200 feet. 

 ?No. 626. A specimen in form of a cast, from the foot 

 of the second inland cliff, east coast. 

 Figure, — Pig. 2. Part of a thin section of specimen. No. 659, 

 X 7 dia. 



Fig. 2. 



Orbicella murrayi, sp.n. 



Diagnosis. — Corallum massive, with very large corallites, and 

 very thick exothecal areas. The calices are from 9 to 10 mm. in 

 dia., while the calicinal centres are from 15 to 25 mm. apart. 



