116 ACTINTANS FROM THE BAHAMA ISLANDS 



1882. Hertwig, R. — Report on the Actiniaria. Scient. Results of the Voyage of 

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1883. Andres, A. — Le Attinie. Atti dei Lincei. Ser. 3. Vol. XIV. 1883. 

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tomischen und systematischen Kenntniss der Actinien. Jenaische Zeit- 

 schr. Naturwiss. Bd. XIX. 1885. 



1888. Hertwig, R. — Report on the Actiniaria. Supplement. Scient. Results 

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 Vol. XXVI, Part LXXXIII. 1888. 



1889. McMuRRiCH, J. P. — The Actiniaria of the Bahama Islands, W.I. Jour- 

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1889a. McMuRRiCH, J. P. — A Contribution to the Actinology of the Bermudas. 

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1890. Wilson, H. V. — On a new Actinia, Hoplophoria coralligens. Studies 

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EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVII 



Fig. I. Transverse section through tentacle of Heteractis lucida. /6 = tubercle. 

 Zeiss C 2. 



Fig. 2. Transverse section through a pair of mesenteries of the first cycle of 

 Heteractis lucida. Zeiss A 2. 



Fig. 3. Diplactis bermudensis, natural size. Drawn by Mrs. Northrop. 



Fig. 4. Zoanthus nymphcBus, x 3. Drawn by Mrs. Northrop. 



Fig. 5. Longitudinal section through the upper part of the column wall of Zoan- 

 thus nymphceus, showing the sphincter. sp' = upper and sp = lower part 

 of the double sphincter. Zeiss a 2. 



Fig. 6. Isaurus Duchassaingi, natural size. Drawn by Mrs. Northrop. 



Fig. 7. Portion of a transverse section through the column wall of Isaurus Du- 

 chassaingi. cw = cuticula; jcw = subcuticula ; ec = ectoderm; m^ = meso- 

 gloea. 



Fig. 8. Longitudinal section of the upper part of the column wall of Isaurus 

 Duchassaingi, showing the sphincter, cr = constriction almost dividing 

 the sphincter. 



