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ANTHEADJi. 
tentacles as fiu*nislied ^\’itli a retractile pencil of hair at the 
tip* Nothing corresponding to this peculiarity belongs 
to either of our species ; but it is so utterly abnormal, that 
I camiot help suspecting some soiurce of illusion : and the 
more, because I learn from Mr. Holdsworth, that Anthea 
cereus is abimdant at Madeira. 
However, the A. pustulata of the same author t must 
certainly constitute a distinct genus of this family. It 
appears to be essentially an Anthea, but with the column 
covered with warts. It would form, therefore, an osculant 
form, connecting Antheadce with Bunodidce; as our Aiptasia, 
in its acontia and cinclides, links the family with the Sagar- 
tiadcE. 
The New Norwegian genus, Actinops{s,X must, I suppose, 
be referred hither. 
* Dana's Zoophytes, 126 ; pi. i. fig. 1. f Ibid. 12S j pi. i. fig. 2. 
t Faun. Litt. Norv. ii. S9. 
ANALYSIS OF THE GENERA. 
Mouth noimal. 
Skin smooth. 
Column long, ti-umpet-shaped : furnished with 
acontia and cinclides Aiptmia. 
Colvimn short, broad : destitute of acontia and 
cinclides Anthea. 
Skin warted {Not British) “A. pustulata 
Gonidial tubercles elongated Actinopsis. 
