486 Verrill, Notes on Madiata. 



As the name, nivea, is preoccupied by this species, I propose for the 

 Sagartia nivea Gosse, of Great Britain, the name, Sagartia Gossei, in 

 honor of its discoverer. 



Sagartia Lessonii Verriii. 



Actinia bicolor Lesson, op. cit, p. 78, PI. iii, fig. 3, 1832, Plates, 1826, {non A. bicolor 



Lesueur, 1817). 

 Actinia (?) Ucolor Edw. aud H., CoralL, i, p. 246, 1857. 



Column vase-shaped, higher than broad, contracted above the base 

 and then gradually enlarging to the disk, surface smooth, mouth small, 

 with a slightly thickened border ; disk radiated. Tentacles in two 

 series, crowded at the margin, moderately long, slender, nearly equal. 

 Color of column snow-white ; of tentacles emerald-green. 



Height in expansion about 1"25 ; diameter of column '75 ; across 

 expanded tentacles I'lO ; length of tentacles '35 to '40 of an inch. 



Near Paita, Peru, very common, — Lesson. 



This species appears to be closely allied to the preceding and may 

 prove to be identical when reexamined. 



Sagartia (?) Peruviana Verriii. 



Actinia Peruviana Lesson, op. cit., p. 75, PI. ii, fig. 3, 1832, Plates, 1826. 

 Actinia f Peruviana Edw. and H., Corall., i, p. 246, 1857. 



Column sub-cylindrical, enlarging from the base to the summit ; 

 surface smooth, sulcated near the base. Disk flat, dilated, mouth large, 

 oblong, with swollen lips. Tentacles in two series, of moderate length, 

 subequal, round and somewhat swollen at base, attenuated toward the 

 end, which is acute. 



Color of column bright light green, the folds between the sulcations 

 near the base brownish ; mouth flesh-color ; disk clear pale green, with 

 ren-ular, fine, radiating lines of brown ; tentacles rosy white. 



Heio-ht in expansion 1*75 ; diameter at base I'lO ; at summit 1*40 ; 

 length of tentacles -60 to -70 of an inch, 



Paita, Peru, in crevices of rocks and buried in sand, common, — 

 Lesson. 



Sagartia (?) nymphaea Verriu. 



Actinia nymphaea Drayton, op. cit., p. 146, PL 4, fig. 33, 1846. 

 Pa/ractis (?) nymphcea Edw. and H., CoraU., i, p. 252, 1857. 



Column smooth, dilated above and below, margin of base crenate, 

 sides with corresponding vertical lines. Tentacles stout, in 3 series 

 slender, mouth a little prominent, and a sixth of an inch long. In 

 contraction the form is a low truncated cone. Column whitish, marked 



