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  Transactions. 
  — 
  Zoology, 
  

  

  ever, 
  evident 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  Thyone, 
  but 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  family 
  AspidochirotcB, 
  

   and 
  must 
  form 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  genus, 
  distinguished 
  by 
  having 
  only 
  five 
  

   tentacles 
  and 
  scattered 
  foot-papillse. 
  I 
  therefore 
  propose 
  the 
  name 
  Penta^ 
  

   dactyla 
  for 
  it. 
  

  

  Holothuria 
  mollis, 
  Hutton. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  in 
  many 
  respects 
  approaches 
  Stichopus. 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  no 
  

   specimens 
  for 
  dissection, 
  and 
  cannot 
  therefore 
  say 
  whether 
  the 
  reproductive 
  

   organs 
  are 
  in 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  bunches. 
  A 
  knowledge 
  of 
  this 
  will 
  settle 
  to 
  which 
  

   genus 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  referred. 
  

  

  Holothuria 
  7'obsoni, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Elongated, 
  rather 
  slender. 
  Skin, 
  smooth. 
  Feet, 
  scattered 
  sporadically 
  

   over 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface, 
  apparently 
  none 
  on 
  the 
  back. 
  Pentacles, 
  20. 
  

   Anus, 
  round. 
  Back, 
  pale 
  purplish 
  brown 
  ; 
  ventral 
  surface, 
  dkty 
  white, 
  

   with 
  scattered 
  brown 
  spots. 
  Length, 
  4^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Cape 
  Campbell. 
  Presented 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  H. 
  Eobson, 
  to 
  

   whom 
  I 
  have 
  much 
  pleasure 
  in 
  dedicating 
  it. 
  

  

  Akt. 
  XXXII. 
  — 
  The 
  Sea 
  Anemones 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  By 
  Prof. 
  Hutton. 
  

   [Read 
  before 
  the 
  Otago 
  Institute, 
  11th 
  June, 
  1877.1 
  

   I 
  should 
  not 
  have 
  chosen 
  such 
  a 
  pretentious 
  title 
  for 
  this 
  paper, 
  but 
  that 
  I 
  

   wished 
  to 
  include 
  in 
  it 
  descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  New 
  Zealand 
  sea 
  anemones 
  

   that 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  found 
  near 
  Dunedin. 
  The 
  sea 
  anemones 
  are 
  animals 
  

   that 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  described 
  from 
  living 
  specimens 
  ; 
  they 
  must 
  be 
  collected, 
  

   brought 
  home 
  alive, 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  vv^ater 
  before 
  their 
  structure 
  and 
  colour 
  

   can 
  be 
  seen, 
  and 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  dead 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  known 
  means 
  of 
  preserv- 
  

   ing 
  them 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  any 
  use. 
  To 
  enable 
  observers, 
  therefore, 
  in 
  any 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  colony 
  away 
  from 
  libraries, 
  to 
  describe 
  these 
  animals, 
  I 
  have 
  

   included 
  in 
  this 
  pajDcr 
  not 
  only 
  descriptions 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  species 
  

   not 
  described 
  in 
  our 
  Transactions, 
  but 
  also 
  an 
  analysis 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  known 
  

   genera. 
  

  

  ZOANTHAIIIA-MALACODERMATA. 
  

  

  Analysis 
  of 
  the 
  Families. 
  

   Base 
  adherent 
  at 
  pleasure. 
  

  

  Tentacles 
  all 
  compound 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  Thalassianthidce, 
  

  

  Tentacles 
  both 
  compound 
  and 
  simple 
  ... 
  ... 
  Phyllactidce, 
  

  

  Tentacles 
  all 
  simple 
  

  

  