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Rayed Animals found in Ireland. 

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and with a single range of variegated tentacula. Rare : a 

 few specimens were found on the shore of Belfast Lough, 

 near Holy wood, April, 1803. They were, when con- 

 tracted, scarcely larger than a pea, and had only 10 tenta- 

 cula. Perhaps the young of a larger species. — A. dianthus 

 Ellis P pentapetala Penn. ? Conic, rounded above, of a 

 green or greenish yellow colour, with a few scattered warts 

 in longitudinal rows ; disk light blue, often divided into 

 1 1 lobes; tentacula numerous, pale, in from 5 to 7 fasciculi, 

 variegated with dark annuli. In the hollows of the rocks 

 at Ballyholm Bay, Bangor. — A. margaritifera. (fig. 50.) 



Body subconic, low, and very much dilated at the base, 

 deep brown inclining to chestnut, with longitudinal and 

 concentric plaits ; mouth conic, striated ; at the base of the 

 tentacula a series of light blue ovate lobes. On the coast 

 of the Copeland Isle; August 18 11. — Lucernaria Mull. 

 auricula Milll. octoradiata Lam. Found adhering to 

 the jFiici on the shore at Ballycastle, and in the Cave near 

 Dunluce Castle, county Antrim, in great numbers; July, 

 1815. The form of this species was strictly campanulate. 

 The rays varied in number, in different specimens, from 5 

 to 8 ; the latter number being in no instance exceeded. 

 The colour was tawny, or pale brown, with a dark brown 

 streak extending along the middle of each ray. — L. qua- 

 dricornis Mull., fascicularis Flem. Found on the coast at 

 Donaghadee, after a strong easterly gale, adhering to a 



