﻿HuTTON. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  Sea 
  Anemones 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  813 
  

  

  tentacles 
  ; 
  month 
  plaited, 
  piuk 
  inside. 
  Te?itaclcs 
  in 
  four 
  rows, 
  much 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  disc, 
  tapering, 
  not 
  perfectly 
  retractile, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  as 
  the 
  

   column. 
  

  

  Diameter, 
  ahout 
  half 
  an 
  inch. 
  

  

  In 
  rock 
  pools 
  near 
  Dunedin. 
  

  

  In 
  small 
  specimens 
  the 
  tentacles 
  are 
  quite 
  retractile. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  variety 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  column 
  is 
  longitudinally 
  streaked 
  

   with 
  yellow. 
  

  

  ACTINIAD^. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  tentacles 
  simple. 
  Column 
  imperforate, 
  smooth. 
  Margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   disc 
  beaded. 
  

  

  Actinia, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Column 
  short, 
  much 
  expanded 
  at 
  both 
  ends, 
  the 
  margin 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  

   broad 
  but 
  shallow 
  fosse 
  from 
  the 
  tentacles. 
  Tentacles 
  subequal, 
  retractile. 
  

  

  Actinia 
  (?) 
  thovisoni. 
  

   Actinia 
  thomsoni, 
  Coughtrey, 
  Trans. 
  N.Z. 
  Inst. 
  VII., 
  p. 
  280. 
  

   Port 
  Chalmers. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  this 
  species, 
  and 
  as 
  Dr. 
  Coughtrey 
  has 
  not 
  mentioned 
  

   any 
  marginal 
  beads, 
  I 
  doubt 
  its 
  being 
  a 
  true 
  Actinia. 
  

  

  Actinia 
  (? 
  ) 
  striata. 
  

   Actinia 
  striata, 
  Quoy 
  and 
  Gaim., 
  Voy. 
  AstroL, 
  IV., 
  p. 
  164. 
  

  

  " 
  Small, 
  cylindrical, 
  elongated 
  ; 
  pale 
  blue 
  striated 
  with 
  reddish 
  ; 
  tentacles 
  

   numerous, 
  acute, 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  mouth 
  brownish 
  yellow. 
  Height, 
  half 
  an 
  inch. 
  

   Bay 
  of 
  Islands." 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  this 
  species, 
  and 
  cannot 
  say 
  to 
  what 
  genus 
  it 
  should 
  

   be 
  referred. 
  

  

  Phymactis, 
  M. 
  Edwards. 
  

   Column 
  with 
  suckers, 
  but 
  no 
  loop-holes 
  ; 
  margin 
  of 
  disc 
  beaded. 
  

  

  Phymactis 
  polydactyla, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Column 
  short, 
  cylindrical'; 
  suckers 
  raised 
  on 
  warts, 
  crowded 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  column, 
  but 
  arranged 
  in 
  vertical 
  rows 
  lower 
  down 
  ; 
  whitish, 
  

   with 
  the 
  warts 
  olivaceous 
  brown. 
  Disc 
  circular, 
  concave, 
  of 
  a 
  deep 
  crimson 
  ; 
  

   a 
  row 
  of 
  round 
  white 
  beads 
  round 
  the 
  margin. 
  Tentacles 
  numerous, 
  in 
  

   three 
  rows, 
  conical, 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  disc 
  ; 
  the 
  

   exterior 
  rows 
  generally 
  pink, 
  the 
  interior 
  yellowish, 
  or 
  whitish, 
  or 
  greenish 
  ; 
  

   sometimes 
  with 
  opaque 
  white 
  transverse 
  bands 
  interiorly. 
  

  

  Diameter, 
  about 
  one 
  inch. 
  

  

  In 
  rock 
  pools 
  near 
  Dunedin. 
  

  

  Phymactis 
  inconspicua, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

   Column 
  cylindrical, 
  as 
  long 
  or 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  with 
  vertical 
  rows 
  of 
  

   suckers 
  on 
  warts. 
  Olive 
  brown 
  above, 
  passing 
  into 
  yellowish 
  white 
  below; 
  

  

  AlO 
  

  

  