ASTRJiACEA. 
JLYANTHID.K. 
THE TREFOIL MUZZLET. 
Peachia t7't2)hylla. 
(Sp. nov.) 
Plate X. Fig. 2. 
Specific Character. Column pear-shaped, moderately long; conchula 
bearing three ovate or leaf-like lobes ; tentacles marked with arrow-heads, 
and based with brown. 
GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 
Form. 
Column. Pear-shaped ; lower extremity rounded, with a distinct central 
orifice, around which the skin is puckered. Surface covered with fine and 
close-set transverse wrinkles, and with minute suckers, which have a 
strong adhesive power. 
Dish. Flat, but very protrusile ; radii distinct. 
Tentacles. Twelve, in one circle, marginal ; thick at foot, and tapering 
to a point. 
Moxith. About one-fourth of an inch wide at the margin, shelving 
downward funnel-like ; lip rugose and erectile. 
Conchula. Cut into three ovate, leaf-like lobes. 
CONCHULA AND MOUTH OP P. TRIPHYLLA 
{magnified). 
Colour. 
Column. Opaque pale reddish-brown, or bay, with numerous irregular 
longitudinal splashes of rich red-brown. No pale lines indicate the septa. 
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