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which it swelled to a great size. It was voracious, and 

 swallowed, greedily, periwinkles and bits of haddock and 

 whiting. By mistake, some person gave it a small piece of 

 a salted fish, which it swallowed, but soon rejected. During 

 the short time that it retained it, it had injured its stomach, 

 for it continued to twist itself very much, turning out the 

 lobes of its stomach, but finding no rehef. In a short 

 time the stomach was completely turned out, and soon after 

 the poor animal died. 



Genus XXXIII. ILUAjN'THOS, Forles. 



Gen. Char. Body cylindrical, tapering to a point at its poste- 

 rior extremity, free ? Tentacula simple, retractile, surrounding 

 the mouth. — Forbes. 



1. Iluanthos ScoTicus, E. Forbes. (PI. XIY. fig. 47.) 

 Hab. Lochryan, E. Forbes; Balbriggan, Ireland, Mrs. 

 Hancock. 



It is described by Professor Forbes as a free Actinia, 

 about an inch and a hahf in length, the body large above, 

 ])ut tapering towards its posterior extremity; the mouth 

 surrounded by a numerous circle of tentacula. The body 

 is of a pink colour, with white longitudinal stripes; the 



