Verrill, Notes on Badiata. 483 



ous, near the margin, long and slender ; one in the line with the longer 

 diameter of the mouth is often capable of great elongation. 



It seems necessary to restrict this genus to the group considered 

 typical by Gosse,* with which the " rather less typical group," to 

 which he gives the subgeneric name, llioe, and some other forms, may 

 also be united. 



Sagartia impatiens Gosse. 



Actinia impatiens (Couthouy MS.) Drayton, op. cit., p. 135, PL 3, fig. 13, 1846. 

 Paractis impatiens Edw. and II., CoralL, i, p. 248, 1857. 

 Sagartia impatiens Gosse, Actin. Brit, p. 38, 1860. 



Column " nearly cylindrical, 1 to 1"5 inches in diameter and height* 

 sometimes very much elongated and writhing. Sides smooth, but 

 somewhat corrugate-striate, and above, color delicately tessellated. 

 Base sparingly dilated. Tentacles subequal, an inch long, stout, sub- 

 ulate, in 2 series. Mouth prominent, with 8 lobes within. 



The body has nearly a flesh-color, except near the summit, where 

 it is finely chequered with green ; the tentacles and disk are deep 

 crimson; the mouth has a small opening and a pale yellow color." 



Orange Harbor, Terra del Fuego, in tide-pools among the crevices 

 of rocks,— U. S. Expl. Exp. 



Sagartia lineolata VerrUi. 



Actinia lineolata (Couthouy MS.) Drayton, op. cit. p. 137, PI. 3, fig. 22, 1846. 

 Faractis lineolata Edw. and H., Corall., i, p. 248, 1857. 



Column, as observed in imperfect expansion, forming a low, de- 

 pressed, rounded cone, in contraction nearly flat ; sides smooth, verti- 

 cally lined with brown. Tentacles 24, in 2 series, 6 to 8 lines long, 

 rather stout. Disk small, radiated with whitish lines. Mouth small, 

 not prominent, circular, retaining its circular form even in contraction ; 

 its margin with convex folds corresponding with the tentacles. 



Cohimn pale ochre, on which are disposed a number of longitudinal 

 lines of an amber-color, arranged regularly, " a broader one alterna- 

 ting with two narrower, so as to leave between each of the broader 

 lines three ochreous ones of the same width." Near the base the 

 colors are fainter, giving the appearance of an indistinct zone. Ten- 

 tacles pale flesh-color. Disk purplish brown, with flesh-colored lines 

 extending from the base of the tentacles nearly to the centre. Diam- 

 eter from '5 to 1'5 inches, rarely more than '5. 



Forge Cove, near Orange Harbor, Terra del Fuego, on small stones 

 just below low-water mark, — J. P. Couthouy, U. S. Expl. Exp. 



* Actinologia Britannica, p. 122. 



