86 Prof. R. C. R. Jordan on Actiniadae 



Clearly distinct as a species from any other met with by us, 

 and also from any other described either by Dr. Johnston or 

 Gosse : it seems the least of the Aliemones. We only met 

 with them in one locality, and this was upon a rock underneath 

 the "Ness." They were found on the 11th of April 1854 : a 

 large mass of stone had fallen at some previous time from the 

 cliffs above, and was so supported by others that its lower 

 surface was free. This shelf was thickly studded with acorn 

 shells and sponges. Amongst these were numerous examples of 

 this little Actinia, hanging pendent from the rock, in shape 

 much like a rain-drop ready to fall. Their tentacles were not 

 expanded, but on touching them they contracted still more, and 

 speedily shrank in amongst the Balani, and were lost sight of 

 entirely. By aid of a wedge three or four examples were pro- 

 cured, some of which are still living. They are, as before said, 

 small, and, when contracted, of a conical form, but in expansion 

 their bodies are usually cylindrical, and of an orange or rather 

 almost salmon colour. The tentacles, which are numerous, very 

 fine, and considerably longer than the body, seem disposed in 

 four rows ; they are not quite of so bright a colour, having a 

 grayish tinge blended with the orange ; near the base they are 

 marked with a cream-coloured or whitish bar, which looks, when 

 the whole series of tentacles are taken together, like a lighter 

 circle. When contracted into a cone, the Actinia is of a deep 

 orange, with a central spot of a deeper tinge. 



5. Actinia, n. sp. t pulcherrima, mihi. 



This Actinia differs from the A, rosea of Gosse (p. 90, 

 Devonshire Coast) chiefly in this, that the tentacles are not uni- 

 form in size and shape ; however, I hope at some future time to 

 examine the locality pointed out by him for A. rosea, and see if 

 the two species be really distinct. In the mean time the fol- 

 lowing description will enable any one to recognize this Ane- 

 mone, should it be again met with. 



A» corpus cylindricum, album, et glabrum. Tentacula rosea, radiis 

 quinque digesta, quatuor externis filiformibus, et tribus 

 annulis fuscis vittatis, interno, tentacula duodecim crassiora 

 habente, sed etiam rosea, et fusco variegata. Os album, striis 

 fuscis ab eo divergentibus, inscriptum. 



Found on the Warren near Dawlish (or rather amongst the 

 rocks between the Warren and the Dawlish Beach). We met 

 with only one example, in spite of a diligent search for more ; 

 it was found on the 28th of April. The disc was injured by 

 the capture, yet it lived about six weeks in confinement, and 



