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the identity of our specimens with either of the above species ; but 
I feel pretty certain as to the genus. There is at present no in- 
formation by means of which the genus can be allocated a definite 
position in the classification of tbe Actiniae. 
(c) S. W. Ireland, in 50 fathoms. 
Chitonactis coronata (Gosse), two specimens ; Actinange ricTiardi 
(Mar.), one specimen ; Sagartia miniata^ Gosse, two specimens ; 
Sagartia s^., one specimen; Adamsia palUata (Boh.), two specimens; 
Bolocera tuedice (Johnst.), two specimens. 
Chitonactis coronata (Gosse). 
Base much expanded, clasping the shell of a Pusus inhabited by a 
hermit-crab ; column transversely wrinkled, studded with small, 
conical-pointed warts, which do not appear to have any definite 
arrangement, but are more numerous at the upper portion of the con- 
tracted body, and are absent, or nearly so, on the expanded base ; the 
coronal tubercles not distinguished from the others by size ; the invec- 
tion of the upper portion of the body is so complete, that no distinct 
orifice is present when fully contracted. The body -wall is thin, but 
not flaccid ; the mesogloeal circular muscle is well developed. The 
specimens have in spirits a dirty drab colour. The oesophagus and 
disc have traces of a scarlet colouration. Average diameter of base, 
about 25 mm. ; average height of contracted specimens, 15 mm. 
The bibliography and distribution of this species are given in my 
" Eevision," These two specimens are the first Irish examples of 
this type-species of the genus. 
Actinange richardi (Mar.). 
This species has recently been dealt with so fully that I have 
nothing more to add now, except to point out that this specimen was 
obtained nearer to land, and in shallower water than those which 
were previously trawled o:ffi the Irish Coast. The single specimen 
was well preserved in a fully-expanded condition, and shows the 
bulbous bases of the tentacles in a very marked manner. 
Sagartia miniata, Gosse. 
One specimen was an adult, the other a very young form, of this 
common species. The colouration was pale, it being the deep water 
variety of this variably- coloured Actinian. The other specimen which 
I have alluded to above as Sagartia sp. is probably the same species ; 
but as it came to me in the preserved condition, with the colour 
vanished, I am unable to say more about it. The other two specimens 
were forwarded to me alive. 
