Asterosmilia compressa 
Septa about 100 to 135 in number in adult individuals - 
five complete cycles, and many members of the sixth. Three or 
four sizes can usually he distinguished. Usually a rudimentary 
of the fourth or fifth cycle is present between each pair of 
larger septa. Pali present before the penultimate septa and 
when the septa are very numerous as in specimen 5 of the table 
of measurements for the species the antepenultimate also. They 
are not very wide, and are rounded above. Sndotheca present, 
but scanty. 
Columella, very much compressed, lamellate but perforate, 
Types . --- Three specimens (Hos. 1, 2, and 3 of table) in 
the Academy of natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and three (Hos. 
5 and 6 of table) specimens in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 
Locality . Santo Domingo (Gabb collection); ? Limestone 
of St. Bartholomew, P.T. Cleve, Collector, University of Upsala. 
Geologic horizon . ---Not known.. 
