WOLIM8. MOLLUSCA. 13. Actinia. 131 



limes opake, often pellucid: divisions of the aperture white, rufous, 

 or orange. 



51. A. ejftetn. Nearly cylindrical, angularly grooved 

 longitudinally, crenatc at the base, with numerous 

 pointed cirri. 



A. maculata. Linn. Trans* v, />> 8> 



Body dull red below, transparent white above with red fpot, mor 

 expanded at the bafe. 



52. A. antnwnoides. Nearly cylindrical, rather short, 

 red : interior tentacula ramified, outer-ones conic, 

 obtuse, 



Rocky coasts, Shaw Nat. Mi fee I. tab. 26, 27. 



Body with a triple concentric row of tentacula, of a yellow colour 

 varied with red ; stomach pale yellow, with red and pale fea-green 

 stripes. 



53. A. truncate Pale reddish-yellow, conic, pellucid, 

 glabrous. 



The ocean. Dicquem Philofoph. Trans. 63. t, 17. /. 13, 



51. A. Caryop/iillns. Red-brown, with small pencil-form 

 tentacula. 



Martin's Marine Worms, i.p. i.tab. i.Jig.i* 



55. A. Ccreus. Brown, longitudinally grooved; cirri nu- 

 merous, slender, unretractile, sea-green with rosy 

 tip*. 



Cornish coaft. Phitofoph. Trans. 52. tab. i.f.t. 



Body marked with trifurcated grooves, pale chefnut : cirri long, 

 slender, from 120 to 200 in number. 



56. A. Btllis. Red with while warts : head resembling 

 the calyx of a flower: cirri short, retractile, varie- 

 gated. 



Cornish coast. Phil. Trails. .52. tab. i.f. 2. 



Stem fmooth, foft, inclining to carnation, with white warts chan- 

 ging towards the border of the cup into purple and at last dark 

 brown : cirri in feveral rows, pellucid, unequal, of various colours ; 

 disk stellate, compofed of variegated rays of brown yellow grey and 

 white. 



57. A. gemmacea. Pale red, longitudinally striate, with 

 numerous miliary glands down the stria3 : disk sur- 

 rounded with short petal-like projections which are 

 invested with cirri. 



Cornish coast. Phil. Trans. 52. tab. i.f. 4. 



Body cylindiical, pale red near the bafc, the rest yellow mixed 

 with grey : glands of the middle row white, the others the colour 

 of the stem : tentacula retractile, whitish, varied at the upper-part 

 with feveral brown tranfverfe lines and brown fpots 



58. A. Mesembryantfiemum. Dull crimson, short, thick 

 smooth, with retractile cirri ; the edge of the disk 

 surrounded with a single row of tubercles. 



Rocky shores. Phil. Trans. 52. tab i.f. ,5. 



Body whcnclofed refembling a button : cirri red, blue, white, or 

 variegated ; tubercles shining, varying in colour. 



59. A. Dianthm. Smooth, nearly cylindrical; the disk 

 5-lobed and foliaceous, with small white cirri : mouth 

 elevated ahd striate. 



Rocky coasts. Phil. Trans. 57. tab. 19. t. 8. 



Body feated on a short thick st*lk, peodulous, and when clefed 

 (efembling a fin all whitish Jig. 



