12 Gcel 
CGELENTERATA. 
Hardy (32) gives an account of the physiology of digestion of 
Myriothela. 
IIeilprin (34) found a specimen of Porilea aslraeoules on an anohor 
that had boon sunk for five years. The basal growth was 1— 20th of an inch, 
V. — SYSTEMATIC. 
HYDROZOA. 
siPiiONornoiu. 
Agalnia clausi , Villefranche, Bedot (1), n. sp. 
AGRASPEDA. 
Cyancea nozalcii , loc. ?, Kisiiinouye (43), n. sp.. 
ANTHOZOA. 
AOTINIABIA. 
^ Vrotanthea , n. g., Carlgren (12). Body wall thin and smooth. The 
body wall is marked by twenty-four grooves, indicating the position of 
as many mesenteries, eight of which are complete, twelve arranged in 
six pairs, and four arranged so that each one pairs with the four lateral 
complete mesenteries. The genus is united with Gonactinia into a tribe 
Protanthece. P. aimplexy W. Coast of Sweden, n. sp. 
Polocera longiformis , Carlgren (11), p. 242, W. Coast of Sweden, n. sp. 
Sagartia herdmani , Haddon (37) p. 199, 5-10 faths., in Killory Lough, 
W. Coast of Ireland, n. sp. 
Cerianthua oligopodus, Mediterranean, Cerfontaine (10), n. sp. 
ZOANTHIDJE. 
Haddon & Siiacklkton (30) describe the following : — 
New Subfamily Macrocnemde. 
Zoantheoe, in which the sulcar element of the primitive sulco-lateral pair 
of mesenteries is perfect, p. G27, to include Epizoanthus (Gray), and Para- 
zoanthus , n. g. 
J Parazoanthus, n. g. Macrocnemic Zoanthese, with a diffuse endodermal 
sphincter muscle. The body wall is incrusted ; the ectoderm is always 
continuous ; the mesogloea contains ectodermal canals, cell islets, and an 
encircling sinus. Dioecious. P. axinellce = Palythoa axinellcc (Schmidt). 
P. anguicoma = Palythoa anguicoma (Norman). P. dixoni , n. sp., p. 658, 
W. Ireland, 70-80 faths. P. dichroicus , lid. (31) p. 698, Mer 20 faths. 
P.doaglaalyiid. (31) p. 700, 10 faths., Albany Pass, n. spp. 
