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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 Actiniae, 

 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 Ophiocomte, 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 



