THE ANNALS 
AND 
MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
[SIXTH SERIES.] 
Saye nacecanann deena per litora spargite muscum, 
Naiades, et circiim vitreos considite fontes: 
Pollice virgineo teneros hic carpite flores: 
Floribus et pictum, dive, replete canistrum. 
At vos, o Nymphe Craterides, ite sub undas ; 
Ite, recuryato variata corallia trunco 
Vellite muscosis e rupibus, et mihi conchas 
Ferte, Dew pelagi, et pingui conchylia succo.”’ 
N. Parthenii Giannettasi, Eol, 1. 
No. 115. JULY 1897. 
I.—The Actiniarian Family Aliciide. By J. EK. DUERDEN, 
A.R.C.Sce. (Lond.), Curator of the Museum of the Institute 
of Jamaica. 
[Plate I.] 
In a paper “ On the Genus Alicia,” published in this Journal 
(1895, xv. pp. 213-218), it was shown that an anatomical 
study of that genus and of the genus Cystiactis demanded 
their separation from the family Bunodide, where they had 
usually been placed, and the erection of a new family— 
Aliciidee—for their reception. 
The primary investigations were carried out upon Alicta 
coste, Panc. (A. mirabilis, J. Y. Johnson, being the type of 
the genus), and upon Cystdactis tuberculosa, Quoy & Gaim. 
It was further suggested that the family might possibly 
include other genera, such as Bunodeopsis, of which but only 
a single species B. strumosa, Andr., was then known. 
I have since been fortunate in obtaining, through the 
courtesy of Mr. J. Y. Johnson, of Madeira, an authentic speci- 
men of his A. mirabilis, while removal to another hemisphere 
has brought me into contact with a second species of the genus 
Bunodeopsis ; further, through the help of the Naples Biolo- 
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