246 HISTORY OF BRITISH ZOOPHYTES. 



when contracted it is like a little rough wart. Its colour 

 white; it has four rows of tentacula; lips bright yellow. 

 (W.P.Coch.} 



9. ACTINIA ANGUICOMA, /. Price. 



Hab. In the Menai Straits, near Bangor, J. Price. 



This, as described by Mr. Price in Dr. Johnston's 'History/ 

 and figured, reminds me much of an Actinia which I once 

 saw at Lamlash, in the island of Arran. I was much struck 

 with the length of the creature, when compared with its 

 breadth ; but as I was just leaving the island, I had not time 

 to become acquainted with its history, and though imbedded 

 in sand, the sand was mixed with stones, closely jammed 

 together, so that I could not get it out to carry it along 

 with me. Mr. Price gives a full description, from which I 

 shall extract only a little. " Diameter of the base is an inch ; 

 the height from half an inch to five and a half inches. 

 Presents by turns the two extremes of the greatest cylin- 

 drical length I have ever seen in any Actinia, and the most 

 abject flatness. The former state is constant at night, and 

 may be induced by artificial darkness in an hour or two." 

 Dr. Johnston's figure (48) reminds one of a cylindrical 

 monumental pillar surmounted by an abundant collection of 

 serpents : these snake- like tentacula are about fifty in number. 



