THE MARIGOLD \YARTLET. 
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Size. 
Columu one and a half inch high, and the same wide. Expanse about 
two inches. 
Locality. 
Coast of Northumberland and Cornwall. Deep water. 
The name by which I have disting-uished this genus is 
given as a tribute to the skill and acumen of Mr. Thomas 
Pridgin Teale, of Leeds, who published, an elaborate and 
excellent Memoir on the anatomy of the following species. 
The English appellation is sufficiently obvious. The specific 
term di'gitata, “ fingered,” doubtless alludes to the thick 
conical form and dull reddish hue of the tentacles, in which 
the Danish zoologist saw a resemblance to fingers, — those 
of a ploughman or a scullery-maid, surely ! 
I distinguish this species from crassicornis on the autho- 
rity of Mr. Joshua Alder, of Newcastle, who first mentioned 
it as British, in his Catalogue of the Zoophytes of that 
coast. The same gentleman has kindly favoured me -with 
several drawings of the species, executed with his well- 
known beauty and precision (one of which is reproduced 
in my Plate), as well as with his MS. notes, from all of 
which combined I have compiled the foregoing diagnosis. 
3Ir. Alder entertains no doubt of its specific distinctness ; 
’ and his numerous opportunities of seeing it alive and 
comparing it with the more common kind, render his 
opinion valuable. lie says, “ It is the most coriaceous and 
warty species that I am acquainted with.” x\nd again, 
“ It is always much smaller than crassicornis, more tough 
and coriaceous, with larger warts, and constantly of a pale 
red colour.” 
“ It is not uncommon,” adds the same excellent natu- 
ralist, “ in deep water on our coast ; and as the cod-fishing 
boats arc coming into port frequently at this season [April], 
