ASTRJSACEA. SAGARTIADjE. 



THE PAINTED CORKLET. 



Phellia picta. 



(Sp. nov.) 



Plate XII. fig. 1 (mag*.). 



■>*e Character. Epidermis thin; firmly adherent throughout ; not 

 warted. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Form. 



Bate. Adherent ; scarcely exceeding column. 



Column. Cylindrical, pillar-like when expanded, capable of great elonga- 

 tion: permanently smooth; clothed with a very thin membranous epidermis, 

 which is not warted, but carries minute extraneous matters entangled in 

 it It is wholly adherent, and extends about half-way up the column. 



Disk. Nearly flat or slightly concave. 



Tentacles. Thirty-two, arranged in three rows, 8, 8, 16, = 32 ; thick, 

 long, and bluntly pointed ; one or two of the first row often much enlarged 

 temporarily, and_ standing erect, the rest sub-horizontaL 



Mouth. Not raised on a cone ; but the lip very protrusile ; thin. 



Aeontia. Not observed. 



Colour. 



Column. Pellucid white, with opaque white streaks. 



Epidermis. Transparent and colourless. 



Disk. Delicate yellow ; bounded by an irregular circle of dark brown, 

 formed by a broad band crossing the foot of each tentacle; the whole 

 crossed by radial lines of pure orange which spread between the tentacles : 

 — a beautiful pattern. 



Tentacle*. Pellucid white, the front face crossed by three bands of 

 opaque white. 



Sizk. 



Diameter and height, in ordinary expansion, one-eighth of an inch : 

 expanse of flower one-sixth. 



Locality. 

 North-east coast of Scotland : old shells in deep water. 



