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santJiellum than in H. arenaria." 

 This character is, however, not 

 well marked in our sections. 



(5) Also, " In H. chrysanthellu?n (5) " All 12 mesenteries are 



only 6 mesenteries bear generative fertile in H. arenaria." 

 products." This is the case in In the specimen we have exam- 



our specimen. ined only 10 perfect mesenteries 



are fertile, those that are barren 

 being those mesenteries of the per- 

 fect lateral pairs which are nearest 

 to the sulcar directives (the sulco- 

 sulcar laterals of Haddon) 



V. Eloactis mazeli, Jourdan. 



In 1892 Garstang described a living specimen of this interesting 

 Anemone from the Devonshire coast {Trans. Devon. Assoc). Since then, 

 more or less mutilated specimens have been dredged by the s.s. Oithona 

 from the Inner and Outer Kame-Eddystone trawling grounds ; and 

 during May, June, and July, 1912, in particular, a number of examples 

 were brought in. Almost all were much damaged, only the summit of 

 the scapus and oral crowns being present, and these greatly distorted and 

 contracted. Under these conditions, the tentacles being much shortened 

 and strongly capitate, and the colouration very pale, it was only quite 

 recently that their true identity was recognized. Several when examined 

 still showed signs of life. As in the case of Edwardsia claparedi we have 

 compared the Plymouth examples with named material from Naples 

 both as regards external and anatomical characters. The mutilation is 

 evidently due to the habit of lying buried in sand, the oral crown 

 projecting, and thus being cut of! by the dredge. 



The following is a description of one of the least damaged specimens : 

 Jporm. — ^Upper portion of scapus firm and smooth, but with many fine 

 longitudinal ridges and grooves, succeeded by a fosse. Tentacles 20, 

 set in two cycles of 10, long and short thus alternating ; they consist 

 (in this contracted state) of a stout, transversely wrinkled stalk and a 

 strongly adhesive rounded head. Disk very tumid and much wrinkled ; 

 mouth rather large, one strong oesophageal groove. Colour. — ^Flesh tint, 

 the tentacles marked with brown near the summit ; disk orange-pink 

 with somewhat lighter rays. Diameter of disk and tentacles 4 cm. 

 when strongly contracted. Locality, 5| miles off Rame Head ; 25 

 fathoms, fine sand ; taken in fine-mesh dredge. 



