170 NATUEAL HISTORY OF 



Hab. : Redcar, Banff. From 28 fathoms. Height 

 4 in. 



Colour. Orange-scarlet, with small white ringed 

 warts. Disc drab. Tentacles pellucid, with two rings 

 round the middle, one broad and scarlet, the other 

 opaque-white. 



The tentacles are 144 in six rows, short and thick. 

 Though not themselves retractile, they are yet capable 

 of being covered over by " the contraction of the 

 margin till its edges meet over the tentacles, but 

 never involving itself.''^ 



This appears to be a i"are deep-water species. 



Genus IV. Tealia, Gosse. 

 In honour of Mr, T. P. Teale, of Leeds. 

 Body wall covered with numerous irregularly scat- 

 tered warts. Body broader than high. Tentacles 

 numerous, equal, retractile. — Gosse. 



Professor Hertwig assigns this genus to a family 

 Tealidce. 



1. T. digitata, MUller. " The Marigold Wartlet." 

 Actinia digitata [Miill., Aid.), Cereus digitata {M. 



Edw.). 



Hab. : Cullercoats (Aid.). Height Ih in. 



Colour. Scarlet-orange, with paler warts and dull 

 red disc and tentacles. 



The tentacles are numerous and stout, unhanded, 

 but darker in colour towards the tips. 



The surface of the column is studded with transverse 

 rows of large warts. 

 . It is found on shells in deep water, 



2. T. CRASSicoRNis, MUller. " The Dahlia Wartlet " 

 or " Crass/^ Plate XIV. fig. 2. 



