Marine Animals found on the Coajl of Wales. <g 



fion of the body feems formed of flefliy bars placed 

 in a reticulated manner, and lined with a fine mem- 

 brane. From perforated warts, placed without order 

 on the outer coat, iffued white filamentofe fubftances 

 varioufly twiftcd together : I have obferved a fnnilar 

 body ejected from the mouths of all the fpecies of 

 this genus, which have fallen within my notice. 



1,/euilis. A. fubcylindrica tranfverse rugofa. Linn. Syjl. Nat. 

 Ed. 13. p. 1088. Bajier. fubf. t. 13. /. 2. bona. 

 Rocks, Tenbigh. 



Obf. The fpecimens I obferved were fmaller than as re- 

 prefented in the figure above quoted ; but that re- 

 markable foft hairy appearance arifitig from the 

 flender form and number of the tentacula, which 

 fo readily diftinguifh it from its Britifh congeners, 

 is well pourtrayed. Colour white or pink ; when at 

 reft, the exterior coat is fmooth. 



A S T E R I A S. 



I. minuta. A. corpore rotundo, radiis quinque tcnuiflimis hirfutis. 

 Penn. Br. Zool. v. 4. p. 63. n. 61. 

 Tenbigh, rare. 



Obf. Body round, convex, brown, fomewhat larger 

 than the head of a common pin ; rays hirfute, about 

 three times the diameter of the body, white. When 

 examined under a microfcope, the upper fide appears 

 marked with a tawny yellow fpot in the form of a 

 Vol. v.. C pentagon, 



