Corals from the China Sea . 
373 
Prionastrcea robusta ) Dana, sp. 
1848. Astrcea robusta, Dana, Expl. Exp. Zooph. p. 248, pi. xiii. fig. 10. 
Tizard Reef, 2 fath. 
Genus Plesiastjdea, Ed. & H. 
Plesiastrcea Urvillei , Ed. & H. 
1850. Plesiastrcea Urvillei , Ed. & H. Ann. des Sci. Nat. 3° s6r. t. x. 
pi. ix. fig. 2, and t. xii. p. 117. 
Tizard Bank, 6 fath. 
Genus Cyphastrcea, Ed. & H. 
Cyphastrcea Brueggemanni , Quelch. 
Cyphastrcea Brueggemanni , Quelch, Chall. Report, Reef-Corals, p. 106. 
Tizard Bank, 5 fath. 
Genus LeptastrcEA, Ed. & H. 
Leptastrcea Ehr enb erg anal , Ed. & H. 
1850. Leptastrcea Ehrenbergana , E. & H. Ann. des Sci. Nat. 3 e s6r. 
t. xii. p. 120. 
A small incrusting lobed specimen, which approaches close 
to the above species ; but it does not exhibit the deformed 
corallites, which are stated to be usually present. From L . 
transversa , Kl., it differs in the character of the columella. 
Tizard Bank, 7 fath. 
Leptastrcea solida ) Ed. & H., sp. 
1850. Baryastrcea solida , Ed. & H. Ann. des. Sci. Nat. 3 e ser. t. xii. 
p. 144. 
Tizard Bank, 6 fath. 
Genus Orbicella, Dana. 
Orbicella annuligera y Ed. & H., sp. 
1880. Astrcea annuligera , E. & H. Ann. des Sci. Nat. 3 e ser. t. xii. 
p. 103. 
Tizard Bank, 5-10 fath. 
