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tenacious that tentacles are sometimes torn off when the hand is 

 quickly withdrawn from their hold. 



Our next example is the Red-specked Pimplet (Bunodes 

 Ballii), shown in fig. 5 of Plate III., which has received its popular 

 name on account of the numerous longitudinal rows of red-specked 

 warts that run down its short yellow column, and other red spots 

 on the column itself, between the rows. Its tentacles are usually 

 pale yellow or white, but sometimes grey or greenish, and often 

 tinged with pink. 



This anemone is common on some parts of the coasts of 

 Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall, as well as on the south 



FIG. 99. Bunodes thallia, WEST COAST 



coast of the Isle of Wight, and may be found in secluded crevices of 

 the rocks, or under the large stones that are scattered on the beach. 

 The Gem Pimplet (Bunodes gemmacea) is shown on the same 

 plate (fig. 6). It is easily distinguished by the six conspicuous 

 longitudinal rows of large white warts, between which are several 

 other rows of smaller ones. The column is pink or brownish, and 

 the thick tentacles are conspicuously marked by light-coloured 

 roundish spots. It is not uncommon on the south-west coast of 

 England, where it may be seen in the rock pools and on the 

 surfaces of rocks between the tide-marks. Both of the species of 



