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is not at all common in the district investigated by the 

 Marine Biology Committee. It has only been taken by mem- 

 bers of the Committee on the Manx coast. The fact of its 

 absence from the Mersey district is thus noted by Gosse * : — 



"It is a curious fact, for which I am indebted to Mr. 

 E. M. Williams, Jun., that * the Mersey estuary is the only 

 place on the coasts where he has not found this species,' 

 which he attributes to the foulness of the water. This 

 absence would be less remarkable were it not that Tealia 

 crassicornis is abundant there ; but Actinia is clean and 

 Tealia is dirty in its habits. In the neighbouring estuary 

 of the Dee the former is common as usual." 



Byerley, in his Faunae remarks : — " Mr. Price states 

 that he met once with this species upon our shore. I have a 

 specimen now (1855) alive, which I took at Hilbre ; rare on 

 this coast until this year, when several have been taken." 

 It has not been found at Hilbre Island on any of the expedi- 

 tions of the Liverpool Marine Biology Committee during 

 1885. The species is common at the south end of the Isle 

 of Man, and also at Colwyn Bay. 



Anemonia sulcata, Pennant (1766). 



Anthea cereus, Auct. 



This species has been obtained by one of the members of 

 the Committee, at Douglas, Isle of Man, the only locality in 

 our district recorded for this species by Gosse, but the con- 

 tracted and bleached state of the specimens prevents any 

 differentiation of varieties. It was also obtained in rock 

 pools on the shore at Port Erin, Isle of Man. 



Sub-family. — Bunodinje. 

 Tealia crassicornis, Miill. (1776). 



This is probably the species referred to as Actinia 

 coriacea by Byerley. It is abundant throughout the dis- 



* Actinologia Britannica. 



