PLATE XLIV. 



Anthea cereus, p. 240. The figures are of the natural size. 

 Fig. 1 is engraved from a beautiful drawing for which 

 I am indebted to the liberality of A. H. Hassall, Esq. 

 Figs. 2 and 3 are from drawings of W. P. Cocks, 

 Esq., and represent one of the varieties of the species. 



*** When speaking of the urticating property of the Helianthoida, p. 188, I 

 accidentally omitted the observations of Professor Allman on the Anthea cereus. He 

 writes me — " If one of these animals, when recently taken out of the water, be placed 

 witli the tentacula in contact with the human skin, and allowed to remain there for 

 a few seconds, a smarting pain will be immediately experienced, and the surface of 

 the skin which had been touched by the zoophyte will exhibit an inflammatory blush, 

 which will be speedily followed by a most powerful urticaria-like eruption with a 

 sense of burning and tingling, which will sometimes last for more than an hour. 

 The symptoms are far more severe than anything 1 have experienced from the 

 stinging powers of the Acalepha. I have frequently tested this curious property of 

 Anthea, not only on myself but on others, and with animals taken from different 

 localities." 



