Stucket and Walton. — Sea-anemones. 



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This species has been observed by us to increase by fission. 

 Dimensions. — Height of column, 5 mm. ; diameter when fully expanded, 

 18 mm. ; diameter of oral disc, 7 mm. ; longest tentacle, 6 mm. 

 Locality. — Pukeroa and neighbourhood. 



Pedal Disc. 



Mesogloea 



Sphincter 

 j Endoderm 

 Ectoderm 



Fig. 3.~Buxodes minima 



Bunodes minima, sp. nov. 



Adherent to rocks ; irregular in outline. 



Column. — Rosy pink, or light orange. 

 Slightly higher than broad. Wrinkled. 

 Warts few. Marginal beads white or 

 pink. 



Oral Disc. — Centre rose-colour. Between 

 this and bases of tentacles is a complicated 

 pattern of light and dark olive-green and 

 grey. 



Tentacles. — 36 in number. As long as 

 diameter of disc, or shghtly more. Fairly 

 stout, tapering gently. Semi-transparent, 

 with white bars and dots. There is a 

 white area round the base, then a few dark 

 lines. 



Sphincter Muscle. — Of the typical endo- 

 dermal type, somewhat rounded (fig. 3). 



Mesentiries. — Our preparations showed 

 14 pairs, unevenly distributed — 9 on one 

 side and 5 on the other. Two pairs are 

 directives. 

 We did not record the exact dimensions, but the 



Dimensions. 

 species is smaller than B. inconspicua 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES XLIII and XLIV. 

 Plate XLIIL 



Fig. L Paractis fleurei : directive me-enteries. 

 Fig. 2. Bunodes rosea : spermaries. 



Pr.ATE XLIV. 

 Bunodes rosea : part of a spermary, very higlily magnified. 



