1S4 AC'I'INI.K 01'' ALHATROSS I'AIM^ORA'noNft M' Nf URU'It 'IT. 



lion of llu> urniis. Iiidu^ (Icliiiiliou liivcii hy lladdoii the Ciipitnlar 

 ri(l,i;cs aiv limited to twelve, wliile Venill expiessly staios that lliey 

 are as numerous as tlu' tentacles. I'^roni an examination of s])eeinuMKS 

 i»r the type species I can state j)ositiv«'ly lliat t here are loi'ly-ei.nlit cap- 

 it niar ii(l.i;('s in it, one ii(lj^»> eonespondini; to each of the twenty four 

 more or less distinct lows (d" luhereles, while a smaller rid^e intervenes 

 Ix'tween each pail- of these lar^'er ones. Ihuldon likewise lindts tin' 

 bull)! MIS enlar.ii'cmeids to the bases of the t hree inner <'ireles of teat aeh's, 

 but in tlu^ type species there is no sncli lindlation in t heir distribution, 

 all the tentacles possessiiii; tlu' eidariicments. The numerical limita- 

 tiiMisof the ridu'es and bulbous «'nlar^'ements must be rej^arded as of 

 speeitic bnt not of •generic \abie. 



27. Actinaiigo VeiriUii, ii(>\ . iioni. 

 ri:ii<>\\X. IMi^s. Si; S'.t; lM.ilt> \X\l. I'iiis. !K»-!)L'; I'ljit.- \ \ \ \ , I'lj-. 121. 



Sviiitiix ni.s: rrHciiiii »(«(/(>.s((,\friill (1S7;>>; . I (///(((/(V' »"</<'■'*". \'<'nill (1SS:0; trUttiiKfic 



(sp.)^. Hiitldou (ISSin. 

 N().7I2. Stiition L'TMl. I.at. :!S OS S. ; Ion;;. Tf. M! W . ItrpUi. CTT lallmms. 



St>vt'ii spociiuoiis. 

 N(..7:il. Stiitiou L'S;i!t. l.:it. ;!:t OS N.; l.Mii;. lis Id W. l).|.lli. III rallioms. 



()iu> s|>t"('iincii. 

 Nos. 7:5:?, 7:m. Stiiti.)n I'SHit. !„il.:!:! OS \.; 1..IIIJ. lis 10 W. D.'i.lli. Ill rallioins. 



Si.x HjUMMmiMis, yoiinff. 

 No. 721. Sliition L'SIS. hat. -J'.l S. ; Idiio. Si» r.l IJO \V. l>('i>(ii. :!!lL' l:ilh(»iiiH. 



Ono siuH-iini'ii (much torn). 



1 have beeu able, by direct comparison, to identify the specimens 

 marked No. 711i with spiu'imens <d" .1. Wrrillii tVom the eastern coast of 

 Noith America and shall i;i\(' a detailed acconiit of the struetureof 

 these si)ecinuMis. T\\i\ specimen No. 7.'M luesents souu' dilVereuees from 

 the tyi>ieal A. W'rrillii, and it is ])ossibh>that it may belonj»" to another 

 species, but 1 did not imcstiuate the structure of the sinjile specimen, 

 and will ('(Uitent myself with jjivinn" a description of its external pecul- 

 iarities. Nos. 7.'>.'{ and T.i") were obtained in the same di'ed,uin<i' as No. 

 I'M, and are ])robably yoiiii^ forms of the same siMM'i<»s, and call lor a 

 brief (lescripl ion. b'inally. No. 71* t is referred to this specie's with sonui 

 hesitation; it is very much distortt'd and torn, so that it is impossible 

 to examine it satisfactorily. It is possibly the iKlurcuJosd \ arii'ty which 

 N'errill has descrilu'd as a distinct species, bnt nothing" can be said c(Mi 

 eerniiii; it. 



.Ml the specimens of No. Tl'J are Ihoiou.uhly contracted, the tentacles 

 andcapilulnm bein^- concealed (IM. \X\, h'ij;-. S!>). The column is cylin- 

 drical, and co\ (M'cd with wellinarked, lar^<> tuber<'les, thickeniuj;s 

 of tlu' mesoiihea, which are espe<'ially hij;h in tlie upper part of the 

 column, where they are somewhat square in ontline, and arranii'ed 

 UKM'e or less detinitely in horizontal an<l hniuit ndinal lows, there l>einn' 

 alxMit t wt-nty Ibnr ot' the latt»'r. bower down uptni the c<dumn the 



