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RETICTLIPOEA. 
Type Species. 
Eeticulipora dianthus (cle Blainville), 1834. Bathonian : France. 
Reticulipora contingens (Lonsdale), 1850. 
Syyoxidit. 
Eolostoma cont'wgem, Lonsdale, 1850. Geol. .Suss. p. 294, pi. xviii. a, fiirs. 9. 
9rt-9^. 
Diagnosis. 
Zoamim flat and large ; the branches are thin in front, bnt 
thick and wcU-rounded behind. The front appears somewhat 
caiinate o^ving to the development of an irregular zoarial 
lamina. 
Peristomes low ; the number of apertures in a vertical series is 
small, nsnally three or four. The sides of the branches are 
crossed by faint vertical ribs, which, however, are in’cgular, 
and often obscurely developed. 
DlSTEIBmOX. 
Upper Chalk : Sussex : Bromley. 
Fig. 62 . Fig. 63 . 
lieticuVipora (ont'xrigem (Lousd.). Transverse and longitudinal sections. 
Figures. 
Xo. 62. A transverse section across a branch, X 15 dia. Upper 
C’halk : Bromley. Bowerhank CoU. D. 3101. 
Xo. 63. A longitudinal section along a branch of the same, 
X 12 dia. Upper Chalk: Bromley. Bowerhank Coll. D. 3101. 
