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that a large shoal of herring-fry, pursued by some dog-fish, happened to 

 rush through the cave as we entered, and immediately many of the un- 

 happy young herrings were seized by the various Anemones, who had 

 their tentacles expanded, and who, when we left, were actively engaged 

 upon their repast. 



Sagartia coccinea. {Miiller.) 

 Of this species I know nothing, save from the descriptions and figures 

 in the " Zoologia Danica." It is recorded by Thompson as taken by the 

 late Professor E. Forbes on the west coast of Ireland, on rocks and sea- 

 weeds. The Dredging Party to the west in 1840, accounts of which I 

 have often listened to, consisted of Professor E. Forbes, W. Thompson, 

 Dr. Ball, and G. C. Hyndman, — all but the latter have since left this 

 world ; and Mr. Hyndman, at this distance of time, has no recollection 

 of this special species occurring among the numerous novelties and 

 varieties that were then taken. If I might venture a surmise, I think 

 it will be, in all probability, rediscovered as Irish on the coasts of Sligo 

 or Donegal, and that it will prove to be a northern species. I am 

 equally at a loss with Mr. Gosse to understand what Miiller can mean 

 by saying: — " Uti congeneres ope tentaculorum locum mutat." Mr. 

 Gosse never found S. coccinea change its place by such means, and cer- 

 tainly I have never seen any of its tribe do so either. Is Midler's Fig. 2, 

 Plate Lxni., meant to represent S. coccinea moving in this manner ? 



Cylista {Sagartia) troglodytes. {Price.) 

 I have seen specimens of this Anemone from Belfast, and think I 

 have taken it near the Giant's Causeway and at Portrush ; but, so far as 

 my experience goes, it is very rare in Ireland : from the long list of lo- 

 calities given in the " Actin. Brit.," it would appear to be common in 

 England and Scotland. 



Cyli&ta {Sagartia) viduata. {Miiller.) 

 Has only been found by me in Dublin Bay; but is recorded by 

 Thompson* as taken in Belfast and at Lahinch, county of Clare, by E. 

 Forbes. I rather think there has been some confusion in our Irish list 

 of localities between the two latter species ; but those given above can 

 be depended upon. I think there can be no doubt but that Mr. Price's 

 Anguicoma is the Viduata of Miiller. But perhaps I may be allowed to 



* "Natural History of Ireland," vol. iv., p. 463. 



