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neighbouring estuary of the Dee, the former is common, 
as usual. 
With ordinary attention the pretty Beadlet will attain 
a good old age in captivity. A veteran, whose portrait is 
given by Sir John Dalyell, had lived in his possession 
twenty years (in 1848), and was judged to be not less 
than seven years old when he obtained it. At Sir John’s 
death the specimen passed into the hands of Professor 
Fleming, and it was not many months ago that I heard 
of it as still surviving. If it is alive now, it must be 
approaching forty years old. This individual was the 
prolific parent of 334 children. A second specimen had 
lived about fourteen years under the worthy baronet’s 
care. 
The species is generally viviparous, producing abun- 
dantly ; but sometimes it gives birth to ciliated, shapeless 
embryos, on which tentacles appear in about ten days. 
Copious details of high interest on tlie embryology and 
general economy of this Anemone are furnished in the 
magnificent volumes of the eminent Scottish naturalist. 
It is superfluous to give a list of habitats for this 
species : since it occurs all round the coasts of England, 
Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, wherever there is rock 
enough to afford it standing ground. 
The Actinia Cari of Della Chiaje (the A. concentrica 
of Eisso) appears to be a second species of the genus ; at 
least in none of the recognised varieties of ours do we 
perceive an approach to tlie pattern of colouring, — a series 
of concentric zones or bands, — by which that is marked. 
A. cereus. 
Mesembryantiiemum. 
[Nemactis.] [Phymactis.] 
Actinoloba. Bunodes. 
