34 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



In last year's Report I recorded an extraordinary 

 illustration of the voracity of the anemone Tealia 

 crassicornis. I now have to record another, which, from 

 a Curatorial point of view, was most exasperating. One 

 of the additions to the list of the fauna of the Irish Sea 

 recorded last year was the somewhat rare anemone 

 Aureliana augasta, of which our single specimen lived in 

 vigorous health until April 5th, when it was found to have 

 disappeared from the spot occupied for some months 

 previously. On the attention of the Assistant Curator 

 being called to the sudden disappearance he at once 

 suspected a large Tealia which adhered to a loose stone 

 a few inches from the spot so recently occupied by the 

 Aureliana, and, inserting his forefinger into its mouth, 

 drew out the half-digested remains of the missing rarity. 



Many years ago, when collecting on the beach at 

 Beaumaris, I was fortunate enough on two occasions to 

 see the Nemertine worm Lineus marinus attack and devour 

 Sabella yavonia in its tube. Forgetful of this after the 

 lapse of time, I placed a few specimens of that most 

 beautiful of Serpulids, Serpula vermicularis , dredged by 

 Professor Herdman, in one of our table tanks in which a 

 Lineus had been lurking under the stones and broken 

 shells for many months. A day or two later the 

 Nemertine was found, true to its habit, dragging one of 

 the helpless Serpulids from its tube, the large operculum 

 not being sufficient to bar the entrance of the intruder. 

 A specimen of Lineus marinus found under a stone on the 

 beach in April measured 31 feet in length. The Polyzoon 

 Pedicellina cernua has nourished in colonies of large 

 extent on the side walls of three of our tanks throughout 

 the year. 



The friendly assistance of several fishermen enabled 

 us, in the early spring, to re-introduce to our collection 



