No. 1.] ACTINIARIA OF THE BAHAMAS. 17 
the similarity of coloration inclines me to the belief that they 
belong to variety £. 
- Duchassaing and Michelotti state that A. tagetes is character- 
ized by the presence of a double row of cinclides, indications of 
a third imperfect row being usually present. It differs in this 
respect from the form I have just described ; but it also fails to 
agree with the figure they give of the species (66, Pl. VI., Fig. 
16), which is represented with a perfect row above, and below this 
a second imperfect row. The Azptasza (Lartholomea) tinula of 
the same authors is said to have only a single row, and in this 
perhaps agrees more nearly with my specimens; but I do not 
consider that an identification with that form would be as 
satisfactory as that employed. 
The species was originally described from specimens obtained 
at Porto Rico and St. Thomas, and probably ranges throughout 
the West Indies. It seems to be rather closely related to the 
A. pallida of the Eastern coast of North America, and may 
prove to be identical with it, and also bears considerable resem- 
blance to A. saxicola, judging from Andres’ description of that 
form (83). 
Family Antheade, Hert. 
Synon. — Actinines vulgaires (pars) — Milne-Edwards, 1857. 
Actiniadze — Gosse, 1858. 
Actiniade (pars) + Antheadz (pars) — Gosse, 1860. 
Actininz (pars) — Verrill, 1868. 
Antheade — R. Hertwig, 1882. 
Actinidz + Cereactida — Andres, 1883. 
Actininz: adhering to foreign bodies by a flat contractile 
base. Column usually smooth, occasionally verrucose towards 
the upper part, without cinclides. Margin frequently provided 
with acrorhagi, but may be smooth. Tentacles numerous, long, 
cylindrical, and smooth. Sphincter muscle only slightly devel- 
oped, diffuse. Perfect mesenteries numerous, and all, except 
the directives, gonophoric. No acontia. 
The synonomy of this family as defined above is somewhat 
complicated. Milne-Edwards’ division of Actinines vulgaires 
(57) contains certain forms (¢¢., Paractis, Corynactis) which 
must be referred to other families, and is consequently not quite 
comparable to the Antheadze as limited above. Gosse’s family, 
