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Fam. 9. BunodicUe. 

 Genus 3. Tealia, Gosse. 



Tealia crassicornis, 0. F. Muller ; Gosse, Brit. Anem. 

 p. 209, pi. 4. fig. 1. 



The variety coriacea [Actinia coriacea, Cuvier) is extremely 

 abundant along the West Rocks at low water, while the other 

 comes in great profusion and of large size from the deep water 

 of the bay. A bifid specimen occurred at the Castle rocks. 

 This species is also found in the stomach of the cod. 



Genus 5. Stomphia, Gosse. 



Stomphia Churchiee, Gosse, Brit. Anem. p. 222, pi. 8. fig. 5. 

 Occasionally from deep water. 



Fam. 6. Hyanthidae. 

 Genus 2. Peachia, Gosse. 



Peachia hastata, Gosse, Brit. Anem. p. 235, pi. 8. fig. 3. 

 [Plate II. figs. 5, 6, & 7.] 



Thrown ashore on the West Sands after storms in great 

 numbers, and was thus first found in Britain by Dr. John 

 Reid, of St. Andrews, who published a description of his 

 single example in 1848 (Physiological, Anat., and Pathol. 

 Observations, p. 656, pi. 5. f. 21 & 22) : his title {A. cylin- 

 drica) has therefore a prior claim to that of Mr. Gosse. It 

 occurs also in the stomach of the cod. 



Genus 4. Edwardsia, De Quatrefages. 



Edwardsia callimorpha, Gosse, Brit. Anem. p. 255, 



pi. 7. fig. 7. 



A variety (Plate II. figs. 1 & 2) was found on the West 



Sands after a storm in March, with brown instead of the 



usual whitish specks. It is an elongated form inhabiting 



sand. 



Edwardsia Allmanni, M'L, Proc. Roy. Soc. Ed. 1864-5. 

 [Plate II. fig. 3.] 



From a shallow pool on the West Sands after a storm in 

 October. It inhabits a distinct case, and can retract its 

 tentacles and cover them by the external border of the 



