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and more positive colour ; frequently becoming a pale opaque yellow at 

 foot, which, hue runs up in a point on each side. 



Mouth. Scarlet, leading to a stomach of the same rich hue. 



Size. 



Column, in extension, reaches to nearly an inch in length, with a general 

 diameter of one-tenth ; capitulum one-sixth in length, one twenty-fourth in 

 diameter ; expanse of flower one-fourth. 



Locality. 

 The south-western coasts of England ; eroded rocks. 



This beautiful and interesting little species was first 

 made known by myself in the Annals of Nat. Hist, for 

 September, 1856, from a specimen kindly forwarded to me 

 by Miss Pinchard, who obtained it from the rocky islet 

 called the Orestone, off Torquay. 



In May, 1858, three specimens were forwarded to me by 

 my friend, Mr. F. D. Dyster, out of some hundred and fifty 

 that were found by a collector on rocks,' between tide- 

 marks, near Tenby ; and a few weeks after this I was so 

 fortunate as to discover a populous home of the species, in 

 the neighbourhood of Torquay. 



On the south side of the promontory, called Petit Tor, 

 on the coast of South Devon, there is a low-roofed cavern, 

 whose orifice is left bare at the lowest water of spring-tides. 

 The interior parts of the floor are covered with the common 

 limestone shingle, and, being more elevated than the mouth, 

 afford an opportunity of working within, whenever one 

 can gain admittance. The roof and sides of this cave are 

 studded with the pretty little Crimson Pufflet, as well as 

 with many other Anemones. The tide having receded, 

 they are very readily discovered by their crimson columns 

 projecting an eighth of an inch from the dark floccose rock. 

 The limestone is much eroded by Saxicavce ; and it is 

 in the old burrows of these Mollusca that the Edwardsia 



