Happon anp SHAcKLEToN—Wew Species of Actiniaria. 131 
Colowr.—Column, brown, the 24 cinclides yellowish white, 
base, pale, with six irregular brown blotches ; corona, mottled, with 
six radial patches of dark brown in which all the tentacles have 
the same colour, whereas in the lighter patches they are annulated. 
Dimensions.—Diameter of basal disc, about 40 mm. ; height of 
column, 27 mm. ; average diameter, 18 mm. 
Habitat.—On shell of Dolium, inhabited by a hermit-crab ; from 
surface of reef, Mer. 
The specific name is the native name for anything appertaining 
to Mer. 
There are a few more species in the collection which we have 
not yet named. 
