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than the preceding ones. After an interval four new folds appear, one- 

 on each side of the two primary mesenteries (fig. 170). The twelve- 

 gastrovascular chambers thus formed gradually become equal in 

 size, and can be separated into two unpaired chambers situated in 

 the median plane, and into five pairs placed symmetrically on 

 cither t-ide of it. 

 



FIG. 170. From the history of the development of Actinia mesemlryanfhcmum (after Lacazo 

 Duthiers). a, Larva with eight mesenteries and two coiled bands ; 0, mouth, b, Slightly 

 more advanced larva with the commencement of eight tentacles, c, d, Young Actinia 

 with twenty-four tentacles, two longitudinal sections at right angles to one anothei. e f 

 Mouth and tentacles seen from the oral surface. 



The tentacles begin to develop before the appearance of the fifth 

 and sixth pairs of mesenteries. They appear at the oral end of the 

 gastrovascular chambers, and the tentacle of the anterior unpaired 



