ASTB^ACEA. 
SAGARTIADjE. 
THE PAINTED CORKLET. 
Phellia ^icta. 
(Sp. nov.) 
Plate XII. fi<j. 1 (maf/n.). 
S^jecl^c Character. Epidermis tliiu ; firmly adherent throughout ; not 
warted. 
GENERAL DESCRIPTION, 
Form. 
Base. Adherent ; scarcely exceeding column. 
Column. Cylindrical, pillar-like when expanded, capable of great elonga- 
tion; permanently smooth; clothed with a very thin membranous epidermis, 
which is not warted, but carries minute extraneous matters entangled in 
it. It is wholly adherent, and extends about half-way up the column. 
Dish. Nearly flat or slightly concave. 
Tentacles. Thirty-two, arranged in three rows, 8, 8, 16, = 32 ; thick, 
long, and bluntly pointed ; one or two of the first row often much enlarged 
temporarily, and standing erect, the rest sub-horizontal. 
Mouth. Not raised on a cone ; but the lip very protrusile; thin. 
Acontia. Not observed. 
Colour. 
Column. Pellucid white, with opaque white streaks. 
Epidermis. Transparent and colourless. 
Dish. Delicate yellow ; bounded by an irregular circle of dark brown, 
formed by a broad band crossing the foot of each tentacle; the whole 
crossed by radial lines of pure orange which spread between the tentacles ; 
— a beautiful pattern. 
Tentacles. Pellucid white, the front face crossed by three bands of 
opaque white. 
Size. 
Diameter and height, in ordinary expansion, one-eighth of an inch : 
expanse of flower one-sixth. 
• Locality, 
North-east coast of Scotland : old shells in deep water. 
