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pale scarlet tentacles, (f) GoralUna : Scarlet, with 

 white tentacles, (g) Coina : All white. 



Tentacles about 92, in five rows, each with a pillar- 

 like stem and a globular head. They increase in size 

 towards the disc. 



Mr. Gosse describes this as a ''most exquisitely lovely 

 little gem." It is easily kept in aquaria, being very 

 tenacious of life. 



Sub-family II. Aurelianid.e, Andres. 

 Stichodactylince with tentacles, not only capitate hut 

 more or less hilohate, and differing inform in the dif- 

 ferent rows. — Andres. 



Genus I. Aureliana, Gosse. 



Named after the Roman Emperor Aurelianus. 



Body subcylindrical. Body wall smooth and firm, 

 with a deciduous epidermis. Tentacles short, knobbed, 

 aad retractile, more or less bilobate and varying in 

 form. — Gosse. 



1, A. AUGUSTA, Gosse. "The Crimson Imperial." 

 A. regalis (Andres). 



Hab. : North Devon. Height 1 — If in., diam. of 

 base 2J in. 



Colour. Crimson, with rosy-white tentacles. 



This anemone rises from a wide disc, gradually nar- 

 rowing to a diameter of 1 inch. The tentacles ai'e 

 arranged in four rows (36 in each), and are very short 

 and knobbed. 



2. A. HETEROCEEA, W. Thompson. "The Yellow 

 Imperial.^' 



Corynactis heterocera {Thompson, Gosse, Wright), 

 Hab. : Weymouth. Height and diam. 1 in. 



