290 SEA-ANEMONES, ZOOPHYTES, ETC. 



or " dahlia " wartlet anemone (Tealia crassicornis), 

 which was just covered by a film of sea water in a 

 rock-pool. It looked very attractive, and whilst he 

 was admiring its beauty a bee buzzed straight into 

 the embraces of the " crass," mistaking the tentacles 

 for petals, and paying for the error with its life, for 

 the remorseless fingers clutched it in their grasp and 

 transferred it to the ready stomach ! 



Fig. 220. 



The Dahlia Wartlet (Tealia crassicornis). 



The bright colours and elegant shapes of sea-ane- 

 mones have caused them to be much sought after, 

 both by amateur aquarium-keepers and the managers 

 of our public institutions. About thirty species of 

 them and their allies may be seen living in the tanks 

 of the Crystal Palace, where they are usually fed on 



