132 ZOOPHYTES. 



green colour on a reddish ground, with the tentacles a dull purple, 

 the disk between the tentacles and the mouth light grayish-green, 

 the mouth flesh-colour, and the under surface of the base scarlet. 

 J. DRAYTON. 



Figure 26 may be the young of the above species. J. DRAYTON. 



6. ACTINIA TABELLA. (Draytori). 



A. extus kvis, medio vix I" crassa, infra supraque valde dilatata 

 (fere 2"), basis margine late lobata, margine superno uniseriatim 

 tuberculata ; tentaculis brevibus (4'"), subcequis, validis, subu- 

 latis, confertis, ^-subseriatis ; ore oblongo, prominente : contracta, 

 subglobosd. 



Exterior smooth, animal scarcely an inch thick at middle, with the 

 upper and lower extremities very much dilated (nearly two inches 

 in breadth), margin of base broad lobed, upper margin tubercu- 

 late; tentacles short (4 lines), sub-equal, stout, subulate, crowded, 

 __ in 4 imperfect series; mouth oblong and prominent: form of animal, 

 subglobose when contracted. 



Plate 2, fig. 9, animal natural size; a, same, contracted. 



On the rocks of False Bay, Porto Praya, Cape de Verds. Exp. Exp. 



Colour of animal throughout, a deep crimson, except the marginal 

 tubercles, which are rather large and of a bright violet colour. When 

 contracted, the form is nearly pyriform or subglobose, and the tenta- 

 cles wholly disappear ; the surface has fine parallel linings running 

 perpendicularly, which are hardly perceptible when expanded. 

 J. P. COUTHOUY. 



ACTINIA GRAMINEA. (Dray ton.} 



A. extus levis, basi valde dilatata (2"), profunde lobata, et margine 

 uniseriatim pustulata; supra subcylindrica, 1" crassa; disco parce 

 latior, margine superno uniseriatim tuberculato ; tentaculis brevibus 

 (34'"), subcequis, subulatis, subvalidis, conferfim 3-seriatis, orepromi- 

 nuh, orbiculato : contracta, plano-conicd. 



