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Peachia, Gosse. 



Cor/jiix Lluiigatuiii, subcylindricniu, j)yrif'ornie, v. I'usif'orme, ditrematuni, 

 liberum ; tentaciiUs paucis, bievibus (disci diamctnim baud superaiiti- 

 bus), crassis, conicis, uniseriatis ; ovidt/ctu in tuberculum papillosum 

 desinente. 



1. Peachia hastata, corpore roseo lineis sequalibus pallidis, tentaculis 

 12 albo-hyalinis seriebus 2 parallelis macularum sagittatarum brun- 

 nearum notatis, disco circulis duobus macularum bruiinearum V-for- 

 mium cincto, oviductus papillis numerosis aggregatis. 



2? P.? cHRYSANTHELLUM, corpore cyliiidHco albido lineis insequaliter latis, 

 tentaculis brunneo-annulatis. 



Mr. Gosse considers the principal interest of this form to consist 

 in the decided approach which it makes to a higher type than that 

 of Actinodermata, assisting, together with the genus Edwardsia of 

 M. Quatrefages, to diminish the interval between the Actinia and 

 HolothuridcE. Of the genus Edivardsia he observes that there are 

 two British species, one of which was described and figured by him- 

 self, in the 'Annals of Natural History ' for Sept. 18.53, under the 

 name of Scolanthus callimotyhis, which genus he is now convinced 

 ought to be abolished ; and the other, described in a letter from Mr. 

 Kingsley, appears to be identical with Edwardsia Beautempsii, Quatr. 



The author then proceeds to remark on the importance of still 

 further dividing the large remainder of species, which, even after the 

 separation of the genera already constructed from it, still remain 

 united under the name of Actinia. After discussing the principles 

 on which he conceives that this division may be most properly 

 founded, he goes on to establish the following generic types, adding 

 after each the names of the British, and of some of the exotic species 

 belonging to it. 



Sagartia, Gosse. 



Actinice basi adharentes ; tentaculis conicis facile retractilibus ; sphesriilis 

 marginalibus nullis. Corpus evervucosum, Jilamenta capsnlifera e poris 

 emittens ; filis nrtlccmtihiis bvevibus, piloium fasciculo dense armatis. 



Sp. Brit. — Act. viduata (:=anguicoma, Price), Troglodytes, Aurora, 

 Candida, rosea, nivea, venusta, parasitica, Bellis, Dianthus; forte etiam 

 A. aurantiaca et pulchella, Jord. 



The following exotic species, figured by Mr. Dana in the Zoophytes 

 of the American Exploring Expedition, seem to be referable to this 

 genus, viz. A. Primula ; the beautiful decor ata and Fuegensis, both 

 allied to our Bellis ; and Achates, reticulata and Paumotensis, which 

 are evidently allied to Dianthus. 



BuNODEs, Gosse. 



Actinice sphserulis marginalibus nullis; corp«s verrucosum ; cute coriacea, 

 jilajnentis m'l'i^WVous nullis ; _^//.9 urticantibus longis simplicibus; len- 

 tacidis plerumque crassis, conicis, obtusis. 



Sp. Brit. — A. rjemmacea, Tliallia, clavata, crassicornis, monile (forte 

 crassicornis l\.m\oy)'l Chrysoplcniuml, alba?, miniatat 



Of exotic species, A. Diadema, pluvia. Gemma, Artemisia of Dana's 

 Zoophytes, probably belong to this genus. 



