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Fig. 6. Septa and one of the pali in front. 

 7. Costse : magnified. 



This is rather an aberrant form of the genus Leptocyathus, and the glazed-looking 

 epitheca is characteristic. 



Transition-group STYLOPHORINJE, M. Ed. Sf J. H. 



Genus STYLOPHOEA, M. Ed. & J. H. 



1. Sttlophoea contoeta, Leymerie. Plate XVIII, Figs. 21, 22. 



There is a small branch of this well-known Eocene coral in the Khirthar group 

 in deposits "near Petiani," west of Kotri. It was found also by D'Archiac and 

 J. Haime in Sind; and its other localities are the Eocene of the West Indies, and 

 La Palarea, Foujoncouse, Corbieres, &c. in Europe. Survey-number G ^7^. 



Illustrations of the Species in Plate XVIII. 



Fig. 21. The branch : natural size. 

 22. Calices: magnified. 



Family ASTR^IDjE. 



Subfamily STYLINAGEM 



Genus STYLINA, Lamarck. 

 1. Sttlina tertiaeia, Duncan. Plate VI, Figs. 1, 2. 



The corallum has a large and irregular upper surface, which, on the whole, is 

 almost flat, and the height of the mass is under an inch. The calices are small, nume- 

 rous, irregularly distant, crateriform, with a widely open shallow fossa. The walls rise 

 suddenly from the almost plain intercalicular space, and do not narrow over-much, and 

 they are marked by thin, distinct, wide-apart costae. In some calices there are 18 well- 

 developed costse, and some smaller exist between the larger. There are two cycles of 

 septa, and part of a third in some systems. The columella is very small and styliform, 

 but distinct. The intercalicular space is either plain, costulate, or minutely granular. 



Breadth of type 2 mches. About 8 calices and interspaces occupy 1 inch of length. 



Locality. Maliri, south of Chotra, at the top of the Khirthar group or base of 

 the Nari. Survey-number G ^^^. 



Illustrations of the Species in Plate VI. 

 Fig. 1. Part of corallum : natural size. 

 2. Calices: magnified. 



Subfamily ASTBMAOE^. 



Genus MONTLIVALTIA, Lamouroux. 

 1. MoNTLiVALTiA Indica, Duncan. Plate X, Figs. 5-7. 



The corallum is large, low, free, and is compressed slightly at the sides. The 

 calice is widely open, elliptical, and very slightly deformed. The fossa is shallow, and 



