24 Life Beneath the Waves. 



species, and bears a striking resemblance 

 to the flower from which it takes its name. 

 It belongs to the group scientifically 

 termed Bunodes Crassicornis ; a specimen 

 now in my possession measures seven 

 inches across when fully expanded. The 

 colour of its rough base or disc is orange, 

 with white protuberances, its centre rosy- 

 pink, streaked with dark crimson, and 

 softening into white at its mouth the 

 outer rows of its transparent tentacles are 

 also white, with crimson marks the inner 

 rows faint pink, also streaked with crimson. 



This anemone is extremely greedy and 

 voracious, shrimp after shrimp being caught 

 in its extended tentacles, and ere one victim 

 disappears in the Dahlia's mouth, another is 

 often captured, and gradually drawn inta 

 the same place. 



One of the peculiarities of this anemone 



