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BUNODIDJJ. 
The voracity of the species I have already alluded to. 
From my friend ^Ir. F. II. West, I learn that it is even ot 
cannibal propensities. A Sag. troglodfftcs, var. he suddenly 
missed, and suspected gemmacea of murder. Ills suspieions 
were contirmed, for the lost wreteh was disgorged in two 
portions, of which the first came away on the second day, 
the second and larger on the fourth. The result of diges- 
tion was manifest, in the squeezed and shapeless appearanee 
of the masses, the dissolution of the interior, and the flaky 
sloughing of the exterior. 
In the published descriptions, often imperfect and vague, 
of foreign species, we can sometimes find indieations of 
probable affinities. The Act. tuberculosa of Bass’s Strait 
(Quoy et Galin.), A. hicoJor of St. Yineent (Lesuenv), 
A. xauthogrammica of Kamtchatka (Brandt), A. crueutata 
of Tierra del Fuego (Dana), and A. J/ac7oi'iaua of the 
!Malouines (Ijesson), — are doubtless true Buuodes, indi- 
cated not only by their warty surface, but also by the 
white spotting of their tentacles. Of these, the first two 
seem elosely allied to our gemmacea, the third to thallia, 
while the last two deviate more from the type, and appear 
parallel with Ballii. 
The following are the recognised British localities of 
the species : — Guernsey, E. Tl'. JL 11. : Jersey, G. G. : 
Weymouth, IF. T. (w.) : Torquay, F. II. G.: Paignton, 
P. II. G.: Falmouth, IF. P. C. : Ilfracombe, P. II. G. : 
Douglas, F. II. B’. .• Yonghal, J. B. G.: Cork, J. li. G. : 
^Mizen Head, E. P. IF..* Yalentia, J. M. Jones. 
ge.m.>[aci:a. 
[tuberculosa]. 
[bicolor]. 
thallia. 
