Note on tJie Rejproduction. of Actinia. 19 



D. vi.— 14. A. 13. C+154- P. IT. Y. I. 5 + 5 I. 



Color fuscus, membnina branchiostegali albo pnnctnlata. 

 Pinna analis albo margin ata. Pinna pectoralis fascia albida 

 transversa prope baseni ornata. 



Hab. in portu "Hong Kong" Chinos. W. Stimpson ! 



V. — Note on the Reproduction of Individuals of the Genus 



Actinia. 



By Arthur M. Edwards. 



Read 20th September, 1858. 



The important relations that the Actiniae bear to other classes 

 of animals, both above and below them in the scale of life, 

 together with the beanty of their forms and tints, have invested 

 them with an interest to zoologists which has also been shared 

 by unscientific persons. The attention of naturalists has thus 

 been drawn to the fact, that a thorough knowledge of their 

 physiology and anatomy is mnch needed ; and it is believed 

 that any slight notes promoting that end will be gratefully 

 accepted by students of this class of animals. 



The writer intends in this short communication to give such 

 facts relating to the reproduction of the Actiniae, as have come 

 under his own observation during the past year, while keeping 

 specimens of the British species A. mesemhryanthemum, and 

 A. iigrina, for which he is indebted to Mr. M. S. de Yere of 

 the University of Yirginia. 



The writer therefore selects the following from his notes, 

 taken at the time of the occurrence of the facts mentioned ; and 

 here he would strongly impress on all observers the value of 

 clear and extended notes and illustrative drawings, however 

 crude, made at the time of any observation in Natural History. 



