738 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



ACTINARIA. 



Metridium marginatum Milne-Edwards, (p. 329.) 



Hist. Nat. des Coralliaires, vol. i, p. 254, 1357 ; Verrill, Revision of Polyps., in 

 Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. i, p. 22, 18G4 ; Proe.' B6ston Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. x, p. 337, 1866 ; American Naturalist, vol. ii, p. 252 ; Tenney, Natural 

 History, p. 523, rigs. 515-517, 1865 ;' A. and Mrs. E. C. Agassiz, Sea-Side 

 Studies, p. 7, figs. 2-7, 1865. Actinia marginata Lesueur, Journal Acad. Nat. 

 Sciences, Philad., vol. i,p. 172,1317; Gould, Invert. Mass., ed. i, p. 349, 1841; 

 Leidy, Journ. Acad. N. S., Philad., ser. ii, vol. iii, p.' 140, 1855 Agassiz, Contri- 

 butions, vol. iii, p. 39, fig. 8, 1360. Actinia dianthus Dawson, Canadian Nat- 

 uralist and Geologist, vol. iii, p. 402, figs. 1,2, 1858. 



New Jersey to Labrador. Common in Long Island Sound, Buzzard's 

 Bay, and Yineyard Sound, but, mostly smaller than farther north; 

 abundant in Massachusetts Bay, Casco Bay, and Bay of Fandy, low- 

 water to 90 fathoms. 



Sagartia leucolena Yerrill. Plate XXXVIII, fig. 284. (p. 329.) 



Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. x, p. 336, 1866 ; American Naturalist, vol. ii, p. 261. 

 North Carolina to Cape Cod. Common in Long Island Sound, Buz- 

 zard's Bay, and Yineyard Sound ; Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey. 

 Fort Macon, North Carolina (coll. Dr. Yarrow). 



Sagartia modesta Yerrill. (p. 330.) 



Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. x, p. 337, 1866. 

 Long Island Sound to Yineyard Sound. Savin Bock, near New 

 Haven; Goose Island; Stony Creek; Naushon Island; low-water, 

 buried in sand or gravel. 



Paractis rapiformis Milne-Edwards, (p. 363.) 



Hist. Nat. des Coralliaires, vol. i, p. 249, 1857; Verrill, American Journal of 

 Science, vol. iii, p. 436, 1872 ; Dana, Corals and Coral Islands, p. 23, figure, (in 

 ed. 3, as Sagartia modesta V.). Actinia rapiformis Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. 

 Sciences, Philad., vol. i, p. 171, 1817; Verrill, Memoirs Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. i, p. 35, 1864 ; Proc. Boston Soc. N. H., vol. x, p. 338. 



North Carolina to Long Island Sound. Fort Macon (coll. Dr. Yar- 

 row) ; New Jersey (Lesueur) ; near New Haven (Dana). 



Halocampa producta Stimpson, MSS. Plate NXXVIII, fig. 285. 

 (p. 330.) 



Verrill, Revision, in Memoirs Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. i, p. 30, Plate 1, figs, 10, 11, 

 1864. Actinia producta Stimpson, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. v, p. 110, 

 1856. Corynactis albida Agassiz, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. vii, p. 24, 1859. 

 Halcampa albida Verrill, Memoirs Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. i,p. 29, 1864; A. 

 and E. C. Agassiz, Sea-Side Studies, p. 16, fig. 15, 1865 ; Verrill, Proc. Bost. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. x, p. 338, 1870 (Halocampa). 



South Carolina to Cape Cod. Shores of Long Island Sound, at 

 Stony Creek, etc. ; Naushon Island; Martha's Yineyard; Nantucket; 

 Cape Cod. Charleston, South Carolina (Stimpson). 



