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distinct small suckers on the upper half. Disc narrow. 

 Tentacles numerous, long and tapering. 



1. C cocciNEA, Miiller. " The Eyed Anemone.^' 

 Actinia coccinea [Miill., 0. J., D. L.), Sagartia cocci- 



nea(P.i?:(?.). 



Hab. : Coast of Ireland (Forbes), Caithness and 

 Cornwall {G. W. P.). Height ^ in., diam. ^ in. 



Colour. Rufous with white lines. Disc light red 

 with radii of two white lines each. Tentacles pellucid, 

 ringed with white, with a broad dark brown bar between 

 the two lower rings, and two black spots below. 



The number of tentacles is about 64. They are 

 short and conical. 



2. C. UNDATA, Mailer. " The Cave-dwelling Ane- 

 mone.'^ 



A. troglodytes [G. J., D. L., Codes, Tngwell, Van 

 Beneden, Aid.), Scolanthus sphaeroides (Holdsworth) , 

 Actinia undata {MiilL), Sagartia troglodytes [P.H. G.). 



Hab. : Very generally distributed. Height 1 — 2^ 

 in., diam. 1 — 2 in. 



Colour. Very variable. Greenish-drab, grey, buff, 

 orange, white, and violet-blue. 



Mr. Gosse describes twenty varieties of this species, 

 which is known to English naturalists by the name 

 Troglodytes. The tentacles are "barred transversely 

 and marJced at the foot with a black character resembling 

 the Roman letter ^." They number as many as 200, 

 and are arranged in four or five rows, of which those in 

 the outer row are the largest. The column contains a 

 large number of suckers at the distal end. This species 

 generally chooses a hole in a wall as its habitation. 

 "It occupies a hole fitted to the size of its body in 

 our shelving soft slaty rocks, where, when covered with 



