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CRETACEOUS CORALS OR AXTIIOZOA 
I liavc selected for the above species the same specific term under which Prof. 
Forbes described a South Indian fossil as — 
TuilBINOLIA AKCOTEXSIS, See PI. I, Eigs. 11 — 12. 
184G. Trails. Geol. Soc., London, vii, ji. 163, pi. xix, figs. 9 a and b. 
Forbes account is as follows : 
‘ T. testa cyllndrica, coaica, elongatd, disco excavato^ lamellis (30) fortihus 
‘ radiato ; lateribus tindiilatis, striatis, striis teimibiis, confertis, regidaribus, ceqiia- 
‘ Jibusd 
‘ Diameter of disc OjV inch. Entire length (or height) IjV inch.’ 
‘ A conical species, usually slightly bent, with finely and regularly striated sides, 
‘ and a star of many strong prominent lamelhc. The specimens are rarely well pre- 
‘ served. The species is gregarious. It approaches nearly several cretaceous and 
‘ also some tertiary forms.’ 
‘ Locality. — Pondicherry.’ 
It is impossible to identify the species from such an imperfect description, and 
the two figures, of which copies are given, do not assist in the determination. 
Still, it is by no means improbable that Prof. Forbes had specimens of the above- 
named Caryophyllia before him. A careful comparison of the type is necessary. 
I was unfortunately not able to lay hands upon it when examining Forbes’ ori- 
ginals in 1807. 
D’Orbigny referred Forbes’ species to Ellipsosmilia, (Prod. II, p. 270), and 
Milne-Edwards and Ilaime to Trocliosmilia, (Ilist. Nat. des Corail., II, p. 102) ; 
but I do not think that either Forbes’ description or figure give any positive indi- 
cation for the latter generic determination. Indeed, Forbes’ figure 9 & appears to 
me to indicate the presence of a columella as well as of pali. 
2. CARYoruYLLiA cuPULiFOMiis, StoUcsM. PI. I, Figs. 13 — 15. 
Caryoph. corallum CKpuUforme, basi augusta affixim ; costis incequalibus, for- 
tioribus fere prope basin, allcris ad medium, ceteris in parte snperiore, orientibus, 
ornninis grants rotimdatis ornatis ; calyce late rotundato, modice concaco, ad mar- 
gincm subacuto ; seq^tis tenuibus, in quinque cyclis disposilis, -pti'inm qnatuor perfectis, 
quinto imperfecto ; palis decern ad duodecim elongatis, crasskisculis, ad terminationes 
septormn ad tertium cyclnm pertinentium sitis, uno vel duobiis qjalis nonnunqumn 
abortis ; columella lamellis crispatis, tortis, supra patdo elevalis, tenuibus composita, 
circiter sextam partem calycis diametri (cquante. 
A cup-shaped corallum, generally about 12 mm. liigh, and with the calyx 
10 to 12 mm. in diameter, affixed by a very narrow flat base, which easily wears 
off, and then the specimens appear to be free grown. The surface is unequally 
costate, almost in its entire length. The twenty-four costae, corresponding to the 
three first cycles, originate very near the base and are of about equal strength; those 
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