G, variabilis -2< 
and in some young eorallltes the columella barely exists. 
The septa are alternately thick and very slender; they are 
short and wide apart; they are few in number, and are without 
distinct cyclical order. 
There are some calices with 12, and others with septa 
reaching to 40 in number, and many intermediate siaes. 
Pissiparity is frequently observed. 
Height of the corallum 1 3,/l0 inch. Length 3 inches. 
Breadth 2 1/4 inches. The long axis of calices from 2/l0 to 3/l0 
inch. 
Loo. -—The conglomerate of St, Bartholomew's. 
In the collection of Mr. P. T* Cleve. Stockholm* 
The nearest species with which this can be associated is 
Goniastraea soli da , Edw* & II., which is found in the recent fauna 
of the Bed Sea and the Seychelles, and which forms part of the 
raised reefs of the Arabian shore of the Bed Sea, 
