194 BUNODID^. 



The voracity of the species I have already alluded to. 

 From my friend Mr. F. H. West, I learn that it is even ot 

 cannibal propensities. A Sag. troglodytes, var. £, he suddenly 

 missed, and suspected gemmacea of murder. His suspicions 

 were confirmed, for the lost wretch was disgorged in two 

 portions, of which the first came away on the second day, 

 the second and larger on the fourth. The result of diges- 

 tion was manifest, in the squeezed and shapeless appearance 

 of the masses, the dissolution of the interior, and the flaky 

 sloughing of the exterior. 



In the published descriptions, often imperfect and vague, 

 of foreign species, we can sometimes find indications of 

 probable affinities. The Act. tuberculosa of Bass's Strait 

 (Quoy et Gaim.), A. bicolor of St. Vincent (Lesueur), 

 A. xanthogrammica of Kamtchatka (Brandt), A. cruentata 

 of Tierra del Fuego (Dana), and A. Macloviana of the 

 Malouines (Lesson), — are doubtless true Bunodes, indi- 

 cated not only by their warty surface, but also by the 

 white spotting of their tentacles. Of these, the first two 

 seem closely allied to our gemmacea, the third to thallia, 

 while the last two deviate more from the type, and appear 

 parallel with Ballii. 



The following are the recognised British localities of 

 the species : — Guernsey, E. W. H. H. : Jersey, G. G. : 

 Weymouth, IV. T. (w.) : Torquay, P. H. G. : Paignton, 

 P. H. G. : Falmouth, W. P. C. : Ilfracombe, P. II. G. : 

 Douglas, F. H. W. : Youghal, J. R. G. : Cork, J. R. G. : 

 Mizen Head, E. P. W. : Valentia, J. M. Jones. 



GEMMACEA. 



[tuberculosa], 



[bicolor], 



thallia. 



