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than compensated for the crumbs that fall from his 

 own booty." 



It is probable that Adamsia would be a dainty morsel 

 for the table. I have not essayed it, but the smell of the 

 fresh animal is very agreeable, resembling that of the 

 cooked flesh of the crab. 



Beautiful as it is, it appears unlikely ever to become an 

 habitual tenant of our aquariums, as it cannot long endure 

 captivity. Its crab, too, seems peculiarly unable to survive 

 confinement ; and I do not think the Cloaklet will ever 

 live long dissociated from its companion. 



Yet Sir John Dalyell seems to have been more suc- 

 cessful than I have been, if I may judge from the expres- 

 sion " a long time " in the following statement. One 

 which had detached itself from its shell " diffused the 

 base on the bottom of a glass vessel, not unlike the 

 wings of a butterfly. But until it adheres, the base 

 remains a long time with its whole under surface merely 

 folded together." He describes it as feeding readily, and 

 as greedy of worms. 



According to the same observer, thousands of minute, 

 opaque, bright yellow globular germs are produced by the 

 species in July, August, September, and October ; several 

 hundreds being discharged at once ; but no results followed 

 these developments in his experience.* 



Rapp assigns Adamsia palliata to the Mediterranean 

 and North Seasif MM. Koren and Danielssen mention it 

 as common in fifteen to twenty fathoms off the coast of 

 Norway.}: The following list includes its known British 

 habitats : — 



Wick, Peterhead, C. W. P. : Moray Frith, W. Gregar : 

 Guernsey, J. D. H. : Weymouth Bay, P. B. G. : Torbay, 



* Rare and Rem. Anim. of Scotl. ; 233. t Polyp. 68. 



% Faun. Litt. Norv. ii. 87. 



