THE 



ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL. 



January — April, 1828. 



Art. XLIX. Notes on the habits of a Caryophyllia 

 from Tor Bay^ Devon. By H. T. De la Beche, Esq.y 

 F.R.S., F.L.S., Sfc. 



[To the Editor of the Zoological Journal.] 

 Sir, 



Should the following notes made by me in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Torquay, while investigating the geological structure 

 of that part of Devon, be thought worthy of a place ia the Zoo- 

 logical Journal, you will oblige me by inserting them. 

 I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 



H. T. De La Beche. 



1827. April 24. I obtained three specimens of Caryophyllia 

 from the bay. One of these was of a pale green colour ; the other 

 two of a brownish red. All remained closely contracted within 

 their radiated cups during the day. In the evening, after dark, 

 the pale green one had expanded all its tentacula, its body was so 

 much protruded that the cup was concealed, and it had, alto- 

 gether, the appearance of a common pale green Actinia. The 

 white orifice of its sac or stomach was closed. Upon dropping 

 five or six eggs of the common Prawn upon it, it gradually closed 

 a few of its tentacula over them, then opeijcd the mouth of its sac, 



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