No. 9.— 1856-8.] NEW CEYLON SEA ANEMONES. 



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About 1 inch in diameter, and f inch high. Found in deep 

 water. Inner Harbour. 



Actinia Austinii. KeL 



Body rounded, thick, reddish ; covered with brick-red tuber- 

 cules. Disc pellucid-white, or reddish. Oral opening 1 J inch 

 in diameter, margin surrounded with tentacular-like bodies in 

 two or three rows. Tentacles numerous, in four rows ; nearly 

 2 it inches long, narrow, acutely pointed ; pellucid- white, spotted 

 on the inner side. Stands inches high. 



This large anemone is found in great abundance on the rocks 

 near Fort Frederick in the months of May and June. Some, 

 entirely free of the brick-red colour, are of a pale greenish- 

 white ; others, have the disc one half purple and the other half 

 grey. It adheres to the finger. 



I have named this species in remembrance of a valued friend, 

 who was one of the founders of the Ceylon Military Medical 

 Officers' Museum, — Dr. Austin, late of the 97th Regiment. 



On my recent visit to Colombo, I obtained many specimens 

 of a smaller anemone from Mutwal rocks, closely resembling 

 this species, but with short tentacles, and without the adhering 

 qualities of the foregoing species. I am inclined to believe this 

 to be a distinct species. Colours very changeable. 



Genus. Anthea. 



Body cylindraceous, adhering by a broad base ; tentacula 

 disposed in circles round the mouth, elongated, tapered, and 

 incapable of being retracted within the body. 



Anthea Indiana. Kel. 



Body transparent, almost colourless, globose at base, elon- 

 gated ; a few white spots near disc. Tentacles long, delicate, 

 finely pointed, set in two rows on the edge of a greenish 

 transparent disc. The inner set of tentacles more than twice as 

 long as the external row. Tentacles pellucid, indistinctly 

 ringed, alternately with grey and white. Oral opening 



