﻿Plate 
  12 
  

  

  Page 
  

   Figs. 
  1—12. 
  Meliceritites 
  transversa, 
  new 
  species 
  64 
  

  

  1. 
  Two 
  branches, 
  natural 
  size. 
  

   2,3. 
  Ovicelled 
  specimen, 
  <12 
  and 
  <25. 
  The 
  peristomes 
  

   are 
  salient 
  and 
  arranged 
  in 
  transverse 
  rows. 
  

   1. 
  Zoarium, 
  X12, 
  with 
  peristomes 
  little 
  salient. 
  

  

  5. 
  Same 
  specimen 
  as 
  Figure 
  4, 
  X25. 
  Portion 
  where 
  

  

  the 
  peristomes 
  are 
  irregularly 
  arranged. 
  

  

  6. 
  Another 
  surface 
  of 
  Figure 
  3, 
  X25, 
  illustrating 
  por- 
  

  

  tion 
  with 
  peristomes 
  arranged 
  in 
  oblique 
  rows. 
  

  

  7. 
  Multilameller 
  specimen, 
  X12. 
  The 
  central 
  zoarium 
  

  

  is 
  surrounded 
  by 
  two 
  exterior 
  lamellae. 
  

  

  8. 
  Same 
  specimen 
  as 
  Figure 
  7. 
  Portion 
  of 
  an 
  exterior 
  

  

  lamella, 
  X25, 
  showing 
  peristomes 
  irregularly 
  ar- 
  

   ranged 
  and 
  a 
  regenerated 
  zooecium 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  

   ( 
  .i. 
  10. 
  Zoarial 
  base, 
  X6, 
  and 
  portion, 
  12, 
  showing 
  the 
  

   multiplicity 
  of 
  the 
  exterior 
  lamellae. 
  

  

  11. 
  Portion 
  of 
  exterior 
  lamellae 
  same 
  example, 
  <20, 
  

  

  showing 
  little 
  salient, 
  subcircular 
  peristomes. 
  

  

  12. 
  Basal 
  part 
  of 
  zoarium, 
  6. 
  

  

  Lower 
  Cretaceous 
  (Aptian) 
  : 
  Faringdon, 
  England. 
  

  

  Figs. 
  13-15. 
  Meliceritites, 
  species 
  67 
  

  

  13, 
  14. 
  Two 
  branches, 
  12. 
  

   15. 
  Surface, 
  25. 
  

  

  Lower 
  Cretaceous 
  (Aptian) 
  : 
  Faringdon, 
  England. 
  

  

  105 
  

  

  