^"iwn"'] I*UO('Ei;j>IN(!S Ol' TinO NATIONAL MI'SKI'M. 117 



(I'l. XX'I, J^'iii. 17, >////). I liaNc iiol- iiici with siirli ;in :irr;iii;i<'iririi( jn 

 any otlici- fbniis, iiiid it loriiis :i Nory .stiikiii.y' pcciiliaiily. 



A.s already statt'.d there se<'iii.s little room Coi- doul»t; l)iil, thai this 

 species is tlie same as that described by llei'twi^' as (Jomnrli.s Jhu/d 

 li/ard. .The external appeaianeo is tlie same and tlie analomieal pe- 

 culiarities are so simihir tiiat I do not beli<!\'(; a s(^]»aratiou of theui 

 would l»e Justiliahle. Nevertheless, I have not followed liertwi^^ in 

 his idcnlilicatioii olthr. lorni. It was with some hesitation that he, 

 associated his form ^\ilil Dana's Acliiiia /l((f/<;lli/(;r((, mvAt'^wi/Awir tlie 

 great difKerence between his s|)e(im<'ii and ihc (ij;ure given by Dana. 

 ('4(1). He regarded VeirilI'sa,(;('onnt ('(»(») of tiic ah-oholic sjx'cimens as 

 I'urnishing a lecftnciliation of the discrepancies, not wit lislanding tlie 

 ])aucity of liic facts whicii V'cnill coiil libiilcd. Johnson ('(»!) lias, 

 liowcA'cr, stiMbcil the sea anemones of the i-c,i;i(tn wiicrc Dana's Corni 

 was colh'ctcd, namely-, .Madeira, and convinced iiimsclf tliat- it was in 

 r(.'abt,\' i(h'nt ical with the c(»iiiiiioii iOiiropcan A iiiiiioina siilcala^ \\hi<h 

 view^ is accepted l)y Ainh-es. l''or this reason il seems advisabh; to 

 separate Ilertwig's C'tnuactis umh'i- a n(;w name. 



(J. •mis ANBMONIA, Himn. 



6. Anemonia variabilis, s|>. iiov. 



(See, Appriiilix I'. ) 



I'lili.e X.\I, I'i<;.s. IS, III. 



Nos.fi!)!, i:!(;2. st;i(i.ni,27t;s. i.iit., 12' 2'!-' s. ; idii-;., (H :;«':!()" vv. iNjidi. i;; iiitii 



oins. NiimcroMK s|Miiiii<iiN. 



Th*' numerous speeimens(IM. xxi, l<'ig. IS) were tor tlie most paitonly 

 pajtiall.>' contracted, a lid measured in t hiscdiidit ion 0.5 to 0.7"" in luiight 

 and 0.5 to 1"" in diameter at the base. They weie scale*! upon sponges 

 or occasionally upon I'libnlariaii stems, I lie base of t he ,\et iiiia lis in t he 

 latter cases siirroniidiiin' the stem. 



'JMie column is somewhat wider at the base Mian higher up and has 

 therefore a sli,i;litly conical shape. The <'ct(»derin for the, most paj't 

 has be(;n maceiated away, leaving the sli.^lil ly t ransluccnt niesr>g|(ca 

 exi)Osed, and allow iii;^ the, inseitions of the niesenleiies (o be, seen 

 through the wall as tine longitudinal stria-. 'I'he meso/^hca, is com — 

 l»aratively thin and almost peileclly homogeneous, <'ontaining very few 

 mesoglo'al cells. No veriiiea' <m- acroiha.ui are present. 



The tentacles are short and niiineroiis, usually approaching (uie hiin 

 dred,but vaiying in iiiiml)crin th(5vaiioussi»ecimens. Onctenlachicom 

 municates with each «'Xo — and each endoc(el, and t heir iinmbei depends 

 upon the number of niese,nt<'ii<'S ])resent in anyone individual, in the 

 majority of eases they are completely exi)ose<], the s])hincte,r muscle of 

 th<', column being endodermal and ditfiise and very weakly d(!ve,lo|»ed, 

 as is the case with the general musculature throughout the body. The 



