**It appears iob© a small or somewhat dwarfed variety of 0. annularis * 
I have mmn fresh specimens ©fa similar variety from the FI or” i dsT'roef W* ' ’ 
♦♦This may wall fee identical with ja. steilal&tfe Kills and Sol*, hut 
the latter cannot b® determined with any Twtafnty^ fro® the figure* which 
represents a badly worn specimen* Its salicle®, as figured, are meetly 
©van smaller than in Sana’s type* and somewhat unequal in else* the walls 
appear to be as solid as In the latter} the oalicles project slightly 
as in a nnularis } 12 to IS septa are figured, all perfect} columella 
is a® Jn ^&m ula r is * There is much mor© reason for calling this a va- 
riety of 0* annularis than there is for identifying it with Sol enact rasa 
hy&des * as Gregory *"has done* There is no evidence that it TaTsT^' 1 ' T 
Solenastrac.a * " 
Fortunately Dana * a Orb I eel la stcllulata is a synonym of 0. annular I® 
and is net even of varietal importance, -Prof, Fcrrill say® ’’This my 
well be identical with M* giellulata SIX is and Sol.,'* an opinion from 
which X wish emphatically to dissent* The figure® of Ellis and Solander 
ar© of a S plena »t r a ba , (PI* 1*2X2 » figs* S, 4 f )% the costa© do not continue 
from & call®® t© those of adjacent colic®®, and the exothsea, as la 
shown by the ©id© of figure 3, is typical of Solenaetr/afra * Furthermore* 
in the description of the specie® it is stated, "intersiitiis plsmius- 
eulia ooabr iusculi ® »** the intercorallite areas ara not M radiate** as in 
■'■. •; t' 
annularis * The H el 1 &at rasa at ©11 al at a of Mila® , Edwards ft Ha ins i® 
not the Mad rep ora stsllulata Ellis dSolanderj it is probably the same 
as Qrblcclla annular is * The identification of the Ellis & Solander 
coral will be discussed subsequently* 
There is much doubt about the Cephas true a obliia Dacha §a,jt»g and 
Michelott®* The following is the original description? 
"Eepec© arrondi© , avec dee ©toiXes arrondies at a hord un peu 
el eve ? cotes rare® presque confluent eat le© intervalles d I’une a 
1* ant re bioil® ©out garni©® d@ granulations? la columella set grand© 
©t papillose©* 
