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Size. 

 Three or four inches in height, and from five to eight inches in diameter, 

 when expanded. 



Locality. 

 Deep water off rocky coasts, from fifty to two hundred fathoms. 



It will be evident from the above-mentioned characters 

 that this form must be considered as generically distinct 

 from Anthea. It is, in fact, intermediate between that 

 genus and Tealia ; with a preponderance, however, of the 

 features proper to the latter, which has induced me to 

 assign it to this family. In this judgment I carry the con- 

 currence of Mr. W. P. Cocks, who has enjoyed more 

 opportunities of studying it in life than any other naturalist ; 

 and to whom I am indebted for the carefully coloured 

 drawing which embellishes my Plate V. as well as for some 

 interesting notes. 



Notwithstanding its great size, and somewhat inelegant 

 • form, Mr. Cocks calls it " a charming creature ;" and says 

 on another occasion, " this is certainly a beautiful animal 

 when healthy and half-grown ; though the queer move- 

 ments of the peristome and lobed mouth, pouting like an 

 old man with negro lips and toothless jaws, at once 

 pronounce its relationship with crassicornis." 



It is essentially a deep water species : Messrs. Danielssen 

 and Koren ascribe it to the coralline zone off the coast of 

 Norway, from thirty to fifty fathoms, and, on the authority 

 of Mr. Sars, mention it as ranging to the amazing depth 

 of two hundred fathoms.* On the Cornish coast, it is 

 not seldom found among trawl-refuse ;f and Dr. Johnston 

 tells us that in Berwick Bay it occasionally occurs at- 

 tached to the deep-sea lines of the fishermen. " I have 

 often found," he remarks, " the tentacula in a separated 



* Fauna Litt. Norv. ii. 87. t Cocks in litt. 



