lis;. 



191 1. F. gvldfiissl vdiX major Vkech : in Richthofen's China, vol. V., . 

 p. 46, pi. IX., figs. 3 a-3 e, 4 a. 



1915. F. gold fiissi V3,r. viaj or Ykv,^ and H a vasaka :' Palaeozoic Corals 

 from Japan, Korea and China, p. 65. 



Frech distinguished variety major from the typical form of F. gvldj^iissi, 

 on account of a constant difference of their corallites in diameter. The pre- 

 sent specimen from Ta-chien-lu agrees quite well with the illustration of the 

 former given by the author, the corallum being massive and composed of 

 corallites which are uniform in size and generally measure as much as 5 mm. 

 The spines are well but irregularly developed ; the. mural pores are large, and 

 arranged in two opposite rows. In our specimen, the tabulae are 

 somewhat more closely set than in the original one ; they are always com- 

 plete and almost always horizontal. 



Locality : — According to Frech, this variety is found from Hwa-ling-pu, 

 prov. Sze-chuan, and Grottenberg near Bredelar in Westphalia ; the specimen 

 now at our disposal is from Shing-lung-pu, Ta-chien-lu-ting, prov. Sze-chuan, 

 and found together with an undeterminable species of Striatopora. 



Geological Age : — Middle Devonian. 



Favosites afF. forbesi M.-Edwards et Haime. 

 PI. IX., Figs, s a-b. 



1S54. F. forbesi M. -Edwards and FIaime : Brit. Fossil Corals, p. 258. pi. , 



LX., figs. 2, 2a-2g. 

 1S76. F. tnhcrosus Rominger : Fossil Corals of Michigan, p. 30, pi. IX., 



figs. 1-2. 



1879. F. j^orbcsi Nicholson: Palaeozoic Tabulate Corals, p. 56. pi. T., . 



fig. 7 ; pi. II., figs. 1-3 ; pi. III., figs. I, 2. 

 18S2. F. forbesi Lindstroem : Silurische Korallen aus Nord-Russland 



und Sibirien. p. 6, etc. 

 1894. F. forbesi W. Weisermel : Silurgeschiebe Ostpreuss-ens, etc. p. - 



468, pi. III., Fig. I. 



