No. 9.— 1856-8.] new ceylon sea anemones. 



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Height \ inch, breadth 1 inch. Very rare. Found in deep- 

 water. 



ACTINODENDEON ZeYLANXCUS- Kel 



Body large, semi-gelatinous, yellow or buff, longitudinally 

 streaked, alternately with lines of pearly tubercules. Disc broad, 

 cup-shaped, greenish-brown, or purple, with numerous radiating 

 lines of various colours ; granular. Tentacles purplish-brown ; 

 numerous, in three or four rows ; broad, long, pointed, crossed 

 on superior surface with white lines, which are laterally tuber- 

 cular, or slightly pinnated. A row of large oval bodies on 

 edge of disc. Height of the largest specimen seen inches. 

 Breadth 3 inches. Tentacles 1 to If inch long, all of nearly 

 equal length. 



This handsome arborescent anemone is found on rocks in the 

 Inner Harbour, in two or three feet of water. 



Actinodendeon hoeologia. Kel. 



Body white, with pinkish streaks. Disc depressed, circular, 

 pale-brown, granular ; a broad pale purplish circle, about 

 midway between oral opening and tentacles, and on this ring are 

 twelve broad purplish streaks, placed equidistant. Tentacles in 

 three rows ; short, flattened, pointed ; those nearest the oral 

 opening larger. All have tubercular granules, placed in trans- 

 verse rows, from six to eight in number. Tentacles yellowish, a 

 few white granules near edge. White tubercular lines placed in 

 longitudinal rows on surface of body. Body when elongated 

 about 1\ inches high. 



Found at Trincomalie, on small stones, in low-water. 



Actinodendeon vieidis. Kel. 



Body white, with greenish streaks and rows of white granules. 

 Disc depressed, greenish ; f inch in diameter. Tentacles short, 

 acutely pointed ; granulated on edge ; set in two rows. Those 

 nearer the disc shorter, a row of larger white-spotted granules 

 on edge of disc. 



