Messrs Leslie S Ilerdmcm 07i Invertehrata of Firth of Forth. 27 i 



Sagartia ornata (Holdsworth). 



Firth of Forth {M'B). 



ACTINIAD^. 



Actinia mescmhryanthernum (Ellis and Sol.). 



Leith shore {B. J.); Firth of Forth (M'B.). 

 This is a very abundant species in the 

 lower littoral zone, on exposed rocks and 

 in rocky ledges of pools left by the re- 

 tiring tide. A well-grown specimen 

 was taken from the Forth in 1828, by 

 Sir John Graham Daly ell, who kept it for 

 twenty years. It then passed successively 

 into the hands of Professor Fleming and 

 of Dr M'Bain. It is now in the possession 

 of Mr Sadler, curator of the Koyal Botanic 

 Garden, Edinburgh, and continues in 

 vigorous health. 



The variety A. chiococea was found near 

 the Bass Eock by the German North Sea 

 Expedition. 



BUNODID^. 



Tealia crassiconiis (0. F. MiilL). 



Firth of Forth {M'B.) ; Firth of Forth, 30 



fathoms {F. E, S). 



Common in the littoral and upper lamina- 



rian zones, and extending into deeper water. 



We have dredged it on the oyster banks 



and elsewhere. It sometimes attains a 



very large -size — a specimen which we 



found near Aberdour measuring nearly 



a foot in diameter. 



The Actinia gemmacecc, Leith shore (B. J.), 



was probably this species. 



Ilyanthid^. 

 Halcanipcc cnjsanthellmii (Peach). 



Bass Ptock, 24 fathoms (F. E. S.). 



