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with pale yellowish-grey disc and rose-coloured ten- 

 tacles, (d) Niveoides : Drab-olive, with opaque white 

 tentacles, (e) Coccinea : Deep crimson, with crimson 

 tentacles. (f) Brunnea : Umber, with long umber- 

 coloured tentacles. 



The distinguishing features of this species are the 

 outer scarlet row of tentacles, and the two longitudinal 

 dark lines on the front of all the tentacles, with a white 

 space at the bottom of each, crossed by a broad black 

 bar. The column has a number of large suckers on 

 the distal half, and the disc is marked with radial 

 strige. This species can be well kept in captivity. It 

 readily emits acontia, which contain both chambered 

 and unchambered cnidse. The cnida3 are veiy easily 

 made out with jig-inch lens, as well as the contained 

 ecthorea, which are either short and furnished with 

 rows of barbs spirally arranged, or are very long and 

 terminate in a point. 



3. H. VENUSTA, Gosse. Plate XII. fig. 3. 



Actinia rosea (P. H. G.), A. pulcherrima (Jordan), 

 A. vinosa (Holdsworth) , Sagartia rosea (P. H. G.), 

 Actinia venusta, Sagartia venusta, Sagartia aurora 

 (P. H. G.), Actinia aurora (TugweU), Actinea nivea, 

 Sagartia nivea (P. H. G.). 



Hab. : Guernsey, Torquay, Tenby [P. E.G.), Clo- 

 velly (Kingsley), Menai Straits {A. S. P.). Height to 

 I5 in., diam. to 1 in. 



Dr. Andres unites under one specific name the three 

 species of Gosse, 8. venusta {" the Orange Disc Ane- 

 mone"), S. nivea ("the Snowy Anemone"), and 8. 

 rosea ("the Rosy Anemone ■"'). The first of these, 

 which he calls the type, (a) typus, is brown, with 

 brilliant orange disc and pure white tentacles. The 



