THE MARIGOLD WARTLET. 207 



Size. 



Column one and a half inch high, and the same wide. Expanse about 

 two inches. 



Localitt. 



Coast of Northumberland and Cornwall. Deep water. 



The name by which I have distinguished this genus is 

 given as a tribute to the skill and acumen of Mr. Thomas 

 Pridgin Teale, of Leeds, who published an elaborate and 

 excellent Memoir on the anatomy of the following species. 

 The English appellation is sufficiently obvious. The specific 

 term digitata, " fingered," doubtless alludes to the thick 

 conical form and dull reddish hue of the tentacles, in which 

 the Danish zoologist saw a resemblance to fingers, — those 

 of a ploughman or a scullery-maid, surely ! 



I distinguish this species from crassicornis on the autho- 

 rity of Mr. Joshua Alder, of Newcastle, who first mentioned 

 it as British, in his Catalogue of the Zoophytes of that 

 coast. The same gentleman has kindly favoured me with 

 several drawings of the species, executed with his well- 

 known beauty and precision (one of which is reproduced 

 in my Plate), as well as with his MS. notes, from all of 

 which combined I have compiled the foregoing diagnosis. 

 Mr. Alder entertains no doubt of its specific distinctness ; 

 and his numerous opportunities of seeing it alive and 

 comparing it with the more common kind, render his 

 opinion valuable. He says, " It is the most coriaceous and 

 warty species that I am acquainted with." And again, 

 " It is always much smaller than crassicornis, more tough 

 and coriaceous, with larger warts, and constantly of a pale 

 red colour." 



" It is not uncommon," adds the same excellent natu- 

 ralist, " in deep water on our coast ; and as the cod-fishing 

 boats are coming into port frequently at this season [April], 



