[ 698 ] 
LXIV. 
PHELLIA SOLLASI: A NEW SPECIES OF ACTINIARIAN 
FROM OCHANIA. By ALFRED C. HADDON, M.A., D.So., 
Professor of Zoology, Royal College of Science, Dublin. 
[Read NovemBer 17, 1897; Received for Publication Novemser 19, 1897 ; 
Published Frsruary 10, 1898.] 
My friend Dr. W. J. Sollas, F.R.S., Professor of Geology at 
Oxford, asked me to identify one or two sea-anemones that he had 
collected in the lagoon at Funafuti, Hllice Group, W. Pacific, in 
1896. They all belonged to the same species. Their anatomy 
has been studied by my friend and former pupil Dr. Katharine 
Maguire, and from the information she has supplied me I am 
able to determine the systematic position of this new form. 
Phellia Sollasi, n. sp. 
Form.—In the preserved specimens the body is fairly cylindrical 
with an expanded base in some specimens. The surface is thrown 
into folds of contraction, but no warts, suckers, or other prominences 
are visible. There is a thin cuticle. The disk is largely covered 
by the contraction of the upper portion of the column. 
Tentacles short, stout, entacmzeous, in three or four cycles, 
from about 48 to 54 in number. They are evidently very con- 
tractile, judging from the radiate grooves at their apices. 
Colour.—No observations were made as to the colour of the 
living polyp. 
 Dimensions.—The height of the preserved specimens varies 
from about 15 mm. to 23mm. The average diameter of the 
column is from 8 to 10 mm. 
Habitat.—Coral reef, Funafuti, Ellice group. 
This actiniarian belongs to the family Sagartidee as it possesses 
numerous and characteristic acontia. 
The Sagartide have not yet been satisfactorily subdivided, but 
3 E2 
