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dark brownish fawn colour ; disk crimson, with a satiny lustre ; tenta- 

 cles fawn colour, somewhat sanguine, long, thin, snake-like, and in 

 alternating rows. 



Sagartia rosea. — This pretty species occurs in company with Ni-vea, 

 but is much rarer. It is easily distinguished by its bright rose-coloured 

 tentacles. The body is a dull orange. 



Sagartia dianthus. — Its curiously plaited disk and tentacles put 

 one in mind of a head of curly kale. I have seen it as large as four 

 inches in diameter. It is generally of an orange fawn colour. It is 

 extremely difficult to detach it from the rock, as it generally fixes its 

 base in some crevice in the side of the pool it frequents. 



Sagartia troglodytes (?). — This species generally frequents holes in 

 pools at low water, the bottom of which pools is covered with sand. 

 The brown disk and grayish tentacles just appear above the sand. At 

 the slightest touch they quickly disappear, and thus elude capture. Of 

 all the Anemones, they are the most difficult to take. 



Bunodes crassicornis. — This species is very common in the bottom of 

 pools, at or near low-water mark. It often escapes observation by at- 

 taching to itself fragments of sand and shells ; but a little practice soon 

 enables the eye to detect it, even when thus covered. There is a large 

 pool half a mile north-east of Spanish Port, about three feet deep in the 

 middle. It is literally paved with Bunodes crassicornis of various sizes 

 and colours. Some are fully six inches in diameter, if not more ; and 

 some, with their large, tapering, snow-white tentacles, contrast pleas- 

 ingly with the ordinary red or gray form. With them are associated Sag. 

 dianthus of large size, and Anthea cereus in abundance. A calm, sunny 

 day at dead low water and spring-tide is the proper time to view this natu- 

 ral aquarium, and the sight is sufficient to repay almost any trouble in 

 making the visit. This beautiful pool lies half a mile north-east of 

 Spanish Point, and about two hundred yards south of the little creek 

 known by the name of " The Boiling Cauldron." To the north of this, 

 in a little pool under the cliff, ten or fifteen feet above low-water mark, 

 I captured what appears to be rather a singular variety oi Bunodes cras- 

 sicornis. It adhered to the rock in a crevice in the side of the pool, and 

 its position rendered its capture no easy matter. I, however, succeeded 

 in detaching it uninjured, after a good deal of trouble. It was of ave- 

 rage size, body blood-red, warted, and without sand or shells adhering 

 to it. The tentacles, instead of being short and thick, were fully four 

 inches long, hanging down, and tapering very gradually towai-ds the 

 point. They presented the appearance of a lot of dark-red worms float- 

 ing together in the water, lliis individual lived well in a basin, and 

 eat pieces of meat voraciously. 



Bunodes gemmacea. — This beautiful species is not at all so plentiful 

 as Crassicornis. It is not gregarious, seldom more than two or three 

 being met with together. Its usual haunts are small pools at about half 

 ebb tide. 



Smooth Anemone, Actinia mesemlryanthemum. — This well-known 



