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of the body being of a more opake white, and especially by the narrow 
lines surrounding each tentaculum being of a reddish-purple tint, and 
enlarging into a conspicuous spot on each side of its base. In their 
habits and general appearance they are very much alike, and had I 
obtained only one example of the pale species, I should hardly have 
ventured to consider it more than a variety. Ten specimens, how- 
ever, were taken from different places, and did not vary except in 
size ; they were found on the exposed surface of perpendicular rocks 
at about half-tide mark, and when out of the water and contracted, 
were very difficult to distinguish, owing to their great transparency. 
I propose for this species the name of pallida. 
It has been my custom, after any expeditions in search of Actinie, 
to bring home one or two plants of Laminaria digitata, in order to 
examine at my leisure the various forms of animal life commonly met 
with among their tangled roots; and it was on one of these plants I 
found, in company with minute Ophiocome, green Nereides and 
numerous other animals, the beautifully marked anemone that I have 
now to describe. 
It has the following characters :— 
Body elongate, cylindrical, about three-quarters of an inch in length, 
when extended, the upper half covered with numerous pale perforated 
warts, increasing in number as they approach the top, and from 
which the white filaments are protruded when the animal is irritated. 
Tentacula in five rows. Colour of the body a dark orange, becoming 
paler towards the base. This species is chiefly remarkable for the 
beauty of its oral disk, which for colouring and elegance of marking 
will bear comparison with that of any of the larger kinds. The external 
half of the disk is of a rich purplish-brown, changing into a light 
orange tint towards the mouth, the pink tumid lips of which are 
frequently conspicuous ; from near the centre diverge ten or twelve 
pairs of yellow bands slightly separating as they proceed outwards, 
and at their extremities partially surrounding the bases of the tenta- 
cula, according to the following arrangement. Taking a small seg- 
ment of the disk, the first tentacle may be said to arise from the 
space between two pairs of bands, the second being situated within 
the pair; the band bifurcates near its extremity, and encloses the 
third tentacle ; these branches again divide and form a similar enclo- 
sure for the arms of the fourth row: beyond these is a set of very 
short tentacula; these, as far as I have been able to examine them, 
are not connected with the yellow bands, but their small size and the 
difficulty of seeing their entire length when the animal is expanded, 
render it almost impossible to describe their exact appearance. On 
the surface of the disk a cream-coloured spot is situated near the 
base of each tentacle of the first and second rows, those connected 
with the inner series being farther removed from them than those of 
the second; the alternation of light and shade produced by this 
arrangement gives a battlemented appearance to the disk, and adds 
considerably to the general effect. The tentacula rapidly diminish 
in size from those of the inner row outwards; they are dark brown 
at the bases, becoming paler towards the tips, and are encircled by 
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