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than compensated for the cmmhs that fall from his 
own booty.” 
It is probable that Adamsia would be a dainty morsel 
for the table. I have not essayed it, but the smell of the 
fresh animal is very agreeable, resembling that of the 
cooked flesh of the crab. 
Beautiful as it is, it appears unlikely ever to become an 
habitual tenant of om’ aquariums, as it cannot long endure 
captivity. Its crab, too, seems peculiarly unable to survive 
confinement ; and I do not think the Cloaklet will ever 
live long dissociated from its companion. 
Yet Sir John Dalyell seems to have been more suc- 
cessful than I have been, if I may judge from the expres- 
sion “ a long time ” in the following statement. One 
which had detached itself from its shell “ diffused the 
base on the bottom of a glass vessel, not unlike the 
wings of a butterfly. But until it adheres, the base 
remains a long time with its whole under surface merely 
folded together.” He describes it as feeding readily, and 
as greedy of worms. 
According to the same observer, thousands of minute, 
opaque, bright yellow globular germs are produced by the 
species in July, August, September, and October; several 
hundreds being discharged at once ; but no results followed 
these developments in his experience.* 
Rapp assigns Adamsia palUata to the Mediterranean 
and North Seasrf MM. Koren and Danielssen mention it 
as common in fifteen to twenty fathoms off the coast of 
Norway.^; The following list includes its known British 
habitats : — 
AVick, Peterhead, C. W. P. : Moray Frith, TF. Gregor: 
Guernsey, J. D. U. : AA’^eymouth Bay, P. H. G. : Torbay, 
* Rare and Rem. Anim. of Scotl. ; 233. t Polyp. 58. 
i Faun. Litt. Norv. ii. 87. 
