522 OLWEN M. EEES. 



Sub-Family. SAGARTINiE (Verrill). 

 " Sagartidse with naked ectoderm. Cinclides usually present." 

 (Haddon.) 



Genus Sagartia (Gosse, 1855). 



" Sagartinse with smooth body-wall ; margin tentaculate ; sphincter 

 fairly strong ; tentacles concealed in contraction." (Haddon.) 



Sagartia miniata (Gosse). 



Gosse regarded S. ?niniata as the type species of his genus Sagartia. 

 Gosse had made the possession of two oesophageal grooves one of the 

 important characters of the genus, but now it has been proved that 

 many of the typical Sagartids possess one as often as two grooves. 



Specimens of S. miniata were kindly sent here by Miss Delap from 

 Valentia Island. When they arrived they were still alive, but not in a 

 condition fit for observation. 



Column colour varying shades of orange, passing from pale below to 

 either a dark chocolate, or purplish at the summit. Suckers irregularly 

 arranged, but more numerous and conspicuous near the summit. 



Tentacles of the outer cycle all possessed the crimson core and showed 

 the following variations : — 



(«) Light orange-crimson core. 



(6) Lake, with orange-crimson core. 



(c) Pale flesh-coloured, with light orange-crimson core. 



Tentacles of inner cycle dusky, with indistinct white bar across inner 

 face. 



Tentacles of the Middle Series, crimson lake, resembling those of 

 S. rosea. 



Tentacles of the Marginal Series, usually pale reddish white, with three 

 black patches on the inner face and a yellowish area about the base. 

 This specimen had also a white transverse bar at the tentacle foot within 

 the dark area on the periphery of the disk. Acontia white, very freely 

 emitted. 



The following are the measurements taken from a preserved specimen: — • 



Diameter of pedal disk . . . .13 mm. 



,, ,, column .... 7 mm. 



Height of column 18 mm. 



Length of tentacles ..... 3 mm. 



Comparing the size of this specimen w^ith that of S. viduata described 

 by Carlgren in " Studien iiber Nordische Actinien," 1893, I find that 



