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ACTINARIA. 



METRIDIUM MARGINATUM Milne-Edwards, (p. 329.) 



Hist. Nat. des Coralliaires, vol. i, p. 254, 1857; Verrill, Revision of Polyps., in 

 Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. i, p. 22, 1864 ; Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. x, p. 337, 186G ; American Naturalist, vol. ii, p. 252; Tenney, Natural 

 History, p. 523, tigs. 515-517, 1865; A. and Mrs. E. C. Agassiz, Sea-Side 

 Studies, p. 7, rigs. 2-7, 1865. Actinia marginata Lesueur, Journal Acad. Nat. 

 Sciences, Philad., vol. i,p. 172,1817; Gould, Invert. Mass., ed. i, p. 349, 1841; 

 Leidy, Journ. Acad. N. S., Philad., ser. ii, vol. iii, p. 140, 1855 Agassiz, Contri 

 butions, vol. iii, p. 39, fig. 8, 1860. Actinia dianthiis Dawson, Canadian Nat 

 uralist and Geologist, vol. iii, p. 402, figs. 1,2, 1858. 



New Jersey to Labrador. Common in Long Island Sound, Buzzard s 

 Bay, and Vineyard Sound, but mostly smaller than further north; 

 abundant in Massachusetts Bay, Casco Bay, and Bay of Fundy, low- 

 water to 90 fathoms. 



SAGARTIA LEUCOLENA Verrill. Plate XXXVIII, fig. 284. (p. 329.) 



Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. x, p. 336, 1866 ; American Naturalist, vol. ii, p. 261. 

 North Carolina to Cape Cod. Common in Long Island Sound, Buz 

 zard s Bay, and Vineyard Sound ; Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey. 

 Fort Macon, North Carolina (coll. Dr. Yarrow). 



SAGARTIA MODESTA Verrill. (p. 330.) 



Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. x, p. 337, 1863. 



Long Island Sound to Vineyard Sound. Savin Bock, near New 

 Haven; Goose Island 5 Stony Creek ; Naushon Island ; low-water, 

 buried in sand or gravel. 



PARACTIS RAPIFORMIS Milne-Edwards, (p. 3G3.) 



Hist. Nat. des Coralliaires, vol. i, p. 249, 1857; Verrill, American Journal of 

 Science, vol. iii, p. 436, 1872; Dana, Corals and Coral Islands, p. 23, figure, (in 

 &amp;lt;ed. i, as Sagartia modesta V.). Actinia rapiformis L esueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. 

 Sciences, Philad., vol. i, p. 171, 1817; Verrill, Memoirs Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. i, p. 35, 1864 ; Proc. Boston Soc. N. H., vol. x, p. 338. 



North Carolina to Long Island Sound. Fort Macon (coll. Dr. Yar 

 row) ; New Jersey (Lesueur) ; near New Haven (Dana). 



HALOOAMPA PRODUCTA Stimpson, MSS. Plate XXXVIII, fig. 285. 

 (p. 330.) 



Verrill, Revision, in Memoirs Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. i, p. 30, Plate 1, figs, 10, 11, 

 1864. Actinia producta Stimpson, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. v, p. 110, 

 1856. Corynactis albida Agassiz, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. vii, p. 24, 1859. 

 Halcampa albida Verrill, Memoirs Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. i, p. 29, 1864 ; A. 

 and E. C. Agassiz, Sea-Side Studies, p. 16, fig. 15, 1865 ; Verrill, Proc. Bost. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. x, p. 338, 1870 (Halocampa). 



South Carolina to Cape Cod. Shores of Long Island Sound, at 

 Stony Creek, etc. ; Naushon Island; Martha s Vineyard; Nantucket; 

 Cape Cod. Charleston, South Carolina (Stimpson). 



