THE EYED ANEMONE. 
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not formed by the edges of the septa, nor always correspondent with 
them. 
Disk. Light red. Each radius hears two white lines, — one parallel and 
close to each edge, but separated from its neighbour by a fine line of the 
ground colour : this gives an appearance as if every radius were divided 
from its fellow by a pair of white lines. Among the tentacles the colour 
of the disk becomes a rich and brilliant orange, which colour extends 
in short lines between the tentacles over the edge of the margin. 
Tentacles. Pellucid, colourless, with^ four 
broad rings of opaque white, and a white tip : 
the rings are obsolete on the hinder face. At 
the foot of the front, a band of dark brown 
divides the two lower white rings, the lowest 
of which is succeeded by two triangular clouds 
of dark brown. 
Mouth. The radial lines end suddenly at the 
edge of the mouth, which is sharp and abrupt. 
The upper part of the throat is orange, but pre- 
sently becomes a deep red-brown. 
Size. 
The largest I have seen is half an inch in 
height, by about one-thii’d of an inch in diameter 
when expanded. 
Locality, 
The north-west coasts of Europe. Laminarian and coralline zones. 
I owe my acquaintance with this attractive little species 
to the kindness of Mr. Charles W. Peach, who forwarded 
to me, in April of the present year, four or five living 
specimens attached to an old pecten-valve from deep water 
off the Caithness coast. The same gentleman has since 
favoured me with sketches of manifestly the same species, 
which he made from the life, during his residence in 
Cornwall. It was first described by Muller, in 1777, and 
figured in his magnificent work on the animals of Den- 
mark. Dr. Johnston included it in his second edition 
of “ British Zoophytes,” on the authority of Edward 
Forbes, who found it on the coast of Ireland, “on rocks 
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