76 THE MARINE AQUARIUM. 
well disposed the creatures are in a well-kept tank. The 
disposition dates from the day of introduction, for none 
of this tribe are fond of locomotion; and the arrange- 
ment of them for effect, depends upon whether you drop 
them quietly just in contact with the spot you wish them 
to adhere to, or throw them in pell mell, to cling to the 
weeds or to each other. : 
ACTINIA BELLIS AND GEMMACEA, DELESSERIA ALATA, 
POLYSIPHONIA URCEOLATA. 
A. anguicoma, or the snaky-locked anemone, is a pretty 
but curious creature. It is all arms, just as a crab is all 
claws ; but so delicate in form, so beautifully striped in 
the tentacles, that it stands quite apart in the tank as a 
thing unique. When found on the sea-shore, as it is 
