Dohothv HiiJi. 
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l>y tlu> outer edges of t(ie laU^ral laiiioJIao ; it is always joined to th(^ eoimter 
S(5j)tuiu, hut is not a eontiniiation of the countt.ir 80 ])tinn. Tlio tabulae are 
thin, coinplot(i and in(jonij)lote, arid domed. No diss('ijimf‘nts are dtweloped. 
Re'rn<irk}< : 'The oval s(a;tion of tlie axial sti'iictiin^ and its eoiifliu^nee 
with the counter s(^])t<UTu suggests t-iia.t this speci(>s s}ioul{l be placf^d in Lopho- 
phylhi’iH- or JA)p}tophijll/i<liwn, or other gcauau with a columella formed simply 
by dilatation of thc^ a,\ial oral of the countoT’ s(i[)tum. But sections show that 
this axial struct un^ is ioally comt)ound, an axial column formed by dilatation of 
its (H)iistit luad nwHlial aiid hiba-al Ianu4lae, so that the aflinitii^s of the s])ecies are 
with V(^rhf’eti(’//a or Sinophjflbvtn (Iraba.u. In SinopJrifllvtth the formation of tlie 
com[)ound axial s( ru(*tur<‘ by tho association of tlici dilab'd axial ends of the 
otlaa* major se])ta v^•ith th<' prolong(^d, swollen axial ('nd of the counter septum 
is (evident, but in \‘crh('r.kieMa tla* compound axial structure is dissociated 
from tiuf axial ends (.)f the sc^pta (exce])t the couutta* and cai’dinal sc^pta in 
soiTK^ specie's) throughout th(' (‘orallum. V. //fcrm has this dissociated typo 
of structures It is tlu^ only spt'cn^s of tlie genus which is homc'ojuorphic with 
JjOphopfrffU/uin. It difl'ors (Vom V. lalboti from tiui Callytharra Series (some- 
what lower tban the \\4indag<>e Series) of tlu^ North-West, chiefly in the general 
abs(aice of spaens in its axial stT-uctur(> an<l in the absence of irregularity in 
dilatation. 
Verbeekiella talboti (Hosking) (Blato I., tig. 7). 
CluiophylliDn lalholi Howkiiig ; for references, etc., see Hill, 1937, a, p. a"), pi. i., figs. 
13-17 ; l('xt-ngM. (i, 7 : IVrmian, Callytharra Sej’ics, creek half a mile west of Cally- 
tharra Springs, ^^’o()ramel K. 
Difif/riosis : \\^rf)eekiell(f with dibunophylloid axial structure containing 
few s('])tal lamellat'. 
lic'itHO’kfi on a s|KU’im(ai from Ctillytliarra S]jrings : A largo sjjocimen with 
a height of 50 mm., and a calitfa-l diameter of 25 mm. dih’ors from previously 
descrilxal sp('cim('ns of this specit>s not only iii those larger dimoiisious, but 
also in having Jieai’ the (UiJice a clisiophylloid i*ather than a dibunophylloid sec- 
tion of tlie axial column, hisb^ad of there being a maximum of nine laTn<dlae 
on each side of the median lamella, then' arc in one transverse section eigiitoen, 
nine shortt'i' la.rnellat^ alternating with tlie jiine long ones toiuthing the axial 
lamella ; hut in a ti*ansv('rse so(dion about .3 mm. ht'.low, most of these shorter 
lamellae are not pn'scait. It is not. thouglit that tJiis differenco from the earlier 
descrilx'd s])eci(‘s is spt'cific, although the boss in the calico also shows the 
oightt'on lamellae on t'ither si<lo of the median lamella. This large number 
of lamelku^ is that chara<‘teristic of V. rothpletzi ((lerth, 1921, pi. cxlvii, figs, 
10, 11) from the Lower and Middle Permian of Bitanni, Mandeo and Basleo, 
Timor. 
ZOANTHARIA MADREPORARIA TABULATA. 
FAMILY FAVOSITIDAE. 
Genus FAVOSITES Lamarck. 
Favosite,s l>amai-k, ISH), ]>. 204 ; for references, etc., see .lones, 193(3, p. 2, 
Gen,olectoti/pe (see Fdwards and ITaime, 1850, p. Ix) .■ F. gothlandicus 
Lamarck, 181(3, p. 20(3, Silurian, Gotland. 
Diagnosis : Cerioid tabulate c^oiuls forming massive or ramose colonies, 
in wliicli the contiguous corallites liavo thin or moderately thin walls, spiiiose 
or ohsolc't(' septa, and complete or mainly complete horizontal tabulae. 
