ACTINIADiE : ACTINIA. 



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discover in the anatomy of the parts in question some organization 

 instrumental to sight. 



Fig. 45. 



2. A. MARGARiTiFERA, " hody suhcoTiic, loiv, tttid vcvy much 

 dilated at the base, deep hrown inclining to chesnuf, with longi- 

 tudinal and concentric plaits ; mouth conic, striated ; at the 

 base of the tentacula a series of light-hlue ovate lobes." J. 

 Templeton.* 



Actinia margaritifera, TcmpIe(o?i in Mag. Nat. Hist. ix. 304, fig. 50. 



Fi... 46. 



Ifab. "On the coast of the Copeland Isle; August, 1811," J. 

 Templeton. West coast of Donegal Bay, E. Forbes. 



" This is a very distinct species. Skin corrugated and coriaceous, 

 striated longitudinally and transversely ; tentacula rather short. 



* John Templeton, Esq., born in Belfast in 1766. He resided through life at 

 his country-seat, two miles distant, and died there, in 1827. For an interesting 

 memoir of him see London's Mag. Nat. Hist. i. p. 403 ; and ii. p. 305. 



