Bernard has carefully re described Duncan’s type in his 
Catalogue of "The Genus Gonicpora" ( op * sup, pit .). The follow- 
ing is his description: 
" Description; Corallum massive, with polygonal calicles 
running straight, side hy side, as nearly open tubes about 3*5 mm. 
in diameter* Walls thin, membranous, apparently perforate, 
very zigzag, sometimes forming a delicate angular, but open- 
meshed, reticulum when seen from above. The 24 septa are very 
thin, and the primaries and secondaries meet in a large open 
columella, r tangle* The tert iaries appear to end freely. 
"There is only one specimen, silicified throughout, and with 
the coral imbedded in the clear matrix. But -there are reasons 
to doubt whether the original conditions have been preserved, and 
also whether it is a C-on i op or a at all. The thin zigzag walls 
and the septa are no?diere sharply defined when seen under a pocket- 
lens, and what appear to be the apertures in the walls have ragged 
irregular outlines. It looks as if the substance of the coral 
