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supplied with water and air daily, yet the tubercles and edging were 

 obdurate, determined to keep to their original colour. I have met 

 with some individuals that had light, almost white, tentacula barred 

 M'ith green stripes." W. P. Cocks. 



5. A. cocciNEA, '■^varied with white and red; tentacula 

 cj/Undrical and annulate.'''' 



Actinia coccinea, "albo nibroquc varia, cirris cylindricis anmilatis," il/?<W. Zool. 

 Dan. prod. 231, no. 2792. Zool. Dan. ii. 30, tab. 63, fig. 1—3 ; copied in Ency- 

 clop. Method. Vers. pi. 72, fig. I— 3. TuH. Gnael. iv. 101. Doso Vers. ii. 255. 

 Lam. Anim. s. Vert. iii. 68 : 2de edit. iii. 407. 



Hah. On rocks and sea-weeds. Coast of Ireland, E. Forbes. 



"Corpus cylindrico-truncatum, rubrum albedine mixtum, gla- 

 brum ; margo superus duplici serie tentaculorum muricatus, viginti 

 quatuor in quavis numero ; hrec cylindracea, sen si mavis conica, 

 alba, annulis binis rubris distantibus cinguntur, dimidia glandis 

 diametro longitudine a3qualia. Oculo armato annulis subtilissimis 

 confertis composita videntur, lineaque obscura longitudinaliter pel- 

 lucet. Glans glabra, centro fissuris perforata. Basis lutescens striis 

 a centro divergentibus inscribitur, membranaque corporis laxa et 

 varia plicata objectis affigitur. 



" Uti congeneres ope tentaculorum locum mutat, tentaculisque 

 conditis, meram membranulam rubram mentitur." Midler. 



I formerly considered this Actinia to be the young of A. crassi- 

 cornis, but I give it now as distinct on the authority of Professor 

 E. Forbes. 



6. A. viDUATA, grey with longitudinal white streaks ; the 

 tentacula white with a duslcy streaJc along each side. W. 

 Thompson. ""' 



Actinia viduata, "grisea, strigis longitudinalibus cirrisque albis," Midi. Zool. 

 Dan. prod. 231, no. 2799. Zool. Dan. ii. 31, pi. 63, fig. 6—8 ; copied in Ency- 

 clop. Method, tab. 72, fig. 4, 5. Turt. Gmel. iv. 101. Lam. Anim. s. Vert. iii. 

 68 : 2de edit. iii. 407. Bosc Vers. ii. 256. W. Thompson in Ann. and Mag. N. 

 Hist. vii. 481 . — Isacmaea viduata, Ehrenh. Corall. 34. 



Hah. Between tide-marks. Miiller's specimens were found on 



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