Ceylon Sea Anemones. 



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narrow, pointed obtusely ; whitish ; base purplish, tip bright 

 crimson, transversely striped with grey or dark buff. 



Height 2\ inches. Breadth nearly 2 inches, when expanded. 



Found in deep w T ater on the oyster banks at Cotteaar, 

 opposite Fort Frederick. 



This handsome species I have dedicated to Sir Henry 

 Ward, Governor of Ceylon, under whose auspices I have 

 been enabled to prosecute my researches among marine ani- 

 mals, with more than ordinary success. 



Actinia Tranchelli. Kel 



Body short, longitudinally striated with pale green, alter- 

 nately with lines covered with yellow and white tubercles, 

 small ovular granules round edge of disc. Disk circular, cup 

 shaped ; greenish and rayed with 4 or 5 white lines. Tenta- 

 cles about an inch long, set in two rows, narrow, finely pointed, 

 pellucid, and spotted with opaque, oblong, white and purplish 

 spots. 1 J inch high and j inch broad. The inner row of 

 tentacles generally erect, and the outer curving over side of 

 body. 



Found in Dutch Bay. Named in compliment to Miss 

 Tranchell, of Trincomalie. 



Actinia Pudica. Kel. 



Body opaque white ; irregularly striated and spotted with 

 light crimson. Tentacles few, pellucid white ; short, conical ; 

 set in two or three rows. Disc pellucid, and streaked with 

 milky white. 



This elegant Anemone, when detached^ floats on water 



