234 Z. HELIANTHOIDA. Lucernari;e. 



tacula are widely displayed ; but no sooner have they felt the prey 

 than they instantly contract, envelope it in their joint embrace, 

 and carry it to the mouth by an involution of the whole marginal cir- 

 cumference. I have found that the glands with which the tentacula 

 are tipped pei'form the office of suckers, as Lamarck conjectured, and 

 thus retain their captives with greater certainty ; but if Dr Fleming's 

 figure of L. fascicularis is correct, its tentacula are not glauduli- 

 ferous. 



" O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all : 

 the earth is full of thy riches : so is this great and wide Sea, wherein are 

 things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts." — Psalmist. 



